LGF Archives: September 2008
An Insanely Biased Debate Moderator
Politics | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:25:48 pm PDT
Gwen Ifill should step down as moderator of the vice presidential debate: A debate “moderator” in the tank for Obama. Come on now. This is getting completely ridiculous.
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Video: Sarah Palin on Social Issues
Politics | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:23:47 pm PDT
Just as I’ve been writing for more than a month, she supports the teaching of evolution as “an accepted principle.” Quote: “Science should be taught in science class.” (And that does not include “intelligent design.”) UPDATE at 9/30/08 6:41:31 pm: The video is way out of sync with the audio. Good work, CBS. ...
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Pat Condell: Welcome to Saudi Britain
Video | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:11:34 pm PDT
The crusty old atheist has another good rant, on the British government’s appalling decision to give sharia courts the power of law. [Video] UPDATE at 10/1/08 12:47:00 pm: YouTube has deleted this video. Here it is at Blip.tv: [Video]
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Open | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:02:18 pm PDT
Just another Tuesday afternoon free for all...
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Bawer: Who's Sleeping More Deeply?
Religion | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:14:39 pm PDT
Bruce Bawer on the see-no-evil political correctness that prevents many Westerners from talking honestly about Islam: Who’s Sleeping More Deeply — Europe or America? A big part of the reason for this dismaying American response to the cartoon affair is, of course, that Islamization hasn’t progressed as far in America ...
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Onion: Obama Runs Constructive Criticism Ad Against McCain
Video | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:06:59 am PDT
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ElBaradei: 'All Is Not Well With the IAEA'
World | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:40:27 am PDT
The UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Iran just might be trying to get nuclear weapons ... and “all is not well with the IAEA.” What was your first clue, Captain Obvious? VIENNA, Austria - A six-year probe of Iran has failed to rule out the possibility that the ...
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Creepy Video of the Day: Obama Youth
Video | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:38:23 am PDT
The person who posted this video at YouTube is apparently proud of it, and has no idea how completely creepy it is. [Video]
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As If It Weren't Obvious
Politics | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:20:03 am PDT
From Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, an email from a reader who works in a mainstream media newsroom: “Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. ...
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Iowahawk: Hey Barack!
Humor | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:54:17 am PDT
In a world exclusive, Iowahawk has somehow landed a video interview with the brains behind the Barack Obama phenomenon. [Video]
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A Biden-Hillary Surprise?
Politics | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:05:09 am PDT
Skeptical doesn’t even begin to describe my reaction to this rumor, but Andrew Malcolm seems to think we can’t dismiss it out of hand: After Sarah Palin VP debate, Joe Biden to step aside for Hillary Clinton? The report does seem truly far-fetched — until you start recalling Biden’s series ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:11:12 pm PDT
Max: Chief, we must use the Cone of Silence if we are to continue this conversation. Chief: Max, the Cone of Silence never works. Max: Still we must use it. [The Cone of Silence lowers over them.] Chief: Can you hear me? Max: What? — Get Smart
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Tech Note: An Unblocking Experiment
Science | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:56:21 pm PDT
Just to see what happens, we’ve deleted a bunch of the IP blocking rules from our .htaccess file tonight. Since most bloggers don’t watch for (and block) robots and spammers as diligently as Stinky Beaumont does, I suspect we’ve been artificially deflating our traffic numbers in comparison to other blogs. ...
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Happy New Year
Open | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:56:49 pm PDT
Happy New Year to all our Jewish readers, who are celebrating Rosh Hashana, the day of remembrance.
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Dr. Shackleford Explains Astroturfing
Politics | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:44:34 pm PDT
If you got some strange results trying to load LGF a few minutes ago, don’t panic. We’re just tweaking some server settings, and we all know how painful that can be. Meanwhile, here’s an interesting podcast from Shire Network News, featuring Dr. Rusty: Podcast explains Astroturfing For Fun and Profit.
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Phillips: Subversives For Obama
Politics | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:12:27 pm PDT
Another good piece from Melanie Phillips: Subversives For Obama. Barack Obama appears to sit on a nexus between Marxist revolutionary activists, unrepentant former terrorists, Black Power racists, Chicago mobsters – oh, and a Saudi who is trying to buy up America. If you were to turn up at US immigration ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:53:38 pm PDT
As the Dow index hovers at around -600, with over a billion transactions recorded, here’s a Black Monday open thread.
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Financial Bailout Bill Failing in House
Business | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:55:52 am PDT
It looks like the bailout bill will not pass the House, and the Dow dropped more than 600 points on the news. It’s recovering now, and is down about 400 as we write. The bill needs 217 votes to pass, and the vote is 207 yea, 226 nay with 0:00 time ...
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Tech Note: Mysterious Bug Fixed?
Science | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:27:56 am PDT
If you’ve been having any of the following problems at LGF: * Login from the main page doesn’t work, but clicking through to an article page and logging in does. * The “top rated links” area just spins and spins and doesn’t open, until you click through to another LGF page. * The ...
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SpaceX Goes to Space
Science | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:03:04 am PDT
SpaceX had a big success yesterday, launching the very first privately-funded rocket to enter Earth orbit. [Video]
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Obama and ACORN
Politics | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:31:55 am PDT
Stanley Kurtz is digging into Barack Obama’s connections to ACORN, and ACORN’s part in the financial meltdown: O’s Dangerous Pals. WHAT exactly does a “community organizer” do? Barack Obama’s rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question. Here’s a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into ...
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$700 Billion: Picked Out of Thin Air?
Business | Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:49:06 am PDT
You won’t believe where that $700-billion bailout figure came from. You know where that very important $700-billion figure came from? Here’s a quote from that Forbes story: “It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.” They made it ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:48:12 pm PDT
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. — Mark Twain
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Bailout Details
Business | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 7:59:52 pm PDT
Here’s the complete text (PDF) of the deal.
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Sunday Evening Open
Open | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:03:18 pm PDT
House Republicans are supposed to make a statement soon on the financial crisis; if there’s still no deal when the Asian markets open, things could get ... interesting.
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London Muslims Celebrate 9/11
Video | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:07:09 pm PDT
Omar Bakri’s British followers, including Anjam Chaudhary, participated in a jihad conference in London on September 14, broadcast on Lebanon’s LBC TV, featuring a telephone visit by Bakri himself. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Following are excerpts from an LBC TV report on Muslims in London commemorating 9/11 which aired on ...
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Video: Ahmadinejad Gets Applause, Hugs at the UN General Assembly
Video | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:22:31 pm PDT
Eye on the UN put together this lovely little slice of United Nations life, featuring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spewing antisemitic conspiracy theory madness straight out of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and being received with applause from delegates and a hearty hug from General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann. [Video] Retch. ...
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Pirates Die Strangely After Hijacking Iranian Ship
World | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:32:17 am PDT
A disturbing report in a South African newspaper: The Times - Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship. A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates. Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell ...
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Obama Campaign Throws First Amendment Under the Bus
Politics | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:13:08 am PDT
My jaw is officially on the floor. The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who “lies or runs a misleading TV ad” during the presidential campaign; here’s a video report. UPDATE at 9/28/08 9:31:28 am: A statement from Missouri Governor Matt Blunt on the Obama campaign’s abusive ...
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Associated Press Uses N Word
Politics | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:56:16 am PDT
Associated Press Democratic shill Ron Fournier is working overtime promoting the view that if Barack Obama loses the election, racism will be to blame. In every other circumstance the Associated Press avoids printing racial slurs, even in quotations, and uses phrases like “the N word” instead. But for some reason in ...
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Family Asked Obama Not to Wear Son's Bracelet?
Politics | Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:14:39 am PDT
According to Newsbusters, the family of the fallen soldier whose name is on a bracelet that Barack Obama wears asked Obama to stop wearing it. Barack Obama played the “me too” game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet ...
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The Duck of Death
Science | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 8:57:56 pm PDT
Well, the economy may be melting down, and Iran may be on the brink of nuclear weapons, but at least we don’t have gigantic geese the size of small airplanes with beaks full of razor sharp teeth. Scientists have found a new huge and well-preserved fossil of a goose and ...
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Tech Note: Stinky's Refactoring Binge
Science | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:34:06 pm PDT
Stinky Beaumont is project-managing a major code refactoring process this weekend, that we’ve been putting off because it’s painful. We’re talking duplicated code. Global variables. Inconsistent variable naming. Remnants from the days before we started coding smart, instead of just getting it working. It’s not all like this, but the ...
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RIP: Paul Newman
US News | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:37:09 pm PDT
Paul Newman died today at the age of 83. His memorable and unique films included Exodus and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and he’ll be greatly missed. UPDATE at 9/27/08 3:11:59 pm: Here’s the terrific opening scene from one of Newman’s lesser known performances, in the Coen Brothers’ The Hudsucker Proxy. [Video] ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Open | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:57:23 pm PDT
Refusing to dive into a sewer doesn’t mean you’re cleaner than everyone else. — Lao Stinky
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Car Bomb Kills 17 in Syria
World | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 10:57:59 am PDT
A taxi packed with explosives blew up on a crowded residential street in Damascus today, killing at least 17 people. Syrian television said a car packed with 440 pounds (200 kilograms) of explosives blew up on Mahlak Street, in a southern district of the Syrian capital close to the city’s ...
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Nature's 18 Science Questions
Science | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:46:35 am PDT
Science journal Nature asked both presidential candidates to answer 18 questions about science and science education (different from the questions asked in Sciencedebate 2008). John McCain declined the invitation but Barack Obama responded: US election: Questioning the candidates. Since McCain (for whatever reason) didn’t participate, Nature included his public statements on ...
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Obama Blatantly Flip Flops on Missile Defense
Politics | Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 8:23:54 am PDT
Cuffy at Perfunction put together this short video clip, showing Barack Obama’s complete 180 degree reversal on missile defense in last night’s debate. [Video]
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Tommy Emmanuel, Percussionist
Video | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:24:33 pm PDT
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Whittle: The Economy is Passing a Kidney Stone
Business | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:49:52 pm PDT
A new Bill Whittle piece in the National Review: Pain.
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Presidential Debate Thread 4, the Wrap-Up
Politics | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:42:54 pm PDT
A thread for post-debate analysis and miscellaneous verbiage...
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Presidential Debate Thread 3, with Live Video
Video | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:38:36 pm PDT
Here’s another debate jam thread; we’re slowing down a bit under the traffic but all the indicators are still in the green. [Video now disabled...]
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Presidential Debate Thread 2, with Live Video
Video | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 5:56:51 pm PDT
Here’s another thread as the debate is about to start. This time I’ve also included the C-SPAN live feed, which will apparently be showing audience reactions. [Video moved to newer thread...]
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Presidential Debate Thread 1
Politics | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:59:56 pm PDT
Through the magic of the innernut, here’s a live video feed from Memphis TV station WMC-TV. The pre-debate show starts at 5 pm Pacific, followed by the main event at 6 pm Pacific. Notice that this video feed includes a chat room, but it’s not limited to LGF readers. [Video moved to ...
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Debate Live Streaming on C-SPAN
Politics | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:27:22 pm PDT
The presidential debate will be streamed live tonight at 9 pm Eastern on C-SPAN. Anyone know of an embeddable live stream?
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Islamist 'Students' Mock Holocaust on Jerusalem Day
World | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:34:47 am PDT
While Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was meeting with journalists, Code Pink, and loony leftist religious leaders in New York, back home in Iran they released with great fanfare a depraved new book full of cartoons mocking the Holocaust. TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranians chanted “Death to Israel” on Friday as Islamist ...
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What Media Double Standard?
Politics | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:19:02 am PDT
Earlier this week the networks threw a major tantrum when the McCain campaign tried to limit their access to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s meetings with foreign officials. Today, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and completely excluded the press. And not a peep from ...
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The Debate Is On
Science | Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:56:19 am PDT
Word is that John McCain will be participating in the presidential debate tonight after all. Meanwhile, lots of people emailed to complain that Internet Explorer 6 was balking at loading LGF. It appears to be an interaction with the new ShareThis feature. I’ve made a code change that may fix it; ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:23:23 pm PDT
I do benefits for all religions - I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality. — Bob Hope
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Washington Mutual Closed and Sold
Business | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:05:03 pm PDT
Hang on to your hats: U.S. bailout in chaos, feds seize WaMu. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rescue for the U.S. financial system unraveled on Thursday amid accusations Republican presidential candidate John McCain scuppered the deal, and Washington Mutual was closed by U.S. authorities and its assets sold in America’s biggest ...
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Islamic Creationist: 'All Terrorists Are Darwinists'
Science | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:56:44 pm PDT
Turkish Islamic creationist Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) is interviewed by Spiegel Online, and says that “All Terrorists Are Darwinists.” Oktar: Darwinism has laid the groundwork for Hitler’s and Mussolini’s fascism and Stalin’s communism. And when we look at the present day, we see that all the members of terrorist organizations ...
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Code Pink Meets Ahmadinejad
Moonbats | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:16:48 pm PDT
It’s tempting to dismiss Code Pink, because their behavior is so stupid and clownish most of the time. But this is not clownish: Official release: CODEPINK activists and other peace organizations meet with Iranian president in New York. NEW YORK — Calling it a “major step forward” in relations between Iran ...
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The Six Millionth Comment Approaches
Science | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:24:31 pm PDT
If we continue at the current rate of comment posting, comment #6,000,000 will be posted at LGF some time within the next 10 days. Thought you might like to know.
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:15:59 pm PDT
Unless a whole lot of people are exaggerating the seriousness of the financial crisis, we’re going to have no choice but to accept some kind of “Hail Mary” bailout legislation. Here’s a thread as we watch it all melt down.
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No Nukes for Kooks
US News | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:48:57 pm PDT
Urban Infidel has some good photos from the Ahmadinejad Protest in New York City.
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Tech Note: A New Sharing Era
Science | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:53:01 pm PDT
I’m testing out ShareThis, a small Javascript addition that consolidates all the “sharing” functions into one button, replacing that row of links that formerly read “digg, newsvine, reddit,” etc. In addition to looking less cluttered, this has the highly desirable side effect of reducing the download size of the front page, ...
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Palm Quartet
Images | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:36:46 am PDT
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Kurtz: Obama's Founding Brothers
Politics | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:16:12 am PDT
Stanley Kurtz has another article at National Review on Barack Obama’s connections to former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, and the attempts to prevent Kurtz from seeing the documents about these connections at the University of Illinois at Chicago: Founding Brothers.
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Reuters Hearts Neturei Karta
World | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:13:35 am PDT
There’s something very rotten at Reuters, and this headline is a glaring symptom: Accused of anti-Semitism, Ahmadinejad meets Jews. Reuters’ headline is clearly designed to imply that Ahmadinejad reached out to Jews after being accused of antisemitism, but the reality is the exact opposite. The “Jews” they’re talking about belong to the ...
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The Craziness Continues at Official Obama Blog Site
Politics | Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:39:46 am PDT
At Babalu Blog, Henry Gomez has a look through the archives at my.barackobama.com, and discovers that they’re lousy with communists: What type of people support Barack Obama? In this “user-generated” section of Obama’s web site people are encouraged to explain which issues are important to them, why they support Barack ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:12:41 pm PDT
The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. — Václav Havel
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Video: Couric vs. Palin
Video | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:27:21 pm PDT
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President Bush on the Financial Crisis
Business | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:00:05 pm PDT
This may be one of George W. Bush’s last major speeches as President; it’s scheduled to be streamed on C-SPAN2.
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Tech Note: Iconophobia
Science | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:23:37 pm PDT
We have some new icons in that little information area that shows up at the bottom right of each post; they replace the text links that used to be in that section. The number of comments for each post is now shown with larger digits, followed by the icons: Go ...
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Zombie's Denver Report Helps Clear Cop
Moonbats | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:55:18 pm PDT
You may remember Zombie’s report from the Denver Democratic Convention, covering an incident in which Code Pink was trying to claim police brutality: Zombie: Anatomy of a Video - Democratic Convention 2008. Today the Denver district attorney announced that no charges will be filed against the police officer involved: Cop who ...
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Alcee Hastings Plays It
Politics | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:44:50 pm PDT
Race cards! Get yer race cards here! (CNN) – Rep. Alcee Hastings told an audience of Jewish Democrats Wednesday that they should be wary of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.” “If Sarah ...
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Wednesday Afternoon Open
Open | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:22:03 pm PDT
Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. — Henri Matisse
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McCain Suspends Campaign to Work on Financial Crisis
Politics | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:59:22 pm PDT
Obama inclinded [sic] to move ahead with debate. NEW YORK - Barack Obama’s campaign says he is inclined to go ahead with Friday’s presidential debate, even though rival John McCain is calling for a delay. McCain said Wednesday that he wants to stop all campaigning tomorrow and postpone the debate ...
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Kook Endorses Kook
Politics | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:33:21 am PDT
You’ve probably been unable to eat or sleep waiting for Ron Paul to announce who he’s endorsing for president, and now your wait is over. It’s ... Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party! Dave Weigel has a few fun quotes from Baldwin: If America wishes to remain a free and ...
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Piracy Rising in the Horn of Africa
World | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:16:20 am PDT
Pirates from the lawless state of Somalia tried to attack a US Navy oil tanker earlier today. LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday it appeared pirates had tried to attack one of its big military oil tankers. A security team aboard the vessel opened fire on two small ...
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Firefox Speed Dial: Just Say No
Science | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:37:19 am PDT
I just learned about a Firefox add-on called Speed Dial, that lets you set Firefox to automatically load a certain web page over and over at specified intervals, presumably to keep up with what’s going on in semi-real time. This is known as a very bad idea—one of those bad ideas ...
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Glick: Your Abortions or Your Lives!
Politics | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:11:02 am PDT
Caroline Glick, on Sarah Palin being disinvited from the Iran demonstration: Our World: Your abortions or your lives! They should be ashamed. The Democratic Party should be ashamed. And Jewish American voters should consider carefully whether opposing a woman who opposes the abortion of fetuses is really more important than ...
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Couric's Interview Prep
Politics | Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:03:14 am PDT
Katie Couric is perkily asking readers for input on which questions she should ask Sarah Palin. Right now I’m preparing to interview Gov. Sarah Palin, and I’m really excited about this chance to sit down with a woman who has stirred things up in the third act of a very ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:08:33 pm PDT
“This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” — William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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Wired Thinks These People Are Smart
Science | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:01:06 pm PDT
This is a list of 15 smart people Wired Magazine thinks the next president should consult for advice on science/technology issues: The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To. I don’t see Michael Moore in the list, so it may be worth a read.
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Larry King and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
World | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:15:27 pm PDT
Weirdest interview ever.
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IPT: Day 2 of the HLF Retrial
US News | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:55:13 pm PDT
The Investigative Project has an exclusive report from the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding retrial: HLF Jury Schooled on Hamas Terror. DALLAS - For jurors in the Hamas-support case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) who likely know nothing about the terrorist group, or about the ...
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No Fascists, No Apology
World | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:46:43 pm PDT
Note to Pamela and to Fjordman: I will not be “apologizing” for refusing to join forces with European white nationalist groups: Atlas Shrugs: ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: FJORDMAN ON FREEDOM FIGHTING ‘FASCISTS’. Enjoy your new allies, folks.
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Mini-Hitler at the UN
World | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:29:28 pm PDT
Here’s a thread for reactions and responses to Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his weird speech to the United Nations General Assembly, while waiting for the first moonbat to praise his “spirituality.”
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Open | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:05:49 am PDT
The tiny door of opportunity has creaked open. Read the fine print, please, and play nice. Monitor lizards are watching, as always. UPDATE at 9/23/08 12:02:47 pm: Now closed, with 267 hatchlings.
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Networks Throw Tantrum, Demand Access to Palin's Meetings
Politics | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:18:39 am PDT
The alphabet networks had a little tiff with the McCain campaign today, when the campaign tried to limit their access to Sarah Palin’s meetings with foreign officials: Sarah Palin Meets World Leaders — Reporters Kept Away? There’s a battle going on right now over how the networks will be allowed ...
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Naomi Wolf Bravely Speaks Truth to the Palin Police State
Moonbats | Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:55:26 am PDT
Our unhinged rant of the day: a new article by feminist nutbar Naomi Wolf (last seen at LGF praising the religion of Islam for keeping women submissive) at the ever-loony Huffington Post: Naomi Wolf: The Battle Plan II: Sarah ‘Evita’ Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State. Please understand ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:59:00 pm PDT
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. — Robert Benchley
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Dukakis Complains
Politics | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 6:32:46 pm PDT
This election is bringing back bad memories for Michael Dukakis. Former Gov. Michael Dukakis said Monday that John McCain’s presidential campaign is using the same race-based tactics that were used against him in his 1988 presidential run. ... Asked if he considered the ad to be in the same vein as ...
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Iowahawk: Council Demands Palin Ouster from Fallout Shelter
Humor | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:43:32 pm PDT
Sometimes the hawk’s talons are sharp, like razors: Council Demands Palin Ouster from Fallout Shelter. Newark, Blast Ring 4: Radioactive mutants from the National Jewish Democratic Council today tapped an angry Morse code press release message on the lid of the fallout shelter of another Jewish organization, demanding that it ...
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Monday Afternoon Open
Open | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:55:24 pm PDT
In the New World, happiness is enforced. — Peter Porter
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Daily Kos Astroturf Diary Goes Down the Memory Hole
Politics | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:03:34 pm PDT
Now someone at Daily Kos is going through the site and deleting diaries that advocate “astroturfing.”
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Tree-Sitters Get Unpleasant Surprise
Moonbats | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:07:02 pm PDT
The tree-dwelling moonbats recently evicted from UC Berkeley are getting a reminder that free speech isn’t free: UC hits tree-sitters with expensive surprise. Berkeley’s infamous tree-sitters have been hit with a rude surprise since they came down to earth: Judges are socking them with thousands of dollars in fines and ...
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Hitchens: Why is Obama So Vapid, Hesitant, and Gutless?
Politics | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:16:26 am PDT
Hitchens nails it, in a piece on Barack Obama’s failure to surge ahead of John McCain even as McCain seems to flounder: Why is Obama so vapid, hesitant, and gutless? (Title of the day.) Here’s a swift test. Be honest. What sentence can you quote from his convention speech in ...
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Ahmadinejad in Manhattan
World | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:02:37 am PDT
A day before leaving Iran to visit his friends at the United Nations, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presided over a display of military hardware that included the slogans “Israel must be eliminated from the universe” and “Down with the USA,” and promised to “break the hands” of invaders. TEHRAN (AFP) ...
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Astroturf Evidence Going Down the Memory Hole
Politics | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:20:31 am PDT
The Jawa Report seems to have gotten someone’s attention. UPDATE: Within an hour of this post going up, YouTube videos implicating Ethan Winner were yanked, sockpuppet accounts deleted, and more importantly, the Wikipedia entry on David Axelrod began to edit out mentions of his well known astroturfing campaigns. Hmmm, it ...
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Palin's Canceled Speech on Ahmadinejad
World | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:39:27 am PDT
Governor Sarah Palin was scheduled to speak today at a protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but was disinvited after political maneuvering by Hillary Clinton and the Obama campaign; the New York Sun has published the speech she would have given: Palin on Ahmadinejad: ‘He Must Be Stopped’.
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Monday Early Morning Open
Open | Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:44:00 am PDT
Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave When they think that their children are naive. — Ogden Nash
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Jawa Report: Orchestrated 'Grassroots' Smear Campaigns
Politics | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:31:04 pm PDT
In a monumental post, Rusty Shackleford traces one of the sources of the smears against Sarah Palin and finds some not-too-surprising connections: The Jawa Report: Hope, Change, & Lies: Orchestrated ‘Grassroots’ Smear Campaigns & the People that Run Them. Our research suggests that a subdivision of one of the largest ...
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Iowahawk: Clockwork O-Rage
Humor | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:11:42 pm PDT
Viddy well, oh my brothers: Clockwork O-Rage as Obama Urges Supporters to Stomp Home Message of Hope. LAS VEGAS, NV — Barack Obama stepped up his attacks on Republican rival John McCain today during a campaign stop in Nevada, telling supporters to “get in the faces” of waivering voters with ...
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Final Approach to Astroturf
Politics | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:48:33 pm PDT
Psst. Keep your eye on Jawa Report tonight. Rusty’s breaking a story that might be big. Ace is dropping hints.
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US Rabbis Back Evolution, Oppose Creationism
Science | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:34:59 pm PDT
Jewish leaders across the United States have signed a letter backing the theory of evolution and opposing creationism. Go on with your bad selves, rabbis. CHICAGO - For Rabbi Gary Gerson of the Oak Park Temple B’nai Abraham Zion, evolution does not oppose religious belief but strengthens it. “If anything, it all ...
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Holy Land Foundation, Round Two
Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 5:25:34 pm PDT
Coming up: the second round in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding trial, in which the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) are both listed as unindicted co-conspirators, despite their repeated attempts to be removed from the list: Terrorism Financing Case Back ...
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Onion: Obama the Protector
Video | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:58:14 pm PDT
(Language warning...) [Video]
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Sunday Morning Open
Open | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:58:57 am PDT
Got some biz to handle this morning and other projects that demand attention, so here’s an open thread for the nonce...
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CAIR Executive Director: 'We Should Not Blame the United States Alone for the 9/11 Attacks'
US News | Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:32:30 am PDT
At the Investigative Project on Terrorism: CAIR Exec’s Telling Interview. In a recent interview with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islam Online website, and reported by the BBC Middle East Monitoring Service, the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR), Executive Director Nihad Awad reflected on “interfaith dialogue,” the Bush administration, the upcoming ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:44:00 pm PDT
Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he shall enjoy living. — W. C. Bennett
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Creationism Surfaces in North Carolina
Science | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 7:19:27 pm PDT
Another attempt by creationists to slip their religious agenda into science classrooms, this time in Brunswick County, North Carolina: Brunswick school board to consider creationism teaching. The Brunswick County school board is looking for a way for creationism to be taught in the classroom side by side with evolution. “It’s really ...
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Al Qaeda's Internet Savvy in Doubt
World | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:35:48 pm PDT
Kudos to Rusty Shackleford and Aaron Weisburd for scaring the jihadis enough to make the mainstream media notice: Web problems hit release of al Qaeda 9/11 video. Some suspected they had been targeted by hackers. India’s Hindustan Times pointed the finger at intelligence websites that track militant sites on the ...
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MEMRI Needs You
Video | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:10:21 pm PDT
The Middle East Media Research Institute needs help to continue running their incredibly valuable service. Do you want to see them close up shop? Me neither. Let’s help them out, lizards: MEMRI: URGENT APPEAL.
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Tech Note: Spinoff Links Redesigned
Science | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:54:10 pm PDT
The spinoff links redesign is complete, with styles to match the rest of the site. Gone are the clunky HTML tables, replaced by nice, clean, relatively semantic markup. Stinky Beaumont says they look like the kind of spinoff links his mom would have baked. But he had a weird mom. As always, ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Open | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:51:52 pm PDT
An open thread for a sunny Saturday. I’m tweaking the spinoff links design, so if something looks or acts weird in that department, please bear with Stinky and me.
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Terror Attack Destroys Marriott Hotel, Kills At Least 40
World | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:12:40 am PDT
A gigantic truck bomb has destroyed the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least 40 people including one member of the US military. A massive truck bomb destroyed much of Islamabad’s most popular hotel this evening, killing at least 40 people, wounding at least 100 and leaving a crater ...
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The Reverend Wright Issue
Politics | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 9:25:55 am PDT
At the Wall Street Journal, Laura Meckler writes that the McCain campaign is getting ready to open a can of Reverend Jeremiah Wright: ‘Attack by Association’ Viewed as Fair Game by McCain Camp. Don’t be shocked if you see the McCain campaign pull the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright out of ...
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IPT: Washington Post Puts Target on Prosecutor's Back
US News | Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 8:35:03 am PDT
The Washington Post, once again, is on the wrong side of the battle to expose jihadis in the United States: Washington Post Reporter Puts Target on Prosecutor’s Back. Many have chronicled the odd relationship between the Western media and the forces of radical Islam, perhaps the starkest incident being the ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:31:02 pm PDT
And that’s the story of how Norville Barnes climbed waaay up to the forty-fourth floor of the Hudsucker Building, and then fell all the way down but didn’t quite squish hisself. You know, they say there was a man who jumped from the forty-FIFTH floor? But that’s another story. — Moses ...
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Nashville Running Out of Gas?
US News | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:18:17 pm PDT
Received from a reader in Tennessee: Nashville was 85% out of fuel today. We will probably be completely dry by the end of tomorrow. Lines at stations are 50 cars deep in some places, if they even have gas. Also see: Some Nashville area stations out of gas.
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Tech Note: Iconic Redesign
Science | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:11:35 pm PDT
The icons for rating front page articles, comments, and spinoff links have been redesigned for a more consistent (yet colorful!) look. And of course, once I started tweaking the rating buttons in Fireworks, I had to redesign the Favorites and Report icons as well, to make them match the style. Be warned: ...
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Taheri: Obama 101
World | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:00:56 pm PDT
Amir Taheri has a piece about his article on the Obama campaign’s discussions with Iraqi leaders: Obama 101. At a meeting with Senator Hillary Clinton in Washington, I asked what she thought of the Bush administration’s negotiations with the Iraqis concerning security cooperation. She said she would not second-guess the ...
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Friday Morning Open
Open | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:37:44 am PDT
We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know. — Matthew Arnold
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Obama Campaign: Politicizing Ahmadinejad
Politics | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:15:55 am PDT
Soccer Dad has lots of links on the latest disgraceful political maneuvering by the Obama campaign, as Sarah Palin is first invited, then disinvited to a protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Soccer Dad: Diss-inviting palin. Jennifer Rubin at Contentions has more: Biden’s Refusal to Appear At Iran Protest Caused the Disinvitation of ...
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New McCain Ad: 'Advice'
Politics | Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:41:31 am PDT
[Video] UPDATE at 9/19/08 9:35:22 am: Obama spokesman Bill Burton is calling John McCain a liar. Burton said Obama only met Raines once briefly at an event, and that Raines sought an introductory meeting with Obama Senate aide Mike Strautmanis. At that meeting, Burton said no advice was sought from or given ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:49:22 pm PDT
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. — Mark Twain
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Sarah Palin on H and C, Part 2
Politics | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:11:47 pm PDT
A thread to discuss part 2 of Sarah Palin’s interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity...
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Interesting Messages from the Vatican
Religion | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:06:09 pm PDT
Interesting messages from the Vatican this week, dealing with the interface between science and religion: Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for the ...
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Tenn. Democratic Representative's Son Focus of Palin Email Hacking
Politics | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:01:35 pm PDT
It’s not a good idea to break into a vice presidential candidate’s email account: State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors. NASHVILLE - State Rep. Mike Kernell said today that he was aware of Internet rumors about his son being the subject of speculation that he accessed ...
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50 'Buzziest Blog Posts' - LGF is #3
Politics | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:06:21 pm PDT
I think it’s supposed to be an honor to be on this list of the 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time, but Nerve.com’s description of the Rathergate affair amounts to a really dumb conspiracy theory. 3. “Bush Guard Documents: Forged” 9/9/04 Sure, this post helped give us four more years ...
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Vatican Evolution Congress Excludes Creationism, Intelligent Design
Science | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:42:01 am PDT
The Vatican is sponsoring an international conference on the evolution debate, and “intelligent design” creationists like the Discovery Institute are not invited. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Speakers invited to attend a Vatican-sponsored congress on the evolution debate will not include proponents of creationism and intelligent design, organizers said. The Pontifical Council ...
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Concentration Camp with Snickers Bars
World | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:21:27 am PDT
One of the useful idiots in that “Free Gaza” group is Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of Tony Blair, and now she’s stuck there. And ranting about Nazi concentration camps to Israeli media. The British left-wing activist arrived in the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave as part of the dozens of ‘Free Gaza’ activists ...
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Script Kiddies in Trouble
Politics | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:40:24 am PDT
At Michelle Malkin’s site: The story behind the Palin e-mail hacking. I read though the emails… ALL OF THEM… before I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, ...
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Boston Globe Op-Ed: 'I Don't Support the Troops'
US News | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:47:02 am PDT
Every once in a while a “progressive” gets tired of maintaining a false front, and comes right out and says what they really feel about the military and about America. Today’s self-unmasking is by Steve Almond, for the Boston Globe: Supporting our troops. PERHAPS the most insidious byproduct of the ...
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Olbermann: The Worst Person on Television
Politics | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:36:14 am PDT
Have you watched Keith Olbermann’s show for MSNBC lately? Last night I checked it out for the first time in a long time, and was actually amazed at how nasty it has become. (I thought Olbermann had reached the nadir of nastiness long ago, but I was wrong.) What kind ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:01:03 pm PDT
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. — Thomas Paine
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Israel Chooses a New Prime Minister
World | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:00:00 pm PDT
The next Israeli prime minister will be Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was set to be Israel’s next prime minister after a comfortable victory on Wednesday in a party leadership election to choose a replacement for Ehud Olmert. “The good guys won,” the ...
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Sarah Palin on H and C
Politics | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:23:35 pm PDT
Governor Sarah Palin appears tonight on the Hannity & Colmes show...
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Our Friends the Saudis: Astrologers Must Die!
World | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:51:57 pm PDT
Islamic clerics in Saudi Arabia have been on a crusade (can I use that word?) to shut down Western-influenced media, and now their wrath is turned upon the heathen astrologers: The MEMRI Blog - Saudi Sheikh: Kill Hosts of Horoscope Programs. Member of the High Judicial Council in Saudi Arabia, ...
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Turkey Bans Richard Dawkins' Web Site
Science | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:29:21 pm PDT
The Turkish crackpot creationist known as Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) has actually succeeded in getting a court order to block Turkey’s access to the web site of British biologist Richard Dawkins. Ankara - Turkish internet users have been blocked via a court order from accessing the site of prominent British ...
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New Lows Every Day
Politics | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:55:58 am PDT
Anyone think that hacking into someone’s private email, then publishing it online, might be just a tad unethical? Apparently not at Gawker. Gawker: Sarah Palin’s Personal Emails. It looks like the real thing, too.
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Video: George Galloway on Iranian TV
Video | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:48:34 am PDT
Here’s George Galloway, creepier than ever, arguing with David Henshaw, producer of Channel 4’s Undercover Mosque, on Iran’s English-language propaganda channel Press TV. Galloway ends up calling Henshaw a “hooligan.” [Video] (Hat tip: Ivan.)
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Terrorism in Sanaa
World | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:18:25 am PDT
The US embassy in Yemen was attacked by an Islamic terrorist group today, and 10 people were killed—six Yemeni soldiers and four civilians. This AFP article says “16 killed,” because they’re including the six terrorists. A shadowy group calling itself Islamic Jihad in Yemen claimed responsibility and threatened similar strikes ...
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Video: Hockey Moms for Truth
Video | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:33:31 am PDT
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Hitchens: Pakistan is the Problem
World | Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:04:42 am PDT
If Barack Obama means what he’s saying about Pakistan, liberals who back him had better get ready for more war: Pakistan is the problem. Recent accounts of murderous violence in the capital cities of two of our allies, India and Afghanistan, make it appear overwhelmingly probable that the bombs were ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:07:55 pm PDT
How dreary — to be — Somebody! How public — like a Frog — To tell one’s name — the livelong June — To an admiring Bog! — Emily Dickinson
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Tech Note: Referrer Domain Counting
Science | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 7:01:14 pm PDT
The Most Recent Referrers page now shows the number of referrals from each domain in the past 24 hours, in a column labeled “Count.” The code tries to identify subdomains like ‘hughhewitt.townhall.com’ or ‘environmentalrepublican.blogspot.com’ or ‘pajamasmedia.com/instapundit’ and count them separately, but it ain’t perfect. Lots of exceptions to catch.
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Mist
Images | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:28:43 pm PDT
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Salon Smear of the Day
Politics | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:58:31 pm PDT
It must not have been easy with Sarah Palin’s approval rating at 72% in Alaska, but Salon found two people willing to dish out negative gossip for their latest hit piece: Sarah Palin, Wasilla, book banning. In what may be the source of those “Palin the book-burner” rumors, retired American Baptist ...
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British 'Creationism' Educator Quits
Science | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:32:21 pm PDT
The Church of England minister who suggested allowing creationism to be discussed (not taught) in British science classes has resigned, apparently at the bidding of the Royal Society. Professor Michael Reiss has quit as director of education at the Royal Society following the controversy over his recent comments on creationism. Last ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Open | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:29:40 am PDT
Where’s the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! — Marvin the Martian
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Redefining Denial
Politics | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:37:18 am PDT
Many were skeptical of Taheri’s report that Barack Obama had asked Iraqi officials to delay a security agreement until after the elections, and the Obama campaign denied it—but their denial is actually a confirmation of Taheri’s article. Obama’s national security spokeswoman Wendy Morigi said Taheri’s article bore “as much resemblance ...
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Saudi Clerics Issuing Death Fatwas for TV Producers
World | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:14:23 am PDT
Saudi clerics are raging and seething about the Turkish soap operas (dubbed into Arabic) that are becoming very popular in the religious apartheid kingdom, and they’re calling for people to be killed. “If they continue airing depravity and shamelessness they should be banished from this place and others brought in ...
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Daily Kos Joke of the Day
Politics | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:37:31 am PDT
You’ve got to be kidding. The Daily Kos Kids are pushing a “tracking poll” — as if they have any credibility at all as an impartial source of information: Daily Kos: 9/16 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 48, McCain 44. These are the same people who openly advocate lying in ...
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Cohen: The Ugly New McCain
Politics | Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:21:49 am PDT
By picking Sarah Palin, it looks like John McCain has lost the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen: The Ugly New McCain. What impressed me most about McCain was the effect he had on his audiences, particularly young people. When he talked about service to a cause greater than oneself, he struck ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:59:00 pm PDT
The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust. — Elizabeth Bowen
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Fence
Images | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:54:31 pm PDT
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Tech Note: Referrer Page Makeover
Science | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:16:33 pm PDT
The old workhorse LGF referrers page has a new stripey table look, and new tools behind the curtain to help control referrer spam.
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:56:20 pm PDT
Spiegel Online has an interview with former International Monetary Fund chief economist Kenneth Rogoff about the financial crisis: Interview With Ex-IMF Chief Economist: Banks Won’t Be as Profitable in Future. Kenneth Rogoff: It’s the worst financial crisis since World War II — there’s really no hyperbole anymore. At the same ...
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Monday Afternoon Open
Open | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:19:00 pm PDT
I bought some used paint. It was in the shape of a house. — Steven Wright
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Sciencedebate 2008
Science | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:57:11 am PDT
A grassroots initiative led by a group of concerned scientists has produced an excellent, highly detailed comparison of the presidential candidates’ positions on scientific issues, by asking both of them the same 14 questions and publishing their answers side by side: Sciencedebate 2008. Great stuff that you’ll never see in ...
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Iraqis Want to Prosecute Politician Who Went to Israel
World | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:25:25 am PDT
Appalling. BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday it would prosecute a politician who made a trip to Israel and angry parliamentarians voted to strip him of his legal immunity. Members of parliament said Mithal al-Alusi had committed a crime by “visiting a country that Iraq considers an enemy”, ...
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Obama Got $126K from Fannie and Freddie
Politics | Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:17:55 am PDT
Barack Obama is the second biggest recipient of political money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the last ten years. And he’s only been in Washington for four. (Hat tip: karmic_inquisitor.)
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 11:30:00 pm PDT
If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism. — Stephen Jay Gould
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Bank of America to Buy Merrill Lynch
Business | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:32:50 pm PDT
Huge financial news today; it’s anybody’s guess how the market is going to react tomorrow: Bank of America to buy Merrill for $44 billion. WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) has agreed to acquire Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N) for $44 billion, according to people briefed ...
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Islamic Preacher Threatens Sir Paul
World | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:00:07 pm PDT
Omar Bakri, the radical Islamic cleric expelled from Britain who now resides comfortably in Lebanon, has threatened to kill Paul McCartney if he plays a show in Israel. Omar Bakri, an Islamic preacher, said McCartney’s decision to perform as part of Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations made him the enemy of ...
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Sunday Evening Open
Open | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:42:03 pm PDT
Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent. — Sigmund Freud
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McCain Photo Fallout at The Atlantic
Politics | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:48:13 pm PDT
Jeffrey Goldberg wakes up and notices that the leftist craziness The Atlantic has been encouraging has suddenly bitten the magazine on its back side: About that McCain Photo. Like others at the Atlantic, I was appalled to read about the actions of Jill Greenberg, the freelance photographer who took the ...
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Tech Note: Categorizing the Premises
Science | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:03:56 pm PDT
A new addition: LGF front page articles are now categorized, with a limited set of broad categories brazenly lifted from Yahoo’s Buzz categories as described on this page. Deliberate simplicity is often the best solution, but I can easily add more categories as needed. For example, I’ve added “Open” (for open ...
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Sharia Courts in Britain
World | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:05:28 pm PDT
Sharia courts now have the power of law in Britain: Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts. ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from ...
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Open | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 2:12:14 pm PDT
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Our Friends the Saudis: Mickey Mouse Must Die!
Video | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:42:06 pm PDT
I’m not the biggest fan of Disneyland, but this seems a little extreme. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Following is an excerpt from a religious program featuring Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid, which aired on Al-Majd TV on August 27, 2008: Muhammad Al-Munajid: What is the position of Islamic law with regard to ...
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Waffles = Racism
Politics | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:55:41 am PDT
Is this racism? The Associated Press certainly seems to think so: Forum sells ‘Obama Waffles’ with racial stereotype. WASHINGTON (AP) — Activists at a conservative political forum snapped up boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress ...
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The Atlantic's McCain Cover
Politics | Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:30:31 am PDT
Gerard Vanderleun posts about some quite amazing perfidy from The Atlantic and photographer Jill Greenberg, whose photo shoot with John McCain was deliberately set up to produce ominous, threatening pictures—by using outright trickery: Out-Takes: Behind The Atlantic’s McCain Cover. At Photo District News, there’s an article with more details, and Greenberg’s ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:59:59 pm PDT
Darkness washed over the Dude - darker’n a black steer’s tuchus on a moonless prairie night. There was no bottom. — The Stranger, The Big Lebowski
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Creationism Gaining Strength in Britain
Science | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 5:35:37 pm PDT
The director of education at Britain’s Royal Society, Professor Michael Reiss, wants to open up British science classes to discussion of creationism. He says that in his experience it is more effective to include discussion about creationism alongside scientific theories such as the Big Bang and evolution. “An increasing percentage of ...
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Tech Note: Spinoff Links RSS Feed
Science | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 3:38:54 pm PDT
The links posted by the LGF community now have their own RSS feed, through Feedburner; here’s the address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LittleGreenLinks. There’s also a link to this feed in the left sidebar’s “Tools/Info” menu. The feed contains the last 50 links posted, in reverse chronological order. The title of each link goes to its ...
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Islamic Terror Attack Kills 18 in India
World | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:43:41 pm PDT
It isn’t getting much media coverage, but there was a major coordinated terror attack earlier today in the capital city of India: Explosions Kill 18 in Indian Capital. NEW DELHI (AP) — A series of bombs exploded at a park and crowded shopping areas across India’s capital Saturday evening, killing ...
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McCain Sets 'Em Up, Knocks 'Em Down
Politics | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:47:49 pm PDT
Maybe I’m cynical, but I can’t help suspecting that the Obama campaign was set up by John McCain’s self-deprecating statements about not “getting” the Internet. Here’s a Forbes article from 2000, and it’s clear that McCain is nowhere near as clueless as Obama would like to portray him: Forbes.com - ...
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Pakistan Army Ordered to Retaliate Against US Raids
World | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:40:45 am PDT
All this talk flying around about going into Pakistan to chase down Al Qaeda leaders is getting Pakistan’s attention: Pak army to retaliate if US conducts raids. The Pakistan Army has been ordered to retaliate against any action by foreign troops inside the country, army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas ...
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Yahoo Goes Social
Science | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:49:02 am PDT
I’ve added a button to submit LGF articles to Yahoo’s new link sharing system: Yahoo! Buzz. The moonbats don’t seem to have completely taken over Buzz yet (like they have Digg and Reddit).
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ABC News Hid Important Parts of Palin Interview
Politics | Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:08:07 am PDT
It won’t come as a surprise to LGF readers, but Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin was heavily edited by ABC News to make Palin appear more hawkish and less knowledgeable. Mark Levin has the complete transcript, and what ABC News tried to pull here is a textbook example of ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:51:09 pm PDT
It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. — Carl Sagan
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Krauthammer: Charlie Gibson's Gaffe
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:11:38 pm PDT
Charles agrees with me that Charlie doesn’t know the real meaning of the “Bush Doctrine.” And Charles should know; he coined the term: Charlie Gibson’s Gaffe. The New York Times got it wrong. And Charlie Gibson got it wrong. There is no single meaning of the Bush doctrine. In fact, there ...
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Tommy Emmanuel Achieves Light Speed
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:16:43 pm PDT
The Large Hadron Collider pales in comparison to Tommy Emmanuel’s right wrist. [Video]
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Hurricane Ike Threatens Galveston
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:32:14 pm PDT
Here’s the latest information from the National Weather Service on Hurricane IKE, with the latest infrared satellite image: UPDATE at 9/12/08 5:47:32 pm: LGF reader LoFlyer points out this interesting hurricane tracking site with satellite imagery; looks like a Google maps mash-up of some kind: Stormpulse.
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iPhone Bugs Fixed
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:11:05 pm PDT
OK, iPhone geeks — there’s a software update hot off the Apple presses that’s supposed to address some of the problems you’ve been complaining about: Apple - iPhone - Software Update. Better connectivity, fewer dropped calls, better battery life, faster backups and faster app installation are the claims. I haven’t thoroughly ...
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Tech Note: Vista Login Problem?
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:53:36 pm PDT
Several readers have emailed lately to say they’re having problems with the login form, using Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. I don’t have Vista installed here yet (still using XP - OEM copy of Vista on the way, though), so I’m opening a thread for comments to discuss the ...
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Friday Morning Open
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:07:40 am PDT
Error is always talkative. — Oliver Goldsmith
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Spencer on Cologne 'Anti-Islamisation' Meeting
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:24:20 am PDT
At Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer has a post repudiating that fascist-sponsored “anti-Islamisation” meeting in Cologne: The Cologne conference and European fascism.
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ABC News Interview with Sarah Palin
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:20:21 am PDT
YouTube is flooded with edited versions of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin, subtitled with mocking comments and nasty insults. Here’s a clip that seems to be free of this leftist garbage. [Video] [Video] And by the way, the one who was confused about the “Bush Doctrine” was Gibson. Even Wikipedia’s description of ...
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Our Friends the Saudis: 'It Is Permissible to Kill Them'
World | Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:07:54 am PDT
The chief of Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Judiciary Council has issued a fatwa letting Muslims know that if a TV channel airs “immoral” content during Ramadan, it’s OK to murder the owners. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:43:00 pm PDT
It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern’st good-night. — William Shakespeare
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National Enquirer Launches Palin Hit Piece
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:10:20 pm PDT
Ugh. PALIN FAMILY SHOCKERS: WHAT SARAH’S REALLY HIDING!
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New York Skyline, September 11, 2008
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:34:07 pm PDT
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9/11 Presidential Forum 2
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:15:57 pm PDT
The previous thread for the 9/11 Presidential Forum is approaching 500 comments, so here’s another...
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9/11 Presidential Forum
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:05:21 pm PDT
Now airing on most cable channels, John McCain and Barack Obama at the 9/11 Presidential Forum. Here’s a thread to dissect the proceedings. C-SPAN has a live web stream, in WMV or Real Player format. CNN has a better Flash-based stream. UPDATE at 9/11/08 6:05:58 pm: Interesting; Obama’s faulting Bush for not pushing national ...
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Sarah Palin Interviewed
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:06:15 pm PDT
Here’s a transcript of some excerpts from Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin for ABC News: Excerpts: Charlie Gibson Interviews Sarah Palin.
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Free PJTV 9/11 Special
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:43:10 pm PDT
At 3 pm Pacific, Pajamas TV will have a special show dedicated to 9/11, and they’re making this one available for free.
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YouTube Cracking Down on Jihad Videos?
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:56:34 pm PDT
Joe Lieberman has apparently gotten some results in his attempt to persuade YouTube to do the right thing: YouTube Yanks Radical Islamist Videos After Lieberman’s Complaint. YouTube has heeded the call to stop featuring radical Islamists’ video clips. “Google’s community guidelines for YouTube will now bar videos that incite violence, in ...
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9/11 Documentaries Online
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:50:33 pm PDT
SnagFilms has made available several full length documentaries on 9/11, for viewing at their site: 9/11: A Remembrance in Film - SnagFilms.
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Where Were You on September 11?
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:56:20 am PDT
Several readers have suggested an open thread for the community to share their remembrances of September 11, 2001, and that sounds like an excellent idea to me. Please keep comments on-topic in this thread, and refrain from political statements; and please only post spinoff links related to the topic.
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At the Pentagon Memorial
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:10:43 am PDT
From LGF reader ‘Get Busy Livin,’ a photo of President Bush speaking at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial service. Donald Rumsfeld is seated to his left.
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Rare Video of John McCain Being Released from Vietnam
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:32:38 am PDT
LGF reader Halman tipped me off to this rare footage discovered in the archives of Swedish public TV channel SVT:
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Never Forget
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:45:29 am PDT
It’s been seven years since the terrorist attacks on a bright blue September 11 morning. On this day we bear witness to the human beings whose lives were taken in a fiery act of jihad: the people in the airplanes, the people in the towers and in the Pentagon, the people ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:45:00 pm PDT
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Evolve: Jaws
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:39:01 pm PDT
This is part one of the latest episode of the History Channel’s excellent series, Evolve, on the evolution of the tool that keeps predators on top of the food chain; click “Continue reading...” for the other four parts. [Video]
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Large Hadron Collider Tests A-OK
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:21:40 pm PDT
Oh, by the way, they fired up the Large Hadron Collider over there in Switzerfrance this morning, and the world didn’t end! CERN Press Release – First beam in the LHC. This was just a quick test, to show that the particle beams can be focused, shot around that 17-mile wheel ...
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SC Dem Chair Brings the Ugly
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:11:07 pm PDT
The word that best sums this one up is “classy.” S.C. Dem chair: Palin primary qualification is she hasn’t had an abortion. South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t ...
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Lance Armstrong Gives the French Dyspepsia
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:53:52 pm PDT
The news of Lance Armstrong’s comeback has left the organizers of Le Tour de France bitter, and devoid of joie de vivre: Tour director leaves door open for Armstrong. PARIS - Tour de France organizers are hardly thrilled at the prospect of Lance Armstrong returning for a shot at an ...
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Afternoon at the Ocean
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:58:07 pm PDT
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World Hearts Obama
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:21:34 pm PDT
Every single person in the non-America world wants to see Barack Obama elected. OK, that’s a slight exaggeration. 22 countries in a BBC World Service poll would prefer Democratic nominee Barack Obama elected US president instead of his Republican rival John McCain. Obama is preferred by a four to one ...
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Happy Anniversary, Throbbing Memo!
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:18:48 am PDT
Four years ago, the Dreaded Throbbing Memo that haunts Dan Rather’s fevered dreams was born. UPDATE at 9/10/08 9:42:51 am: For the record, and because the mainstream media are staying away from this anniversary as if it were radioactive, here’s the post that proved the Killian memos fraudulent on September 9, 2004: ...
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Zombie: The End of the Tree People
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:58:38 am PDT
The trees! Somebody save the trees! Oh noes! They’re chopping them down! Berkeley Tree-Sit Finally Ends.
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JihadTV Sued By Useful Idiot
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:55:56 am PDT
Al Jazeera, the terrorist’s favorite news channel, is being sued by one of the Western idiots who accepted their money, but now says they’re biased against Christians and women. I wonder what tipped her off? A British woman who worked as a television executive at Al-Jazeera has taken the Arab news ...
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Ron Paul: Kook with Principles
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:39:33 am PDT
When the call came at 3 am, Ron Paul was steadfast. WASHINGTON - Ron Paul says he rejected John McCain’s appeal for his endorsement. At a news conference Wednesday, Paul said he received a surprise call from McCain’s campaign on Tuesday asking for his endorsement. Paul turned them down. Paul said: “The ...
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'You Might Think It's Barack the Bomb Thrower'
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:52:50 pm PDT
As the lipstick war rages, Barack Obama is standing up for the rights of suspected terrorists. On Monday in Michigan, Obama became exercised when talking about the need to give even suspected terrorists legal rights. “We may think this is Mohammed the terrorist,’’ he said at a campaign rally, but “it ...
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Lipstick on a Pig
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:17:19 pm PDT
They’re going to try to argue it’s not connected. LEBANON, Va. — “That’s not change,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said of what Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is offering. “You know, you can put lipstick on a pig,” Obama said, “but it’s still a pig.”
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He's Really Gonna Do It
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:13:55 pm PDT
Out of retirement, Armstrong eyes 8th Tour de France win. (CNN) — Cyclist Lance Armstrong confirmed Tuesday that he will be returning to road racing and will shoot for an eighth win at the Tour de France. “I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of ...
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Special Needs: Ignored at Invesco?
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:59:51 pm PDT
Did the Obama campaign fail to ensure equal and easy access for deaf people at Invesco Field? DEAF REPUBLICANS: Special Needs People at DNC Invesco Stadium not Welcomed.
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Tuesday Evening Politics Jam
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:20:21 pm PDT
Barack Obama, on his associations with radicals like Reverend Wright and William Ayers: Barack Obama: All I’m sayin’ is - I expect to be held responsible for the things I say and do. And one of the things that’s happened in this campaign - and I think that you have ...
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Phillips: Revolution You Can Believe In
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:51:08 pm PDT
The thin-skinned moonbats screeching about Sarah Palin “mocking and smearing community organizers” in her Republican Convention speech probably aren’t going to like Melanie Phillips’ latest article much: Revolution You Can Believe In. In her game-changing convention speech, Sarah Palin took a swipe at Obama for having been nothing more in ...
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Onion Reports On Strange Evolutionist Behavior
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:47:12 pm PDT
Paleontologists and genetic researchers are calling it a miracle: Evolutionists Flock To Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain. DAYTON, TN—A steady stream of devoted evolutionists continued to gather in this small Tennessee town today to witness what many believe is an image of Charles Darwin—author of The Origin Of Species and founder of ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:58:51 am PDT
Ann Coulter to me is someone who says things that I say all the time, but I say them at three in the morning when I’m drunk as a monkey. She says them at three in the afternoon stone sober in bright daylight. — P. J. O’Rourke
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Fact Checking Slime
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:03:17 am PDT
FactCheck.org looks into some of the numerous smears being circulated about Sarah Palin: FactCheck.org: Sliming Palin. We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or ...
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Salon in Full-On Smear Mode
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:34:31 am PDT
The irrelevant online magazine Salon is leading the charge to smear Sarah Palin, with two absolutely disgusting articles today, one by Islamic apologist Juan Cole comparing Palin to “Muslim fundamentalists:” What’s the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick. Interesting that Cole seems to think this is a negative comparison, when ...
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Bill Ayers: Violent Resistance Not Necessarily the Answer
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:57:37 am PDT
Former Weather Underground terrorist and long-time Barack Obama associate William Ayers has posted a cartoon at his blog, trying to explain away his statement that he feels he “didn’t do enough” during his tenure as a violent radical. Here it is; pay particular attention to the last sentence: “I don’t think ...
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Barack Obama: Not a Muslim?
Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:37:24 am PDT
Jackie and Dunlap weigh in on the “Is Barack Obama a Muslim?” controversy, with some exclusive outtake footage from that interview with George Stephanopoulos. [Video] (Hat tip: AP.)
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Fascists Hijacking Anti-Jihadism in Cologne
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:22:25 pm PDT
Here we go again, as an all-star cast of European fascists hijacks the anti-jihad movement for their own sick political purposes: Cities against islamisation. 31.07.2008 - On Saturday the 20th of September 2008 a European Meeting “No to islamisation” will take place in Cologne, Germany (Roncalliplatz, near the Dom of ...
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Another Tour De Lance?
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:00:15 pm PDT
Is the best cyclist of the century going to attempt a comeback? Sources: Lance Armstrong coming back. Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement next year to compete in five road races with the Astana team, according to sources familiar with the developing situation. Armstrong, who turns 37 this month, will ...
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Too Much Water?
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:04:56 pm PDT
There’s an interesting debate going on about the extent to which melting glaciers contribute to the rise of sea levels; here’s an article at Scientific American that tries to make sense of the conflicting opinions: A Deep Thaw: How Much Will Vanishing Glaciers Raise Sea Levels?
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Monday Afternoon Open
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:17:15 pm PDT
Just another Monday afternoon open thread...
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Women Deserting Obama
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:42:26 pm PDT
More bad news for the Obamatons: since last month, there’s been a 20-point shift towards McCain among white women. Change!
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Obama and Biden Voted for 'Bridge to Nowhere'
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:00:54 pm PDT
Now that the Democrats are rabidly attacking Sarah Palin over the Alaskan Ketchikan bridge, claiming she lied about shutting down the project, it might be a good moment to point out that both Barack Obama and Joe Biden voted for the Bridge to Nowhere. Now that Alaska is front and ...
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Alaska Democratic Party Deletes Page Crediting Sarah Palin with Killing 'Bridge to Nowhere'
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:16:06 pm PDT
A web site paid for by the Alaska Democratic Party says unequivocally that the state of Alaska officially abandoned the Bridge to Nowhere project, and credits Governor Sarah Palin. Or ... it used to say that, before the page mysteriously vanished some time during the past few days. Here’s the Google cache ...
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Daily Kos: Sarah Palin is a Secret Al Qaeda 'Terroist'
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:32:06 pm PDT
Oh noes! Palin is terroist! Daily Kos: Palin’s AIP group has terroists [sic] ties. I just obtained this info. and need help getting it to go viral. AIP Is not a harmless group. It seems that they are tied to terrorist. Please help this go viral. If this was a ...
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New Film Glorifies Seattle Anarchist Riots
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:01:05 pm PDT
You may be wondering how low Hollywood can sink in glorifying bad people. Now you have your answer. A major Hollywood film glamorizing the 1999 Seattle anarchist riots at the World Trade Organization meeting. Yes, really. Battle In Seattle Official Website. (Hat tip: zombie.)
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Monday Morning Open
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:38:36 am PDT
Destiny, n. - A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
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DUmmies Hit Bottom, Dig
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:29:15 am PDT
The latest disgusting stunt by anti-Palin lefties, featured proudly at the sewer known as Democratic Underground: eBay listing found.
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British Pop Weenie Tells Americans Who to Vote For
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:15:39 am PDT
When pop stars go rancid: [Video]
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Tammy Bruce: The Feminist Argument for Palin
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:44:06 am PDT
Tammy Bruce makes a feminist’s argument for Sarah Palin. It should be no surprise that the Democratic response to the McCain-Palin ticket was to immediately attack by playing the liberal trump card that keeps Democrats in line - the abortion card - where the party daily tells restless feminists the ...
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Biden: 'They're Finally Doing What I Suggested'
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:28:11 am PDT
Why are we finally succeeding in Iraq? Is it the surge? Or is it the fabulous, all-knowing Joe Biden?
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NYT Pulls a Surprise
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:04:16 pm PDT
Here’s that New York Times article on Sarah Palin’s baby—and you’re going to be surprised, because far from the “exposé” that Drudge was trumpeting, it turns out to be ... a puff piece: Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way. No one has ever tried to combine presidential politics and ...
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New Gallup Poll: McCain Leads Obama, 54% - 44%
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:04:58 pm PDT
Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama. WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an “enthusiasm gap” that has dogged the GOP all year. McCain leads Democrat ...
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Olbermann Sacked As Election Anchor
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:40:34 pm PDT
The most openly hostile, openly crazed partisan hack on television (and his leg-tingling friend) will no longer be anchoring MSNBC’s election coverage: MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat. MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor ...
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Robot Invasion Open Thread
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:33:14 pm PDT
We’re being besieged by web crawlers again, trying to download every page at the site as quickly as possible, ignoring the rules in our robots.txt file, and generally being a huge pain in the posterior. They always seem to get active on weekends, probably counting on people to be less ...
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New York Times Preparing 'Expose' on Palin's Baby
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:39:50 pm PDT
Hang on to your hats. One of the headlines at Drudge Report: NYT PREPARES TO FRONT EXPOSE ON PALIN’S BABY... DEVELOPING...
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Tech Note: Comment Ratings Now Reversible
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:27:18 pm PDT
A very common complaint I receive about the comment rating system is that people accidentally hit the wrong button—resulting in a plus where they intended a minus, or vice versa. So now, after clicking the plus or minus button, the opposite button will still be active and clicking it will reverse ...
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Media Not Fooling the Public
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:39:29 am PDT
This is what happens when advocacy journalism dominates the mainstream media. According to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that “most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win.” And — no surprise — 49% of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while just 14% think ...
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Obama: 'My Muslim Faith'
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:37:58 am PDT
Oops! [Video] Luckily, he has ABC News and George Stephanopoulos to jump in and correct him. UPDATE at 9/7/08 1:26:13 pm: Please note: I’m absolutely not saying that Obama has made a shocking Freudian slip and revealed a secret devotion to Islam. This is posted because it shows that Obama’s getting seriously rattled by ...
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Obama Suddenly Remembers: He Almost Joined the Military
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:57:57 am PDT
He’s never mentioned it before, not even in two autobiographies, but Barack Obama has suddenly remembered that he considered joining the military. Obama disclosed that he had once considered serving in the military. “You know, I actually did,” Obama said. “I had to sign up for Selective Service when I ...
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Saturday Night Link Depot
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 8:31:50 pm PDT
Here are some links I’ve had open for days, all of them worth reading for different reasons: Overrate ’68 by Daniel Flynn, City Journal 26 August 2008 Melanie Phillips: A Star Is Born USF sets aside oasis for prayer - St. Petersburg Times Digg Puts Focus on Politics, Bringing Charges of Liberal Bias | ...
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Saturday Afternoon Open
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:16:38 pm PDT
Just another Saturday afternoon open thread, as I work on allowing comment ratings to be reversed...
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Pakistan's New President
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:07:29 pm PDT
The husband of Benazir Bhutto has been elected Pakistan’s new president. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto’s widower swept Pakistan’s presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S. pressure to crack down on Islamic militants. ... Already head of the main ruling party, Asif Ali ...
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Mahmoud Zahar: Unevolved
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:19:11 pm PDT
Another well-known figure who refuses to believe in evolution: Hamas co-founder Mahmoud Zahar. GAZA CITY — Mahmoud Zahar doesn’t believe in evolution. And he has not evolved. For Gaza, this could be a problem. The fierce co-founder of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a surgeon by training, spent 20 minutes after a ...
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Democrats Say Republicans 'Wrongfully Took' Flags
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:23:54 pm PDT
You’ve probably heard that Republicans found thousands of US flags at Invesco Field, apparently being thrown away by the Democrats, and distributed them at the McCain-Palin rally in Colorado today: Republican Recycling. But the DNCC has now released a statement that the Republicans “wrongfully took” the flags from Invesco: American flags ...
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Daily Kos: Palin is 'Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, and Mean' - Update: Down the Memory Hole!
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:20:22 am PDT
Here we go again at Daily Kos, with another disgusting, transparently false smear against Sarah Palin: Daily Kos: ‘So Sambo Beat The Bitch’ - Sarah Palin... Progressives! Is there any depth to which they will not dive? Here’s the article they’re linking to, at “LA Progressive:” Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): ...
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Associated Press: Palin's 'Bloody, Dead Caribou'
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:38:25 am PDT
The mainstream media. What’s left to say? This may be the election in which they have finally finished the job of utterly discrediting themselves as left-wing hacks, for all to see. They’re not even trying to hide the bias. They seem proud of it. Palin: More and less than she seems. ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:00:00 pm PDT
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. — Carl Sagan
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What Do Creationists Think About Sarah Palin?
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:42:11 pm PDT
Since I’ve posted two articles about Sarah Palin’s statements on creationism, let’s go across the aisle and see what the fanatical Darwin-hating creationists at “Answers In Genesis” think. They’re also examining Palin’s statements, and of course they’re eagerly hoping she’ll be an advocate for their weird pseudo-science: Is She Really ...
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The Human Genome is a Battlefield
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 1:59:40 pm PDT
David Brown has a good piece in the Washington Post’s Science section, on the remnants of extinct viruses discovered in the genome—the results of evolutionary warfare between viral invaders and human genes: In Our Genes, Old Fossils Take On New Roles. Over the past 15 years, scientists have been comparing ...
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Obama on O'Reilly
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:52:55 am PDT
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Wires
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:06:11 am PDT
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Ustream Convention Speeches
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:29:23 am PDT
The Ustream video feed from the RNC now has a “slideshow” of the speeches at the convention: [Video]
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Good Work, Leftist Attack Squads!
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:07:04 am PDT
According to the latest Rasmussen survey, Sarah Palin is now more popular than Barack Obama or John McCain. A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably ...
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Wilson Sisters Angry at the GOP
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:33:19 am PDT
Watching the Republican Convention, I couldn’t help wondering whether all those left-wing musicians whose songs they were playing (Heart, Van Halen, etc.) had given permission for their work to be used. The answer: no. Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:25:31 pm PDT
'Cause there’s a train coming into the station But it's heading for a new destination -- Devo, "It Doesn't Matter to Me"
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There Go the Balloons
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:13:21 pm PDT
The balloons are dropping and the Republican convention is drawing to a close. John McCain’s speech had some dull moments and was interrupted several times by Code Pink morons, but ended on a high note. In my opinion, they could have boiled the entire convention down to one day, saved a ...
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McCain's Moment
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:27:39 pm PDT
John McCain is speaking, and they’ve already ejected a Code Pink freakazoid... [Video now removed.]
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Republican Convention Thread 9
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:15:54 pm PDT
The previous thread is approaching a thousand comments, so here’s another one to discuss the Republican convention as Tom Ridge starts his speech. [Video moved to latest thread...]
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Streaming Live from St. Paul
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:25:43 pm PDT
The mainstream media keeps telling us that the Obama campaign is much more “Internet savvy” than the McCain campaign—but the DNC didn’t have a high quality live web feed like this one. The RNC’s Ustream feed is actually about seven seconds ahead of C-SPAN on my local cable channel. [Video moved ...
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Google Will Change Creepy Browser License
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:38:44 pm PDT
Reacting to criticism, Google is going to change the EULA for their new browser, Chrome. Google’s new web browser Chrome is fast, shiny, and requires users to sign their very lives over to Google before they can use it. Today’s Internet outrage du jour has been Chrome’s EULA, which appears ...
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The Menu for This Evening
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:18:24 pm PDT
The schedule for this evening’s featured speakers at the Republican Convention: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Speaker: Joe Watkins Speaker: U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.) Speaker: Gov. Tim Pawlenty (Minn.) Speaker with Video: Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (Tenn.) Speaker: Lt. Gen. Carol Mutter, USMC (Ret.) Speaker: U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.) Speaker: U.S. Rep. ...
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Sarah Palin's Speech
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:48:58 am PDT
The GOP convention has posted Sarah Palin’s entire speech at YouTube: [Video]
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Community Organizers Victimized by Palin
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:21:23 am PDT
Community organizers demand an apology from Sarah Palin. Heh. Good luck with that.
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Raging Moonbat Theater
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:00:01 am PDT
Dramatic readings from the blogs of the angry left, courtesy of John Gibson and Olbermann Watch. [Video]
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CAIR Seething Over References to 'Islamic Terrorism' at GOP Convention
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:22:32 am PDT
The Saudi-funded, Hamas-linked Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is seething over the references to “Islamic terrorism” in last night’s speeches: U.S. Muslims Urge McCain, Palin to Offer ‘Inclusive’ Speeches. In a statement, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said: “We urge Senator McCain and Governor Palin to offer inclusive speeches at ...
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Democratic Party and Iran Use the Same Talking Points
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:22:16 am PDT
Americans aren’t the only ones watching this election. The totalitarian Islamic regime of Iran is also paying close attention, and of course they’re strongly opposed to John McCain—and strongly in favor of Barack Obama. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) Notice that there’s no discernible difference between the Iranian position and the position of ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:33:25 pm PDT
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. — Ronald Reagan
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Post-Palin Wrapup
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:18:13 pm PDT
Just a terrific speech from Sarah Palin. She didn’t miss a word. That must have struck terror into the hearts of Obama’s handlers.
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Republican Convention Thread 8
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:29:06 pm PDT
Sarah Palin is about to speak, so I’m moving the live stream to this thread... [Live streaming now shut down...]
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Republican Convention Thread 7
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:49:52 pm PDT
Another thread for the GOP Convention, as Hawaii governor Linda Lingle testifies...
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GOP Convention Live Video Feed
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:52:22 pm PDT
Let’s see if the embedded version of the Ustream live feed from the convention works: The live stream has moved to the newest thread...
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Republican Convention Thread 6
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:47:27 pm PDT
It’s time to start the liveblogging discussion threads for tonight’s extravaganza; you can watch a live feed over the web at C-SPAN. UPDATE at 9/3/08 5:48:57 pm: The official GOP Convention site also has a good video stream: Videos | 2008 Republican National Convention | GOPConvention2008.com. (Hat tip: Thanos.)
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Tonight's Political Menu
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:50:24 pm PDT
Here’s the schedule for tonight’s featured speakers at the convention: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Speaker: GOPAC Chairman Michael Steele Speaker: Former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) Speaker: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.) Musical Performance: John Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Cowboy Troy 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Speaker: Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (N.Y.) Speaker: Gov. Linda Lingle (Hawaii) Video: ...
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Attack on El Al in Canada Thwarted
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:29:17 pm PDT
A thwarted attack on an El Al aircrew in Canada was reported today. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Plans by an unknown group to attack staff of Israel’s national carrier El Al in Canada have been thwarted, Israel’s private Channel Two television reported on Wednesday. Without giving the nationalities of the alleged attackers, ...
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Google Owns Everything You Create with Their New Browser
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:19:48 pm PDT
Well, at least they don’t lay claim to your first-born male child: Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything You Create on Chrome, From Blog Posts to Emails.
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Biden Vows to Prosecute Bush Administration
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:03:01 pm PDT
Angry Joe let it slip that Obama’s will be an avenging administration: Biden Rips Bush Administration. Looking to the future but with one eye on the past, Biden also promised that an Obama-Biden government would go through Bush administration data with “a fine-toothed comb” and pursue criminal charges if necessary. “If ...
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The Mission to Rescue Hubble
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:58:38 pm PDT
Here are some fantastic high resolution photos of preparations for the Space Shuttle Atlantis’ mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, scheduled for October 8th: Preparing to rescue Hubble.
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Mysterious Errors on Page Explained
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:37:23 am PDT
I’ve gotten emails from several people seeing notices from Firefox or Safari that there are “errors opening the page.” It’s because of the embedded YouTube videos. YouTube’s code has suddenly started trying to read a file named ‘crossdomain.xml’ from ‘localhost’, and the browser prevents it and throws an error as a ...
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Blooper of the Day
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:50:18 am PDT
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Palin Has Not Pushed Creationism as Governor
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:06:09 am PDT
One of the smears being circulated against Sarah Palin is that she is in favor of teaching creationism in public school science classes, but as I pointed out last week this simply isn’t true. Apparently, she has a rather confused attitude toward evolution (an attitude she shares with about 50% ...
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Reader's Digest Interviews McCain
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:31:20 am PDT
Reader’s Digest has a very good, substantive interview with John McCain in their latest issue: An Exclusive Interview With John McCain: Old-School Values.
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Overnight Open Thread
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:43:25 pm PDT
DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one’s country. — Ambrose Bierce
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Al-Arian Released on Home Detention
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:44:42 pm PDT
Islamic Jihad kingpin Sami Al-Arian is out of prison: Al-Arian released after 5 years to await 2nd trial. McLEAN, Va. - A former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist was released from custody Tuesday for the first time in more than five years. Sami Al-Arian was being ...
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And Now for the Australian Stiletto Sprint
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:38:37 pm PDT
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Republican Convention Thread 5
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:27:21 pm PDT
Here’s another thread for the Republican convention, as an excellent speech by Fred Thompson draws to a close...
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Republican Convention Thread 4
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:36:30 pm PDT
Another thread to discuss the goings-on in St. Paul, as the satellite version of President Bush prepares to make an appearance...
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MSM Explains Away Egg on Face
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:05:10 pm PDT
Reuters headlines their article on the Sarah Palin blog-o-smears story: Palin hubbub shows bloggers’ influence on race. My take is a little different. I think it shows the influence of a bunch of borderline sociopaths on a mainstream media that often consists of the same sort of people.
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Bush, Thompson, and Lieberman
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:16:07 pm PDT
Here’s the schedule of featured speakers, from C-SPAN: 9:45 pm ET - President Bush (via satellite) 10:10 pm ET - Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson 10:40 pm - Sen. Joe Lieberman
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Republican Convention Thread 3
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:12:44 pm PDT
Yes, it’s another night of politics! Aren’t you excited? Here’s a thread to discuss the GOP convention, as Joe Lieberman prepares to torch any remaining unburnt bridges.
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Google Releases Windows Version of New Browser
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:16:51 pm PDT
The beta version of Google’s shiny new web browser has been released, for Windows only: Google Chrome.
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Republican Convention Thread 2
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:05:55 pm PDT
Here’s the Republican Convention schedule for today: President George W. Bush (via satellite) First Lady Laura Bush U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (Tenn.) U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.) U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, Chairman of ...
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Orders from On High: Ixnay on the Earsmays
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:34:31 am PDT
If you’re wondering why the administrators at Daily Kos are suddenly hitting the delete button for (some) posts that try to spread ugly rumors about Sarah Palin’s family, here’s your answer: The McCain campaign was outraged by the blog rumors. “There’s no doubt that liberal blogs such as one called ...
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Yet Another Daily Kos Hate Blog Down the Memory Hole
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:32:36 am PDT
That Daily Kos diarist who’s been posting vile smears against Sarah Palin and her family has suddenly vanished down the memory hole: Daily Kos: Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother [Photos+Video]. UPDATE at 9/2/08 8:58:52 am: That diary isn’t the only one deleted; everything posted by “arcxix” has disappeared: Daily Kos :: ...
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Zombie: Denver - The Final Roundup
Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:08:16 am PDT
To wrap up my coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 25-28, I offer here a compilation of all the lesser marches, the forgotten vignettes, the little scenes that few ever saw. Despite all the hubbub and furor about the anticipated protests, the truth is that they were ...
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Undercover Mosque: The Return
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 6:24:14 pm PDT
The British Channel 4 show Dispatches has done a followup to Undercover Mosque, with an undercover female reporter this time—and the revelations about what’s being preached in British mosques are no less shocking than the first go-round. [Video]
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Hard Boiled
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:54:47 pm PDT
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Diddy: McCain's Buggin'
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:36:09 pm PDT
I don’t know how I missed this when AP posted it yesterday, but I think I gave myself a hernia laughing. Yes, my sense of humor is that juvenile. (Language warning...) [Video]
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Rev. Wright Pipes Up
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:35:21 pm PDT
Barack Obama’s former spiritual mentor (now residing under a bus) gave a sermon at a Baptist Church in Houston yesterday, and he was in fine form. TOLEDO, Ohio - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s fiery ex-pastor, re-emerged yesterday with a crude reference about race and sex in the White ...
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The Google Chrome Comic Book
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:48:06 pm PDT
Google is working on a web browser with a “virtualized” Javascript engine and other cutting edge features, and they’ve posted a comic book to extol its coolness to the masses: Google on Google Chrome. TidBITS has more info on the comic book (and the browser): TidBITS Networking: Google Explains Its New ...
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Republican Convention Opens
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:49:52 pm PDT
The GOP convention in St. Paul, Minnesota is now launching (in somewhat muted fashion), so here’s a conventional discussion thread...
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Dobson on Palin's Announcement
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:04:01 pm PDT
Here’s the statement from James Dobson on the news about Sarah Palin’s daughter, from Political Punch. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) “In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins ...
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Hurricane Gustav Hits Louisiana
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:55:20 am PDT
Hurricane Gustav has reached Louisiana, but it’s decreased in intensity to a Cat 2 storm and so far the levees are holding. There’s going to be major damage, but it’s beginning to look like it may not be quite the monster everyone was fearing. Here’s the latest infrared satellite imagery ...
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Breaking: Palin's 17-Year Old Daughter Pregnant
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:20:51 am PDT
Fox News just announced that Sarah Palin’s 17-year old unmarried daughter is pregnant... she plans to marry the father... developing... UPDATE at 9/1/08 9:28:55 am: The McCain campaign knew about it: Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter’s pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential ...
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Biden on Palin: 'She's Good Looking'
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:12:31 am PDT
Just a little offhanded sexism from the Democratic candidate for vice president. “There’s a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack Obama and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent,” Biden said. “She’s good-looking,” he quipped.
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Daily Kos Hits Bottom, Digs
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:29:31 am PDT
I don’t even want to link to this sickening, depraved post at Daily Kos, but I suppose people should know just how completely lacking in decency these creeps really are: Daily Kos: Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother [Photos+Video].
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Biden to Israel: Get Used to Iranian Nukes - Update: Biden Denies
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:19:56 am PDT
Israel’s Army Radio is reporting that Obama’s running mate Joe Biden told Israeli officials they would have to learn to stop worrying, and love the Iranian bomb. Security officials expressed concern Monday over statements reportedly made by US Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Army Radio reported ...
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