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Real? Or Viral Marketing?
I hate that we now have this awesome ability to watch funny videos of monkeys peeing in their own mouths, but now we have to doubt whether those monkey water-sports videos are real or some sort of guerrilla marketing campaign...
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
Welcome to the boringest night of the week. Taylor has the best 19th birthday ever on the Price is Right I just hope it's not all downhill from here....
Fake internet “news archives” cost Universal Pictures $22,500
Apparently Universal couldn't afford the consulting fees to hire a "pro" like Dan Rather and left it up to the junior varsity team.Universal Pictures has reached a settlement with a handful of Alaska newspapers, including the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, for...
Bumped and Expanded: Yeah, The House Health Reform Bill Would Screw A Lot Of Things Up And As An Added Bonus…Raise Costs.
Bumped: DrewM. pointed out a devastating WaPo article on Sunday, a little-read day of the week. I'm bumping this whole post and adding additional quotes from that article. As he said to me, it needs greater coverage. Bear in mind,...
Trial Balloon: Hey, Let’s Let the Bush Tax Cuts Expire, and Impose Higher Taxes on the Middle (and Lower?) Class
The state is hungry. It needs feeding. But the chairman of the presidents Council of Economic Advisers admitted that health reform and a growing economy isnt enough to bring down the deficit. She did mention one other place that revenue...
White House: Obama Lied About Not Bowing to Saudi King
They don't actually say that. But since the White House previously claimed he didn't bow to the Saudi royal, and now they're admitting he's bowing his ass off in order to further "the diplomacy of deference," what other conclusion is...
Bread & Circuses on Broadway
The upcoming fiasco in NYC as Khalid "Sheik Sheik Sheik" Mohammed and his partners in terror take the stage is as grotesque as it is shamefully partisan. Holder and Obama don't have the stones to take on the Bush administration's...
Give An Ewok A Flea Dip
Good morning, Morons! This is a fundraising post for Ace, initiated by the cobloggers, once again, without his knowledge or consent. He'll probably either delete this or kick one of us out, or both, which is why we're not saying...
Awesomely Awesome Pick Results
Ben puts us some f'n knowledge. buzzion 88 Superfly TNT 85 Aewl 85 People's Republic of Baltimore 85 Monkey Sleeping 84 Paranoid Polly 84 Red State NY 83 Jay in Ames 83 Nam Grunt 81 Michael in MI 81 Sock...
Reinhardt Overturned for the Third Time on the Same Case!
The Ninth Circuit takes a lot of heat, but in fact there are many fine judges out here. Unfortunately, there are also less-than-stellar jurists like Judges Pregerson and Wardlaw. And then there's Judge Reinhardt, the most liberal and most reversed...
Top Headline Comments 11-17-09
Clap your hands if you believe....
Reminder: Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight
Forgot to mention it earlier. If you're more fortunate than me and not stuck in the city with no sky to be seen, you might remember to look up late, late tonight. Sky-watchers in North America can expect to see...
Warning Signs of Possible Computer Crime Problems
This advisory from the Thurston County Sheriff has been getting a few laughs (though it appears to have been taken down sometime today; a Google cache is here). It looks like part of it was written about 1994 (it says...
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
Good evening all. Welcome to sucky Monday. The good news is that it'll be over in a few hours. A View From The Tallest Building in the World Here's video from the top of the tallest man-made structure in the...
New ACORN Video on Hannity
Coming up. From Los Angeles. This one isn't that useful, though: the guy actually drew the line at underage girls and refused to help James and Hannah....
Obama Calls Himself “The First Pacific President;” Krauthammer Calls Him “Baby Jesus”
Narcissism. Everything about "Baby Jesus" is a historic first. One of the rules of public speaking -- and diplomacy -- is to flatter the audience. Why is Obama only seems interested in flattering himself? "Hey guys, I'm awesome, I'm the...
AP Buries the Lede: Obama Will Seek Tax Increases Next Year
Remember that giggle-fit-inducing story that Obama was going to be a deficit hawk? Well, there are two ways to cut a deficit: the right way, and the liberal way. AP buries a major lede. Orszag has said the spending blueprint,...
Extremely Annoying Internet-Omnipresent Woman Is Annoying In Real Life, Too
Kind of funny. She rants about her terrible life and her terrible friend "Steve," and then Steve pops in correct the record. I like her euphemism of "people who are active on networks" to mean "people who can't get their...
Shocker: Based Just on Limited Media Evaluations Conducted So Far, At Least 10 Percent of “Saved or Created” Stimulus Jobs Are Simply Made-up and FictitiousBonus: Jobs Being “Created” In Congressional Districts That Themsleves Don’t Exist, Either
And, again, that's only so far. The media is looking into this, tepidly, but only in scattered reports. Bear that in mind: These are just the "jobs saved, created, or fabricated" that the media has found thus far in 11...
None Dare Call It Jihad: The Same Reason No One Can Call It Jihad After the Attack Is The Same Reason No One Called it Jihad Before the Attack
A read the whole thing deal. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives and wounded more than 40. Three hours later, while the base was still in lockdown, an...
NYT: Europe Whines That Obama’s a Distant and Cold Boyfriend
I don't know what is more appalling: The way Europe continues to whine for attention, or the fact that Obama is giving the back of the hand to still-somewhat-serious nations. The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy, but...
Real Headline: Vampires Seek Tolerance, Understanding from Others
In absolutely no way does the media write these idiotic fake-"news" articles to coincide with interest in a popular movie opening up. You should definitely not suspect that entirely fake articles about pretend vampires are suddenly commissioned just because the...
Time Discovers Funemployment: Goshdarnit, Some Americans Are So Happy In This Recession (So You Should Be Too!)
Count your blessings. Obama is President, and all is good in the world. Before I quote the piece, let me note that anyone writing in a news weekly about the depressive psychology of the recession is unqualified to do so,...
Purge: CNN Pays Lou Dobbs Eight Million to Go Away
Ideological purification. But the expensive kind. CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave, The Post has learned. "They wanted him out," according to a source. Dobbs, who a source said...
Patriots: Robbed?
Actually there are two bad calls here: To go for it on fourth down deep in Patriots' own territory, and to not challenge the spot of the ball. Chris Collinsworth immediately began yelling about a "bobble" that took away forward...
Competence! Obama’s Fake Tax Cut To Result In Tax Increase For Some
Obama ran around claiming to be a big time tax cutter because of his $400/person "Making Work Pay" scheme. At the time, some smart blogs pointed out this was nothing more than a scam. Well, the withholding chickens are coming...
WSJ Reviews “Going Rogue”
Lots of reviews out there but the Journal is likely to be more fair than most media outlets, so I figured it would be worth a look. First though, I hate this book. Not what's in it, not because it's...
Top Headline Comments 11-16-09
And grow brave by reflection....
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
Good evening all Moron-types. It's Sunday so get those last few licks of fun in while you still can. If You Haven't Been to Hoover Dam recently, It Looks Different These Days The Hoover Dam Bypass is now under construction....
Obama sends love letter to MILF
I wish I was kidding, he really did. But as usual it's just another example of him sucking up to tyrants and now terrorists. Manila - US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to the leader of the main...
Study: Yeah, The House Health Reform Bill Would Screw A Lot Of Things Up And As An Added Bonus…Raise Costs.
Another one of those 'faux' studies funded by the eviiiiillll health insurance companies? Nope. This one is from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services...the agency that runs those programs for the government. Democrats have promised that health reform would...
Industrial Revolution v2.0
Interesting piece here in the WSJ from a couple of days ago. It kind of supports what I've been saying for a while now about America's direction in the 21st century -- we're not quite as "stick a fork in...
Overnight Open Thread – Caturday Edition (Mætenloch)
Welcome to Caturday all. So grab a drink and unleash your wit. 5 Things You Didn't Know About Pat Sajak He also quietly gives a lot of money to charities, and he's a Republican who's contributed to many candidates....
More: Other World Leaders Seem Able to Resist Urge to Bow Before Royalty
Compare and contrast. Thanks to Andrew....
Avatar Feature Trailer
I will be seeing this on opening night. Unless I can find a way to an advance screening. Or murder someone else with a way to an advance screening. Rly. I know, I know, the plot is very WYSIWYG. Don't...
Newsweek Combines Palin Derangement Syndrome and Inexcusable Ignorance of One of the Most Beloved Musicals of All Time, Earning My Everlasting Hate
In its cover story this week, "How do you solve a problem like Sarah?", the ailing opinion mag Newsweek tries to convince its three readers that Sarah Palin is "bad news for the GOPand for everyone else." The editors' attempt...
Narcissist in Chief
Our President seems incapable of accepting that America was a great country before he stepped in to save the day. I'm a little sick of his apologizing for all our heinous acts before Jan. 20, 2009. His handlers ought to...
Obama Bows to Royalty, But Won’t Put His Hand On His Heart for the National Anthem
One he's supposed to do. One he's not supposed to do. Seems he's not just attempting to respect everyone's cultural sensitivities, eh?...
Here We Go Again With Obama Bowing And Scraping
This time it's to the Emperor of Japan. I'm sure there are a lot of liberal bloggers burning up the Google servers trying to find an image of Bush doing this. Hopefully for their credibility they can find something better...
Saturday College Football Thread
Morning morons. Sittin outside here in Texas, drinking coffee and rubbing myself all over with orange marmalade. It's a nice cool day, sunny with a few clouds. Should be about 75 or so, perfect football weather. Cincinnati managed to pull...
Overnight Open Thread – TGIF Edition (Mætenloch)
Welcome all M&Ms. Friday at last, Friday at last! So now you don't need an excuse to stay up late and play in the ONT. Star Wars: How the Death Star Computer Graphics Sequence Was Made One of the amazing...
Stargate Universe: Time Discussion Thread
Our weekly SGU thread. Enjoy. Also, I spotted this and thought of you guys: Sex not Stargates Brings Fans to SG-1/Atlantis Expo....
Margaret Thatcher Doesn’t Die
Got tipped this in the comments -- that Thatcher was dead. But it's not on the BBC or anywhere else. This is what I found. It all started Thursday night when Canada's transport minister, John Baird, sent a text message...
Eight Carrie Prejean Self-Satisfaction Tapes?
Not really "sex" tapes, per se, but you know. I don't really find this "hypocritical." I have a problem here, but it's not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy does not mean "Establishing a standard for yourself and then failing to live up to...
Cold Cash Jefferson Sentenced to Chill in the Cooler for 13 Years
The more important story here is Duke Cunningham and Mark Foley, and oh, by the way: Did Sarah Palin go on a shopping spree during the campaign? Thanks to Movie Quote 101 graduate loppyd. And Ken, too, who has a...
There’s Water in Them There Moon-Hills!
And if there's water, there's the chance of life. No, not Moon-life. But if there is water on the moon, we don't need to space-truck all that heavy liquid up there, but instead can just put up the (much lighter)...
Rudy Goes Off Over Decision To Try KSM In Civilian Court In NYC
Why did Rudy have to be such a schmuck over abortion and run such an awful, awful campaign? He runs through all of the problems with Obama's decision to try KSM in civilian court...they are war criminals, evidentiary challenges, venue...
Ann Althouse Is Dumb
At least about Sarah Palin. Althouse argues that Sarah Palin's "passivity" and reluctance to stand up for herself vis a vis the McCain campaign's determination that she should start her interviews with Katie Couric and the like proves she's kinda...
Idiocy: Law Professor Argues Stupak Amendment Is Unconstitutional Because, Wait For It, Religious Groups Support It And Some Other Goofy Reasons
You can read a lot of dumb things on the internet (hell, I've written some of them) but this is surely Hall of Fame level idiocy. According to law professor Marci Hamilton, the Stupak Amendment banning abortion funding in the...
Finally, A Serious Deficit Hawk Emerges for the Campaign of 2012, Vowing to be “Absolute Tyrant” on Spending
Thank God, at last, a candidate for 2012 committed to deficit reduction and limited government and reduced spending! That candidate? Barack Hussein Obama. The word went out among Washington politicos yesterday: Barack Obama is about to become very, very tough...
Charlie Cook on the 108 Most Competitive House Races
Good news/bad news: Cook rates 81 of these seats lean Democrat or better, and a mere 27 as lean Republican or better. But that's a bit misleading, because most of the competitive seats are held by Democrats -- in other...
Bad Idea: Five Gitmo Combatant-Detainees to be Tried in New York
It really has become just a prosecution of the War on Terrorism. Obama will bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other detainees to New York to face criminal charges. Bringing such notorious suspects to U.S. soil to face trial is...
Top Headline Comments 11-13-09
Bleargh....
Another One Bites the Dust; The Self-Proclaimed “Kool-Aid Kid” Quits the President
The highest-ranking Obama flunky to be pushed under the bus thus far: Mr. Craig had been at the center of controversial decisions over whether to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as revising administration policies on the...
Maybe the Pak ISI is in the game for real now
It looks like a suicide car bomber nailed some of ISI's digs in Peshawar killing eight and totaling the office. Its gotta really suck when your Frankenstein monster turns on you. Over the past few months it does seem like...
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
Welcome to Thursday all M&Ms. So close and yet so far from the weekend. Amazing Time Lapse Videos Done by Tom at Timescapes. You can see a making-of video here....
Top Ten Cities for the Tentative Moronstock Conference
See, I know Ace has his heart set on Vegas. But, really, that is so...done...isn't it? I think so. Which is why I have come up with the following list of cities that I think should be considered as the...
1st Look At Palin’s “Going Rogue” UPDATE: Team McCain Calls BS On The Vetting Payment
She takes the expected and well deserved shots at Katie Couric and Charlie "Never Heard Of It" Gibson. Unexpected...the McCain camp didn't pay for legal bills related to her vetting. Really? [S]he says that most of her legal bills were...
3D Rendering of US Airways Flight 1549 Ditching in the Hudson
Is this old? New to me. Pretty amazing to watch, you can also hear the ATC communications and see the conversations in the cockpit between Capt. Sullenberger and First Officer Skiles in the lower right panels. Video starts with the...
Feds Move to Seize Four Mosques, NYC Skyscraper Owned by Group With Alleged Ties to Iran
Don't bother clicking; everything the stub says in in the headline....
Update on Hmmm…
I don't know if I can mention the soft commitments I have, specifically, but I'll just say I have one expression of interest from a big draw, an expression of very strong interest (including help in getting this off the...
Eric Cartman Does Glenn Beck
Kinda funny... but Beck has been satirized so often by now the only thing different here is that Cartman's doing it....
Pelosi: It’s Very Fair That We Jail You If You Don’t Buy Health Insurance
Seen on Hot Air, Infidels are Cool has this exchange: Stone: Do you think its fair to send people to jail who dont buy health insurance? Pelosi:
The legislation is very fair in this respect. The left continues pounding...
High Level Strategery & Civilian Magic Ninjas
More signs that the "strategery" going on around the Afghan war is a soup sandwich being eaten in a chicken wire canoe while it is paddled up Shit Creek by a guy swinging a football bat wearing bowling cleats. Yeah...
Visual Metaphor for America’s Image Abroad Under Obama
Is it better to be a bully? Or a pussy? I know one thing for sure: the worst is to come off as pussy-bully, as the US does under Obama....
Could Doug Hoffman Still Win NY-23?
A Premature Concession? Very unlikely. Extremely unlikely. It's virtually impossible...but, uh, yeah, it technically seems like he could. Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for...
Chris Dodd Is Getting His Butt Kicked In Latest Poll
It's a year away from election day and a lot can happen so don't get cocky but do take a moment to enjoy this. Former Connecticut Congressman Rob Simmons has an early lead in the Republican primary race for the...
Unindicted Co-Conspirator In First World Trade Center Bombing Part Of NYC Meeting To Discuss Ft. Hood Shooting
If you were hoping (or worried) that the Ft. Hood attack would wake people from their PC slumber, it won't. Siraj Wahhaj has defended the convicted WTC bomb plotters, called the FBI and CIA the "real terrorists," and said he...
Smartest guy in the room on Afghanistan
If this is true then just about all the worst fears we had about Obama as Commander in Chief are coming true.WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his...
Lou Dobbs is fleeing CNN
"to pursue new opportunities.". Sounds like maybe he really wants to take the gloves off...Charlie Gibson sez:Lou Dobbs? Never heard of him....
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
Good evening morons! Tonight as part of Veteran's Day we honor those who have served. New Trailer for HBOs The Pacific HBO has released a new trailer for The Pacific, an epic mini-series about the war with Japan from the...
Important Action Alert
I have no idea how these schedules and the money play out, but there's a game tomorrow night so you pickers need to be pickin. SF and the Bears. I'm already picking Seattle in this matchup. Takin the points. Yep....
McCain This Was an Act of Terror; Political Correctness Cause This Bonus: Walter Reed Shrinks Knew Hasan Was Either Crazy or a Jihadi Since Last Year
A growing chorus. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Wednesday called the Fort Hood killings an act of terror and joined a parade of GOP critics in suggesting that political correctness might have been a factor in not preventing the shootings. We...
Hmmm…
DrewM. and I have been kicking around an idea with increasing seriousness. It's premature to write about this, as I have a lot of "ideas" that remain firmly in the realm of ideation, and there's nothing really I need from...
Dude Earning Money Serving as a Literal Punching Bag for Frusrated Women
He's getting paid for it. The rest of us do it for free. "The first woman was about 25 years old. She paid for half an hour but soon got tired and spent the rest of her time just chatting...
Dude Earning Money Serving as a Literal Punching Bag for Frustrated Women
He's getting paid for it. The rest of us do it for free. "The first woman was about 25 years old. She paid for half an hour but soon got tired and spent the rest of her time just chatting...
Hasan’s Emails To The Enemy Constitutionally Protected?
Perhaps the Constitution is a suicide pact after all. Investigators would have been "crucified" over First Amendment rights if they had launched a full-scale probe into e-mails Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly sent to a...
STOP THE PRESSES – we have a “malaise” sighting at the Associated Press!!!
Obama is officially the new Carter....Overall, there's a malaise about the state of the nation...Cardigans, fireside chats, double digit unemployment, hoo rah baby, let the good times roll!...
A Titan Versus a Titan!
I don't really have terribly fond memories of the cheesy 1980 mythological monster movie mash-up Clash of the Tians. Except I did like a couple of the monsters. (Medusa with a serpent's body? Turned her from lame to cool.) And...
Gleen: Repellant to Say that Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ During a Shooting Rampage Is Suggestive of Terrorism
Patterico is still keeping an eye on the lamest "thinker" of the Left, long after we stopped caring. This one is noteworthy though as a demonstration of how desperately Democrats will cling to their community-based reality, even when the truth...
A couple of Veterans Day notes
I have adopted a tradition of my Dad's (two tours in Vietnam) for Veterans Day. He works half a day because he is not a State or other government employee who gets a free day off, and then he heads...
Tremor: Republicans Now Have Same 4% Edge in Generic Congressional Ballot They Had in 1994
Actually, the "same" edge is misleading but it's close enough. Depending on what month you look at, Republicans were either tied with the Democrats (near the elections) or had some 1-5% advantage running up to the elections: The pattern, as...
Nelson Says “For Sure” He’ll Vote Against Any Healthcare Bill that Has a Public Option or Lacks an Abortion Coverage Ban
Whoa: "Well, first of all, it has more than a robust public option, it's got a totally government-run plan, the costs are extraordinary associated with it, it increases taxes in a way that will not pass in the Senate and...
Documents Reveal Complaint Against Former IG Walpin Was Dismissed
Gerald Walpin is the inspector general fired by the President for being too thorough while looking into Obama pal, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. The President accused Walpin of being unfit for work, erratic, old, and senile, and then tried to...
Top Headline Comments 11-11-09
Happy Veterans Day. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all our vets. We are quite simply not good enough, but we're trying. Also: For readers still wondering where the Top Headlines Sidebar went, move your eyes about five inches...
SCOTUS’ Chickens Come Home To Roost In New London
Originally blogged here back in the good ol' days. A few years ago, the Supreme Court scared the wits out of property owners all over the country. The aftermath of Kelo is the latest example of the futility of using...
Gallup: ummm…yea, what Rassumussen has been saying all along
Extremist white supremacy hate group Gallup's polling propaganda has Republicans beating Democrats 48/44 on the generic congressional ballot, with independents breaking 52/30 to republicans.Gallup will not begin to model likely turnout until much closer to the 2010 elections...prospects for a...
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
Welcome to the boringest night of the week. Hopefully the ONT sub-morons can change all that. Watch Maritime Traffic in Realtime This site shows where all AIS-transponder ships are around the world and updates every 99 seconds. Probably most interesting...
Moron Pick Results Week 9
The Saints and the Colts are 8-0. Cowboys are on a 4 game win streak and top of the NFC East. The Giants are on a 4 game losing streak. And I am on a never ending rollercoaster of suck....
Sullivan: Hasan’s Jihad Talk (Which Was Supposed to be on a Medical Topic, By the Way) a Thoughtful, Insightful “Cry for Help”
No link for the pot-smoking case-fixing scofflaw. Reading Dana Priest's summary and then the document itself, it seems to me that in some ways, Hasan was airing an important debate. I don't glean from the notes for his lecture that...
Dem Congresswoman Threatens IRS Retribution Against Catholic Church for Supporting Stupak Amendment
The Democratic instinct to crush free speech is surpassed only its sister predisposition to crush religion. So it really is no surprise that Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey is suggesting that the IRS revisit the Catholic Church's tax-exempt status. In her own...
Time Magazine Successfully Notices, Identifies Elephant in the Room
I'm so proud of Time. Next we can move on shapes and colors! Like Big Boys and Growing Girls! Golly Gee Willickers -- do you think maybe it's possible that Hasan's obvious terrorist sympathies were overlooked because he's a Muslim...
Fort Hood Memorial Service
My one hope, which won't be realized, is that the 12 soldiers are not referred to as 'victims'. They are casualties of war, as much as if they had been killed by an Islamic terrorist in Afghanistan or Iraq. Here's...
Science: Fruit Bats Blow Each Other
Really. Fruit bats 1, me 0. Fruit bats regularly engage in oral sex, according to groundbreaking new research published in Science magazine. The study found that more than two-thirds of female short-nosed fruit bats (Cynopterus sphinx) performed fellatio on their...
Polls, Polls, Polls: Snowe In Trouble in Maine; Obama Hurt Deeds; ObamaCare Slips Eleven Points (!) in Gallup
Rounding up the polls that were already rounded up at Hot Air: 46% of Maine GOPers disapprove of Olympia Snowe, while only 40% support her. And 59% of Maine GOPers would chose a "more conservative alternative" in a primary contest....
Shocker: Obama Replaces Head of State Department Iran Desk with “De Facto Lobbyist” and Apologist for the Regime
He's been serving his Iranian masters for years. I don't imagine his new gig will do much to change that. John Limbert will be the senior Iran official at the State Department, replacing Dennis Ross, who has moved to the...
Chairman Mao Fan Anita Dunn Leaves White House, But Will Remain Consultant
Her position was always "temporary," I believe, so this isn't because of her strangely-serious "joke" that Mao was one of her favorite political philosophers. Related: Comic Nick DiPaolo goofed on her on the Dennis Miller show, in the special unrated...
Nuance: Code Pink Taunts Children of Military Families Waiting to See Obama on Halloween, Cackling They Need “Young Blood” and “More Pretties to Die in My War!”
Kids in Superman costumes look on as Code Pink emotional terrorists tell them that they, and their fathers, are going to die. Thanks to EdwardR....
An Honest Liberal: Pelosi Care Is “A Costly And Open-Ended Commitment”
The WSJ highlights an article in the New Yorker Magazine in which John Cassidy lets the cat out of the health care bag. Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. "The U.S. government is making...
