LGF Archives: August 2009
Code Pink Approves of Town Hall Screamers
Weird | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:27:04 pm PDT
Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin highly approves of the right wing screamers disrupting health care town hall meetings. This is exactly why I coined the term “moronic convergence.”
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Monday Night Music: Keith Jarrett Trio: 'With a Song in My Heart'
Music | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:05:08 pm PDT
Possibly the finest jazz piano trio ever: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette, playing a classic Rodgers and Hart tune, “With a Song in My Heart.” [Video]
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The Arizona Gun Stunt and the Pastor of Death
US News | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:01:48 pm PDT
The freak who brought an AR15 semi-automatic rifle to an Obama rally in Arizona is interviewed, as he attends the church of Pastor Steven Anderson — who is praying that Barack Obama will die: Tempe pastor reiterates wish for President Obama’s death. “I concur, I think we’d be better off ...
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Yon: The Brits Are Losing Helmand
World | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:25:26 pm PDT
Michael Yon’s latest must-read report from Afghanistan paints a pretty grim picture; he says the British are losing Helmand Province.
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Barney Frank Surrenders to the Paulians
Politics | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:34:58 am PDT
Ron Paul’s star continues to rise like a bad moon: Frank Said to Back Broader Fed Audits. Rep. Ron Paul said he has a commitment from the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, to advance the Texas Republican’s legislation opening the Federal Reserve to broader federal audits. In ...
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Quote of the Day
Politics | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:34:24 am PDT
"What passes for principle in the party these days is “what can we do to screw the Democrats today.”
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:50:17 pm PDT
It is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it. — T. S. Eliot
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Reuters Middle East Watch
Middle East | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 6:23:17 pm PDT
A new blog is keeping an eye on the biased stories about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that continue to pour out of one of the world’s main sources of news: Reuters Middle East Watch.
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Oh Noes! It's Oligarhy!
Video | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:28:13 pm PDT
What’s the missing letter? Think! [Video] (Hat tip: Harry’s Place.)
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Sunday Afternoon Open, with Beatbox
Open | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:00:44 pm PDT
It’s the traditional midday open thread, with a video that gives new meaning to the term “human beatbox.” [Video]
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More Details on Snow Leopard
Technology | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:56:59 pm PDT
TidBITS has a couple of good articles on the new features — some of them hidden — in the latest version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard: What’s New in Snow Leopard More Hidden Refinements in Snow Leopard
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Los Angeles Fire Emergency
US News | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:44:03 am PDT
Bad air in Los Angeles.
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WaPo: How a Detainee Became an Asset
US News | Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:25:41 am PDT
The Washington Post has an interesting article supporting the contention that harsh interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation and waterboarding resulted in valuable intelligence from 9/11 attack planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: How a Detainee Became An Asset. These scenes provide previously unpublicized details about the transformation of the man known ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:09:21 pm PDT
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain, or freed a human soul. — Mark Twain
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Anti-Abortion Lawyer Plans to Argue Justifiable Homicide
US News | Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 7:50:20 pm PDT
Suspected murderer Scott Roeder is apparently now enlisting the aid of a fanatical anti-abortion lawyer who plans to argue that it’s OK to gun down doctors like George Tiller: Justifiable homicide defense eyed in Roeder’s case. Attorney Michael Hirsh is known for trying to use this same insane strategy in the ...
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Video: The Beck Beatbox
Humor | Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:22:48 pm PDT
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Saturday Morning Open
Open | Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:51:49 am PDT
It’s a heat wave on the west coast, and here’s a still-morning open thread ...
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Gadafi Cancels New Jersey Plans
US News | Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 9:24:34 am PDT
Colonel Gadafi will not be bringing his all-girl bodyguard squad, bedouin tent, and fabulous wardrobe to Englewood, New Jersey, after all. Instead, he’ll confine his visit to Manhattan. No word on whether he plans to pitch his tent at Turtle Bay.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:18:53 pm PDT
You’re a historian. Tell me if there are any bath-tubs in history. I think they’ve been frightfully neglected. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tales of the Jazz Age
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Video: Snow Leopard's Hidden Features
Technology | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:05:52 pm PDT
The latest version of Mac OS X (10.6), Snow Leopard, was released into the wild today as announced earlier this week. My copy is scheduled to arrive Monday so I can’t give you a review yet, but here’s a MacWorld video showing some new features that may not be obvious ...
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There Goes the Neighborhood
US News | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:17:41 pm PDT
Colonel Gadafi’s Traveling Circus is arriving in the US for a visit with his friends at the UN, and he’ll be setting up his bedouin tent at a Libyan-owned estate in an upscale section of New Jersey. Residents are not pleased. At least New York officials nixed pitching the tent in ...
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Onion Panel Debates Minotaur-Based Interrogation
Humor | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:48:02 am PDT
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Sen. Inhofe Says US is 'Reaching a Revolution'
US News | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:37:45 am PDT
Religious fanatic Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told his constituents this week that the United States is on the verge of a revolution. Inhofe took the opportunity to blame Democrats for a bevy of issues. He lashed out at democrats for overtaking the government and spending billions of dollars on unpopular ...
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Krauthammer: An Obamacare Exit Strategy
Health | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:24:09 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer takes a rather cynical look at A Strategy to Save Obamacare.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:09:23 pm PDT
There’s nothing more boring than announcing to the world that you’re bored. — Stinky Beaumont
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'Irreducible Complexity' Shot Down in Flames
Science | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:12:55 pm PDT
New research into mitochondria provides a devastating refutation of one of the main talking points of Michael Behe and the Discovery Institute neo-creationists, as “irreducible complexity” turns out to be very reducible. Intricate cellular components are often cited as evidence of intelligent design. They couldn’t have evolved, I.D. proponents say, ...
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Ten More Companies Shun Beck
Media | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:51:29 pm PDT
Color of Change, the left-wing group promoting the advertiser boycott of the Glenn Beck End Times Comedy Hour, announced today that 10 more companies have pulled their advertisements. This brings the total of major companies participating in the shunning to 46. Adding to an increasing list of companies distancing themselves ...
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Michael Yon with the USAF
World | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:10:18 pm PDT
Michael Yon is no longer embedded with British forces in Afghanistan; he’s moved over to the US Air Force. (He doesn’t say why, but he does write that it was a “sudden ending of my embed.”) UPDATE at 8/27/09 1:18:45 pm: Chalk it up to bureaucracy.
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Rathergate: Mapes Knew Bush Volunteered for Vietnam
Media | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:26:43 am PDT
Bernard Goldberg points out a fact that many people missed in the controversy over the “Rathergate” fraudulent memos: Rather’s producer, Mary Mapes, knew all along that the premise of the report was false. Until now, the controversy over the Rather/Mapes story has centered almost entirely on one issue: the ...
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Sanford Refuses to Bail
Politics | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:33:22 am PDT
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is calling on philandering creationist governor Mark Sanford to resign, but Sanford says he won’t be “railroaded” out of office by people who just can’t seem to understand that he is a special human being. [Video]
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:04:02 pm PDT
Either you think — or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Tender Is the Night”
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Video: What Henry Hudson Saw
Science | Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:07:42 pm PDT
National Geographic strips away the skyscrapers, the traffic, and the humans, and visualizes the island of Manhattan in the early years of the 17th century. [Video]
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Wednesday Afternoon Open
Open | Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:55:19 pm PDT
The theme for today’s midday open thread is “A Day at the Beach.” [Video]
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Tech Note: Optimizing LGF Pages
Technology | Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:52:24 pm PDT
I’ve been doing a lot of work on the LGF Blog code behind the scenes, so as always, if a feature doesn’t seem to be working correctly, the first thing to try is reloading the page. Bugs get fixed quickly, so reloading will often make all your problems disappear. Well, ...
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Palin Pimps Beck
Politics | Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:40:12 am PDT
At her Facebook page, Sarah Palin is hyping the Glenn Beck Obama-Hitler Hour: Sarah Palin: An Invitation | Facebook. FOX News’ Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House. Monday night ...
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RIP, Ted Kennedy
US News | Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:52:13 am PDT
Senator Ted Kennedy died today at the age of 77. His family has issued the following statement: Edward M. Kennedy — the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply — died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port. We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:16:21 pm PDT
When I was ten, my family moved to Downer’s Grove, Illinois. When I was twelve, I found them. — Emo Philips
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Tech Note Open Thread
Technology | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:31:53 pm PDT
If you experience any weirdness when trying to submit a link to our spinoff links, it’s because Stinky Beaumont and I are working on the plumbing again, to optimize the loading of page elements. In the meantime, here’s an open thread...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Music | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:00:05 pm PDT
An open thread with music by Tim O’Brien and Jerry Douglas — Hendrix, bluegrass-style. [Video]
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Giuliani Considering Run for Governor
Politics | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:35:11 am PDT
Rudy Giuliani is reportedly getting prepared to run for Governor of New York. ALBANY — Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in 2010, believing public anger at an ineffectual Albany and unease over ...
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Onion: Nation Panicking
Humor | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:18:12 am PDT
An ominous development is causing panic across the nation. [Video]
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More Advertisers Drop Beck
Media | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:23:01 am PDT
Sixteen more companies have decided to pull their advertising from the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour, bringing the total to 36. The new companies distancing themselves from Beck include Airware Inc. (makers of Brez anti-snoring aids), Ancestry.com, AT&T, Blaine Labs Inc., Campbell Soup Company, Clorox, Ditech, The Elations Company, Experian (creator ...
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Yon: Afghanistan Firefight
World | Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:46:16 am PDT
Michael Yon emails from Afghanistan to say, “It’s the wild west out here:” Bad Medicine. Lots of riveting photos, as always.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:10:07 pm PDT
They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards. — Creighton Abrams, during the Battle of the Bulge
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Snow Leopard This Week
Technology | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:43:58 pm PDT
Apple’s latest performance-oriented version of OS X (10.6), Snow Leopard, will be released ahead of schedule this Friday, August 28, 2009. I’ve already pre-ordered mine, after getting enthusiastic thumbs-up reviews from developer pals with pre-release versions: Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard.
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Glenn Beck's Continuing Problem with Idiocy
Weird | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:11:52 pm PDT
The pouty face! The East German Army uniform! And he’s arguing! With idiots! What’s not to love?
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Video: Flight Patterns
Video | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:23:54 pm PDT
And now, time lapse video of bugs in flight. [Video]
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The Party of Ron Paul
Politics | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:38:17 pm PDT
The mainstreaming of paleo-libertarian isolationist Ron Paul in the GOP continues apace, as wacky Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announces she’s a convert to the Paulian cult, and has invited the crazy uncle to speak as an expert on monetary policy: Bachmann to host town hall with Rep. Ron Paul. In ...
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LGF Questions About Health Care Reform, v2.0
Health | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:09:47 pm PDT
LGF reader Keith G. has been working on an updated version of the list of LGF questions about health care reform originally proposed in this thread. He’s added a section for each question for any answers that become available. This is a great resource; thanks to everyone for submitting your questions. ...
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Monday Afternoon Open
Open | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:58:39 pm PDT
Here’s the traditional midday open thread, featuring a baby elephant taking a shower! [Video]
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Holder to Appoint Prosecutor for CIA Terror Investigations
US News | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:36:51 am PDT
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced he’s going to appoint a prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects, as a prelude to possible “full scale” criminal investigations. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators ...
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Nirthers Never Go Away, They Just Get Crazier
Weird | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:17:50 am PDT
In a video we posted last month, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Arizona) was the only Republican politician who went on record with an unequivocal denunciation of the mindless “Birther” movement. Well, looks like Franks may now be joining the kookspiracy. The other main issue dealt with numerous speakers questioning Obama’s birth certificate ...
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Stuck in the Middle with You
Blogosphere | Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:00:06 am PDT
When the far left New York Times smears you as a sneaky ultra-rightie on the same day that a far right fascist-supporting site smears you as a sneaky ultra-leftie, I believe that counts as a win.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:07:07 pm PDT
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you gotta be willing to put up with the rain. — Dolly Parton
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Sunday Night Music: Porcupine Tree, 'Blackest Eyes'
Music | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 6:20:20 pm PDT
A great performance from Porcupine Tree’s concert DVD Arriving Somewhere. The song is “Blackest Eyes” from the album In Absentia. The drummer in this band, Gavin Harrison, is a monster. I’m talking Godzilla-type monster. Scary. [Video]
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Video: Climate Change - The Scientific Debate
Environment | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:08:00 pm PDT
This is a clear and well-designed presentation on the current state of the scientific debate on climate change, giving equal time to skeptics’ ideas. Some of the popular politically driven distortions are dealt with; for example, in the third video he takes Penn and Teller to task for spreading the ...
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We Got Mail!
Blogosphere | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:41:27 pm PDT
We’re always posting the hate mail we receive, because it’s so often inadvertently funny. But for a change, here’s an email titled “Appreciation” (uh oh, it’s from an Obama supporter) that made my day. I wanted to express how much I appreciate — and how classy it is — the ...
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Your Life, Your Choices = 'Death Book?'
Politics | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:36:37 pm PDT
Death Book for Veterans! It’s another “death” boogeyman from a party that should be asking real questions about the health care legislation, but can only seem to muster up cheap alarmist scare tactics intended to confuse and mislead. Here’s the VA planning document they’re calling a “death book:” Your Life, Your Choices ...
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Sanford's Private Planes
Politics | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:50:48 am PDT
Philandering creationist GOP governor Mark Sanford is in more hot water. Mark Sanford may have more trouble on his hands. An Associated Press investigation shows the South Carolina Governor took dozens of flights on private planes that he didn’t report despite a state law requiring him to disclose who paid ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:26:58 pm PDT
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight—watching over nothing. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”
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Saturday Night Music: Miles Davis at the Isle of Wight, Intro by Keith Jarrett
Music | Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 6:02:25 pm PDT
Keith Jarrett has a talent so enormous it’s like a ferocious monkey on his back, and you get a glimpse of the monkey’s wrath in this video clip, as Jarrett introduces a recording of Miles Davis’ appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. It’s no exaggeration to say that ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Open | Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:53:59 pm PDT
Just an open thread for a saturnalian Saturday afternoon ...
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The Constitutionality of National Health Insurance
Health | Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:32:20 am PDT
At the Washington Post, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey bring up an interesting question about President Obama’s health care legislation: Does the US Constitution give the federal government the authority to require citizens to buy nationalized health insurance? President Obama has called for a serious and reasoned ...
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Lockerbie Bomber Released for Oil?
World | Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:43:31 am PDT
Scottish officials said they were releasing Lockerbie terrorist Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi for “compassionate reasons.” Well, that ... and those Libyan oil contracts. LONDON — In the wake of the sole convicted Lockerbie bomber’s return to a hero’s welcome in Tripoli, questions intensified in Britain on Friday as to whether lucrative ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:02:22 pm PDT
I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. — Richard Feynman
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Friday Night Lounge, with Foley Artists
Private | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:37:01 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for a frangible Friday evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. That opens a window for the automatically ...
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Friday Afternoon Music: Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier, 'Catherine'
Music | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:42:26 pm PDT
Excellent sound and playing from Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier, on a Don Ross composition titled “Catherine,” from their latest album Still Strings. (Don’s version is on Live in Your Head.) [Video] UPDATE at 8/21/09 4:01:47 pm: And here’s an Amazon MP3 widget that lets you hear samples from the rest of their ...
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Private Neo-Nazi Mailing List at Wikileaks
US News | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:58:59 pm PDT
Now posted at Wikileaks: US National Socialist Movement private emails, until 15 Aug 2009. The emails seem to be from a private listserv, not emails between individuals. But if you want a crash course in knuckle dragging white supremacism from guys who give themselves titles like “Commander,” without having to browse ...
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Hate Radio Host Claims He Was Paid by the FBI
US News | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:46:37 pm PDT
White supremacist radio host/blogger Hal Turner, recently arrested for urging readers of his blog to kill Chicago judges, says (through his lawyer) that he was a paid informant for the FBI. Hal Turner, the blogger and radio personality, remains jailed pending charges over his recent online rants, which prosecutors claim ...
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Wee-Wee Explained
Politics | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:47:30 am PDT
If you were wondering what Barack Obama meant when he said “everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up,” he was calling them a bunch of bedwetters. “It’s a phrase I use,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said today, hesitating at his press briefing to offer a physical demonstration of ...
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Krauthammer Wants Honest Debate
Politics | Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:03:28 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer just keeps making sense: Honest Debate Needed on End-of-Life Talk. Let’s see if we can have a reasoned discussion about end-of-life counseling. [Good luck with that. --ed.] We might start by asking Sarah Palin to leave the room. I’ve got nothing against her. She’s a remarkable political talent. But ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:57:12 pm PDT
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. — John Steinbeck
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Onion: Pro Sports' Genie Problem
Humor | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:20:53 pm PDT
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Florida Man Pleads Guilty on Obama Threat
US News | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:17:38 pm PDT
The crazy was strong in this one: Florida man pleads guilty to threat to kill Obama. MIAMI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to threatening to kill President Barack Obama in an e-mail that said “the blood of Obama will run down the streets” of ...
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Fence
Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:21:49 pm PDT
Photographed with a Canon Powershot G10.
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Video: Lockerbie Bomber Gets Hero's Welcome in Libya
World | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:54:55 pm PDT
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Yon: Afghanistan Election Report from North Helmand
World | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:45:49 pm PDT
In Afghanistan’s North Helmand Province, where Michael Yon is embedded with the Brits, the elections didn’t turn out very well. This dispatch has been dictated by satellite phone due to communications difficulties. My satellite gear has failed on election day. I do not know how well the elections ...
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Open | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:16:31 am PDT
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WaPo Poll: Most Americans Oppose Afghanistan War
US News | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:36:38 am PDT
As Afghanistan holds presidential elections, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the war — and there’s a stark difference on party lines. A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be ...
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Scotland's Shame
World | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:29:07 am PDT
This is an absolute disgrace, as Scotland frees a terrorist mass murderer on “compassionate grounds.” Apparently, their compassion doesn’t extend to the surviving family members of this animal’s victims. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States strongly condemned Thursday’s decision by Scottish authorities to free a terminally ill Libyan convicted of the ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:10:30 pm PDT
The harder I work, the luckier I get. — Samuel Goldwyn
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Swerve
Images | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:11:44 pm PDT
Camera: iPhone 3G (accidental).
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Wednesday Evening Lounge
Private | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:23:01 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for a wonderful Wednesday world. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. That opens a window for the automatically ...
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The Viper Militia and the Arizona Gun Stunt
US News | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:00:27 pm PDT
Yeesh. Here’s some more disturbing info on the gang of bedraggled militia freaks who staged the semi-automatic rifle goon show at the Obama rally in Phoenix, Arizona: Heavily-Armed ‘90s Militia, Linked To Anti-Obama Activist, Resisted ‘New World Order’. Let’s delve a little bit deeper into the black helicopter-infested world of ...
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Ingredient for Life in a Comet's Tail
Science | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:15:10 pm PDT
A fascinating discovery, from the tail of a comet 242 million miles away from Earth: Building block of life found on comet. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The amino acid glycine, a fundamental building block of proteins, has been found in a comet for the first time, bolstering the theory that ...
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LGF Questions About Health Care Reform, v1.1
Health | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:18:49 pm PDT
Last week we had a thread titled What Would You Ask About Health Care? The purpose was to get everyone’s input on substantial questions about the proposed health care legislation that need answering, and hopefully make a more rational contribution to the debate than ranting about death panels and euthanasia ...
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Farmers Insurance Pulls Beck Ads
Media | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:17:33 am PDT
About 20 major companies have now pulled their advertisements from the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour; the latest to bail out is Farmers Insurance. However ... A Fox News spokesperson told the Daily News yesterday that “advertisers referenced have all moved their spots from Beck to other programs on the network so ...
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Frank: 'Like Arguing with a Dining Room Table'
Politics | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:29:20 am PDT
I’m not Barney Frank’s biggest fan (that would probably be him), but he handled this idiot with an "Obama = Hitler" sign exactly the right way. [Video]
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The Swedish Blood Libel
World | Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:19:20 am PDT
Blood libel goes mainstream in Sweden, as the newspaper Aftonbladet publishes a disgusting article claiming that the Israeli army kidnaps and kills Palestinians in order to harvest their organs.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:57:56 pm PDT
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. — Will Rogers
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Tuesday Night Music: Pat Metheny Group, 'The Way Up'
Music | Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:30:47 pm PDT
A flawless live performance of Pat Metheny’s epic jazz-fusion suite The Way Up, recorded in Seoul, South Korea in 2005. This embedded YouTube playlist has the whole concert; the video's aspect ratio is a bit stretched vertically, but the audio is very good. Youtube Video
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Onion: White House Reveals Obama is Bipolar
Humor | Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:58:15 pm PDT
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Poll: Was Palin's Resignation a Smart Move?
Politics | Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:37:17 pm PDT
Uh oh. 61% of Americans think Sarah Palin’s resignation as governor of Alaska was a bad move. (CNN) – A new national poll suggests that most Americans don’t think Sarah Palin’s decision to step down as Alaska governor was a smart political move. Sixty-one percent of people questioned in a Marist ...
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Tech Note: About the New Double-Underlined Links
Technology | Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:09:14 am PDT
We’re trying out an advertising service called Infolinks, which analyzes the page content and creates links in the text that pop up a little dialog box when your mouse hovers over them, containing an advertisement or link to a related site. The dialog box goes away automatically when you move ...
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The Freaks Behind the Arizona Gun Stunt
US News | Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:30:14 am PDT
The people who showed up at the Obama rally in Arizona yesterday with semi-automatic rifles are part of a hate group called “4409,” a bugeyed insane gang of paleo-libertarian Ron Paul supporters who believe in every conspiracy theory under the sun. They’re 9/11 Truthers, moon landing hoaxers, anti-vaccination kooks, Alex ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:53:42 pm PDT
It is clear that there is no classification of the Universe that is not arbitrary and full of conjectures. The reason for this is very simple: we do not know what kind of thing the universe is. — Jorge Luis Borges
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The Arizona Gun Stunt
US News | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:03:53 pm PDT
You may have seen the media reports about people showing up with military style rifles at the Obama rally in Arizona today; the fools who apparently organized this disgraceful stunt are posting comments at this forum, with photos: ArizonaShooting.com - Gun at the Obama rally here in az. (Hat tip: Killgore.) ...
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Video: Japanese Pig Rodeo
Weird | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:10:40 pm PDT
And now for a pig rodeo! (I’ve spent a lot of time in Japan, and really love the country and the people. However, no one can deny that in some ways, the Japanese are a little ... odd. And I mean that as a compliment.) [Video]
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A Walk Down Memory Hole Lane
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:45:44 pm PDT
For the media and politicians taking a sudden interest in “Obama = Hitler” signs, Ringo’s Pictures has dozens of photos to remind you that Nazi/Hitler imagery was ubiquitous at left-wing demonstrations during the Bush administration: A Short Walk Down Memory Hole Lane. And here’s another lovely example of the kind of ...
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Monday Afternoon Open Registration - Update: Now Closed
Open | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:00:12 pm PDT
It’s your traditional midday open thread, with open registration for a limited time. Read all the rules before you register, and commit them to memory. The short version: %%LIST=Don’t register with a proxy. Don’t register with a throwaway email address. Don’t register more than one account at a time. Don’t be a jerk. Don’t be a ...
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Texas Public Schools Required to Teach Bible Studies
US News | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:55:18 am PDT
Unbelievable. Apparently, there are quite a few politicians and school board members in Texas who are either 1) unaware of the existence of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution, or 2) actively trying to subvert it: Texas public schools required to teach Bible this year. Imagine ...
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Yon: The Kopp-Etchells Effect
World | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:30:39 am PDT
Another photo-filled essay from Afghanistan by Michael Yon, memorializing lost comrades as the fighting heats up: The Kopp-Etchells Effect.
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Fox News Mainstreaming Napolitano's Extremism
Video | Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:14:31 am PDT
Ron Paulbots celebrate as Fox News turns Judge Andrew Napolitano’s web show “Freedom Watch” into a daily disgrace. Quotes from Napolitano: Lew Rockwell has done more to cement the intellectual foundations of the movement for liberty than anybody else today. [...] Oh my God, here is the modern day Thomas Jefferson. [speaking about ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:17:39 pm PDT
I always have this notion of being watched, you see. Not by other people. It was myself was watching me. Another me, a different fellow altogether. He never liked me. The way I behaved used to truly annoy him. And I was scared of him too. — Jamie O’Neill, “At ...
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Sunday Night Music: Miles Davis Quintet, 'Walkin'
Music | Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:12:47 pm PDT
A marathon version of the bebop classic “Walkin’” (at breakneck pace) by the Miles Davis Quintet, live in Germany in 1967. Featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, with absolutely awesome solos by all. [Video]
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Sunday Afternoon Lounge
Private | Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:32:58 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for a sagacious Sunday evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. That opens a window for the automatically ...
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Pamela Geller's Obama-Hitler Obsession
Weird | Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:12:33 pm PDT
There’s a lot of talk in the media today about the Obama-as-Hitler signs and posters showing up at town hall meetings recently; for example, this post at the New York Times Opinionator blog by Eric Etheridge: Godwin’s Law Comes to the Town Halls. A noteworthy paragraph quotes shriekblogger Pamela Geller’s site, ...
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Anti-Vaccination Nut Jenny McCarthy: a 'Health Expert'
Health | Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:10:11 pm PDT
Anti-vaccination kook Jenny McCarthy has been signed up as a “health expert” for a personalized exercise game by Ubisoft: Tom (son of Jack?) Chick gives a heads up: Ubisoft is using anti-vaccine wingnut Jenny McCarthy in its new Wii game.
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Human Rights Watch Author Supported Munich Massacre
Middle East | Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 10:24:41 am PDT
Even for someone like me who expects very little in the way of ethics from the astoundingly biased NGO Human Rights Watch, this report is a jawdropper. The author of the last HRW report accusing Israel of “war crimes” is a radical Marxist who has written in explicit support of terrorist ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:26:28 pm PDT
The quality of moral behaviour varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. — Aldous Huxley
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Gadget of the Day: Roomba Vacuuming Robot
Technology | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 6:54:01 pm PDT
Here’s one of those impulse buys I thought I might regret — that turned out to be a very useful new technological approach to a very old problem: iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot. I’ve had mine for about three months and use it two or three times a week, and this ...
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Windows 7: Microsoft's Best OS Yet?
Technology | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:41:05 pm PDT
Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7, is getting rave advance reviews; after the very underwhelming Windows Vista, it looks like MS may have finally gotten it right: First Look: Windows 7 Shapes Up as Microsoft’s Best OS Yet. You can pre-order Windows 7 now at Amazon. There are several packages available, ...
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ABC News vs. the Euthanasia Death Panels
Politics | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 3:58:02 pm PDT
ABC News has been running a series of pretty good “fact check” segments on the proposed health care legislation: Watch Our Fact Check Series — All in One Place - The World Newser. Here’s their piece on the Sarah Palin “death panel” smear and the distorted accusations of euthanasia. [Video] I’ve seen some ...
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Saturday Afternoon Music: The Bird and the Bee, 'Again and Again'
Music | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:25:52 pm PDT
Here’s some techno lounge secret agent pop from The Bird & The Bee, titled (as you might guess) “Again and Again.” [Video]
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Saturday Morning Open
Open | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:51:05 am PDT
An open thread while I toil in the code mines...
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Terrorist vs. Terrorist in Gaza
Middle East | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:12:42 am PDT
There’s absolutely nobody to root for, as Hamas puts down a threat to their control of Gaza by invading a mosque and slaughtering more than 20 people. GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian Islamists Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to their grip on the Gaza Strip by storming a mosque ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:14:39 pm PDT
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. — William Shakespeare, Richard III
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Baby Elephant Time
Video | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:48:29 pm PDT
And now, it’s time for a baby elephant playing with a big blue ball! [Video] (Hat tip: ZooBorns.)
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A Scintillating Friday Evening Open Thread
Open | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:24:39 pm PDT
Here’s a Friday evening open thread, with a spectacular time lapse video titled “Scintillation” by Xavier Chassaing. [Video]
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Evolutionary Adaptations Forced by Climate Change
Environment | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:54:42 pm PDT
A fascinating piece by science writer Carl Zimmer looks at the evidence that climate change is forcing surprisingly rapid evolutionary changes in some species of plants and animals: First Comes Global Warming, Then An Evolutionary Explosion. In 1997, Arthur Weis found himself with an extra bucket of seeds. Weis, who ...
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Video: Stewart Skewers Beck
Video | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:31:45 pm PDT
Comedy Central Video
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Phony Doctor at Texas Town Hall
US News | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:01:27 am PDT
Patterico has the tale of a woman who showed up at a health care town hall meeting and pretended to be a doctor. Also appearing in this story: Obama campaign worker Maria Isabel, who was featured at LGF on February 11, 2008, when we published a video capture of her office ...
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Advertisers Bailing on Beck
Media | Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:14:25 am PDT
Glenn Beck’s increasing lunacy is having an effect — major advertisers are deserting his show. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — In what is shaping up to be one of the more effective boycott campaigns in years, advertisers are abandoning the “Glenn Beck” show on Fox News following the host’s incendiary comments ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:18:34 pm PDT
More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk. — Bruce Schneier
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Thursday Night Music: Jerry's Breakdown, Four Hand Style
Music | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:45:31 pm PDT
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Standoff in LA
US News | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:31:32 pm PDT
Going on right now in Los Angeles, a man who allegedly threatened Barack Obama led police on a wild car chase, ending in a standoff outside the Federal Building in Westwood. WESTWOOD — A man accused of making threats against the White House led officers on a wild freeway chase ...
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Onion: Advocacy Group Denounces PETA
Humor | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:43:13 pm PDT
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Obama's Deal with Big Pharm
Politics | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:12:45 pm PDT
Big politics meets big pharmaceuticals in the shiny new land of Hopenchange: Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma. A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that ...
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Video: Hamas Terrorist Hides Behind White Flag
Middle East | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:24:18 pm PDT
This video from January 2009 was released by the IDF to counter the Human Rights Watch report that just came out, which claimed that HRW could find no evidence that Hamas terrorists employ human shields in the Palestinian population. [Video] Also see: Augean Stables » Human Rights Complex Take 13476: HRW Does Hatchet ...
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Palin: Senior Citizens Will Be Pressured to Die
Politics | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:41:46 am PDT
Probably because her first statement about “death panels” was such a resounding political success, Sarah Palin is doubling down on the euthanasia card in her latest post at Facebook: Sarah Palin Notes. These consultations are authorized whenever a Medicare recipient’s health changes significantly or when they enter a nursing home, ...
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Yale Preemptively Censors Self
Religion | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:57:39 am PDT
A classic moment in craven cowardice, as Yale University Press publishes a book on the Mohammed cartoon madness — and deliberately omits the actual cartoons themselves.
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RIP, Les Paul
Music | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:32:46 am PDT
He revolutionized music with his invention of multitrack recording, gave the world a classic electric guitar that still bears his name, and was a hell of a guitar player himself. Today Les Paul has died at the age of 94, of complications from pneumonia. [Video]
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Sun Rises, Human Rights Watch Demonizes Israel
Middle East | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:04:36 am PDT
Remember that Human Rights Watch report accusing Hamas of war crimes? I hope you didn’t think that meant they were changing their ways, because they’re right back at their main occupation again: Human Rights Watch Earns Their Saudi Pay, Publishes Another Thinly-Sourced Report Demonizing Israel.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:12:03 pm PDT
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? — Harry Warner
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Gadget of the Day: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Technology | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:20:01 pm PDT
I have a Nikon D90 digital SLR camera, and love it. I’ve used the D90’s still photography capabilities quite a bit, but one of the items on my to-do list is to further explore the camera’s high definition video features. The nice thing about a DSLR that shoots HD video is ...
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Video: Glenn Beck Hitlerfest, Extended Version
Video | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:50:11 pm PDT
Possibly the craziest episode yet of the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour. Begins with the above-mentioned extended Hitlerfest, segues into a claim that he’s really not saying Obama is Hitler trying to build a master race through eugenics (really! I’m not!), which turns into a full-fledged weeping breakdown complete with pouty ...
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Video: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
Science | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:37:23 pm PDT
Here’s an excellent high definition video on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field images, with a 3D simulation that flies you through Hubble’s most awe-inspiring photographs. The Deep Field images were created by pointing the Hubble Space Telescope for several days at a tiny patch of apparently empty sky — “empty” sky ...
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GOP Mayoral Candidate Makes Creationism Exhibit 'Top Priority'
US News | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:14:19 pm PDT
In these troubled times, Tulsa Republican mayoral candidate Anna Falling knows what’s important — putting a young earth creationism exhibit in the middle of the Tulsa Zoo. It’s her top priority. “It’s first,” she said to calls of “hallelujah” at a rally outside the zoo. “If we can’t come to the ...
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About Media Double Standards
Media | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:17:03 pm PDT
Bill Sammon makes an excellent point about the blatant double standard of US media: Analysis: Press Largely Ignored Incendiary Rhetoric at Bush Protest. As we’ve documented for years at LGF, the media did indeed cover up and obfuscate the true extent of the extremism at many left wing demonstrations. Sammon points ...
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Harry's Place: Nutterdom on US Right
World | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:59:29 am PDT
Here’s how the people disrupting town hall meetings look to “David T” at the center left British blog Harry’s Place: Nutterdom on the U.S. Right. Believe me, we’ve been here in the U.K. This is pretty much the sort of lunacy that we saw in the Labour Party during 19 ...
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Totten Interviews Phalangist VP in Lebanon
Middle East | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:23:55 am PDT
In another excellent column, Michael J. Totten interviews the vice president of Lebanon’s Kataeb (Phalangist) Party: Where the Middle East Fights Its Wars. I visited Lebanon after wrapping up my last trip to Iraq, and was pleasantly surprised all over again by how much nicer Beirut is than Baghdad despite ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:16:01 pm PDT
Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I’d be a politician. — Eugène Ionesco
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Another Day at the Zoo
US News | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:31:13 pm PDT
Here we go again. [Video] [Video]
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Meteor Shower Imminent
Science | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:51:40 pm PDT
By the way, if you’re into rocks and bits of sand that speed through the solar system for billions of years, then burn up in fiery streaks as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere, tonight’s your night. The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a good show this ...
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What Would You Ask About Health Care?
Health | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:09:18 pm PDT
LGF reader Keith G. suggested this as a topic; I mentioned it in the earlier thread about Obama’s town hall meeting today. There were some good responses to my question, but they kind of got lost amid the general comments on the meeting. So here’s another thread, because I really am ...
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Onion: Google's New Opt-Out Feature
Humor | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:33:12 pm PDT
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GOP Senator: Palin's 'Death Panel' Charge is 'Nuts'
Politics | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:25:21 pm PDT
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said today that Sarah Palin’s description of the end of life provisions in the House bill as “death panels” is “nuts”. Q: How did this become a question of euthanasia? ISAKSON: I have no idea. I understand — and you have to check this out — I ...
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Congress Spends $550 Million on a Fleet of Private Jets - Update: Jet Order Cut in Half
Politics | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:36:54 pm PDT
Can you say, “massive, overweening chutzpah?” With 14 million Americans still out of work, Congress is seeking $550 million for eight new aircraft that would increase the fleet the Air Force uses to ferry senators and representatives to war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan as well less dangerous locations ...
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Was Scott Roeder Part of a Conspiracy?
US News | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:05:37 pm PDT
Federal investigators are reportedly looking into the possibility that the alleged murderer of Dr. George Tiller, Scott Roeder, may have had help. WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 10 (UPI) — A federal investigation is underway to determine if more than one person was involved in abortion doctor George Tiller’s death, Kansas authorities ...
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Obama Health Care Town Hall Meeting
Politics | Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:03:59 am PDT
Barack Obama’s town hall meeting on health care is going to start soon. Here’s a thread to discuss it. If you had the chance to ask Obama a question about his health care plan, what would it be? Apparently the people at this meeting were not pre-screened. With the current atmosphere, ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:18:41 pm PDT
For the next hour or so they ran up to lay the bright coins on the hot steel rails, scrambled back to a safe distance to wait for a train, and then, after the spaceship-looking train had come rushing out of the station and howled past and begun to diminish ...
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Creationists Given Academic Credit for Trolling
Science | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:12:01 pm PDT
William Dembski, the “intelligent design” creationist who is a professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has some rather interesting requirements for students of his creationism courses — 20% of their final grade comes from having written 10 posts promoting ID on “hostile” websites: Academic ...
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Israeli Adelson Institute Launches Website
Middle East | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:29:26 pm PDT
Here’s an interesting new website just launched by the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, founded by Natan Sharansky, featuring commentary, analysis, and essays by leading experts such as Martin Kramer and Yossi Klein Halevi. Bookmark this one.
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The 'Muslim Demographics' Hoax
World | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:05:26 pm PDT
There’s a reason why I never linked to a popular YouTube video with millions of views titled “Muslim Demographics,” despite having it recommended many times by emailers and commenters: because on first viewing it was clear that the video was an alarmist work of distorted propaganda, sort of an anti-Muslim ...
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Major Earthquake in Indian Ocean - Update: 6.4 Quake in Japan Too
World | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:30:26 pm PDT
There’s been a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Andaman Islands: 10-degree Map Centered at 15°N,95°E. (Hat tip: Rednek.) UPDATE at 8/10/09 1:39:48 pm: About 12 minutes later, there was an apparently unrelated magnitude 6.4 quake in Japan: Magnitude 6.4 - NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. View Larger Map
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Fox News Continues Mainstreaming Alex Jones Conspiracy Theories
Media | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:02:05 pm PDT
Just when you think the weirdness might be slowing down a little, Fox News cites one of the most whacked out ravers at Alex Jones’ infowars.com, a far left nutjob with a history of antisemitic writings and conspiracy theories, as a reputable authority on swine flu. Foreign governments, too, are ...
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Palin Calls for Restraint at Town Halls
Politics | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:35:39 am PDT
Quite a few readers were upset with me for criticizing the mob-like behavior of many town hall demonstrators. Some denied that this behavior even happened at all, accusing the media (or me) of exaggerating and lying about it. If Sarah Palin were to come out with a statement asking the demonstrators ...
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Yon: No Young Soldiers
World | Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:13:16 am PDT
Another report from the indispensable Michael Yon, in Afghanistan with the British Army: No Young Soldiers.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:27:23 pm PDT
No phones, no lights, no motor cars, not a single luxury. Like Robinson Crusoe, it’s primitive as can be. — Gilligan’s Island
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Bat Boy Meets Lizard Army
Blogosphere | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:28:35 pm PDT
It’s one of those days when the weirdness piles up and all you can do is work that shovel. I feel strangely honored to find a link to Little Green Footballs at the bottom of the website for the Weekly World News, home of the world famous Bat Boy franchise. (Also ...
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Video: The Cliche Family in TV Land
Video | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:37:03 pm PDT
One of the largest producers of TV commercials made this short film in the 1960s, as an in-house joke that probably would have landed them in very hot water if their clients had ever seen it. [Video]
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Video: Nazi America: A Secret History
History | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:46:11 pm PDT
Here’s an excellent History Channel documentary titled “Nazi America: A Secret History,” in its entirety. Lots of information on the underground hate culture of white supremacism and neo-Nazism. [Video]
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And Now for Something Completely Wacky
Music | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:43:34 pm PDT
Russian metal? Yeah, we got that. A berserk tribute to “Gorbachov” by ANJ, with zombies. (Warning: sorta PG/R rated.) [Video]
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Answers for Climate Skeptics
Environment | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:16:45 am PDT
I’ve noticed that in the LGF debate over climate change, there are certain talking points and memes that keep being brought up over and over. In my attempts to find a way between the exaggerated alarmism of many on the pro-AGW side and the deliberate obfuscation of many on the ...
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Photo of the Day
Images | Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:34:56 am PDT
Michael Yon emailed this striking photograph of a helicopter landing in hot, dusty conditions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:11:21 pm PDT
There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. — James Thurber
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Video: About That 'Suppressed' EPA Report
Environment | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:57:29 pm PDT
A few weeks ago there was a flurry of blogosphere activity about a report by an EPA analyst named Alan Carlin that questioned the science of climate change. Supposedly, Carlin’s report was “suppressed” because it voiced politically incorrect opinions. You may have seen some of these blog posts; Fox News even ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Open | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:07:19 pm PDT
It’s true, the world isn’t fair, but why whine and pout when an LGF open thread awaits?
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Saturday Afternoon Music: Randy Newman, 'The World Isn't Fair'
Music | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:11:34 pm PDT
There’s an excellent version of this Randy Newman song on The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1. The video is from his 2008 appearance with the BBC Concert Orchestra. [Video] When Karl Marx was a boy he took a hard look around He saw people were starving all over the place while others were painting ...
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Free Republic Says I 'Support Violence Against American Citizens'
Blogosphere | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:04:28 am PDT
Because I criticized the mob behavior at several health care town hall meetings, the denizens of Free Republic have decided: Charles Johnson of LGF supports violence against American citizens. Free Republic, of course, is where hundreds (possibly thousands) of commenters applauded the murder of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion fanatic. ...
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Palin: My Baby Will Have to Stand in Front of Obama's Death Panel
Politics | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:50:10 am PDT
Sarah Palin weighs in. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death panel” so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their “level of productivity in society,” ...
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Mob Mentality at Town Hall Meetings
US News | Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:39:18 am PDT
If anyone thinks this is the right way to debate health care, well, you’re dreaming: Health Debate Turns Hostile at Town Hall Meetings. There’s a place for yelling, screaming, and protesting — at demonstrations scheduled for that purpose. When these Tea Partiers and Glenn Beck drones charge into town hall meetings, ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:11:01 pm PDT
Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: [looks back, laughing] No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die! — Goldfinger
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Friday Night Music: Pat Metheny, 'Don't Know Why'
Music | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:02:57 pm PDT
This solo guitar arrangement of Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why” is from Pat Metheny’s One Quiet Night. [Video]
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Quote of the Day
Politics | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:48:01 pm PDT
“If President Obama walked on water, [Bolton] would say he couldn’t swim.” — Hillary Clinton [Video]
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Snow Leopard on the Horizon
Technology | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:17:09 pm PDT
Amazon now has Mac OS X Snow Leopard available for pre-order; the upgrade price if you’re already using Leopard is a very reasonable $29. Apple has announced it will be available sometime in September. Snow Leopard doesn’t add a lot of new features; the emphasis with this new version of the ...
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Friday Afternoon Open
Open | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:19:43 pm PDT
A midday thread for whatever...
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Pogue: Amazon Kindle vs. Barnes and Noble eBooks
Technology | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:17:01 pm PDT
David Pogue, author of Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual (a book I highly recommend even if you think you’re already a Mac expert) has a good comparison of Amazon’s Kindle with the new Barnes and Noble eBook offerings: State of the Art - Amazon’s E-Book Rival, Barnes and ...
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Video: Fights Break Out at Tampa Town Hall
US News | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:36:46 am PDT
Tampa Bay Online has a report on the unruly health care town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida that resulted in scuffles and fist fights. (Video may take a few seconds to load.) TBO Video American politics is turning into a bad episode of the Jerry Springer show.
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Krauthammer: A Better Plan for Health Care Reform
Health | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:46:44 am PDT
There goes Charles Krauthammer making sense again: A Better Plan for Health-Care Reform. The administration’s defense is to accuse critics of being for the status quo. Nonsense. Candidate John McCain and a host of other Republicans since have offered alternatives. Let me offer mine: Strip away current inefficiencies before remaking ...
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Craziest Blogger Rants About Nirth Certifikit at Newsmax
Weird | Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:50:58 am PDT
One of the craziest bloggers on the web, Pamela Geller, who once wrote — in all seriousness — that Barack Obama was the love child of Malcolm X, has another Nirth Certifikit article published by right-wing site Newsmax: Newsmax.com - Obama Birth Certificate Issue Causing Needless Distractions. There’s no point ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:26:34 pm PDT
There is no such thing as separation of church and state in the Constitution. It is a lie of the Left and we are not going to take it anymore. — Pat Robertson
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Thursday Night Music: Preston Reed, 'Tractor Pull'
Music | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:20:10 pm PDT
Here’s the video for acoustic guitar maestro Preston Reed’s “Tractor Pull,” from Handwritten Notes. [Video]
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Thursday Night Lounge
Private | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:53:37 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for a thumping Thursday evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. This is a private thread; comments are ...
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Punkin' the Nirthers
Weird | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:21:39 pm PDT
That “Kenyan birth certificate” promoted by World Net Daily, Orly Taitz, Free Republic, and quite a few bloggers turns out to have been a deliberate prank on the Nirthers. They were well and truly punk’d. The first words I wrote immediately after seeing the latest incarnation of the Nirth Certifikit: Today ...
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Pew Research: 39% of Republicans Want More Nirth
Politics | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:45:11 pm PDT
Pew Research’s latest News Interest Index survey shows that a majority of Republicans would like to see more media coverage of the Nirth Certifikit theory. Probably because it’s making Republicans look so good.
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Senate Sends Sotomayor to Supreme Court
Politics | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:06:41 pm PDT
To no one’s surprise, the Senate has voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the Supreme Court, making her the third female justice in US history.
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Flying Pig Watch
Middle East | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:33:06 am PDT
Ladies and gentlemen, the pig has left the hangar, as Human Rights Watch issues a new report on war crimes committed by — Hamas. Airborne porker sighted over Middle EastJERUSALEM (AFP) – Rocket attacks carried out against Israel by the Hamas rulers of Gaza and other Palestinian militants amount to ...
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Yon: Ruling Extends Habeas Protections to All Detainees Worldwide
World | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:27:30 am PDT
Michael Yon reports from Afghanistan on a disturbing development. UPDATE at 8/6/09 11:11:27 am: I realized that some readers will probably assume that the idea of granting habeas corpus rights to all battlefield detainees comes from the Obama administration, so please note: the administration is opposed to the ruling. Our amicus brief ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:28:48 pm PDT
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. — Albert Einstein
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Video: Lizard vs. Lizard
Private | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:14:34 pm PDT
It’s been one of those lizard vs. lizard kind of days... [Video]
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Video: Dawkins vs. Wright
Video | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:52:45 pm PDT
Two well-known figures in the public debate over the scientific theory of evolution, biologist Richard Dawkins and Wendy Wright (president of Concerned Women for America) square off for a fascinating glimpse into the glazed mind of a creationist. [Video] That’s part one; here’s part two, and if you can stand any more ...
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Wednesday Afternoon Open
Open | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:50:49 pm PDT
The traditional midday open source thread...
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Obamacare Will Pay for Abortions
US News | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:26:48 pm PDT
The health care legislation currently in Congress covers abortions, and anti-abortion groups are gearing up for a big fight. “We want to see people who have no health insurance get it, but this is a sticking point,” said Richard Doerflinger, associate director of pro-life activities for the U.S. Conference of ...
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Poll: Virginia GOP Dominated by Nirthers
Politics | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:38:41 am PDT
Public Policy Polling has released a new survey of Virginians (PDF), showing that Barack Obama’s approval rating is dropping — but also that Virginia Republicans are overwhelmingly in thrall to the Birther madness. A majority of Virginians who voted for McCain (36%) said they don’t believe Barack Obama was born in ...
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Parker: GOP Must 'Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Old Dixie'
Politics | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:05:41 am PDT
Uh oh. Kathleen Parker is rattling cages again: Sen. George Voinovich and the GOP as a Party of the South. Not all Southern Republicans are wing nuts. Nor does the GOP have a monopoly on ignorance or racism. And, the South, for all its sins, is also lush with beauty, ...
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Dumb Article of the Week
Opinion | Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:17:57 am PDT
Juan Cole writes a piece for Salon comparing Sarah Palin to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (yes, really), and gets our coveted Dumb Article of the Week prize: Sarah Palin, meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It’s striking what Cole leaves out of his comparisons; since he’s going for the over-the-top smear anyway, I would have expected ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:27:14 pm PDT
I was walking down Fifth Avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: “Well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel?” And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson. — Emo ...
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New Book: 30 Threats a Day for Obama
US News | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:19:25 pm PDT
According to a new book by Ronald Kessler, President Barack Obama is facing 30 death threats a day. Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 per cent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W. Bush, according to Ronald ...
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New Tech: Nikon Digital Camera with Built-In Projector
Technology | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:54:59 pm PDT
An incredible new 12.1 megapixel digital camera from Nikon has an ultra-small built-in projector capable of beaming images from 5 to 40 inches in size, with a brightness rating of 10 lumens: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj 12.1MP Digital Camera with Built-in Projector and 5x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom. Nikon’s ...
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Jihad in North Carolina - Update
US News | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:00:08 pm PDT
A video report from North Carolina's WRAL TV, on the detention hearing for Daniel Patrick Boyd and six other alleged homegrown jihadis arrested last week: WRAL Video
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Onion: All Hail Octavia
Humor | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:15:53 pm PDT
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Tuesday Night Lounge
Private | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:45:16 pm PDT
The Lizard Lounge is now open for a tempestuous Tuesday evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. This is a private thread; comments are ...
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Video: Obama Debunks Birth Certificate Conspiracy
Humor | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:22:42 pm PDT
[Video] (Via FunnyOrDie.com.)
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Open | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:19:49 pm PDT
An open thread for the afternoon of Tuesday, saddest of all the weekdays.
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Breaking: US Journalists Freed by the Dear Leader
World | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:20:25 pm PDT
Following Bill Clinton’s meeting with Kim Jong-Il, news is just coming over the wires that the two US journalists arrested by North Korea, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, are being freed. Li’l Kim is giving them a “special pardon,” and they’ll be returning to the United States on Clinton’s private plane. ...
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Abbas: Sure, Peace, But with Some Killing
Middle East | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:50:03 am PDT
This is the mind-numbingly obvious technique the Palestinians have been getting away with for decades — talking about the “peace process” while threatening (and often committing) violence. Why would anyone expect Mahmoud Abbas to change this pattern of behavior now? Palestinians to keep resistance an option: Abbas. BETHLEHEM, West Bank ...
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Google Voice Invitations for Military Personnel
Technology | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:22:44 am PDT
Kudos to Google for this new initiative: Google Voice invitations for military personnel. They’re giving away free priority invitations to their powerful new telephone management system, to all military service members. Google Voice lets you use one number for all your phones, gives you free US long distance and very cheap ...
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Video: New Technique Helps Obama Solve Conflicts
Humor | Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:54:58 am PDT
President Obama’s beer summit was so successful, he’s using the concept to resolve more conflicts... [Video]
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:13:26 pm PDT
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. — T. S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
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Weekly Standard Sold to Christian Conservative Billionaire
US News | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:35:16 pm PDT
The Weekly Standard has been bought for an embarrassingly low price by a Christian fundamentalist billionaire, so don’t be surprised if you see them do a sharp lurch to the creationist side of reality: “Weekly Standard” Going Creationist? Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has sold The Weekly Standard to Christian conservative ...
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The Source of the Forged Kenyan Nirth Certifikit?
Weird | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:58:54 pm PDT
Looks like David Weigel has unearthed the probable source image for the forged Kenyan birth certificate — a “registration of birth” from Australia with striking similarities to Orly Taitz’s document.
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Military Coup Attempt in Qatar?
Middle East | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:23:27 pm PDT
The MEMRI Blog notes that several Arab media sources are reporting a failed military coup attempt in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar. Various Arab websites are reporting on the sudden firing of senior Qatari military officials after they staged a failed coup attempt. According to the report on the liberal ...
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MSNBC Mocks Nirther Queen Bee
Video | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:29:21 pm PDT
You know the staff at MSNBC is just loving this kind of stuff. Orly Taitz versus MSNBC anchors David Shuster and Tamron Hall. The face of the Nirther movement. [Video] (Hat tip: Allahpundit.)
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New Poll: Only 32% of Virginia Republicans Think Obama's a US Citizen
Weird | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:36:41 pm PDT
Uh oh. A new poll from a reputable firm with more evidence that Nirtherism is not just a fringe phenomenon in the GOP: Just 32% of Virginia Republicans Think Obama is a Citizen. Here’s an advance look at a new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia completed over the weekend: ...
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Yon in Combat with the Brits
World | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:24:58 am PDT
Another great must-read report with plenty of photos by Michael Yon, embedded with the British Army in Sangin, Afghanistan: Resurrection.
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Israeli Police Recommend Indictment of Lieberman
Middle East | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:54:14 am PDT
Far right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is probably going to be indicted on bribery and fraud charges: Israeli Police Recommend Indictment of Foreign Minister. JERUSALEM, Aug. 2 — Israeli police Sunday recommended that the state indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on charges of bribery, fraud, money laundering, witness harassment ...
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Bayefsky: Obama Has Decided to Let Iran Have Nukes
Opinion | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:45:27 am PDT
Anne Bayefsky ticks off the evidence that President Barack Obama has decided to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons: Waiting to See.
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Media Matters Runs Ad Criticizing Lou Dobbs for Birtherism
Weird | Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:39:57 am PDT
Left wing group Media Matters has purchased airtime on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, calling on CNN to address Lou Dobbs’ promotion of the Nirth Certifikit lunacy: Dobbs Conspiracy.
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Branches
Images | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:00:59 pm PDT
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The True Nirth Certifikit At Last
Weird | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:22:24 pm PDT
LGF reader Shiplord Kirel has granted us exclusive permission to reveal his world-shattering scoop! He’s discovered the honest-to-goodness, no BS, real, true, and genuine nirth certifikit for Barack Obama ... and the conspiracy goes much deeper than even the most whacked out Nirther ever realized... (Click the picture for a larger ...
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Sunday Night Music: The Bird and the Bee, 'Polite Dance Song'
Music | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:47:35 pm PDT
Would you please clap your hands for The Bird and The Bee, with “Polite Dance Song,” from their album Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future. [Video]
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Freep Founder Calls 'Fraud'
Weird | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:48:55 pm PDT
Oops. Looks like the latest “smoking gun” for the Nirthers was loaded with blanks. Free Republic founder Jim Robinson is calling it a fraud, probably because it’s an obvious fraud. Fake Obama Kenya birth certificate? Ya think? Freepers are blaming it on Marxists. You know, the ones who’ve ... taken over the ...
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Open | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 3:54:13 pm PDT
Sauntering happily down the bowered sun-drenched pathways of a traditional midday open thread ...
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When Knuckle-Dragging British Nazis Attack
World | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:03:50 pm PDT
The head of the British National Party’s legal department, Lee Barnes, thinks he has the terrible secret of LGF all figured out, and it’s spelled “J-E-W-S:” 21st Century British Nationalism: The Strategy of Little Green Footballs and Harrys Place. (Link goes to Google cache, so you won’t get fascist cooties ...
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Video: The Falcon
Video | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:28:21 pm PDT
Here’s a creative use for disassembled vintage and antique cameras. (More information on the film at The Falcon.) [Video]
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Nirther Craziness Gets Worse
Weird | Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:01:10 am PDT
Today we get a ludicrous effort by head Nirther Orly Taitz to foist off an obviously fake “Kenyan birth certificate” with Barack Obama’s name on it: Is this really it? (re: possible Obama’s Kenyan B.C. - Attny Taitz). These people are getting desperate. World Net Daily is also salivating over this. (By ...
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What's on My Kindle?
Books | Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:20:59 pm PDT
Some recommended books I’m currently reading (or have just finished) on my Kindle, with one-line reviews:
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Saturday Night Music: Ben Folds, 'You Don't Know Me'
Music | Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:40:28 pm PDT
Regina Spektor sings along on “You Don’t Know Me,” from Ben Folds’ latest, Way to Normal. (Mild language warning. Kudos to Vimeo for allowing this to be embedded in HD.) [Video]
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The Strategy of the BNP
World | Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:18:41 pm PDT
After 9/11, the British National Party saw an opportunity and developed a deceptive strategy of “entryism,” concealing their traditional white supremacist bigotry with a facade of anti-jihadism. Edmund Standing has a good piece on the real BNP: The BNP’s real concern is race, not Islam.
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Video: The PEN Story
Video | Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:22:18 pm PDT
An ingenious promo film for the Olympus PEN camera, comprised of more than 60,000 photographs: [Video]
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Glenn Beck: 'Cars for Clunkers' is a Government Plot to Take Over Your Computer
Weird | Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:39:20 am PDT
Is there a point at which most reasonable people will start realizing that Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich? Maybe this point? [Video] What a disgrace; this is nothing but unjustifiable fear mongering, by idiots. (Hat tip: Hot Air.) UPDATE at 8/1/09 10:20:53 am: Here’s the agreement. Please note that it’s on the ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:13:33 pm PDT
Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. — T. S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
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