Dogs Adopted At Local Puppy Bowl Contract Parvovirus

Not good.  An event that was supposed to be cute and fun turns into a total nightmare, the local adoption group is already trying to track down everyone and warn them, some people are returning the dogs, others are putting in the money for treatments. 

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How Mafia Get Their Nicknames

Not the most creative names, but still interesting.  More of the Gambino family got busted again, and are on their way to trial, in case you hadn't heard.

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Moron-in-Chief Wins CPAC Award for Blogger of the Year

Awesome, Ace deserves this kind of recognition, and I'm glad to see him get it, I wonder if anyone got video of the acceptance speech...

And St. Andrew talks some shit, what a silly little bitch.

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Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" to be Made Into Documentary Film

The latest in leftist propaganda.  For those that don't know, Howard Zinn's "History"  is basically the gold standard in how leftists and Marxists view America, full of class warfare and Marxist themes, a world of oppressed peoples, crushed under the foot of capitalists and other elites.  Which is crap, but this guy is a god to much of the left, and this book manages to find its way into lots of classrooms, I imagine turning it into a movie may well see it in more classrooms. 

The problem is not so much that Zinn's leftist garbage is used in schools, its just not given any context, particularly in high school, most don't learn about historiography, that there are different interpretations of history, different philosophies and schools of thought, and that Howard Zinn's interpretation of history isn't the only interpretation of that history, and isn't necessarily the correct one, either. 

If schools are going to use books like this, they need to offer multiple interpretations of the history being written about, or make it clear that Zinn's interpretation of history is not the only one, and to not necessarily take it as God's truth.

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McCain Goes to Burger King

And somehow, he manages to both serve up lots of Whoppers and get it his way.  What amazes me is how conservatives are willing to roll over and forgo their principles, no wonder we don't get anything accomplished, we're almost as willing to sell out as the GOP elite.  Here's Tammy Bruce and and Allah declaring "SECOND LOOK AT McCAIN!", and I'm left asking, why?  Why hand him what he wants, it makes not one bit of sense. 

We need to learn where we went wrong in 2008, and see why we're still getting it wrong.  Conservatives have no reason to jump on board the Straight Talk Express right now, none.  I'm absolutely stunned by the number of people who are doing so, if not fully jumping on board, then at least softening their rhetoric.

It makes no sense for us to do so, Sun-Dub the Strategerist has things absolutely correct, we have no reason to give McCain what he wants right now, we get nothing by doing so, we're better off stringing him along and trying to, God forbid, make concessions to his own side, using the threat of not showing up to polls to get some concessions.  I haven't decided what to do, but for those who are willing to eat the turd sandwich, why not try and at least score some condiments?

Beyond that, Sun-Dub the Strategerist also has this right, McCain's speech today is pandering crap, and people are way too willing to accept it.  McCain's still got a legion of amnesty supporters and other assorted RINOs around him, when we see Juan Hernandez and a few other shady guys thrown the hell out of of his campaign, that might be a sufficient show of goodwill for us not to dismiss him out of hand.  But the willingness of conservatives to accept his bullshit platitudes remind me of the Chinpokomon episode of South Park.

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Here is An Opportunity for Conservatives

Here is an opportunity for conservatives, particularly those concerned about illegal immigration, Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta is running for Congress in the 11th District in Pennsylvania.  Barletta is known for pushing for a series of tough laws cracking down on businesses and landlords who aid illegals, the city is now facing a tough fight in the courts to uphold those laws. 

For those of us who can't bring themselves to vote for McCain, this is the kind of project we can promote and support, and should, if we aren't gonna devote ourselves to promoting a presidential candidate this year.  We can still fight and win without compromising on principles.

His opponent is a very well entrenched Democrat, and was one of the few who actually made a gain by winning a seat during Reagan's 49 state blowout.  Its generally considered a safe seat, let's see if we can change that. Even if we can't take the seat, maybe we can force the Democrats hand and force them to drop resources on a seat they thought they had a lock on.  They might win big this year, but we shouldn't make it easy for them.

He's only announced today (primaries are late April here, so its not late), so his machinery isn't together yet, but its pretty obvious he's gonna be relying heavily on grassroots support from conservatives.  I'll have updates as he gets things in gear.

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Ann Coulter Didn't Get Invited to CPAC This Year

She'll still be there, and is invited by some of the other groups at CPAC, but she's not officially there with CPAC.  I think that's for the best, she's been too much of an embarrassment the past few times.  As for this,

CPAC’s attendees are overwhelmingly very young — college kids and others in their early 20s. Coulter is undeniably appealing to that group. Indeed, her red meat, bomb throwing style would have been much more appealing to me twenty years ago.

Not so much, Coulter doesn't appeal to me at all.  She should pretty much relegated to useful idiot status, far as I'm concerned.  When she has something coherent to say, use it to further the conservative cause, when she starts spouting teh crazee, ignore her and try and keep her quiet.

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The Democrat Primary Could Get Pretty Interesting

Obama's campaign thinks he'll have enough delegates to win, as long as Florida's and Michigan's delegates aren't counted as part of their punishment by the DNC for moving their primaries up.  I don't know if that is counting the superdelegates or not.  Their projection was accidentally released today in an email.  If FL and MI are allowed to count, or the superdelegates push her over the top, there is gonna be a fucking riot at the DNC convention...fingers crossed!

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Efforts To Make Do Not Call Registry Permanent Moving Forward

About the only thing Congress is getting right.

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Where We Are

Ace pretty much lays it out here, McCain's gonna be the nominee, and we couldn't stop it.  And he's right, McCain ain't gonna mend fences with the conservative movement, he has no reason to.  Really, the only winning move is not to play.

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Progression of High Speed Photography

This is kinda interesting, particularly for those interested in science and technology.  It shows a span of time from the late 1800's, where six millisecond shutter speed was high speed, to today, where we can take an image at 110 attoseconds, which is close to the shortest time able to be measured at this point.

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Star Wars Toys That Look Like Other Celebrities

I have to say, this is one of the better top ten lists I've seen.

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Stupid San Fransisco Leftists Want to Demolish Alcatraz and Build Peace Center

Some douchebag named who calls himself Da Vid like some pretentious douchebag, wants to have Alcatraz, a major source of tourist money for the city destroyed.  In its place, he wants a medicine wheel, labyrinth and a "non-violent conflict resolution center."  Alcatraz is cool, I wanna go there at some point, there's no other reason to go to that leftist hellhole other than to see Alcatraz.  You know what though...if it starves the Marxist hellhole of San Fransisco of tourist money, go pretentious douchebag Da Vid!

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Creepy: Parents Propagandizing Their Little Kids

Seriously?  CNN is calling this "Party Training", but who knows if that's a real cliche, or if this is just CNN acting like British papers and trying to make up stupid catch phrases in a lame attempt to make themselves relevant in popular culture.  Normally this sort of thing just pathetic and harmless, but I'm turned off by it this time, it does a disservice because it gives a cute name to something that really is rotten.

Look, I'm a huge political junkie and try and stay involved, but this is just obnoxious.  Good grief people, let your little kid just be a damn kid.  Parents are putting their yoots in political themed shirts and dragging them to demonstrations on a regular basis.

Values are important, I'm not about to say kids shouldn't be taught values, but this goes beyond teaching values, this is using young kids as a political tool, and cheating them out of a childhood.  Have we really reached the point where we're gonna propagandize our kids on this level the second they leave the womb? 

It's getting a little too close to Hitlerjugend territory for me.  When they reach their teenage years, sure, talk about politics, but the woman in the story has been forcing her kid to wear propaganda and dragging him to lots of demonstrations since he was three!  And you'll note, I don't mention that she's a raging leftist, because I'm sure there are conservatives who do the same damn thing, this is douchebaggery on a bipartisan level.

I'll say this though, for those that are turned off about the increasingly cutthroat political climate now?  Get ready, because when we get a generation of kids who have spent their whole lives being propagandized at this level and beyond, partisan politics of today may look like, well, child's play.

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Fifth Grade Class Pushes for Colorado State Reptile

The bill is going to be sent to the House soon, with a proposal to make the Western painted turtle Colorado's official state reptile. 

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Transistor Radio Smaller Than a Grain of Sand

The first song they played?  Safety Dance!

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Pentagon Totally Unprepared to Respond to Internal Disaster

An independent commission stated in front of Congress that the Pentagon is not even close to sufficiently prepared for an internal disaster, such as a biological, nuclear or chemical attack. 

Given that the National Guard is the only part of our government that got anything right during Katrina, this is obviously concerning, because FEMA is obviously a mess and the local and state groups are kind of a crapshoot, but probably not close to prepared for an emergency of that magnitude.

"We looked at their plans. They're totally unacceptable," said commission chairman Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps major general.

"You couldn't move a Girl Scout unit with the kind of planning they're doing," Punaro said of plans drafted by U.S. Northern Command, the part of the military responsible for homeland defense.

The commission states that the military has not spent enough time planning for an internal attack, the problem continues to be in part bureaucratic drag, there are conflicts between state and federal governments about authority. Beyond that, when responding to an internal disaster of that level, it would primarily fall under the responsibility of the National Guard, and the Guard has generally been built up as a supplement to locals, not as a leader, as it would almost have to be during that level of disaster. 

The article also notes that the Guard and Reserve are being used more actively in theater now, and there needs to be adjustments made to the way they function. 

Beyond all that, we ought to look beyond how the Pentagon and our government respond to this level of crisis, what about our response?  We certainly don't need to be paranoid, but this ought to be a warning to us, our government isn't necessarily prepared for a disaster, so it may be worth investing some time into learning some basic disaster preparation skills. I don't mean some crazed paramilitary survivalist who lives in the most desolate parts of Montana either, but at least enough to evacuate on your own and survive a few days on your own until things stabilize.

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Double FAIL!

Egyptian shopkeepers and sellers were selling expired and bad food to Palestinians...Palestinians were paying for it with counterfeit money. 

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Ten Worst Hairdos in Movies

Sorry, but the gang leader in Death Wish 3 at least deserves an honorable mention.

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The Canned Burger

At one of The Hostages sites(just pick one already!)

Anyway, this story has been circulating throughout the intarwebs, so, how is it?  Some brave German decided to try one out (scroll down).

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