He makes liberal pundits look like fools.

MICHAEL STEELE: You know, with all due respect to the Governor, I understand where he's coming from, having been a state official I know what it means to get those dollars when you're in tight times. But you've got to look at the entire package. You've got to look at what's going to create sustainable jobs. What this administration is talking about is making work. It is creating work.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But that's a job.

STEELE: No, it's not a job. A job is something that a business owner creates. It's going to be long term. What he's creating-

STEPHANOPOULOS: So a job doesn't count if it's a government job?

STEELE: Let me finish. That is a contract. It ends at a certain point, George. You know that. These road projects that we're talking about have an end point. As a small business owner, I'm looking to grow my business, expand my business. I want to reach further. I want to be international, I want to be national. It's a whole different perspective on how you create a job, versus how you create work. Either way, the bottom line is-

STEPHANOPOULOS: I guess I don't really understand that distinction.

STEELE: Well, the difference, the distinction is this. If you got a government contract that's a fixed period of time it goes away. The work may go away. There's no guarantee that there's going to be more work when you're done that job.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But we've seen millions and millions of jobs going away in the private sector just in the last year.

STEELE: Yes, but they come back though, George. That's the point. They've gone away before and they come back. The point is, the small business owners take the risks. They're the ones out there in the morning, putting that second mortgage on the house, taking the risk necessary so they can employ your kids and my kids and future generations. That's sustainable long-term growth. Otherwise, why do we need the small business community? Why don't we all just get a government job and call it a day?

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Jelly Wrestling!

The evening of jelly wrestling at McMurdo Base was uncovered the following day by a high-powered delegation from the United States Office of the Inspector General, which audits the National Science Foundation - funder of the programme.

The organiser of last month's jelly wrestling, which was held in a vehicle maintenance facility and attended by New Zealanders from neighbouring Scott Base, was sacked the following week.

The incident also led to an urgent all-staff meeting where the US Antarctic Programme workers were read the riot act and given a stern lecture on their collective moral failure, with other activities involving nudity cited as further examples.

In an email sent to all the staff, the sacked jelly-wrestling organiser threatened to file a suit for wrongful termination as well as lamenting the way the US programme was now run by Raytheon Polar Services and the "fun nazis".

"I will just say that I was terminated for having harmless jello wrestling," he said in the email.

"No-one was injured (five medevacs from the company-sponsored softball game), no equipment was abused or damaged, no-one complained to HR, there was no inappropriate behaviour, clothing, or nudity (though the Polar Plunge just hours before the jello event had plenty of nudity but no-one got fired or reprimanded for doing that!)."

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Obviously, the Amish are used to living without electricity, and they're giving a hand to their neighbors without power and the means to heat or light homes until the power comes back.  If nothing else, the KY ice storm and power outage should be a reminder to people to prepare themselves for this kind of thing.  There are plenty of sites and books that offer up a guide to prepare for disasters like this or Katrina.

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And no, not in that way, you perverts:

In 1993, while Sarah was commercial fishing with Todd, his and another boat bumped. Sarah's hand got caught between the rails, crushing some fingers. After a quick trip to the hospital, she was back out helping Todd the next day, not wanting to disappoint him.

It's official: she's more of a man than I am. 

(And yes, I know it's probably old.)

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Especially if you were in Tucson, AZ.

The Star newsroom was flooded with calls from irate viewers who said that the porn cut into the game with less than three minutes left to play, just after Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald scored on a touchdown pass from Kurt Warner to put the team in the lead.

Callers said that the clip showed a woman unzipping a man's pants, followed by a graphic act between the two.

"I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up," said Cora King of Marana. "Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out."Jeanene Piek said she was outraged that her granddaughter had seen the clip.

"I was in a state of shock. I am totally disgusted," she said.

The Super Bowl was being shown locally on KVOA. The station sends its signal to Comcast through a fiber line, said KVOA News Director Kathleen Choal.KVOA's signal didn't have porn on it when the station sent it over to Comcast, station president Gary Nielsen said.The company will continue to investigate what happened to its signal, Nielsen said.

Engineers at Comcast will be working throughout the night to determine what happened, Maslyn said.

The porn broke into the standard-definition feed reaching analog TV sets. It appears the porn only reached homes in the Tucson area, but Comcast did not know exactly how many homes were affected, Maslyn said.

Comcast's high-definition feed was not affected. Maslyn did not know how many homes were affected.

Heh. Brings new meaning to a "happy ending" in football, I guess.

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That shrieking noise y'all heard.  That would have been me.

I love Michael Bay so much it hurts.

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In one of his negative posts on Palin today, Allahpundit asked:

Exit question two: I’m getting yet another demerit on my conservative permanent record for even pointing this out, aren’t I?

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Yay!

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