Olympic Committee lifts ban on Iraqi athletes

I'm glad to hear it, there are only two going, hopefully Iraq will stabilize and be able to send more in the future.  The problems came from allegations that Prime Minister Maliki was politically involved with people in Iraq's Olympic Committee, which would compromise it's neutrality.  The problem is that the Iraqi Olympic Committee was kind of a thrown together affair, after four members of the Iraqi Olympic Committee were kidnapped and vanished without a trace two years ago.

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Saving Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School

You may have read the story about the Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School, where Senator Obama promised the school that he'd deliver aid to them and never followed through?  Well, Juliette Ochieng at Baldilocks is from the same Kenyan tribe as Obama, and is working to set up a non-profit to help the Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School the funding they need.  The school set up an upgrade plan that would cost 8.2 million Kenyan Shillings, which amounts to about $130,000. 

The upgrades would include tapping a well for the school, installing latrines, modernizing the building, adding classrooms, finishing an basic science lab, and putting up a perimeter fence.  These are all basic needs for any school, and $130,000 is not that much money to raise with enough help.

It costs $500 to set up a non-profit in California, and unless Juliette can find someone to donate time and energy to put together her non-profit site, she'll also need to hire someone to build the site for her.  Thus far she's raised a bit less than $100 for the effort.  The effort has only just begun, but let's see what we can do to help Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School.

I'll be doing what I can to promote the Save the Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School campaign, and I'd ask anyone reading to do what you can to help out, whether that's writing a post and giving some PR to the cause(and you're free to use this post as a template), donating, or if you can volunteer tech services or fundraising expertise, those would all be welcome and appreciated, just drop by here and leave a comment or email if you're able to help or are interested in helping Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School.

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Wonderful bacon-y WIN

Awesome.

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Remember Pat Buchanan's "Hitler wasn't all that bad" book?

Well, if you were wanting to see Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens rip it a new one, look no further. 

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This is pure WIN

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And You Thought Your 21st Birthday Was Awesome

Ah, the 21st Birthday. The time when young lads and lasses can *ahem* legally purchase alcohol for the first time. Most normal 21st Birthdays end some time late the next morning with vomit, unconsciousness, strange bite and burn marks, and a shitload of $1 bills. But enough about me.

What little I recall of my 21st obviously doesn't top what this student at Penn State did to ring in legal drunkenness. He wound up breaking into the PSU football complex and having a good time.

Police said they arrived at the building because of a call about a fight at the indoor training facility next door, and later found out later the call was actually made by Costenbader. He was found alone in a first-floor bathroom in the football building, which is home to the offices of Paterno and his staff as well as the team locker room.

An extensive collection of bowl game trophies, awards and other memorabilia are also on display, though there was no apparent damage to those items. The trophy awarded to Penn State after its Alamo Bowl victory last year had apparently been handled but was not damaged, team spokesman Jeff Nelson said.

Well played, young man. Well played.

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Statler and Waldorf have a youtube channel!

Statler and Waldorf rule so much, here's their channel, and here's a clip,

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Royal Marine rewarded George Cross for throwing self on explosive to save comrades

He survived the blast too!  One of the men in his group stepped on a tripwire during a raid on a Taliban camp, this Royal Marine saw the device, and managed to throw himself on it, twisting himself so that his rucksack took the brunt of the blast.  There's a great pic of the guy, he's holding the rucksack that took the explosion...what's left of it, anyway.

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NYT editor David Shipley's notes on McCain response column leaked

Our friends at TNOYF have the exclusive.  (h/t)

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More good news out of Alaska

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell bested Rep. Don Young in second quarter fund-raising. 

Oh, and Don Young had to spend nearly half of his campaign contributions on lawyers for himself and for his staffers.

Looks like that endorsement from Huck hasn't paid off for Rep. Young. 

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Photo of the Day: Kentucky Falafeled Chicken?

It's nice to know that if I ever find myself in Fallujah, there will be some fried chicken waiting on me. 



The story is here.

But let's all keep in mind that this is just another abuse of AmeriKKKan capitalistic imperialism.  It's nothing to celebrate.

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V-I Day Coming Soon

This is what victory looks like:

Senior U.S. military officials are developing plans to speed the deployment of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, including possibly pulling the next brigade scheduled to go to Iraq this fall and sending it to Afghanistan instead.

President Bush has already committed to beefing up the U.S. presence in Afghanistan next year. But Defense Department officials said the recent efforts of military planners would accelerate the process and could allow the new brigade of 3,500 soldiers to deploy there before the end of this year.

When the American forces in Europe finished mopping up the crushed Nazi war machine, they started getting on ships bound for Japan. We haven't started directly redeploying soldiers from Iraq to Afghanistan yet but look for that as a final indication that we've completed our task in Iraq.

You know how you can tell things are going really well in Iraq? The Marines are asking to be redeployed to where some real action is.

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Paul Hornung Just Proved How Awesome He Was, Is, And Always Will Be.

Legendary Green Bay Packer Paul Hornung had a reputation as a bit of a rounder back when he played. He was a boozer, ladies man, and a nightclub fixture. He even served a one year suspension for gambling. But he also kicked ass while on the field.

And to make things even better, he seems unrepentant about his glory days and life off the field.  Here is what he said recently on a radio interview that just proved how awesome he really is:

Q:“You guys had a great life, but I don’t think you could live that lifestyle today.”

Hornung: “Oh hell you could. You’re in such good shape, are you crazy? When you’re 24-years-old, you weigh 215 pounds, you can work out every day of your life, you could make love to five girls a week and play 44 games of football. Hell.”

Pure Win right there.

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Donuts Help Make Health Kicks Seem Less Gay

Unlike the killjoys in the Soviet of California that Sean mentioned earlier, us hardy (and fat) folks in the Midwest enjoy wallowing in our deep fried happiness. Any attempt to regulate food in St. Louis and Southwestern Illinois will be met with a caloric "fuck you". And that is a good thing.

Well, we even have been able to combine that pussy-ass health shit with something delicious: donuts. Yep, the Tour de Donut was held this past weekend in Southwestern Illinois.

Apparently, the goals were a might different than what those blood-doping fools in France are doing right now.

Prizes were awarded to those who finished with the fastest time, the fastest adjusted time (depending on number of doghnuts eaten) and for most doughnuts eaten.

For every donut eaten, five minutes is taken off a cyclist's time. Pit stop volunteers were scrambling to mark those who had eaten doughnuts so cyclists could hop back on their bikes and pedal away.

And, it seems, only the hearty would be able to survive this grueling test.

Steve Striker of Edwardsville planned to eat at least 24 doughnuts. He was working on 20 doughnuts when he reached the Worden pit stop.

"I don't think I'll make my goal. It's tough to hold it back now," Striker said as he was shoving five doughnuts into his mouth.

First-time participant Blake Stevens of Edwardsville said the ride was fun.

"I got to see some guy puke after eating 25 doughnuts, so that was interesting," Stevens said.

Bill Schmaltz of St. Louis joked about the cyclists from Illinois lagging behind the rest. He said his goal is to eat seven doughnuts and finish the race under one hour and 35 minutes.

"This is fun, in a gluttonous kind of way," Schmaltz said.

Amen, brother. Amen. Now, douse yourself with gravy, and enjoy a Menthol lung dart to make the evening perfect.

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University of Utah's virtual lab

Weasel finds the best stuff ever.  The one on addiction really is excellent, in particular, the Mouse Party, where you can see a series of strung out mice and what a particular substance does to the brain.

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On a somewhat lighter note

See-Dub is finally making his way out of the Soviet of California.  Hopefully California doesn't follow him wherever he goes.  Leftists have a tendency to migrate places that they haven't destroyed with their policies yet.

Stashiu is back, so be sure to drop by and say hi and give him some kind words.

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My No Good Reason Other Than It's Awesome Post For Tonight

Bruce Lee + Kareem Abdul-Jabbar=WIN!

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The Las Vegas City Council sticks up for the Ace-of-Spades Lifestyle

Las Vegas "accidentally" passed a law making it a crime to feed the homeless.

(h/t, and yes, I know it's old.)

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Happy Independence Day!

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Independence Day

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