Not to pat ourselves on the back or anything...

...but we just had our 200,000th hit today.

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So, just to be clear, Dick...

...was this guy more like a Nazi or a Soviet Gulag guard before he became politically expedient for you?

Or was he more like one of Pol Pot's henchmen or some goon from another "mad regime," Dick? Because some of us find your sudden concern for our troops a little surprising, given some of the shit you've tossed at them in the past. And I can't emphasize the Dick part enough, Dick.

(Via one of the Dick's constituents who happens to be a proud Leatherneck and a proud Moron. Semper Fi, WP!)

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You might want to skip this one, alex

Do you hate hobos?  Do you hate spiders?  Well, then this is a species you can probably stand to see eradicated.

Or, wait...is it a spider that preys on hobos?  Because, technically, I guess that would make it an ally.  Quite the quandary, that.

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Zombies invade Springsteen country

Today was the first annual Zombie Walk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and it was apparently a success, as "more than 200 people dressed as the undead and lumbered through the town."

"So far the turnout is more than we could have imagined it to be. The idea is just to go out, have some fun and spice up the night for some people who probably aren't going to expect to see an army of the undead walking the streets," said another organizer, Chris Hartsgrove.

Thankfully, it sounds like no panicky Guidos with guns were on hand for the event. That could have been a disaster. 

(On the other hand, the idea of a bunch of terrified Guidos being ripped apart by an army of zombies fills me with the same kind of glee that I'm sure alexthechick feels when a pair of thigh-high leather boots go on sale.)

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Hope, Change, Push Polling in Maine

Slublog got a call, have you gotten a push poll call?  Actually, here's something to keep in mind, if you get a pollster, do the poll.  I know people think we should not respond to pollsters, or ignore them with the hopes of curbing their influence.  I disagree, the problem with that is that you can't curb their effect all that much.  They do hold some influence over the idjit vote, and you have to pull some of the idjit vote, or you're screwed.

If it's a push pollster, like Slublog got, mess with his head.  If you get someone in the Obama campaign or a Democrat campaign worker, maybe act interested and string 'em along.  Make them waste time or resources trying to convince someone that they can't convince.  Maybe disregard that last suggestion if you live in an area Obama's brownshirts would put a brick through your window for it. 

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There's a place for us (well, there was, anyway)

The city of Taft, CA had some...interesting beginnings:

According to a display at the West Kern Oil Museum, local residents asked the Southern Pacific Railroad if the station could be named Moro when the rails arrived about 1900. A railroad official, the story says, declined because the name would be too easily confused with the coastal town of Morro Bay. Instead, the railroad directed the station be called Moron. Pictures of local businesses, including the Moron Pharmacy, hang in the museum. After a fire burned much of the town during the 1920s, it was renamed Taft, in honor of the U.S. President of the same name.

Gee, why would they change it?

(Bear in mind that this is from a Wikipedia article, so take it with a grain of salt. I suppose this could've been written by someone with a grudge against Taft.)

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Bishop of Scranton Diocese opposes Hope, Change, Infanticide

The Bishop has asked that the homily be omitted this week and instead, asks his letter addressing the importance of Life be read.  This is causing a stir, though I can't see why, the people bitching know that the church has long called the pro-Life agenda the number one issue.  Here's the broadside,

Being "right" on taxes, education, health care, immigration, and the economy fails to make up for the error of disregarding the value of a human life. Consider this: the finest health and education systems, the fairest immigration laws, and the soundest economy do nothing for the child who never sees the light of day. It is a tragic irony that "pro-choice" candidates have come to support homicide - the gravest injustice a society can tolerate - in the name of "social justice."

Ouch.  But wait, there's more!

While the Church assists the State in the promotion of a just society, its primary concern is to assist men and women in achieving salvation. For this reason, it is incumbent upon bishops to correct Catholics who are in error regarding these matters. Furthermore, public officials who are Catholic and who persist in public support for abortion and other intrinsic evils should not partake in or be admitted to the sacrament of Holy Communion. As I have said before, I will be vigilant on this subject.

If he's gonna make the threat, he'd better mean it. 

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Losing the Narrative (Severe Pessimism Warning)

We lost it and now we're going to lose.  Big.  You don't have to be Eeyore to see it anymore, either. 

After the Palin selection, the energy of the GOP base rose to a level that almost convinced me we could win. After a month to beat Obama's drum, the media shut that party down.  Then the economy gift-wrapped the narrative and gave it to them.

No chance now.  None.  My previous predictions of a 5% loss for McCain and a margin of 40+ in the Electoral Vote will look rather optimistic in a month.

McCain says he's going to go after Obama on Fannie/Freddie but I guarantee it will have absolutely no effect on the election.  It is too late and besides, America has proven time and again this cycle that they just don't care about who Obama is or what he's done.  I'm not sure what mental damage is responsible for this but the evidence is clear.  If it came out tomorrow that Obama had killed a man in 1990, I'm pretty sure his poll numbers would only drop by 5-10%. 

For whatever reason, this election cycle has nothing to do with logic or truth or talent or experience.  It has to do with something... else.

Anyway, new prediction:  Barring an outrageous Obama scandal* Obama wins the by about 6% popular and nearly 70 Electoral Votes.  He'll take "safe" states like Florida and Virginia and obliterate McCain in any "contested" state.

Here is my electoral map. Obama 349 - McCain 189.  Even with Florida it would still be 322 - 216.   It's over.

 

* - a) If that existed it would be out already and b) I can't even imagine what type of scandal could take the wind out of his sails if an unrepentant terrorist friend, nazi-like pastor and absolutely no experience didn't.

Update:  What the fuck was I thinking?  Everything is awesomely awesome.

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At Least One Person At The Washington Post Halfway Has A Clue

Sebastian Mallaby is one of the Op-Ed clowns at the Post, and his specialty is the Dismal Science of Economics, albeit from a lefty point of view. What makes him at least halfway palatable is that, while liberal, he doesn't embrace full bore Krugmanism. And this column is a prime example.

While it still is a pro-Obama piece, Mallaby does put himself sqaurely at odds with the Chavez types who are attempting to forever discredit de-regulation. And, to me, here is the money quote:

If that doesn't convince you that deregulation is the wrong scapegoat, consider this: The appetite for toxic mortgages was fueled by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the super-regulated housing finance companies. Calomiris calculates that Fannie and Freddie bought more than a third of the $3 trillion in junk mortgages created during the bubble and that they did so because heavy government oversight obliged them to push money toward marginal home purchasers. There's a vigorous argument about whether Calomiris's number is too high. But everyone concedes that Fannie and Freddie poured fuel on the fire to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

So blaming deregulation for the financial mess is misguided. But it is dangerous, too, because one of the big challenges for the next president will be to defend markets against the inevitable backlash that follows this crisis. Even before finance went haywire, the Doha trade negotiations had collapsed; wage stagnation for middle-class Americans had raised legitimate questions about whom the market system served; and the food-price spike had driven many emerging economies to give up on global agricultural markets as a source of food security. Coming on top of all these challenges, the financial turmoil is bound to intensify skepticism about markets. Framing the mess as the product of deregulation will make the backlash nastier.

The next president will have to make some subtle choices. In certain areas, markets need to be reformed -- by pushing murky "over-the-counter" trades between banks onto transparent exchanges, for example. In other areas, government needs to fix itself -- by not subsidizing reckless mortgage lending. But a president who has a mandate only to reregulate will be a boxer with a missing glove. By going along with the market skepticism of his party, Obama may end up winning an election while compromising his presidency.

Damn. And when I agree with Mallaby, I know things are wacky.

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The King Code

Many of you probably read Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback column today and totally missed the hidden subtext of his political denouncement of John McCain.
 
That's because many of you are dimwitted cretins.  Fortunately for you, I am here to spell it out for you.
 
The background is this: King has sworn off political commentary this year in order to avoid alienating his readers, as he did during the 2004 and 2000 elections by his rampant boosterism of Democratic candidates.  He made this vow two weeks ago.
 
Last week King came under fire by readers for re-airing a Chris Rock quote about Sarah Palin, where he said her choice for VP was so bad he expected it to have come from Al Davis.  Many equated this to political commentary and let King know how displeased they were for violating his promise.
 
King renewed his vow, declared to be apolitical, and closed up his column by noting that he could listen to Keith Olbermann talk all day.
 
Translation:  from now on, King will send his shout-outs via coded message.
 
So what were his coded messages this week?  They are on this page.  Just after praising Spike Lee's new film (calling into question King's tastes in movies), he tells us that:
 
l. Finally got to see the premiere of Family Guy, and if I had to pick, I'm not sure which TV character I'd chose as the best in history -- George Costanza, Barney Fife, James West or Brian the dog. Brian's quite a maverick.
 
We know from the use of the word "maverick" that King is referring to John McCain.  And look at the list of characters that come before: loser Costanza, incompetent Fife, womanizing West, and Brian, who is an alcoholic dog.
 
What King's really saying:  John McCain is a dying racist who plans on turning this country over to a crazed Christianist who will drive the Zionist agenda and lead us all to destruction, where we will be forced to eat dogs to survive.
 
I see through your ruse very clearly, Mr. King.  Shame on you for violating the sacred trust between coffee-breathed sports journalist and reader!
 
King ends with this point:
 
m. Best pizza in New York, if you like thin crust similar to the best pizza in Italy: Fiorello's, on Broadway, between 63rd and 64th.
 
Which, as you no doubt realize, is a tacit admission that he likes to dress up in ballerina costumes and drink camel urine in hopes that they will help rejuvenate his waning libido.  Oh, and he's frustrated because the only thing he's gotten by consuming up to 64 cases of penis-enlarging pills is massive flatulence.
 
Any idiot can see that in the subtext.

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GLAD Urges Candidates to Cool Rhetoric

GLAD today held a press conference urging candidates of both parties to cool their rhetoric, pleading for calm as the election heats up heading into the upcoming vote in November. 
 
“We’re watching the situation very closely, of course,” said GLAD spokesman Lars Handzchappen.  “We at the Glove Lovers of American Democracy feel very strongly that these anti-glove statements by both parties need to be repudiated in order to prevent a rash of anti-glove violence like we saw in the early 90’s.”
 
The press conference was hastily called following the McCain campaign’s announcement that “the gloves are coming off”, which the group feels should be classified as anti-glove hate speech.  GLAD earlier condemned Barack Obama for similar rhetoric following the conventions in September.
 
Handzchappen told reporters that “anti-glove violence reached its peak in the late 80’s, led by the fiery rhetoric of Reverend Al Yankovich, and there were documented incidents of glove violence throughout the country, particularly in the South.  We thought we’d left this shameful legacy behind us, but it’s reared its ugly head this election, along with a lot of other –isms that we’d rather not talk about.”
 
Some political observers feel that the constant cries of Gloveism are likely to backfire.  Typical was a Politico analyst who said that “repeated cries of Gloveism are starting to grate on voters and they’re tuning out, like those stupid UPS commercials with that dick and the white board.  Only Gloveism isn’t filling anybody with murderous rage…yet.”
 
For its part, GLAD feels that “unfortunately, gloveism is real and it needs to be addressed, preferably through intrusive school curriculums designed to teach children what types of behavior are and are not wrong.”

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I believe we're about to find out another code word for "black"

Here is an excerpt from McCain's speech today, where he will be hammering Obama and the Democrats on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (emphasis mine):

Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. But let me reply in the plainest terms I know. I don’t need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn’t seek advice from a Chicago politician.

Don't let those words fool you.  He really meant "I probably wouldn't seek advice from a brown person." 

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A brief lesson on acceptable and unacceptable questions

Acceptable question: Sarah Palin wearing a Pat Buchanan button when he visited Wasilla while she was mayor. 

Unacceptable question:  Barack Obama being BFF with an unrepentant domestic terrorist. 

Funny how that works.

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Iowahawk's Obamajugend mix

Gotta say, this is probably the best one thus far,

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Palin wants to talk about Jeremiah Wright

Just another reason that she's probably more competent than her boss:

I pointed out that Obama surely had a closer connection to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright than to Ayers — and so, I asked, if Ayers is a legitimate issue, what about Reverend Wright?

She didn’t hesitate: “To tell you the truth, Bill, I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country, and to have sat in the pews for 20 years and listened to that — with, I don’t know, a sense of condoning it, I guess, because he didn’t get up and leave — to me, that does say something about character. But, you know, I guess that would be a John McCain call on whether he wants to bring that up.”

I guess so. And I guess we’ll soon know McCain’s call on whether he wants to bring Wright up — perhaps at his debate with Obama Tuesday night.

According to the AP, she's already a racist.  She might as well go for it. 

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Obama and his efforts to undermine the Second Amendment

A good article that looks at Obama, the Joyce Foundation and their efforts to undermine your right to bear arms.  As the man says,

[  ] Heh
[  ] Indeed
[x] Read the whole thing

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Snake looking for some good head

That would suck.  Heh.

(h/t)

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"Palling around with terrorists" message striking a nerve

How else to explain some oh-so-helpful advice from "A former supporter" of McCain posted at...wait for it...wait for it...The Daily Kos?

Barack Obama represents a nation that united as one on 9/11. Barack Obama would never have existed in an intolerant America, in a non-diverse America, in an America that would not allow a poor child to succeed on his merits. The America that united, with pride and patriotism, with defiance and neighborly spirit on 9/11 is precisely the America that Barack Obama is part of.

John - you and Sarah Palin can attack this America only at your own risk. And you should be careful, lest you go down in history as a villain, instead of the American hero you once were.

Yeah, nice try there, douche. Let's blunt an attack because someone who claims to be a former McCain supporter (*cough* You're doing the Moby thing wrong *cough*) suggests it's a bad idea on Markos "Screw Them" Moulitsas' blog.

On the other hand, this is the McCain campaign we're talking about...

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Dear God, I hope they sell this somewhere around here

I have to get me some of this stuff.  Nay, I think we all have to get some of this stuff.

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Oktoberfest Is Winding Down

And here are some of the interesting images.

Here is my favorite:




But the wearing of the Dirndl (traditional women's garb) does come with some rules:

We aim to prove that a tradition can be resumed with a lot of fun and sex appeal, by continuing to wear a DIRNDL or LEATHER PANTS (both traditional Bavarian dresses).

By wearing a Dirndl each woman's figure becomes sexy. The Dirndl is a perfect shaper for a woman’s body: The boobs are pushed up, the waist and the cleavage are emphasized. The female body zones (belly, legs, booty) can be concealed if necessary by wearing the apron and/ or the skirt.

"If necessary". Heh.

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