Year: 2010

BREAKING URGENT!

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LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Police and other emergency responders were called to the scene of a riot Saturday night at the annual Directors Guild Awards, but were reportedly unable to quell the violent disturbance.

Traumatized attendees at the glitzy gala were being treated by paramedics at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, yet police SWAT teams and riot squads were clearly outmanned in the mass pandemonium. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger mobilized National Guard units to deal with the unexpected crisis caused by Continue reading BREAKING URGENT! →

Bagman is a Hoot

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by Smitty

I Own The World lives up to the billing. Bagman, from last April (?) remains tragically timely:
In particular, Nancy Pelosi in Joker hair anticipates the Obama Joker, and the Bagmobile, a two person Segway, is right on: Great stuff. I failed to mark this in the Google Reader, and can’t credit my source. Sorry. 🙁

Frankly, I’ve Begun to Worry That Carol at No Sheeples Here Has Caught BMD

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First described by Professor William Jacobson, Blogger Mood Disorder can have strange and unpredictable effects. Lately, Carol’s hilarious graphics have been getting . . . well, I don’t want to say weird, but you tell me:

So you see that there were telltale warning signs. And then Saturday came the most ominous portent that Blogger Mood Disorder had finally taken hold of Carol.

Ayla Brown and . . . two old dogs in hats?

Clearly, this is the work of a demented mind . . .

Flatus Mars Just-Resolved Annual Gumflap

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by Smitty

The State of the Union, or FMJRA Gumflap, was a well-written and -delivered piece of rhetoric. As long as its relationship to reality remains a separate topic, we can keep things peaceable. The POTUS can stand there and say “We may be incompetent, but we’re all you’ve got” only as far as the next election. No one but Christopher Walken needs more cowbell. Finally, when the Justice who didn’t bark gets as much press as the Preshizzle who barked for over an hour, you know someone is deep in the hurt locker.

Footballs, Little Green (1 pair):
Little Green Footballs and the ‘Cult of Personality’ Factor in Blogging

  • Da Tech Guy: “I’m actually pleased to read he has a fiancée since as I’ve said the right woman makes all the difference in one’s life.”
  • James Board plays the Lady GaGa card.
  • Around the Sphere quotes CJ, apparently enumerating reasons for torching strawmen that exist in his own mind: “A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, etc.)” This blog would bear mention in this list as a badge of honor, but can’t muster the interest to feel miffed at the omission.
  • Gateway Pundit: LGF “reads at times like a blog version of ‘Animal Farm’.”
  • POWIP: “The Douche of URL”. Tee hee hee.
  • Saberpoint: “Who Is Charles Johnson? Who Cares?”
  • Paco Enterprises, via private email:

    After reading through the articles and posts linked by Stacy, I confess to being fascinated by Johnson’s implosion. I was particularly taken by the references (I think it was in the NYT’s piece) to the handful of “lizards” who are so strangely, slavishly devoted to him – although it would seem that few, if any, have ever actually met him. Johnson truly seems to have created a cult of personality – perhaps the first of its type in the blogosphere.

    I’m no psychologist, but it seems to me that Johnson is, to use the technical terminology, nuts. I know next to nothing about Barrett Brown, save for what I read today, but he puts me in mind of someone – knapsack over his shoulder, unbathed for a week – who shows up at the Manson ranch after the murders and asks to join the club. A hyperbolic analogy, perhaps, but you get what I mean: seems a little late, and not a little fatuous, to be hooking up with Charles Johnson at this stage of his mental collapse. Hugely ironic considering that both men pride themselves on their “skepticism”.

More LGF Fallout: New York Times ‘Casually Defames’ Filip DeWinter

Thanks, Dennis Prager

Light-hearted Ellie:
Ellie Light Is a Nasty Slut

  • Rhetorican gives too much credit to Gibbs:

    Is Ellie Light several people at Media Matters? Is it Robert Gibbs? Is it a clumsy intern at MSNBC? Who knows? But whoever Ellie is, he/she is not very good at appearing plausible.

    I wouldn’t accuse Gibbs of having enough sack to try such a stunt. He picked us up again in a second roundup.

  • Cold Fury links us in a rant about voter registration.
  • The Lonely Conservative linked us while riffing on the grade-school TOTUS appearance.
  • Without Adjectives linked RSM’s dare to sue.
  • The Underground Conservative: “David Axelrod’s astroturf brigade is at it again.” I’m unaware of the specific history in question.
  • A Conservative Lesbian noted our more flattering portrait, but less flattering opinion of Ellie’s character.
  • That’s Right provided a portrait comparison of left/right political figures, agreeing with the “slut” conclusion.
  • The Camp of the Saints echoed the opinion.
  • Political News Highlights and Controversy linked us, as well.
  • The Camp of the Saints:

    There are a large number of people who believe we are in The End Time, that the End Of Days is not too far off. Many of them believe this is the age when the Antichrist will rise. I’m one of those who leans heavily against this notion, but I like to keep my options open. While I don’t see this as the age of the AntiChrist, I do think we may have witnessed the appearence of the Anti-Galt.

    • Follow-up here.

‘Who Is Ellie Light?’

  • POWIP: “…since you’ve lied over and over, I don’t give a rat’s ass what your explanation is, Moby.”
  • A Conservative Shemale hat tips us and a few others.
  • His Vorpal Sword linked us amidst the most psychedelic post I’ve seen since… wow…was that WordPress or Pink Floyd? The post may have been a lengthy discussion on the difference between sockpuppets and astroturf, but the crazy diamond shining on was too bright.
  • The Lonely conservative played the Joe Klein card.

Good News: ‘Ellie Light’ Is a Man

VIDEO: Adam Andrzejewski on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Show

SO TU, Brute?
URGENT NEWS ALERT: VodkaPundit Will Drunkblog SOTU Tonight

  • Cynthia Yockey chides RSM’s editorial acumen: “I have to say your headline announcing Vodkapundit will be drunkblogging the SOTU is, um, so very ‘dog bites man’.”
  • That’s Right gave up the linky-love.
  • The Lonely Conservative picked us up, along with other keep-awake strategies. I’ll admit that I just read the transcript.
  • The Reaganite Republican Resistance had a splendid roundup.
  • The Ubervu Feed.
  • The Camp of the Saints: “I’m glad you asked…No, I will not be watching Julius Obamacus Caesar’s State Of The Empire Union speech tonight. Believe me, I would like to, but, unfortunately, duty calls and I have to go watch some paint dry.”

VIDEO: Chris Matthews Says, ‘You Know, I Forgot He Was Black Tonight’

  • Red State linked us. Delicious blockquote:

    The case has been made quite well who the real racists are, they live in the mid to far left in America and never let anyone forget the color of their own skin, and if you succeed with OTWS (Other Than White Skin), you owe the Democrat party your allegiance or you are an IgnorantUncleTomStepNFetchItHouseBoy™.

    Regarding that last bit, Erick Brockway is encouraged to Set The Java Down.

  • Rightofcourse linked us, but has apparently been watching too many ‘Downfall’ clips:

    There are two instances in the speech where things get really weird. First, the Senate recently blocked the appointment of a committee proposed (and presumably selected) by Obama. Comrade Obama tells them they no longer matter because he will write an executive order to appoint zees committee anyvay. Zis iss goot, yah?
    Later, he lashes out at the Supreme Court for not interpreting the Constitution in a manner that suits him. Since they don’t agree with him. He vill go around zem, yah? He orders Congress to come up with a bill to go around the recent ruling of the Supreme Court. Heil.

‘I Forgot Chris Matthews Was White’

Holy Guacamole! Keith Olbermann Invokes Dred Scott Analogy?

Olbermann’s Secret Racism Decoder Ring

Video of the day: No Rules For Radicals

Allahpundit Demands a Recount! 2009 ‘Beta Male of the Year’ Award

‘The Best Week Since Spring Break’

Hot Chicks With Big Fish . . .Or: Look at the Bass on Her!

POTUS and TOTUS in Falls Church

  • Da Tech Guy: “If you think his political foes are sensing weakness, imagine what America’s foes are thinking?”
  • WyBlog liked the post, and went with the Paul Simon refrence.

Economics: What If the Experts Are Wrong? And What If They’re Lying?

Stripper Movie ‘Is a Really Good Story’ for Young Girls, Actress Says

There Are Still 5 A’s in Raaaaacist!

The Senate Feud in Kentucky

  • That’s Right: “Wait…I thought it was us wacky teabaggers that were doing all the in-fighting. You mean the Democrats are having some family issues as well? Well color me…not surprised at all.”

It’s David Brooks Fisking Day!

  • Troglopundit linked us, while mixing it up with Bob Belvedere, in a non-protein sharing arrangement, we are led to understand.
  • Belvedere has made the flaming handshake photo from ‘Wish You Were Here’ into a Fisking icon.

Ruh-Roh

‘Noticeably Monosyllabic’

Marxist Historian Howard Zinn, 87, Consigned to the Ash Heap of History

Massachusetts Update: Protest Against Planned Parenthood in Fitchburg Today

Send Da Tech Guy to CPAC!

Worse than Maddow and Olbermann

At the Scott Brown Victory Celebration, Old Ebbitt Grill

  • Da Tech Guy links us while following up on the Scott Brown fallout:

    Other Coakley supporters also expressed surprise: “I can’t see how he can credibly support the Massachusetts Healthcare plan and oppose the national one when they are basically the same thing.”

    To that Mass. resident: what does Amendment 10 mean to you?

  • No Sheeples Here has some thoughts on Stacy’s wardrobe management.

Feminists OK With Women in Panties Selling Beer. Pro-Life Ads? Not So Much

  • It’s Only Words
  • Sincerely Amanda:

    Come to think of it, there are many things you might not want to discuss during the Super Bowl – such as torn ACLs, concussions, cracked ribs, and crazy singers getting their bras ripped off during the half time show (remember the Janet Jackson debacle?).

    But Marx forbid that the inspirational life story of a football player be broadcast during the Super Bowl.

  • Da Mook give us a link and analysis.
  • The Ubervu thread.
  • Bob Belvedere confers a Spot-on Quote of the Day.

Jill Stanek on the Battle of Fitchburg

  • Haemet links us.
  • Da Tech Guy links us and amplifies the situation. Da Tech Guy is also strongly pro-life. Me, too, with the bit of nuance that I think the Federal government should not interfere with individal Americans. Thus, even though I abhor the slaughter of the innocent, I would not support, for example, a Consitutional ban on abortion. States rights, for all murder is clearly murder.
  • Bob Belvedere gives us the linkage.

Other FMJRA Outings:

Miscellaneous Shouts:

That’s the FMJRA. Please send updates/additions to Smitty. Now to work on the Rule 5 Sunday post, a refreshing break after this outing.

Sarah Palin’s PAC Raised More Than $2 Million in Its First 11 Months

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Tommy at Conservatives For Palin has the details. Perhaps the most encouraging bits are that the PAC received contributions from 14,000 individuals:

“Dollars were raised primarily on the Internet and small fundraisers; no direct mail.”

Having a large number of small donors is very important to grassroots activism. Those $10 and $20 contributions have a way of adding up over time.

Which is my cue to ask, have you hit the tip jar lately?

Just sayin’ . . .

‘Sam Dealey Has What It Takes to
Make That Paper Great Again’

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So says Christian Josi, referring to the hiring of a new editor at The Washington Times. Paul Bedard, who was on the White House beat when I joined the Times in 1997, gives the lowdown on the new guy:

Dealey, a U.S. News contributor, is based in Washington, writing on national and foreign affairs. Besides contributing to Reader’s Digest, he writes frequently for publications such as GQ, Details, and The New York Times. Dealey has also reported from Africa for CNN and PBS’s NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. He is a media fellow at the Hoover Institution.
The Dallas native was a reporter for The Hill newspaper, an editorial board member at The Washington Times, and assistant managing editor of The American Spectator.

I’ve never met Dealey, and have no reason to doubt that he is everything he is cracked up to be. On the other hand, he’s only 36 and nothing in his biography suggests extensive managerial experience in a daily newspaper environment.

That was really the problem that sank Dealy’s predecessor, John Solomon, who had built his career as a reporter for the Associated Press and spent a year at the Washington Post before taking over the top job at the Times shortly after I left in January 2008. Whatever else his qualifications, Solomon had little managerial background and no experience of the distinctive culture of the Times.

Running any daily newspaper is a tremendous managerial challenge, and the Washington Times is certainly more challenging than most. D.C. is a very competitive news environment and being the underdog paper, going up against the Post every day, requires an extraordinary degree of mental toughness. Former editor-in-chief Wes Pruden’s long tenure in the job was as much a testimony to his cast-iron temperament as to his journalistic ability.

No matter what, Dealey starts off on the wrong foot with the newspaper’s staff. Bringing in an outsider to run the Washington Times newsroom — Dealey was on the editorial board of the paper, but never on the news staff — is an implied putdown of the guys who’ve been in charge of the daily news operation since Solomon quit in November.

All of which is to say that Dealey’s got his work cut out for him. I wish him luck. At least he’s not a damned Postie. That’s basically what prompted me to resign when I did. It had just been announced they’d hired Solomon from the Post, and one of my colleagues remarked, “If I’d wanted to work for a Postie, I’d have applied at the f—ing Post.”

Good point. I submitted my resignation the next day. My colleague stayed — and got laid off right before Christmas last year, along with dozens more who didn’t see the writing on the wall soon enough.

VIDEO: ‘Brown Revolution’ Nationwide

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Watch this video from ABC’s “Good Morning America”:


“The Scott Heard ‘Round the World” has inspired grassroots activists nationwide — John Fund has a feature article about Brown today — and as I explain at The American Spectator:

One of the volunteers on Brown’s campaign is now running for Congress in Alabama, and emulating the “straight talk, no BS” theme. Rick Barber, a small businessman and ex-Marine, is challenging Democrat Rep. Bobby Bright in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District and was featured in an ABC “Good Morning America” segment on the impact of the Brown campaign.
“If there ever was a time in our political landscape that really an everyday guy like myself could get into Washington at the congressional level, this would be the year to do it,” Barber told ABC.
Many others see the same opportunity and, as the Associated Press notes, this has resulted in a crowded field of contested primaries nationwide. . . .

Please read the whole thing. Speaking of crowded primaries, Adam Andrzejewski’s Tea Party-backed gubernatorial campaign — which the legacy media are trying to ignore — got an unexpected boost yesterday when Barack Obama made a joke about GOP establishment candidate Kirk Dillard:

As I told you Thursday, Kirk actually appeared in a 2008 campaign ad for Obama:

Ouch. Yeah, that’s gonna leave a mark.