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‘Piss Karl’: Rove’s Genius Media Strategy

Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 6 Comments

Ben Smith points out that New York magazine hired “Piss Christ” photographer Andres Serrano to do a portrait of Karl Rove, and I wonder if Rove expected the resulting profile feature by Joe Hagan to include such sentences as this:

The woman, Karen Johnson, is a lobbyist rumored to have been Rove’s mistress before his divorce from his second wife in 2009.

Given that Rove is a major “get,” he might have told the editors at New York: “Sure, I’d be glad to do the story, if you will give the assignment to Matt Continetti or John McCormack or . . .”

Never mind. Rove’s a genius, and needs no advice from mere mortals.

Category: Karl Rove, Media Bias

Oh, Noes! Moammar Qaddafi Abandoned by ‘Voluptuous Blonde’ Ukrainian Nurse

Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 6 Comments

In January, we told you about Galyna, the “voluptuous blonde” Ukrainian nurse whose . . . um, services to Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi were described by the U.S. ambassador in a diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks. Now, we have a sure sign that the situation in Tripoli has reached dire proportions:

Galyna Kolotnytska returned to Kiev on Sunday morning on a plane with 185 other Ukrainian evacuees, including other medics, Ukrainian media reported.

Lauren Frayer at AOL News has more:

Neighbors spotted her later that day going shopping with her mother outside Kiev.
Reporters surrounded her simple, ground-floor apartment there, until her adult daughter Tetyana emerged to address them.
“Please understand, Mom is so tired right now. Let her have some rest,” the daughter told Agence France-Presse and others, hinting that her mother, who spent nine years in Libya, may speak out at a later date.

Expect Qaddafi to quit soon, because let’s face it: What’s the point of being a brutal dictator if you don’t have a voluptuous blonde Ukrainian nurse to attend your . . . um, medical needs?

UPDATE: Linked by Tigerhawk and by Sean Higgins at JeremyLott.net. Thanks!

Category: Libya

Another Year, More ‘Why Do The Oscar Ratings Resemble Those Of CNN?’

Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 3 Comments

by Smitty

Props to Matt Drudge for keeping a straight face for the ‘unexpected’ bad ratings.  Should they bring in the president’s speech writers, one wonders?

Not even inverting the image could breath interest into it.

We understand that, in a globalized movie market, the rest of the world is entertained by the sight of Hollywood pissing down the American back.
Could it possibly be that the American public does not believe Hollywood’s claims of rain?

Just as the Tea Parties are giving American politics a facelift, so too are outfits like Declaration Entertainment and Little Miss Attila’s own Right Network handling the cultural end of things.  If you’re not already supporting DE and RN, then you know what you need to do.

Do you hear that, ye misbegotten pack of Hollywood clowns?  Keep whistling past the graveyard, you losers.

 

Category: Culture, Little Miss Attila

Tell It to the Marines!

Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 16 Comments

“There were a few gay girls who lived in the barracks. . . . The other gay girls had affairs with each other in the barracks, and ‘hit’ on other girls in the barracks. This really freaked out some of the Marines. We were all very young, and inexperienced in these types of situations.
“It was very disruptive, and very distracting. It hurt military cohesion. Since the girls who were trouble makers knew they could be thrown out of the military, they were somewhat careful not to over-step certain limits on their behavior.
“If gay behavior in the military is permitted, there will not be any reprimand for this type of behavior.”
— from “Gay Identity in the Military in Light of My Experience as a (Female) Marine”

Category: Gays, Military

Herman Cain Wins Phoenix Straw Poll

Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

Gathering momentum:

Which Republican should become the next president? Herman Cain, according to a number of Tea Party activists gathered at a weekend summit in Phoenix.
Cain, a conservative talk show host and former Godfather’s Pizza chief executive, won the American Policy Summit’s presidential live straw poll on Sunday.
Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won the summit’s online poll.
The survey is a chance for conservative activists gathered on the last day of the Tea Party Patriots conference to name their favorite presidential picks.
Cain won nearly 22 percent of the nearly 1,600 votes cast. Paul won nearly half the votes cast by more than 2,300 online registered attendees.

Join the grassroots online army at Citizens for Cain.

Category: Election 2012, Herman Cain, Tea Party

LIVE AT FIVE – 2.28.11

Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 3 Comments

TOP NEWS
Tunisian PM Announces Resignation

Mohammed Ghannouchi: Tunisia not his problem any more

Unwilling to use repression to stop renewed protests

Gaddafi Asset Freeze Follows UN Vote
Security Council moves with surprising swiftness

Libyan Rebels Gain Firepower, Defectors
UK Freezes Qaddafi’s Assets
Tripoli Headed For Siege As Rebels Widen Control

 

POLITICS
Police Allow Protesters To Remain In Wisconsin Capitol

Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs, right, talks to a protester at the state Capitol on Sunday

Capitol police decide not to use force to evict protesters

Unions Debate What To Give Up To Preserve Collective Bargaining

Christie Makes No Waves At Governors’ Meeting

 

Bipartisan Agreement On Continuing Resolution Near?

Las Vegas Sun: Fix Bigger Problems Before Prostitution

Cuomo Quiets Opponents With Lack Of Budget Details

Virginia State Budget Agreement Ratified Unanimously By House & Senate

 

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Yuan Near 17-Year High As Wen Praises Strong Currency
Buffett Going Long On America Could Boost Markets
J.P. Morgan Fund In Talks To Take Twitter Stake
Apple Expected To Unveil IPad 2 On March 2
Google Honeycomb OS And Apps: Hands On
Google Search Cleanup Has Big Effects

 

SPORTS
Hall Of Fame, Dodgers Legend Duke Snider Dies, 84

The Duke joins Mickey in eternity

Last remaining position player from “The Boys Of Summer”

Melo’s 29 Leads Knicks To Victory Over Heat

Jeff Gordon Snaps 66-Race Winless Streak (Video)

Rockets Rally From 16 Down, Hold Off Hornets 91-89

Fading Panthers Edged By Devils

Pavano Appreciates His Role With The Twins

Cameron’s Energetic Play One Highlight In Sox’ Loss To Twins

Morgan Lucas Wins Top Fuel Title At NHRA Winternationals

 

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Mila Kunis Flashes Cleavage On Oscar Red Carpet

Not nominated for an Oscar? How about Best In Show? 😉

Stunning Elie Saab dress ensures Kunis gets a spot on the Best Dressed lists

“I Am On A Drug. It’s Called Charlie Sheen.”

“Last Airbender” Named Worst Picture Of 2011 By Razzies

Rapper Juvenile Arrested In Louisiana, Lil’ Wayne Stopped & Searched By Federal Agents

“Gnomeo And Juliet” #1 At Box Office This Weekend, “Hall Pass” Slips To #2

Dominican Weekend Gets Violent For “Real Housewives Of N.J” Cast

Galliano Files Defamation Lawsuit

Lindsay Lohan’s First And Only Post-Rehab Interview

Kelsey Grammer’s Married Again

 

FOREIGNERS
NZ Buries Its Dead From Christchurch Quake
ROK Prods Norks With Leaflet Drops About Mideast Revolts
SAS, SBS Return To Libya For More Rescues
Raw Video: PRC Cops Prevent “Jasmine” Protests
U.S. Offers Aid To Libyan Rebels

 

BLOGS & STUFF
Cubachi: Herman Cain Wins Tea Party Straw Poll
Lonely Conservative: Pawlenty Rips Obama On Wisconsin – “Wisconsin does not need a lecture from somebody who’s never balanced a budget in his life!”
Jihad Watch: Do The Qaddafy Stomp
Michelle Malkin: Capitulation
Althouse: Althouse And Meade Return To The Veterans’ Memorial
TigerHawk: One Chart – It’s The Entitlements
Weasel Zippers: Head AFL-CIO Goon Richard Trumka Praises Obama’s Handling Of Wisconsin Labor Battle
Da Tech Guy: Another Fitzmas Dream For The Left?

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Sunday: Pistolero

Posted on | February 27, 2011 | 8 Comments

I’m inclined to begin this week’s roundup of Rule 5 posts a bit differently, with a link to the gallery of Oleg Volk, who does a lot of good work in the RKBA field and shoots some outstanding photographs besides. Like this one, for example, which combines a beautiful woman with good-quality weapons – a common theme in much of Oleg’s work. Check out the gallery, but be aware some of the pix are NSFW.

Moving on to our folder of Rule 5 posts, once again the leadoff spot belongs to Soylent Green, who brings the Humpday Hawtness (some pix NSFW), follows it with the obligatory corset cromulence, adds Anine Bing as a palate cleanser, and finally celebrates his 1000th post with some lush (NSFW) young ladies.

Joe The CPA is right: there aren’t many Rule 5 opportunities in the tax business, so we have to grab one when it comes along. No revealing pix of the defendant in this case, unfortunately, but there is a pic of Laurie Dhue showing off her legs. Mmmm.

Fishersville Mike notes the addition of Mayim Bialik to “Big Bang Theory”. Looks like she’ll fit right in! All this and brains too, as the T-shirt says. While we’re talking about TV shows, The Rio Norte Line brings us some “Glee”-related Rule 5.

Elsewhere, the Eye of Polyphemus lights on Angelina Jolie, and Three Beers Later offers a video of Pole Dancing Instructors Unleashed.

In the Camp of the Saints, the Rule 5 week started with Sabrina Ferrelli, continued with a comparison of Tennesse State Rep Julia Hurley (R-Awesome) to Qaddhafi’s amazonian guards, greeted Thursday with an impressive collection of Rule 5 lovelies, and closed the week with the unsmiling Janice Raymond.

Maggie’s Notebook presents  Kiwi conservative Rachel Hunter and some Rule 5 linkagery of her own; Dustbury brings us the actress who could have been Tarzan’s Jane and Rashida Jones.

That’s it for this week. Send your links for next week’s roundup to me at Rule 5 Wombat.

Category: Rule 5

FMJRA 2.0: Dream Induction

Posted on | February 27, 2011 | 10 Comments

VIDEO: Chicago Commies in Wisconsin

Thugs for Social Justice: Union Goon Gets Rough With Tabitha Hale on Video

Mike Capuano: Thug 4 Life

I Guess The Real Question Is: ‘Can An Amphibian Like Troglopundit Be Elected’?

The Real Deal in Madison

Everybody at CPAC Likes to Have Their Photos Taken With Celebrities …

Rule 5 Sunday: Getting To First Base

LIVE AT FIVE – 2.21.11

You May Be Surprised by This

Syracuse Post-Standard Portrays Buerkle as Supporting ‘Massive Budget Cuts’

Sock-Puppet Software

LIVE AT FIVE – 2.22.11

The Blog Genie Is Out of the Bottle

Michael Moore: Own a Gun? Racist!

Cashing In

Mitch Daniels Boomlet Ends

Mutiny

‘Incredibly Sexist Assertion’

‘Bad Jew!’

Koch Brothers: Inside the Left’s Head

Ace on ‘Context’

Texas Terrorist Romeo, Khalid, Recounts Love for His American Juliet, Sarah

LIVE AT FIVE – 2.25.11

On Mr. Rumsfeld

Greetings From Ohio!
UPDATE: Klanville, USA?

Bloggers vs. Academic Freedom?

The Other Shoe Drops: ‘Sexy, Classy Guy’ Chris Lee Was Looking for Trannies

This week’s top linkers:

The Lonely Conservative and Maggie’s Notebook tied at 5 links this week; nobody else had as many. Not getting picked up by WordPress when you link?  (also known as the Bob Belvedere Effect after its most famous victim) Send your trackbacks to Wombat-socho, and surely the linky-love reach-around will follow.

Category: FMJRA Award
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