"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler
by Smitty
Now and then, one gets trashed so hard that the best course of action is to join the audience in admiration of a good trashing:
When did Smitty turn into a Progressive? He seems to claim charisma is a zero sum game. He claims the charismatically rich Paul Ryan got that way from robbing the poor TrogloPundit. He doesn’t believe in trickle down charisma or the Laugher Curve of charismatic outflow elasticity.
All of this, of course, is unfair.
— compiled by Wombat-socho
Well, it was going to be Rule 5 Sunday, but then the internet died, and then three days of CPA exam madness got in the way, and the next thing I knew it was 0200 Thursday morning…
Laughing Conservative kicks off this week’s Rule 5 roundup with Lucy Pinder, while Fishersville Mike reminds us that the hockey season’s not over yet. Randy’s Roundtable takes a midweek break with Sonya Kraus, Eye of Polyphemus shows that Mila Kunis can be sexier with her clothes on than a lot of other women nekkid, and The POH Diaries continues that theme with Kate Upton and her Beach Bunny Casual collection. Zion’s Trumpet brings some Tumblr babes to our attention, the First Street Journal honors the WACs and other women in uniform, and the TrogloPundit gets not one but two posts about Valeriana Lukyanova, the “Human Barbie”. Elsewhere, Three Beers Later draws the line at Rule 5 1/2, while Dustbury has Lorianne Crook with Taylor Swift and Masiela Lusha.
Soylent Green starts the week early by studying gravity, then comes Monday Motivationer Malena, Tuesday Titillation with Shannon, Humpday Hawtness with Allie, Subterranean Snoochettes from Saturn, more Addie, Corset Friday – Have A Fit!, and finally some Overnight Awesome On The Rocks.
El Opinador Compulsivo distills two weeks’ snoochery into one set of links, and delivers with Christina Iannelli, Lisa Morales, Luisana Lopilato (with an unfortunate T-shirt), a high-res collection, and not one, not two, but three ladies to inspire pleasant dreams, followed by some morning exercise.
A View From The Beach has Claudia Schiffer, necrophilia in Egypt, Mila Kunis, a link between drinking and tattoos, and Carla Bruni.
The Camp of the Saints offers Diana Morales, the Rule 5 News, and Laura Prepon
The DaleyGator’s DaleyBabes were Kiara Asuka, Misaki Mori, Hayden Panettiere, Mayuko Iwasa, Kerry Washington, Minase Yashiro, Joelle Kayembe (with some Rule 5 linkagery), Momoka Kanou, Monica Artega, Salma Hayek’s new ad for Burger King, Amika Hattan, Crystal Bernard, Yoko Kumada, Denise Paglia, Yui Minami, Beyonce with additional Rule 5 linkagery; also, a post on offending feminists with Rule 5.
Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline for Sunday’s Rule 5 roundup will be Saturday, May 5.
by Smitty
Insty points to Treacher going on about the latest shenanigans at Wikipedia. It seems that it’s OK to have a page about Seamus the Dog, of Romney family fame, but no one need be bothered with talk of Obama’s dog consumption. Even though the dog munching is in one of Obama’s biographies, the dog may have been a composite of several species of small furry animals gathered together in a pot and grooving to world music. Wikipedia is great for scientific stuff, but goes high and to the left whenever a political topic emerges. This comes on the heels of Chris Loesch getting tooled on Twitter for offending the powers-that-delete.
In defense of these Lefty jackwagons, if you’re not paying the hosting fee for the service, you haven’t got much to say. Which brings me to my point. When are we going to shift emphasis from Wikipedia and Twitter to things like Conservapedia? While it makes sense to return to the usual sites to engage the Left, there needs to be some thought given to alternatives.
Maybe a Breitbart.com or a PJMedia could undertake such a project.
by Smitty
I’m looking at this rack of links from Reboot Congress, and I’m thinking: wow, DSM digs him some Lugar about as much as I enjoy cheering on ‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran, which is to say, not at all:
— compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
Questions Mount Over PRC Activist’s Fate
Was blind activist pressured to leave American embassy?
Federal Judge Throws Out Tribal Lawsuit Supporting UND
Rules no damage to tribes from NCAA prohibition
Forgotten Inmate Drank Urine To Survive
UC Santa Cruz student detained by DEA apparently forgotten by drug agents, never charged or formally arrested
POLITICS
Gingrich Suspends Campaign
Plans to endorse Romney at future joint appearance
Warren: I Was Just Trying To Connect
In Texas, How Conservative Is Enough?
Appeals Court Throws Out Terrorist Lawsuit Against John Yoo
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Hovers Above $105 Ahead Of Key US Jobs Figures: NYMEX $105.22, Brent $118.20
Euro Hit By Weak European Manufacturing Data
Dow Average Retreats From Four-Year High On Weak ADP Data
CEOs Rank Texas Best For Business, California Worst
Spirit Airlines Raises Carry-On Bag Fee, Could Hit $200 For Some Passengers
No July Break For Four Chrysler Plants As Sales Jump
Fannie, Freddie To Adopt New Short-Sales Rules
Motorola Wins XBox, Windows 7 Ban In Germany
Target Dropping Amazon’s Kindle
Apple Rejecting iOS Apps That Use Dropbox SDK
RIM To Continue Making Physical Keypads For Blackberries
Microsoft Research Opens NYC Lab
For The First Time, Hacked Websites Offer Android Malware
Unboxing The HTC One X For AT&T
Microsoft Hooks Onto Nook
SPORTS
Former NFL Star Junior Seau Found Dead In California Home
Apparent suicide; Seau is eighth member of 1994 Chargers championship team to die prematurely
Weaver Hurls No-Hitter, Angels Embarrass Twins 9-0
Rangers’ Epic Game 3 Triple-OT Win Monumental
Grizzlies 105, Clippers 98: The Return Of Grit And Grind
Ruiz, Phillies Fall To Braves 15-13 In 11-Inning Slugfest
Arrieta Goes 8, Blanks Yanks As O’s Win 5-0
Nats End 5-Game Skid As Desmond, Harper Bring Offense To Life
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney Split
No time on tour for a relationship
Kings Of Leon Bassist Jared Followill Engaged To Martha Patterson
Lohan & Ronson Together Again?
Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth Adopt A Puppy
Angelina Jolie & Kids Bond With Russell Crowe On “Les Miz” Set
Jay Cutler Baby News: It’s A Boy
First Look: Amanda Seyfried As Linda Lovelace
FOREIGNERS
Ambassador Locke Claims PRC Activist Not Pressured To Leave Embassy
Sarkozy Fails To Score Against Hollande In TV Duel
Yulia Tymoshenko’s Daughter Makes Emotional Plea To Free Her Mother
Syrian Forces Raid University Dorms, 4 Killed
Fierce Clashes Stoke Tensions Ahead Of Egypt Vote
Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Seat In Burma Parliament
Likud Dissolves Knesset, Snap Elections Expected
BLOGS & STUFF
Lonely Conservative: Media Suddenly Takes Interest In Price Of A Candidate’s Wife’s Clothes
Shot In The Dark: Compression
Power Line: Barry’s Imaginary Girlfriend
Breitbart.com: Friendly Fire – Occupier Hits Occupier With Brick To Face
Howie Carr: White And Wrong – On The Reservation With Elizabeth Warren
The Last Tradition: Romney Pokes Fun At Obama’s New “Forward” Slogan
NewsBusters: Overconfident Alec Baldwin Brags Obama Win Is In The Bag
Moe Lane: Hey, Just A Reminder – Nancy Pelosi Lied About Waterboarding, And The Left Let Her
Weasel Zippers: WV Governor, Senator Refuse To Back Obama
Protein Wisdom: It’s Not About Credit, It’s About Leadership
Gateway Pundit: Leftists Ask FCC To Pull Fox Broadcast Licenses
by Smitty
Legal Insurrection points to some National Journal polling showing Tea Party favorite Mourdock in a statistical dead heat. Politico notes:
The Lugar campaign’s 3-to-1 spending advantage has allowed it to portray Mourdock as an untrustworthy tax cheat who has “sold out to D.C. outsiders,” practices “the politics of personal destruction” and “will say anything to get elected.”
As Doug Ross has pointed out, incumbency, if not the source of our woes, sure packs a heavy correlation with them. Next Tuesday’s GOP primary in Indiana promises to be a humdinger. The question on my mind is, if Lugar gets beat, will he run as an independent, a la Lisa Murkowski? I figure Lugar will, because hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Aside: is Twitter toast?
by Smitty
I do not envy Paul Ryan’s perfect hair, excellent command of facts, sterling reputation, thick head of hair, political courage to dare suggest that Congress balance the budget before the sun burns out, or, for that matter, his rockin’ locks.
No, I am not jealous of posts like this. I just wish the pain would stop. Although, come to think of it, I may have a theory: Ryan has achieved his excellence by draining charisma from Troglopundit. This notion explains both of them in a single sentence.
It was on Nov. 14 — when Newt Gingrich first emerged atop the polls — that I warned “Newt can’t beat Romney,” and further said that if, after the Florida primary, we were “left with a choice between Newt and Mitt, I’ll endorse Mitt.”
Thank God and Rick Santorum, it never came down to that, eh? By the time Santorum quit April 10, Gingrich had already made himself a ridiculous laughingstock, so that the continuance of his pathetic shuffling zombie campaign resulted in his final humiliation in Delaware.
Wait, did I say “final humiliation”? Spoke too soon:
President Obama’s campaign deployed an unusual surrogate to attack presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a new Web video: Republican Newt Gingrich.
The video released Wednesday, titled “Newt Gingrich: Frankly, not Mitt Romney’s biggest supporter,” details a long list of attacks by the former House Speaker on Romney’s business experience, Swiss bank account, immigration policy and accusations of dishonesty and an inability to rally the party.
Look, some of my best friends — genuinely intelligent people — sincerely thought Newt was the ticket to ride. My warnings went unheeded, and my occasional reminders serve only to increase their rage . . . at me.
Why me? Why aren’t they mad at Newt? Why make me the scapegoat for Newt’s predictable failure? Why punish me for having been right?
But if I keep thinking about it, the dark mood will return, and next thing you know . . . Well, not today. It wouldn’t be pretty.
Please, I beg you: Hit the freaking tip jar!