LGF Archives: October 2008
The 'Joe the Plumber' Privacy Violation Story Gets Worse
Politics | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:02:39 pm PDT
Welcome to the Orwellian future that awaits those who ask a question of the Anointed One: State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the Plumber. Vanessa Niekamp said that when she was asked to run a child-support check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher on Oct. 16, she thought ...
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Another Friday Evening Open
Open | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 7:31:44 pm PDT
Here’s another open thread for a reexamination of basic principles Friday evening.
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Friday Evening Open
Open | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:20:37 pm PDT
OK, you selfish, bitter, gun-clinging redneck racist wingnuts, here’s your open thread...
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Obama: If You Don't Want Higher Taxes, You're Selfish
Politics | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:05:00 pm PDT
Don’t want higher taxes? Barack Obama says you’re “selfish.”
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LA Times: We're Right, You're Wrong
Media | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:24:17 pm PDT
The Los Angeles Times’ “reader’s representative” comes out strongly against the readers of the LA Times: Obama, the videotape and informing the public. Notice: the excuse that releasing the video would “put their source in jeopardy” is nowhere to be found in this one. The point of the article is that ...
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A Message from Fred Thompson
Politics | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:35:13 pm PDT
During the primary race, Fred Thompson often seemed distracted, as if his heart wasn’t really in it. But this message to voters hits several marks, and hits them dead center. Where was this Fred during his campaign? [Video]
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McCarthy: The Los Angeles Times's Strange Notion of Journalistic Ethics
Media | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:52:01 am PDT
Another article by Andrew C. McCarthy on the outrageous journalistic malpractice of the Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles Times’s Strange Notion of Journalistic Ethics. Even if you accept for argument’s sake the bunk about honoring the “source’s” supposed wishes, the newspaper wouldn’t need to release the tape in order ...
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Video: Tito the Builder Intimidates Alan Colmes
Video | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:29:15 am PDT
A classic. [Video]
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Washington Post Stands Up For Rashid Khalidi
Politics | Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:18:27 am PDT
An editorial in the Washington Post springs to the defense of former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi, dismissing Khalidi’s radicalism and ridiculing the McCain campaign for mentioning Barack Obama’s long association with him: An ‘Idiot Wind’. If you need one more example of how the mainstream media are completely in the tank ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:24:39 pm PDT
An overnight open thread — user icons are temporarily disabled so we don’t start bogging down in the morning.
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Politico Lists the Worst of the Stupid Rumors
Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:30:13 pm PDT
You didn’t see a single one of these stupid, ugly rumors promoted by LGF, and we’re proud of that. Shame on the right-wing bloggers who let their fears convince them to throw their credibility away (you know who they are). This stuff has been very damaging to the McCain campaign, ...
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Rashid Khalidi and the PLO
Politics | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:41:04 pm PDT
As the subject of Barack Obama’s friend Rashid Khalidi has gained traction in the media and the blogosphere, one of the talking points parroted by Obama apologists is that Khalidi was never a spokesman for Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization, at a time when it was listed as a terrorist ...
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Iowahawk: A Note to the Hoi Polloi
Humor | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:20:42 pm PDT
This is why I call the dreaded Iowahawk “some kinda damn genius:” As a Conservative, I Must Say I Do Quite Like the Cut of this Obama Fellow’s Jib. When my late father T. Coddington Van Voorhees VI founded the iconoclastic conservative journal National Topsider in 1948, he famously declared ...
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A Report from the LA Times Protest - Update: Times Says 'Releasing the Video Might Put the Source in Jeopardy'
Media | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:55:41 am PDT
LGF reader ‘cblesz’ went to the protest at the LA Times building this morning, and reports that there were about 150 people there — and that LA Times staffers were watching from the windows, smirking and laughing at the protesters. UPDATE at 10/30/08 12:03:21 pm: The Times has settled on their excuse ...
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Thursday Morning Open
Open | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:15:52 am PDT
Here’s an open thread for the morning... Note: User icons are temporarily disabled in comments pages, to reduce load on the web server and help us run a bit faster. An upgraded web server is in the works, for a more substantial speed increase, but it takes time to set up ...
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Martin Kramer on Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama: Kindred Spirits
Politics | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:40:46 am PDT
Martin Kramer has been following the career of former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi for years, and is convinced that Khalidi’s “moderation” is a sham: Khalidi and Obama: kindred spirits. Were we to see the videotape, it might give us some sense of how far down the road Obama went in ...
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LA Times Still Hiding Video - Protest Scheduled
Politics | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:39:21 am PDT
There will be a protest outside the offices of the Los Angeles Times this morning at 10am Pacific. Details on this page: Picket LA Times.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:44:22 pm PDT
And if I laugh at any mortal thing, ’Tis that I may not weep. — Lord Byron
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And Now for Some iPhone News
Science | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:54:36 pm PDT
Two very cool pieces of news for iPhone geeks: 1) Google Earth for iPhone. Need I say more? 2) Free Wi-Fi for iPhone owners at thousands of AT&T hotspots, including Starbucks and McDonalds.
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Obama's 'Civilian National Security Force'
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:48:57 pm PDT
Among the many promises and pledges in Barack Obama’s multi-million dollar infomercial, one statement really stood out: he announced that he will “rebuild the military.” But somehow, at the same time, he’s planning a “civilian national security force” that is as powerful and well-funded as the US military: Obama outlines plan ...
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Barack Obama's Multi-Million Dollar Infomercial
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:58:10 pm PDT
It’s the biggest ad buy in presidential campaign history, and it begins at 8pm on almost every channel in the universe. You already know what The One is going to say; we all do. Don’t expect any surprises. We’re going to try to count the number of times the words “hope” ...
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Obama Ridicules 'Socialist' Charge, But He Admitted Seeking Out Marxist Professors and Socialist Conferences
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:58:19 pm PDT
Barack Obama is mocking the charges that he promotes socialist ideology: Obama ridicules McCain charge he’s socialist. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Wednesday of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist. “I don’t know what’s next,” Obama, the presidential candidate, ...
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Goldberg: What is the L.A. Times Hiding?
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:39:30 pm PDT
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg asks a simple question: What is the L.A. Times Hiding? There’s a video out there of Obama saying kind things about Khalidi, and on the general principle that information in an open society shouldn’t be kept secret and that the voters should make up their own ...
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More Information on Rashid Khalidi
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:30:52 pm PDT
There’s quite a bit of information on radical Palestinian professor Rashid Khalidi in Martin Kramer’s book Ivory Towers on Sand, and Kramer has made the book available for free in PDF form: Ivory Towers on Sand: the download. Here’s a direct link to download the book.
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Wednesday Open
Open | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:39:05 pm PDT
Here’s a midday open thread... Before you email, yes — we know the site is running slowly. We’ve been barraged with extremely high traffic all week, and the web server is struggling to keep up. We’re working with our host to put a faster web server in place, which should alleviate ...
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Another Disturbing Unreported Barack Obama Association: a Terrorist Fundraiser
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:32:47 pm PDT
Back in April, we reported on a page at the Barack Obama website belonging to a fundraiser named Hatem Elhady, former chairman of the Hamas-linked Islamic charity “Kindhearts.” One of the friends listed on Elhady’s page was none other than Michelle Obama, and we have the screenshots to prove it. ...
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Khalidi Tape News: The Guest List
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:12:45 am PDT
A PUMA blog has done some good investigative work, and pieced together a verified guest list for that party for Rashid Khalidi: The Khalidi Tape: Putting the Bits and Pieces Together with New Details. Verified Information Location: Burbank Manor, 6312 W 79th St., Burbank, Illinois Time: Friday, August 1, 2003 6pm - Reception 7pm - Dinner ...
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The Source of the LA Times Suppressed Video?
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:02:35 am PDT
Debbie Schlussel thinks the source of the Los Angeles Times’ suppressed video of Barack Obama toasting former Arafat associate Rashid Khalidi may be Ali Abunimah, of the anti-Israel web site Electronic Intifada. It’s certainly plausible.
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WaPo on Obama Campaign's Encouragement of Fraudulent and Untraceable Donations
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:30:12 am PDT
The Washington Post finally starts to cover the real issue in the Barack Obama campaign’s acceptance of fraudulent credit card donations—the fact that the campaign has deliberately disabled the online payment industry’s standard safeguards against fraud: Obama Accepting Untraceable Donations. Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is allowing donors to use ...
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$150,000 Reward for LA Times Suppressed Video
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:21:53 am PDT
Dirty Harry’s Place has a letter from Dune Capital Holdings, offering a $150,000 reward for the videotape of Barack Obama toasting former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi. UPDATE at 10/31/08 8:35:34 am: Several readers have emailed to say that this story appears to be another hoax.
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Hamas Campaigning for Obama
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:03:25 am PDT
Lots of people have emailed the link to this Associated Press video, showing the effort to get out the vote for Barack Obama—in the Gaza Strip. [Video] It’s important to note that there is no such thing as “free speech” in the Gaza Strip; the terrorist group Hamas keeps an iron grip ...
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WBEZ Hiding Obama Recordings?
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:53:00 am PDT
WBEZ Chicago Public Radio has apparently pulled offline all of their audio recordings, including the ones with Barack Obama talking about “redistribution of wealth” and comparing America to Nazi Germany. I emailed the station yesterday morning to ask if they had removed the audio, or if they were having technical problems, ...
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Quotes from the LA Times Suppressed Obama Video?
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:24:47 am PDT
Doug Ross has received a tip from a reader he says has been reliable in the past, with some inside information on the videotape that the Los Angeles Times continues to hide: Saw a clip from the tape. Reason we can’t release it is because statements Obama said to rile ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:01:01 pm PDT
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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LA Times: 'We Keep Our Promises'
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:42:04 pm PDT
You’re not going to believe this one. I certainly don’t. McCain campaign accuses L.A. Times of ‘suppressing’ Obama video. “The Los Angeles Times did not publish the videotape because it was provided to us by a confidential source who did so on the condition that we not release it,” said the newspaper’s ...
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Zombie: Barack Obama's Close Encounter with the Weather Underground
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:55:08 pm PDT
Zombie has a huge new report, digging into Barack Obama’s mysterious years at Columbia University and his involvement in the anti-apartheid movement—which brought him into close contact with the Weather Underground. Would you be surprised to learn that Obama, Bill Ayers, and Bernardine Dohrn all happened to live in New ...
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What Do American Islamists Think About Our Election?
US News | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 7:57:26 pm PDT
A revealing comment by the leader of the San Diego chapter of the Saudi-funded radical front group calling itself the “Muslim Student Association:” MSA Chapter Official: Don’t Vote; Destroy. In the final days of the 2008 Presidential election season – with just 6 days now remaining until voters cast their ...
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Poll: Who's Going to Win?
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 7:01:07 pm PDT
A simple question, seven days out: [Poll]
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Dumbest Blogger Gets Even Stupider
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:01:30 pm PDT
The world’s dumbest leftist blogger puts his “scary racism” attack face on: To Attack Obama, Little Green Footballs Defends Segregation. I’ll try to explain this to you, Olly, although I have no confidence you’ll understand the point, or acknowledge it even if you do. First, your title is an outright lie. There ...
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Iowahawk on the Abuse of Statistics
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:05:07 pm PDT
Iowahawk crunches some numbers, does the math, and decides it’s all about Balls and Urns.
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McCain Demands That LA Times Release Hidden Tape
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:38:11 pm PDT
The John McCain campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release the videotape of Barack Obama toasting former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi, at a party attended by radical Palestinian activists and former Weather Underground terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. The Los Angeles Times has pulled their editorial heads into ...
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Illegal 'Joe the Plumber' Searches - Update
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:09:00 pm PDT
As we reported Friday, shortly after the third presidential debate Ohio government computers were used to look up personal information on “Joe the Plumber.” Today, one of the people involved in checking the state child support system to try to dig up some dirt has been outed: Inspector general investigating access ...
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Obama in 1995: Rev. Wright is 'The Best of What the Black Church Has to Offer'
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:09:18 pm PDT
In a 1995 interview, Barack Obama lavished praise on Reverend Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright, calling him a “wonderful man” and “the best of what the black church has to offer.” [Video] (Hat tip: Warner Todd Houston.)
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Another 'Redistribution' Statement from Obama Surfaces
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:32:16 pm PDT
He’s doing everything he can to downplay and disavow it now, but Barack Obama has been talking about the redistribution of wealth for quite a long time; since the beginning of his political career, in fact. Ed Morrissey links to an article from the March-April 1996 issue of “New Ground,” ...
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Politico: Yes, We're Biased. So What?
Media | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:15:12 am PDT
Politico reporters Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris examine the claim that the media are overwhelmingly biased against the McCain campaign, conclude that it’s true, and then sum up their response in two words: “So what?” Why McCain is getting hosed in the press. OK, let’s just get this over with: ...
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LA Times Still Stonewalling on Khalidi-Obama Video
Politics | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:57:21 am PDT
At the Washington Post, Howard Kurtz takes notice of the Los Angeles Times’ refusal to release a videotape of Barack Obama at a party for former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi (Kurtz calls him a “Palestinian rights advocate and Israel critic”). And the McCain campaign has noticed this too. The L.A. ...
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Tuesday Morning Traffic Surge Open Thread
Open | Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:36:26 am PDT
Lots of email complaints that the site is running slowly this morning — we know. The reason: our traffic has been very high since yesterday morning. As we write, there are more than 6,000 people online, and we had over 180,000 page views yesterday. We’re in discussions with our host to ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:04:25 pm PDT
The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. — Molière
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Obama Compared America to Nazi Germany
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:10:01 pm PDT
The audio recording of Barack Obama espousing his socialist philosophy of “redistribution of wealth” is all over the Internet and Fox News today (although most other media outlets are ignoring it), but there’s another disturbing section on that tape that has so far escaped notice. The link to the audio ...
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LA Times Responds to Readers: Get Lost
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:41:24 pm PDT
This is how the Los Angeles Times has chosen to respond to requests to release the Obama-Rashid Khalidi videotape, courtesy of an LGF reader. To paraphrase: “No, we’re not going to release the video. Go away.” From: Readers Rep Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 16:14 Subject: RE: Not read: The L.A. Times ...
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8-Year Old Obama Kid: 'I Want a President I Can Be Proud Of'
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:07:33 pm PDT
Still more cynical political use of children at the official Barack Obama web site: Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Kids HQ Blog. Includes this classic line: “I am eight years old,” says Zoe, “and George Bush has been the president my whole life. I want ...
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Roggio: Syrian Strike Aimed at Al Qaeda Coordinator
World | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:27:40 pm PDT
Bill Roggio has the story behind yesterday’s US attack on Syria: Syrian strike aimed at al Qaeda’s coordinator in Syria. The US military incursion into Syria was aimed at the senior leader of al Qaeda’s extensive network that funnels foreign fighters, weapons, and cash from Syria into Iraq, a senior ...
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Monday Afternoon Open
Open | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:10:12 pm PDT
Still another midday open thread...
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Neo-Nazi Assassination Plot Discovered
US News | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:06:27 pm PDT
Thank goodness this plot was discovered before these neo-Nazi creeps had a chance to harm anyone: Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted. WASHINGTON — Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ...
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RIP, Dean Barnett
Blogosphere | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:27:06 pm PDT
Oh no. Dean Barnett, 1967-2008. I’ve linked to Dean’s work often here, and spoken to him several times. The last time we talked, he invited me to contribute to the Weekly Standard. He was one of the nicest, most genuine guys I’ve ever met, and an excellent writer. I’m stunned by this ...
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Another Biden Meltdown, Another TV Station Banned
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:00:54 pm PDT
Now the Obama campaign has banned CBS3 in Philadelphia for asking Joe Biden tough questions. At this rate, soon the only place that will be allowed to interview Joe Biden will be the Daily Kos. [Video] (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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McCarthy: The L.A. Times Suppresses Obama's Khalidi Bash Tape
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:52:38 am PDT
Andrew McCarthy picks up on the Los Angeles Times’ outrageous suppression of a potentially explosive videotape: The L.A. Times Suppresses Obama’s Khalidi Bash Tape. Why is the Los Angeles Times sitting on a videotape of the 2003 farewell bash in Chicago at which Barack Obama lavished praise on the guest ...
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Obama Campaign Urges Kids to Have 'The Talk'
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:53:14 am PDT
The Obama campaign’s attempted use of children to influence their parents is absolutely open and blatant. Why doesn’t this outrage people? This is political cynicism of an amazing degree. Barack Obama | Change We Need | The Talk. Do’s & Don’ts Do share your personal reasons for voting for Barack Obama; Do ...
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Obama Lawyer Intimidating Student Journalists
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:14:26 am PDT
A lawyer for the Barack Obama campaign sent an email containing a thinly veiled threat to student journalists who have exposed voter fraud in Ohio. From: Rosenberg, Thomas Date: Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM Subject: At least in today’s blog you spelled my last name right To: tiffany In other words, I ...
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A Trove of Obama Stories
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:48:36 am PDT
Ace points out the WBEZ Chicago Public Radio web site, where there are nearly a thousand articles and audio recordings of Barack Obama worth sifting through. This sounds like a job for the lizardoid army. WBEZ Search Results.
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Contact the LA Times and Demand the Rashid Khalidi Video
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:24:57 am PDT
We’re calling on LGF readers to contact the Los Angeles Times and their advertisers to demand that the Times release the videotape they are concealing, showing Barack Obama at a party with radical Palestinian activists, Bill Ayers, and Bernardine Dohrn, being praised by former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi. They’re stonewalling, and ...
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Obama Robbing the Cradle for Votes
Politics | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:57:31 am PDT
The Barack Obama campaign is now in the business of brainwashing children. Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Kids for Obama. Notice the unicorn next to the American flag. In the words of Senator Barack Obama, the “Obama for America Campaign is a different type of campaign”. For ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:55:00 pm PDT
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do. — Voltaire
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A Guillotine at the Obama Rally
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:17:57 pm PDT
Via El Marco, this is what was going on at Obama’s festival today in Denver, Colorado.
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Obama on the 'Redistribution of Wealth'
Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:09:52 pm PDT
In a 2001 interview on Chicago Public Radio, Barack Obama came out strongly in favor of the “redistribution of wealth.” That’s a direct quote from Obama himself. [Video]
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Open | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 6:49:05 pm PDT
The registration window of opportunity has opened. For a limited time, as always, with monitor lizards on guard. UPDATE at 10/26/08 7:14:06 pm: The door has closed, with 75 hatchlings to monitor.
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Wikipedia and Rashid Khalidi
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 6:40:08 pm PDT
The Wikipedia page for Rashid Khalidi is being edited to cover up Barack Obama’s associations with the former PLO spokesman: Revision history of Rashid Khalidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Contact the LA Times' Advertisers
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:47:23 pm PDT
The Bookworm Room has put together a list of contact addresses for the Los Angeles Times’ advertisers and owners, to ask them to demand that the Times release the video of Barack Obama being praised by former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi at a party attended by Obama, radical Palestinian activists, ...
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Matthews Panel: Palin Not Qualified to Be VP, But...
Opinion | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:25:14 pm PDT
According to Chris Matthews and his guests today, Sarah Palin is not qualified to be vice president—but in 2012 she’ll be a serious candidate for President. Truth is, these kinds of pundits have no more grasp of current events (and no more authority to opine about them) than your average blog ...
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Sunday Afternoon Open
Open | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:02:58 pm PDT
And another midday open thread...
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Breaking: US Attacks Syria in Cross-Border Raid
World | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:38:22 pm PDT
The US military is fed up with Syria’s open support of Iraqi jihadis, and today they sent helicopters into Syrian territory in a strike targeting a family that has been helping the jihadis get across the border: Syria: US choppers attack village near Iraq border. DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. military ...
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SNL: Biden and Murtha Say Crazy Stuff
Humor | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:12:31 pm PDT
Looks like Saturday Night Live is trying to redeem themselves now for their non-stop bashing of the McCain campaign. Astoundingly, this skit is actually funny. [Video]
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Video: Angry Joe Biden Gets Grilled
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:08:45 pm PDT
It’s been linked elsewhere, but if you haven’t seen it yet this video is a real hoot, as Joe Biden is asked some very tough questions by WFTV reporter Barbara West—and proceeds to get angry and condescending: [Video] The Obama campaign has now cut off WFTV from any further interviews: “There’s nothing ...
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Peter Wallsten, Hand Over That Tape
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:43:37 am PDT
At Australia’s Daily Telegraph, Tim Blair says: “Peter Wallsten, hand over that tape.” Referring to this: The LA Times is hiding an incriminating video of Obama with radical Palestinian professor Rashid Khalidi. Contact the Los Angeles Times and demand that they release this video. UPDATE at 10/26/08 12:24:05 pm: Please note: the existence of ...
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Video: Are You Still Undecided?
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:23:25 am PDT
LGF reader “nnorb” created this video, an appeal to undecided voters: [Video]
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Reuters-Zogby Poll: Obama Lead Drops to 5 Points
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:46:07 am PDT
In the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll, Barack Obama’s lead over John McCain has dropped to 5 points. Among likely voters: Obama - 49% McCain - 44% Margin of error - 2.9 points.
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Rashid Khalidi Ranted About the 'Zionist Lobby' on Al Jazeera
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:13:59 am PDT
In December 2003, Barack Obama’s friend Rashid Khalidi appeared on the Arabic version of Al Jazeera and let the mask drop completely, in a bigoted, antisemitic rant against the Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Dr. Rashid and Mr. Khalidi. By God, I say that the participation of the sons ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:55:00 pm PDT
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. — Robert Louis Stevenson
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LA Times Hiding Incriminating Video of Obama with Radical Palestinian? Update: Ayers and Dohrn Attended Khalidi Party with Obama
Politics | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:18:26 pm PDT
Gateway Pundit says he contacted the LA Times to ask about a video showing Barack Obama at a party for former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi, mentioned by the LA Times in this article: Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama. At Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003, the scholar ...
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More Than 5 Million Dollars for Obama's Greek Temple
Politics | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 7:38:45 pm PDT
The Obama campaign, in conjunction with the entire mainstream media, has been attacking Sarah Palin for letting the RNC spend $150,000 on her wardrobe, as she runs for Vice President of the United States. But the Obama campaign spent 5.3 million dollars for that phony Greek temple in Denver’s Invesco Field. ...
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Creation Scientists Display Fabulous Find - Update: The Discovery Institute's Next Scheme
Science | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 3:04:30 pm PDT
Ever wonder what goes on at a creationist convention? Here’s a look at a recent convention featuring two of the most well-known creationist groups, Answers in Genesis and the Institute for Creation Research: Petrified Human Brain. Note: this isn’t just any old petrified human brain. It’s a fossil of irreducibly complex ...
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Neo-Nazi Moron Arrested
US News | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:22:35 pm PDT
Neo-Nazi moron Bill White, who sent us a threatening email and then tried to find our phone number and address to publish it online, was arrested this week in Virginia for threatening the jury foreman in the trial of another white supremacist moron. William “Bill” White, the leader of the ...
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PJTV: Poliwood
Entertainment | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:27:02 pm PDT
At Pajamas TV, Roger Simon talks with film director Lionel Chetwynd about the politics of Hollywood: Poliwood. (The video is free to non-subscribers.)
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McCain Volunteer in Fake Attack Story Was A Paulian
US News | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:03:39 pm PDT
Earlier this year, Ashley Todd, the disturbed young woman who made up a fake story of being attacked by a black man enraged by her John McCain sticker, was working for the Ron Paul campaign. In March, Ms. Todd was asked to leave a grass-roots group of Ron Paul supporters ...
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Saturday Open
Open | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:38:11 am PDT
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate. — Henry J. Tillman
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What Vote Fraud?
Politics | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:54:01 am PDT
After the Obama campaign was warned that they needed to verify the residency status of their staff members registered to vote in Ohio, thirteen Obama campaign workers withdrew their registrations and ballots. Thirteen campaign workers for Barack Obama yesterday yanked their voter registrations and ballots in Ohio after being warned ...
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Phillips: Is America Really Going To Do This?
Politics | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:39:26 am PDT
Melanie Phillips cries out: Is America Really Going To Do This? There are, alas, many in the west for whom all this is music to their ears. Whether through wickedness, ideology, stupidity or derangement, they firmly believe that the ultimate source of conflict in the world derives at root from ...
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Gov't Computers Used to Find Info on Joe the Plumber
Politics | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:57:40 pm PDT
We’re living in Orwell’s nightmare. Government computers in Ohio may have been illegally accessed to find information on Joe the Plumber. State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about “Joe the Plumber.” Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part ...
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And Now, the Department of Peace
Politics | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:30:44 pm PDT
Coming soon, under the shiny happy Obama administration: The Department of Peace.
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Scheduled Maintenance
Science | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:53:11 pm PDT
Maintenance notice: at about 6pm Pacific, we’re going to be offline for a short time while the database is moved to a disk partition with more space. It should take only a few minutes, so remember: don’t panic. UPDATE at 10/24/08 6:15:07 pm: Say it loud. We’re back and we’re proud. Database ...
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Iowahawk: I Am Bill
Humor | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:27:47 pm PDT
Iowahawk serves up another slice of righteous populist polemic, from a somewhat different angle: I AM BILL. Every time I turn on the internet these days, it seems like another right wing blogger is digging up more baloney on Professor Bill Ayers. Apparently these people would rather talk about Bill ...
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And Now for Some Shatner
Video | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:57:12 pm PDT
There were tensions aboard the USS Enterprise that no one ever knew about. [Video] UPDATE at 10/24/08 4:05:53 pm: Sulu responds.
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Yes, This Again
Politics | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:31:42 pm PDT
Philip Berg appeared on the Michael Savage radio show yesterday, talking about his frivolous and unfounded lawsuit against Barack Obama to force him to disclose his birth certificate. Yes, this again. Following Berg’s radio appearance, we’ve received half a dozen angry emails blasting us for our position against repeating this stupid, stupid ...
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ABC News' Malone: Ashamed To Be Known As a 'Journalist'
Opinion | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:59:19 pm PDT
In his latest piece, ABC News columnist Michael Malone absolutely skewers the mainstream media for debasing and corrupting a once-honorable profession: Editing Their Way to Oblivion: Journalism Sacrificed For Power and Pensions. The traditional media is playing a very, very dangerous game. With its readers, with the Constitution, and with its own ...
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Democrat Sex Scandals: Do They Really Exist?
Politics | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:54:38 am PDT
Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney is at the center of one of the most repulsive scandals in recent memory, but he continues to run for reelection and refuses to resign. A document obtained by ABC News reveals new allegations of threatening behavior and sexual harassment toward a female staffer, that go ...
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McCain Volunteer Admits Making Up Attack Story
US News | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:02:48 am PDT
You know that fishy odor you were smelling in the “attacked campaign worker” story? It wasn’t your imagination: McCain Campaign Worker Confessed To Making Up Story Of Attack. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Friday Morning Open
Open | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:34:22 am PDT
Just another mid-morning open thread, as the Dow index starts into another nosedive...
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Mapes Hallucinating About Giant Lizards
Politics | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:45:36 am PDT
In the kind of sloppy, childish rhetoric that passes for deep thinking on the left, Mary Mapes—the discredited, fired partisan hack who tried to tilt the last presidential election with fraudulent documents—gloats that the Republican Monster is Dying. Ha, ha. Nothing makes me happier than seeing once swaggering players like Powerline, ...
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Krauthammer: McCain for President
Opinion | Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:47:08 am PDT
It may have seemed like Charles Krauthammer was going a little wobbly lately, writing about Obama’s “presidential temperament” and criticizing Sarah Palin, but today’s column makes it exceedingly clear which side he’s on: McCain for President. The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:45:00 pm PDT
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself. — Voltaire
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Texas Creationists Pushing Hard
Science | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:27:40 pm PDT
An editorial in the Houston Chronicle blasts the Texas State Board of Education for their outrageous appointment of three creationists to a six-member panel that will decide Texas’ science curriculum standards—two of them shills for the infamous Discovery Institute: Board’s actions could put students at a disadvantage. Texas has earned ...
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The Tale of the Headline
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:43:57 pm PDT
A look at the current RSS headlines from ABC’s The Blotter: Troopergate Probe OK, AK Supremes Say Todd Palin Pushed Firing for Years, Probe Told Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! Todd Speaks! (Kind of) Palin Aides to Testify Troopergate Heads to High Court Troopergate Suits Tossed Another Private Palin Email Account? Probe Challenges Head to Court Troopergate Suit “Political, ...
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Newsweek Reporter Fantasized About 'Taking Out' Rudy Giuliani
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:55:24 pm PDT
You’re not going to believe this one. Newsweek reporter Michael Hastings, while covering the presidential campaign, entertained fantasies about “taking out” Rudy Giuliani. And now he’s talking openly about it, and about his underhanded dealings with the John McCain campaign, as he pretended to be friendly and sympathetic while looking for ...
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Authorities Skeptical About Attack Claim
US News | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:25:18 pm PDT
TMZ is reporting that Pittsburgh law enforcement officials are skeptical about the alleged attack on a McCain volunteer. Pittsburgh law enforcement sources tell TMZ they have serious questions about the authenticity of the alleged victim who says she had her face cut by a politically-motivated attacker. We’re told there are several ...
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Bill Ayers' Terrorist Group Discussed Genocide of Americans
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:14:17 pm PDT
Former FBI informant Larry Grathwohl infiltrated the Weather Underground and helped prevent several bombing attacks by the group. In this clip from the 1982 documentary No Place to Hide, Grathwohl describes a Weather Underground meeting at which the terrorists discussed the need to murder at least 25 million people—those diehard ...
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Reuters: Racism Everywhere, Yet Sporadic and Isolated
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:40:32 pm PDT
The mainstream media are absolutely relentless with this overblown nonsense: Ugly election incidents show lingering US racism. Now there’s an unbiased headline. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Two weeks before an election that could install the first black U.S. president, scattered ugly incidents have reflected a deep residue of racism among ...
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Do NOT Use Firefox 'Speed Dial'
Science | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:53:08 pm PDT
We posted this last month, but the problem is getting worse. We just checked our automated flood protection log, and 5 IPs have been blocked today because of the following problem. If your IP is blocked for this reason, we can’t spend any more of our time to find and ...
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McCain Volunteer Attacked and Mutilated in Pittsburgh?
US News | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:16:33 pm PDT
Big red headline at Drudge: SHOCK: MCCAIN VOLUNTEER ATTACKED AND MUTILATED IN PITTSBURGH ‘B’ CARVED INTO 20-YEAR OLD WOMAN’S FACE... DEVELOPING... UPDATE at 10/23/08 1:34:31 pm: Here’s the story at WTAE-TV: Woman Attacked At ATM, Assailant Carves Letter Into Her Face. (Hat tip: sabra412.) PITTSBURGH — A 20-year-old woman who was robbed ...
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Obama Campaign Credit Card Fraud
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:41:52 pm PDT
Credit card fraud is rampant in the Obama campaign, and it’s been verified. In a nutshell: apparently, the Obama campaign disabled security checks that verify the name and address of a card-holder. So it’s possible to donate money using a real card, but a fake name and address. Quite a few people ...
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Al Qaeda Supporting McCain? Don't Believe It
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:54:44 am PDT
Yesterday the media tried to tell us that Al Qaeda was supporting John McCain for president. But once again, they’re distorting the truth to cover for Barack Obama, picking one random post from an Islamic forum and calling it “Al Qaeda:” Al Qaeda Supporting McCain? No, Not Really. The internet posting ...
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Boortz: To the Undecided Voter
Opinion | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:58:44 am PDT
I don’t know how many undecided voters are reading LGF, but if you’re still wavering, here’s a must-read article from Neal Boortz: To the Undecided Voter.
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Ayers Republished His Revolutionary Manifesto in 2006
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:35:47 am PDT
Yesterday we linked to Zombie’s new report on “Billy” Ayers’ and Bernardine Dohrn’s 1974 communist declaration of war against the United States. Little did we realize that Ayers actually republished this book dedicated to Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan ... in 2006: Sing a Battle Song: The Revolutionary Poetry, Statements, ...
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House Dems Want Your 401(k)
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:05:54 am PDT
Do you have a 401(k)? Are you relying on it for your retirement? Well, watch out, because the Democrats want to get their fingers into it: House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks.
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Let's Stick to Facts, Please
Politics | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:27:51 am PDT
This is what we posted back on August 11th: Obama ‘Birth Certificate’ Links Not Welcome. This is a public notice that I’m going to be deleting any posted spinoff links that try to promote the “Obama birth certificate” nonsense. I’ve mentioned this several times in comments, but it apparently hasn’t ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:53:50 pm PDT
An open thread for the lizards of the night...
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Zombie: Billy Ayers' Forgotten Communist Manifesto, 'Prairie Fire'
Politics | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:19:08 pm PDT
In an exclusive report linked here for the first time, Zombie has acquired a copy of a long-forgotten book by Barack Obama associate Bill Ayers, wife Bernardine Dohrn, and two other Weather Underground members, dedicated to RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan, written while they were in hiding from the authorities: William ...
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Sarah Palin with James Dobson
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:58:34 pm PDT
Here’s Sarah Palin’s 30-minute interview with James Dobson of the Christian advocacy group Focus on the Family: CitizenLink: Dr. Dobson Talks with Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Shocka: Coverage of McCain Mostly Negative
Politics | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:43:45 pm PDT
With nary a hint of irony, Politico reports that the coverage of John McCain has been overwhelmingly negative. The good news for John McCain? He’s now receiving as much attention from the national media as his Democratic rival. The bad news? It’s overwhelmingly negative. Just 14 percent of the stories about ...
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Wednesday Open
Open | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:55:42 pm PDT
Yet another midday open thread...
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Financial Yo-Yo Watch
Business | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:23:43 pm PDT
Dow average down nearly 500 as we write... below 9,000 again.
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One International Crisis, Coming Up
World | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:00:14 am PDT
Looks like Joe “Nostradamus” Biden’s prediction of an international crisis if Obama is elected may come true even sooner than he thought: Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel. Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors, a ...
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AP Poll: The Race is Even!
Politics | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:38:03 am PDT
A surprise from the Associated Press, as most other polls put Obama way ahead of McCain: AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch. WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an ...
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Ayers' New Book: America is a White Supremacist Nation
Politics | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:15:04 am PDT
Former Weather Underground terrorists (and Barack Obama associates) William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn have a new book coming out; showing how much they love their country, the theme of the book is that the dominant political system in the United States is white supremacism: Amazon.com: Race Course Against White Supremacy: ...
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Kirchick: Left-Wing Hatred Out of Control for Years
Opinion | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:29:53 am PDT
We’ve been documenting the extreme hatefulness (racism, antisemitism, hate speech, conspiracy theories, you name it) that is overwhelmingly common among left-wingers and Obama supporters for years, and the New Republic’s James Kirchick points out the abysmal hypocrisy of the media—where this vitriolic nastiness has been completely ignored in their ...
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CNN Reporter Distorts National Review Article
Politics | Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:32:46 am PDT
Yesterday CNN’s Drew Griffin blatantly distorted a quote from a National Review article by Byron York about Sarah Palin; Rich Lowry has the details of the latest egregious media smear. Here’s the full article by York, a very positive look at Palin’s governorship of Alaska: How Palin Governed. This is the year ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:41:13 pm PDT
Peace is peaceful. — The Dude, The Big Lebowski
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Obama's Pal Rashid Khalidi
Politics | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:29:29 pm PDT
Martin Kramer has followed the career of Professor Rashid Khalidi for several years, and has plenty of background information on this radical Palestinian associate of Barack Obama: Rashid Khalidi (Obama’s pal/Pal).
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Did You Know 'Socialist' is a Code Word?
Politics | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:10:15 pm PDT
Did you know that “socialist” is a code word for “black?” No? Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist, sets you straight: Shame on McCain and Palin for using an old code word for black. McCain and Palin have simply reached back in history to use an old code ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Open
Open | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:49:45 pm PDT
Just another midday open thread...
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The Stop Obama Tour in Colorado
Images | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:56:41 am PDT
El Marco has a new photo essay on The Stop Obama Tour.
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Hot Air's Comprehensive Argument Against The One
Opinion | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:35:27 am PDT
A great post at Hot Air with mucho video goodness, by Mary Katharine Ham, Guy Benson, and Ed Morrissey: The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama.
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Bolton on Joe the Bummer
Video | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:10:03 am PDT
John Bolton has a few thoughts about Joe Biden’s dire warning that electing Barack Obama will result in an immediate international crisis. [Video]
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Palin-Hatred Reaching Rabid Level
Politics | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:50:49 am PDT
The media keep yammering on about John McCain and Sarah Palin’s imagined “subtle racism,” but they’re silent about the ugly, in-your-face demonization and hatred you can easily find everywhere Obama supporters hang out. This morning’s example: A Truly Frightening Prospect.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:31:42 pm PDT
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. — William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Kurtz on Obama and the New Party
Politics | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:48:09 pm PDT
Stanley Kurtz’s latest attempt to bring Barack Obama’s past to light: Something New Here. During his first campaign for the Illinois state senate in 1995-96, Barack Obama was a member of, and was endorsed by, the far-left New Party. Obama’s New Party ties give the lie to his claim to ...
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Card: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?
Opinion | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:36:11 pm PDT
Orson Scott Card hits the mark: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?
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Monday Afternoon Open
Open | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:41:04 pm PDT
Just another midday open thread...
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McCain Supporters Policing Their Own Camp
Video | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:49:04 pm PDT
A group of McCain supporters confronts another group of McCain supporters peddling the “Obama’s a Muslim” smear. Good for them. (Hat tip: Allah P.)
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AP: Obama, the True Heir to Reaganomics
Politics | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:13:52 pm PDT
The RSS headline reads, “Obama: Powell will have a role in administration.” What a shock. But clicking the link leads to this article—the latest fawning AP press release for the Obama campaign, with a new headline that probably has the Gipper spinning: Obama updates Reagan’s economic critique. TAMPA, Fla. – ...
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Biden: Elect Obama and We'll Have an International Crisis
Politics | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:52:53 am PDT
What an interesting admission from Joe Biden, who states pretty clearly that Barack Obama’s youth and lack of experience will lead to “an international crisis.” “Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before ...
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Shots Allegedly Fired at McCain Campaign Bus
Politics | Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:40:27 am PDT
What will it take for the media to start covering incidents like this? EXCLUSIVE: .22 Gunshot, paint balls fired at McCain / Palin Straight Talk Express. (Sunday, October 19 - Filed by Mark Williams in Raton, New Mexico with the Stop Obama Tour) We learned at this morning’s Stop Obama Rally here ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:13:45 pm PDT
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
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Obama Supporters Getting in Faces in Ohio
Politics | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:28:41 pm PDT
Barack Obama told his followers to “get in their faces,” and that’s exactly what they’re doing in Ohio. [Video] Via ciaospirit.
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Sony Welcomes Their New Overlords
Science | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:30:15 pm PDT
Sony has a new game coming out for the Playstation 3 called LittleBigPlanet, getting the kind of reviews for which video game authors sell their first-born children. The amount of money riding on games like this is beyond most ordinary schlubs’ capacity to imagine. But Sony has run afoul of the ...
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Evolution in Action: New Details on Tiktaalik
Science | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:44:56 pm PDT
We’ve had several posts recently about the fossil fish discovered by Neil Shubin’s team and dubbed Tiktaalik; it’s one of the best examples yet of a “transitional” species of marine vertebrate evolving into a land animal. After extensive cleaning of the fossil, new research has revealed interesting details of the ...
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AP: 'Ultraconservative' Islam on the Rise
World | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:15:56 pm PDT
Once in a while the Associated Press can still surprise you with good reporting. Here’s an uncharacteristically honest and forthright assessment of the rise of militant Islam in the Middle East; what surprised me the most about this article is that AP writer Paul Schemm doesn’t try to blame it ...
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Sarah Palin on SNL
Humor | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:02:13 am PDT
I confess, I’m a little puzzled at the importance Saturday Night Live is being afforded in this election. SNL hasn’t been relevant, inspired, or even funny for at least ten years, and last night’s skits featuring Sarah Palin were just more of the same tired, over-long schtick they’ve been recycling ...
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Colin Powell Endorses Obama
Politics | Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:47:01 am PDT
Yes, he announced it this morning. Will any moonbat heads be exploding over this? After all, they’ve been vilifying Powell for years for “lying us into a war.” I’m going to take a wild guess and say the lefties will suddenly forget all about it. Colin Powell, the man who delivered to ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:16:25 pm PDT
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. — Lin Yutang
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Obama Gave Bill Ayers' Book a Rave Review
Politics | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:41:36 pm PDT
In December 1997, Barack Obama gave William Ayers’ book on juvenile criminals a rave review.
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The Nuclear Furnace at the Center of Our Solar System
Science | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:49:46 pm PDT
The Sun, as you’ve never seen it before.
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Obama and Ayers Shared an Office Building for 3 Years?
Politics | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:29:41 pm PDT
A good find at Verum Serum: Barack Obama and former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers apparently worked in the same office building for three years.
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Saturday Evening Open
Open | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:32:49 pm PDT
Here’s a late afternoon open thread...
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More Soros-Obama Connections
Politics | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:56:27 pm PDT
The Obama “transition team” reveals the extreme leftist machine behind the campaign, led by a former Clinton operative affiliated with far-left smear sites Media Matters and Think Progress, who runs the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress: Soros-Funded Pair Running Obama Transition Team.
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Tech Note: Accelerando
Science | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:49:34 pm PDT
Unlike the last one, here’s a tech note about something you will notice. Today we were trying to figure out why LGF was responding very slowly, even though traffic was not especially high. At first we suspected the new installation of Mint, but Mint is not the culprit. Digging around the web ...
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AP's Puff Piece on Louis Farrakhan
US News | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:33:47 am PDT
Here’s a very sympathetic article from the Associated Press about one of the most hateful figures on the American scene: Farrakhan says ‘new beginning’ for Nation of Islam. CHICAGO – The Nation of Islam, a secretive movement generally closed to outsiders, has planned a rare open-to-the public event at its ...
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Iowahawk: I Am Joe
Politics | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:19:41 am PDT
The Hawk gets serious: I Am Joe. I hope you will join me in expressing a simple bit of solidarity with this guy, Spartacus style. I AM JOE. I am a Wal Mart schlub in flyover country who changes my own oil and unclogs drains without a license. I smoke ...
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Obama Supporter Assaults McCain Supporter, Media Yawn
Politics | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:49:46 am PDT
Hateful, violent behavior from Obama supporters. Media uninterested.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:03:23 pm PDT
The large print giveth and the small print taketh away. — Tom Waits
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Shocka
Politics | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:50:45 pm PDT
Washington Post endorses Obama for president. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama won the endorsement of The Washington Post in an editorial saying the Illinois senator “has the potential to become a great president.”
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World Hearts Obama, Hates Everything Else About America
World | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:21:56 pm PDT
Do you really think electing Barack Obama is going to make these people like us? Foreign poll favours Obama but shows hostility to US. People around the world are pinning their hopes on Barack Obama in next month’s presidential election, according to an international survey published today. I found this ...
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Tech Note: Minty Stats
Science | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:03:00 pm PDT
A new addition to the site, although you wouldn’t know it unless you look at the source code: Mint, a nicely-designed site statistics package with a slick Ajax interface by Shaun Inman. Quickie review: very simple to install, and started working flawlessly right away with almost no perceptible impact on the ...
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Joe the Alaskan Plumber
Politics | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:05:18 pm PDT
Oh noes! Joe the Plumber once lived in ... Alaska! Rove, you magnificent bastard.
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Friday Morning Open
Open | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:24:17 am PDT
Just another midday open thread...
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Twelve Years Old and Racist
Politics | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:58:15 am PDT
As Barack Obama bashes McCain and Palin for encouraging mob-like behavior, a 7th grader is called a “racist” for wearing a Sarah Palin T-shirt. VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) — She’s only 12 years old but Ashleigh Jones is feeling the heat of this election year. That’s because the ...
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Equating Islam with Terrorism Will Lead to Terrorism
World | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:36:43 am PDT
The Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan addressed yet another “inter-faith” conference today, and announced that “equating Islam with terrorism is dangerous.” Because it will lead to ... uh ... terrorism. “It is a great pity that we see incessant attempts to authenticate and unify Islam and terrorism. The doctrinal substance of Islam ...
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Krauthammer: Who's Playing the Race Card?
Opinion | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:10:06 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer points out what should be obvious to anyone who’s really been paying attention in this election; there’s one candidate who has consistently and deviously traded in race-baiting, and it’s not John McCain: Who’s Playing the Race Card? Let me get this straight. A couple of agitated yahoos in ...
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Don't Cross Barack Obama
Politics | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:49:42 am PDT
It’s absolutely disgusting what the Obama campaign and left-wing bloggers have done to Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher. This is what you can expect if you become a serious embarrassment to Barack: character assassination on steroids.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:30:00 pm PDT
I am free of prejudice. I hate everyone equally. — W. C. Fields
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Texas School Board Appoints 3 Creationists to Science Committee
Science | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:40:56 pm PDT
“Intelligent design” creationism is a step closer to being taught in Texas science classes, as “social conservatives” on the State Board of Education appoint three creationists to a six-member committee to review science curricula. Not just any creationists, either; two of them are affiliated with the Discovery Institute, and authored the ...
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Another Celebrity Endorsement for Barack Obama
World | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:35:37 pm PDT
Fresh from a no-Jews-allowed “Global Dialog” conference with the mullahs in Tehran, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announces his endorsement of Barack Obama: AFP: Former UN chief mulls ‘phenomenal’ Obama presidency. DUBLIN (AFP) — A US presidential poll victory for Barack Obama would be “phenomenal,” former UN chief Kofi ...
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JihadTV on Sarah Palin
World | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:54:38 am PDT
Now showing up on lefty blogs, the following Al Jazeera English report from a Sarah Palin rally in Ohio. Are you surprised that Al Jazeera managed to find racists and Christian extremists in the crowd? [Video] A little reminder to those who are taking this Al Jazeera report at face value: Al ...
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What's the Frequency, Pierre?
Entertainment | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:55:53 am PDT
Sure, I could make a joke about this story, but why bother? It’s perfect just the way it is: Rather covers election for French TV. PARIS — Former CBS star reporter Dan Rather has been tapped by French pay TV group Canal Plus to cover the U.S. presidential election. ...
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Video: Obama Bashes McCain with a Bogus Story
Video | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:16:05 am PDT
After an investigation, the Secret Service announced that the allegation that someone yelled “Kill him” when Barack Obama’s name was mentioned at a Sarah Palin rally is completely unfounded. And Barack Obama owes John McCain an apology for using this false story to beat up McCain and Sarah Palin in last ...
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Secret Service: No One Shouted 'Kill Him' at McCain Rally
Politics | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:30:03 am PDT
If you need any more evidence that you cannot trust the media in this election, here you go. All week, every media organization in America has been endlessly repeating that someone shouted “Kill him” at a Sarah Palin rally when Barack Obama’s name was mentioned. As Jake Tapper might say, they ...
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Jake Tapper's Casual Smear of the Day
Politics | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:59:24 am PDT
Jake Tapper at ABC News says “conservative blogs were all atwitter” about that silly rumor that Michelle Obama called an African media organization and ranted about racism. The conservative blogs are all atwitter about a bizarre interview allegedly with Michelle Obama on a Web site called “African Press International.” No, ...
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Joe the Plumber: Obama is a 'Socialist'
Politics | Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:18:55 am PDT
Both candidates were doing their best last night to invoke “Joe the Plumber” as support for their tax proposals, but Joe himself doesn’t want anything to do with Barack Obama’s “incredibly wrong, socialist” views. [Video] (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:44:17 pm PDT
Behold the hippopotamus! We laugh at how he looks to us, And yet in moments dank and grim, I wonder how we look to him. — Ogden Nash
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Poll: Who Won?
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:49:09 pm PDT
A simple question: [Poll]
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, The Wrap-Up
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:32:51 pm PDT
OK, it’s over, the wives are suddenly on stage, and here’s a thread for post-debate wrangling. At least they didn’t hug.
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 6
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:20:30 pm PDT
The final faceoff nears its conclusion. Reverend Wright was nowhere to be seen.
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 5
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:04:22 pm PDT
Barack Obama’s smirking tonight.
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 4
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:50:30 pm PDT
The comment threads are filling up faster than we can post ‘em. Here’s another one for the final Presidential Debate of the 2008 election.
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 3
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:31:53 pm PDT
Another debate thread as the previous threads fill up with comments...
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 2
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:15:51 pm PDT
Another thread for the final Presidential Debate of the 2008 election, with live video.
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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 1
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:57:00 pm PDT
The main event is about to begin, after another heinous drop in the value of the Dow, and here’s our first liveblogging thread for the evening. All over the media today, the buzz was, “Will McCain continue going negative? Will he mention [gasp] Reverend Wright?” Imagine the screaming if he does. ...
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Pre-Debate Open Thread 2, with Live Video
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:13:51 pm PDT
So ... anybody gonna watch this thing tonight?
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Iowahawk: A Reason to Vote for Obama
Humor | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:55:35 pm PDT
A special guest commentary at Iowahawk’s pad, featuring two hate-blinded leftists wearing obscene T-shirts, with a very good reason to consider voting for Barack Obama: A Vote For Obama is a Vote For Civility. Think about it. With Barack Obama in office, *ssholes like us will fade into a distant ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:50:43 pm PDT
What’s left to say but “ugh.” Stocks See Near-Record Decline on Retail Sales, Investor Jitters. Hopes that stocks would hold on to Monday’s massive gains faded quickly today as the Dow Jones industrial average dived more than 700 points, the second-largest point decline on record.
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Zombie: The Left's Big Blunder
Opinion | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:05:04 pm PDT
Zombie has a very interesting pre-debate read, an extended essay titled: The Left’s Big Blunder. Too deep to easily pull out a quote; just go ye and read of it.
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Pre-Debate Open Thread
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:50:58 pm PDT
Here’s an open thread for any last-minute advice you may have for John McCain. We’ll have live streaming video again—the cameras are already set up and showing the stage at Hofstra University.
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A Friend of Bill Ayers in the Wall Street Journal
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:42:18 am PDT
Here’s a sympathetic look at William Ayers from a friend of the former Weather Underground leader, on the Wall Street Journal Opinion page: My Friend Bill Ayers - WSJ.com. I do not defend the things Mr. Ayers did in his Weatherman days. Nor will I quibble with those who find ...
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Internet Wrong
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:48:54 am PDT
You’ve probably seen a story floating around that Michelle Obama telephoned an African media organization and made some outrageous statements. It smelled like seafood to us, and sure enough, Byron York has the official word at The Corner. I’m sure a lot of you have seen references this morning to ...
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Shiny Happy Communists
Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:31:35 am PDT
The Communist Party USA likes the direction in which America is headed: US communists say their time has come. NEW YORK (AFP) — A rare bird in the political world, the US Communist Party is feeling rather smug in these days of capitalist turmoil. At the party’s New York headquarters on ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:45:00 pm PDT
It’s a good idea for diplomats to keep their word in small matters. It makes the later complete betrayals more of a surprise. — John Barnes
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Fish or Pole?
Images | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:27:50 pm PDT
Some very cool politically informed graphics from design student Heather Mantovani, at Andy Rutledge’s place: Design in the Sociopolitical Arena.
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And Now for Some Tom Waits
Video | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:07:27 pm PDT
[Video] I’d sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you’re looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch You’re out of luck, you’re out of luck The ship is sinking The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There’s a leak, there’s a leak, in the boiler room The ...
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Sowell: The Real Obama
Opinion | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:32:06 pm PDT
Thomas Sowell says it all: Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, William Ayers and Antoin Rezko are not just people who happened to be at the same place at the same time as Barack Obama. They are people with whom he chose to ally himself for years, and with some of ...
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Spiegel Columnist: Sarah Palin is a Witless Racist
Opinion | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:07:37 pm PDT
Article after article today denouncing Sarah Palin and John McCain, but especially Sarah Palin, for “injecting race” into the campaign. By which they invariably mean: bringing up Barack Obama’s troubling long-term associations with hardcore radicals of one type or another. Germany’s Spiegel Online gets into the act too with a venomous article ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:42:05 pm PDT
The Dow index has not climbed any more after yesterday’s wild ascent; it’s holding pretty much even today. And the government will be buying shares in several top banks to ease the credit crunch. Is that a good idea? [Poll]
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Jesse Jackson: 'Zionists Who Control America' On the Way Out
Politics | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:04:25 am PDT
Amir Taheri talks with Jesse Jackson at the World Policy Forum in Evian, France: The O Jesse Knows. Jesse says Barack Obama is going to really change things in America. PREPARE for a new America: That’s the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy ...
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WaPo Columnist: John McCain, Far Right Extremist
Politics | Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:29:18 am PDT
This is where the mainstream media has been headed ever since the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate; E. J. Dionne is the latest journalist to claim that any and all criticism of Obama is by definition racist. But he takes it an extra step, saying that John ...
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And Now for Some Tommy Emmanuel
Video | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:06:16 pm PDT
Blue Moon, swingin’ hard. [Video]
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Monday Night Open
Open | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:37:57 pm PDT
This election is an object lesson in why no sane person would ever run for high office in the United States, so here’s a Columbus Day open thread...
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Galactic Message of the Day
Images | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:00:18 pm PDT
UPDATE at 10/13/08 7:16:52 pm: On a similar wavelength: Treacher.
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Ugly Misogyny at the Official Obama Blog Site
Politics | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:57:50 pm PDT
The media keep hammering away at the “ugly incidents” at McCain-Palin rallies, but oddly they fail to notice stuff like this at the official Barack Obama blog site: Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Rhiannon-Marie Volpe. This is a Google cache link, because the picture of the ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:07:04 pm PDT
At 4 pm ET, the Dow index is up more than 900 points, for one of the biggest percentage gains in history. The question now is, will it stay there or will the yo-yo swing back down tomorrow?
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RNC Video: 'Guilt By Participation'
Video | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:16:35 am PDT
This is the latest web-only video from the Republican National Committee, on Barack Obama’s connections to former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers. [Video]
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Obama Speaks on Economy
Politics | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:48:59 am PDT
Here’s an open thread to discuss Barack Obama’s speech on the economy, as the Dow index goes above 9,000...
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Kristol: Junk the Whole Thing and Start Over
Opinion | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:25:39 am PDT
Bill Kristol says John McCain needs to fire his campaign. What McCain needs to do is junk the whole thing and start over. Shut down the rapid responses, end the frantic e-mails, bench the spinning surrogates, stop putting up new TV and Internet ads every minute. In fact, pull all ...
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Presidential Campaign Trolls in the News Again
Politics | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:52:24 am PDT
The mainstream media can’t seem to find any cases in which Obama supporters are behaving badly (for example, all this was completely ignored by media), but some idiots on the right are making it into the news regularly. Man At Palin Rally Displays Monkey Doll Donning Obama Sticker. McCain Camp Boots GOP ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:20:42 pm PDT
The best mirror is an old friend. — George Herbert
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Open | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:55:53 pm PDT
Registration is open for a limited time on a Sunday evening. Read the fine print and do not transgress, lest ye be blocked. UPDATE at 10/12/08 8:31:09 pm: Registration is now closed, with 65 hatchlings.
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Tighten Up
Video | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:39:33 pm PDT
The major-seventh wisdom of Archie Bell and the Drells echoes down through the ages. Make it mellow, now. [Video]
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Presidential Campaign Trolls
Politics | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:24:13 pm PDT
Go ahead, Ace. It needs to be said. Trolls can really ruin your day. And even, your presidential campaign.
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Tech Note: Do the Tighten Up
Science | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 5:48:56 pm PDT
In the latest tech note that will inevitably become an open thread, still more outdated code has been trimmed, modernized, and tightened up in the LGF Blog Engine templates. The comment entry form that registered users see is now table-free, using floated elements to create a table-like look for the ...
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Update: Haider Was Speeding When He Crashed
World | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 4:25:58 pm PDT
An update to the story of the death of Austrian Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider: Austria far-right leader Haider speeding before fatal crash. VIENNA (AFP) – Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider was driving at more than twice the speed limit after going to a nightclub when he crashed and died ...
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Coming Soon: The Pain Ray
Science | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:54:08 pm PDT
A ray that causes intense pain but (when used as directed) no lasting injury: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows ‘Potential for Death’. After years of testing, the Active Denial System — the pain ray which drives off rioters with a microwave-like beam — could finally have its ...
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Obama Campaign Covering Up Involvement with ACORN?
Politics | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:52:09 am PDT
The Cleveland Leader has a series of posts tracking the Obama campaign’s lies and evasions about the candidate’s long history of connections with ACORN, and their attempts to quietly edit the Obama website as more information leaks out: Obama Campaign Involved in More Cover-Ups in ACORN Scandal. Wikileaks.org has an article ...
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Iran Sets Preconditions for US Meeting
World | Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:51:49 am PDT
Barack Obama may intend to meet with Iran without preconditions (yes, he did say it, no matter how often he tries to deny it now), but Iran isn’t granting Obama the same courtesy: Iran’s Vice President Sets Two Preconditions for Talks with US. They’re very simple conditions, really. Just remove all ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:09:08 pm PDT
We must believe in free will — we have no choice. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Science | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:50:16 pm PDT
Registration is open, the troll early warning systems are enabled, and here’s your chance if you’ve been waiting to join the Lizardoid Army. Read the fine print. We’re not just sayin’ that. If you transgress the rules, your account(s) will be blocked. UPDATE at 10/11/08 7:34:56 pm: The door has closed, with 126 ...
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Tech Note: Tightening the Systems
Science | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:56:22 pm PDT
Behind the scenes, the LGF Blog Engine code is being radically reworked, especially in pages with comments. By optimizing the HTML/Javascript/CSS design, we’ve managed to reduce the size (defined as the amount of HTML code it takes to render the comment in your browser) of each individual comment by about ...
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Chomsky on Palin
Politics | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 4:00:42 pm PDT
In a cage match to the death between Germany’s Der Spiegel and Noam Chomsky, who would you root for? Interview with Noam Chomsky: ‘The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System’. SPIEGEL: Do you prefer the team on the other side: the 72 year old Vietnam veteran McCain and Sarah ...
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Saturday Morning Open
Open | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:14:44 am PDT
When things get weird, reload. — Stinky Beaumont
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Gawker.com Publishes Fake Sarah Palin SATs
Politics | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:20:10 am PDT
Gawker.com, the ethics-devoid pseudo-blog that published Sarah Palin’s private email, is now hawking another creepy little invasion of privacy: Sarah Palin’s High-School Grades? But this is what happens when you race to the bottom and sneer at ethical behavior along the way; you get taken in by obvious fakes: Nutroots use ...
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Austrian Fascist Leader Dies in Car Crash
World | Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:46:44 am PDT
Neo-fascist Austrian politician Joerg Haider has been killed in a car crash. Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider has been killed in a road accident, police reports say. Haider died near Klagenfurt in Carinthia, his political stronghold. He was driving alone when his car came off the road and he suffered severe ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:38:44 pm PDT
A clown is funny in the circus ring, but what would be the normal reaction to opening a door at midnight and finding the same clown standing there in the moonlight? — Lon Chaney, Sr.
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Friday Night Open
Open | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:40:25 pm PDT
Another open thread, as an excuse to say it’s time to reload the page again. You may want to clear your browser cache. The underpinnings have shifted. Bugs will be dealt with.
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Still There'll Be More
Politics | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:17:28 pm PDT
Hey, what a day, huh? What? You thought it was over? Legislative panel: Palin abused authority. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner. The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn’t the ...
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McCain: 'You Do Not Have To Be Scared' of Obama As President
Politics | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 5:34:03 pm PDT
Way to go, John. Talking Points Memo jumped all over this one. [Video]
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Friday Afternoon Open
Open | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:23:58 pm PDT
The Friday thread that is open...
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Krauthammer: Obama and Friends
Opinion | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:26:25 pm PDT
Charles Krauthammer is critical of both candidates in his Friday column: Obama & Friends: Judge Not? McCain had his chance back in April when the North Carolina Republican Party ran a gubernatorial campaign ad that included the linking of Obama with Jeremiah Wright. The ad was duly denounced by the ...
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Financial Yo-Yo Watch
Business | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:29:41 pm PDT
Good grief. The Dow plunged more than 700 points earlier, and now it’s rebounded all the way into positive territory.
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Post-Debate Fox Poll: Obama Up by 7
Politics | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:02:11 am PDT
The latest Fox News poll of registered voters: Barack Obama - 46% John McCain - 39% UPDATE at 10/10/08 11:14:23 am: The RealClearPolitics averages: Obama - 49.5% McCain - 43.3%
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Obama Campaign Met with Hamas and Hezbollah Supporters
Politics | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:07:38 am PDT
The Obama campaign is trying to minimize the damage from a meeting attended by their “Muslim outreach director,” at which several notorious Hamas and Hezbollah supporters were present: Obama concedes mistake over Muslim outreach meeting. The Obama campaign’s Muslim outreach director participated in a meeting in mid September that was ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:36:05 am PDT
Another sell-off in the Asian markets, and the Dow average is about to go below 8,000...
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Friday Morning Open
Open | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:20:43 am PDT
Right after the last entry we posted last night, our Internet connection went down, and it just came back a little while ago. So here’s an open thread to contain all that pent-up verbiage we sense out there...
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Mysterious Mammalian DNA Survives for Eons
Science | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:05:39 pm PDT
A fascinating discovery by scientists investigating the mammalian genome: Mysterious DNA Found to Survive Eons of Evolution. Scientists have discovered mystery snippets of mammal DNA that have survived eons of evolution and yet have no apparent purpose. The finding reveals just how much we don’t know about the secrets hidden ...
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Tech Note: Javascript Reboot
Science | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:41:50 pm PDT
It’s time to reload the page, as we’ve made structural changes to the HTML and Javascript code to make comments pages significantly smaller and less complex, which should help keep the hamsters from going totally insane.
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VDH: Line of the Day
Opinion | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:04:21 pm PDT
Victor Davis Hanson gets the line of the day: What Is Wisdom? Perhaps salmon fishing or moose-hunting might have been of value in reifying the more abstract wisdom found in Niebuhr.
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Iowahawk: ACORN Files Voting Rights Suit on Behalf of Imaginary-Americans
Humor | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:33:13 pm PDT
Breaking from the Iowahawk News Cartel: ACORN Files Voting Rights Suit on Behalf of Imaginary-Americans. ST. LOUIS - Attorneys for the voting registration organizations ACORN and Project Vote filed an anti-discrimination voting rights suit in the U.S. Federal District court this morning, alleging the United States government is involved in ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:04:16 pm PDT
If you thought the market was in free fall earlier this week, well... we apparently haven’t seen the bottom yet. The Dow is at -629 as we write, lowest point since 2003...
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Obama's Disingenuous Statement on William Ayers
Politics | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:49:46 am PDT
Barack Obama’s latest statement on his association with former Weather Underground is a perfect example of his slippery rhetoric: Obama: McCain Scoring ‘Cheap Political Points’. “Why don’t we just clear it up right now,” Obama told ABC News’ Charlie Gibson in an exclusive interview for World News. “I’ll repeat again ...
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New McCain Ad: 'Ayers'
Politics | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:31:18 am PDT
[Video] UPDATE at 10/9/08 10:07:48 am: The leftists are playing games at YouTube again. This video—from the campaign of a presidential candidate!—has now been flagged as “inappropriate” and you need to confirm your birth date before viewing. Amazing.
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The Sayings of Obama
Politics | Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:40:16 am PDT
John Hawkins has compiled a massive list of quotes by and about Barack Obama, from The One himself, wife Michelle, Joe Biden, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, and even Hillary Clinton: Barack Obama In Quotes Version 3.0.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:58:48 pm PDT
So, nat’ralists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey, And these have smaller still to bite ’em And so proceed ad infinitum. — Jonathan Swift
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One Thousand Sundays
Politics | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:48:38 pm PDT
From Dr. James Cone to Barack Obama; the story of “Black Liberation Theology.” [Video]
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Prayers for Dean Barnett
Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:25:41 pm PDT
Dean Barnett is in trouble tonight, and he could use a few prayers (even from you godless atheists). My friend Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson tells me that Dean has had to be admitted to the hospital and is currently in the ICU with a terrible attack of his cystic fibrosis, and ...
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Quote of the Day
Politics | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:45:24 pm PDT
Again, Dennis Miller gets it. Come on, John! FIGHT!
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Wednesday Afternoon Open
Open | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:24:28 pm PDT
An open thread for persiflage, badinage, and japery...
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The Obama Campaign's Veterans' Scorecard
Politics | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:30:00 pm PDT
The Obama campaign is releasing a “scorecard” on the candidates, from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), as proof that veterans should be supporting Obama. John Lilyea has discovered some interesting things about IAVA—including the fact that a founding member is now the Barack Obama campaign’s Veterans Director: Well! ...
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Iowahawk: It Takes a Village of the Damned
Humor | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:10:25 pm PDT
Admit it — you thought about this movie too when you saw the video of the creepy Obama kids. [Video]
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Gallup Daily Tracking Poll: Obama Up By 11
Politics | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:32:20 am PDT
The latest Gallup daily tracking poll: Obama’s Lead Expands to 11 Over McCain.
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Script Kiddies in Trouble
Politics | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:21:06 am PDT
Note to script kiddies: it’s probably not a good idea to break into a vice presidential candidate’s email account. Lawmaker’s son indicted in Palin e-mail hacking. WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has indicted the son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker in connection with the hacking of the e-mail ...
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Video: The Complete Second Presidential Debate
Video | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:14:50 am PDT
Here’s the complete 90-minute presidential debate, via C-SPAN. [Video]
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LGF Reaches Six Million Comments!
Science | Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:02:16 am PDT
It took less than seven months to get from five million comments to the milestone we reached early this morning—comment number six million. Woo hoo! Comment #6,000,000 was posted by “Equable,” who broke through the barrier with an appropriate sound effect.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:20:00 pm PDT
What is asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. — Christopher Hitchens
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Poll: Who Won?
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:49:00 pm PDT
A silly Internet poll asking a simple question: [Poll]
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Presidential Debate Thread 5, the Wrap-Up
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:37:14 pm PDT
John McCain needed to hit a home run tonight. Did he?
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Presidential Debate Thread 4, with Live Video
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:16:48 pm PDT
Yet another debate thread... [Video now removed...]
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Presidential Debate Thread 3, with Live Video
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:48:17 pm PDT
Another thread for the debate... [Video moved to recent thread...]
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Presidential Debate Thread 2, with Live Video
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:18:11 pm PDT
Another thread for the debate... [Video moved to recent thread...]
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Presidential Debate Thread 1
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:58:34 pm PDT
This political battle of wits is about to begin. Here’s the embedded live video feed from C-SPAN; we’ll see how their bandwidth holds up tonight (it crapped out in the Palin-Biden debate). CNN also has a live feed here. McCain is way down in the polls, as you probably know. This ...
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Pre-Debate Thread 2, with Live Streaming
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:00:16 pm PDT
So far this C-SPAN live stream is working very well at Lizard HQ. Let’s hope it doesn’t bog down too much when the debate kicks off. [Video moved to recent thread...] UPDATE at 10/7/08 5:07:17 pm: Allen Forkum (of the lamented cartoon duo Cox and Forkum) emailed a photo from the Belmont University ...
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Tuesday Afternoon Pre-Debate Open
Open | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:26:36 pm PDT
Here’s an open thread to check out the embedded live stream from C-SPAN. Nothing on right now but an empty set with a few people meandering around and a soundtrack of random indecipherable background chatter. And by the way, registration is open for a short time. [Video moved to recent thread...] UPDATE ...
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Video: Obama Spokesman Admits Obama Knew About Ayers
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:37:45 pm PDT
What got into Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin? A journalist asking persistent questions about The One? This will never do. [Video] (Hat tip: Allah P.)
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Simon: Blacklisting Myself
Entertainment | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:38:18 am PDT
Roger Simon has a new book coming out in January, and he emails that it says nice things about yours truly—but not-so-nice things about Tinseltown: Blacklisting Myself: Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror: Roger L. Simon. More at PJ Media: Don’t judge a book by its cover ...
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US Shelves Iran Diplomatic Outpost
World | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:41:50 am PDT
Last weekend the Bush administration quietly abandoned plans to send diplomats to Iran. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press has ...
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Bayefsky: Focus, People
Opinion | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:13:21 am PDT
We seem to have forgotten something: Focus, People. Since the time of Hitler, civilization has never been so close to the brink of total catastrophe. This American election will decide whether civilization as we know it will survive. As much as economic questions are currently front and center, with blame ...
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Obama Was Not Ignorant About William Ayers
Politics | Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:41:11 am PDT
Barack Obama’s claims that he had no idea about William Ayers’ violent, radical history are simply false: Was Obama Ignorant About Bill Ayers? Of Course Not. Videos: The Ayers connection; Update: Obama doesn’t read newspapers? William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn were very open, even boastful about their past. How many times does ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:38:06 pm PDT
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. — H. L. Mencken
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GOP: The Obama Ayers Relationship
Politics | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:20:24 pm PDT
The GOP’s William Ayers portfolio.
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Sarah Palin vs. The Moonbats of Southern California
Images | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:48:27 pm PDT
LGF operative Ringo the Gringo was at Sarah Palin’s appearance at the Home Depot tennis center in Carson, California, and so were a few hundred screeching SoCal moonbats: Sarah Palin Visits Southern California on October 4, 2008.
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Pat Condell Won't Back Down
Video | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:09:17 pm PDT
Pat Condell has a few words for the people who got YouTube to ban his last video, and a bit of a clarification on his views about the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [Video]
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Tech Note: IE6 Needs an Exorcism
Science | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:32:31 pm PDT
If you’re using Internet Explorer version 6, you may have noticed the left sidebar seemingly disappearing. It wasn’t really disappearing, it was being pushed down to the bottom of the page when the “Top Rated Links” area opened up. The reason: without getting too technical, Internet Explorer is simply the buggiest ...
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Financial Crisis Watch
Business | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:33:03 am PDT
As we write, the Dow index is down more than 700 points. We’re in free fall, as the effects of a worldwide sell-off ravage the markets.
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Palin's Creationism Statements: Distorted by Right and Left
Politics | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:24:35 am PDT
It’s bad enough when the Obama supporters do it, but it’s worse when Sarah Palin’s creationist supporters try to distort her record to suit their purposes. A letter to the editor of the Indiana Star Press: Be an informed voter. There’s not enough space to address each and every “ignorant” ...
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Anyone for Toast?
Politics | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:55:31 am PDT
In Slate Magazine, William Saletan says the polls are so stacked against John McCain, there’s no possibility he can win. The race is over. Oh, wait. That was eight years ago, and he was talking about George W. Bush. Why Bush Is Toast. Since Labor Day, the media have released about 20 ...
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This is a Strategy?
Politics | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:09:58 am PDT
Good grief. Lieberman: McCain draws the line at using Rev. Wright. Wallace asked Lieberman if McCain would bring up Rev. Jeremiah Wright after condemning state Republican parties for running ads criticizing Obama for his relationship with the controversial figure. Lieberman responded: “He [McCain] didn’t like that approach. Senator McCain feels that same ...
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The Weathermen Tried to Kill My Family
Politics | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:47:46 am PDT
The mainstream media is now engaged in a full court press to defend former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, with article after article minimizing his crimes. The lefty blogs go even farther; some of them are actually calling Ayers a “patriot,” and claiming he never intended to harm anyone. So here’s ...
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Monday Morning Firefox Bug Fix
Science | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:17:42 am PDT
If you were having trouble seeing all the comments in longer threads with Firefox 3, reload the page and this should now be fixed. Apparently the Windows version of Firefox has a serious bug with its implementation of the CSS “overflow” property, which we added to a certain page element ...
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William Ayers' Role In Obama's Appointment As Annenberg Challenge Chairman
Politics | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:28:12 pm PDT
Prepare yourself for a shock — the New York Times article on Barack Obama’s associations with former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers did not tell the whole story: NY Times Confirms Ayers’ Role in Obama Appointment as Chair of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. I can easily understand why some readers ...
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And Now for Some Antoine Dufour
Video | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:32:54 pm PDT
Some very clean, complex fingerpicking from Antoine Dufour. [Video]
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Associated Press: A Full Court Press Against Sarah Palin
Politics | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:52:12 pm PDT
They’re relentless. The latest Associated Press masterpiece of journalistic malpractice: a headline that goes right to the edge of saying Sarah Palin called Barack Obama a terrorist (which she did not): Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama. They’re parroting Obama campaign propaganda, word for word, and doing everything they can to minimize ...
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Fluffy Bunnies: Harmless?
Politics | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 4:02:13 pm PDT
The Associated Press seems to sense, in some dim way, that they may have gone a little over the line with that ludicrous “analysis” by Douglass Daniel that tries to accuse Sarah Palin of racism for mentioning Barack Obama’s association with former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers. In the latest revision, ...
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Tech Note: Tabular Exorcism
Science | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:30:23 pm PDT
The latest change behind the scenes is huge, but hopefully you won’t even notice. Ever since LGF began, back in the Paleostinky Era, our main template has been based around a simple HTML table with three columns. No nested tables (gasp!) or anything like that, but in the world of web ...
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Sunday Morning Open
Open | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:21:32 am PDT
Here’s an open thread as we wrestle with the CSS code. We’re experimenting with a table-less CSS design, but running into a problem that causes the left sidebar to disappear off the left side of the screen when the window is smaller than the width of the content. Tried setting ...
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Associated Press Hits Bottom, Digs
Politics | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:41:14 am PDT
The Associated Press article on Sarah Palin’s comments about William Ayers is a Category 7 jaw-dropper. Apparently, now even criticizing Obama’s associations with white violent radicals is racist: Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge. Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the ...
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Ayers Was on Woods Fund Board with Obama When He Stepped on Flag
Politics | Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:40:39 am PDT
Barack Obama was much older than 8 when William Ayers was photographed stepping on a US flag in 2001, for an article in which Ayers said he had “No Regrets” for his violent actions in the Weather Underground. In fact, at the same time Ayers was in a Chicago alley desecrating ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 10:59:00 pm PDT
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. — P. J. O’Rourke
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Financial Meltdown: The End of a Bad Era
Business | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 8:19:11 pm PDT
A great piece by Michael Malone at PJ Media: The End Of An Era. Living out here in Silicon Valley, the heartland of American innovation, it’s hard not to be appalled by the events taking place 3,000 miles away in the seats of American finance and government - and hard ...
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Saturday Night Open
Open | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 8:03:08 pm PDT
A first day of the weekend open thread...
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William Ayers Stepping on the US Flag in 2001
Politics | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 6:49:30 pm PDT
Just a reminder: in 2001, for an article in Chicago Magazine, Barack Obama’s friend William Ayers proudly allowed himself to be photographed stepping on a United States flag: The article was appropriately titled: No Regrets, and I’ve saved a copy of it in case it suddenly disappears, as articles exposing Obama’s ...
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Video: Barack Obama's Questionable Associates
Politics | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 5:54:43 pm PDT
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Palin Dissenter Backpedals
Opinion | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 4:03:08 pm PDT
Following Sarah Palin’s debate performance, Kathleen Parker has crow for dinner: Bridge to Somewhere. What did they do with the other Sarah Palin? I mean the one who bases foreign-policy experience on the proximity of Russia to Alaska and who speaks cutely about Vladimir Putin poking his little head into American ...
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Palin Does What McCain Won't
Politics | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 1:05:12 pm PDT
Sarah Palin goes where John McCain refuses to tread: Palin Hits Obama on Ayers. Our opponent though is someone who sees America it seems as being so imperfect, imperfect enough that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country. Americans need to know this. Talk about taking ...
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Saturday Morning Open
Open | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 10:51:28 am PDT
This is your morning thread...
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The Inevitable OJ Convicted Thread
US News | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 9:26:35 am PDT
The last time we posted a thread about O.J. Simpson, it got a record rating of -265: The Inevitable OJ Thread. So let’s go for another personal worst: Simpson convicted of robbing memorabilia dealers. LAS VEGAS – Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her ...
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UC Irvine Invites Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Speak
US News | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 8:44:23 am PDT
Coming soon to the most jihad-friendly university in America, UC Irvine: a leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, to spread disinformation about the Muslim Brotherhood’s efforts to achieve “democracy.” It’s an odd form of democracy they want—the freedom to vote in a regime that would end voting forever. And notice: this isn’t ...
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Gadahn Still Emitting Carbon Dioxide
World | Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 8:31:20 am PDT
Unfortunately, reports of the death of chubby Al Qaeda traitor Adam Gadahn have been greatly exaggerated.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:00:00 pm PDT
You can’t step twice into the same river. — Heraclitus
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Biologist Reviews 'Intelligent Design' Creationist Textbook
Science | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:31:52 pm PDT
Here’s a terrific, detailed review of one of the textbooks created by the Discovery Institute in order to sneak their “intelligent design” creationism into American science classrooms. John Timmer precisely identifies the slippery tactics of this dishonest organization: A biologist reviews an evolution textbook from the ID camp. The Discovery ...
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Biden's Lies, Ignored by Media
Politics | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:17:38 pm PDT
We’ve posted five articles now about serious mistakes and/or outright lies in Joe Biden’s performance last night—but if you read what the mainstream media have written about the debate, you won’t find a single one of these falsehoods. The media have almost unanimously declared Biden the winner, and they’re ignoring ...
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Geert Wilders: 'No Racist Organizations Allowed'
World | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:31:09 pm PDT
There’s at least one anti-jihad politician in Europe who refuses to join forces with fascists and white nationalists: Geert Wilders. (IsraelNN.com) Dutch legislator Geert Wilders, producer of the movie Fitna exposing the Koran’s incitement to violence, announced that a “Facing Jihad Conference” will take place in Jerusalem in December. “We are ...
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Palin: 'Do We Have To?'
Politics | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:43:58 pm PDT
Sarah Palin differs with John McCain on abandoning Michigan to the Democrats; she wants to get out there and keep trying.
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Video: The Complete VP Debate
Video | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:21:20 pm PDT
Here’s the complete 90-minute vice presidential debate, via C-SPAN. [Video]
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Friday Morning Open
Open | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:01:08 am PDT
An open thread for a bailout Friday...
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Krauthammer: Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry
Opinion | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:14:36 am PDT
Charles Krauthammer is not optimistic about McCain’s chances against an opponent as “calm and collected” as Barack Obama: Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry. [Obama’s] one goal: Pass the Reagan ‘80 threshold. Be acceptable, be cool, be reassuring. Part of reassurance is intellectual. Like Palin, he’s a rookie, but in his 19 ...
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House Votes on Bailout
Business | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:09:29 am PDT
The House of Representatives is voting for the cosmetically revised financial bailout bill right now, with about 14 minutes remaining... UPDATE at 10/3/08 10:22:58 am: There it goes — the bill has passed.
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Biden Lied About Supporting 'Clean Coal'
Politics | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:23:12 am PDT
Last night Joe Biden claimed he had “always supported clean coal.” Here’s video proof that this was another blatant lie. [Video]
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Biden Lied About Obama Not Supporting Hamas Election
Politics | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:58:46 am PDT
That’s right—not only did Biden confuse the West Bank and Gaza, he blatantly lied when he said that Barack Obama did not support the Palestinian elections that put Hamas in control of Gaza. During His 2006 Trip To The Middle East, Obama Met With Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas And ...
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Daily Kos: Get Out There and Spam Every Poll
Politics | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:48:29 am PDT
Looking around the web this morning, we see a whole lot of silly, meaningless Internet polls asking who won last night’s debate—and in quite a few of them, Joe Biden seems to be doing quite well, even coming out ahead of Sarah Palin. Curious, isn’t it? Why would Biden be ahead ...
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Biden Doesn't Know the Difference Between Gaza and the West Bank
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:03:46 pm PDT
Another absurdly wrong statement from Joe “Foreign Policy Expert” Biden, who very obviously does not know the difference between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank: Here’s what the president said when we said no. He insisted on elections on the West Bank, when I said, and others said, and ...
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Biden's Lebanon Nonsense
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:45:41 pm PDT
From The Corner, a letter from a reader points out another series of ludicrous statements from Joe Biden, just making up a bunch of total nonsense about Lebanon and the Hezbollah terror group. Joe Biden threw out a lot of bunk on foreign policy tonight, too bad Gov Palin didn’t ...
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And Now for Some Ralph Towner
Video | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:29:29 pm PDT
A beautiful performance of Sammy Cahn’s classic song I Fall in Love Too Easily, from Ralph Towner. [Video]
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Poll: Who Won?
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:40:48 pm PDT
Since the mainstream media is running silly Internet poll after silly Internet poll, here’s our silly Internet poll: [Poll]
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Biden's Big Lie
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:54:28 pm PDT
In tonight’s debate, Joe Biden claimed that Barack Obama never said he would meet unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That was a blatant, shameless lie. Let’s go to the video, Stinky. [Video] UPDATE at 10/2/08 8:30:07 pm: Here’s the list: Biden’s 14 Lies.
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VP Debate Thread, the Wrap-Up
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:38:44 pm PDT
Sarah Palin was terrific in this debate. Just terrific. No mistakes. Heartfelt, sincere, and very knowledgeable. Joe Biden came across as old, surgically enhanced, and tired, voice dwindling to a monotone as the debate progressed. Sarah Palin won the debate going away.
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VP Debate Thread 3
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:13:59 pm PDT
Another debate thread, as the server hamsters run their furry little feet off...
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VP Debate Thread 2
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:35:04 pm PDT
Another thread for the vice presidential debate...
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Live Video: VP Debate 1
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:54:58 pm PDT
Through the magic of the innernut, here’s a live video stream of the vice presidential debate, via KSDK.com in St. Louis, Missouri. The main event starts in about 5 minutes. [Video removed because it didn’t work.] UPDATE at 10/2/08 6:27:54 pm: The video provider mogulus.com is apparently having bandwidth problems. As are we all. ...
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Pre-Debate Open Thread
Open | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:55:06 pm PDT
Assuming everything works as planned, we’ll have a live video feed from the vice presidential debate embedded right here at LGF, starting at 9 pm Eastern. In the meantime, here’s a pre-debate open thread...
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Unhinged Progressive Post of the Day
Moonbats | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:09:21 pm PDT
There’s a lot of competition, but one post stands out above the rest as our unhinged anti-Palin rant of the day. By far. As San Francisco “feminist” Susie Bright fantasizes about kidnapping Sarah Palin and ... uh ... brainwashing her: Why Sarah’s Sex Life Matters - 10 Zen Monkeys. Warning. It’s pretty gross. ...
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Trinity United Church Sends Everything Down the Memory Hole
Religion | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:35:09 pm PDT
Trinity United Church of Christ, home of Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright and Barack Obama’s church for 20 years, has completely redesigned their web site and dumped their old domain name. And in the process, all mentions of Dr. James Cone and his Marxist/racist Black Liberation Theology have vanished down the ...
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McCain Says Bye Bye to Michigan
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:16:45 pm PDT
McCain giving up on Michigan. EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is giving up on winning Michigan. Republican officials with knowledge of the strategy said the GOP candidate is shifting resources to other states. Democrat John Kerry won here in 2004, but McCain had tried to make ...
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David Kay Advises Waiting Until Nuclear Attack
World | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:49:00 am PDT
Former head of the Iraq Survey Group David Kay says Iran is 2 to 5 years from nuclear weapons. But he also says we should not even think about a military strike until after one of our cities is nuked. “My personal guess is they are two to five years away ...
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New McCain Ad on Gaffe Master Biden
Video | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:34:39 am PDT
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Ifill Didn't Tell Debate Commission About Book, But It Doesn't Matter
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:23:20 am PDT
Ed Morrissey is continuing to follow the outrageous story of Gwen Ifill, the insanely biased debate moderator: Ifill: I never told the Commission about the book. But at this point, it simply doesn’t matter how much evidence of bias you can dig up, because John McCain said he was sure Ifill ...
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ElBaradei: Idiot
World | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:00:49 am PDT
Today’s jaw-dropping example of United Nations idiocy comes from the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, who declared that his agency is powerless to do anything about nuclear proliferators who don’t tell the truth. He actually seems surprised to discover that nations like Iran and Saddam-era Iraq would try to hide ...
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VDH: Sarah Who?
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:29:16 am PDT
Victor Davis Hanson should do more satire: Sarah Biden.
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This is a Strategy?
Politics | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:35:37 am PDT
McCain’s ‘Stop Sarah Palin’ strategy working like a charm, polls show. Ouch.
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:01:02 pm PDT
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. — G. K. Chesterton
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Bailout Bill Passes in Senate
Business | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:27:50 pm PDT
The Senate has passed the bailout bill (I refuse to call it a “rescue”). Now it goes back to the House.
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Neo-Fascists Win Big in Austria
World | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:08:50 pm PDT
White nationalists are on their way back into power in Austria: Austrian Party That Wants to Bring Back Nazi Imagery Wins Big. Students of history may feel misgivings at this point. And a reminder: the Austrian Freedom Party’s Heinz-Christian Strache was one of the organizers of that neo-fascist Trojan Horse “anti-Islamisation” meeting ...
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Quote of the Day
Politics | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:49:18 pm PDT
Dennis Miller has the quote of the day: There seems to be this etiquette that her and John are adhering to ... they’d better realize they’re in enemy country, for God’s sake. These people establish their bona fides, and indeed their seating positions at Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee’s Christmas ...
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Video: I'm Voting Democrat Because...
Video | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:00:58 pm PDT
A pretty clever and well done response to that “I’m Voting Republican” video you might have seen on left-leaning blogs. [Video]
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Obama Surges in Swing States
Politics | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:51:41 pm PDT
The latest polls reported by Fox are not good news for the McCain campaign. In the swing states of Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Obama’s lead has grown significantly. Florida: Obama - 51% McCain - 43% Ohio: Obama - 50% McCain - 42% Pennsylvania: Obama - 54% McCain - 39% The polls are from Quinnipiac University, September 27-29, margin of error: ...
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Palin Dissenters
Politics | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:54:18 pm PDT
Not all conservatives are enthusiastic about Sarah Palin. Kathleen Parker: Palin Problem. Rod Dreher: The ‘Let Palin be Palin’ dodge.
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Pat Condell: Welcome to Saudi Britain (Now Deleted by YouTube)
Video | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:37:54 pm PDT
YouTube has deleted Pat Condell’s latest video, for “terms of use violation.” Which apparently means, “criticism of Saudi Arabia.” So here it is again. [Video]
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Zombie: The Greenlining Institute
Business | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:38:08 am PDT
Zombie has a good post on another group of community organizers that has so far flown pretty much under the radar: The Greenlining Institute: Does the financial crisis have its origins in Berkeley?
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Soros Steps Into the Gap
Business | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:34:03 am PDT
George Soros to the rescue? Instead of just purchasing troubled assets the bulk of the funds ought to be used to recapitalise the banking system. Funds injected at the equity level are more high-powered than funds used at the balance sheet level by a minimal factor of twelve - effectively ...
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Cynthia McKinney, Wacko
Moonbats | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:59:00 am PDT
Former US Representative and current Green Party candidate for president Cynthia McKinney says the government executed 5,000 prisoners and dumped their bodies in a Louisiana swamp, during Hurricane Katrina. Yes, really. [Video]
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Muslims for Obama: Partisan Political Activity in Mosques
Politics | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:18:02 am PDT
The group Muslim Americans for Obama has scheduled a series of “get out the vote” drives (that look an awful lot like pro-Obama campaign rallies) at mosques across America, and Patrick Poole notes that this may be illegal.
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Redesigning USA.gov
Politics | Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:54:59 am PDT
In a great post, noted designer Andy Rutledge imagines what the USA.gov website will look like after being redesigned by an Obama administration: USA.gov Redux. For the purposes of this redux exercise, let’s imagine that Barack Obama has won the White House. In keeping with the theme of change that ...
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Overnight Open Thread
Open | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:30:00 pm PDT
It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don’t put psychotics in high places and we’ve got the problem solved. — Tom Wolfe
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