Happy Halloween Happy Halloween

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My Riley Bear

NIF : No NIF for now, in fact - maybe none today atleast a little it today, still (SLOWLY) coalescing :)
... and still open trackbacks, so go read them (if anyone leaves any, that is :P )

Monday : The Guard Our Borders blogburst took place without me - did you know we will be even less safe tomorrow?!
... and Ranchers are doing the job our Federal Govt is failing to do!
... and More on Jim Gilchrist here

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Iraq : Col. Todd Wood killed by car bomb ... 15 others killed as well; prayers & condolences
... We have enough troops in country ... modularity, self-sustaining battalions

SCOTUS / Alito : Judge Samuel Alito nominated ... filibuster blustering has started already
... although, DeWine (R-OH, Gang of 14) is threatening to vote for change of rules if the filibluster proceeds! (i.e. - Go Constitutional)
... Graham also says a filibuster will not pass muster ... "Expect Alito to get confirmed, 65-35"
... Conservatives rallying in support ... Schumer blusters (as usual / expected)
... SCOTUS-blog has more ... go figure!
... Dems - a whole bunch of hypocrites ... radicals, racists, pro-terrorist, bad losers
... Dems have their talking points all lined up
... Now see what some Dems have said about him before ... before SCOTUS nomination, that is
... Stop the ACLU has lots more! ... check all the links!
... Alito's Law.com profile ... found via CC (he has more!)
... A peek at his Wiki Bio
... Some thoughts on why Conservative Judges != Judicial Activists

India : More on yesterday's New Delhi bombings ... ~60 dead, 200 injured ... prayers & condolences

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Islamofascism : Israel, Islamic Jihad having a shootout
... 4 nights of riots in Paris ... religion of Peace meaningless violence
... Border controls still not so in control of the border ... educational visas handed out like candy

Iran : Iranian opposition - "Our President (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) is a Moron" ... Couldn't have said it better myself!
... And remember - the US is still "the Great Satan"

Plamegate : Wilson keeps lying, noone calls him on it (video available) ... what media bias?
... "Joe Wilson, lying troll" (quoting MPJ)

UselessNations : Will they actually stand up to Syria ... I'll believe it when I see it!
... A resolution WAS passed! ... color me amazed; all this from an org that can't define terrorism!

Mass Murderers : Rusty puts things in perspective, with pictures of True Evil

Italy : Berlusconi lies, panders, grovels, flipflops in trying to get re-elected

Civilization : How advanced can one become? ... can we fast-forward to Type III? ... MUST READ!

Computing : Differing thoughts on MS upgrade cycles
... Oracle releasing a free database product? ... "Oracle 10g Express Edition" ... BETA DL here!
... 10 excuses developers use ... not just developers!
... Bluetooth scanning ... like Wardriving, but for Bluetooth
... Google to hack at OpenOffice

Internet : Nasty AIM worm ... now with added rootkit goodness!
... Time Warner, -Steve Case
... Google, now with more video
... Bypassing the Great _FireWall of China to see Google-cache
... SBC - "no more free pipes" ... that bodes ill!
... Amazon.co.u fell off the net for a bit ... what's this cable do?

Gaming : Dungeon Siege, the movie ... a two-part epic?

Telecom : FCC approves SBC/AT&T & Verizon's+MCI
... The Cel Phone, the first model

Economics : The (failing) French Model ... and is it really a model if noone is following it?

Real Estate : Check out what $1.2M gets you in Las Vegas ... found via Gindy

Energy : We will never run out of any valuable commodity ... seriously, and what that means WRT oil (sands / shale)

Space : NASA has a plan to divert incoming asteroids ... preventing a 2036 impact of 9942 Apophis(!)
... Spy satellites that spy on satellites
... Pluto +2 moons! ... for a total of 3

Left : Chavez - "Halloween part of U.S. culture of terror"
... Boxer writes book, time to puke

Right : Kilgore not quite "right" enough? ... well, he's certainly "righter" than Kaine!
... Republican != Conservative ... atleast, sometimes

"Global Warming" : The (cough) unbiased BBC brings us an illustration
... GW is just a hoax

Nature : Lamnid sharks, a warm-blooded fish?

International Relations : It's not just the US that think France sucks ... thanks Randy!

Audio : Kickin' Subwoofer ... your whole room!

Health : "Junk DNA" useful for evolution

Crime : Lion-O busted

Language : 'Simple writing makes you look smart' ... so copying headlines make me brilliant!

Celebrity(ies) : Prince Charles makes stupid quote ... rambling on about being "over efficient", culture, technology slavery ... WTF?

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OOTS : #239 ... Booty call! Well, not quite.
... and Book #2 is available for preorder!

SCOTUS / Alito : Checking the want-ads
... Clinton prefers Laura Alito
... W picks Scalia

IMAO : Halloween Podcast!

Clippy : Oh My God, They Killed Clippy!

Robots : 'Defend yourself against the coming robot rebellion'

Left : The games they play ... why do their job when they can have "fun" ... (true'ish)

UF : On business ... "a wolf in veep's clothing"

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Halloweenahfascism :

Only you can prevent terrorist midgets on Halloween

--thanks IMAO!

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Task Force Sabre 7 ... found via Cao ... all of her Sabre 7 stuff here!

Blogs for Bush



IFCB

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: Basil-AM, JC, ER, Basil-Nooner, OA, B&E, CC, OA, IP, LS, TMG, OTB, MPJ, TMH

Preemptive Strike of Limited Blogation Preemptive Strike of Limited Blogation

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NIF : Not today, atleast not yet. I guess the standard Limited Blogation weekend starts a day early :(.
... So, for now, just leave comments & trackbacks. I'll be back! ... afternoon, evening blogging in effect!

Basil : I slipped past his robo-assassin-guards and got a crosspost here
... UPDATE : He has fixed teh TypePad trackback problem ... Check it out ... it's something called WordPress :)

DST : Since we haven't managed to kill this monster (and in fact, have extended it effective 2007), set your clocks back 1hr on Sunday

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BOOM : New Delhi, India - rocked by 3 explosions ... still developing, 10 reported dead so far

Afghanistan : US Embassy spitting on First Amendment? ... how very American of us!

Plamegate : Libby indicted, resigns ... if I was acting like a Dem I would demand a definition of "is" and "sex"
... and also blindly believe (or claim to believe) in innocence
... But I am not, so I just hope the truth comes out and those guilty are punished
... Good analysis here ... strengths and weaknesses in Fitzgerald's case
... 'Fit to hit the shan' ... nice title, good post
... Lying about lying ... and how it still doesn't answer the root question
... The questions not asked
... TSG has more
... "And despite the apparent glee on the part of the left, it's coitus interruptus for them." ... news'ish, cut me some slack!
... Sidenote - 32 Dems opposed the law Scooter might have violated ... found via Poca Dot

Islamofascism : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defends his "wipe Israel off the map" statement ... "Religion of Peace Pieces"
... Iran revealing how weak it is?
... Tony Blair responds to Iran
... UN makes a (cough) strong response to Iran ... UN, where the U is for useless ... and Russia basically endorses Iran
... TBIFOC has the Congressional votes on Condemning Iran ... 49 say "Iran is A-OK", and one votes as "Present" ... WTF??
... Iran + al Qaeda ... no surprise here!
... Prince Charles, Dhimmi?
... ISM, PLO = (still) terrorist organizations
... Danes make 4 arrests

Beta : Will become hurricane ... lucky #13, not expected to hit US
... Now a Cat 1, moving towards Cat 2
... Makes it up to Cat 3
... Weakens back to Cat2

Oil : Profits under fire ... ExxonMobil Q3 net income up 75%!
... They don't learn from their own history? ... or we don't learn from ours?
... Thoughts on the problem, and "Windfall Profit tax" is not (nor is ever) the right answer

Baseball : Most recent World Series was lowest watched EVER ... apparently I am not the only one who doesn't care!

RIP : Richard Smalley (62), one of the buckeyballs guys

Economy : A healthy Q3 ... 3.8% growth; in spite of natural disasters, etc.

Katrina : NOPD fires 51 officers for desertion ... and 60 have quit, so what about the other 139 AWOL employees??
... and put a second S in dessertion to make it funny

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New York City : City smells good, people get worried

MSM : NYT's misleading us WRT Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr ... found via Absentee

UselessNations : Riddled with corruption
... Oil for Food for Bribes - AWB in it for $300M ... via Alia
... Kofi pledges to investigate ... I WOULD FRACKING HOPE SO.
... unless of course they do the RIGHT thing and fire him (or he resigns) ... but that is more than a little doubtful.
... Stop the UNternet ... :"The United Nations either does not understand or is willfully ignoring
the fact that the lack of control of the Internet is not a bug"

Computing : Korea -Windows?
... MS fighting Zombies, in court
... Notebooks, with screens that are readable in sunlight
... SW industry not prepared for multicore? ... MS would know, wink wink
... Odious DMCA undergoing review, speak out!
... IBM's Blue Gene tops own record ... 280.6 teraflops!
... RAID, explained through water jugs
... MS building Web-based Office? ... or just a lite version
... More on "IE7 to be more secure"
... Convert videos to iPod easily , freely
... USB Guitar
... MS vs OSI
... IBM to sell Solaris on blades?!

Internet : 1Tbps!
... Cisco building WiFi mesh
... Digg gets some sweet VC$ ... a cool $2.8M, and they deserve it (but so do I!!)
... AOL hit by IM virus
... L3, Cogent get over selves, sign peering agreement
... Internet plays integral role in our lives ... no, really??
... Sex.com hijacker (finally) busted ... $65M run for the border finally over?

Gaming : Your PSP wants solar power!
... XBOX360 expected to sell 4.5M to 5.5M by 06/30/06! ... including mine?
... WoW - Burning Crusade site launched
... Battlefield 2 "complaints" ... bullets turn peoples' skeletons into jello, and Jeeps blow up like Pintos?
... Civ4 - the addiction ... and bad politics

Happy Birthday : Lady Liberty ... dedicated on October 28, 1886

Education : Corporate bribes are just fine for WVU President David Hardesty ... I wouldn't mind a $70k "bonus salary"

Abortion : A peek inside Planned Parenthood

Right : 'The Cost of Real Corruption' ... "Democrats relentlessly decry the “culture of corruption”"(cough) hypocrites (cough)

SCOTUS/Miers : 'A pyrrhic victory for opponents'? ... sadly; I hope they are wrong

Racism : Sports not safe from it ... "race-based pseudo-controversy"

Halloween : ACLU throws a block for sex offenders ... they keep good company - pedophiles, terrorists
... 100 greatest horror movie performances of all time
... Go as Halo's Master Chief
... LED Jack-O-Lantern
... Venus, Mars to be glowing

Space : Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) opens eyes ... 10x better than Hubble

Health : CNTF vs obesity
... Microbe + machine = cellborg
... ExxonMobil giving employees "fake flu shots"? ... I got a real one from my Dr, atleast I think so :)
... The Mediterranean Da Vinci Code Diet ... by a bread-maker ... no ulterior motive here!
... Tiny robots, remote surgery ... sounds like a movie

Privacy : Passports + RFID + (attempted) AntiSkimming measures

Employment : 'The worst jobs in science'

Education : MIT Prof Luk Van Parijs fakes data, gets fired ... been doing it for quite some time?

Weather : Tracking hurricanes back to 1700s
... Hurricane Wilma made a "2"?

Culture : Babies w/o daddies on the rise ... (sad), but teen births are down (good)

Urban Legends : Check it out here first, before you email it to everyone on the planet

Crime : Steal CC, buy winning ($1M) lottery ticket, get busted/lose $/go to jail
... Ex-"Mayor for Life" Marion Berry charged with Tax Evasion ... um, that damned IRS set him up?

Stupidity : State Hospital gives mental patient Adonis Oandasan a machete ... you see where this is going, right?

Celebrity(ies) : George Takei, aka Star Trek's Sulu = teh gay ...TMI
... IMAO wants to hear about any celeb who is surprisingly NOT teh gay
... DiCaprio blathers about "Global Warming" ... yes, 'cuz he is a scientist and stuff

TV : 10000 bouncy balls released in San Fran for ad

Bloggers : Forbes thinks you are dangerous ... what, to their profits? Credibility?
... Spacemonkey reacts to Forbes
... Intro to Trackbacks ... in case you didn't know!

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OOTS : #238 ... no pied piper

Islamofascism : Saddam - "You can't handle the truth!"

SCOTUS / Miers : Acceptance to White House Halloween Bash withdrawn
... Miers flees SCOTUS fiasco ... cookies weren't enough
... Mr. Stick Figure, on Free Speech ... if it is not about Miers, we don't care!
... Scooter for SCOTUS ... a one-liner, throw away ... but still funny (and I hear he is available)
... Where'd everybody go?
... Miers withdraws, + punchline at the end

Plamegate : 'Libby case a ‘slam dunk’, but leaker on the loose'
... Hitchcock salutes prosecutor
... ' The White House girls take Scooter Libby out to lunch' ... standard going-away lunch

UF : The geek dating saga continues!

Right : TBIFOC has a nightmare

Katrina : Red Cross uses $ to takeover Salvation Army ... actually, ARC is outa $ - but that isn't funny

Laundry : Some people HATE doing laundry ... and offer "rewards" as payment, thanks Chris ... (true)

Culture : Ignorant wannabes everywhere

W : Reality Show up next

The Onion : A response to POTUS cease & desist order ... using the White House seal is verboten

Podcast : Night of the Living Left ... found via ... IMAO

New Jersey : (Rejected) State Slogans

Engrish : Wok the F@#$ (flash) ... obviously, language warning ... thanks John!

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Divorce :

A man stuck on a deserted island stumbles onto a lamp. As he is rubbing the dirt off of
it a genie flies out of it and says "I will grant you three wishes, but first I must know your
marital status." The man says he is divorced. The genie says then his ex-wife will get
twice as much of what ever he wishes. The man says " Ok. For my first wish I want a
billion dollars." The genie gives the man a billion dollars and his ex-wife 2 billion dollars.
The man then says " For my next wish, I would like my own private jet." The genie gives
him a private jet, and his ex-wife two private jets. "And for my last wish I would like you
to beat me half to death." The man says. The genie then beats him half to death and his
wife is dead.

--thanks Aaron (via email)

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Happy Halloween :

My Riley Bear

Cox & Forkum

Task Force Sabre 7 ... found via Cao ... all of her Sabre 7 stuff here!

Dunno about the text, but illusions are cool: (click for larger)

The pictures attached are used to test the level of stress a person can handle.
The slower the pictures move, the better it is said is your ability of handling stress.
Alleged criminals that were tested see them spinning around madly; however, senior citizens and kids see them standing still.
None of these images are animated-they are perfectly static.
One teacher who used this test said, "I felt like they were all moving... but slowly. Kinda like, they were breathing."

Thanks Aaron (via email)

Pick your Scooter :

IFCB

Stop the ACLU
Dear God : (Click for larger)

... thanks Rodney (via email)

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: PR, TJ, Mac, PT, CC, IP, JC, AB, Cao, RotR, OTB, TMG, B&E, SAHA, BSC, OA, MPJ, DS,
FM, Basil, BOL, 2B&aB, TMG, OBD, STACLU, CC, TMH, B&E, RN, EC

Another day in the neighborhood Another day in the neighborhood

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Thursday : That means we need to Stop the ACLU, an interview with ADF President Alan Sears

Blogger : Acting iffy for you? It is for me (Thursday AM) ... maybe it is all the "Miers withdraws" blogtivity?

Guest Blogging : Basil's house has been invaded by yours truly!

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Religion : School Board in Hillsborough County, Florida cancel all "Religious Holidays" ... CAIR, still pro-terrorist

Iraq : Terrorists kill 3 more GIs ... and 4 wounded, prayers and condolences

Israel : "Palestinian" suicide bomber kills 5, wounds dozens
... Sharon approves response
... 'Israeli Army enters Jenin'
... The growing threat Israel faces ... a threat to the nation's survival

Baseball : Chicago White Sox have swept the Astros in 4 straight ... and I still don't care about baseball

Beta : Another tropical storm forming ... just to make the record harder to break in the future

Katrina : 'Subpoenas issued in Memorial Hospital deaths'

Wilma : Jeb accepts blame for his constituents being stupid ... perhaps they should have BOUGHT FOOD AND WATER??

Amsterdam : Fire in airport kills 11 ... they were illegal aliens awaiting deportation, and others escaped during chaos

NFL : Saints being relo'd to LA? ... it's not the Redskins, I don't care

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Culture : "Nero fiddled while Rome burned, is that what we are doing ?" ... some sobering thoughts

SCOTUS / Miers : Questioning the quality of her writings ... I am still on the fence, noone has sold me either way
... Nevermind - Miers withdraws!
... FNC coverage here
... More here ... "concerned that the nomination process presents a burden"
... Ogre was right
... "Bush must heal the divide this nomination has created among the conservative base" ... and lessons learned?
... B&E comments on the MSM's reporting ... and he might know a SCOTUS Justice!
... WB has a lot more links & thoughts ... including some blathering from Dick _Turban Durbin
... a WHOLE BUNCH of links ... one of which may surprise you
... "I am willing to accept that if it means they've learned their lesson about acting like Democrat"
... "Michael Ludig would be an amazing Justice, as would Edith Brown Clement or my personal favorite, Priscilla Owen"
... "Will Bush pick another dud or a real nominee this time?"
... Frank J. threatens to punch people, if it helps
... "This is a victory for anyone who cares about the direction of the court"
... "Sooper sekret message to the White House - just say "no" to 'Berto!"
... "The final straw: clear evidence of her liberalism, overlooked by a shoddy vetting process"
... So, who is next at bat? Your thoughts?

Islamofascism : NOfP rounds up thoughts on the 2000 murdered Americans ... each a hero, every single loss is tragic ... and how the left makes a mockery of their sacrifice ... Some video the MSM won't show you ... and, for comparison, an example of what they do show
... Live by the sword, die by the Coalition Forces ... Nashwan Mijhim Muslet (aka Abu Tayir or Abu Zaid) killed dead
... You can sue traitors! ... yet another way to fight terrorism :) ... thanks to TMH for the tip!
... "The World without Zionism" ... "attended by suicide bomber wannabes, homicidal maniacs and future Hitlerian imitations"
... 'Multinational force spokesman: media being manipulated by terrorists' ... um, duh?
... Don't any one of the 2000, like USMC Captain Ryan A. Beaupre ... read his letter home, and remember
... More on the jubilation on the left over the 2000 dead heroes
... Iraq bodes well for the wave of democracy ... dictators be damned

Plamegate : Missing the point - Iraq's quest for Uranium
... Indictments may be a win for Conservatives?
... Predicting no indictments?

UselessNations : UN to finally publish list of those participating Oil for Food fort Bribes ... I wonder if Kofi/Kojo will listed?
... Galloway's wife received Oil for Food bribes, MSM ignores it

RFID : In your passport, in 2 months! ... I am still not convinced this is good!

AntiCivilLibertiesUnion : 'ACLU vs America'

MSM : Round up on Condigate, USA Today's latest photoshop adventure ... which they have since corrected

Disasters : Katrina, etc. raises questions as to our resiliency
... Infrastructure failures

Crawfordstock : 'Cindy "What's her name?" Gets arrested and no one cares'

Computing : Usability, still AWOL
... 'What would Microsoft do if Google invented an OS?' ... WWMD? I am guessing change their underwear would be #1
... VMWorld 2005
... Spotting, stopping stolen software ... no warez for you!
... Review of Lenovo X41, tablets in general, and WinXP Tablet Edition
... Visual Studio rots the mind?
... Fighting Linux FUD with Humor ... "The biggest obstacle is fear"
... Digital Ink getting closer ... finally!
... New Zealand govt going "all open source" ... say Hello to Novell/SuSe
... VMWare's free player raises pressure on MS

Internet : Building ID systems
... Web defacer being deported ... yeah, but don't they have The Internet in his home country?
... This retarded site has made $.5M in the last 1-2 months ... I hate his idea (Yes - jealous), and am boycotting his supporters
... 1 mile WiFi (802.11b) ... for $50! ... make that 802.11G and I am so wanting that!
... Thoughts on the RIAA's fighting of 'piracy' ... : "Their refusal to adapt to new technology, and to create new and innovative ways to profit from it, is doomed to fail" ... Web users cutting back? ... that's alright, I'll pick up their slack :P
... VOIP wiretapping back in court
... The real threat to Vonage, and it isn't cable

Gaming : StarCraft, WoW for XBOX360? ... oh hell yeah!

Right : Coburn, right-bloggers talk porkbusting

Racism : Thoughts on the many failures that led up to Rosa Parks' victory ... :"Rice and Colin Powell stand on the shoulders of Rosa Parks"

Health : Schizophrenics better at discerning illusions ... +4 to saves vs Illusion? Fault/Feat tradeoff?
... Geeks' Guide to Working Out ... good stuff!
... 'Slacker or sick', RSI making good employees look bad? ... boy, do my wrists hurt all day, every day ... damned cytokines
... They've mapped the diff of our genes?
... Bone Marrow donors subject to DNA-identification mixup ... I smell a CSI episode coming!

Volcano : Galapagos Islands' Sierra Negra volcano continues erupting

Halloween : And religion; I had never heard of Jack Chick

Misc : Soling a 20x20 Rubic's Cube
... Fractal cabbage
... Old undeveloped film, photos unseen - until now'ish ... for some reason this makes me sad

Homosexuality : Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court Pro-Sodomy ruling was setup ... "reverse entrapment"

Celebrity(ies) : 14 things you don't know about Billie Gates
... Couric feels your pain ... but she will have $65M to comfort herself with
... Prince Harry forced to drop trow

TV : "Destroy All Humans" becoming animated series on Fox ... 11 episodes, canceled, moved, movie deal ... right?
... PuppyBlender questions the logic of subsidizing TV ... while technology blows past Congress

Sick : Arby's employee spits in State Trooper's sandwich ... glad I am not a State Trooper!

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SCOTUS/Miers : 'Miers withdraws to 'Spend more time with humans''
... W to nominate Reid's second choice
... Miers grilled over "plans to spend more time with family"
... A (cough) real glimpse behind the scenes ... AG will CUT YOU!
... "Who is this "Harry Etmyers" that everyone keeps talking about?"
... 'Bush to nominate next person who walks through door'
... President's Intern knows why she withdrew ... lawyers don't work for flat rates!
... Frank J. has a different answer ... it involves her mother. Sort of.

Movies : IMAO casting ... WRT the first comment, that is just uncalled for!

Video : Yoda dances! ... easter egg in the RotS DVD

Baseball : Caption the man-kissing

RVB : Did I mention #65 is available?

Crawfordstock : Sheehan celebrates 2000 supporters ... by playing dead, getting arrested
... 'Dead hippies! Yay! ... Aw, they're just faking it'

UF Geek dating ...

UselessNations : Debating the meaning of "Wipe Israel from map"
... 'Police find 100,000 barrels of oil in George Galloway’s spare bedroom'

Relationships : Marriage in a Nutshell

"Global Warming" : Ice cap thickens, enrages environmentalists ... "By the year 4500, we could see a dramatic rise in ocean levels"

Dilbert : Introducing the Specter of Unpaid Overtime ... hey, I know that guy VERY well!

Illusion : Pink, green or no dots ... except for schizoids, apparently (see "Health :" above :) )

Racism : Caption Prussian Blue, aka - the Nazi Olsen twins

MSM : CBS puts Sports in charge of News
... USA Today issues correction, (cough) posts real Condi pic

Plamegate : 'Army Corps of Engineers repairing massive leak in Cheney'

Coffee : Real men don't drink decaf lattes

ALP : #150 ... Jesus is moving out

Parenting 101 : Caption the Child Abuse

Gaming : Civilization Anonymous

Flash : Zombie Romp ... first try = 42732

Life Lessons : You learned them HOW?? ... "It's best not to think how you got into your situation, but how you are going to get out of it"

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"Global Test" :

It is ironic that our founding fathers wanted to free ourselves from European Imperialism
but modern constitutional scholars believe that we are in fact subject to their whims.

--thanks JCB! (received via email)

W :

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes
by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in an accident"
"OH DEAR GOD NO!!!" George W. Bush exclaims. "That's terrible!!" His
staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the
president sits, head in hands. Finally, the President, devastated, looks
up and asks.......... "How many is a Brazillion??!"

--thanks Bash!

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Day by Day

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: PT, OTB, JC, ER, PP, CC, STACLU, BasilPD, OBD

Gonna be a long day! Gonna be a long day!

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NIF : Hey, now that I have inline trackbacks (Thanks B) this (and every) post is an "Open Trackback" post
... no profanity, and reciprocal links requested. Oh, and keep it News, Interesting or Funny 'ish.

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Weather : Wilma brings snow to MD, 50+ MPH winds to North-East

Plamegate : Indictments expected today'ish

Celebrity(ies) : Stern timeline planned ... The Junkies are coming back to mornings (in DC, on WJFK)!

Oil : ConocoPhillips profits up 89% ... totally unrelated to my gas costing me double what it used too, I am (cough) sure

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Islamofascism : More on the 2000 dead American heroes ... and what the GIs think of being used in leftist propaganda
... "To some, the death is a tragedy. To others, a statistic. And to the loon, political opportunity!"
... Ace brings us a little 'Perspective' on the 2000
... Some excellent thoughts from PP here on the "2000 dead" hyperventilating ... "can we afford NOT to risk the loss of 2,000 to save 250 million?" ... 2000 is an artificial mark and a cartoon ... both found via MM
... "We do not honor two thousand soldiers who have died. We honor one"
... USA Today disrespects our fallen in a different fashion
... Sunnis uniting in political process
... Jihad denied, biatches ... no 72 raisins for you!
... Hypocrisy, perception and fake pacifism on their side ... terrorists become "good Muslims" when they are captured ... ?
... 'New York Times lied, people died'
... Some thoughts on Israel, "Palestine", border security and some quotes from AIR
... Iran - "The State of Israel should be wiped off the map" ... religion of peace, indeed!

US : Firepower Forward deploying to Pakistan to assist with earthquake recovery ... damn we are a great country

Legal Immigration : Congress trying to sneak an increase in H1B & L1 visas? Send a fax, Call your reps to reject this section of the budget reconciliation package

Illegal Immigration : A Guard Our Borders post I missed on Monday ... why fences are good ... and :... "become Americans, not just invade and set up their own ghettos" ... A bad situation, and a simple solution!

AntiCivilLibertiesUnion : (cough) Non-Partisan?

Nuclear Korea : Bad for (Hyundai's) business ... wow, read the justification!
... found via OTB,who summarizes - "You are a fool if you enter North Korea to make money"

Plamegate : Everyone, everywhere jumping to conclusions ... gonna come down to "civil rights violations"?
... Oh, and they need a "Jump to Conclusions" mat!

Computing : Free e-books from MS ... some real literature (not all computer / IT related)

Internet : Google releasing "Base" ... wiki-database? ... more here ... Google responds
... Comedy Central unveiling "Motherload" ... online content galore
... Patched version of Skype released
... Someone is not too happy with Google's Web Accelerator

Gaming : XBOX360 retail (only) kiosks' WiFi too strong ... so, um, anyone wanna help pay for my XBOX360?
... NES turns 20

Abortion : Cali's Prop73 (Parental Consent) must pass!

MSM : Lean left, bury headline
... Rice photo has 'shopped
... Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Economics : Walmart pushing for raise in minimum wage ... of course, because they already pay higher!

Left : Franken is cracking up? ... and here I thought he was long gone!
... "50 years of peace" .. on what planet?? ... found via Basil Poca Dot
... Kerry's "been hanging at the Waffle House again" ... need more troops, bring them home now
... More Left hypocrisy ... tied into Plamegate for relevance :)

Right : W - Great speech ... :"It's not very heartening that the man has to even say any of this, though.
What the hell is wrong with some of the people in this country?" ... A return to civility
... Don't follow the Left's blind-support model!

Heroes : 3 new Silver Stars awarded

Racism : And not what you think ... "the ineffable condescension and embarrassing patronization of white people who hear a
black person saying something ... and feel the need to treat them as either children or retards" ... LSB has lots on Rosa Parks ... "Whatever her reasons that fateful day, I’m glad she decided to stay in her seat."
... USAFA's football coach Fisher DeBerry slipping below the line?

Health : H5N1 alert on raw eggs & poultry
... Chemicals to be the death of us all? ... or just a bunch of FUD
... Walmart pushing for healthier employees?
... Use Pink Noise to help you focus? ... MAC users only (cough-gay)

USPS : Create your own stamps ... if you actually still snail-mail anything, that is

Nature : Fishies get swollen heads when promoted ... literally!

Stupidity : Wannabe "Superman" hospitalized ... the whole flying thing no workie
... Walking is a terrorist act?
... Rome bans Goldfish

Art : MC Escher archive
... Science pics

Crime : Toilet Spy gets off with slap on wrist

SICK : How' that donut taste? ... found via Ace

Bloggers : Paul has resorted to posting High School assignments! ... it ends with Powers getting jettisoned! (kind of)
... Rusty has advice for academic bloggers ... follow Chomsky! (Seriously. Atleast in this regard.)
... How To : Evolve in the Ecosystem

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OOTS : #237 ... it's Roy's time of the month?

Poolside : In search of "Camel Toads" ... it is to laugh, thanks Kit (via email)!

Language : Nigerians should take an English class

Religion : Phelps praises terrorists
... Scientology, in Flash!

Right : Rice to star in Thriller remake ... remember, the photo was shopped

Advertising : B5 found a "Big Ad" ... I wonder how much THIS cost to make?
... Evolve into Guinness ... also found via B5

Trotsky : Movie remakes

TV : The E-Wing

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Raven

.5 (go read the text :) )

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Excuses are like ... Excuses are like ...

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NIF : Short story - TJ sleeps in, commute takes 2 hours, NIF = will be very late. The end (for now).

Flash : Stop the ACLU will be on the radio today at 4 PM EST, 3 PM CST, 2 PM MST, 1 PM PST on the Ron Pritchard show on the Michigan Talk Radio Network. You will be able to listen live by going to http://www.mlive.com/talkradio/ and then clicking the "News Radio" link near the microphone at the top of the page. Be sure you have the latest edition of the Real Player to listen. You may call in toll free at (888) 900-9966 if you wish to weigh in.

Tuesday : It's Kerry 180 day!

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Iraq : 2000 brave Americans have now been murdered in Iraq ... radical left rejoices; continued prayers & condolences
... You can see the proof here!
... "Associatedantiamerican Press" still focusing on the wrong things
... Official : Constitution approved ... which is why we are there
... "The Iraqis have become the first Arab nation to formally adopt a constitution which invokes ... democracy"
... Suicide bombing kills 9

Wilma : 5 dead, millions w/o power, estimated $9B in damage
... Some thoughts on govt giveaways ... learn to fend for yourself, people!

RIP : Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks (92)
... What happened to her legacy?
... Much more on Rosa, and those who came before her ... Homer Plessy, and I had never heard of an "Octoroon"?

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Islamofascism : UK's George Galloway = bought & paid for? ... more of Saddam's bribes? Color me NOT surprised!
... Galloway suffers from "Pseudologia Fantastica"
... Galloway - "Oh, you mean THAT $600,000"
... Iraq suicide bombings yesterday - atleast they are targeting the journalists now
... ACLU, Assad vs Reality

Crawfordstock : Sheehan NOT going to chain self to White House fence
... Will she get rained out?

Illegal Immigration : Why do they want to come here?
... 'We're criminals, and we demand our rights to break even more of your laws!'

MSM : Matthews, "I’m going to give you the chance to dance on my grave if it’s not true"

SCOTUS / Miers : 73% of bloggers are opposed ... I am still neutral

Military Tech : Radar = Death ray ... "active electronically scanned array (AESA)"

UselessNations : They had a birthday yesterday, and I forgot to notice! ... and all they wanted was a boatload of pardons!
... Syrian failure too!
... MUCH more (cough) "Happy Birthday thoughts" here!
... 'Buries a Palestinian connection to the Hariri assassination'

Patriotism : Organize your very own "Operation Thank You"

Computing : 500GB HDD!
... More on OpenOffice being a Memory Hog, Slow ... loses to MSO!
... CrossOver Office + Wine .9 released
... PWC ditching Win*, going OpenBSD
... Building a massive, single-volume storage solution ... in search of a solution
... More on VMWare's FREE player

Internet : MS IE 7 + stronger encryption ... TLSv1 replacing SSLv2
... TinyDisk; turn TinyURL into a global file system anyone can use ... wow
... The history of Snort

Gaming : PS3 not backwards compatible?
... Halo 1, 2 to get XBOX360 facelift? ... w00t!

InfoSec : Skype bug ... patch patch patch

Telecom : Telco to block Skype? ... I smell a lawsuit!

Culture : Geeks need a dress code, just like NBA? ... some of us already have one :(
... CPS/DCFS failures ... are your children at risk!? ... found via MVRWC

Libertarian : Paul interviews Bartlett (R) ... a real-life Congressman!

Left : "Rove and Libby will be executed for treason" ... funny, I've been thinking the same about Franken
... or atleast thinking that about his sham of a network
... Ward Churchill is still around? ... Cao has lots of EXCELLENT pics!
... '_DrunKennedy tries again to undermine values'
... Old Man Byrd sleeps on Senate floor ... during Reid's speech; he has that effect on me as well!

Right : Questioning Big Oil's Big Profits ... what free market?
... Govenator takes the stage, launches aggressive defense

Hypocrisy : On both sides of the political spectrum, and the differences!
... "When the liberal-left abandon their principles and become hypocrites, they actually improve their lives"

Pork : All of 15 (of 100) Senators voted to curb pork ... the rest like wasting OUR money!

Carnival of the Clueless : #18 ... always damned good!

Ethics : The political two step ... left vs right, right is right :)

Free Speech : Being outlawed in UK ... "The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill"

Space : Relationships could derail missions?
... Russia making a six-seater

Halloween : Killer candy mostly FUD

Energy : Engenuity has an idea for on-demand, in-car Hydrogen generation

Crime : "Tax Crusader" Irwin Schiff sentenced to 43 years in prison, $3.25M in fines for tax evasion
... Peakah adds that DeMint (R-SC) introducing bill to abolish income tax!

Nanotech : Revolution taking hold

Health : Menstrual cycle brain pattern ... help us know it is time to leave (Lynch : "Go down to the old pub, instead")
... Humans can live to 1000, right now! ... or much longer! ... found via DS
... Brain implant to keep blood pressure under control
... Home DNA tests are just the beginning?

Nature : ~60 whales die in mass-beaching in Australia

TV : Are you Lost? ... never watched it myself
... SG1, SGA renewed ... SG1 breaks record! (BSG expected to renew as well)

Relationships : Battle of the Sexes still going strong ... no orgasm = lawsuit! (I think I am safe!)

Misc : Neat patents - audio surveillance, glowing room surfaces, rescue assisting helmet

Movies : Universal failed Serenity ... I agree, people working AT THE THEATER i saw it at didn't know what it was about!

Celebrity(ies) : Top 10 Richest Men of All Time ... Gates only #5!

Bloggers : Introducing the "Open Trackback Blogroll"
... Blegging : PoliticalTeen needs Bandwidth$
... A bunch of Carnivals!

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Iraq : Constitution a major setback for W
... Saddam's WMVs finally found!

Islamofascism : White House staffer to infiltrate al Qaeda ... "Operation Blabbermouth"

Computing : Klingon programmer phrases

Left : 'Seeking ways to squander historic opportunity' ... "convened a top-level brainstorming session of strategists from the Dukakis, Mondale, and Kerry campaigns"
... When Franken attacks

Right : We are facing a crony shortage!
... 'US is an oil imperialist nation and proud of it'

Space : 'NASA chief under fire for personal shuttle use'

Pork : Coburn to endorse "bridges to everywhere"

Relationships : Is your SO cheating on you, with a geek?

Advertising : MLB vs Milk ... (mostly true!)

MSM : 'NY Times Editor vows not to be distracted by scandal'
... FNC "To take traffic reporting to the next level"
... Miller "I can only be as ethical as my sources"
... 'O'Reilly outfoxes himself; no longer a factor' ... his "alternate universe ... has ceased to exist"

Halloween : 'Trick-or-treaters to be subject to random bag searches'

Economics : Senate to block Bernanke over abortion beliefs
... 'Bernanke - A good second choice for Federal Reserve Chairman'

Flash : Fruit Shooting

Air Travel : Bacardi Flight #151 ready for take off! ... true, except for the last line (which is funny)

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Cox & Forkum

Cao

My blog is worth $164,845.68.
How much is your blog worth?

... found via TNOYF

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Inline trackbackation? Inline trackbackation?

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NIF : Adding inline trackbacks, kinda ... its a kludge from Basil - we'll see how we like it, still needs tweaking

Me : Limited blogation; too busy .. and I have Apheresis this afternoon (PS - everyone should give blood!)

Monday : Guard Our Borders ... read all 3!

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Iraq : Terrorists attack hotel ... atleast 20 killed; condolences & prayers

Wilma : Made it back up to Cat3, blows through Florida ... and condolences for the (atleast) 1 dead

Alpha : Meet the record-breaking 22^nd "named storm"

Wilma + Alpha : Super-storm for the North East

Greenspan : Ben Bernanke named as successor

Avian Flu : UK - H5N1 comes ashore ... dead parrot
... What you need to know about H5N1

Earthquake : MASH rolls into Pakistan

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Islamofascism : "Black Hack Down" suspect caught, in Sweden
... Why Saudi's war on terror ain't quite enough
... "Krispy Kreme terrorist sentenced to a paltry 57 months"
... "Islam is peaceful"
... Jihad declared against Denmark
... "Muslims in the UK" - "Islam is better ... will rule over the whole world"
... Piggy banks banned in UK ... offensive to those tolerant Muslims

Iraq : Weapons caches being discovered ... no MSM coverage?
... Michael Yon, 'Purple Fingers'
... You want to talk about burning bodies, how about those who who burned alive
... 'Shilling for Saddam'

Crawfordstock : Sheehan to chain self to White House fence ... no class, no life
... If only the fence were electric

SCOTUS / Miers : Not enough votes?

"Global Warming" : In need of Cat6 classification?
... More plants in arctic lakes ... kinda makes sense

Economics : Regulations bad?

Military Tech : Body Armor, part 1, part 2, part 3
... Saving the privates ... armored shorts

Charlotte Wyatt : Death Sentence Revoked

Illegal Immigration : UK gives us a real-life example of why borders must be controlled

Computing : Novell cutting ~20%!?
... Minix ... "Micro-kernel based OS", nice!
... MS' Monad shell, beta ... and An intro for it

Internet : Giga-balloons?
... Beware of Phishers! ... n case you didn't know :)
... 80% DNS servers vulnerable to Pharming
... Blogging HowTo : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Crime : Know if pedophiles live nearby? ... found via WB

Racism : 'Prussian Blue, neo-Nazism’s Olsen Twins'
... Gindy's got more on "Racist and Jew hater Lynx Gaede" - and her twin sister

Left : They say WE are corrupt??
... Leadership dumbfounded

Right : I (cough) support the DNC
... More on Pork
... Pork - Coburn right, Stevens wrong ... and TAotB blasphemes!
... Cut foreign aid!
... Why Rove may be missed, but not irreplaceable ... that is assuming, of course, that he quits / gets fired / etc.

Crime : Remembering the Oct 20^th, 1973 start of the "Zebra Killings" ... "179 days of terror in San Francisco"

PC : MLB vs Milk ... and other examples

Tort : Junk Law vs Teflon

Health : Smoking also makes you dumb?
... Why women are pain wussies

Space : 'Space elevators stuck on the first floor'
... Scrap shuttles, back to rockets
... Hubble looking a bit closer ... at our moon

Genetics : Bird species about to fork?
... Making life @ Los Alamos

Misc : Return of the non-Metrosexual ... some of us never left!
... Thoughts on the lack of personal responsibility

BearingPoint : CEO You, on the recovery

Bloggers : Basil interviews Heidi, from ER
... CO closing?
... If you have been praying for Kilo, good & thanks ... if not, it's not too late to start!
... Basil vs TypePad, part 2 ... aka TypePad vs Trackbacks .. .and el gato comments

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OOTS : #236 ... Roy has boobies

Back Street Boys : People get dumb with webcams ... found via ER (email)

Flash : Pimpslap your ho

Religion : Navy SEAL proves the existence of God

Left : Celebrating 2000 ... true'ish, sick

Celebrity(ies) : Madonna, not good at the whole movie thing ... (true'ish)

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Vegeterrorists :

Fear the meat for it shall be your undoing.

--thanks IMAO!

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Oh yeah, you know what day it is! Oh yeah, you know what day it is!

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NIF : As is SOP here, this post will cover FRI-SAT-SUN as it will be a limited blogation weekend.
... I'll try and keep Friday active (NOTE : I said try)

ME : So, the wife, the child & yours truly went to Belvedere Plantation for pumpkins, animal petting and (of course) gratuitous photo ops. Sample below

Inflation : At Pumpkin Checkout, the guy ahead of us was charged $622.50 for his pumpkin.
This was resolved by attacking Iran, taking their oil and resetting the scale to the proper amount/lb.

Google : I am #1 for "limited blogation", kind of - all of the top results are me or my trackbacks!
... Oh, and Basil is #1 (only) for "robo-assassin-guards" ... that's a real money word! ... All thanks to me!

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DC : Capitol Hill bomb scare

Wilma : Cancun evac'ed
... Could become a Cat5, again ... does that mean she gets double credit?
... A view from the ISS

Earthquake : Turkey, 5.9

Nuclear Korea : Or maybe not nuclear? ... um, we'll see

Lebanon : Rafik Hariri assassination was a Lebanese & Syrian joint op
... Syrian anxiety ensues
... Rick has more ... and more

Energy : US helping India go nuclear

Air Travel : Security screener swipes $80k ... glad he was caught!
... but what is $80k in cash going to Pakistan in a piece of checked luggage for?? ... Same ? here!

Auto Industry : Ford posts $284M loss, layoffs imminent ... see also : yesterday's "auto industry" link for why :)
... I wonder if I can get a sweet deal on a Black 05 Mustang GT Convertible?

Iraq : Kidnapped lawyer found, dead

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Islamofascism : "My goal is to kill Ariel Sharon"
... Emperor Darth Misha has some thoughts on the "US GIs burned corpses"
... Ms. U has some thoughts on the burning bodies as well ... "I'll Bring the Marshmallows"
... Torture, Froggy vs FrontLine ... found via Black5 (go buy one of his TShirts, I'm wearing mine now!)
... And remember, the Geneva Convention doesn't apply ... not saying we should go out of our way to violate it, but ...

Military : A look at the "recruiting crisis"

Guns : 'Congress OKs gun industry lawsuit shield' ... excellent news indeed!

Venezuela : Chavez still a paranoid commie ... says US planning to invade for "Our oil, as they did in Iraq"
... and HE calls US a terrorist govt! HA!
... I didn't know it was Open Mic night at the BBC! This guy is hilarious, is he coming to town anytime soon?

AntiCivilLibertiesUnion : ACLU vs FBI ... and "Malkin, who strikes me as Bill O’Reilly in drag" - WHAT??

SCOTUS / Miers : Miers rundown!

Earthquake : Pakistani leader Perez Musharraf says the aid is "totally inadequate" ... good thoughts on that!

Computing : OpenOffice 2.0 is available! ... sadly, it is "clearly a CPU and Memory hog"
... Of course, OO2 is free ... DL here
... So, MS has "Shared Source" ... what does that mean?
... Excel can play sounds?!
... Ancient Greek computer, "Antikythera mechanism", reconstructed!
... R2D2 case mod
... Australia's customs system going down in flames?
... Enterprise Patch Management - Part I and Part II (Shavlik's HFNCPro shows well)
... Introducing the VMPlayer ... free tool from VMWare!

Internet : Voice calls to be free?
... BlackBerry induced RSI, "BlackBerry Thumb"
... Updated Google Earth ... still a threat to Western Civilization :)
... Wanna see who has blocked you? (in IM clients)
... China sensors Wikipedia ... eh, use a free proxy :)
... Flock has gone live ... I still need to activate my account ... Review, screenshots
... Regulators look to secure eBanking (more)

Gaming : Doom, the movie, sucks ... maybe Halo will be better? (I hope so!)
... Meet WoW's Blood Elves
... Gaming makes children less violent
... Anti-Game lawyer under investigation
... XBOX360 + PC game controller

Nanotech : World's smallest "car"

Business : "The new business cycle, I suggest, is based on training"

Space : Edible moon buggies

Abortion : TMLC files in support of Partial Birth Abortion Ban
... IOW, against "stabbing a baby in the head and sucking its brains out with a vacuum hose"

Racism : Hashim Nzinga proves racism is alive & well, and stupid

Govt : Review of the first 270 days!

Left : Kennedy making another pass at Hate Crime legislation ... since the front door = locked, he's going around back
... 'Static has better ratings than Air _scAmerica'
... JCB reads, adds to DNC letter
... MSM preceding facts

Libertarian : Splitting the right? ... freedom vs values ... I don't fully agree with this article, but interesting!

Right : Govenator, W in (cough) disagreement over $
... Abort Air _scAmerica
... In defense of FEMA's Brown

Crime : get hired to burn down Internet cafe, do it (killing your "employer" (whoops!) amongst others), go to jail
... $241k on strippers ... CEO + AmEx = dangerous :) ... found via Rusty
... All crimes must be punished the same ... in Kansas, anyway
... "Breast adjustment"

Education : "How did we become a country full of weenies" ... Hylton teacher caves, No devil coming down to Georgia :(

Math : Pi to 1M decimal places!

Avian Flu : Tamiflu production ramping up

Health : Orwell's novels influenced by his health problems
... Step1:get TB, be impotent, lose wife ... Step2:write books ... Step3:PROFIT!
... Gastric Bypass, dangerous truths?
... MIT knows why bad habits are hard to break ... um, because they are fun?

Nature : Selective logging still kills rain forests
... Elusive rat finally caught ... good swimmer, and who knew they liked penguin?

Geology : Cali's landslide rooted (unrooted?) in history
... kinda like building a house near the water, below sea level .. or in an active fault zone

Misc : Ontario will match US's DST change ... so they can have computer/device problems too!
... Use acetone in your fuel tank? ... anyone out there tried this?
... Teenager clothing crisis ... I disagree with one thing : no govt involvement needed, just parents!
... TBIFOC smack around Instapundit ... mmmmm, real BBQ

Halloween : Misc stuff, HowTos, etc.

Language : Rewriting 1 cliche every day ... today = "zip your lip"

Bloggers : CY has kidnapped Phin ... so go pay; either to free Phin or for your fish sticks :)
... Wanna win some ad space @ ER?
... Girls, or gay guys, go vote on the winner of the sausage-fest
... The Alliance has Friday links ... and Harvey has a list of their assignments to us!

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OOTS : #235 ... Roy(ette) has a date, with a dwarf!

Military : US extraditing 3 GIs to Spain ... precision guided delivery, no less

Right : Exiled Rove to (still) think for W

DeLay : REAL mug shot found!

Crime : Sex offenders to be shipped to Canada

SCOTUS / Miers : Miers withdrawn, fawning soldier nominated
... Miers + Keith Richards? ... found via CC

Burger King : Some thoughts on Buddy Jesus The _plastic King

Flash : Choose your life
... Lost, the Bohemian Rhapsody (Weird Al) version

Makeup : It works miracles ... actually, the last one doesn't really change!

Iraq : "Both Baghdad and Washington condemned the killing, until they realized who it was."

Lord Of The Rings And Ninja Turtles: Radical Ring Power : 1 2 3 4 V

MSM : 'A Hardball Day's Night Logic Problem'

Belgium : It just disappeared!

Plamegate : 'Miller doesn’t think Scooter called out Plame’s name during sex'

TV : TiVo launches Sports Accelerator
... '"Commander in Chief" show brainwashing Americans into accepting girls as leaders?'

Celebrity(ies) : Copperfield to create immaculate conception, then cut the deficit ... (the first part is true'ish!)

Movies : Did you know computers can ...

Insults : Get all Shakespearean ... found via Dr Sanity

Scare Tactics : PETA'ist vs Rat Monster ... funny video, even if totally fake ... found via WB

Bloggers : Sobek interviews Protein Wisdom

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Religion :

I no understand. Zarqawi said the Katrina wind was Allah and stuff. Osama said the Allah man did the planes into the tall skyscrapers. Me thought the Allah was really, really smart and powerful. Why for did he stone his own people to death with the shaky ground?

--thanks Mr Doofus!

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Riley!

Stop the ACLU

IMAO

TBIFOC

Mike's America

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Charlie Foxtrot Charlie Foxtrot

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ME : So, I did some weightlifting for the first time in ~18months and now I can barely lift my arms. Damn it..

Thursday : Which means it is Stop the ACLU day; today we talk about Stop the ACLU Radio!

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Wilma : Slowing down just a bit ... now a Cat4, will (probably) not hit Florida until Monday
... Florida declares State of Emergency
... Tourists evac'ed from Keys
... 3" of rain in 45 minutes? ... damn!
... She set another record - 3 Cat5s in 1 year ... only 24 previously recorded; 12.5% increase in 1yr (wish my salary do that!)

Iraq : Co-defendant's lawyer kidnapped

Avian Flu : Another death in Thailand ... H5N1 strikes again, and stupidity gets an assist ... condolences & prayers!

Cali : Mother throws kids off pier ... schizophrenia? ... developing

Lottery : Someone in Oregon = RICH ... "7, 21, 43, 44, 49, 29" worth $340M, second largest (largest single-winner) EVER

Spain : Warrants issued for US GIs ... riiiight

Afghanistan : US GIs accused of burning bodies ... still under investigation.
... also - not to be too blunt, but perhaps if these people weren't trying to kill our guys they wouldn't be in that situation ...
... Tattler has a similar thought

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Islamofascism : 'United and Incandescent' ... war of ideology

Able Danger : Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) publicly rips intelligence agencies a new one

Iraq : Left just won't listen ... "there is no evidence to support ... that insurgent violence is tied to the political process"
... Michael Yon saw the elections, and talks about Rhma ... more good deeds for US!
... Saddam pleads innocent, trial delayed until (damned close to) my birthday
... Let's define "Fair Trial"
... Curraheel's en route
... Saddam's trial coverage, compare & contrast w/ Hitler ... (hypothetical)
... The Anbar Campaign, in flash ... comments here ... found via Barbette

SCOTUS / Miers : Overreaction, on both sides, to her opposition to abortion 10+ years ago
... Lots of thoughts on Proportions
... Fence-sitters unite ... even when it hurts the rump

DeLay : Indictment (still) != conviction
... Ace has some thoughts, compliments DeLay

Crawfordstock : Finally over!
... here is someone who apparently agrees with Sheehan : US " deserves to be militarily defeated in Iraq"

Computing : Now THIS is a monitor! ... for $20,594.95 ... found via RIALS

Internet : AOL axing 700 ... Florida primarily, plus Arizona & some here in VA
... Google earnings UP
... A (cough) gentle reminder to pay your hosting bills!

Gaming : Wal Mart to have playable XBOX360's, today??
... Introducing XBOX360, the Omega Bundle ... (cough) how can you go wrong paying $2K for a console?

Left : Patty Murray (D) threatens wannabe pork busters
... Illegal Immigration is just a piece of paper away from being legal, so it is ok?

Right : Powell says "US Is Not Doing Bad at All"
... Know your pork before you cut it, and the source of the funds in question ... unlike those on The List

Guns : Myths about Gun Control ... found via BMEWS
... 'House OKs protection for gun makers from lawsuits' ... again, just need Senate to follow suit!
... UK - take away guns, crime goes up ... WOW, (cough) who could have seen that coming??

Religious Freedom : 5year old (rightly) wins appeal vs school ... Antonio Peck's drawing from 5yrs ago still in court

UselessNations : Iran going nuclear, UN - "You can almost hear the impotence in their voices"

Physics : Wanna make a black hole?

Language : Translate EnglishLimey to American

Nature : Zombie worms? ... and check out the reproductive practices of "Osedax mucofloris"
... Environazis suing Navy ... grrrr, sonar bad

Health : Sperm at risk ... steroids, lubricants are bad

Education : Some thoughts on Sex Ed
... 'Trial over pro-'gay' book begins'
... Reading / Comprehension flat over last 13 years ... so sad

Unintended Consequences : 'Church pays £1,300 to change 4 light bulbs'

Modern Culture : 'Temples Of Our Times' ... sadly, not the right kind of temples. In fact, not even religious.

Automotive Industry : Delphi's bankruptcy, garbage cars ... unions a contributing factor
... In defense of Unions, or atleast (some of) the workers ... FTR - I am not saying all the people don't work, just that the Union itself fails its members!

Utah : Interesting peak into Salt Lake City politics ... by Ken, from OA

Crime : Hot coffee prevents car jacking

Celebrity(ies) : Bill Cosby tell the truth, but "Black Community too def to hear?"

A Story, bit by bit : ... "SuperEgo" :

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45!
... OR, you could go here and read all at once (after you register, that is)

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DeLay : Earle indicts all of Texas

Drugs : Randy Moss says pot is good for aching ribs, groin

Air Travel : W wants guns on planes

AntiCivilLibertiesUnion : ACLU, Communists officially join forces

SCOTUS / Miers : A look at her "Inadequate and Insulting Answers"

Iraq : Saddam, "Atleast I am not DeLay"
... Saddam demands Miers be his judge

Iran : Um, I mean Mars ... going nuclear

Caption This : Total skank

TV : Fox shows are the worst! ... (true'ish)

Blooper : Free Ora ... what??

Bloggers : Introducing Bloggonetrix™ ... blog good, and then go read part 2
... The Therapist gusts blogs at WD ... appalling!
... speaking of guest blogging, I failed to mention I am standing it for Basil : here and here and here

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Iraq :

Do not let the cowards win. Do not let her die in vain. I ask all our leadership to get this word out to our forces

--thanks Black5!

Religion :

*EIGHT WAYS TO ENCOURAGE OUR PASTOR -- SIMPLE ACTS THAT FEED A SHEPHERD
Paul's admonition to "serve one another in love" (Gal. 5:13 ) should encourage us to remember our shepherds. Here are eight ways to make their lives better! (By Victor Parachin)
1. CUT THE CRITICISM : Presbyterian minister Fred Rogers, creator and host of television's "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood," once gave an address describing the time he was a student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and attended a different church each Sunday in order to hear a variety of preachers. One Sunday he was treated to "the most poorly crafted sermon (he) had ever heard." But when he turned to the friend who had accompanied him, he found her in tears. "It was exactly what I needed to hear," she told Rogers. "That's when I realized," he told his audience, "that the space between someone doing the best he or she can and someone in need is holy ground. The Holy Spirit had transformed that feeble sermon for her--and as it turned out, for me too."Unlike most workers who are evaluated once or twice a year, clergy are often critiqued weekly after each worship service. It's not unusual to hear people say "the music was poor," "the hymn selection was awful," or "the sermon was boring." We would do well to remember that most spiritual leaders work hard to make worship a unique celebration each week.
2. PRAY REGULARLY : Ask God to shower your pastor with an abundance of love, hope, joy, faith, peace, power, wisdom, and courage. Pray for your spiritual leader's maturity and growth in the faith. As you pray keep in mind this wisdom from German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "If you treat a person as he is, he will stay as he is; but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."
3. EXPRESS APPRECIATION IN WRITING : A spoken compliment is always welcome, but a written one can be read over and over again for years. So, when you hear or see something you like from your minister, write an appreciative note.
4. USE YOUR SKILLS TO BLESS : Are you proficient with computers? Help your pastor master the church's new computer. Are you a mechanic? Offer to service the car free of charge or at a reduced fee. As one pastor recalled: "I was pastoring my first church--a small congregation with limited resources. While there, I developed a series of dental problems and could not afford treatment. What a joy it was when a dentist in the church offered to treat me for free. Correcting my dental problem involved nearly a dozen visits. He treated me carefully and cheerfully each time. I have thought of that dentist many times since then and the memories of his kindness continue to bless my life."
5. SQUELCH GOSSIP : If you hear a negative comment, respond with a positive one. If misinformation is being spread, correct it with the accurate information. Or, if people are gossiping, just walk away. Remember the Bible soundly condemns gossip and careless speech. James 1:26 says, "If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless." And Psalm 34:13 reads, "Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies."
6. OFFER TO MEET A NEED : Some people make their spiritual leaders defensive and angry by saying, "You need to ... " That approach is seldom welcome and almost always counterproductive. If you see a need, approach your spiritual leader by saying, "I'd like to help by ... " If you see an area that can be improved, take responsibility for working on it. Be an active participant in YOUR church. Get involved by teaching a class, leading a workshop, singing in the choir, feeding the hungry. Ask your spiritual leader where and how you can employ your gifts.
7. BE OPENLY RESPONSIVE : Nothing so animates and excites a spiritual leader as seeing people respond to the preaching and teaching. Imagine the surprise and delight of a pastor in Virginia Beach, Virginia, who, when greeting a visitor to his church, found she came because of the kindness of a church member who was her neighbor. "I'm recently divorced, a single parent and new to this community," she told the pastor. "To keep up with rent and provide for my three children, I must work two jobs. That leaves me very little time for yard work. I was relieved when the weeds didn't overrun my yard as I had feared they might. However, when I made an unscheduled trip home in the middle of my workday, I discovered the reason why the weeds had not taken over my yard. "My 86-year-old neighbor--a member of your church--was on his hands and knees pulling my weeds. I barely knew this man and he was embarrassed to be caught in this anonymous act of kindness. He explained that he heard you preach a sermon on the importance of living a life of compassion and kindness and decided to put that sermon into practice by weeding my lawn." One pastor's heart filled with joy when a group of women in Washington, D.C., responded to a sermon preached from the words of Jesus--"Do not judge, or you too will be judged" (Matt. 7:1). After hearing the sermon, the women decided to give a baby shower for the young woman who provided childcare while they met for Bible study. She was unmarried, close to going on welfare, and without support from her family or the father-to-be. The young woman was moved to tears by the surprise baby shower. Later, the women explained to the pastor, "Your sermon taught us that it's possible to reach out to someone in need--in this case, an unwed mother--without judging or condoning the situation."
8. THROW AWAY THE MEASURING STICK : Don't expect that your present spiritual leaders will do things the same way their predecessors did. Lay aside personal agendas and preferences. Instead, focus on how your leader is being used by God to do effective ministry now. By serving your shepherds, you will ensure that they will not only be encouraged but will feel appreciated and continue to minister with enthusiasm and energy.

--thanks Victor Parachin, via email from JP Thorstad

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Cox & Forkum

Make Your Own! ... found via Argghhh

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: OTB, CO, JC, B&E, IP, PT, TP

Not it Not it

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South Park : New episode tonight! (And Drawn Together as well!)

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Iraq : Terrorists continue attacks ... one US GI killed, condolences
... Terrorists kill 19
... Saddam, defiant ... shocker ('cuz he has always been so cooperative in the past!)

Wilma : Cat5! ... might be the strongest (lowest pressure, highest winds) hurricane ever (recorded, anyway)

Earthquake : Oct 8^th quake death toll approaching 80,000 ... continued prayers & condolences

Maryland : More on the tunnel closure yesterday ... 6 being questioned
... 'Chalk it up to a costly rehearsal'

Massachusetts : Questionable dam prompts evacuation

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Islamofascism : Cali court hearing 'Islamic indoctrination' case ... TMLC fighting for America, unlike that other 4LA (ACLU)
... ' The absurd and the sinister'

Iraq : Some thoughts on Saddam ... and Clinton's WMDs :)

Lebanon : US, France untied against Syria ... remember the assassination of Rafik Hariri

Homeland Security : Was DC already hit by BioTerror attack? ... "tularemia"

Military Tech'ish : "Aluminum Windows" can stop a .50 cal AP bullet! ... "aluminum oxynitride" ... downside = "$10 per square inch" (for now)

Religious Freedom : Not in New York Kindergarten!

Computing : RedHat -1 founder ... Bob Young resigns from Board
... 'DVD Jon lands dream job stateside'
... DEAL : 300GB UATA/100 HDD = $90 ... incl $50 MIR

Internet : MSN Messenger + Yahoo IM beta registration available ... not the client itself, but the chance to get the client in a month or so
... France has better, cheaper broadband than we do? ... that is SO wrong!
... Google losing "GMail" trademark ... in UK, anyway
... 24x7 wireless connectivity not all good
... Web2.0 is nothing more than evolution ... not a revolution

Gaming : "The Governor" to keep Blizzard honest?

InfoSec : Oracle bugs / patches ... Symantec raised ThreatCon to "2"
... Cisco updates Network Admission Control (NAC) offerings
... Malware targeting Skype ... say hello to "MyTob (AKA Fanbot)"

Home Networking : How To; and I don't just mean getting an Internet connection for your laptop

Telecom : Unlicensed frequencies, and how we can kill the FCC

UselessNations : We must resist Globotaxes, UNternet
... In bed with ACLU, vs America

Left : Byrd Flu ... "That's our lawmakers: Think small. They bring home the Baco Bits."
... Berkeley gives vets the finger

Right : Big spending cuts, finally! ... shooting for $50B!
... 'Can they get it done?' ... let's hope so!
... Plamewilsonnovakcoopermillerlibbyrovegate + The Twins

SCOTUS / Eminent Domain : Maryland to protect property ownership ... as every state should!

SCOTUS / Miers: Bork is not supportive
... GOP a little more positive

Govt : Are we too accepting of Govt intrusion into our lives? ... YES (especially WRT smoking, helmet laws!) ... although I am OK with the military use part

Avian Flu : Thoughts on how to react, contain ... H5N1 in EU now (Turkey, Romania, Greece) ... still only bird-2-human
... Over-Hypation happening?

Health : Surgery not so safe an option to obesity ... how about eating less / better, exercising more?
... Young women have flawed eggs as well

Cool Patents : Electronic eye(ball), neutron explosive detection, dancing cel phone

Jeep : New ad campaign - The Mudds ... wish they'd push Wranglers instead of Commanders :)

Fake Religion : Scientology can't take a joke

Homosexuals : Are we victims or a marketing juggernaut?

Space : New rocket engines being developed, tested ... "Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator (IPD)" ... all liquid!
... Mars + plate-tectonics

"Global Warming" : "Antarctic ice sheets are slipping into the ocean at an unprecedented rate"
... US expected to experience "increase in heat, heavier rainfalls and shorter winters" by end of century ... more extreme than previously thought

Geology : Exploding rocks being dredged from sea floor ... "pressurized volcanic gases trapped within the lava rocks"

Morse Code : - .... .. ... + .. ... + .--. .-. . - - -.-- + -.. .- -- -. . -.. + -.-. --- --- .-.. ... found via IMAO

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OOTS : #233 and #234

Avian Flu : YOU think YOU are worried??

MSM : 10 ways to boost their sagging profits

Islamofascism : Al Qaida going the Underpants Gnomes route?

Computing : Latest iPod to be implant

Iraq : 'Accepting unlicensed US Military a** whupping tops new Hussein charges'
... Saddam's trial, IMAO style

Health : CDC warns of impending "viral marketing" pandemic

Illegal Immigration : Catch and Deport all aliens; Indians agree

SCOTUS / Miers : W's Top 10 reasons for nominating Miers
... Rove hoping for nomination

Space : Chinese Dragon attacks ISS

Right : 'DeLay vows to continue fundraising in prison'

Sports : NBA's ban on chains = racist ... "I for one completely support ... all the Negroes that want to wear chains. It just proves my ancestors were right all along"

Wrasslin' : McMahon fires everyone, except for Triple H

Caption This : Hurricane Survival Kit

UF : Spielberg + EA = HELL

Katrina / Rita : New Orleans recovering faster than Anderson Cooper

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White Trash Wednesday :

So, when you think Knoxville, don’t just think hayseeds, banjos, mountains and moonshine. Think drivebys and bad-a$$ white trash cracker-ass gangstas. Their parents must be so proud.

--thanks SMB!

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Cox & Forkum


Dilbert

Cao

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: Cao, JC, CO, OTB, TMG, IP, PT, B&E, OA, BO

Freeland covers religion! Freeland covers religion!

Interesting

• For those interested in religion, Freelanders has a piece on Catholic theology, very interesting, even if you are not Catholic.

  
  

Shizno Shizno

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Kerry : We like to take a brief moment every Tuesday and ponder the mystery of Kerry and his AWOL/incomplete 180
... and Kerry being sued ... "French-looking minor senator" - HA!

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Iraq : Constitution ballots being questioned, reviewed ... in spite of the sandstorm
... also - condolences for the USMC GIs killed on Monday
... Arabic Interpreter "FNU LNU" had "high-level" clearance and "fraudulently accessed classified information" ... not good

Wilma : Expected to become a Cat 1-2, hit Florida ... and we have a whole month to break the record of 21 name storms!
... She is now a Cat2

Avian Flu : Say "Hi" to Greece ... verification under way
... A little reminder of how serious this issue is! ... or maybe not?

Maryland : Unspecified threats in Baltimore close, restrict tunnel traffic ... still developing

Economics : US producer prices = biggest gain in more than 15 years ... energy costs to blame, mostly

Govt : US Congress freezes pay raises this year ... how damned gracious of them (cough), saving $2M and all
... Pork busting is not the answer to our federal financial problems

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SCOTUS / Miers : More brouhaha ... religion, privacy, abortion ... W goes on a publicity drive

Illegal Immigration : W to push for Border Security, guest worker ... first part good, second part not so much
... Aztlan being taken over?

Euthanasia : Raven, on "mercy" killings ... emphasis on the word killing,
... more on the New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center

Computing : MadTech reviews Windows Vista ... build 5231, and a link to a torrent for it :)
... Return Before Investment, thanks to on-demand applications ... RBI > ROI
... Download the Unofficial WinXPsp3 ... "Hotfix preview pack" (sans IE7)
... "Rich Clients" (not dumb, thin ones) will always rule ... 'Three reasons why Internet-based applications are a bad idea'
... Hollywood getting greedier yet ... wants cut from video iPod ... What you need to know about the video iPod
... Wanna beta test MS products?
... How To : Roll your own Win* Tools CD ... getting a little outdated, but still good if you don't have something like this!
... Deal : Dell LCDs $300(19")-$800(24") ... today only!

Internet : Web 2.0, and the flip ... keep the money, ideas flowing!
... The Register presents : Google Earth vs Western Civilization ... all your black helicopter photos are belong to them
... MS presents Virtual WiFi ... multilink 802.11! ... very early / test release
... Google updates their Privacy Policy ... Yea! More ads ... or something
... VeriSign buys Moreover for $30M, cash ... Weblog power play trifecta?

Gaming : XBOX360 Viral Marketing, something to be announced @ 3pm today?
... Atari 2600 games auctioned off for $1800+! ... "Pepsi Invaders"
... Nintendo + DS + McDonald's = free WiFi

InfoSec : Worm downs MySPace ... "the web application is an integral part of the exploit"

Left : 'Mired in liberalism'

UselessNations : IP (finally!) loses respect!

"Global Warming" : ... means less rain
... A look at some myths

Health : Hacking sleep is dumb
... Anti-fat vaccine to become standard issue?

Energy : Water as fuel, since the 1800s?

Nature : Sea Lilies run away
... The origin of photosynthesis ... "Hatena"

Space : "Life's building blocks" are abundant out there ... just add nitrogen
... When black holes are hungry
... Thoughts on the "why" of China's "race" to space
... Andromeda can take a hit ... actually, it already did, and has the scar to prove it (but you should see the other guy!)

Bloggers : Latest Watcher's Council is out! ... featuring TWAers Rick (SCOTUS/Miers) and TMH (ID)
... A day in the life of blogging! ... sad but true, found via B&E
... How To : 'Gooder Writing'
... Basil has a message for TypePad ... their trackbacks are PWN3D

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Left : The left are not moonbats, they are undead ... (true'ish!)

RVB : #64 is out! ... Shizno!

Halloween : Worst costumes ever ... "Vlad the HIV Positive Vampire"

Undead : Pittsburgh is NOT ready!

SCOTUS / Miers : Citing privacy right, Miers rejects Roe questions

Govt : "Gubernatorial Six" suicide out ... Taft was the ringleader

Engrish Blogging : IP found a good one! ... and, shocker, liberal-wrong! ... (true!)

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Cox & Forkum

TMH

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: CO (on break!?), JC, OTB, TMG, STACLU, PT, CC, B&E, RT

FreeLand is Rolling! FreeLand is Rolling!

Interesting

• Another company goes bad.
• The left's war on faith.
• A boycott is hard, but laziness does not excuse our helping the enemy.
• Don't forget tomorrow is Open Wednesday! Submit something today!

Funny

• A tabloid buying howto.
  

Busy! Busy!

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Me, NIF : Seriously, I think work is trying to kill me ... ok, not so serious.
... But they are keeping me busy, which is better than some of the alternatives, I guess :)
... I will try to fit in some blogging before / after work, but we shall see!

Monday : A good day to think more about Illegal Immigration, specifically about how we need to Guard our Borders

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Wilma : +1 Tropical Storm, to be hurricane? ... and we are now out of names

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Left : Dean, still a laugh riot! ... and a touch of racism, for flavor

Misc : Never wash dishes again! ... create, destroy them as needed. Thanks, Kender!

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MSM : When in doubt, just make up some news

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Thank you for calling, please hold. Thank you for calling, please hold.

NIF : Gonna be a very limited (as in maybe NO) blogation day, weekend. I am teh sux0r. Sorry!

Staring at the Substitute Staring at the Substitute

A few quick links, I'm subbin in for TJ. I'm at work and have very little time.
Stop The ACLU Blogburst ... How you are paying for the secularization of America.
The Political Teen's one year blogiversary
The Al Qaeda Letter

DDG-67 DDG-67

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October 12^th, 2000 : 5 years ago today, the USS Cole was attacked.
... Please observe a moment of silence for our murdered sailors.

In memory of : Joe Burke Royal, aka Rev Joe.
... He passed quietly, peacefully on October 8^th, 2005 after a 2 year battle with MDS.
... He was an inspiration to us all, a man who served God and Country as we all should. He will be missed.
... We just got back from his memorial service, very touching. (and cause of limited evening blogation)
... As a sidenote - he officiated our wedding, and for that we will always be personally grateful.

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Iraq : Constitution breakthrough reached, more Sunnis to support it?

Earthquake : Weather lightens up, aid pours in

Space : China launches a couple more Taikonauts

Crime : Des Moines is off-limits to sex offenders ... BRAVO!

Syria : Interior Minister General Ghazi Kanaan 'commits suicide', foul play suspected

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Islamofascism : Ayman al-Zawahiri is nice enough to show us why we CANNOT "cut and run" from Iraq
... More on al-Zawahiri's letter ... Chilling, no. Surprising, no.
... "Zawahiri is begging Zarqawi for more funds ... We're winning"
... Ahmed Omar Abu Ali - working for al Qaida, hating America and wanting to assassinating W, US senators
... Interested in how many Islamic terror attacks the world has seen since September 11th, 2001 ... (atleast 3069, to date)

SCOTUS / Miers : What does Dobson know? ... some potential candidates pulled themselves off the list
... "Conservatism has begun its descent into ideology" ... and "We are not passive recipients of dicta handed down"
... "The Bush choice is good generalship" ... and in some ways, both sides are right
... Patterico has a damned fine question for her! ... law vs personal preference
... Good thoughts, and are the "Big Bloggers" just upset they weren't asked? ... and I guess fighting 2 wars isn't enough!
... The Right is helping the Left? ... "liberalism works by splitting the country: poor against rich, women against men ..."
... Bloggers - Info Theory wants to know where you stand!

AntiCivilLibertiesUnion : Extortion, destroying America with OUR money
... 100000 people support getting the ACLU (and others) off our wallets
... Jay wants to remind us who/what the ACLU is fighting against ... Video here (.WMV)

Insurrection : Unlimited, unreported e-campaign spending

Katrina / Rita : Landrieu upset that money will need to be repaid ... she seems to have a sense of entitlement, no? ... The $62B, which is "more than three times the amount of federal income
taxes collected from Louisiana residents and businesses", just isn't enough

Military : In honor of the K-9 Corps ... our brave, four-legged troops getting a memorial in NYC on Oct 21^st, 2005

Computing : SATAII coming soon! ... 3Gbps
... DEAL : 128MB flash drive for $4
... Intel going double core ... after going dual core, and there is a difference!
... Are we missing the signposts of our technical progression? ... Robo-Cars are something we should take notice of

Internet : Microsoft + Yahoo hopping in bed together, for IM anyway
... Skype 1.4.0.78 released
... Linksys (Cisco) debuts cordless Skype handset
... Google rolling out "Wallet" service - "Purchases"
... Google creates $1B philanthropic arm ... Google.org to "make the world a better place"

Gaming : XBOX360 vs PS3, head to head ...
... Engadget got a XBOX360 to play with!

InfoSec : Typing ../../../ gets Daniel James Cuthbert convicted, fired ... WTF??

Racism : Kender is (rightfully) upset about racism ... BY the minorities, "the Miss Black America Pageant" ... (LANGUAGE)
... Smokey finds some hypocrisy in "racist hate crime" legislation
... While Ogre muses "Only whites can be racist"

Left : "A tax on Internet sales isn't a tax increase?" ... and why that is a load of crock!
... 'Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups'

Right : Govenator under fire, poll #s low ... but (more importantly) his proposals are moving forward just fine, TYVM!

Taxation : Others find the recent "advisory panel" news disturbing as well ... I am still thinking FAIR TAX is the way to go!

Wine : Gadget that "ages" wine ... "Reds can become more complex, and whites drier"

"Global Warming" : Gonna overwhelm our storm drains?

Energy : Nuclear Power (finally!) making a comeback ... thanks to the greenies, insert irony comment here

Housework : Scooba automates floor-mopping

Economics : A better look at the "Robber Barons" ... and why the implied insult is (mostly) uncalled for

Health : Fish is brain-food

Animals : The Pterosaurs had "flaps" to better-enable flight ... still died
... Sharks have a cold-water protein

Misc : More cool patents ... self-adjusting vibraphone, detecting camouflage / seeing through fog with lasers
... The history of shaving, Gillette ... and MIT was wrong :)

Bloggers : Paul is looking for a few good posts ... he needs a vacation, and he's only been blogging like 2wks! Wussy!

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OOTS : #231 ... check out the pink bunny slippers!

Celebrity(ies) : Screaming banshee upset at McCartney

Earthquake : Woman rescued from rubble, stoned to death

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Day by Day
In Memory of those who died on the USS Cole, Oct 12^th, 2000 :

Sources / Bloggie Linkfests: Basil-AM, JC, Cao, ER, CC, B&E, STACLU, CO, OA, PT, Basil-Nooner, OTB, TMG

Blastnostricful Blastnostricful

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Today : I smell a Kerry-180 Tuesday post approaching
... BANG : Kerry betrayed his Brothers-in-Arms, something about $905M
... BANG² : some thoughts on accountability, or the lack thereof

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Avian Flu : US Health Secretary warns of "high probability" pandemic ... H5N1 finally getting the press it deserves, needs?
... Outbreaks in Turkey, Romania ... "just" affecting poultry, so far

Earthquake : India air-dropping food, burial shrouds
... Impatient Pakistani blasts US's offer as "peanuts" ... right before we upped it 100x; and look @ the UN = a whole $100k
... Weather slowing aid delivery ... death toll now estimated at 35-40k

Iraq : Two car bombs kill "dozens" ... condolences for the "atleast 55 dead"

Afghanistan : 19 Police Officers killed

Drought : Amazon rain forest ... wild fires, sickness ... "Global Warming" blamed

Flooding : 10 dead in Eastern US

Foot & Mouth : Brazil, world's largest cattle exporter, destroying atleast 582 cows ... wouldn't that be "Hoof & Mouth"?

Crime : 1 man., 130 IDs, 473 accounts, 112 mail redirection facilities = £1.1m, 5.5 years in jail

Spain : Gets first ever tropical storm ... how do you say Vince, en espanol?

Air Travel : Jet Blue, Boston to NY, $25 ... introductory rate, of course

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Serenity : An intro, link to sites/trailers/video ... read/watch this and THEN GO SEE THE MOVIE!

Islamofascism : NYC Metro scare ... a hoax?
... Terrorists get a free pass in UK ... "useless British Home Secretary Charles Clarke"

SCOTUS / Miers : Coalition of the Chillin' ... STACLU
... Some responses to MoveOn
... A few thoughts for GOPers who "stand up" to W, but not to the Lefties

Survival : Be Prepared ... GREAT READ! ... found via TWA's pet Ogre

Katrina / Rita : Flood Pork
... Can you help one of our heroes? ... found via 365 + Wake Up
... 'When understanding and compassion hurt more than they help'

UselessNations : More on UNICEF's "We like smurf killing" video ... again, I think it's a riot!
... Jean-Bernard Merimee, aka the "undersecretary-general", arrested ... more Oil for Food for Bribes for Dictators fallout

Iran : "Compromising" on IAEA oversight? ... or just stalling, again

Illegal Immigration : Highway sound barriers can make effective border fences
... Free for all in Florida ... say hello to unlimited Cuban "refugees"

Insurrection : More on the FEC suing CFG

Computing : Free alternatives to Macromedia, Adobe
... ReactOS - run Windows proggies without Windows
... A bunch of Programming Guides ... wanna learn C++, general programming constructs, etc?
... Novell releases a bunch of SUSE usability videos, etc.
... TouchKeys coming to cel phones, PDAs

Internet : Yahoo giving bloggers some credit, placement ... unlike Goooogle
... PSP as a web server?! ... add :800 to this URL to go there
... eBay's PayPal buys Verisign's Payment Portal
... ISP wins $10M judgment vs spammer ... excellent!
... Cisco + MTV = IPTV
... Portal Wars

Gaming : A peek at a "XBOX STORE"
... ESA suing Cali over "Violent Game" law (AB1179)
... World of Warcraft Spyware?

InfoSec : Nessus 3.0 = not GPL; 2.0 fork expected?
... Dutch-based botnet operators busted

BearingPoint : Delays filing, again

MSM : NYT not so on-to the Internet Thing

Age Discrimination : ... or just good business sense?

Left : Gore planning a run in '08? ... to reinvent the Internet in '12
... Some responses to Gore's Oct 5^th speech ... many good points; some complimentary, many not so much

Right : Blogger Patrick Ruffini "sells out" ... but in a great way; officially working for the GOP!
... DeLay : Earle Subpoenaed ... gets more interesting :) (whether good or bad I dunno yet)
... Frist : May be in trouble, "had stock outside of blind trusts" ... let's get to the truth here as well!

Taxation : Mortgage deduction to cap at ~$350k? ... no sales tax (which is good; unless you mean The Fair Tax!)

Health : Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Life : Smokey's Rules of Life
... Learn how to read faster ... let me know if that works for you

Economics : Gold up to $477.70/ounce ... and rising?
... Things you should never buy new
... Hybrids don't save money
... Delphi bankruptcy is a "red flag" ... and a major drag for GM

Space : Fetal star spotted

Physics : A look inside E=mc²

Hurricanes : "Wilma" is the only name left! ... if we get one more we use the last name, and tie the record ... yea, us?

Energy : Harness the power of a Tornado ... well, kind of ... "atmospheric vortex engine with a diameter of 200m would produce around 200Mw"

Geology : Everest shorter than thought, by 12' ... or maybe its shrinking

Calculus : A site that differentiates for you ... can integrate as well! ... where was this when I needed it??

Misc : You CAN recharge standard alkaline batteries? ... " Total cost of ownership for sex toys: down 86%"

Jeep : Thoughts on the 2007 Compass ... a kinder, gentler wussy Jeep? ... "soft-roader"
... A bunch of Daimler Chrysler recalls ... hard to put in Park, cars roll

Colorado : GM went on vacation, took some nice pics!

English : Common linguistic errors ... "bob wire"

Babies : Squirrelly has ASD? ... prayers!

Bloggers : Bonfire of the Religious Pantheons Vanities
... Basil is interviewing! ... submit an interviewee, questions, etc.

A Story, bit by bit : ... "SuperEgo" :

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42!

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Earthquake : It was a seismic attack launched by US
... Al Qaeda leading relief effort

Hurricanes : Wilma is the end

UselessNations : Smurf bombing was TOTALLY justified!

Relationships : Hatred of counselor unites couple

Left : PETA book titles
... Sutherland arrested by Jack Bauer

Right : Eeevil age control device to make us older, slowly
... W to appoint leader for country ... "America is in need of a bold, resolute person who can get the job done"
... W replacing Greenspan with some guy from the mall
... Seeking limits on interrogation of Administration

Internet : AOL supporting condescension, elitism?

SCOTUS/ Miers : WuzzaDem does Coulter
... Miers is "one of us"
... Laura says "Kick Pelosi's a$$"
... 'Senators not qualified to question Miers'

Health : Pfizer, Microsoft cracking down on Viagra piracy

Computing : Creative releases silent sound card

Flash : Run, jump
... Are u Dumb? ... I am not :P

ID : Creationists, Darwinists compromise, create new religion ... language warning, or something

UF : A smack of reality for the RIAA

Islamofascism : Pentagon defeats Militant Chess Team
... So, what is left of al Qaida
... God denies advising W to invade Iraq
... Not terrorists; Winona stole the plane

Caption This : Condi! ... "Bring it on, biyatch" ... although, I prefer to spell it beyatch

Movies : 'Changes in George Lucas's Lord of the Rings: Special Edition' ... midichlorians?

Genetics : Scientists invent dogcat

Prison Hell Overpopulation : 92% are there due to drug charges

Celebrity(ies) : Tom, Katie having a Publicist

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Cox & Forkum

Dilbert

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Back in the Saddle Back in the Saddle

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ME : So, I am finally blogging again!
... Big thanks to Basil, TMH & Paul for stepping in to help keep NIF from being totally devoid of interest!
... (and you guys know you are always welcome to just drop by and post ... or, if you didn't know you do know!)

Illegal Immigration : Let's think about Guarding our Borders ... and thoughts on private-sector collusion
... or how about this : Convicted aliens have more rights to privacy than we do!?

Household Maintenance : Yet again, my ignorance has conquered (atleast temporarily) a household crisis.
... step 1 : Garbage Disposal stops working (flip switch on, hear buzzing noise (but no spinning of motor), flip switch off) ... step 2 : Let it sit for a day or two, hope it fixes self
... step 3 : Stumble through dismounting, disconnecting unit from sink, drain & dishwasher (spill water)
... step 4 : Check if this somehow helped (flip switch on, hear buzzing noise (but no spinning of motor), flip switch off) ... step 5 : Perform percussive maintenance; read: hit it with hammer (flip switch on, hear buzzing noise (but no spinning of motor), flip switch off) ... step 6 : Perform percussive maintenance inside grinder-part-thingie; read: hit it with hammer + long piece of metal(flip switch on, hear grinding noise as unit successfully grinds up rust, flip switch off) ... step 7 : Remount unit
... step 8 : Pronounce victory to loving wife, add new disposal to list of future weekend projects
... As I said - my ignorance (hey - it wasn't a computer / network device, cut me some slack!) dominates all challenges!

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Earthquake : India, Pakistan Afghanistan - 7.7 ... 30000 feared dead ... condolences & prayers
... Rescue operations underway ... including military helos heading to Pakistan, from Afghanistan
... US aid arriving
... Misha has more on the US aid, and on the UN's (cough) contribution so far
... Unrelenting aftershocks ... atleast 13 of them, one was a 6.3
... Millions left homeless
... ER wonders how long it is before the Great Satan will be blamed? ... even while we are rushing to the rescue effort
... FF's Crystal Palace feels it

Mudslide : Guatemala village now a mass grave ... 1400 dead, buried ... condolences & prayers

Flooding : Lots of rain in Eastern US ... evacuations, deaths ... condolences & prayers

Hurricane : Stan making impact in Central America, Mexico ... 225 dead so far ... condolences & prayers

Iraq : Still fighting for Sunni support ... violence on the upswing as Oct. 15^th nears "foreign militants involved in Iraq's insurgency had fallen to around 900" ... Not a quagmire! ... "80 percent of the al Qaeda network in the north has been devastated"
... Let's see if the "next dictatorial overlord" is willing to "sacrifice" ... a little piece of Iraq, in France

Germany : Schroeder out, Merkel in ... EXCELLENT!
... CQ has more

Colorado : SNOW! ... up to 18" so far, up to 4' expected!

Avian Flu : EU bans poultry imports from Turkey ... their is an obvious Turkey joke there ...

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Islamofascism : NY's subway was on high-alert Friday
... Bombs found on Georgia Tech campus ... and at UCLA as well? ... found via TMG
... Malkin has more on the GT, UCLA bombs found ... + Gwinnett County
... Thoughts on W's "The War for the Free World" speech ... he (finally) uses the word Islamofascism
... "This type of democracy is worthless for Muslims" ... or so Imam Raed Hlayhel would have you believe
... "Islam permits killing of 'infidel' civilians"
... CAIR is "nothing more than al-Qaeda’s version of the ACLU"
... "I salute President Bush who does not care much for this kind of defeatism and treats it with the contempt it deserves" ... found via Ace
... Al Jazeera recruiting drive ... first a USMC, now a Knight? It's a Dhimmi-storm!
... More on the OK suicide bombing ~2wks ago ... "if a terrorist attack in America's heartland doesn't jolt the country out of this fantasyland, what will?" ... Dr Sanity reminds us how difficult it is to prove your preventative measures had any effect

Katrina / Rita : 3 NOPD officers charged with abuse ... of a 64yr old man, from Basil :"The downside of Los Angeles providing police protection becomes apparent" ... NOPD steal Cadillac to desert posts ... how many strikes does it take to be out?

AntiCivilLibertiesUnion : ACLU scores a win vs Christianity ... Mt. Soledad to lose Cross; despite 75% popular support?

Carnival of True Liberties : #2 ... features several TWAers!

DeLay : Counter-filing against Earle ... found via, and more comments from The Therapist

SCOTUS / Miers : Good round-up of "Week 1" ... and check out "Scalthom"
... Rick ponders the circular firing squad ... and fondly remembers someone who handled the opposition better
... Dem support may be what gets her confirmed?
... 'Pro-Ginsburg but Anti-Miers?' ... questions for 16 GOPers
... Patterico, Fund question Miers
... TAotB forwards some questions for Miers
... Discerning Texan, Steyn say "She's not ideal but she'll do" ... I am in this boat, currently

Equal Rights : "White legislator from Tennessee wants to join the Black Caucus" ... turn-about is fair play, yes?
... Hurricane Farrakhan blustering into DC ... grief-pimping, race-baiting ... "It's a veritable Who's Who's Among Unhinged Black Leaders"

MSM : Asking itself about its own bias ... hope they weren't expecting much!
... 'WaPo's non-correction correction' ... the, ahem, novice protester

Education : Why the system is broke ... "I didn't get bad grades in some classes because it was the best I could do. I got them because it was the best I would do"
... Blowing up smurfs is supposed to discourage violence? ... isn't that just giving them ideas?

Intelligent Design : TMHBB has lots of thoughts ... far too many to adequately summarize here; so go read! I'll wait ...

Computing : Disable ports 139, 44 on your machine ... if, for some reason, you haven't already done so
... Malware makes your PSP a brick ... "You might as well use it to build a house"
... Meet the "All-in-one Touch Panel PC", from OZiQ
... Do-it-yourself photo printing doesn't add up ... Sam's, Snapfish are cheaper
... Indexing the world, in 300 years or less

Internet : AOL buys Weblogs Inc
... HowTo - use TCP-Wrappers to (help) secure Linux
... SkypeOUT, for free!? ... listen to ads, and you are sticking someone else with the bill - which is mean
... Boeing demos in-flight Internet ... and other good stuff (like cel phone usage)
... Google has an (online - duh!) newsreader now ... your RSS, anywhere
... Sergey Brin's Resume from 1996 ... you know, one of the Google guys

Gaming : Play WoW for free ... once you have the game, that is
... Nintendo DS going Wireless (USB)

UselessNations : 'UN's definition of occupation varies based on the Jewishness of those involved'

Left : Byrd has a senior moment
... 'No bad deed goes unrewarded'
... Our vulnerability to H5N1 is their fault?
... PETA following in Nazi footsteps ... indoctrination of youth
... "God had told him to invade Iraq", and why they keep taking the bait
... Still fighting FOR expensive gas? ... and more here

Right : W ignoring Ortega, Sudan, Castro? ... add Chavez to that list ...

Religion : Thoughts on God, organized religion - in the light of these trying times

Space : Some closer looks at sunspots
... 'Ice-scanning satellite crashes into North Pole' ... dysfunctional booster rocket leaves in it the cold

Energy : Looks like glass, functions like solar panel ... "Power Glass" windows can make electricity

Health : Cranberry + Oregano making (sea)food safer to eat ... "both plants are known to contain phenolic compounds with antimicrobial activity"

Robots : Driver-less VW (Standford's "Stanley") completes DARPA's race
... GadgetMadness gets a robo-mascot ... thanks to Gorden Bennett

Employment : Tips for using Craig's List .. or what not to do

Physics : Cool interactive simulations ... very similar to SodaConstructor
... Making light slower ... down to 245 meters per second, at room temp

Air Travel : Launch of 11.5 meter Supersonic model jet = successful ... although the industry still sux0rs

Language : floccinaucinihilipilification, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, floccinaucinihilipilified

Misc : Racing the Rubik's Cube ... in 45 moves!?
... Meet Kirsch Pink, a shrub that cleans the air ... from Toyota, of all places
... Mosquitoes with glow-in-the-dark testicles ... ahem, excuse me?
... The Alarm Grenade ... OMGWTF? I pity the fool ...

Military Stuff : Tank Pr0n ... or, maybe logistics pr0n ... either way, it's all good!

Bloggers : Hans lives!

A Story, bit by bit : ... "SuperEgo" :

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41!

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OOTS : #230 never quite came out on Friday ... Rich is using "moving" as an excuse, whatever!
UPDATE : 230 IS HERE ... Chaos vs Lawyers :)

SCOTUS / Miers : Hubris has a sneak peak of the confirmation hearings ... Kennedy likes biscuits

Internet : The Internet Zoning Commission is Eminent Domaining your domain ... "incoherent actors and unskilled producers' wives"

Columbus Day : A, um, History Lesson

Right : 'Bush running out of incompetent cronies to appoint'

Katrina / Rita : IMAO knows how to fix New Orleans ... Mayor _BusHitler Nagin's gambling is simply not enough!

Art : Abstract art upside down for years, noone knew

Caption This : Islamic Jihad, Mohammed Al Hindi ... "My goat assures me length doesn't matter"

Today : It is Upset a Lib day! ... every day is!

UselessNations : More on that Nobel Prize ... what threat could just couple more Nuclear powers pose? (true)
... IFOC says we are rewarding failure ... its about the LEVEL of failure (true)
... OTB says it was reward for opposing W, US ... "dubious grounds" ... lots of details here (true)
... Jawa reminds us it is all political ... and shows us the committee members (true)
... IAEA is a joke ... (true)
... The Nobel Prize for Appeasement ... (true)
... Nobel Committee develops nuclear capabilities
... More on IAEA's failures ... (true)
... So I realize this whole section is mostly true - but I can't stop laughing when I think of the IAEA getting a "Peace" Prize!

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Kilgore vs Kaine :

It was another clear win for Jerry as he laid out his positive agenda of Honest Reform. Jerry demonstrated once again that he is a workhorse, not a showhorse, and spoke passionately about his optimistic vision and strong record of accomplishments.

Sadly in Tim Kaine, you saw more of the bitter and cynical rhetoric we have grown accustomed to. Tim Kaine used the debate to attempt two things. First, he attempted to rewrite his liberal record to appear mainstream to voters unfamiliar with his record. Second, he launched attack after attack on Jerry praying one of them would stick in an effort to bolster his campaign which is widely seen as slipping and becoming more and more desperate.

In the debate, Jerry clearly articulated his ideas to bring better pay for better teachers, get traffic moving again, create jobs and opportunities, and keep Virginians safe from harm, and easily brushed aside the barrage of negative attacks and half-truths from Tim Kaine.

Even if you were not able to see the debate, here are 10 key points to remember and share with others:

Jerry Kilgore will improve education with his better pay for better teachers plan by recruiting, retaining and rewarding the nation’s best teachers. Tim Kaine readily admits that he does not even know how to pay for his signature education initiative without a tax increase.

Jerry Kilgore will get people and commerce moving again by empowering regions with real decision-making authority to find solutions to their transportation needs as well as making transportation a priority in the state budget. Tim Kaine has been widely criticized that he has provided no transportation plan and no new money for road construction.

Jerry Kilgore will make job creation a top priority by promoting Virginia’s business friendly climate; working with our colleges and universities to promote research and development; eliminating the unfair death tax; and creating and nurturing a regulatory environment that promotes the growth of businesses in Virginia. Tim Kaine has said very little in this campaign about job creation, but when he served as the Mayor of Richmond, the unemployment rate increased 47%.

As a former state and federal prosecutor, Secretary of Public Safety, and Attorney General, Jerry Kilgore has been on the front lines working to keep Virginia’s families and communities safe. Abolishing parole and establishing truth-in-sentencing, reforming the state’s domestic violence laws and enhancing penalties for gangs and drug dealers were just the start. Jerry will continue his effort to combat the growing threat of gangs and drug dealers, and will give police more authority to address the growing crime problem associated with illegal immigrants. Conversely, 840 acts of murder were committed while Tim Kaine served as a member of Richmond’s City Council and the federal government had to come in and implement Project Exile to protect Richmond’s citizens from violent criminals.

Jerry Kilgore is the one candidate for Governor who will enforce Virginia’s death penalty and use it as a deterrent to heinous criminal acts. Tim Kaine has spent a lifetime of activism against the death penalty and supports a moratorium on the death penalty, and if elected, he could bypass the General Assembly by exercising his clemency powers.

Jerry Kilgore believes government shouldn't tell the people how much it wants - the people should tell the government how much it gets. Jerry opposed the largest tax increase in history believing it was not necessary and now we have a $2.2 billion surplus. Jerry supports giving voters a say when politicians propose raising the state sales, gas or income taxes. Tim Kaine on the other hand supported the largest tax increase in Virginia history - a tax increase he now disingenuously refers to as “Budget Reform.” Tim Kaine has indicated his support for raising the gas tax and has promised to tour the state if elected to drum up support for higher taxes to fund transportation.

Jerry Kilgore opposes using taxpayer funds to encourage illegal behavior. That is why he opposed giving those in Virginia illegally drivers licenses, in-state college tuition and using your tax dollars for day laborer centers that do not check for legal status. Tim Kaine supports using taxpayer monies for illegal immigrants to receive in-state college tuition and for day laborer centers.

Jerry has a consistent pro-life record and has worked to promote a culture of life. Tim Kaine can’t be trusted on this issue as he has run radio ads in Southwest Virginia claiming he is pro-life while cynically running as a pro-choice candidate in Northern Virginia.

Jerry Kilgore is running on his record of significant accomplishments and positive agenda for the future. Tim Kaine has made Mark Warner the focus of his campaign to try and mask the fact that he has a weak liberal record to run on and that he is out of step with most Virginia values.

Jerry Kilgore has been endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police, the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the Virginia Association of Realtors, the Virginia Society for Human Life PAC and the National Rifle Association just to name a few. Tim Kaine has not earned the endorsements of any significant organization other than the traditional Democrat unions and extreme environmentalists.

--thanks Ken Hutcheson, Kilgore for Governor

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