New MLB Trend: Obama Batting

Posted on May 30, 2010May 30, 2010Comments

by Smitty

Stunned by his ‘unexpected’ performance as a pitcher, major league baseball batters have taken up the challenge of assuming a more contemplative, thoughtful style while facing men on the mound.

This has resulted in the second perfect game of the season, this one going to Roy Halladay of the Phillies.

Batters are pleased at the increase in nuance at the plate. Jimbo Toraborawycyz of the Washington Nationals: “We’re parsing these pitches with more style than ever.” To fans who crave something with a little more substance, JT said “We credit Barack Obama with curbing the scourge of substance abuse in Major League Baseball. The de-emphasis on tired old ideas like ‘winning’ and ‘losing’ has helped us re-organize our emphasis along cooperative, harmonious lines to ensure positive end-states for all participants, regardless of race, color or creed.”

Rule 5 Sunday

Posted on May 30, 2010Comments

by Smitty

Rule 5 Sunday salutes Gary Coleman and Dennis Hopper. May the Almighty rest their souls. Memorial Day is the other substantial occasion before us. The liberals are particularly amusing at times like this, as they pause from hating America to admiring actual courage to put action behind love of liberty. After the holiday, they can return to their typical America-hating, hating themselves and the country afresh for having paused in their hatred briefly to admire full, robust, mature American courage of a sort they cannot emulate, and must therefore hate.
But Rule 5 is about anything but hate.

Dennis the Peasant, we now know, is not a nom-de-blog of Dennis Hopper.
Uncle Jimbo, while we’re linking self-portraits of artists as young right wing extremists, has such.
mean ol’ meany, we were taken to task for not noting, has the “Rima Fakih Nude” Google bomb. Beyond PG-13 photos, not so much, or we’d let others link him.
TrogloPundit that even being pretty like Danica doesn’t make an Obama Blame Shift work well. Perverse incentives have drawn out Chinese hotties for protests, he notes. Some sort of weird Wisconsin religious ritual here.
The Daley Gator has featured an impressive top 25 countdown of lovelies:
- #10 Kate Beckinsale
- #9 Kathleen Turner
- #8 Vanessa Williams
- #7 Diane Lane
- #6 Ali Landry
- #5 Sharon Sxtone
- #4 Halle Berry
- #3 Emma Samms
- #2 Salma Hayek
- Number One to be announce Real Soon Now.
The Pirate’s Cove had its trademark pinup, this one of patriotic bent.
Instapundit linked “The 15 Hottest Conservative Women In The New Media.”
So It Goes In Shereveport pointed out the glaring omission of Mary Katherine Ham.
Carolyn’s Closet wanted to know about Megyn Kelly, but the argument might be that Ms. Kelly doesn’t work in ‘new media’ as such.
Bob Belvedere brought in his usual fistful of high-quality posts:
- A Bikini Preview
- Yul Brynner (!)
- Jennifer Aniston
- Jo Collins
- Ashley Graham
- Shay Knuth
Mark in Spokane has a lovely bit of Bach to lift the spirit.
Gateway Pundit pointed to his sporty niece and beach volleyball. And also the moon of Venus. Most sadly for the causes of free speech and Rule 5, KrisAnne Hall was fired.
American Power was inspired and joined in the Sela Ward revival.
Washington Rebel was right there with Sela.
GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD has a memorial day reminder of one of the reasons we fight so hard. And a devastating Sienna Miller shot.
Dustbury brought another delightful Zooey Deschanel roundup, and then spots Angie Harmon looking classic.
Fishersville Mike noted Lauren Hart working out for Stanley Cup games.
Smash Mouth Politics reports on the sad state of Simona Halep’s cleavage. Also an homage to Mélissa Theuriau.
Fausta brings the tango goodness.
Yankee Phil asks “Why?” for a 95% tattooed lady.
Proof Positive offers Ava Gardner and Jennifer Aniston. The highly intellectual Beach Blanket Burger Babe is exactly what we’re on about. Women of PETA VIII merits attention for the babes.
St. Angilbert Press brings a daily cutie and reviews a list of 75 sci-fi hotties. You readers know what to do.
Eye of Polyphemus gives us Kristen Bell from a list of All Time Favorites.
The Classic Liberal deploys Nicole Scherzinger to explain how inflation is just taxation by another name.
Nation of Cowards screwed up its courage and gave us a Nicole Scherzinger chaser.
Paco Enterprises brings Alice Faye.
iOwnTheWorld apparently includes a Kendra Wilkinson sex tape under that Big Fur Hat.
Three Beers Later arrived with the Juliana Moreira installment.

Dave Weigel, Joe McGinniss, Jesse Griffin and the Palin-Hater Next Door

Posted on May 29, 2010Comments

I consider David Weigel a friend, and have often praised him as one of the best young reporters in Washington. But Weigel’s “See-No-Evil” attitude toward Joe McGinniss, who moved in next door to the Palin family to work on his anti-Palin book, seems absurdly naive.

While you can’t fault a journalist for associating with potential sources, a commenter in a previous post called my attention to something strange — perhaps the better word would be “skeezy” or “hinky” — about Joe McGinniss.

Remember Jesse Griffin, who masqueraded behind the “Gryphen” pseudonym as a vicious anti-Palin blogger and Trig-Truther? And remember how he lost his job at an Alaska elementary school after his identity was revealed and school officials learned how he’d been promoting pornography and masturbation on his blog (extreme language warning) while being paid by taxpayers to supervise young children?

Well, guess what? Joe McGinnis is a “huge fan” of Jesse Griffin, as confirmed by none other than . . . Jesse Griffin:

I found the table that our host Phil Munger had reserved for us and sat down with some of his other guests, who I did not know, but who turned out to be fans of both IM and Mudflats. (Oh did I mention that AKM was with me?)
Soon I was introduced to author Joe McGinniss, who is up here researching HIS Sarah Palin book, and who also turned out to be a huge fan of both AKM’s and I. (I swear I will NEVER get used to hearing that.)
— Jesse Griffin, a/k/a “Gryphen,” October 3, 2009

In case you didn’t get the reference, “IM” is Jesse’s “Immoral Minority” blog where he described his ironclad certainty that Sarah Palin’s fifth child “was not conceived in her uterus,” declared how much fun it is to “wank off” to amateur porn, advised youngsters that “your penis will respond more readily” if you practice by “watching porn on your computer.” and told the world that “it brings me joy to work with these children.”

You betcha!

When this porn-blogging Trig-Truther obsessive Palin-hater was forced to resign from Trailside Elementary School in Anchorage in August 2009, it wasn’t exactly a secret. so why — two months later, in October 2009 — was Joe McGinniss raving about being a “huge fan” of Jesse Griffin’s Immoral Minority blog? Why is McGinniss laughing it up with Griffin at the “celebrity table” all night?

And why doesn’t it bother Dave Weigel that McGinniss is such a “huge fan” of a vile joke like Jesse Griffin and the obnoxious gadfly “AKM” (Jeanne Devon)?

Humor: Possible Transcript From Deleted O’Keefe Cel Phone Video

Posted on May 29, 2010Comments

by Smitty

Patterico has the play by play of the confiscation of O’Keefe’s phone within the office of Sen. Mary “Louisiana Purchase” Landrieu, the “destruction” of that footage by U.S. Magistrate Daniel Knowles III, and the return of the phone to O’Keefe.

The key piece of evidence is supposed to be that

One of Senator Landrieu’s staff members (WITNESS 1) told BASEL and FLANAGAN that she did not report any phone problems and that the office was not experiencing any issues with the phone system.

Yeah, that could make the O’Keefe-as-Watergate campaign look as credible as the Asher Doctrine.

The exciting news is that O’Keefe was able to email the video off of the phone before the confiscation and subsequent deletion from the hardware. Our team of over-caffeinated lab forensics propeller-heads, working at an undisclosed location, have confirmed the following Big Scoop:
In the background of the video is a hardly recognizable Bill Clinton, with a rather interesting bit transcribed here:

Bill: I was able to shake Hillary’s goons for about 5 minutes. Prostate problems suck, but make for believable getaways sometimes.
[…]
Bill: OK, I’ll make this fast. Top Ramen, if you know who I mean, heh, wants to figure out if you’re interested in, now, listen carefully, a Senior Executive Council National Advisory Volunteer position. Repeat that back to me and write it down for further research. I want to make sure you got it. Heh. Yeah. Don’t worry about salary. Seriously. We went to a lot of trouble to recruit Snarlin’ Arlen for our team. So it would be quite a stain on the dress if you were to, you know, sink his battleship in the primary. Hahahaha.
[…]
Bill: Look, I’m no fan of Specter, either. But you gotta realize, he’s an old hand and a certified Bad Mike Foxtrot, as you military guys say. When I was President, I told Arlen to lay by his dish, but I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you I kept an eye on him.
[…]
Bill: I gotta go. There’s this goofy kid with a big nose causing a ruckus. You take care, Joe. You always were Hillary’s and my favorite Admiral.

We’ll post the whole thing just as soon as it’s released by O’Keefe’s email recipient. . .Will Folks. Oh, balls: never mind.

In Canada, It’s Called ‘Research’

Posted on May 29, 2010May 29, 2010Comments

At least that’s what the defense lawyer called it. The prosecution called it child pornography:

The former director of B’nai Brith Quebec, Bill Surkis, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after agreeing to a plea bargain. . . .
In return for a guilty plea to charges of possessing and accessing child pornography, the Crown dropped a charge of distributing child pornography . . .
Explicit files were discovered on Surkis’ computer when he brought it in for repairs in 2008.
The technician contacted police after 86 videos and 153 photos were found, including images of girls aged six to 12 years.
Surkis’s lawyer had previously said he would argue the videos were downloaded as part of research Surkis was undertaking.
“The purpose of his viewing the child pornography material [was] to educate himself on the topic of child pornography,” lawyer Steven Slimovitch told CBC News outside court in November 2009. . . .
Surkis now faces a minimum sentence of three months behind bars.

Three months? What do you have to do in Canada to get a whole year in jail, rape the Pope?

But let’s not give Andrew Sullivan any ideas.

Essential PJTV Viewing On
The Atrocious Cordoba Mosque
Plus: Fred Thompson

Posted on May 29, 2010May 29, 2010Comments

by Smitty

Watch this 17 minute clip.

On this Memorial Day weekend, as we contemplate the risks and sacrifices undertake by Americans from the Founding Fathers through today, it’s easy to treat all of that heroic military stuff in a purely historical mode.
Keep in mind though: this history of this country is a vast book of unknown page count. At one year per page from the Declaration of Independence onward, we’re at page 234 now.
The book itself stands threatened by various destructive ideological, economic and, yes, religious forces.
So, look to and honor the past. However, if you don’t come away energized to stand

Firmly,
Resolutely,
Peacefully if possible,
Prepared if not

to carry forward the tradition of American individualism and exceptionalism, then I submit you need to go back to your history and refresh yourself. Purge and disabuse yourself of all of the post-modern, guilt-ridden, morally relativistic dreck infusing that spineless species of human known as the modern liberal.

This mosque at Ground Zero must be opposed, and Memorial Day is a fine time to recall why. If there is a genunine interest in healing an rapport, then these Muslim scholars need to understand that this project is a pillar of salt driven into a raw wound. The answer is ‘NO’, and it is impossible for any amount of noble intention to alter this answer. In fact, continuing to raise the question merely inflames the unhealed flesh. Go away, scholars.

For a palate cleanser, a dose of The Fred:

Dan Riehl to Will Folks: ‘How Would You Like to Become the Next Jesse Griffin?’

Posted on May 29, 2010Comments

Readers who fondly remember the takedown of anti-Palin blogger Jesse “Gryphen” Griffin will want to pay close attention to Riehl World View next week, because Dan Riehl isn’t a guy who makes idle threats:

Nikki Haley can speak for herself. . . . Meanwhile, the voters of SC seem to want more substance and less BS with the debates coming up. But if Folks wants to keep pushing BS, when it comes to blogging, I believe turn-about is fair play and one fights fire with fire out here. So, I agree with Erick Erickson, if Will Folks wants his 15 minutes of infamy, maybe he should get it – and more.

Maybe Will Folks has nothing to hide. But if he does . . . well, let’s wait and see. If anybody in South Carolina knows any dirt about Will Folks, just e-mail Dan Riehl. (Serious stuff only — no Nigerian oil ministers, Russian dating services or “herbal Viagra.”)

Speaking of Erick Erickson, he’s still catching grief from disappointed Red State readers. He’s apologized, but some of those Red Staters just won’t cut him a break.

Maybe Erick should send his digruntled readers a thoughtful greeting card — speaking of which, Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier columnist Brian Hicks is predicting the future of the Will Folks saga:

SEPT. 8, 2010: Today political blogger and former Sanford spokesman Will Folks released a Hallmark get-well card he received from Republican gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley in 2007.
Folks said it is proof that she “cared enough to send the very best.”
Haley’s campaign could not be distracted for comment.

Somehow I don’t think Will Folks will be getting too many “best wishes” cards from Republicans in the future. Restraining orders, perhaps, but not “best wishes” . . .

Fatuous Moron Jeopardizes Recent Advances

Posted on May 29, 2010May 29, 2010Comments

by Smitty

I’m not sure which foot fits the title shoe more fully: Sestak or Folks. Will can argue the idiocy of youth. Sestak merits novel-length treatment. How about we do an FMJRA instead, and save the post-mortem on the second most famous Joe for another post?