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Noel Sheppard, R.I.P.

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In announcing the death of Newsbusters’ Noel Sheppard, Brent Bozell III uses the word “prolific,” and he was famously so. The dude could really crank it out, and some MRC staffers would joke sarcastically how Noel was capable of taking whatever was in the headlines and turning it into a media bias story. This is really the challenge of blogging — finding a niche, digging in and cranking it out day after day, which Noel Sheppardl had been doing since 2005.

Sure I’m not the only one who reads that and says, “Wow, nine years! Has it really been that long?” Tempus fugits, and Noel was one of the guys who became a reliable fixture in the blogosphere when it was a new force, viewed with suspicion by many.

When he suddenly fell ill in January, Noel live-tweeted his hospitalization which culminated in the dreadful news:

Noel blogged about his illness, noting the evident unfairness:

I’m an exercise and health nut. . . . I reworked my entire diet and fitness program in 2012 to get me back to the kind of body I had when I was in my 30s. Since then, I’ve largely lived my life to improve my fitness and find healthier foods that would further that goal.
But the Big C didn’t care about my diet or fitness level when he knocked on my door recently, for quite obviously healthy living doesn’t prevent you from acquiring this disease, and that doesn’t seem very fair, does it?
A former business partner and long-time friend has smoked between two and three packs of cigarettes a day since he was 15. In the earlier years, his poison was unfiltered Camels. He’s never exercised as long as I’ve known him, and he loves his meat and potatoes. Yet he’s twelve years my senior living a far less healthy life than I currently do all of it free from the Big C.

It’s like when Andrew Breitbart, who never smoked at all, suddenly dropped dead of a heart attack at 43. Being a 54-year-old smoker, I live with a constant sense that I’m on borrowed time, as younger and seemingly healthier friends keep dying.

So much for the morbid contemplations. Tim Graham has a video compilation of Noel’s TV appearances, you can go through Noel’s archive at Newsbusters to see his greatest hits, and Twitchy has compiled RIP notices from a host of online friends.

 

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Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Things I Learned About Politics By Playing Tropico
Michelle Malkin: A Whole Lotta Democrat Corruption Going On
Twitchy: Racist “Joke” Has People Calling For Comedy Central To #CancelColbert; Update – Tweet Deleted


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American Power: Add Iowa To The GOP’s Senate Pickup List
American Thinker: The October Surprise That Could Cripple The Practice Of Medicine
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin Endorses The Mama Grizzly Over The Clown – Julianne Ortman For #MNSen
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Joe For America: Noah’s Sinking Ark
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Pat Dollard: Cantor, McCarthy To Headline Anti-Tea Party Event
Protein Wisdom: Former Liberal Democrat Governor Richard Lamm’s Speech On How To Destroy America
Shot In The Dark: One Of The “Meta” Tribe
The Jawa Report: Can You Do Kindergarten Math?
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Got Reprimanded During His Visit With The Pope; Networks Ignore It
This Ain’t Hell: I Am An Army Nurse Now
Megan McArdle: Finding A House That Won’t Destroy You


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In The Mailbox, 03.27.14

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Twitchy: Oops! Toure Accidentally Makes Conservative Argument Against Obamacare
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Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, March 26
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Pat Dollard: Us, European Security Agencies See Massive Russian Buildup On Ukraine Border
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The Lonely Conservative: Harry Reid Doesn’t Like Reporters Poking Into His Family Affairs
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Megan McArdle: College Football Players Get A Union. Will They Get Paid?


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American Thinker: Michelle’s Hard-Knock Life Story Comes To China
Blackfive: Cybersecurity Employment
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Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, March 25
Jammie Wearing Fools: Paul Krugman Calls The Koch Brothers “Perfect Villains” And “Serious Evildoers”
Joe For America: Walking Dead Spoiler For Rush Limbaugh
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Pat Dollard: White Heterosexual Students Banned From Public University’s Diversity Classes
Protein Wisdom: Jeb Bush Praises Illegals As “Risk Takers”, Finds A Common Core Ally In Hillary Clinton
Shot In The Dark: Open Letter To Every Single News Reporter In Minnesota
The Jawa Report: This Is What You Get For Thinking Outside The Box In Today’s Military
The Lonely Conservative: How The EPA Makes Bad News About Its Regulations Disappear
This Ain’t Hell: More “Help” For Members Of The Military
Megan McArdle: Silicon Valley’s Age Problem


In The Mailbox, 03.25.14

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Proof Positive: Luck of the Irish and Vladimir Then And Now
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: American Hustle: Overdue Movie Review
Doug Powers: Maybe Flight 370 Hasn’t Been Found Because Of…Global Warming
Twitchy: Dupes Fall For Daily Currant’s Sarah Palin Satire


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American Thinker: Don’t Kid Yourself About Ukraine
Blackfive: The Damn Few Visit The VA
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Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, March 24
Jammie Wearing Fools: Boston Globe Avoids Party ID Of Lobbyist Ex-Congressman As He Cashes In
Joe For America: Illinois Democrat Has Computers Seized In Child Porn Investigation
JustOneMinute: Forward To A Safer World
Pat Dollard: Rumsfeld Says “A Trained Ape” Could Have Accomplished Critical Task Obama Couldn’t In Iraq, Afghanistan
Protein Wisdom: The Rule Of Law Is Dead, And Yet Persecution By Law Is Alive, Well And Thriving In The Tyranny Of The New Normal
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The Jawa Report: Prayers For Howie
The Lonely Conservative: Illegal Immigrant Mad He Has To Work And Pay For College Without DREAM Act
This Ain’t Hell: Dear Jodi Rives Meier – How Do You Like These Apples?
Megan McArdle: Dude, Where’s My Uber?


“Backin’ The U.S.S.R”, As The Beatles Did Not Quite Sing

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by Smitty and Chris Cassone

 

Oh, flew in from Hawaii beach on Air Force One
Donors weren’t bad last night
Desperate news the Ukraine has come undone
Man, there’ll be a dreadful fight
I’m backin’ the U.S.S.R.
You don’t know how punky you are boy
Backin’ the U.S.S.R.

Scheming away so long I hardly know my face
With Vlad I’m feeling right at home
Dreaming of tomorrow and still more disgrace
Good thing I lack all backbone
I’m backin’ the U.S.S.R.
You don’t know how skunky you are boy
Blamin’ the U.S.
Blamin’ the U.S.
Backin’ the U.S.S.R.

Well the Crimean girls really got knocked out
When the West left them behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
Ossetia’s always on my m-m-m-m-mind

Aw come on!
Ho yeah!
Ho yeah!
Ho ho yeah!
Yeah yeah!

Yeah I’m backin’ the U.S.S.R.
You don’t know how funky you are boyth
Backin’ the U.S.S.R.

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When the West left them behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
Ossetia’s always on my m-m-m-m-mind

Oh, show me around you Sochi buildings way down south
Take me to your daddy’s dacha
Let me hear the Ukrain’s panicked, dying shout
My policy is full of caca
I’m backin’ the U.S.S.R.
Hey you don’t know how lucky you are boys
I’m backin’ the U.S.S.R.

Oh let me tell you, honey
Hey, I’m back!
I’m back in the U.S.S.R.
Yes, I’m free!
Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R.

Ha ha

Don’t hesitate to support Chris Cassone. If we buy enough of Cassone’s stuff, we can guilt him into recording this. That’s my theory, anyway:

In The Mailbox, 03.24.14

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Curmudgeonly & Skeptical: A WWI Diary
Michelle Malkin: Get To Know The Common Core Marketing Overlords
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American Thinker: The Profound Arrogant, Ignorant Stupidity Of Liberals In Charge
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Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Breaking – Pacifica Radio Is Still On The Air
Conservatives4Palin: IBD – Another Obamacare Rate Shock On The Way
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, March 21
Jammie Wearing Fools: Dem Strategist Claims Obamacare Being “Terrorized” By Hostile Ads
Joe For America: Green Berets’ Open Letter On The Second Amendment
JustOneMinute: Another Faith-Based Initiative From Obama
Pat Dollard: Laura Ingraham – The Government Can Follow Our Every Keystroke, Of Course They Know Obamacare Enrollment Numbers
Protein Wisdom: White House And Leftist Acolytes Attack Matt Drudge For Revealing His First Obamacare Penalty Tax
Shot In The Dark: Chanting Points Memo – The Head Fake
STUMP: Obamacare Watch – Schrodinger’s Deadline
The Jawa Report: Liberals Quote The 2nd Amendment
The Lonely Conservative: Congress Needs To Stop Obama From Giving Away The Internet
This Ain’t Hell: Why We Can’t Get Stolen Valor Prosecuted
Megan McArdle: Pension Funds’ Risky Business


Rule 5 Monday will be posted tonight.


REVIEW: ‘Lightning Fall’ By Bill Quick

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by Smitty

He emailed me a review copy, but I was having none of that: I wired myself the Kindle version onto the ‘droid phone for my plane flight home yesterday.

As an author, Quick befits a smart phone format well: kinetic prose from right out of the gate, plenty of characters, even pacing. Quick’s status as a disaster preparedness guru adds authenticity to the effects of an EMP burst on the West Coast. His research on military topics is such that you really have to know your stuff to point out minor boo-boos, but Quick shows more effort than most. Also, as an ex-Aegis Command & Decision System technician, I’m a bit of a ringer here. Love you, Bill.

Atop the disaster knowledge and writing skill, Quick’s savage political wit is a blast. “B.J. Carter” indeed. While nowhere near subtle, Bill manages to mix in humorous subtext without going campy and distracting from the plot. Nicely done. Now for the task of carving out the time to finish reading it.

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