Thankfully Sadly I'm not sure which one yet, I was not there to witness Hillary in person.  However, the local news channels have been following her every move, and doing the job this moronblogger is too lazy to do, and why not, let 'em do something other than covering house fires and car accidents for once.  She landed at Wilkes Barre/Scranton International Airport, which used to be a proud partner with Hooters Air, before it went under.

I'm just here for the wings!

Hillary, as most would like to see her.

Hillary was momentarily stunned and disoriented by the trap set by the VRWC, and about 50 tranquilizer darts from workers with the PA Game Commission.  A small child came forth to look at the politician in captivity(as all politicians should be),

Mommy, Mommy, look, a Stalinist!

At that moment, Hillary snapped out of her tranquilizer induced stupor, and is estimated to have devoured eight members of the PA Game Commission and six members of the VRWC before breaking out of the politico pen, the child is missing and was likely eaten as well.  Hillary, after breaking out of her cell, went on to her stop at Revello's Cafe (video in link). 

After her rampage at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport, and her stop at Revello's, she decided to have her rally at Scranton High School to give some calculated platitudes, like this,

But far from the roar of the crowd, the cheering, the signs and the music, Hillary Clinton told us about Pennsylvania. “People call things out to me. ‘I'm from Tunkhannock, I'm from Lake Winola.’ I said this before, Pennsylvania is like a second home to me and it really is,” said Clinton.

 

Really?  A second home?  Or a second home because you know the only chance you have at recovering your campaign is in PA?  Methinks the latter is the case.  From what I saw, the crowd wasn't too enthused until she started namedropping things in Northeast PA.

 In any case, she'll be going to Scranton's yearly St. Patrick's Day Parade, she's supposed to be with Fast Eddie Rendell for that.  For those that don't know, Scranton area is very Irish, coal mining built that region, and a lot of the miners were Irish. 

I so hope she commits some faux pas like when Kerry ordered swiss on his cheesesteak in Philly, and has one of these on St. Patrick's,

Hint!

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Today's links,

Cuffy has two cheeky videos.

As bad off as the GOP is, Nice Deb points out the Democrats aren't doing much better.  Let's hope Hillary's ginormous ego drags the whole party down.  True story, Bill O'Reilly's ego looks to the Hildebeest's ego for inspiration.  And totally unrelated, but this one is good too.

mesablue finds an almost perfect visual to go with this story.  I say almost because a smelly douchebag with sandals would have been more accurate.

Slublog asks if you're ready for Eagle-cam, and no its not some stupid Stephen Colbert thing.  I actually think there was a someone in PA that did a similar thing with peregrine falcons.

S. Weasel on moderates and moderation.

Damn, talk about an unhappy customer.

A heaping dose of FAIL from Camp Clinton.

Two answer the question posed at the end of this, the answer is no.

Stashiu has a fascinating story on a new theory on what causes Alzheimer's, it may have a relationship to diabeetus, or even be a type of diabeetus. 

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I think my crapblog was one of the last to get back online, but no matter, I'm just happy that I can finally access my crappy little blog.

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And declare NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!  They're touting cardboard hangers as an alternative to plastic and wire. 

I'm gonna go ahead and make some predictions.  We'll hear complaints about the amount of paper we're using and the damage that the lumber industry is causing to forests in order to make these hangars.  

The second is that environmentalists declare wire or plastic is better for the environment within 20 years, assuming paper becomes the dominant type of hanger. 

Last, paper hangers will become like computers and plastic grocery bags, which were going to seriously reduce paper waste, but of course now we have non-biodegradable plastic bags everywhere, and computers have actually dramatically increased paper usage. 

Thank God we have the environmentalists to steer us ignorant rubes in the right direction, who knows what kind of catastrophe we could haplessly wander into without their guidance!

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Cuffy notes a statement of support for the Hildebeest by Natalie Portman reported on by HuffPo. 

Speaking of HuffPo, how pitiful is it that HuffPo has to shut down its own comments on their reporting on terrorist attack on a Jewish school in Israel because they fear the waves of anti-semitic venom from their own commenter?

Weasel...you are so wrong.  So, so wrong.  But of course that's why we love you.  Speaking of Weasel, have you seen the Zombie Reagan 2008 widgets?

bmac has some neat pics of Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes in LA, most notably the Ennis-Brown house.

If you haven't seen it, geoff comments on the complaints people have about NCLB.

Karl at Protein Wisdom notes the Hildebeest and Obama's podium-pounding demagoguery against free trade, and their quiet assurances to people who aren't Commie retards that its all rhetoric.

Brian at Snapped Shot points out the Bycott of Denmark, and this is kinda funny given recent events.

Stashiu sees recent efforts to condemn bad language as a step toward improving civil society.  I think as long as it doesn't turn into an impulse to use government authority, I generally agree, otherwise, it just becomes poisonous Nanny Statism.

Funneh...the Colombian government asks Europeans not to indulge in the nose candy because the cocaine traffickers destroy forests and contribute to Global Warming.

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You'll like this, a RINO faces strong conservative challenger Andy Harris in a Maryland primary race for Congress and the conservative actually wins for once.  Well, the RINO brigades aren't having it, and a bunch of them are now supporting the Democrat.  I'll make you jump to Sockless Joe's to see him skewer the petulant RINOs.

And Joe gets it right too, how bloody often are solid conservatives told to quit complaining, fall in line, eat the turd sandwich and grin while we do it?  Maybe its time for you RINOs and Fall-in-Line Republicans to fall in line for once, Hmm?  Its interesting to see the shoe on the other foot for once, and of course, exactly what we figure will happen happens. 

Speaking of which, sounds like he might be a good choice for those conservatives looking for local candidates to support this year.  Here's Andy Harris' site, he could use some help with all the turncoats he now has to deal with.  Other opportunities for conservatives here.

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You've gotta fucking kidding me.  The George McGovern said this?  That George McGovern?  Really?  Really?  I'm still reeling.  When George McGovern says that the risk that Nanny Statism poses is high, you know things are bad. 

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Minnesota Nannies imposed a statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, but left an exemption for actors in productions.  Who knew there was such a large theater scene in Minnesota?   BWAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

And yes, we're sure the Nannies will impose a new set of bans on the proles of Minnesota in order to close this loophole, but I'm always heartened when people offer a big "Screw You" to belligerent Nanny Staters.  Good job, Minnesotans!

Hmmm...maybe I have an idea for a new production,

Cigars, speakeasies, big cars and Tommy Guns?  I'm there!

(h/t HA Headlines and Cuffy)

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House vote today on a resolution condemning Palestinian terrorist rocket attacks against Israel, the vote was 404 Yea, 1 Nay...wanna guess who?  Also of note, four who voted present...well, well...noted anti-Semite Jim Moran and Baghdad Jim McDermott were among the four who wouldn't vote in Israel's support either. 

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Anyone remember Rebecca Aguilar?  She was the belligerent reporter who was harassing an old man who shot and killed two different intruders over a three week period.  In any case, Aguilar was unceremoniously canned by her local Fox station, as part of a clause in her contract that lets them end it midway through.  She's been on paid suspension since the interview.  Aguilar is still blaming everyone but herself for the destruction of her reputation and career, according to her, she was just "asking questions and seeking facts,"

Aguilar said that most street reporters are expected to "go out there and ask the hard questions. As journalists, shouldn't we able to do the same thing on the inside? We shouldn't live in fear.

Because once you put fear into a reporter, how can you expect that person to pursue the truth, pursue the facts? We cannot as reporters be Jekyll and Hyde, one person on the inside, another person on the outside. Those plantation days are over."

What facts were Aguilar trying to get from that story?  I saw none.  She decided the guy was some Charles Bronson wannabe or a gun-toting wacko, and she wanted to berate him and bait him into reflecting that narrative, and it ended up being an exposé on her. 

Aguilar, who hired an attorney after the suspension, declined to say whether she'd take any legal action against Fox4. "Let me just put it this way," she said. "I'm going to use any method I can to regain my reputation."

Except for acknowledging that you effed up in a big way and deserve the scorn you're receiving.

Aguilar, whose husband still works at Fox4, contends that the station may have "ruined my career."

No Rebecca, Fox 4 didn't ruin your career, you did.

(h/t Hotair Headlines)

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It was a small explosive, which shattered glass in the front entrance and caused minor damages, but thankfully it wasn't during working hours, so no injuries.  Guests at the hotel across the street could feel the blast rattle the building. 

The recruiting station is a large one, and houses recruiting stations for the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force.  The NYPD and the NYPD bomb squad are on scene.  I hope whoever did this is caught before they get a chance to do this again, and spends a loooooong time in prison.

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British Army Captain and Iraq War veteran Bernie Bambury, from 4th Battalion The Rifles lost his leg during a bobsled run, when he clipped a marking post with his leg going about 80mph.  So manly is he that he didn't even realize he had lost the leg until he was told he lost it at the bottom of the run.  The limb was found and reattached by surgeons. 

Aspires to be as badass as Captain Bambury

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Links from around the Moronosphere!

Cuffy brings teh funneh.

More on Obama's Che Guevara lovin' campaign worker (hint: she wasn't just some low-level hipster college student) 

The Hostages lament a lost opportunity.

Prayer request for a fellow moron and family. Brimley looms.

Another round of Name! That! PAAAAAARRRTY!!!

Mike is momentarily overwhelmed by Nutroot stupidity.

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Newly elected Russian president says he'll continue Putin's hardline policies...

Russian government continues to intimidate dissenters and its neighbors...

This crapblogger remains unsurprised by belligerence of Russian gov't...

Developing...

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I think I'm going to try and feature links to people in the Moronosphere more than I have in the past.  I've always thought that Morons have some of the best insight and interesting stories on the intarwebs, and I'm regretting that I haven't been linking and showcasing that as much as I feel I should have.  In any case, this is from a fellow Keystone State Moron, I've made similar statements to what he's arguing, but he does so in a more thought-out and thorough manner than I. 

Sockless Joe agrees with the various punditry and talking heads that our odds of taking back the House and Senate are about nil, short of a major scandal break in our favor.  He also has this right, we shouldn't abandon the House and Senate races. 

Joe calls it Financial Attrition.  I like that.  And this is a demonstrable principle.  The GOP took a beating in PA in 2006, most notably with the loss of Rick Santorum's Senate seat to Bob Casey.  One of the things that really hurt us was that 2006 was fact that the PA gubernatorial race was that year. 

Why was the PA governor's race a factor?  Fast Eddie Rendell.  Rendell could have easily skated to his re-election in 2006, Lynn Swann, while a decent guy, is just not cut out for politics, and was a painfully (almost embarrassingly) weak candidate, which hurt GOP candidates because it gave people one less reason to go to polls at a time where the GOP was polling pretty weak.  Fast Eddie could have sat back and took re-election without lifting a finger.  He didn't.  He campaigned like he was in trouble, and spent a good bit of his war chest, and worked to boost Democrat candidates all throughout the state, which definitely hurt several GOP incumbents in the state.

We can do similar things.  Anywhere where we can challenge a otherwise safe Democrat saps them of resources they may otherwise be able to kick to candidates that are struggling or to help the presidential campaign itself.  As Joe says,

What do these unchallenged incumbents do with their money? They give some of it away to help candidates elsewhere. By helping push their marginal fellow partisans over the finish line they accumulate favors for future battles.

Oppositely, what does an incumbent do when he as a challenger? He empties his coffers! Electoral history is littered with the corpses of challengers who were outspent 3-to-1 yet were only defeated by a few percentage points.

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Sort of, Brian's going back through and modifying his posts to satisfy the AP, which is probably going to be excruciating, but probably less excruciating than dealing with the AP's legal department.  In any case, its resolved, and he's back in.

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...and by kosher, I mean they have rejected pork project money.  The list is small, but I am pleased and kind of shocked that two of them are from PA, given that PA politicos love their pork...Murtha's probably the best known, dude loves his pork money. (h/t CB)

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I'll make you go to IB to see the pic.  Smeaton received his award from the Queen for setting aboot that well-done jihadi at Glasgow's airport.

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I'm stunned that this is even being investigated, politicking at churches has been given such a big pass for a while, particularly on the left, but its been given a pass on the right too.  A member of the UCC complained a speech Obama made crossed the line in what he can say at a church, that he was making campaign promises. 

I'll be interested to see where this goes, I have to wonder if this was taped, either audio or video, apparently this was before Obama's big boost in stature, but if there is tape or audio, that could be trouble.

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A Japanese model was accused of kicking a hole through a door and crawling through to get at a man (boyfriend perhaps?) who was with another woman.  She was declared innocent after the defense successfully argued that she could have never squeezed through the hole because of her large breasteses.  BBF for the unintiated.  (h/t Moron-in-Chief)

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