Monthly Archives: October 2008

AGW Today: WWF Chicken Littles Go For Broke

Hey, gotta keep those donations up somehow. God forbid they concentrate on actually and simply trying to conserve wildlife. Climate change accelerating far beyond the IPCC forecast, WWF says Climate change is happening much faster than the world’s best scientists predicted and will wreak havoc unless action is taken on a global scale, a new […]

Gee, Maybe We Should Use The Words Jihad And Islamist

Uh huh, 7 years later, and some sanity might be prevailing A U.S. military “Red Team” charged with challenging conventional thinking says that words like “jihad” and “Islamist” are needed in discussing 21st-century terrorism and that federal agencies that avoid the words soft-pedaled the link between religious extremism and violent acts. “We must reject the […]

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Raids City Hall

Have y’all heard about this one? A late-night raid of City Hall and the Main Library here by 60 heavily armed sheriff’s deputies and posse members searching for illegal immigrants has escalated tensions between city officials and the county sheriff, who ordered the raid. The operation took place at 2 a.m. on Thursday, timed to […]

An “Ugly” Reception For Obama In North Carolina

Borganomic politics from The Politico Barack Obama’s stop at Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken in Fayetteville, N.C., this afternoon underscored the continued resistance of some voters to his candidacy — and his identity. The trip, according to a pool report, offered “some powerful and at times ugly interaction.” Resistance? Why do I get flashbacks to […]

What’s Wrong With Spreading The Wealth?

That is the question that The New Republic asks, and attempts to answer. After six paragraphs of leadup and discussing John McCain, the writers finally get to their defense of spreading the wealth But let’s get back to this apparently controverisal phrase–which, I gather, is going to remain prominent in McCain’s campaign rhetoric over the […]

Something Funny Happened On SNL Saturday

Funny how so many on the left pitched hissy fits about Sarah Palin appearing, because….. The fake Sarah Palin has been doing great things for “Saturday Night Live,” but the real one put “SNL” over the top, to its highest overnight ratings in 14 years. “SNL,” with Palin as a guest, averaged a 10.7 rating/24 […]

Why GOTV Is Like A Wet T-Shirt Contest

Every election year, I hear something that sets off an old, long running argument, namely, that I hate Get Out The Vote. In this case, I was listening to The Sports Reporters, and during the parting shots, one of them (missed the name) was talking about athletes telling people to get out there and vote, because […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! It is almost Halloween, and this little darlin’ has dressed up as a cowgirl, with a bit of help from Patriot Ghost, as painted by Baron Von Lind. What is happening in ye old blogosphere? How deep does that Obama-Ayers relationship go? Pretty deep, per Stop The ACLU The Moderate Voice (snicker) is seething […]

It Begins: Idiot Voters Can’t Use Touch Screens

Yes. Per the Brad Blog, the massive GOP voter fraud to steal the election using electronic touch screens begins. Massive amounts of Democrats have had their votes switched At least three early voters in Jackson County had a hard time voting for candidates they want to win. Virginia Matheney and Calvin Thomas said touch-screen machines […]

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