High Cleric Maximus of Smurfs High Cleric Maximus of Smurfs

Quick_(?) Thoughts
* Just dropping a(nother) heads-up that NIF will be adrift from Jun29-July10 as I will be out of state, with "dial-up-at-best" Internet connectivity ... so keep the lights on for me ...
* I have added a "Links to this post (Technorati)" to each post now, so if anyone cares you can see who links to each post (in case they are too lazy to send trackbacks :P )
* It is Kerry180 Tuesday!

... from Cao :

The question is, Monsieur Kerrie, how long do you think the American people are going to put up with the stupid antics, the lies, the deceit and poking the finger at your opponents when it looks as though you have plenty skeletons of your own hidden in your closet?

... and MadTech reminds us :

For those of you who keep wondering why we’re pursuing this, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect someone who’s been a Senator for 20 years to tell the truth, and especially someone who ran for president on the platform that he is a war hero so he was “reporting for doody”. Even General Eisenhower didn’t do that.

... and TMH is French-blogging! (which totally mucks up my spell-checker) :

Le Cher Sénateur Kerry : Je vous prie d’effectuer votre devoir en tant qu’un soldat et citoyen. Libérez tous ces documents que votre format standard 180 a été prévu pour libérer! Des tels petits mais honorables chargent sont les mineurs que vous pouvez faire pour traîner ce pays par l’angoisse qui était l’élection 2004 présidentielle ...

... from Gribbit :

Senator Kerry's activities after leaving Vietnam and the years of his military obligation don't jive. He had even paid a visit to North Vietnam while he was still supposed to be in the Navy. The discharge paperwork that he provided the first time this information was requested is dated 1978. Which would be aptly timed for a pardon discharge upgrade signed into law by The Peanut Man Carter

* Ladies : Cotillion time ... whatever that means :P
* Fatwah free for all still running over @ MPJ! ... ok, so I am just re-linking myself. Whatever.

News
* SCOTUS / 10 Commandments : Mixed message ...

The justices Monday split the difference in the two cases, disappointing advocates on both sides. The court allowed an outdoor granite monument to remain in a park with other markers near the Texas Capitol, but it rejected a display inside a Kentucky county courthouse as an unconstitutional establishment of religion. Both cases were decided 5-4.

* SCOTUS / P2P : MPAA-1, Groskter-0 ...
... and will this ruling also kill Google?
* SCOTUS / Restraining Orders : 7-2 against police enforcement ... condolences for the three dead girls.
* Philippines : President Arroyo catching lots of flak
* Pakistan : Rape victim wins appeal ... beginning of the end of feudal / tribal laws there?
* Brazil : Threatening to break patent ... Abbott Laboratories has 10 days (from Friday) to reduce price on AIDS drug Kaletra by 42 percent ...

Interesting
* 'Terror is universally Islamic' ... Today's MUST READ ...

the jihad terrorists are working from mainstream traditions and numerous Qur’anic exhortations, and that by means of these traditions and teachings they are able to gain recruits among Muslims worldwide, and hold the sympathy of others whom they do not recruit ... it will take no less than three mushroom clouds over American cities before Americans finally begin to wake up and understand that the horseman of the apocalypse has arrived

... he is also guest-blogging over @ Cao's (same post) ... and, a song : Ask your Imam
* SuperHawk Rick brings us the "CARNIVAL OF THE CLUELESS #3" ... excellent! ...

* Raven of And Rightly So (Welcome back! Where’s the beer?) targets opponents of having balanced PBS programming. Raven’s piece begs the question; why is it okay to have a liberal Democrat as President of PBS but a dangerous precedent when a Republican is named?
* Harvey of the excellent blog Bad Example has more on Dick Durbin and throws in a comparison reference to one of the Republicans own Clueless Cohorts, Rick Santorum.
* Bill Teach at Pirates Cove brings back an old friend - John Kerry - and asks what Senator Clueless has done for us lately? If you give him a minute, I’m sure he’ll tell us.

... and many more!
* China : Re-Activates bomb shelters ... "strategic deception?" or just trying to keep their people comfortable?
... and they (China) "view the United States as their main enemy and are working in Asia and around the world to ..."
* Iraq : Are we losing the war? ... "We didn’t lose the Vietnam war in Vietnam. We lost it in Washington" ...
* CarterCopter breaks the mu-1 barrier
* SCOTUS / Eminent Domain : Some thoughts on "Ownership" ... and yes, the quotes are around ownership for a reason ...

Think about it. We live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, but we also live under a system of capitalism where money trumps morality, ethics, and the right to be free from government oppression. We've all heard the maxim about death and taxes being the only things we can never escape ... The concept of “ownership” was once thought to mean that you no longer have to pay for the item and no one can take it away from you. If that were true, then, after you celebrate getting the loan paid, you’d think the home was yours, free and clear. Nope! You still have to pay the monthly tax bill. If you don’t, the government will take it away and sell it to recoup any money owed. The property tax can never be paid off, consequently, you can never truly own the property.

* Knoppix 4.0
* "When should we abandon freedom?" ... wow
* NASA : Shuttle to fly, in spite of missed safety goals
* Buy Nuestar when it IPOs, and how to make free cel calls ... :)
* Seinfeld liberals = bad for America
* The Laws of Web Design
* Wanna make a Self Contained, WiFi, Weather Appliance?
* Your laptop wants Lo-Jack
* "Ten Euros for the Resistance" ... against America, for terrorists ... and who supports this group?
* North Carolina : State legislators need protection vs extortion ... from another crook politician!
* Open Congressional Reports ... power, or atleast information, to the people! ... found via BoingBoing
* The Constitution Death Pool ... home of The pool - have you submitted your entry yet? ... Actually, I am pretty sure you haven't - even their blog-father Rusty doesn't appear to have submitted an entry :P
* More on Super-Islamosize-Me (my name for Morgan Spurlock's next piece of Mockumentary) ... found via Hans
* GITMO'ish : 'Power of Reason'

In his analysis of the recent outcry over detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay, Arab writer Mohamed A.R. Galadari proves that using ones reason has nothing to do with race or culture. It's about being honest, objective, and realistic, even when—especially when—it may hurts one pride to do so

* Happy Blogiversary, Daisy Cutter! ... and it is a real post, not just the Yeah Me kind :)
... and, speaking of Blogiversaries :
* Babalu turns two! ... What could be better than celebrating

two years of giving hope to everyone for a better Cuba and two years of giving Castro the finger

... found via BlackFive
* It is the MSM that fakes sources ... Bloggers +1 ? ...

The Sacramento Bee could not verify 43 sources she used in a sampling of 12 years of her work

... and speaking of "What media bias" :
"Detainee Freed From Guantanamo Bay Vows to Kill Again" ... or, atleast that's what the title SHOULD HAVE been
... found via Ace
* "Say goodbye to the Greatest Generation, and hello to the Pushover Generation." ... that quote from, and found via Malkin

Funny
* (cough) Hot Asian Chicks ... just for John ... NSFW, but not for the reason you think! ... found via Beth
* New OOTS - kind of ... "Sprained Wrist Theater"; I hope "The Giant" gets better (and gets back to drawing! :P )
* UF : RIAA "leave the $ on the dresser" kind of love
* ALP#127 ... those are the good they wanted ... and #128 ... not a good way to die!
* Cali : Need more reason to hate them? ...

* The main export of California is fine wine, which is quite similar to French wine, except that it's less cowardly and annoying.
* California experiences 500,000 detectable seismic tremors every year. Coincidentally, that's the same number of steps taken annually by Michael Moore during his trips to the refrigerator.

.. and many more! ... found via el senor Basil
* True'ish : A modern day fable ... and a lesson, for those willing to learn it
* True / Kenya : 73 yr old kills panther with barehands ... and the title of the post alone makes it worthwhile :

The Cambodian Midgets Needed This Guy!

Quote of the Day
Pretty sure I have posted this one before, but it is worth re-posting :

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

--thanks PJ O'Rourke, found most recently via Gindy!





So sad ...

Are the American people so blinded as to who it is we are fighting now in Iraq? The propaganda of the mainstream media is to call these people insurgents and rebels and for the Left to think of them as the resistance

(click pic for source(s))

Viscount of Women's Prison Movies Viscount of Women's Prison Movies

Quick Thoughts
* Just dropping a(nother) heads-up that NIF will be adrift from Jun29-July10 as I will be out of state, with "dial-up-at-best" Internet connectivity ... so keep the lights on for me ...
* Harvey going all-blogging ... now go help him live the dream
... and, if you want, you can help me too (ads over the right, hint hint)
... oh, and anyone looking for a corporate blogger (current employer included) just let me know!
* Karnival of Kids ... including Riley :)
* Rusty is having a trackback party ... yeah, that's it - me too! But NIF is not as cool as MPJ, etc.
(trackbacks don't show up on main page ... sorry - leave one (or a comment) anyway!!)
... Get your very own NIFalanche right here!

News
* Iraq : Apache shot down, 2 crew + 2 passengers killed ... I didn't know the Apache carried passengers?
... and Terrorists kill 33 in suicide bombings ... prayers & condolences
* Oil : $60+ ... again/still :( ... UPDATE : $61
* Iran : Meet President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ... promising to practice moderation ... doubtful, bu we shall see!
... and Hans has a positive thought about those elections
* Nepal : 90 students abducted by Communist rebels
* Florida : Shark attacks, kills 14 yr old Jamie Daigle ... condolences
* Kenya : 3 suspected terrorists released ... justice, or travesty thereof?
* Wyoming : Luke Sanburg, missing 13 yr old ... feared drowned, but prayers for the best
* Virginia : Governor Warner (D) breaks hand in bike fall ... funny pics to ensue?
* John Walton dies in plane crash ... condolences
* Florida : ANOTHER shark attack ... 2nd attack in 3 days
* Europe : Heat Wave ... as warned about!

Interesting
* ESCR : Go sign this petition! ...

As a concerned citizen, I am signing this Citizen Petition strongly opposing the use of my tax dollars for human embryonic stem cell research. Federal funds should not be used for research that causes human embryos to be destroyed, discarded, or placed under risk of injury or death. I oppose all legislative and executive efforts to utilize tax dollars to support research on human embryos. Human embryo research is nothing short of high-tech cannibalism. Ample alternatives are available (including successful research on adult stem cells) so that our nation should never resort to the use of helpless human beings for spare parts.

* Iraq'ish : SuperHawk Rick has few thoughts on the Charlie-Foxtrot that is the govt procurement program ... >

It’s time to get behind our troops and support them to the fullest. And the best way we can do that at this moment is skewer the Pentagon for their outrageous conduct during this entire affair.

... he even gives some props to some lefties ... although I am not sure Rummy's resignation is the answer ...
* Iraq : Ex-hostage hiring bounty hunters ... excellent; has already "invested" $50k!
... and I love the fact that he calls it an investment, he should accept donations!
* Ronald Reagan, Greatest American
* Thoughts on our national debt ... hint : we are not being bought-out by China
* Germany : Checkpoint Charlie monument to get bulldozed? ... on the 4^th of July, of all days ... stop them.
* GITMO'ish : Pelosi declares "the War in Afghanistan is over" ... sadly, she is quite wrong
... and Beth found a video for "Dick Turban Durbin"
* US in-sourcing P238 production
* A more intuitive calculator ... kids these days have it so easy ...:)
* UK : '210 reasons to refuse a Freedom of Information request'
* MS : +RSS in IE7, Longhorn
* What message will you help pass down to the following generations> ...

Will we pass on the firefighters who went back into those towers because people needed to be saved; only to tragically die themselves? Or will our mantra be "Bush lied, people died"? Will we be defined by the events of September 11th? Or will that event be written in our history books as "well-deserved" pay back? Will our troops be honored or will the message "we support our troops when they kill each other" be our cry? Will Michael Moore, George Soros, Howard Dean be revered as American Heroes? Or George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and our men and women sacrificing everything for America be esteemed? What will our history be? Which voices will persevere?

... go read the whole thing. Seriously. And tell Jody I said Hi :).
* Free trade, e.g. - CAFTA, = good
* Americans have too much respect for the law? ... how the SCOTUS, Constitution play into this
* Clintons : Hillary "is smart enough to realize that undiluted hyper-liberalism isn't a platform that will support any successful presidential candidacy" ...

Hillary Clinton is neither the anti-Christ nor the smartest politician around. We know, from pretty much everything she has done in her adult life that she is dishonest, opportunistic, and someone we cannot possibly trust with the security of our nation. Forget all that for the moment. Focus on the fact that she, like Howard Dean, John Kerry and Dennis Kucinich, is a pure-as-Ivory-Soap liberal ... HER MOST UNEXPECTED PAL is Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), who is as rock-ribbed a conservative as you're likely to find in the Senate. But rock-like ribs may be accompanied by political soft-headedness. Beaming her "I landed another sucker" smile at a March press conference, Clinton shared the stage with Santorum to announce a bill they cosponsored to measure the effect of television and the Internet on children. It's bad enough for a conservative to be sponsoring this kind of feel good nonsense -- the bill will not pass, and will mean nothing to our children -- but why do it in a way that helps Clinton claim the family values credentials of a moderate?

... I know I am still watching the virtual transformation ...
* Quantum Computing, springing a leak? ... a coherence problem
* Masculinity being attacked ... Metrosexuals vs Retrosexuals (wussies vs real men, I know which would win!)
... found via Kender ... who has a thought or two on this subject :)
* Tom _{still a wacky Scientologist} Cruise ... gets into it with Lauer over Psychiatrists ... Basil adds "To be made into movie: Dumb & Dumber III"
* Data Center in a bubble? ... cut those HVAC bills ...
* 'A Code for the Heavens' ... cool-sounding universe simulation
* Take Back the Memorial gaining momentum ... excellent!
* Sex Offenders lie ... + ~90% recidivism rate + the nature of their crime = why they should STAY IN JAIL
* Social _inSecurity : The solvency shell-game? ...

The trust fund concept is a deeply dishonest one -- the government loans money to itself, spends it, and then claims the loan is a real asset. There's no money in the trust fund because it's already been spent.

* 'AOL Gives Up On Subscription-Only Service'
* Thoughts on Sharia law, the Koran ... and more reasons why Christianity has them beat
* SCOTUS / Eminent Domain : The (cough) flexibility of the Constitution ... or, atleast, in how it is (mis)interpreted
... and states to the rescue?
... and TAotB does a round-up on the lies statements from local govts saying "it can't happen here"
* Medicaid / Medicare dropping Viagra, etc. ... finally!
* Thoughts on freedom, and the spreading thereof ... and just who do we think we are? Well, I know - but you go read :)
* Your pet wants a GPS collar ... and if Fluffy goes missing, you might just wish she had one
* Plastics might not be killing our babies ... DEHP, MEHP, ECMO ... nanograms ...
* Ward _{liar, fake Indian, plagiarist, traitor} Churchill : In support of fragging ... HOW DOES THIS MAN STILL HAVE A JOB?
* Nanolevers, Nanomech memory ... all I hear is cool toys
* Genetic politics ... found via Dr Sanity who also adds -

Even the tendency to believe ridiculous conclusions from single research studies

... :) go read the whole "Carnival of the Insanities" post - good stuff!
* US govt too busy fighting right-thinking "militias", ignoring the gang-terrorist tag team?
* MadTech brings you Friday's rant, today ... always something (or many somethings) good there! (like maybe a housing bust, or robo-guards)
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion'ish : Socialist "Hive" trying to take control of US via evolution, not revolution
* France : This is how they fight AIDS?
* NiceDoggie goes a-flyin'! ... and I am DAMNED JEALOUS!
* Pulling video from a cat's brain?
* BTK gives gory details
* Google : Surpasses $300/share
* Global Warming : Earth to get a "space ring"? ... and other, um, unusual answers
* 'The Poor Person’s Production Suite' ... open-source/free tools ... "an ensemble of three, high-level Animation, 3D, Compositing and Video Editing tools"
* Barrack Obama looking to join the Dean-Durbin Foot-Mouth club? ... compares himself to Lincoln, while also casting aspersions against Lincoln ...
* Undead : Dogs brought back from the dead? ... ok, not quite that 'magical' ... but :

Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution. The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity. But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock. Plans to test the technique on humans should be realized within a year

... do these people not watch horror / sci-fi movies??? :)=
* 'The making & breaking of Microtubules' ... fighting cancer? ... lots of bio-science, but interesting!
* Google : GVideo service going live ... 1MB download ...
* Web-server ... inside a frog ... might be a bit graphic for some people ...

Funny
* The Alliance of Free Blogs : What will Evil Glenn be doing for Independence Day? ...

well, since the puppies go in blenders I guess that cats go on Roman Candles!

... yes?
* 'Vast PETA- Chinese Take-out Syndicate Uncovered'
* True : 78 yr old poisons neighbor's cats because she loves animals
* The Therapist has some dirt on birthday-party discrepancies ... found via Basil
... who beats me to all the good stuff, especially this :P (and it isn't limited yet!!) um, nevermind.

Quote of the Day

Other than a scotch and soda, Kennedy doesn't bring much to the table

--thanks ThirdWave!

Some Democrat Logos from Beth :


And here is my recommendation (again); Riley does her best Democrat impersonation :

Heads-up! Heads-up!

Quick Thoughts
* Sorry for the Limited Blogation weekend (ok, so no blogation so far (except for this)) ... just dropping a heads-up that NIF will be adrift from Jun29-July10 as I will be out of state, with "dial-up-at-best" Internet connectivity ... so keep the lights on for me ...

News
* Kenya : Illegal home-brew alcohol kills ~50 ... so far ... developing
* Paul Winchell (82), aka Tigger (or his voice), has passed away
* Afghanistan : Record-breaking pile of drugs burned

Interesting
* U_selessN_ations : Happy 60^th Birthday ... and perhaps your next 60, if it happens at all, will be more effective, useful, realistic and fair?
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : In support of Polygamy ... wrong again, like (almost) always

Umpire of The Duct-Taped Gerbil Rehabilitation Association (DTGRA) Umpire of The Duct-Taped Gerbil Rehabilitation Association (DTGRA)

Quick Thoughts
* Friday, at long last ... so - what are you doing this weekend? With any luck, I will be goin' offroad :)

News
* NJ : Bodies of the 3 missing boys found ... condolences, and prayers for the family ... developing
* Iraq : 6 US GIs killed ... including 3 women, condolences for them all ...
* Iowa : Mad Cow case #2 Confirmed
* China : Flooding kills 500+ ... condolences!
* Woman caught with explosives in undergarments ...

"I didn't kill anyone,'' she wailed. "Do you think they will forgive me?''

... the only reason you didn't is because you were caught, and I hope you never get a chance to try again!
* Romania : Nun dies mid-exorcism
* Missouri : Praxair Distribution plant on fire, exploding in St Louis ... no injuries!
* IRS - possible data loss/theft!

Interesting
* Update on wounded MilBlogger Chuck Ziegenfuss, en route to WRAMC! ... found via BlackFive (again; and please don't forget his Sweet T-Shirts!)
* Iraq : They don't want a timetable! ... who do you trust - the Dems or the Iraqis?
... and remember, Democracy is working!
... and BBC acknowledges they are safer due to the War in Iraq
... and 'Guess Who's Paying Zarqawi?' ...

Principled opposition to war has its place, although I disagree with it. This is different -- it's aiding and abetting mass murderers

... and let's define sedition ...
* SCOTUS / Eminent Domain - "Kelo v. City of New London" :
More thoughts ... the end of our ownership society? (good while it lasted)
... and Malkin does a round-up here and here
... and Right-thinking libs agree!
... and Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler adds ... :

People are working themselves in fits over the Supreme Court property ruling. You property owners need to buck up and take one for the community! Maybe you'll no longer be part of that community, but the sacrifices of the few make our cities stronger, and a stronger cities will have increased public funding for soup kitchens and shelters for any of you who get dispossessed

... and nice-doggie makes nice T-Shirts (wearing mine now) :)
... and What part of the Constitution will SCOTUS dismantle next?? ... My Entry (below) ... found via Memento Moron ... :

Contest ends when the U.S. Constitution has been completely dismantled. Scores from all rounds will be tallied, overall standings posted, and all contest participants lined up against the wall and shot

... and BlogsOfWar does a round-up ... and questions the lack of media coverage, and links to the Institute for Justice
* How Hummingbirds hover ... um, by flapping their wings. Fast. :)
* Oil : Simulation ... Nigeria upheaval yanks 600k bpd off the market :

oil prices rise to $82 per barrel and gasoline is $3.31 per gallon

... and then terrorists strike in Saudi :

Damage is limited but another 250,000 barrels a day are lost to the markets. Oil shoots to $97 a barrel; gasoline leaps to $4.05 per gallon

... and then terrorists strike in US :

terrorists hijack a tanker and crash it into one of America's key oil facilities, setting most of the Valdez, Alaska, port on fire (-another 1M bpd) ... the price of crude goes to $123 a barrel and gasoline is $4.75 a gallon

... yeah, I (cough) don't see any reason to have a strong energy policy ...
* Global Warming : Kyoto, and why it should be canceled ...

The answer is that its underlying science is fatally flawed; it costs a fortune; it will have almost no cooling effect (0.02 degree Celsius in 2050); and, finally, it will play havoc with our economic system, with dire implications for our prosperity and freedom.

... and, simply, it is unfair ...
* Clintons : Which one will run for President in 2008? ... repealing the 22^nd Amendment?
* Allstate fires employee for writing an "anti-gay article" ... hello, ACLU?? Yeah, I thought not ...

he hopes consumers who hold traditional values will stop patronizing Allstate.

* How To : Make yourself work
* UK : The "Let Islamonazis Destroy Free Speech Bill" passes first hurdle
* SCOTUS / Flag Burning : SuperHawk Rick has some thoughts, and a round-up, on this
* New Zealand : Rats:1 ... Telecoms:0 ... no phone, power for you!
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : More on the "separation of church and state" ...

Did you know that the VERY FIRST Act of the first Continental Congress in 1774 was a motion to pause for a prayer? The motion passed (obviously) and it was actually a Jewish prayer that was read -- Psalm 35.On December 11, 1776, The newly formed United States Congress invited states to celebrate a national day of fasting and humiliation to beg God's pardon for the actions of the people of the new country.
George Washington ORDERED soldiers to begin each day with a public prayer.
During the Jefferson administration, the largest church service in the country was held in the U.S. Capital Building.
If you are religious, the ACLU hates you. Do not support them. Do not believe their lies. This great nation was founded on religion, no matter who tells you otherwise.

* Brazil : Note - The US is NOT invading ...

As Brazil’s largest trading partner, our only crime is we buy their crap by the butt-load and put food on their thankless tables. Our reward is a Brazil that sucks up to Chavez, circulates anti-American forgeries and burns the same forests they charge us with trying to steal

* Israel : Some thoughts on "liberating" "Palestine" ...

Wake up, sleepers. Hamas is about genocide against Israelis and the unqualified destruction of the Jewish state

... and Abbas creating the "if you can't beat them, let them join you" theory of terrorist "control"?
* "'Medical' marijuana clubs were actually just illegal drug clearing houses and money-laundering schemes for the Asian mob"
* MIT creates a new form of matter ... "a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity"
* How To : React to a chemical attack ... hint - it's not to evac ... Basil adds - "On the other hand, it beats the hell out of being consumed by burning acid" ... he also has details on some mad cows, a record "bust" and Alabama gets a geranium :P
* Apple to unintentionally kill PodCasting? ... doubtful
* What it takes to be an American politician
* Malware : RealPlayer flaw = 0wn3d
* 'Darth Rove Wields Political Light Saber' ...

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers

... hey, atleast he didn't call Durbin a Nazi
... and 'Dems Feign Outrage at Rove's Mild Remarks'
... and "How dare he try and divide the country. That’s our job!" (and a round-up :) )
... and "liberal" != "Chomskyites" ...

Most liberals supported swift retributive action against al Qaeda and the Taliban. It needs to be remembered that a liberal is not the same as a Chomskyite Leftist. Unfortunately, a large part of the Left blogosphere is made up of Chomskyites who say they are liberals, when actually they are far to the left of most of the Democratic party. They are no more liberals than I am a conservative. They are Leftists, or to use their own lingo, they are Progressives.

... and, just to keep Durbin's feet on the fire : The feather pillow ... excellent bit o' wisdom from an old Hasidic tale
... and 'Rove Gets Nailed For Hitting The Nail On The Head'
... and Puppy Blender weighs in
... and 'Karl Rove is a genius, Volume 94'
* France : +Fusion ... International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) finally finding a home?
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion / Illegal Immigration / New Mexico : 'Do As We Say Not As We Do'
* DNC, poor comedians, lost elections ...

Bear this in mind when you read what the Democratic National Committee came up with to explain why John Kerry lost the election in Ohio. It’s a perfect illustration of bad comedy. In fact, if I were to rate the show they put on yesterday in the unveiling of this 200 page report on voting “difficulties” in Ohio, I’d have to give a thumbs down.
Not only did the performer, a Mr. Howard Dean, not have any sense of timing, he had no sense of the absurd whatsoever. In fact, Mr. Dean did not even realize he was involved in a comedy skit. However, since his audience didn’t either, I guess that makes them even.
One thing I will say is that as comedies go, the material was excellent. For pure enjoyment, it doesn’t get any better than this. In dealing with those electronic voting machines that Mr. Deans theater group

... and a quote from GOPBloggers :

When Christine Gregoire “won” the gubernatorial race in Washington state by a mere 129 votes, Democrats called it a done deal… despite mountains of evidence of irregularities…
Yet, President Bush won the state of Ohio by 119,000 votes, and Democrats still cannot accept it.

... true, sad & funny all at once!
* SCA on real estate ... and are you in the screwed category?
* Rice, "one of the most important foodstuffs on the planet", now improved?
* Japan : Nuke (info) leak ... blames virus; maybe they should not let that happen ...
* Wireless @ 1Gbps!
* How To : Make a night-vision camera
* Watcher’s Council : This week's winner is 'Beautiful Indifference', tears up the MSM see the MSM Hysteria pic below)
... and Rusty gets a nod for best non-member post : 'Kos Says U.S. Torture 'Equal' To that of Saddam Hussein' - GRAPHIC!
... both found via Rick (who summarizes these, and a few others)
* Thoughts on "Make Poverty History"
* Moonbats trying to get Secret Service to kill Bush, Cheney? ... weirdos
* A what in the cause of truth? ... indeed!
* Your gamers wants VR goggles
* Male sweat used to sell men's magazines to men?
* DC : Smokers' rights ... and how the entire council (excl 1) left the hearing as soon as it started ...
* Need to get up to speed on SANs? Go here!
* BBC also plays along with Iran's sham elections
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : Say NO to abstinence
* Minnesota : Al Qaeda indictment
* Islamofascism : 'One sentence that demonstrates precisely why we’re having a conflict' ...

It’s in the heart of every Muslim. We respect and we love (the Koran) more than our families

* Iraq : MoveOn-Morons say we are losing!
* Why the left doesn't understand W ... excellent and insightful; good work TMH!
* Schneier points us to the SHA-1-breaking cryptanalysis
* TigerHawk fisks Krugman
* '30 Days to a Supersized Lie' ... what, you wanted an honest documentary?

Funny
* Waiting for OOTS#198 ...
* Hillary in plane crash! ... the horror, the humanity ... she was uninjured though!
* True? / WHAT? : Christian 3way is OK?? ... found via BASIL ... who gets all the hot Christian chick-pairs ... or, atleast, also found this : Rove "apologizes" ...

I am sorry that I must tell my Democratic Party critics in general, and Senator Durbin in particular, to go ...

... HA!
* True : USB Lava Lamp
* True : Dance Dance Revolution, but for martial artists
* Photoshop : Don't trust these doctors
* Pix from "PETA's Annual Earth Day Rib Roast, Lobster Feed, & Squirrel Hunt"
* UF : NetHack, the communist cancer retard?
* 100 grand?
* Could-be-True : A hypothetical future ... President Hillary, socialized medicine, unintended consequences and clones
* SCOTUS / Eminent Domain : 'DC Mayor To Bulldoze Ruth Bader Ginsberg's House For Homeless Shelter' ...

Ginsberg said she will "respect her own ruling" despite the fact that "I do not agree with it anymore."

... found via Basil's Breakfast Round Up ... and SCOTUS being moved, to under the Executive Branch
... and Jody wants to get rid of some neighbors anyway
... and
* ALP#126 ... what did you call me?
* 'Dems Cry Foul After Rove Doesn't Slam Troops'
* Caption these baseball players ...
* Photoshop : Skateboarder ... scroll down to the "2005-06-21 08:44:42 AM" one ... :)

Quote of the Day

Here’s a foolproof method for keeping America safe: Always do the exact 180-degree opposite of whatever Jimmy Carter says as quickly as possible.

--thanks Ann Coulter, via TMH!

Here is a partial listing (in no particular order) of :                     What the media is Obsessed with             compared to             What the media is Indifferent to

Constitutional Death Pool
First ... introducing The Bill of Rights ... something perhaps the SCOTUS should be introduced to? ... And now, to my entry for the pool :

Confirmed Dead :
Amendment X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Amendment V - No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

I believe these are already dead, or atleast coding & on life support :
Amendment VIII - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment I - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

On Deck, in order (my guess)
Amendment II - A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment VI - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment IV - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment IX - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment III - No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment VII - In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

... that's my entry!

Riley does her best Democrat impersonation :

Happy Birthday, Riley! Happy Birthday, Riley!

Click here to zoom down to the before-during-after pics! :)

Quick Thoughts
* It is Stop the ACLU Thursday! ... today's bonus-focus point : how they like burning the US flag :P ... and Raven has a few thoughts too ... or, we could look at they are failing to live up to their members' expectations

News
* SCOTUS / Eminent Domain : Govt says "All your base homes are belong to us anyone we say they belong to" ... BAD!
* New York : Cheng Chui Ping (56), convicted of "Human Smuggling"
* Global Warming : Senate rejects "greenhouse gas" limits ... and Kyoto, the bad idea that won't die ... well, unless you like global recessions, that is ... and

Meanwhile, the Europeans, who had written the treaty to give themselves an economic advantage over the United States, managed to bribe the Russians into agreement, and Kyoto was officially ratified last November. Still, Europe is not meeting its reduction targets

... goose, gander?
* Cali / Arizona : +Wildfires
* Oil : $60, briefly ... which means we hit a $25 fear-factor in the price :(

Interesting
* 'Profile Of The Child Molester' ... the most important thing you had better read!
* Malware : Targeting TCP/445 ... windows is the target, naturally ... WFS is evil
* Iran : Time for regime change
* Building models "activates your brain" ... how about blogging? :)
* Abolish all filibusters? ... or make every vote require a super-majority. Basically, those are the options as long as Obstructionism reigns supreme in the DNC.
* How To : Work-around HP cartridge expiration
* The "criminalization of bad corporate governance" is a bad thing? ... not so sure I agree with that, in these extreme cases real people lose their future ...
* Support ANTI-Cair ...

“Since its founding in 1994, CAIR and its employees have combined, conspired, and agreed with third parties, including, but not limited to, the Islamic Association for Palestine (“IAP”), the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (“HLF”), the Global Relief Foundation (“GRF”), and foreign nationals hostile to the interests of the United States, to provide material support to known terrorist organizations, to advance the Hamas agenda, and to propagate radical Islam. CAIR, and certain of its officers, directors, and employees, have acted in support of, and in furtherance of, this conspiracy.”

... found via Cao's Blog
* William Powell still fighting to get his "The Anarchist Cookbook" taken out of print
* Super Computer ranking ... IBM's half-finished monster (Blue Gene/L) on top
* 'Third Wave Gentrification' ... all due to telecommuting!
* Emotions affect water? ...

Mr. Emoto has discovered many fascinating differences in the crystalline structures of water from many different sources and different conditions around the planet. Water from pristine mountain streams and springs show the beautifully formed geometric designs in their crystalline patterns. Polluted and toxic water from industrial and populated areas and stagnated water from water pipes and storage dams show definitively distorted and randomly formed crystalline structures.

... Weird, yes. True, ???
* "Bionic Man" - artificial limbs that are moved by thinking about it
* EU : 'Constitution Is Not Dead' ... delaying tactic thrown into the works to try and get support above the 50% mark in Denmark, Luxembourg, and Poland
* Young vs Marx, or Mormonism vs Socialism ...

Why did Brigham Young's culturally backward followers flourish and prosper in the desert, whereas Marx's most brilliant disciples ended by killing tens of millions of human beings in the name of progress?

... interesting read.
* How the Credit Card black market works
* Healthcare : US has 2.5-outa-3 ... and Socialized healthcare, e.g. Canada & Hillary-Care, don't measure up
* Speeding kills is not a problem ...

Trouble is, many news outlets will take the "findings" of the "survey" at face value -- and help spread the lie that our roads are less safe today than before Congress repealed Drive 55.

* Used home sales down a tiny bit, median price inches higher - $207,000 ... which doesn't even buy a 30yr old townhouse in this area :(
* Gamers react to virtual violence the same way people they would to real violence
* ~"160,000 Christians are martyred each year worldwide" ... and Voices of Martyrs is trying to help them (the martyrs, not the killers)
* 171 ways to say "Hello World"
* N_uclear Korea : Mushroom cloud, on 09/11/04?
* Skype 1.3.0.51 released
* 'Red on Red' - "When terrorists start killing each other" ... found via EJ, who chimes in with "Insurgent Gladiator"
* Bloggers : People need to know you have updated your site ... here's how ... since I use Blogger it pings a site or two, and I manually use PingOMatic (you can bookmark the ping so you just click on that bad boy and it does the work)

Funny
* The Alliance of Free Blogs : Results from the New Home for Detainees assignment ... and I have first slot! Sweet! Feel that linkie-love!
* True'ish : Hans' thoughts on the Cosmos 1 - it's sailing alright! ... "We’d a been better off if we’d just stuffed that six million in a giant empty tuna can, set it ablaze, and fired it into the ocean with a circus cannon."
* W is planning on pushing Cali off the US ... *MOONBAT ALERT*
* Sad / Cali : "Shox News" ... "We distort, you comply"

Quotes of the Day

We can laugh again. The irrepressible Senator Joe Biden has announced on CBS's Face the Nation that he is seeking the presidency. He thought about running in 2004, but feared he had gotten the presidential itch too late. Dr. Howard Dean was already a shoo-in. Now he only has Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to worry about, and Senator Biden apparently is not all that worried. Perhaps he shares my childlike belief that the American people are becoming impatient with liars. Senator Clinton has been caught lying so many times by independent counsels and others that the American people will give her candidacy short shrift.

--thanks R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

It is hard to blog when you can’t see the keyboard.

--thanks Michael!

Quote of the Day

Rumsfeld calls deadline for Iraq pullout a mistake
Democrats counter: "It worked in Vietnam. Oh. Wait. Nevermind."

--thanks Basil!



Riley - Before, during, after :

Sorcerer of Sticking Your Head and Arms Out the Window Sorcerer of Sticking Your Head and Arms Out the Window

Quick Thoughts
* We are in the final stages of The Riley Birthday Countdown, she will be 1 year old at 16:07 on June 23^rd!
* Winch = installed! (New tires, new winch ... where's the dirt?)
... and I think the next addition will be lockers, for the front ... sound good?
* ... about NIF, from Technorati :

* Last updated 12956 days ago
* By TJ Evans
* Technorati Rank: 20,061 (106 links from 76 sites)

... now, I am pretty sure I have updated my site within the last 12000 or so days ...
* MilBlogger Chuck Ziegenfuss has been injured, evac'ed ... first post-injury words -

Be honest with me, guys. Do I still have my face and my 'package'?

... excellent! ... found via BlackFive

News
* Afghanistan : 40 rebels killed during 11 hour firefight
* Mississippi : Edgar Ray Killen (80) found guilty on Manslaughter *3 from 1964's "Mississippi Burning" killings ... not Murder
... Must.Resist.Obvious."Killen"/killin'.Joke ...
* Iraq / Afghanistan : U2 crashes, pilot killed ... condolences
* Kansas : First human West Nile virus case for 2005
* House approves anti-flag-burning Amendment
* New York : Snapple floods the streets with 17.5 tons of frozen kiwi-strawberry slurry

Interesting
* The death of Fiscal Conservatism ... and, sadly, we all have front row tickets ... and, no Private Accounts coming anytime soon in Social Security (unless DeMint rides to the rescue ... ?)
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : ACLU-New Mexico Board of Directors member leads Minuteman group; ACLU suspends the entire chapter! ... thus re-revealing their contempt of America and what we stand for (that whole freedom of expression thing) ... more here : "there is no historical precedent for having to prove, by means of a trial, that an enemy captured while in the service of forces fighting against American soldiers is guilty of being in the service of forces fighting against American soldiers" ... and see the IRAQ : section below ... the part that says every detainee has already had a trial ...
* Bullet Proof Vest recall ... um, if you are counting on the listed models to save you I would recommend swapping it out!
* 'The Looniest Fringe Of The Right Wing' ... which, according to Andy Zipper, should probably include me
* Iraq : In-sourcing suicide bombers ... virgins for everybody! ... Rusty also has other good stuff, including every GITMO detainee HAS ALREADY HAD A TRIAL ... and Iraq'ish : Vinnie, commander of the 101st Keyboard Kommandos, responds to Kos' tripe ... and Rick fisks the "Yellow Republican" label the moonbats are throwing around as well ... while at it, he has some other thoughts for the "Bush-hating, anti-war left" as well ... and USMC ill-equipped? ... that is not good
* Dell opening a price war? Sub-$100 laser printer! ... and more here
* Illegal Immigration'ish : 'Border Security, The Forgotten Issue' ... "These solutions are very simple. They are not new, there is nothing revolutionary here" ... I haven't forgotten, and you can quote me:

A nation that cannot secure her borders is not secure.

... and 'How Mexican Racists want to reclaim the American Southwest' ...

here’s the kicker, the racists in this case are those who want open and often immigration and include such groups as MECha, believers in Reconquista, and the new mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. I will profile each of these horribly racist groups and their efforts to undermine the national security of this country with officially sanctioned illegal immigration from Mexico and beyond

... and MadTech found a couple of news-gems (and comments on them, naturally) : 'Mexican drug commandos expand ops in six U.S. states' ... and 'Illegals raiding Valley crops' ... and some other good stuff (like always)
* Screamin' Dean : 'A Real Class Act' ... he actually said

They say they want small government, but their government is just big enough to fit inside Terri Schiavo's bed in the nursing home

... the word is tact and you, sir, have none.
* NASA : Cosmos 1 launch went awry yesterday, was lost in orbit ... UPDATE : Cosmos 1 never achieved orbit, debris in Arctic ocean
* Quantum Computer within 3 years?
* GITMO'ish : SuperHawk Rick comments does a round-up on Durbin, and his "apology" ... and Durbin must resign

After all, Trent Lott APOLOGIZED FOUR TIMES, AND THEN STILL HAD TO RESIGN AS LEADER. If Durbin fails to resign, it tarnishes the entire Democrat Party.

... yea, hold your breath on that one!
* 'Condoleezza Speaks: BBC Spins' ...

It's often quite hard to work out what qualifies a person for employment at the BBC. When, for instance, a candidate answers an add in the Guardian and steps into the room, what qualities are interviewers looking for in a prospective journalist? Are they happy so long as they can find a horribly-biased leftist? Or do they insist employees be able to twist the truth in order to advance an anti-American, pro-Islamofascist agenda as well?

* 'When "academic freedom" justifies academic terror' ...

According to the logic of a recent report issued by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), denying accused criminals a job constitutes an unethical breach of “academic freedom.” So, if Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein had doctorates and respectable publication records, could they receive teaching positions at an American university?

... PC gone wrong
* Bolton / U_selessN_ations : Frist changes mind, will push for confirmation vote ... W had to set him straight ... more here ... and Alexander Yakovlev, UN Procurement Officer, resigns under weight of nepotism charge ... I can't wait for Kofi's name to be similarly referenced ...
* Some thoughts on the 2^nd Amendment ...

Do you, personally have the individual right to own and use a firearm? ... Not according to the media

... remember, it is second only to #1 :)
* Romney has a healthcare solution
* How To : Become a real-world Batman!
* Newt Interview (partial repost, plus updates) (Videos + Transcripts) :

New addition : Mr. Speaker answers ?'s from BlackFive and Willisms ... and the old stuff :
Part 1 - A Day in Newt's Life
Part 2 - McCain
Part 3 - Border Patrol
Part 4 - Foley
Part 5 - Dean
Part 6 - Courts
Part 7 - Hillary

... excellent running series, thanks Trey & RSR!
* MS : Some thoughts on their latest vaporware, Avalanche ... their BitTorrent re-work ... and still has the "last mile" problem!
* Hans is (rightfully?) mad at the US auto industry ... and he has more here
* Harvard says fat=death ... and tells you to ignore the CDC
* 'Will the Republicans we elected please stand up'
* Europe : Drought, heatwave incoming ...

the current wave could present a health risk for the population as of June 21

... (amazing that "advanced nations" have such a problem - especially after "tens of thousands of deaths in a sizzling summer of 2003"
... should they not learn from their mistakes?)
* '"Judge Not" Does Not Mean "Disconnect Thy Brain"'
* Holograms to defeat counterfeiters?
* Prison Abuse ... in "blue" states (like Mass. - Hi Mssrs. _{Jean Francois} Kerry and Ted _{get me another drink} Kennedy
* N_uclear Korea : Their nukes are the US's fault ... same mentality that blames gun makers for shooting deaths? Sounds like a 5yr old - "He started it"
* Cel phones distracts drivers ... um, duh?
* IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is safe as IVF alternative
* Economics : Krugman should read this book by a guy named Krugman
* 'The rise of the disdainful Democrats' ... the title reminds me of Piers Anthony's "Adverse Adepts" + "Contrary Citizens" from the Apprentice Adept series ;)
* Korea : bad parents leave child alone to go play World of Warcraft (MMORPG) ... child dies ... sad, disgusting
... and read the comments - some people actually do try to blame the game!
* EU : 'EU constitution headed to the scrap heap of socialism' ... the title alone ... :)
* Do you know the National Anthem? ... all four stanzas?
* Neurons that "know" people
* Real ballgame to be played virtually?
* Tips for Mobile Security
* "Secret Schematics Vault"
* Earthquake / Tennessee : 7-10% chance of ~8.0 within 50 years
* This might be your next MP3 player / FM Tuner ... well, if they get the storage up to a coupla' gig anyway (512MB right now)

Funny
* OOTS#197 ... evilgasm!
* Terri : Mike Schiavo "adds water" ... found via that guy, who put yesterday's date on today's post ... oh, and for WTW : Basil is a naked 14 yr old ... "Jamie Lynn Spears naked" ... or something
* GITMO'ish : Durbin's "Apology" - "A reasonable person can only conclude that I'm either reckless, stupid or determined to sabotage the war on terror" ... and Interrogation, Durbin style ... and A Dr. Seuss for ya' ... the latter two of those were found via the Sand Person
* Bush Doctrine Lite ... Kinder, gentler I mean "less edgy and more polite"
* Jennifer _{Runaway psycho-bride} Wilbanks : Fix her face! ... found via (same link to Rusty found up top) ... and The Couric Interview ...

Katie Couric's "go get-em" style is credited with simultaneously answering questions related to arriving at places after a significant run, as well as dispelling the aesthetic perceptions created by overused file photos.

... he cracks me up EVERY time!
* Some funny signs ... cross-dressing Jesus, barking guard dog, GITMO lacks nuance??? ... found via WuzzaDem
* Video : Another Mac - Switch parody

Quotes of the Day

Which makes me want to punt Bono in his daddy sacks.

--thanks Nehring!

Speaking of Durbin :

Batman and Robin was worse than the Holocaust

--thanks Frank J @ IMAO! (who also sells sweet T-Shirts!)







Saddam likes his Dorritos like this :

... thanks Aaron, click pic to read his post!

While I may not quite agree with this in it's entirety ... While I may not quite agree with this in it's entirety ...

A Presidential speech :

My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of Iraq regime has been completed.

Since congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in Iraq is complete. This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 days. It is now to begin the reckoning.

Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short. The United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria, Australia, and Poland are some of the countries listed there.

The other list contains everyone not on the first list. Most of the world's nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing copies of both lists later this evening.

Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money saved during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi war. The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world Hell-holes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption. Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France. In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home. On that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the earth.
Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France, or maybe China.

I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France, Germany, and Russia. Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring from NATO as well. Bon chance, mes amis. I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed. I don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York!

A special note to our neighbors. Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change. Mexico is also on List 2. President Fox and his entire corrupt government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple extra tank and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going to put em? Yep, border security. So start doing something with your oil. Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty - starting now.

We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we'll be drilling for oil in Alaska - which will take care of this country's oil needs for decades to come. If you're an environmentalist who opposes this decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there. They care. It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens.

Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, "darn tootin." Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on the planet.
It is time to eliminate hunger in America. It is time to eliminate homelessness in America. It is time to eliminate World Cup Soccer from America. To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thanks guys. We owe you and we won't forget.

To the nations on List 2, a final thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic.


God bless America. Thank you and good night.

... If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.


Thanks Aaron !

Ambassador of Everlasting Gobbstoppers Ambassador of Everlasting Gobbstoppers

Quick Thoughts
* Welcome to the longest day of the year, and the first day of Summer!
* It is Kerry-180 Tuesday! ...

For those who ponder why in God’s name we’re STILL pursuing this, be it known: We feel it a reasonable request that a 20-year veteran of the United States Senate (and apparently a Vietnam veteran, all medaled and shiny we think) to tell the truth and nothing but

... and PWL has Kerry's 180
* Sorry for the limited afternoon/evening blogation ... had to replace wife's (rear!) brakes ... and install my new winch! (sweet!)

News
* Lebanon : Anti-Syrian politician killed in bomb blast ... condolences
* S. Korea : Commercial whaling ban upheld
* Oil : Hits $60, then slides down just a bit ... OPEC promising to raise production (not sure that will help though!) ... and strike fears in Norway
* Saddam prison food ... my first thought is that Saddam eats better in prison than most free Iraqi's did under his rule .. but remember, (cough) WE are the Nazi's ... oh, and shocker - he doesn't like W :).
* Adelphia : John Rigas (80, founder) +15 years in jail ...

Were it not for your age and health, I would impose a sentence far greater than I do today ... Rigas' 48-year-old son, Timothy, the company's former chief financial officer, was sentenced to 20 years in prison

- wow!
* Utah : Brennan Hawkins found, alive!
* Cali : Operation Silent Night nets 19 gang members

Interesting
* Iraq : Becoming Vietnam? ... but due to those within the US, not those in Iraq ...

Stop the rhetoric NOW. Support the war; support the troops. Our men and women are dying over there, but many, many more terrorists are being stopped in their tracks. Terror is losing to freedom and democracy in Iraq, as it should wherever it rears it's UGLY head. If we don't want to see it rear it's ugly head HERE again, in America, on American soil; then we MUST keep the terrorist magnet (our Military) on Middle Eastern sands as our intelligence roots out their training cells around the world.

... more wisdom, from a real liberal!
* Who is screwing up America? ... the (cough) top 20
* Photosynthesis, without the Photo part? ... well, without sunlight anyway ... bacteria GSB1 does it
* Bin Laden in Iran? ... which would be solved by following BlackFive's Iraq+Afghanistan exit strategy ... (see pic below) :P ... and his T-Shirts are sweet; wearing it now! (and the profits are donated to Soldiers' Angels)
* STOP THE "BROADCAST FLAG" ... EFF alerts us to Hollywood trying to outflank the courts (which had (rightly) rejected the FCC's authority to implement it)
* "Cosmos 1" (Solar sail) lift off today, 3:46pm ET ... "The sail will orbit earth for four days before it opens eight 14-meter (50 foot), ultra-thin triangular sails that should be visible from the Earth's surface" ... update : it failed to achieve orbit, debris in arctic ocean :(
* DeLay : Law firm approved his travel arrangements ... "he did nothing wrong" ...
* Social _inSecurity : W failing to give the big push? ... DeMint (R-SC) to the rescue?
* Airbus, dumping? ... well, easy to do when you receive $BILLIONS in loans you don't need to pay back ...
* More on CardSystems little faux pas, revealing info for 40M credit card accounts ... keep any eye on your account activity, and on your credit report!
* GITMO'ish : Durbin is post-patriotic? ...

Among the many things that our American liberals ask us to swallow in our own best interest is the idea that it is an act of lèse majesté to call them unpatriotic even though they are utterly embarrassed by patriotism. Who has not heard the liberal across the dinner table dismissing nationalism as dangerous and aggressive? But we are not allowed to call them on it ... our post-patriotic elitists have a problem ... They have not offered anything to replace patriotism

... and Minneapolis Star Tribune support Durbin ... shocker, so does WaPo .. so you know what that means ... and here is a list of the (cough) "Severe Human Rights Abuses" ... while NOfP tells us IT IS NOT JUST DURBIN and passes along the thought that censuring may not be enough? ... and Durbin supports our troops, but only if they come from his home state ... and More on Durbin, Clinton ... and Chappelle? :) ... and now introducing the "But you desecrated the Koran" defense ... if Chewbacca is a wookie, you must acquit? ... UPDATE : Durbin apologizes ... too little, too late?
* Florida : Democratic Party faces $900k IRS lien ... um, maybe they should pay their bills ... just saying ...
* Newt / U_selessN_ations : America needs Bolton ... and, not UN-related, but more wisdom from Newt : he also calls for censure of Durbin (see also the link above about censure not enough!)
* Anti-cancer virus? ... "adeno-associated virus type 2, or AAV-2" to the rescue?
* EU : Software patents rejected ... even a broken clock can be right twice a day :) ...
* Nuclear power on a comeback? ... about time! ... found via TAotB ... who also has a quick thought about our need to build more refineries! (reference the ~$60/barrel if you need a reason why :( ) ... oh, and brings us this as well : Good RINOs? ... I might be a touch to Christian for this ... but FYI (I live to serve, or something)
* Another Kennedy sleaze ball ... "William Kennedy Smith ... remarkably sleazy and scary" ... apparently not a rapist, just a harasser
* Iran : Election shell-game ...

They may, for example, appear to have it give ground on nuclear development (actually just a postponement) in exchange for tacit U.S. agreement to stop supporting the democracy movement in Iran. The purpose would be to wait out the Bush presidency. This is a pattern they have used before, and it has worked for them

* Screamin' Dean vs the Blue Dogs ... and how the BDs are right on some things; the Republicans in Congress are spending too much and -

Congress, they say, must restrain spending, punish agencies that flunk their audits, cut back Medicare and order collection of uncollected taxes

... Dammit. Now go read the article to see where they are wrong :)
* Firefox : v1.0.5 test builds available! ... file : Win* installer here
* Nader, "contemporary PT Barnum", opening a museum dedicated to Tort? ... so sad
* Culture of failure ... sad
* ESCR / Belgium : Immature eggs being matured in a lab to produce stem cells ... the word for today is "slippery slope"
* Global Warming : Manufacturing controversy ... and Time For Action! ... ahem ...

The national academies of science of eleven nations recently united to warn us of impeding climatic doom resulting from our careless inflation of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration from its God-ordained 19th century value of 0.00029 to the current astronomical magnitude of 0.00038. With increasing fears that this extra plant food will cause a choking of our cities and highways with unwanted greenery, and the Russians' concern that winter temperatures will warm above -40 deg. F, thus changing the hibernation habits of the endangered Siberian snow snake ...

... quite right, and read for the details of the Spencer-Spencer bill :) ... meanwhile, the BBC publishes their "Guide to Climate Change"
* Steroids vs Miscarriages?
* Free file hosting online? ... unlimited, shareable ... haven't used it yet - let me know what you think!
* Old games never die, they just end up getting saved from a dumpster and resurrected online ... "Castle Infinity" alive, and free
* France : Chirac = unpopular? ... aw, so sad ...
* Argentina screwed Italians for 70% of $100B in '01, now trying to do it again?
* Hong Kong : New Leader appointed (by China) ... "(Donald) Tsang would begin his two-year term as chief executive on Tuesday, replacing Tung Chee-hwa"
* Netscape fixes IE problem ... that kills me :)
* Illegal Immigration'ish : Remittances - not the problem some would have you believe?
* $500 Ethernet card, and why your might want a few? ...

Level 5 Networks Inc. believes it can solve the growing problem of inefficient Ethernet connectivity with its EtherFabric network card and software ... The EtherFabric network card and software are less of a drain on host server CPUs and allow servers to communicate with each other faster and at higher speeds. The company also claims that using EtherFabric will enable users to reduce the number of servers they deploy

... if they need a tester I am ready, willing and available!
* USAF : Thunderbirds now include a chick
* Apple going all dual-CPU!
* Ars brings us a Robo-Round-Up ... limbs, lifelike, vacuums, etc.
* Patent Reform? ... will they get it right, or break it more?
* Jacko : Trial was worth it, even though he was acquitted ...

As long as this power is not abused by stalking innocent citizens, we are comfortable with the use of intimidation as an instrument of policing ... By the time the vultures have been placated, Michael will have paid through whatever he uses in place of a nose

* Google owns "GoogleBucks.com" domain ... meaning ... ?
* How To : Build your own PC ... now you don't need to call me :P
* Mars : Martian life threatens human mission?
* 'Faith in the Battlefield' ... while the article itself is worth a read, the comments are also enlightening - atleast for those who believe in a hard and fast, complete separation of church and state
* Terri : 'Michael Schiavo Is a Vile and Petty Man' ... wow, those little (repugnant) factoids were not well publicized.
* Aaron does a Monday Headline round up ... the winner on that list, IMHO - "Conyers (D-Mich) thanks ... the most openly anti-American far left site on the web, notorious for its sheer insanity"
* How To : Cheap GPS receiver
* Birth Control, for men?
* EW : USB thumb drive .. that looks like a thumb?! ... and only 128MB; why bother?? ... or get a 32MB USB drive free from IBM (not thumb shaped) ... and to use either of these, or any other USB devices, you need to know How To : make a USB port for your XBOX!
* Hi-Res GoogleMaps!
* Malware : CCleaner updated
* Create your own, custom Converse!
* WiFi also useful as Lo-Jack for laptops?
* India : Mother sells daughter to brothel ... oh, and the daughter is only 14 ... apparently the (cough) loving mother did the same thing to the girl's older sister ... sad.

Funny
* The Alliance of Free Blogs : The Great Link-Whore Debate ... and the answer, as to who is the BIGGEST LINK WHORE ... wait for it ... any second now ... IT IS THIS GUY! ... predictable, no? ... "INSTAPUNDO DELENDA EST!", indeed!
* True : DC Chief of Police Ramsey, car theft victim ... :)
* Remote control "Tumbler" (new Bat-mobile), 1/6 scale!
* Letter from Uncle Saddam
* ' Scientists Create Sperm, Egg From Product Of Sperm, Egg' ... "Other analysts see a future in which grandiose-sized oak tress could emerge from something as simple and negligible as the common acorn" ... found via Bisal ... who beat me there again, and has other good linkage to! (including Harvey's thoughts on link whoring - and FWIW, I am just link farming, so that is ok :P )
* True? : Labia envy?
* GITMO'ish : Otis in jail!
* True : "The stolen election of 2000" killed him ... now that is a BS obit! ... found via Malkin
* Pizza : I don't remember ordering sausage on this!? ... Drawn Together reference ...
* Aruba : CASE SOLVED ... it may be wrong to laugh, but it is still funny ... found via I don't need to say it again, do I?

Quote of the Day
Puppy Wisdom :

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
Let others know when they've invaded your territory.
Take naps.
Stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout, run right back and make friends.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.
Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently

--thanks Aaron! (via email)

Accountant of Ironing Boards Accountant of Ironing Boards

Quick Thoughts
* Limited blogation today, sorry (work, and Mom's birthday ... speaking of which, Happy Birthday Ma'!)
* Blogfriend GMRoper hits 10k visitors! Congrats!

News
* Iraq : Suicide bomber kills 23
* Lebanon : -Syria
* Oil : $59+ ... ugh, $24 too high ...
* Cali / Earthquake : 5.0 ... #5 in last 7 days ...
* Washington State : Courthouse shootout
* U_selessN_ations'ish : Dems still obstructionist, block Bolton nomination ... W may just fly solo

Interesting
* Rusty has a few words for Kos ... defeatist what-hole? Oh yeah, that sounds about right ... but no mention of treason?
* Iraq : A rundown of, and salute to, the willing ... found via Mudville Gazette
* The Torres' need your help ... money & prayers :

She (Susan) is brain dead. But she is being kept alive so her unborn child might have a chance to live. Her husband, Jason, is convinced that she would want this and although he has agonized with the decision, he knows that Susan would do anything for her children and to save their life. Jason has quit his job to be with her at the hospital and the bills are mounting

... and more here ... and official site here
* Nuke / EMP threat warning ... again
* PC add-in cranks you up to 50GFLOPS!
* '10 Ways to protect your credit' / prevent ID Theft + Fraud ... in the wake of 40M individuals' info being at risk this is important to know! (for #1 - get a cross-cut shredder, and for part of #2 = eBill/ePay helps ... but that has its own risks!)
* DowningGate(?) : Memos = hoax? ... thanks to Cap'n Ed!
* Space Weapons ... cool!
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : More Hypocrisy
* Iraq : 'The soldiers of Allah' ... "Present within the establishment were electrical wires, a noose, handcuffs, and a 574-page manual on Jihad" ... but remember, (cough) we are the Nazis ...
* Home brew Bio-Diesel motorcycle
* No such thing as Palestinians
* Some thoughts on fighting terrorism, the FBI, CAIR and Lodi, California
* ESCR : Stem Cells can be grown into eggs/sperm?
* GITMO'ish : Today's kangaroo court ... "As the Democratic Party continues its commendable efforts to drive all reasonable voters into the waiting arms of the Republicans ..."
* Newt : Mideast roadmap = mistake ... yeah, one-sided diplomacy never works (that makes it appeasement) ... found via Gindy
* Find Alzheimers sooner?
* Japan : A-Bomb stories being published ... found via MyPetJawa
* GITMO : More thoughts on "Gitmo Dick" ... found via Basil (who also has other good stuff, like the ACLU post above :) ) ... now, back to GITMO : Clinton joins the talking heads calling for Gitmo to be shut down ... and EXTENSIVE Durbin round-up ... and Left keeps digging ... itself into a hole ... and 'Durbin, telling it like it isn't'
* U_selessN_ations : Yet another scandal ... more nepotism, not Kofi-Kojo this time
* Orgasms shut own certain parts of the female brain ... ha, and from Basil - "men's brains shut off at erection" ... too true, often with alcohol getting an assist ...
* Venezuela : Spanish-language version of al Jazeera ... "Venezuela’s dumpy red pimp (Chavez) is set to roll out his own TV network: Telesur"
* Nuclear security lapse
* So, what do we Americans really want? ... I am looking at it right now; my wife, daughter, dogs, house ...
* Tokyo is the world's most expensive city ... while New York, a (cough) paltry # 13 atleast has a HUGE pothole to lay claim to
* Illegal Immigration / Cali : Pro-illegal activists overrun "Save Our State" (legal citizen) demonstration ... excellent post, and pics! ... and remember, a nation that cannot secure her borders is not secure!
* From the "And this is news??" department : Bush's 2^nd term is whiter, older
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : LONG glimpse inside the ACLU ... WOW, VERY LONG ARTICLE ... it will take some time to read! ... and More hypocrisy, WRT "protesters" this time
* Sick : Boy rapes 3 yr old, 13 yr old, Dog ... ACLU sure to defend him :P

Funny
* Cure for Post-Bellum Depression found! ... old, I know - but still funny ... oh, and the IMAO T-Shirts ROCK! (I got mine, and wearing BlackFive's T-shirt now!)
* OOTS#196! ... what's this gate?
* GITMO : Cheney offers detainees relo package, to his underground lair
* Mock election, mock landslide, mock lynching
* Here is everything than can go wrong
* Terri : Of course brain damage breaks femurs!
* Deep Throat + Runaway Bride to wed ... "When Jenny agreed to marry me, I had to get on the phone with Woodward and Bernstein"
* Dean recommends MasterCard to protect US ...only 40M of us will be at risk?
* God tired of doing the sorting
* Politician works the ... bathroom
* Screamin' Dean : Deanschisms! ... and Rove has Dean's mouth on remote control
* Chinese factory workers make ...
* 'Ayman Al-Zawahiri urges those already killing people to kill people'
* Scientologists : Cruise is too weird ... "Elsewhere, a new poll shows that less than half of all Americans approve of the way Dick Cheney is handling President Bush’s job"
* GITMO / Iraq : Beware the righteous brutality of the oppressed!
* Bond flowchart ... briefings, gadgets, bad Bond chick, good Bond chick, explosion
* Durbin compares Socialists to Nazis, Dems finally demand an apology for something
* Habitrail for Humanity?
* Saddam requests Jacko's jury
* UF : Free Software
* True / South Carolina : Cop lets off chicks, but only if they strip ... found via Today's Democracy
* ALP#125 ... Jeeter=stud, and when did aliens start using masks?

Quotes of the Day

There is Army grunt, trudging through the mud, bombs blowing up everywhere, rain pouring down, 60 pound pack on his back, and he thinks to himself…. “Dude, this sucks”
The Navy Seaman (hehe.. snicker) is on his boat, watching the explosions in land, swabbing the deck, dodging gang rape in the showers, and thinks to himself “Dude, that looks like it sucks”
The Marine rifleman is trudging through the mud, bombs blowing up everywhere, rain pouring down, 60 pound pack on his back, and he thinks to himself… “Dude,this doesn’t suck enough!”
The Air Force Pilot looks down from 25,000 feet, watching the bombs blowing up below, looking around for his boxed lunch, hearing his co-pilot snoring and he thinks to himself… “Dude, they didn’t put the Twinkie in my lunch. This sucks..”

--thanks Duncan!!

Enchanted by own innocence, Michael Jackson molests self

--thanks The Onion!

Slum Lord of Subwoofers Slum Lord of Subwoofers

Quick Thoughts
* We had a preemptive First Birthday Party for Riley ... and she got some cake, pictures below!
* And a preemptive Happy Birthday to Debbie & David, too!

News
* Iraq : "Operation Spear" ... 1000 Marines on the move in Anbar
* KPMG in big trouble, apologizes ... trying / hoping to avoid indictment for offering "abusive tax shelters"
* Cali, Earthquake : 6.4 (aftershock?)... 6.6 according to FOX
* New York : TYCO CEO Kozlowski (and finance guy Swartz) GUILTY! ... facing decades in prison!
* Cali : Marcus Wesson found guilty of Murder*9 ... horrific story of incest, abuse and murder
* New York : (Another) Helo crash, near UN HQ
* ID Theft : 40M victims? ... they just don't get it ... "CardSystems Solutions Inc" puts users of all Credit Cards at risk
* Goodyear Blimp, down
* Oil : hits record high, clears $58 ... $23 too high; "Crude-oil prices are likely to reach $70 barrel" ... even as FOXNEWS reports that 1T (yes, with a T) barrels of oil have been found in the Rockies ... that would be sooo sweet! (Sure, My SUV loves Iraqi oil, but it would love US oil even more!)

Interesting
* 63-year-old Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller molested 36000 children?? ... AND he logged it all - who, what, where ... sickening
* GITMO : 'What's a bigger national embarrassment - GITMO or Durbin?' ... just the title makes it worth reading! ... and more here ... AND SuperHawk Rick teaches us some history, and asks us to cane contact Dick Durbin ... oh, and - Bloggers : he is also accepting submissions for the most important 'carnival' ever : Carnival of the Clueless (#2) ... ok, back to GITMO : "Another fine example of how Americans are helping the enemies win the War On Terror" ... and 'Al Jazeera Hero: Senator Richard Durbin' ... and Cao wants to help you contact Dick ... and GITMO is "A Great American Institution" ... and a lib agrees GITMO should stay open (found via lisaB ... although I woulda found it eventually, all by myself) ... and, from MarkLevinFan (email) : Michael Ratner is behind a fair amount of the Anti-GITMO drivel
* A special way to say (cough) "HI" to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in DC! ... found via Cao! ... pic below :)
* PETA : PETA is bad for animals ... blogburst in the making, and remember People Enabling Terrorist Atrocities ...

they call humans "a cancer" and insist we all become become vegetarians.
They also say that all animal testing, necessary for testing new drugs, be eliminated.
"Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it"

... and eco/ani-terrorists "pose serious threat"
* Terri : Autopsy supports her being cognizant? ...

It's always seemed to us that PVS isn't really a diagnosis; it's a value judgment masquerading as a diagnosis

... and getting really speculative :

the evidence does not rule out that Terri Schiavo's condition could have been triggered by a blow to the solar plexis -- known as commotio cordis -- or by nontraumatic asphyxia, which could be produced by a pillow or hand to the face

... and her parents:

Terri was not terminal, that Terri had no living will, that Terri had a strong heart and that Terri was brutally dehydrated to death

* Nepalese porters are "the most energy efficient human transporters in the world" ... I'll stick with my Jeep, thanks anyway!
* Pakistan : "Our Allie" ... yes and no ...
* 'FDA Approves Superbug Antibiotic, Tygacil (tigecycline)' ...

The US FDA has approved Tygacil™ (tigecycline), a novel IV antibiotic with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity, including activity against the drug-resistant bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). Tygacil is indicated for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) and complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) in adults

* IRS being unfair, to our troops!? ... support the "Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities (HERO) Act" ... think Fair Tax
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : 'distorts our past and subverts our future' ...

The ACLU and its affiliates have twisted the original intent of the First Amendment. They have taken words from Thomas Jefferson and wrenched them out of context. Sadly, nobody in the mainstream press has called the ACLU on their misapplication of the Constitution.

... too true!
* Anti-Flag-Desecration Amendment - a case of "Distorted Priorities" ... 'cuz The "no anti-lynching law" apology sure was!
* Tom _{Grip of Death} Cruise proposes to Katie Holmes ... not really news, but I got to mention the Grip of Death again
* Dell wants an Apple?
* Russia : LOTS of kids for adoption ... such a terrible situation ... orphans :

40% end up in criminal gangs
40% become alcoholics or drug-addicts
10% commit suicide
a mere 10% live "normal" lives

... please consider adoption!
* Human Sexuality, or how Stephen Hawking gets some ... well, kinda ... and he has a website
* U_selessN_ations : Fighting their "global tax" ... support the "Paul amendment"!
* Crystal, in Paradise!
* MadTech goes SuperSize ... good round-up of the week's events ... and quicker than reading 5 of my posts :) ... and here's one he beat me to: Firefox having trademark problems
* Time Travel!? ...

you can pop back in time and have a look around, but you cannot do anything that will alter the present you left behind ... quantum mechanics ... So, if you know the present, you cannot change it. If, for example, you know your father is alive today, the laws of the quantum universe state that there is no possibility of him being killed in the past

... I am soo relieved!
* U_selessN_ations : House approves UN-fund-slashing!
* "Activate your Central Nervous System" ... who needs Caffeine? (ahem, me!)
* Your house wants FTTP ... and so does mine (drooling)
* Bloggers : AdSense alternatives ... and remember, Google is 'blue' ...

Funny
* Alliance of Free Blogs : 'Precision Guided Humor Assignment: New Home for Captured Terrorists' ...

my answer is quite simple! ...

332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

... aka the office of the (cough) Honorable Richard "Dick" Durbin ... elegant, simple and a win-win - I mean, some of the soon-to-be-free terrorists wanted to get to DC anyway, so instead of just giving them a couple years at the GITMO Day Spa we'll deliver directly to them Capital.

* OOTS #195! ... Dianetics, and halflings are important?
* New Game : Blame Dean! ... started here

Sub Minister Maximus of Atomic Fusion Sub Minister Maximus of Atomic Fusion

Quick Thoughts
* Did you see the Riley pics yesterday??
* It is Stop the ACLU Thursday ...today's special topic : How the ACLU explicitly supports Kiddie Porn!

The ACLU's position is this: criminalize the production but legalize the sale and distribution of child pornography

... and how about some thoughts on the ACLU's position on Teens + Abortions ... or 'When Children Are Hurt For The Pleasure Of Adults'
* Symantec's ThreatCon staying at 2, due to high VNC activity ... just FYI

News
* Iraq : 5 GIs (USMC) killed by roadside bomb ... condolences ... and Australian hostage free, terrorist attacks kill 50
* Cambodia : School hostage crisis over, 3 killed (2 of those killed were hostage-takers) ... condolences for the child ... they took 70 people hostage for $1000??
* New England : 200 illegals rounded up ... these were all criminals above & beyond being here illegally ... excellent, keep it up (and more places should do likewise)
* Canada : Al Qaeda bust ... and I don't care what Rusty says, I can still Blame Canada!

Interesting
* GITMO : Durbin (D-Ill) calls our troops Nazis ... is he intentionally trying to sound stupid, or just trying to beat Screamin' Dean to fit more feet into his mouth? With statements like

treatment of terror detainees at the Guantanamo Naval Base is comparable to torture at the hands of Nazis, Soviet gulags and even Cambodian mass murderer Pol Pot

... he obviously has no understanding of history ...and, from Opinion Journal ...

We are fighting an enemy that murdered 3,000 innocent people on American soil 3 1/2 years ago and would murder millions more if given the chance--and according to Dick Durbin, our soldiers are the Nazis.

... and Durbin is "acting like a 12 year old drama queen" (includes LOTS of supporting evidence!!) ... and PWL says we should "treat terrorist detainees less mildly" ... reading how pampered they are I would tend to agree! ... (except for being forced to listen to Aguilera, that is not right) ... and excellent run down of REAL instances of murder / torture ... and how about these rights for the 'detainees'? ... and We need a GITMO ... regardless of where it is or what you call it! ... and 'Liberalism's Dilemma'
* Happy Father's Father_less Day? : Excellent thoughts on Fatherhood ...

lefties in Britain have been leaping to the defense of the three teenaged sisters, aged 16, 14, and 12, who have each recently brought a little bundle of joy into the world. These brand-new single parents live with their single-parent mother, Julie Atkins, in public housing - at a weekly cost to the state of about $1,200, or $60,000 per year ... Children living with their fathers are safer than other children. The safest place for a child to live is with its biological married parents. The most dangerous place to live is with mother and a boy friend who is not the father of the child. Want to guess how dangerous? It is 33 times more dangerous for a child to live with mommie and her boy friend than to live with the child’s married biological mother and father ... Children living with their natural, married parents are less likely to commit crimes; they are more likely to start having sex later, and they are more likely to finish school

* Super blinkie-flashie stuff! ... found via GadgetMadness
* Iran : Admits some nuclear lies ... (cough) Shocked! And they have always been so upfront, open and honest ...
* A glimpse inside the Manhattan Project
* 'How the Batsuit Works'
* 9/11'ish : More on the desecration of Ground Zero ...and, remember to go here, and help Take Back the Memorial
* XBOX360 : A look at the GPU, ATI's "Xenos"
* Israel / Disengagement : Attacks on Jews being permitted by Israeli govt? ... to 'encourage' withdrawal? ... as always, go here for more Disengagement info
* GOP : 'The McCain Gambit' ... ? ... a way to get Jeb in the White House in 2012 (maybe in 2008, but as VP)? ... The problem is that McCain is not exactly well-liked these days by a LOT of Republicans ... the word RINO is frequently used in conjunction with the word McCain ... and is the GOP adrift / moving too slow? ... in several ways, sadly, the answer is yes.
* Cisco buys M.I. (VPN Startup) ... for the extra-cheap price of $1M per employee!
* House votes - PATRIOT Act being cut back ... (cough) shocker :

House Administration Committee Chairman Robert W. Ney (Ohio), one of three House Republicans who opposed the Patriot Act when it was enacted in 2001, voted yesterday to curtail agents' power to seize the records

... we'll see where this ends up
* NASA'ish : t/Space prototypes their "Trapeze-Lanyard Air Drop" ... "eliminates the need for wings on air-launched rockets, potentially leading to improved safety and cost-effectiveness"
* WaPo Op Ed columnist Raspberry just a little off his rocker ... what media bias?
* Japan + France : New Supersonic Jet
* Are you a saprophyte? ...

In my state yesterday, the governor (a celebrity in his own right, but lay that aside) announced a special statewide election by which some fundamental issues of our governance will be decided. It is anticipated that hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent in bitter, bitter contests over each of his proposals. Yet when I tuned my television to the 6 pm local news broadcast, the lead story was the Michael Jackson verdict, an event that will materially affect about 127 people, counting the jury, which now gets to go home and drink ... Not only was this the lead story, it was the only story for the next 16 minutes. How long does it take to report that Jackson was acquitted on all charges?

* Washington State : PS - the USMC does not kidnap kids in Seattle ... Staff Sgt. Ron Marquez sets the record straight, and contradicts what Axel Cobb's _deranged? mother claimed
* NASA : More on Deep Impact ... July 4^th ...
* Some thoughts on Cel Phones' feature creep / bloat ... I disagree though, I am holding out for when one is available that

runs Windows^? and has a keyboard, camera, GPS, Bluetooth, MP3 player, 3G Internet access, speaker phone, expansion slot

... and can sync with Outlook.
* Stress increases immunization success rate
* EU : Some thoughts ...

The European Union is becoming increasingly uncompetitive in the world economy. The average tax burden consumes almost 45 percent of GNP, and regulatory red tape makes it very difficult for the private sector to create jobs. With this track record, it is not surprising that per capita income in the EU is much lower than it is in the United States. To make matters worse, many European governments face huge unfunded liabilities for pensions, so it is likely that the burden of government will climb rather than fall.

* Happy 25^th Birthday to Pac-Man ... and check out this freak:

Billy Mitchell, the first and only person known to play a perfect game of Pac-Man (he racked up a score of 3,333,360 after clearing all 256 levels in more than six hours in 1999

... I mean, that's cool and all ... but a perfect game for all 256 levels?? Seriously, get out the house once in awhile (and this coming form someone who has lost week-long chunks of his life to video games :) )
* Even Astronauts want better gear ... which includes more on astronaut testifying from orbit ... and I had never heard of "oxygen candles" - neato! ... and "Computer-enhanced astrobiologist"
* "Time for a truce with France" ... not to sure about that ...
* Nanomachines vs Arterial Plaque ... found via PuppyBlender
* Imagine a cel phone that can use your corporate PBX, VOIP or regular Cel network ... and switch between them seamlessly? ... and related thoughts here
* Gay Marriage'ish / Canada'ish : Frum is Unfisked & Unimpressed ... and Andrew Sullivan, see the ASFOAS in the sidebar :), is still single ...
* Terri : TSG presents the autopsy report ... worth noting :

unable to determine to any "reasonable medical certainty" what caused the 41-year-old Florida woman to fall into a vegetative state ... But while Michael Schiavo contended that his wife's eating disorder likely caused her to go into cardiac arrest, the autopsy does not support that claim

... interesting, no? (read the whole thing, to be fair it also talks about no evidence of abuse) ... and SuperHawk Rick posts an excellent & well-thought-out "Wrap Up", and includes some thoughts on the declining definition of Life
* Ditch Win2k, but don't wait for LongHorn - go XP ... I agree - as good as 2k was/is (or atleast, how much better it was than all Win* predecessors) XP is far & away better!
* Bloggers : EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers ... found via PuppyBlender
* ' Self Defending Networks, Aggressive Network Self-Defense, and Vigilantes on the net'
* Iraq'ish : Remember - Bush (cough) Lied
* From Drudge, FOXNEWS whips other cable news channels :

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,722,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 2,016,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,864,000
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1,563,000
CNN LARRY KING 1,277,000
CNN AARON BROWN 751,000
CNN ZAHN 718,000
CNN COOPER 618,000
CNNHN NANCY GRACE 583,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 459,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 330,000
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 325,000
MSNBC TUCKER CARLSON 231,000

... only 231k for Tucker ... :P

Funny
* True'ish : Jeremy extols the nature of Breasts ... enlightening!
* True / China : Step1:Cut Power Line Step2:Get it tangled up with a passing truck Step3:Profit!
* Jacko'ish : Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, takes on Jacko's fans/supporters
* True : Binary fingernail art
* Rejected Dean Speeches ... and if Dean threw them out you know they are good!
* True : Chicken for sex = jail ... and, pseudo-_unrelated : Goat for Cocaine = jail

Quote of the Day

We are better for having fought the fight.
We are better for having valued life above any "cause".
We are better for having joined forces to combat clear evil in the form of "The Disciples of Death".
And Terri is better off now.
Pray Michael will find some better life now, too

--thanks ThinkSink!



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Quick Thoughts
* FYI - Symantec has raised the ThreatCon to 2, due to the batch o' Microsoft updates released yesterday ... so get to patching!
* Apparently I missed the US Army's Birthday yesterday ... my bad, Happy _belated Birthday!
* IMPORTANT NOTE : I am going to get my new tires today! w00t! Hot, topless pictures (of my Jeep) later BELOW, plus a Riley pic or two!
(And Thanks to Matt for steering me to them - if they end up not working out I know who to blame :P )

News
* Iraq / Australia : Hostage Douglas Wood freed
* Update : Iraq : 28 were killed in Kirkuk ... more condolences
* Earthquake / Cali : 7.0 (~90m off the coast) ... and who would live in a state with near-constant earthquakes? (map) ... 802 in the last week! ... and list here ... and tsunami warning canceled
* Aruba : Natalee Holloway, nothing found yet
* Internet Sales Tax coming even sooner than feared? ... greedy Cali wins a court case ... (hey, it's easier than just balancing your damned budget)
Interesting
* The Sun vs prostate cancer
* Smarter USB ... finally ...
* Digital Signatures, vulnerable? ... "cracks and collisions"
* Social _inSecurity : Retirement age to be 69? ... easily acceptable, atleast IMHO (but I still want "private accounts"!)
* Louisiana : Sensitivity training for the NOPD from a racist douche? ... who is a member of a group that believes:

Whites are “blue eyed devils.”
Jews are “bloodsuckers”
“Hitler was a very great man.”
Jews controlled the slave trade and currently control the government
Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad believed that whites were created by an evil Black scientist and that there will be “The Great Decisive Battle in the Sky” when a space ship will kill all white people by bombing the earth
Muhammad believed that white people should relocate to Europe and that racial integration was wrong

... "What group is this?" you ask ... The Nation of Islam, aka Louis _{violent, racist, terrorist} Farrakhan Cronies
* "King Tuur" is better at Halo2 than you are
* So, who will Google buy next? ... I can make them a sweet deal on NIF (sorry, still trolling for mad blog dollars :P )
* Congress should have apologized for the Filibuster! ... excellent point!
* Clintons : Finally out of legal debt! ... here's a thought - Don't do anything wrong, and you won't have the massive legal bills!
* Sun to release Solaris source!
* VOIP : 'Yahoo! buys! Dialpad!'
* Rise of the small(David) entities against the big (Goliath) Mega-Corporations? ... interesting read, and its from PuppyBlender so you knowits good!
* Your car wants smarter 'supplemental restraint systems'
* NASA : Europa, Titan to get missions?
* EU : 'Closed for Remodeling ' ... and, NOfP gets 3 Thumbs Up from SC&A
* More here on the Ground-Zero idiocy ...and, remember to go here, and help Take Back the Memorial
* Cuba'ish : Che Guevara, revisited ...

A dead martyr is much easier to lionize than a living dictator

... oh yeah, and Happy _posthumous Birthday Che,I hope you are rotting ...
* P2P TV?
* Fertilizers vs our lakes ...

When too many nutrients are present in lake water algae growth can be stimulated to the point of choking off the oxygen supplies for other lake inhabitants, including fish. This process, known as eutrophication, can continue for years

* Italy : 'Benedict 1, Europe 0' ... secularists face defeat as Catholics don't show up to vote (turnout < 50% invalidates vote :P ) ... and Adel Smith (president, Muslim Union of Italy) vs Oriana Fallaci (author, The Rage and the Pride) ... remember, it's the Religion of (cough) Peace
* Dean, Clintons : Dean trying (and failing) to live up to Billary's level of being "an unusually good liar" ... and panderer
* PETA : People Enabling Terrorist Atrocities ...

they call humans "a cancer" and insist we all become become vegetarians.
They also say that all animal testing, necessary for testing new drugs, be eliminated.
"Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it"

... and remember, eco/ani-terrorists "pose serious threat"
* Cali : "The Left has no sense of proportion" ... jeering Govenator at what should have been a non-political event
* 200GB HDD for $95? ... "Western Digital 200GB ATA/100 7200rpm 8MB OEM WD2000JB"
* The Internet, fighting for human rights? ... and the truth shall set you free!
* iPod, the alarm clock!
* MS : Your living room wants Windows!
* Some thoughts on the "Health Pyramid scheme" ... and did you know that 2000 calories is the minimum for "inactive grown women"? ... and check here for YOUR caloric needs
* When bears attack ... (don't count of the pepper spray!) ... found via Malkin, who still rejects my desperate plea for attention trackbacks :(
* Reparations'ish : More thoughts on Congress' apology ... and a note that it is the SCOTUS that should be apologizing!
* Fred Phelps, giving Christians a bad name since 1999 ... and condolences for Carrie French
* GITMO : Gullibility
* Tim Burton sucks
* 'It's A Good Economy, Stupid!'
* Jacko / Judicial System:: Jeremy dishes out some truth ... and "ain't a one of you going to like the whole thing" :)
* Religion is a scam? ... not quite, and interesting!
* Terri : Autopsy to be released ... "No sign of abuse" ... Michael _{the killer?} Schiavo wins ... more later
* Islam defeats Crusaders ... but this time it was a school mascot ... this kind of thing REALLY angers me
* Sick : Abortion doctor was eating fetuses?? ... I think I am going to be sick ... sadly, more here ... and some conflicts of interest (I know, you are saying "Conflict, in Politics? No Way!" ... )
* Sad : D&D Illustrator David Sutherland died

Funny
* OOTS#194! ... Shoot me ... SHOOT ME!
* Jacko : 'Tenacious Juror #5 Credited With Convicting Snapping Fingers Despite Frivolous Molestation, Intoxicant Charges' ... "septuagenarian "? ... and

79-year-old Ellie Cook said "Michael Jackson could have attempted to consummate with the accuser in the courtroom," and she would have dismissed the charge because of his mother's "senior-phobic" demeanor.

... and I was scooped by spice boy ... who also found more Jacko-funny here
* UF : Jobs, switched
* Gerardo interviews Cochran ... Gerardo?
* Tom Cruise Death Grip?
* Star Wars, the Origami
* My eyes!!? : Paris Hilton spoof ... found via Ghost of a Flea ... which was found via Aaron
* WTW : "Dirty Minute Meals"?!
* True / Russia : Gender change, on a dog
* ALP#123 ... Jesus' momma is ... a well-documented virgin, zing!
* WTW : Vinnie visits the site of a bisexual pedophilic narcissistic sociopath so you don't have to ... and no, it isn't Jacko ... come on, this is White Trash Wednesday (and all kidding aside, Jacko isn't white)
* If only all criminals would follow this route ... or, even better - skip all the intermediate steps and go straight to the end result ... found via Zaphriel

Quote of the Day

I agree with the author that we should withdraw U.S. armed forces from many foreign countries. To relieve the pressure on our Armed Forces, we should immediately withdraw out forces from all countries in Europe. This would deploy about 125,000 service men and women back to the U.S. It would eliminate billions of dollars in payments to European governments. It would eliminate the European part of the DODEA school system and save billions of dollars. We should also withdraw our forces from South Korea, Japan and other countries in the Asian area. This would deploy about 75,000 service men and women back to the U.S. It would eliminate billions of dollars in payments to Asian governments. It would eliminate the Asian part of the DODEA school system and save billions of dollars. These actions alone will release from foreign garrison duty 200,000 or 14% of the U.S. Armed Forces for other duties. These forces would deploy to the U.S. and occupy bases in the U.S. This would pump billions of dollars into our economy.

--thanks "Wade Smith", via The American Spectator!

But this is what a president with a "C" average gets you

--thanks John Kerry, touting his (cough) academic superiority inferiority ... viaConservative Dialysis!









Insurrection:
EFF joins teh Anti-FEC fray

... found via Rusty's wife,Suzanne
... click pic to go see Rusty's xpost!

Explaining the DNC :

... click for source, found via Raven!

Kilgore wins Primary in VA Kilgore wins Primary in VA

* And here is his letter to his supporters :

Dear TJ,
Thank you for the tremendous honor and trust you have placed in me as your Republican candidate for Governor. I am deeply gratified and humbled, and will continue to work hard on the campaign trail to let all Virginians know about our optimistic vision of providing opportunity for all Virginians. Working together for our common cause, we will be victorious in November and be ready to enact honest reform in the Commonwealth.
Congratulations to Bill Bolling and Bob McDonnell for their primary victories yesterday. I am excited by this ticket, and the leadership and experience we will bring to the people of Virginia. I want to also say thank you to Sean Connaughton and Steve Baril for the energetic campaigns each waged over the past year and I look forward to a continued working relationship with each of them.
Now that the primary season has concluded, it is time to unite and focus all of our attention to Tim Kaine and the Democrat ticket. Tim Kaine has demonstrated a John Kerry-like approach to his campaign and is trying to be all things to all people. It did not work for John Kerry in 2004 and it won't work here in Virginia this year.
This morning, we are kicking off a two-day fly-around across the Commonwealth. We have a tremendous team to run with and I hope you can join us along the way to show your support of our common cause. I am also pleased that RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman and RPV Chairman Kate Griffin will be joining us today to help define what is at stake this November. Below is the schedule of our two-day tour and we would very much like to see you on the campaign trail as we kick-off the summer campaign season.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005
RICHMOND
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) Headquarters
115 East Grace Street
Richmond, Virginia

HAMPTON ROADS
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hilton Norfolk Airport
1500 North Military Highway
Norfolk, Virginia

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation
23411 Autopilot Drive
Sterling, Virginia

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA
Virginia Chicken Festival
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hooper Park
Crewe, Virginia

Thursday, June 16, 2005

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Virginia Highlands Airport
18521 Lee Highway
Abingdon, Virginia

ROANOKE
11:15 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wachovia Tower Plaza
10 S. Jefferson Street
Roanoke, VA 24011

SHENANDOAH VALLEY
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
77 Aviation Circle
Weyers Cave, Virginia

We look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail and hope you and your friends will join us at one of our stops this week!
Sincerely,
Jerry Kilgore

P.S. Please visit my website - JerryKilgore.com - to learn more about our campaign and how you can to get involved.

Grandmaster of Lolly-Gaggers Grandmaster of Lolly-Gaggers

Quick Thoughts
* It is Flag Day .. among other things, you are supposed to say the Pledge of Allegiance tonight at 7pm ... more here, and I get goosebumps every time as well! (I stole the flag pic from there :P ) ... and the history behind Flag Day ... and Flag rules (folding, display, etc.)
* It is also Primary Day in Virginia ... which means it is a good time to Vote for Kilgore, forget Kaine and laugh at Potts (paraphrasing on that) :P
* And, finally, it is Kerry 180 Tuesday! ...

For those of you who keep wondering why we’re pursuing this, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect someone who’s been a Senator for 20 years to tell the truth, and especially someone who ran for president on the platform that he is a war hero so he was “reporting for doody”. Even General Eisenhower didn’t do that.

(and check the pic below, stolen from Cao (who swiped it from C&F :P) - go sign up!)
* While I may barely rate in the top5 search results for NIF, I am the only hit (atleast in Google) for BAMFNOD ... a screaming hello to those few of you out there who knows what this means :)
* Oh yeah - Happy Birthday Rieko, and a belated Happy Birthday to Li'l John! You know who you are (or, in John's case - your mommy knows who you are :P )

News
* 'Operation Homecoming USA'
* Florida : DC3 crashes
* Iraq : 18 killed in roadside blast
* Earthquake / Chile : 7.9 ... reports indicate 8 were killed, condolences for them!
* Oil : Still too expensive! ... ~$20 over my target price :(
* Florida / Disney World : Boy dies on ride ... "Mission : Space" ... only 2g!
* Asafa Powell, World's Fastest Man ... 100m in 9.77s

Interesting
* Excellent thoughts on "Winning the War", both historically and in the present day ... and some questions that must be answered / addressed if we are to win ... wraps up with:

Individual citizens and groups should be demanding that state and congressional representatives uphold their oath of office by placing the safety and security of the Nation on a higher level than their own popularity among constituents. We have already seen that some politicians, such as Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), pander to Muslims for votes. Our most senior officials must hear from us when it becomes apparent that they are aligning themselves, for whatever reason, with known terrorist front organizations,(9) including the President, his staff, and other high ranking bureaucrats. Unlike President Truman, Americans can no longer afford to blink; too much of that has already been done.

... well said (and well sourced)!!
* Carnival of the Clueless #1 ... SuperHawk Rick brings us the most important Carnival ever! (with the possible exception of the KoK, 'cuz Riley is there :P )
* 'Good news from Iraq, part 29 ' ... amongst many other items (it is a LONG READ!),

You can't fix in six months what it took 35 years to destroy." These words, spoken by Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq's first democratically elected Prime Minister in half a century, should be inscribed in three-foot tall characters as a preface to all the reporting from Iraq. Sadly, the underlying reality all too often seems to escape many reporters caught in the excitement of "now"

... found via BlackFive (have you bought your BlackFive T shirt yet??)
* The Complete Freeware Collection ... pick any OS, everything else is free! ... I'm gonna hafta spend some time here :)
* U_selessN_ations : "Bolton believes American interests are best defended when American power is afforded the greatest freedom of action" ... Amen to that!
* Moral Equivalence - still alive, still wrong ... excellent article by Brandon Crocker, a must read! ...

Senator Ted Kennedy showed himself in the forefront of this revival with his venomous spewing on Abu Ghraib. On the floor of the Senate Mr. Kennedy proclaimed: "Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management." Saddam filled mass graves with hundreds of thousands of people, and tortured (by which I mean raped, cut off hands and tongues, electrocuted, conducted beatings with steel rods) hundreds of thousands more. Obviously this is the moral equivalent of a handful of degenerate guards making naked Iraqi prisoners form human pyramids or wear underwear on their heads.

... and much more!
* 'Grover Norquist: Terrorist Sympathizer' ... that needs to get more press!
* Calcium fights PMS ... then I am in the clear! Oh, wait ...
* Newt Interview (partial repost, plus updates) (Videos + Transcripts) :

Part 1 - A Day in Newt's Life ... and
Part 2 - McCain ... and
Part 3 - Border Patrol ... and now, the new stuff:
Part 4 Foley ... and
Part 5 Dean ... and
Part 6 - Courts ... and
Part 7 - Hillary

... excellent running series, thanks Trey & RSR!
* Submission ... Van Gogh's expose, that resulted in his being brutally murdered ... found via ... found via TWA-blog-mistress Cao
* Congressional testimony, delivered from Space
* Wolverine a go!
* Massachusetts : Shrewsbury school district polled 6^th graders on Oral Sex?? ... more than just a little upsetting
* PSP cracked, again?
* 'Jihad Comes to Small town USA, Part 4' ... compare and contrast : "Vacation Bible School" vs "Islamic Summer Study Week" ... wow
* HowTo : Build your own mini-air-conditioner for $24?
* More on Hacking GMaps
* Get a real PC for $300? ... welcome to the era of truly disposable computers (just keep your apps & data on a USB drive :P )
* U_selessN_ations : Why should we not link our dues to reform?
* Lots of ROMs!
* US joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) = Bad

The ICC possesses characteristics that would not be deemed “fair” by most Americans, including the possibility of double jeopardy, absentee trials, inability to confront witnesses testifying against the defendant, permissibility of hearsay evidence, and other usages not permitted in American courts.

*Ambulance chasers in the Senate? ... Grassley, Lott & Scruggs in bed together? (and targeting that (cough) well known, (cough) root of all evil - nonprofit Hospitals!)
* US : Gindy reminds us that the Tax Code is 11x longer than the Bible ... roughly. And now would be a good time to (re)mention the Fair Tax! :)
* U_selessN_ations / CotecnaGate : Puppy Blender questions Volcker's ability to get to the bottom of this ... and how about some contradictory emails?
* Africa : "The relief that is sent seldom trickles down to the people and is instead used to prop up corrupt governments" ... that is precisely my concern / issue! (and the article poses a few ideas!)
* HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS) ... bypassing filters for phun and profit?
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : Fighting for porn
* "With a PC running Linux and a recent VGA card, you can emit a real digital TV signal in the VHF band to your DVB-T set-top box"
* Large, Earth'ish extra-solar planet discovered ... bigger, hotter, faster - but still the closest match yet
* We can make brain cells now! ... my question - Will they work?
* Support CAFTA ... don't buy the sweet rhetoric ...

Passage of CAFTA matters for reasons that have less to do with the price of beets in Montana and more with international terrorism, the projection of soft power, and the ominous trajectory of South American politics. CAFTA is the only way the United States can synthesize or orchestrate its non-economic policy objectives south of Mexico ...

* Cali : Adding water to wine? ... and why it is OK
* Obesity makes you age faster ... even moreso than smoking!
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : They are Pavlov's Dog, the PATRIOT Act is a bell, and someone is drooling (i.e. - suing)
* An Army of None?

The current crisis in manpower did not begin with the occupation of Iraq, but it was made worse by it. The handover of security responsibilities to the Iraqi government should continue, and the Bush administration needs to make firm its pledge to reduce and eliminate the military deployment in that country.

... more focus on national security, less so on police actions - which I agree with in principle
* Shift in Time displays

shows distinct and separate moving images to more than one user at the same time. A second goal is to demonstrate the creative power of this display by making a responsive digital painting based on the flow of time. Research of past and current attempts to create a multi-view display reveals that merging a standard LCD with lenticular technology is the best method

... neat! ( SIT got some press here too)
* Some thoughts on Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
* Play cards with CSS?
* Yemen : Riding the short bus? ... "Sheik Special Ed"
* SuitSat - turn old spacesuit into a satellite? ... deadline for art submissions (from schools only) is tomorrow
* Indians going wild, trying to takem white mans lands
* TIME hops on the GITMO=Gulag bandwagon ... and Heidi tears them apart for doing so
* 'Why George W is the Greatest American President' ... or maybe not, you won't know until you read the article ... (no permalinks, dammit)
* 'Grandpa Abuses rapes Granddaughter - Grandma says "You Got What You Deserve!"' ... thoughts ... and I agree with Merri; "Grandma" is just as guilty as "Grandpa"
* China : Censorship, and Microsoft gets an assist?
* Islam, the cliff notes version ... found via HiH ... who also found this shining example of Islamofascism
* 'No Terrorists Here, Move Along' ...

Yet, the authors of this editorial would have us believe that we need only worry about the Hitlers and Himmlers, and that it is the height of folly to worry about the Hitler Youth

* 'Senate confirms Judge Thomas Griffith', 73-24 ... "Twenty-one percent of the opposition came from five lonely States ... Pennsylvania Republicans, as noted, did not vote"
* You have rights, don't get abused ... but also make sure you aren't doing anything illegal (which, making a 3 point turn on a open road might be - ?)
* Friendship unhampered by politics? ... found via Jody
* Insurrection : 'The 1^st Amendment. It was nice while it lasted.' ... found via TAotB
* How To : Improve your handwriting
* MIT Entrance Exam, 1876
* Cali : Waldo the Robot runs amok in hospital? ... rise of the machines?
* Clintons : The Truth About The Truth About Hillary ... questions the veracity of the "Bill raped Hillary?" line (from Drudge, yesterday (and linked to here, naturally)) and, mostly unrelated : "selling out for mad blog dollars" ... sign me up for that! :P

Funny
* Katie Holmes is secure< in her relationship with Tom ... found via Bah-Zil (who has other good stuff too! like this : 'Earth-Like Planet Found Near Our Sun' )
* True / North Carolina : Hospital washes instruments in hydraulic fluid ... free kidney rotation every 10000 miles? :P
* Jacko / Ew : From now on, we sleep together on the sofa
* True / Russia : Putin, to be G8 President next year, says something about Africa and Cannibalism
* True / Irony : Steve Jobs praises dropping out, to graduates!
* Futurama taglines! ... "Presented in Brain Control, where available" or "presented in Double Vision (where drunk)" ... very cool, but someone has WAY TOO MUCH FREE TIME (WTMFT) ... found via BoingBoing
* True / Russia (again!): Added Democracy yields the glory of ... lawsuits!
* True / UK : 'Paul William Does Some Liberal Self-Loathing' ... helps the BBC in their downward spiral :)
* True / US : Whitey pulls ahead ... in incarcerations ... quotes a Democrat - "The surest way to get sentencing reform is to over-incarcerate white people" .... yeah, that's the (cough) right approach ...
* True : 50 Worst Hairstyles ... I feel a little gay (not that there is anything wrong with that) just mentioning hair styles, but it is funny ... found via NY Girl
* OOTS#193 finally came out, and now we have flying zombies!
* What, you're not allowed to interview potential employees naked??

Ain't she beautiful? :

... swiped pic from Ogre, click on pic to go there!

Caesar of Beef Jerky Caesar of Beef Jerky

Quick Thoughts
* Comcast is teh sux0r; they apparently decided I didn't need Internet access from home during the weekend. Pfft. (Let's see how/if it works tonight ... UPDATE : seems to be working!)
* 16:30-16:45 17:00 : Jacko verdict expected (assuming he shows up on time) ... developing ...
17:05 : Everyone is in the court room, judge is reviewing the written verdict ...
17:15 : counts 1:not guilty of conspiracy 2,3,4,5,6:not guilty of lewd act ... so he is "not a child molester" ... WOW, "not guilty" on all counts! ... So, did his money save him from a deserved jail term or has justice prevailed? (IMHO - I suspect he is guilty, but was found not guilty for the wrong reasons; the questionable / negative history of the family/victim ... again just IMHO)

News
* Pennsylvania : 5 children die in fire; "security bars" blocked escape / rescue ... parent escaped ... condolences
* Iraq : 4 GIs die in roadside blasts ... condolences for them, and for the 28 bodies found around Baghdad ...
* India : '12 killed in bomb explosion in southern Kashmir'
* Iran : Bombs kill 8 ... trying to disrupt the elections?
* Earthquake / Cali : 5.5 (yesterday) ... aftershocks ongoing and whatnot
* CDC : 1M+ Americans w/ AIDS
* US : +1 mad cow? ... "There is no risk to human health"
* Morgan Stanley -1 CEO
* SCOTUS / Texas : Death Sentence overturned ... Thomas Miller-El to be retried

Interesting
* 51,000-pounds of fertilizer (and the driver) missing? ... same type used in the Feb 26^th, 1993 WTC bombing ... (NEIN doesn't use permalinks, scroll down to (or search for) "The Mysterious Fertilizer Truck BOLO")

The blast created a crater six stories high, tearing through steel and reinforced concrete nearly a foot thick on two levels above the bomb, leaving a gaping 18’ by 22’ hole in the lobby of the Vista Hotel. The downward blast pulverized 15,000 square feet of concrete and obliterated the steel reinforcements three stories downward. The blast also cracked a cast-iron pipe that brought water from the Hudson into the air conditioning system, flooding the lower areas. It also ripped a 7 ton steel support brace and tossed it 40 feet. The main explosive component of the bomb was 1,200 pounds of urea nitrate fertilizer.

... remember, the current missing load is 51000 pounds (over 40x the amount used in 93), and oh yeah - the FBI has decided this isn't worth their time.
* Filibuster'ish :

Ed talks about the delayed obstructionism, but upsets Beth with some of his rhetoric ... prompting SuperHawk Rick to step in and makes some excellent comments ... meanwhile, Preston comments and points us to Cao who says Men should be allowed to be Men, live with it! ... and now they kiss and make up agree to disagree, for now (cue dramatic musical interlude) (sidenote - they all make some excellent points, you should go read them all. Now. Go on, I'll wait here ...)

* Karnival of Kidz #8 ... Riley's there :) ...

The Candyman makes everything he bakes
Satisfying and delicious.
Talk about your childhood wishes.
And don't you just want to give Riley kisses?

... and they plug NIF, so that is a bonus!
* Newt Interview (Videos + Transcripts) :

Part 1 - A Day in Newt's Life ... and
Part 2 - McCain ... and
Part 3 - Border Patrol ... and check back (later today?) for part 4, on Linda Foley!

* Go ahead, try and arrest W ... tell _Shamnesty International a few things about international law ...
* Cali : +Hillary-Care? ...

if it becomes law, it will be enough to devastate medical care in California, put thousands of people out of work, create a huge new bureaucracy, subordinate medical professionals to that bureaucracy, and vest dictatorial power in a Health Insurance Commissioner

... this is so not funny!
* Iraq : Hostages ...

Why is it that the terrorists continually target left-wing journalists? Is it a) because the vast majority of journalists are leftists and therefore chances are if you take a journalist hostage he'll more than likely be a left-winger? Or is it b) because left-wing journalists are stupid enough to believe their own propaganda about the so-called 'insurgency', thinking that the 'freedom fighters' are really no threat until one day they find themselves hostage?...I can understand how a hostage might develop Stockholm syndrome, but not the employer of a hostage

* 'Antor Media sues everybody' ... if you have ever copied data from a "server" to a "client" you are a target ... stupid patents
* Africa : Mak brings us some counter-thoughts on aid / debt-relief
* Wachovia - reparations?

apology was for something Wachovia didn't do, in an era when it didn't exist, under laws it didn't break. And as an act of contrition for this wrong it never committed, it can now expect to pay millions of dollars to activists for a wrong they never suffered

* China : "A cunning simulation of external wealth and power that is, in fact, a forbidding false front for a state that remains a squalid hovel"?

... and "Who can stop the rise and rise of China? The Communists" ... and a reminder - "Mao, though he gets a better press than Hitler and Stalin, was the biggest mass murderer of all time, with a body count ten times' higher than the Nazi" ... found via Puppy Blender ... sure, he's got his Instalanche - but you just wait until the much feared NIFalanche takes effect! (or something)

* Social _inSecurity : A more modest proposal ... I dunno, still sounds too much like admitting defeat - but it would be step or two in the right direction atleast ... ?
* Google, what bias? ... Huffington's Toast just not getting the love ...
* UK : Another failed socialized medicine 'experiment'
* Howard _Yeeaargh Dean : The Dean Virus, pandemic?
* Global Warming : Why Bush must not follow the Govenator ... and, just for the sake of completeness :

the signatories to the Kyoto Protocol are already blowing past their commitments with wild abandon. The EU, under its current policies, is on track for a 7-percent shortfall in its emission targets by 2010; France is set to have a 9-percent shortfall; in Belgium the shortfall will be 14 percent; and in Denmark it will pass 36 percent

... so, are they still slamming us for not signing?
* Some thoughts on the Soros-Dean wing of the Democratic party ... "the volume of hate mail the organized hyperlibs generate is directly proportional to the importance they assign to an issue and the weakness of their position"
* KoranGate'ish / GITMO : REAL TORTURE ... Aguilera?? Oh, the humanity!? ... "musical gulag"! HA!
* Iraq : CNN uses the term Fragging ... not in the cool way, and Blogotional (rightly) tears them a new one for doing so
* Home Theater Projectors ... too sweet ...
* Sean Penn's "Journalism" trumps the rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe? ... welcome to the mainstream media!
* Best Buy lies? ... TV not HD-ready, as advertised ... just FYI
* Tyson - 'A Sad End to a Sad Career'
* U_selessN_ations'ish : Bolton, and more reasons why he should be approved!
* Blogging : Trackback etiquette ... I prefer reciprocal, and always do that myself - but I don't care if someone one-way links to me (greedy sonsa' ___ :P)
* Illegal Immigration'ish : Grading companies? ... an excellent idea!
* "Jesus hates beaners"? ... you lost me at Jesus hates ... found via Bastizlle
* Iraq'ish : Trying to defeat America - Terrorists, Media, Liberals ... and now a few on the right? (Losers on the right - Martinez, Hagel and Kristol)

I cannot imagine how much better things would be going if the terrorists were not fueled by our media and liberals. I cannot imagine how hopeless things would look to the enemy if they saw a WWII-style united front in this country. The behavior we're seeing in the mainstream media, Amnesty International, and among some Democrats is traitorous. No longer able beat Bush in the election, the new goal is to humiliate him by losing the war and increase their own fortunes.

* Crystal escapes Mexifornia! ... and I am jealous (she moved to Hawaii man!)
* Bloggers : Who needs to be most targeted by blogs?
* Some thoughts on Pop Culture, and the dangers our kids are facing
* Clintons : Bill raped Hillary?

... wow; I would wait for the jury before representing that as fact ... Ed Klein's upcoming "The truth about Hillary: what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become President" might be a very interesting read!

* Germany : Is where terrorists should live ... or atleast where they should get caught, found via Hans
* Iraq'ish : "Reinstating a draft is, in short, a Democratic tactic to undermine the war in the long term"
* You can only scold 100%-pure Caucasian children? ... this pisses me off ...

Funny
* Waiting on a new OOTS (#193) ... still waiting ...
* Poetry : Evil Glenn, Quran Desecration ... "Thick Puppy Smoothies"
* Human Tetris
* "Free paper toys" ... mechanical bat, RPG, Chess, etc. ... nice! Also, remember this; paper dragon's eyes follow you ... spooky, and cool
* True / Sad : Remains replaced with Pringles?
* Scream! ... found via Beth
* Bloggers : Carnival of Intoxification
* UF : Restrictions on in-flight+WiFi Games ... Yes, Counter Strike might be a poor choice (Terrorists win?)
* A letter home, from a new Marine ... the last line alone makes it worth a read!
* New ALP (#122) ... ahem, the condom broke

Quote of the Day

On some level, there are a lot of Democrats who think that Howard Dean is helping us, if only because it disguises the fact that our House and Senate guys have nothing to say and no ideas

--thanks "Democratic political strategist", viaThe American Spectator!

Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

--thanks to some guy named Ben Franklin, brought to us today byFlight Pundit

El Jefe of The Association for the Promotion of The Beer-Funnel Team El Jefe of The Association for the Promotion of The Beer-Funnel Team

Quick Thoughts
* SuperHawk Rick brings us the Carnival of the Clueless!
* I am now a paying member / user of HaloScan ... highly recommended trackback / comments! (If only I could modify the trackback page the way I have the comments page ... ?)
* Return of "Friday's Gratuitous, Selfish-but-free-and-easy Blegging" : Sign up for clickies (seriously - you can see lots of new/interesting sites and get more traffic for yours) ... and you can get me some new visitors by using me as your referrer by using the following links! (in approximate order of preference):
***** ***** News
* Bolivia : New President, (now ex-)Supreme Court President Eduardo Rodriguez ... to replace Carlos Mesa
* Japan : Student throws explosive into school
* Cuba : 4 of the Taxi boat people get to stay in the US, 10 don't ... here is my problem - they attempted to help 10 people illegally enter the US, IMHO that should invalidate their 'valid documentation'!
* Syria : US fires the proverbial shot across their bow ... think assassinations ...
* U_selessN_ations : More on the loss of the Nuclear specs

Interesting
* Liberals : Next stop, Apocalypse ...

"The answer is yes, they really do believe that George Bush can be compared to Hitler. A large segment of them also believe, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, that the 2004 election was stolen by the President and the Republican party. Many of them are convinced that the electronic voting machines – the very same machines they lobbied for following the 2000 election debacle – were hacked by the President’s corporate allies and vote totals showing a Kerry victory were altered to give the President the election ... But when the left applauded Michael Moore’s portrayal of the terrorist beheaders in Iraq as the moral and actual equivalent of the American revolutionary minutemen, the American people stopped listening and began to laugh"

... more words of wisdom from SuperHawk Rick ...
* US vulnerable to the enemy within; or own gullibility
* "First the Saturday people - then the Sunday people" ... the time to fight Islamofascism is NOW
* FBI missed 5 chances to stop 9/11?
* HWL2 - combination 802.11b/g adapter + WiFi locater
* Cali : San Diego pension fiasco ... an endemic problem that is going to hit ALL OF US really hard, really soon ... the airlines were just the (huge) tip of the (gigantic) iceberg
* Housing - sex offenders need not apply! ... excellent; atleast until the A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion starts their damned lawsuits
* HowTo : Remove IE during install ... "Some see the vessel as half full; others see it as half empty. We pour it out on the floor and laugh"
* N_uclear Korea : "It's one thing to play one trick, if you're a one-trick fan dancer. Falling for the same extortionate trick is something else entirely. Yet the U.S. appears headed in just such a direction. The trouble is, it has few alternatives" ... for the list of those alternatives, click on the link
* Clintons : Hillary is a "lamp throwing harridan" says SuperHawk Rick while directing us to read this post, 'In a Perfect World, We’d Never Let Her Run'
* 'Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill: Freedom Falters, Islamonazis Rejoice'
* Israel / ENGAGE : The Scream - sonic weapon ... and, as always, go here for more on the disengagement : EFSI ... and Military willfully letting Palestinians mortar'ize Israeli citizens?
* Cel phones on planes to break SETI, etc.?
* Germany : "promote strange theories and to make the US out to be this evil empire"
* Comcast to customers - you WILL go digital
* HIV + Ebola to fight Cystic Fibrosis?
* Social _inSecurity : Raising the Social _inSecurity age ... I am all for that! And for Private Accounts!
* UK : Nuclear Waste disposal sites list revealed
* Cel Phone for kids
* Linux on PS3
* Some more Animal Rights Activists Terrorists
* Mars : Aurora
* Bloggers : Your blog is being data-mined, and tells a lot about you?
* 30GB Holo-Card coming, EOY 06 ... for $1?? ... Reader / Reader+Writer to cost a bit more ...
* Deep Impact's 'vision problem' getting some math ... didn't Hubble have some vision problems as well, until they re-aligned mirrors or something?
* MS : Here's how we make patches
* Competence trumps Looks, in the voting booth?
* Build the best PC for your $
* MS / India : Pirated Windows worth $1
* The Vulnerability Assessment Virus?
* HowTo : Build a digital Etcha-Sketch
* Global Warming : Academics morphing into Advocates ... "The scientists also point out that delayed action may incur a greater cost. The reverse is, of course, also true. Expenditure now for benefits in the future means foregoing potentially long-lasting benefits that can be bought now. Eradicating malaria now, for instance, would be a much better use of the world's money than spending large amounts to slightly reduce its incidence in the future by indirect means."
* Quark (suddenly) -CEO ... Kamar Aulakh, out
* Gartner fights IT FUD
* Apple joined with Intel to try to beat MS (duh) ... but are they also going to merge? ... doubtful ...
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion / Cali : Loses a fight in San Diego
* Currie for Congress! ... found via Beth
* UK : Hospital decides it is OK to keep Bibles in the rooms ... it is sad that the issue even came up ... !
* New Hampshire : 'A bad day for scumbags' ... a good day for humanity :); about the arrest of a pair of pedophiles
* Happy Half-Blogiversary to Firewolf!
* OTB says blogs are losing their blogginess ... so James probably doesn't approve of me either :(
* EU : Chirac, Schroeder - not knowing the meaning of "NO", still pushing EU Constitution ... and trying to get %7B back from UK (yeah, Blair should (cough) get right on that!)
* Sean Penn, member of F.A.G. IIRC, stumping for Iran? ... F.A.G = Film Actors' Guild, go watch Team America dammit! (it rocks!)
* HowTo : Podcasting!
* Speculation : Intel to buy Apple, "dethrone MS"?
* Blogs as "reputation hacking tools" ... just call me Prince Charming ...

Funny
* True'ish : Drunk Blogging! ... hey that's me, right now! ... found via Beth!
* 'And So the Kinder, Gentler War on Terror Began' ... "I intend to conduct every phase of Operation Sitting Ducks with scrupulous adherence to the letter of the law. And as you know, gentlemen, we are pledged never to bring any harm whatsoever to even a single page of the Holy Koran" ... "MOSQUE YOU NO SHOOT HERE FILTHY AMERICANS WHO ARE PROBABLY JEWS HA HA NEENER NEENER" ... "No. That would deprive the protesters of their inalienable human right to high-speed Internet access. Besides, we didn't spend two weeks hooking them up to digital cable just to turn around and disconnect them" ... hilarious! ... AAAAAHHHH - "President Dean" - *thud* (TJ passes out ... OK, I'm back) ... "All Foreign Soldiers Must Wear Groucho Glasses riots of last year? Some cynics are saying that these cultural beliefs are less than authentic" ... "the scandal at Guantanamo Bay wasn't that we abused the Koran. It's that we didn't abuse it enough"
* Computer Case made entirely out of fans!
* New CD : The Very Best of Howard Dean ... it's a 2 disc set!
* New OOTS (#192) ... sacrificing minions can solve any problem!
* Rangel - "little more than your typical, run-of-the-mill race-baiting socialist - and an unintelligent one at that - but now he seems to have stepped over the random bedwetting leftist precipice and into raging full-on drooling idiocy"
* PATRIOT Act needed, to reign in Crowe
* ' Dean mocks NRA membership with Alzheimer's puppet'
* Mexico : Lawsuit; 'Volcano of Fire' only produced lava and ash
* MS : Longhorn 'Advanced Licensing'
* True'ish : 'Men wish to annihilate wildlife with their cars, women are cheap.' ... "Mazda: the ultimate bisexual car."
* Illegal Immigration / Canada : The lineage of Gregory Despres ... found via MoonBattery
* American Medical Journal - 'Drinking Hydrochloric Acid Good For You'
* Flash : Star Wares Lines (losers)
* 'Dean calls Republicans fat, ugly' ... "apologizes for omitting insults from recent tirade"
* ALP#121! ... chicks love flyswatters!
* Flash : _GroceryStore Wars ... "Cuke Skywalker, You must learn the ways of the farm, Thai fighters, the Death Melon, Darth Tater, etc." ... thanks Shelly! (just ignore the eco-weenie parts :) )
* Kerry was "Jaws" in Moonraker! ... must read, and check the pics!!
* 'Bush lifts ban on vigilantism'
* SteroidGate : Special Olympics next?
* GITMO : To be closed on Wednesdays
* Flash : The Creep
* Was your dad a geek too?
* Bill designed by psychopath
* KoranGate'ish : 'Allied Soldiers Punched, Spit On And Verbally Abused Mein Kampf'
* "PATRIOT Act Renewal Bingo"
* Caption : Age > IQ
* 'FBI missed it's chance'! ... "to capture Clinton-era Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick" ... found via Bsizzle
* Mary's books are procreating?
* Rusty still in search of a Fatwa ... he's all selfish and stuff, I mean - he already got an Instalanche ... and some MSM-respect ... I think he is trying to hog all of the bloggerisms to himself!

Quotes of the Day

Oderint dum metuant
... "Let them hate, as long as they fear."

--thanks Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler! (new blogroll member :P)

Insomniak : Stupid Google
Insomniak : "The" is a common word, and was not included in your search
Insomniak : "Who" is a common word, and was not included in your search

--thanks BASH! (edited for language)


Click pic for source, and more here, from Take back the Memorial!

Filibuster'ish : 3 Judges confirmed! :

... more to go! (click for source)
(actually, image copied from UPorDOWNvote)

Do what I just did - buy a Black5 T shirt (proceeds support Soldiers' Angels) :

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I haven't put up a Riley pic in awhile :

Representative of Elvis Impersonators Representative of Elvis Impersonators

Quick Thoughts
* Since it is Thursday you should take a moment to think "What have you done recently to help Stop the ACLU?" Something to chew on :

what they have done in the past is completely eviscerated by what they do in the present. The ACLU has become a fanatical anti-faith Taliban of American religious secularism

... click the link for more!
* Oh, and hey - I have now cleared 30000 hits (this year) ... w00t! You guys (and gals), all 1-5 of you, rock!

News
* Mexico : Federal Agent Victor Estrada, already wounded and in a hospital, killed ... along with two others ... and 'Border City Police Chief Killed on First Day' ... condolences!
* Russia : 4 dead found in flat ... they died, separately, over the course of 5 years ... WTF??
* Iraq : US Security Guards go on shooting rampage ... "16 Americans and three Iraqi contractors were arrested and held in a military jail for three days after spraying small arms fire at Iraqi civilians and U.S. forces from their cars in Fallujah late last month. There were no casualties."
* 'Nuclear plans go missing' ... and more here
* PATRIOT Act, expanding
* Virginia : Calculator recall ... two-key combination would perform the illegal function of decimal-fraction conversion ... kinda funny!
* Iran Our soccer team won, let's riot! ... atleast it doesn't just happen in the US!
* AIG -Greenberg
* Volcano / Mexico : "Volcano of Fire" rumbles to life ... "strongest eruptions in 20 years" ... and couldn't they have come up with a better name??
* Florida : Meet Tropical Storm Arlene
* Sudan : NATO to (finally) do something about Darfur?

Interesting
* 'Did Amnesty International call for kidnapping of American leaders?'
* Flag Desecration, the video ... and Cheer them on?
* The right to say "NO"? ... and apparently not in Illinois ... and "Even the supposedly freedom-loving American Civil Liberties Union tends to favor forcing people to set aside their moral sensitivities to provide politically correct 'reproductive' services. States the ACLU: 'religious objections should not be allowed to stand in the way" of care in many cases'"
* UK : Teen sex/pregnancy, absent fathers, illegitimate babies, welfare (i.e. - state sponsored poverty), tax inequity ... so damned sad ... but, atleast it doesn't just happen in the US! (Sorry)
* Scientific Method Cheating?
* Global Warming : "Clear and increasing threat"? ... I might not go quite that strong ... and Kyoto is still bad / worthless
* Janice Rogers Brown CONFIRMED!
* Insurrection : Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - John McCain, Russ Feingold, Chris Shays, Marty Meehan - not "out to get" Bloggers? ... well, until you read their whole statement ...
* Israel / Disengagement : Courts OKs the withdrawal ... sadly ...
* Mountaineers defeated by feces?
* Illegal Immigration : US experiencing a modern-day fall of Rome? ... again, a nation that cannot secure her borders is not secure!
* MS : Tabbed Browsing (finally) comes to IE ... via the MSN Toolbar, ugh ... to put it another way : 'IE Gets Tabbed Browsing, Maintains Suckitude'
* Self-forming clay robots? ... "Only you can prevent gray goo" :)
* More thoughts on the Personal Fabrication revolution
* Cancer caused by mis-regulation of micro RNAs?
* 'VEX Robotic Design System'
* Post-9/11 Intelligence gathering, reform
* Walmart, wage levels, unskilled workers ... and how we must fight the effort to "Frenchify retail America"
* Saturn : Titan has a "Hydrocarbon volcano"
* Rivals encourage better sperm?
* Entitlements to kill the US, economically, within a generation?
*Adscam'ish / Canada: Another publication ban? ... "The pre-trial hearings of accused serial murderer Robert Pickton have come under a broad publication ban. In fact, the defense sought an even broader publication ban on the entirety of the trial"
* More on the problems @ Airbus ... government subsidies and all ...
* Uzbekistan : Some thoughts on how we should respond to Dictator Islam Karimov ... like how he killed 500-1000 ...
* Australia : Dr Death, killed 87 over 2 years through incompetence ... a sad story of incompetence propagated through a PC-corrupted system - "fired him upwards"
* A-Evolution; an interesting watch!
* MS : Windows' CLI getting revamped?
* Vatican buy Sun ... Sun/Solaris/SPARC hardware, that is ...
* More on the Z Machine (Rail Guns!)
* Japan : HAL5 - "robotic suit"
* Octopus-like robots?
* Arianna going the way of the puppy-blender? ... oh, and "I still think she's a hateful, ignorant, shrill, Democratic Party tool" ... found via Bazzle ... who also led me to this : Woodward = Clarke ... I love Ann :)
* Charlie Rangel said (the Republican leadership) "don't worry about the Americans in Iraq because they're 'black and poor white soldiers' from 'the lower economic class'" ... trying to out-do Screamin' _{both feet are in my mouth} Dean?
* US Army - an Army of none? ... recruiting shortfall
* GTL questions the War on Drugs ... "If you 'witness' certain drug offenses taking place or 'learn' that they took place you would have to report the offense to law enforcement within 24 hours and provide 'full assistance' in the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of the people involved. Failure to do so would be a crime punishable by a mandatory two year prison sentence."
* The Left hates itself (and us) and believe "it’s all our fault"
* GOPBloggers' Blogroll, by state ... pretty cool, even if they have my name wrong :( (just requested a fix on that)
* Raven offers to show Dean what an honest day of work looks like
* Some object to pornographers being elbow-to-elbow with W ... I will stick with my money quote - "Pornographers support Bush" (from yesterday :) )
* A Long, but excellent, read WRT the problems facing our military
* GITMO : Fisking Lori Santos / _ShAmnesty International (round-up)
* Modern day Gulag = N_uclear Korea! ... found via Stefanie @ Free Thoughts ... who also wrote this : 'Iran so far away'
* Insurrection'ish : "Skeptic's Eye" - new resource! ... added to the old BlogRoll
* Another reason unions suck! ... and FWIW - pay should be based of skills / ability (i.e. - Merit), not tenure / seniority!
* "Idiot's Guide to SCA'
* 'Republican Love Is the Root of All Evil '
* Plastic surgery on the ole private parts ... "Stubbs. Long. Penis lengthening"
* Bill Nye, getting politics wrong ... found via Basil ... who always has good stuff, check the next-to-last item :P

Funny
* KoranGate'ish : Jihadis mad that Israelis have 'desecrated' the Koran ... um, HELLO?? You blow up their citizens! (Perhaps this isn't appropriately a "funny" entry, but I couldn't help it - the irony has overwhelmed me!
* Superhawk Rick SuperHawk surveys the battlefield of Blogdom
* "Why aren't we talking more about Wicca? Everyone loves Harry Potter, right? If the GOP wants to be the Christian party, we’ll be the party of worshiping trees and lesbian goddesses. Not that this would be a big move from where we are right now." ... and more!
* UF : Technologist needs shooting
* True : Dean will be here all week! ... more on his downward spiral ...
* Comment party @ IMAO, looking for those 'important issues' ... and remember, Everyday is a comment + trackback party @ NIF! ... so plug yourself, plug your friends, plug anyone (just don't use too much profanity! Oh, and come back often!)

Quotes of the Day

Remember "The Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998" signed by Bill Clinton? H.R. 4655 law that was signed into effect October 31,1998 and Declares that it should be the policy of the United States to seek to remove the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Iraq and to replace it with a democratic government.

--thanks Squamata Report

GITMO Cove, a new resort paradise! :

Instead of torture, we could be having the detainees given full body massages by a bevy of gorgeous masseuses. Instead of “waterboarding” we could offer the terrorists surfboard lessons. And instead of defiling the Koran, we could offer a full service Islamic library with WiFi access to all those terrorist websites. Maybe we could even have a web designer on staff to spice up those sites and give ‘em a little pizazz

--thanks SuperHawk Rick!



... that would help explain it!



Take Back the Memorial :

... found via Malkin
... and SuperHawk Rick has more!

Kerry is S-M-R-T smart :) :

Superintendent of Drunk Driving Superintendent of Drunk Driving

News
* Cali : Father, Son terror team nabbed ... "how to kill Americans" ... more here (total of 4 arrests made) ... and Rusty is ALL OVER this
* Africa : US sending another $600M+ in aid
* US strengthening military ties with Vietnam ... one would question the wisdom of doing so with those who "maimed and tortured our guys--and took particular pleasure in doing so to unarmed Christian chaplains" (thanks for the quote, Cao!) ... Or, perhaps it could be a good thing? ... help reign in China?

Interesting
* Kerry : The 180 mission ... "If it was to perhaps further obscure the truth about his service and post-Vietnam activities, mission accomplished" ... "By going through the Navy Kerry makes it appear that he is using the Navy to screen his file; he added a layer of bureaucracy when all he needed to do was sign an authorization allowing a third party to look at his record at the NPRC" ... and the FULL truth will eventually come out - "The NPRC can open the file to the public ten years after a famous individual dies"
* 'Crosses across America' ... found via Stop the ACLU!
* Canada : What border security? ... just take the weapons and let the murderer in ...
* Poor prenatal nutrition leads to obesity? ... and more here ... all leptin's fault?
* IBM Lenovo debuts new X41 tablet
* Your MP3 player wants WiFi, like this one
* Quantum Crypto goes wireless
* Cold Fusion, real? ... again? ... still? ... yet?
* Bolivia : "Evo (Morales) is the new darling of the American left, however, since he's an America-hating socialist who came to power without being elected" ... Marxism on the march ...
* Women : Having O problems? Its not us guys' fault, it's your genes!
* MS : Win2k, the successful failure?
* Disposable Camcorders?! ... and hacking it
* Japan : 'Ghetto of Geeks'?
* "Fake AP Generator"
* MS : Longhorn's "Hypervisor" ... built in virtualization
* More questions on SCOTUS' "No Medical Marijuana" ruling ... and how wrong they were!
* DeLay'ish : "The left-wing, anti-Bush group (MoveOn) has managed to come up with 700 signatures in a district with a population of about 800,000; not exactly a mandate. Yet, it is consistent with the liberal tactic of using small numbers to make noise and get some headlines from media friends" ... and remember - MoveOn, just like the Democrat party in general, has a "Paid in Full" stamp on it, with the receipt bearing the name of George Soros ...
* Fighting terrorism, the Reagan way
* Global Warming : Govenator getting it all wrong ... and sacking his constituents with the bill, naturally
* Gitmo : More on Carter here
* Declare Jihad, on the Jihadis! ... found via Beth!
* Is the MSM "Punching a hole in the boat"? ... Yes, or atleast they are trying to ...
* The Nature Conservancy under 'review'
* FoleyGate : Not over yet ... keep the pressure on!
* 'San Franeurope'
* "Only Africa Can Help Africa"
* 'The Left Is Scrambling to Preserve Tax Complexity and Confusion' ... (cough) Check out the Fair Tax (cough)
* UK : Bribe-A-Teen?

Funny
* OOTS # 191! ... Lord Xykon gets, and gives, a finger ...
* True : Pornographers support Bush ... naturally! (I know - kind of obvious, but I hadn't seen it anywhere else yet!)
* Self-desecrating Koran!
* "US Redneck Special Forces" ... and some other jokes
* 'Kerry Blames Altruism for Bush-Like Yale Grades' ... found via Basil!
* True'ish : 'Blogs for McCain's Opponent' press conference ... found via FlightPundit
* How to get the Norks back to the Nuclear Table ... found via RightWingNews
* Gitmo'ish : "I can't Gitmo satisfaction" ... found via NOfP
* Nepal : Naked rain dance? ... also found via Basizzle
* KoranGate'ish : Now THESE and THESE are desecration!

Quotes of the Day

It's very hard to stop people who have no shame about what they're doing.... It is very hard to stop people who have never been acquainted with the truth

--thanks, Hillary Clinton ... who probably thought she was talking about Bush when in reality (perhaps subconsciously) she was talking about a certain former President, who shares her last name ... :P

Definition - Anonymous:

noun; 1.pitiful excuse for a Frenchman; 2.coward that's afraid of his own name; 3.a simple minded troll who has nothing to say of substance, but would rather spend his/her time playing juvenile games; 4.Spineless moonbat (see also Dumocrat) 5.Proud defender of that which has no logical defense
adjective;1.spineless; 2.cowardly; 3.yellow (not to be confused with the color); 4.weak; 5.without cooth; 6. of French origin; 7. disguised as French but actually German

--thanks Is It Just Me!, who copied it fromGribbit!



We know who you are :

Acting Pasha of Rickety Foot Bridges Acting Pasha of Rickety Foot Bridges

Quick Thoughts
* It is time, once again, to remind Senator _{Jean Francois} Kerry about his _{probably signed}180 ... and MUCH MORE : from Raven (who wants "details about all the little combat situations Kerry was involved in. I want to know if he really got shot by the enemy or whether he did it to himself in order to get the medals"), Cap'n Ed (who questions the scope of the Boston Globe's report), PoliPundit (who notes his average grades), Powerline (who also notes his average grades), Decision08 (who says Kerry may be the stupidest politician alive), Malkin (excellent, as always), NeoLib (check the pic below (He also slams Hillary's hypocrisy)), Makrothumeo ("Anticlimax", and smacks Kerry for being _{his usual} Wishy-Washy self (My words)) ... (to be continued?) ... and how about some speculation : Did Yale reject Kerry due to a 'less than honorable' discharge?
* Canada / Arkansas / AIDS : Red Cross sent AIDS (and Hep-C) infected blood to Canada, kills 4000!? ... Clinton gets an assist; "Galster says Clinton organized a payoff plan to various officials, including a judge, to make sure the blood sales continued. He claims millions were made from the conspiracy because between 5,000 and 8,000 units of blood were shipped every week from one prison alone. He even witnessed inmates drawing blood from each other with dirty needles."

News
* Iraq : 18 killed .. and 900 terrorists have been arrested in the last two-week sweep of Baghdad ... and We have launched another offensive in Tal Afar
* Texas : Teen (Gerardo Flores, 19) gets life for 'abortion' ... and may he rot in jail for the two babies he murdered ... sidenote, SHE (Erica Basoria, 17) GETS NO PUNISHMENT AT ALL ... Wanna guess why? I'll tell you - because "she has the right to an abortion" ... this is a great terrible example of the slippery slope the 'abortion rights' groups (and SCOTUS, for that matter) have put us on ...
* N_uclear Korea : We will return to the table ... seriously, trust us - we mean it this time ...
* Bolivia : President offers to resign, again!
* More on Citi's loss of 4M clients' info ... the word for today is encryption. And safer shipping. And faster notification. And 'all your info are belong to __(someone)__.'
* GM to axe 25k!
* 'Anne Bancroft Dies at 73'
* 'BearingPoint Named 'Worldwide Systems Integrator of the Year' by FileNet'

Interesting
* Malware : Glieder + Fantibag + Mitglieder = Triple threat?
* EU : Paradise Lost?
* Betty Ford to get the, um, Ford Award ... and in related news : I am giving myself the (cough) prestigious "NIF First Semi-Annual Blog of the Year award" ^TM
* Breathe underwater, sans SCUBA gear!
* Greenspan : Localized housing bubbles are forming
* Common Sense coming to Sarbanes-Oxley/PCAOB? ... and $1.4T mistake? ... yes, that is a T ...
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion'ish : Indiana's _{so called} Civil Liberties Union says, in effect, "Say no to prayer" ... "The House invites clergy from around the state to open sessions in prayer. Those offering prayers have included a Muslim imam and Jewish rabbi. When a member of the clergy is not available, a House member will pray instead" ... and ICLU is upset because House Speaker Brian Bosma's prayer included the words Lord, Jesus, Christ, Savior. Quotes Bosma - "The day the Indiana Civil Liberties Union dictates free speech on the floor of the Indiana House is the day that democracy begins to decline"
* Gitmo : Carter calls for shutdown ... which, among other things, justifies keeping it open. In fact, it may need some renovations / expansion ... and 'The GITMO Canard'
* "Z Machine" projectile to 76000mph in < 1 second!
* Can't wait for WiMax? How about WiFi at 10 miles!?
* Mexico : Islam on the rise?
* Dolphins use tools!? ... they make a nose-glove :) ... and pass on this knowledge to their kids!
* Another vector found for West Nile to spread by ... well, that is not so good
* Israel : Political takeover by Arabs in progress?
* Missing supernova core?
* Firefox : Vulnerable to 7yr old flaw?! ... whoops!
* Tornado : Video from the inside!
* Lots of free codecs!
* New York : 'Reclaim the September 11 Memorial'! ... and more here, 'Soros-ization of Ground Zero' ... and Beth is a little more, um, straight-forward ... and SuperHawk Rick calls it sacrilege
* Eco-Thuggery ... $100M's in damages
* "Bible Code Bombshell" - intended skeptic ends up 'proving the Divinity of the Bible' ... similar to Lee Strobel, who started out (basically) trying to discredit his wife's then-newfound belief ... he ended up authoring several books (some of which are over on the right, under recommended reading :) )
* Mars : Rover escapes sand dune ... my Jeep wouldn't have got stuck :P
* Spain : Water rationing? ... what century is this?
* More on 'Time to remove Robert _KKK Byrd! ... you know, the "longest-serving Senator (having entered the Senate before Castro entered Havana)" (D-WV)
* Earthlink going VOIP?
* DVD Decrypter ordered offline
* "Liberalism is hypocrisy"
* MS : Fined ~$9M for violating patents w/ Excel ... which is a LOT of swag in Guatemala (Carlos Armando Amado was looking for $500M!) ... and Wanna access Outlook from your cel phone "Blackberry Killer" ... and Losing $75 per XBOX360! ... par for the course in the 'console wars' ... and XBOX360 vs PS3 vs Revolution
* Support HR 2679, the Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA) of 2005!
* Boeing 787 beating the Airbus A380, and without needing the (heavy) subsidies to keep it alive
* Dodging cel phone over-taxation?
* Terrorists winning the war due to our desire to 'return to normalcy' ... we must remain vigilant, and this is our new normal! ... and some related thoughts here!
* Size does matter ... in telecom, that is
* WHO, hurting babies? ... breast vs bottle ...
* SCOTUS : More thoughts on the Marijuana ruling
* Hobermann Sphere, in Lego!
* Utah : The best state to commit murder in?
* MSRA (the Super Bug) and FUD ... "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus" and "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt", respectively
* TiVo tricks & tweaks ... including an 'Easter Egg'!
* FOX NEWS (via Ceci Connolly) vs the Military ... we expect this tripe from Eason Jordan, Newsweek, Linda Foley and their ilk ...
* Howard _Yeeaargh! Dean Another Dem distancing self from Dean ... Doug Schoen distanced himself as well on Hannity & Colmes Skeletor ... and WRT the GOP, he says "It's pretty much a White, Christian party" ... truly - he is the gift that keeps on giving (to the other side)
* MS : Halo, the movie?
* Other uses for Altoids tins! ... reward / prize $$$
* China : Desperately trying to get taller?

Funny
* The Twilight McCain Zone! ... found via Basil!
* Bolton's anger tied to radiation ... "Don't make me angry"
* Caption This : "France is fighting with you" ... "the five most meaningless words in the English language"
* Video : Smoking chimp!
* 25 things you should also be glad that you don't need to do anymore
* UF : Beyond master, Doctorate!

Senator _{Jean Francois} Kerry? :

Tsar of Uncouth Youth Tsar of Uncouth Youth

News
* Iraq : Mortar kills 6 ... on the good side, "Iraqi and U.S. troops have destroyed a huge underground insurgent hideout"
(PS - when they say insurgent they mean terrorist)* Earthquake / Turkey : 5.7; kills (atleast) 37 ... condolences & prayers
* Nepal : Terrorist landmine kills 37 ... condolences & prayers
* Kuwait : +Woman's suffrage
* Washington State : Rossi loses (this round) ... Judge now gets an assist in Gregoire's theft ... or, to put it another way, 'It's Okay To Commit Voter Fraud'
* Citi's turn to lose customer info - for 3.9M customers! ... hmm, maybe they (banks (e.g. - BoA, Wachovia), etc. (e.g. - Lexis Nexis)) can start taking it seriously now?

Interesting
* Remembering D-Day(June 6, 1944), and a thought on the (still) sleeping giant ... and Raven points us to some more on that! ... and Remember FDR's leadership ... and Ike's message
* Illegal Immigration : US vs Mexico ... and who knew people were sneaking into Mexico?? (not from the US :P ) ... and Immigrant or invader?
* Iran : Harboring al Qaida
* Soviet Gulag = "OK"; US 'Gulag_-lite' = "BAD" ... what media bias? ...

"I have an aunt in Israel who, in WWII, climbed up to the ventilation grate on a train going to the Treblinka death camp, jumped off the fast-moving train and suffered severe frostbite in the harsh Polish winter snows. When she finally reached a civilian doctor, he amputated all 10 of her toes. I have a different perspective on what great and cruel injustice is than a lot of Americans. My definition doesn't necessarily include people denying someone access to a religious book. If you're religious, you may already have memorized many prayers"

- indeed, and something those (cough) fine people @ the NYT should bear in mind!
* "Downing Street Memo" debunked ... "It is sad when hearsay thrice-removed raises this kind of ruckus, especially since a version had been reported three years ago. As smoking guns go, it is not high caliber"
* 'The Ayatollah really was an Assahola' ... and check his banner : "D-Day, June 6, 1944. The day Allies invaded Normandy to liberate a country that could have cared less. Honor the fallen." - Well Said!
* Aaron brings us MUCH more on the dangerous spread of the Wahhabi sect of Islam ... truly frightening
* Thoughts on History, and its history ... and some (more) thoughts on D-Day
* Freakonomics, and how some economists can change your life ... I like this one : "If you have a finite amount of a resource, at some point we'll just use it up, right? ... Technological advances and other innovations have not only allowed us to extract and use resources that we might not have 50, even 20 years ago -- but that self-same ingenuity allows us to be more productive and efficient with what we extract. Therefore, the price of resources should remain basically constant, even drop, over time -- oil included" (The Winston Churchill one is particularly good as well, as is Laffer's quote : "if you reduces taxes from a certain level, you'll increase tax revenues")
* Tenn. : City sponsored lap dance!? ... and get paid $100/hr to receive the dance ... nice!
* Terri'ish : TMH introduces us to Linguistic Semantics ... and puts it into a real-world context
* Relive the 80's with your very own Amiga (emulator)
* The "Healthcare crisis" myth
* Howard _Yeeaargh! Dean : James Carville got something right (for once) : " It's so indicative of the Democratic Party. Now we're just playing into every stereotype: We're weak, disorganized, flopping around" ... many of us have said since before he was chosen, and keep saying : Dean as DNC Chair is the gift that keeps giving - to the GOP, that is ... and other Dems 'disowning' him as well ... but / and :* Just like Life imitates art, Hillary imitating Dean? ... open mouth, switch foot
* Media Bias : not just in the US
* Venezuela : Chavez using oil as a strategic weapon
* SleepTracker works (mostly), wake up feeling better
* NASA / HowTo : Watch Deep Impact ... speaking of comets : Confusing would-be planet finders
* 'Why Would the Times Publish This Story?' ... "If my friend dies in his tour of duty I shall be thinking very specifically about Mr. Scott, Mr. Grey, and Ms. Williams"
* Disney World has "Gay Days"? ... "when they throw it in the faces of families ... they lose potential allies in the mainstream" ... found via Bizzle
* MS : How it plans to win
* Transmeta - RIP
* How 'Jet Lag' works
* In memory of Nathan Hale; born June 6, 1755
* Merri has a message for Animal Rights Terrorists : Crime is not 'protected speech!'
* Cali : "Gay Marriage" bill defeated!
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : Islam in our schools, part 4 (finale) ... and more on how the public school system is failing us and our children
* 'Live 8: Keeping the Helpless Down ' ... and 'Somewhere over the rainbow'
* Bloggers : Basil brings us some advice from Harvey on Blogging HowTo's; specifically - How Not to Lose a Post (again)
* Texas : Governor Perry 'does it right' ... "In a ceremony filled with religious references, Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill at a church school gymnasium Sunday that imposes more limits on late-term abortions and requires minors to get written parental consent for abortions"
* Watergate : Killed Journalism? ... and more here
* Kinsey - dishonest hack ... hey, if NAMBLA supports him ...
* Jews are smarter ... SCA likes to start Monday with some Political Incorrectness ... and for the record, I believe I am one of the 700 :P (read the article)
* Virginia : Thoughts on '06 primaries
* Taxes coming to an Internet near you?
* Social _inSecurity Don't forget about the "Forgotten 450!"
* SCOTUS : No medical marijuana ... and they are Right & Wrong
* Coalition of the Chilling ... found via Commissar ... which was found via Rusty
* U_selessN_ations : Failing to live up to its own charter! ... a balanced viewpoint ...
* The 9/11 Commission _{of self-aggrandizement, armchair general-ing, and Bush-bashing} is back
* Disney's Board of Directors' election being challenged, by Disney
* SCOTUS : Own a cruise ship? Dock in the US? Get ready to support the disabled!
* Wacky Celebrity Religions - Scientology

Funny
* New OOTS! (#190) ... "Redcloak is all grown up now" ... :P
* UF : BILE inside?
* True : Madame Granny ... "Vera Tursi ... taking $60 of every $160 she charged clients for one hour with a call girl"
* KoranGate'ish : More 'abuse' here! ... and Lutefisk abuse; Lutherans to riot! ... and GI gets 20 years for looking sideways at Koran! ... "and you can see right through the water" ... and Jack knows how to treat prisoners! - I AGREE WITH HIM!
* Vinnie has the cure for the AIDS pandemic
* True'ish : Desi award TIE : Biden & Kerry! ... and check the pics!
* True'ish : How to write a Commencement Speech, by Ace ... and how NOT to ...
* 'Bushes to rule U.S. until 2090'
* Harvard's President apologizes ... heh
* Caption This! ... "I, Hillary Rodham, do solemnly swear to ... *SNICKER* uphold and ... *HEEE HEEE HEEEE* defend the ... *SNORT* Constitution ... " ... and perky!
* Gitmo : Approved taunts
* Marriage of the Deep Throats ... Anna Nicole Smith, W. Mark Felt (isn't he young for her?)
* W delivers commencement address in Waco ... "Jesus was full of very practical military advice ... Pray that we're out of Iraq by 2008 because otherwise, Jeb may have a hard time beating those unpatriotic Democrats"
* 'Scientists seek explanation for Paris Hilton'
* 'Ted Turner: CNN should focus less on transvestites, more on Pro-Saddam coverage'
* 'Nash, Ginobili tangle hair; Western Conference Finals delayed'
* 'Republicans see Anti-Bush agenda in all Lucas films'
* Red Hat releases faster-spinning RPM ... up to 45 RPMs now ...
* Super Target to the rescue!
* Star Wars Character or Hip Hop "Artist"?
* Networks : "Jackson's trial too short"

Happy Weekend to Ya' Happy Weekend to Ya'

Quick Thoughts
* The secret codeword is 'Limited Blogation Weekend' (that seems to be happening more frequently; damn real life!) ... car work (update : replacing Ball Joints sucks!) + gaming on Saturday, Church on Sunday ...

News
* Florida : 'Migrant Labor' Camp raided ... "modern day slavery"
* Aruba : 2 Charged in the Disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway
* In Memory of Ronald Reagan

Interesting
* RePost : 'Christians don’t need to apologize for the Crusades, the Islamists should apologize for Jihad' ... still an excellent post by Cao, and an important history lesson ...
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : Shredding documents!? ... and more here
* 'The myth of moral equivalence' ... must read ... among other salient points : "An Arab who is also a Christian states it fairly well:

The following is my analysis of Islamic invasion of America, the agenda of Islamists and visible methods to take over America by the year 2020! Will Americans continue to sleep through this invasion as they did when we were attacked on 9/11?" ... goes on to list 20 key points!

* Ebola / Marburg vaccination!
* KoranGate'ish : Beth has an answer - BAN THEM ... and She's having a trackback party! (and she encourages us all to learn something!) ... and "The difference between our Word and theirs" ... and GTL (rightfully) doesn't care about book abuse ... and (FUNNY:) "Drunken Religious Nut Meets The Koran"
* John _{Breck Girl} Edwards says Dean "The chairman of the DNC is not the spokesman for the party" ... excuse me, but I believe that is exactly what he is! ... found via Zeke
* Louisiana sinking? Texas next?
* Blair drops EU too
* Simulated brain?
* XBOX360 : Accessories!
* This robot can hit a 300km pitch ... in theory, anyway ...
* Nanowires = Atomic Engines?
* Honda goes Hydrogen
* What media bias??
* Pope : JPII's papers not being burned? (against his wishes) ... How does that work?
* Clintons : Hillary raising funds (for 08)?

Funny
* Don't vomit out of a moving vehicle ... gotta tackle the important things in life, and this could save yours!

Footsoldier of Paychecks Footsoldier of Paychecks

Quick Thoughts
* Riley += 1 Tooth! ... Up to 2 now; moved from tooth to teeth :P

News
* China : 'Tiananmen Square - June 4th, 1989' ... always remember ...
* Iraq : Insurgents Terrorists kill 38, Govt captures 700!
* EU : Italy ponders dropping the Euro! ... that would be yet another stunning defeat for the EU, in the footsteps on France and the Netherlands rejecting the EU Constitution ... but for the wrong reasons! ... "This moron would blame Italy's dismal economic performance on the Euro rather than on Italy's own private-sector strangulation. He should know that it is economic policy, not currency, that dictates economic performance"
* N_uclear Korea : Demands U.S. apology ... ok, fine - on behalf of the United States, I will apologize : "We are sorry that we only said you were "one of the world's most irresponsible leaders" (Thanks, Cheney!) when you are also a backwater, Communist nation led by a maniacal, effeminate dictator who is cracking under the pressure of a) his repressed homosexuality _{(not that there is anything wrong with that)} and b) his acute case of 'short man's syndrome'" ... now please hand over the nukes ... and remember to "Vote TJ in 2012!" (throwing my hat into the ring REAL early - gotta get a jump on the competition)
* U_selessN_ations : 'Goal to Contain AIDS Unrealistic' ... "HIV/AIDS is spreading much faster than efforts to rein it in crucial regions including Eastern Europe and Central America" ... I would not have guessed either of those regions as being the 'trouble spots'!
* Oil : Back over $54 ... translation : $19+ too high ... UPDATE: Make that $55+, which is now $20 too high
* Tylenol recall ... "labeling issues"
* 'Serbian Civilian Murders Broadcast on TV, Leads to Arrests'
*Drudge : "YAWN FOR CNN 25^th Anniversary special" "FOXNEWS / O'Reilly Factor = ~2000000 viewers" vs "CNN 25th anniversary special = ~345000"
* Payroll up 78k, unemployment @ 5.1%

Interesting
* Not trying to (just) scare you here, but a Flu pandemic would royally suck! ... MUST READ! ... quotes Schneier,

"When something is no longer reported - automobile deaths, domestic violence - when it's so common that it's not news, then you should start worrying"

... indeed! ... and the money-quote, from Dr Osterholm,

"The global economy would come to a halt, and since we could not expect appropriate vaccines to be available for many months and we have very limited stockpiles of antiviral drugs, we would be facing a 1918-like scenario," notes Dr Osterholm, who calculates that given current technology, we could vaccinate about 500 million people, tops - about 14 per cent of the world population. Of course, most of those will be in the developed world. But are you sure you'd be one? Are you in the Armed Forces? Do you or your business count as an essential service? If you're not involved with the electricity, water, fuel distribution, phone or gas industries, then probably not. "And owing to our global 'just-in-time delivery' economy, we would have no surge capacity for health care, food supplies, and many other products and services"

... maybe it IS time to join the Armed Forces!? ...

"Climate change may be a greater threat than terrorism, but a flu pandemic is a more immediate threat than either"

* Jesus Judith Christ of Nazareth ... "revised" Bible changes lots of men into women, "It is empowering" ... more like idiotic and sacrilegious
* Clintons : Hillary is sponsoring the "Count Every Vote" "What's a Little Fraud Among Friends?" Act
* Iraq : Non-existent WMDs now missing
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : Mustang does some research, ask some questions, and thinks "Finally, as one of America’s guardians of liberty for nearly 29 years, I do not recall ever seeing anyone from the ACLU in an adjacent foxhole, or as a participant in any combat or reconnaissance patrols" ... and How about an ACLU song! ... "I hope you like it. If you don't, you're probably some pinko, patchouli stinking socialist anyway"
* Robert _KKK Byrd, vulnerable? ... that would be SO sweet, and deserved!
* 2Lt Ilario Pantano, recently cleared, has now resigned ... too bad, and a hearty "Thank You for your service" to him! ... and more here ... "I can tell you that while the Air Force gets treated better, the fact remains that the Marines have always, and will always, have the best uniforms; the best traditions, the best stories"
* "Molecular transistor"? ... wow ... speaking of wow, how about Spintronics ... NanoTechnology + Superconductivity ... "a nanoscale technology in which information is carried not by the electron's charge, as it is in conventional microchips, but by the electron's intrinsic spin" ...
* Fair Tax getting more support! ... you can learn more from the Fair Tax home page ... Heartland article found via Gindy, who has more to say here!
* Don't let Marine Zach Richardson visit the school ... 'cuz remember, it's for the "safety and welfare of our children" ... or, as some put it "Your kid is an idiot because of people like Ulrica Corbett"
* Watergate'ish : Ben Stein tears into Deep Throat, again! ... and more Deep Throat slamming here ... and here, "destroyers of Nixon ended up his disciples"
* Insurrection : McCain is a "nannystatist F'tard" ... although I disagree with the "this guy is Bill O’Reilly with a tan" part :)
* Genetic Modification, to be as easy as Photoshop?
* Summer camp for geeks, tinkerers and hackers (real hackers, not the bad guys)
* 'Shamnesty International' ... and more here
* EU : So, define "NO" ... "For the EU, "No" really means "Yes," or "Maybe," or "We'll Get Back To You Later.""
* $4M Nickel! ... "Only five 1913 Liberty Head nickels known to exist"
* "Fountain of Youth" pill? ... Protandim to the rescue
* MS : Office going XML
* 42 midgets killed ... "Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion" ...WTF? (sorry I missed this a week or two ago)
* "What makes his book so indigestible ... It's all the crap that's in it. Literally and literarily"
* Washington State : Two illegal votes / voters ... only 127 more to tie the stolen election ... :P ... and Malkin has more
* Illegal Immigration / Cali : Democrats don't really care what the people want ... driver's licenses for illegals ... mind-boggling (and check out the title of Gindy's post :P) ... while on the topic of "Illegal Immigration and Democrats willfully ignoring the safety & will of the people" over @ Gindy's house, let's also check on some action in Texas
* Rusty gets his (very much deserved) Instalanche ... and takes the opportunity to define Instalanche for us, "with the sudden spike in traffic you can now up your Blog Ad rate to just under covering your total monthly ISP and blog host bill" is one of them ... and that damned Basil beat me to it again (but I'm on the breakfast list, so can't complain too much!) ... oh, and for good measure (and for your reference) this post, on Amnesty International's inability to understand history, is was garnered the 'lanche ... EXCELLENT READ!
* A_ntiC_ivilL_ibertiesU_nion : More fighting vs (our own) Military, with an assist form the Judicial System ... the wrong way to go about this ...
* Bloggers : Want your RSS feed to be a pretty web-browser viewable page w/o breaking the RSS part? Use CSS.
* A look back at Secret Service vs Shadow Crew, "Operation Firewall" ... end result - "Twenty-eight members were arrested, most still at their computers. The alleged ringleaders went quietly, but one suspect jumped out a second-story window. Agents nabbed him on the ground."
* Ogre's blog has a new home, and is trying "Horizontal Blogging" ... not to hot, IMHO ... I like to old way better (sorry!)
* Chappelle back, did a impromptu stand-up in LA
* J says "Shutdown Newsweak"
* Cali : McClintock has a better "Save our school" plan than Govenator
* EU : Fat Lady, singing?
* Another Rambo ... dear Lord, no!
* Brownshirts, on the left ... not the right, duh!

Funny
* OOTS #189 in the hizzle ... no more bandits :(
* 'Jihadi Training Video' ... "al-Timmy video" ... "Hey mom, let's laugh at the Mongoloids"
* Your last chance to lie about Glen Puppy Blender! ... Can you do as good as Basil Evil Glen? ... of course not, but you could try ...
* Nipple typing? ... I sense a new craze starting up ...
* True : Schneier on stupid U2 fans
* Who knew?? Ted Turner ended the Cold War ... and here I have been giving Reagan all the credit ...
* UF : Mail servers are the 10^th plague
* New ALP (#119) today?
* 'Homosexuality Caused by Scientists'
* You won't believe the thoughts this post provokes!
* True'ish / Clintons : Hillary - "two dollars worth of cold cuts left over from Friday night's office party" ... and other money quotes!

Quotes of the Day

More Battle Cries :
"I'm going to punch you until you're a Dungeons & Dragons statistic"
and
"I'm going to forcibly reverse your gender"

--thanks Makrothumeo! ... actually, those two go together quite well ... :P

The couples who stay together are the delusional ones.
--thanks John!

Number of times the Earth has been destroyed: 0
--thanks LiveScience, How to Destroy the Earth! ... found (again) by Ogre

No wonder Democrats were so testy about bringing democracy to Iraq: They can’t bear democracy in America.
--thanks Ann Coulter, viaTheMaryHunter!







All I can say is wow :

... that is my 'hang-up' with ESCR
(as always, click pic for source)

More on N_uclear Korea, aka NORK :) :

Paramount Pictures photo

We are all Kosh We are all Kosh

Quick Thoughts
* Today is Thursday, which is a good day to ... hmm ... Stop the ACLU! (click for some reasons why!) ... and Kender adds his thoughts here ... and RottyPup adds some thoughts on the "ACLU vs FBI" ... and ACLU, more like Victims Distorting Liberties for a Political Agenda

News
* Iraq : 3 Car bombs kill 16 ... condolences
* EU : OFFICIAL - No EU for the Netherlands ... well, unless the govt just ignores the people and ratify it anyway, that is ... and EU mulling future
* Lebanon : Anti-Syrian journalist killed (his car was rigged to blow)
* From NEIN - Oil transport methods being targeted? ... pipelines, and tankers at key 'choke-points' (they still don't use Permalinks :( - look for "Target : Oil" if it isn't at the top)
* SEC -1 Chairman ... William Donaldson quitting, Christopher Cox up next
* New York : 9/11 money still sitting around ... if they need to give it to someone, I am available ...
* Sun buys StorageTek ... $4.1B (include StorageTek's $1.1B in cash reserves!)
* Guidant knowingly sold defective defibrillators

Interesting
* Some thoughts on Modern Parenting ... and how the world is different now than it used to be, sadly
* The "Trust Me" hormone ... oxytocin; can also overcome shyness?
* KoranGate'ish : I know, to help make up for KoranGate, let's hand out "The Meaning of the Holy Quran" - an anti-Semitic version of the Koran! ... what the hell are people thinking??
* Gitmo : 'Amnesty International Imbecility' on 'Gulag Guantanamo' ... " Otherwise the Ted Turners and George Soroses may begin to wonder whether they are getting the best bang for their buck" ... and Send in the Clowns Lawyers
* Insurrection'ish : CFIF files comments with FEC! ... found via Raven ... who also brings us THIS, about the Online Coalition ... and more under the "Quote of the Day" section below :) ... oh, and SuperHawk Rick tells us how it is, and what it means
* Rock the Vote Hypocrisy! ... excellent! ... "young conservatives have an answer for the generational traitors of MTV's Rock the Vote"
* Spain : Your money or your mistress ... got your attention? ... legislating monogamy (and heterosexuality, in effect) for company execs!
* Dispelling the Obesity / Diet Myth? ... I would still like to lose 30-60lbs, TYVM
* Potential Earth Impacting Object (comet) identified ... "Catalina 2005 JQ5" ... "1 chance in 300,000 of a strike on June 11, 2085" (so we've got a year or 80 to plan :P )
* Some thoughts, and an example, of Personal Responsibility ... or the lack thereof, and how the courts cater to it!
* Russia : 'China’s manifest destiny'
* "The light bulb of American justice has burned out and it is time for us to change it" ... "We need to stop putting people in air-conditioned jails with color televisions and same sex dating and establish serious, even embarrassing consequences for crimes that not only punishes criminals, but which also diminish the likelihood of repeat offenders" - Amen to that!
* N_uclear Korea : Their top exports, and the money quote - "I like to think of North Korea as a smaller, more toxic version of China."
* Malware : Anti-MSAntiSpyWare ... when in doubt, attack the defenses ...
* A hypothetical (for now) - Homer banned form schools due to religious implications
* More on Big Sugar vs CAFTA ... Big Labor, Protectionist Dems (sadly) find some allies on the Right ... sidenote : "But as anyone who's followed congressional budgeting can tell you, nothing cuts across party lines quite like pork. The ultimate pork is that which escapes annual scrutiny. For example, direct agricultural aid amounts to about $20 billion annually" - mind boggling!
* More thoughts on "Activist Medicine", and an action plan ... "the U.S. health care system could perform better by doing more of what is cost effective and less of what is not"
* Earth microbes could survive on Mars? ... the cyanobacterium "Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029" can survive Martian levels of UV radiation ...
* VOIP : Skype vs Vonage
* Your cel phone, the credit card
* Saudi Arabia : The definition of Sedition includes Freedom of Religion ... remember, "Islam - the Religion of (cough) Peace and (cough cough) Tolerance"
* CANtenna revisited!
* Linux geeks to take over the world? ... dunno about that, geeks still don't get the wimmin :P
* Stop Her Now! ... another great Anti-Hillary effort!
* Thoughts on Syria, beneath the facade
* Konfabulator 2.0.1 released (direct link to .ZIP)
* Watergate : Media hypocrisy WRT 'leaking' ... and if you didn't read it yesterday, go read this : What did Nixon do again? (thanks Ben Stein!)
* Global Warming : Probe to confirm? ... and Govenator to help fight Greenhouse Gasses
* An example of Over-regulation gone wild ... a piece of Thorium, with an intrinsic value of $0 (or possibly even negative!) costs $20k+ to acquire!
* What if you owned the World?
* 'Americans support law, order, the troops, and their churches' ... sadly, that comes as news to some!
* Iraq : Saddam chopped off these 7 peoples' right hands, and tattooed their foreheads ... and what was their dastardly crime, which also carried a 1yr prison sentence and a charge of $50? "Allegedly dealing in foreign currency" (gasp) ... now, let's compare and contrast : "Chop of hand" vs "Naked Man Pyramid", you pick ... and you can Order the "Remembering Saddam" DVD ... and more on Saddam's torture here, including a 1hr+ movie! ... download the.WMV here
* 'Adulthood triggered by maturity gene'
* Deep Impact - Comet Tempel 1 to get penetrated by spacecraft
* WinXP bootup in seconds? PCI + SRAM = SATA drive ... maybe ...
* Electric car that is Ferrari fast? ... soon, maybe ...
* Screamin' Dean not so good at raising the $$$ ... tried to warn the DNC against him ...
* Power lines cause cancer?
* Watergate'ish : Tripp screwed, Felt not so

Funny
* True'ish : Beef jerky debate rages on ... fighting against the Beef Jerky Nazi ... found via him (of course!)
* "Daily Dancer" ... OMGWTF ... so gay ... found via Beth
* True : "G**dammit, I said to follow me, and follow me you f*****g will. Everyone—over the side NOW" ... interesting & amusing story :)
* 'In the future, everyone will be Hitler for 15 minutes' ... some are Hitler now! ... (ahem) including the military!
* 'McCain deal confirms Bolton, rejects mustache'
* True'ish : 'Doug Giles' 10 Habits For Defective People'
* Not Pron - "The hardest riddle available on the Internet" ... found via Makrothumeo

Quotes of the Day
* In accordance with possible FEC regulations, no money changed hands in connection with this post
--thanks NOfP! ... and think Screw the FEC and Insurrection! ... and remember : Public Comments Deadline: June 3^rd ... another great + relevant quote :"If the FEC makes rules that limit my First Amendment right to express my opinion on core political issues, I will not obey those rules"

* But seriously, I think it's great that women can team up together and help advance each other at the expense of everyone else's interests. I wish men had someplace like that ... Oh, yeah. We do. It's called "Earth."
--thanks ACE! (And check the rest of his Cotillion comments!! - HA!) ... Can't win for losing with these wimmin; Jody is giving me grief for not plugging the Cotillion which recently had its debut ... so go check out the "Dirty-Kinky Rightwing Chicks"!

Cool pic, click for article about gravitation waves:

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