Exurban League

• Whew, glad we dodged THAT bullet

  
  Wow, what a blessing that Katie Couric was so eager to prove that she's a real journalist by raking Sarah Palin over the coals, otherwise we'd think she's a drunken bimbo that gets liquored up and dirty-dances in front of her own daughters.
  
  Oh, wait.
  
  Nevermind.
  
  Via Rightwing Sparkle' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:14pm EST
  

• No future for (AS)U

  
  If this were a normal year, right about now, I'd start talking up ASU football and talking smack about U of A football.
  
  But it's not a normal year, because the Sun Devils absolutely suck, and the Mildcats are playing pretty good.
  
  Even the Brits (known for [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

• *burp*

  
  One of Exurbanleague's favorite restaurants was recently featured on Diners, Drives and Drive-Ins, and the video is now online.
  
  Enjoy. And go visit them soon.
  
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• Doubling down on a pair of sixes

  
  What do you do after the release of hacked emails proves your "climate change research" is nothing but a fraud?
  
  Ramp your rhetoric up to eleven, of course.
  The world is now firmly on course for the worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:39pm EST
  

• SNL takes down Obama. Hard.

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:14am EST
  

• Saturday Movie Blogging - Desperado

  
  Aside from being the breakout performance of the patron babe of Exurbanleague, Desperado is a tight little action film that really shows off Robert Rodriguez's chops as a director, and if you haven't already seen it, go out and rent/buy a copy of El Mariachi as well. If' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  

• Friday Music Blogging - The Blasters

  
  Hey!
  
  It's Friday!
  
  Get up and dance!
  
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:47pm EST
  

• Now I REALLY want one

  
  Some say that my ridiculous obsession lifelong dream of owning an M163 Vulcan Air Defence System is a tad (or more than a tad) silly.
  
  I say it'd work a whole lot better at skeet shooting than an AMX-13.
  
  
  
  Via Gunnuts.net.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:58am EST
  

• A Very Important Announcement

  
  While it is true that I was fortunate enough to have grown up in one of the best (if not THE best) cities in the entire world, I now consider Arizona to be my home. I love this state, and I want to see it continue to grow and [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:07am EST
  

• Quote of the Day, 11/20.

  "The bile [Palin] extracts from her critics is almost like a dye marker, illuminating deep pockets of asininity that heretofore were either unnoticed or underappreciated."
     -- Jonah Goldberg, National Review.
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:06am EST
  

• Hoarse race

  
  Rasmussen has the primary race for McCain's Senate seat as a dead heat, and Bill "Thug4Life" Kristol says that Palin will be the deciding factor that wins it for McCain.
  
  Maybe.
  
  This is a tricky one for Palin: If she sits it out or endorses Hayworth, she' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:46am EST
  

• A pound's a pound the world around

  
  There's a lot of truth to this:
  In the States, pronouncing foreign words ‘correctly’ is a high-status indicator. It’s not just about demonstrating your racial sensitivity. It’s a way of advertising your membership of the elite.
  But, speaking as a Canadian citizen and Arizona resident, it's not the whole [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:23am EST
  

• A Pit Bull with Lip Gloss.

  The inexplicably famous Levi Johnston inexplicably showed up at GQ's "Men of the Year" party last night in Hollywood. He was wearing pancake makeup and lip gloss. Inexplicably.
  
  Sounds like Levi's on the backside of his 15 minutes:Levi, who had on a vest, yellow pocket square and [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:20pm EST
  

• Out of state revenue

  
  The long arm of the law knows no boundaries in Chicago:
  A Chicago traffic camera could cost you hundreds of dollars. It did for Peorian Casandra Davis, who wrote ‘We Hear You’ after getting tickets for something she says she didn’t do. Her ticket charged her $100 for running [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:17pm EST
  

• Maricopa County Manager tries to silence local bloggers.

  Freedom of speech? Such a quaint concept. Maricopa County would rather that you just shut up: Maricopa County Manager David Smith has filed a State Bar of Arizona complaint against County Attorney Andrew Thomas and three of his employees.
  
  In recent weeks, Smith and the Board of Supervisors have stepped up [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:12pm EST
  

• Buy Ammo Day!

  
  Today is National Ammo Day. I'm celebrating by reloading more .223, but feel free to go out and peruse the barren shelves of your local sporting goods store for the ammo of your choice.
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:58am EST
  

• Is Chicago fascist, is not Chicago fascist?

  
  The dark night of fascism has settled at last in the United States, and not surprisingly, it's landed in Chicago.
  A giant web of video-surveillance cameras has spread across Chicago, aiding police in the pursuit of criminals but raising fears that the City of Big Shoulders is becoming [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:02pm EST
  

• 1 Little, 2 Little 3 Little Tax Cheats

  
  Another day, another tax cheat in the Treasury Department.
  
  A congressional report says Obama's nominee for undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs, Lael Brainard, was late in paying real estate taxes in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
  
  When pressed for a comment, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner reportedly said, "Hey," [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  

• California bans big-screen TVs. No, really.

  It looks like California bureaucrats aren't happy with their 12.2% unemployment rate. It's just not high enough:In their continuing quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, state regulators at the California Energy Commission has just approved new regulations which manufacturers and retailers say will in effect ban the sale of' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:07pm EST
  

• Guns deter pirates... who would have guessed?

  Back in April, Somali-based pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama and seized some of its crew. At the time, much discussion focused on the lack of guns aboard the vessel despite sailing through pirate-infested waters. Some blogs even made light of the situation.
  
  Well, pirates just attacked the Maersk Alabama again [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  

• I'm Canadian...

  
  ... and Ken Ober isn't. (If you don't get it, you never watched his show).
  
  Some may prefer Kari, but I was always a Marisol kind of guy.
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:05am EST
  

• Goodbye, Robert McCall

  
  Edward Woodward, (aka The Equalizer) has passed away.
  
  Great show. Fantastic intro. Gonna miss him.
  
  
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:19pm EST
  

• Top 10 'Cheney 2012' Slogans

  "Feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?"While loathed by the Left, Dick Cheney remains remarkably popular among conservative Republicans. Some pundits are wondering if the former vice president might be setting his sights on the Oval Office. Even a "Draft Cheney" movement has started.
  
  Over on Twitter, IMAO's [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:34pm EST
  

• It takes different strokes to move the world

  
  Obama to China : Uncensored society is healthy.
  
  Obama to Fox News: Shut up, you're not really a news organization.
  
  No word yet on whether Obama will warn the Chinese against runaway government spending.
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:21am EST
  

• Revelation

  
  Two gay Hillary supporters from Chicago wouldn't be first on my list of people who miss the Presidency of George W. Bush, but they do, and they write with brutal honesty about the mistakes they made in the past.
  If there are any of you out there with any connection' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:23am EST
  

• Saturday Movie Blogging - Black Rain

  
  A darn good little Ridley Scott movie.
  
  
  I'm a huge fan of how he lights a set. Not many directors have the guts to use directional lighting and deep shadows like Ridley Scott does, and it gives everything he does a unique look.
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:11pm EST
  

• "Bow down before the one you serve..."

  In the 1908 Summer Olympics, all the world's teams were marching around the great London oval, each carrying their national flag. As each team neared King Edward VII's royal box they obeyed custom and dipped their flag to honor the British monarch. Each team but one.
  
  The United States team held [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:15am EST
  

• Photo of the Day

  Designer and entrepreneur Liu Mingjie wears his "Oba Mao" t-shirt in which he superimposed the face of President Barack Obama over that of China's late revolutionary leader Mao Zedong for sale at his shop in the tourist Houhai district of Beijing. (link)
  (Obviously, this guy must be a racist [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:43am EST
  

• Obama the Tea-bagger.

  For months, Democrats have ridiculed Tea Party attendees with the crude epithet of "tea-baggers." In response to their grave concern about unprecedented spending and unspeakable deficits, these citizens have been pilloried by journalists, bloggers, comedians and politicians. Even President Obama and former President Clinton spewed the moniker in [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:27pm EST
  

• Friday Music Blogging - The Police

  
  Hey!
  
  It's Friday!
  
  Get up and dance!
  
  
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:15pm EST
  

• Bang bang, bye bye

  
  I'll be absent with leave for the next few days from the blog, as once again I'll be missing everything I shoot at competing in and RO'ing for the Rio Salado Desert Classic. ExJon, you have the conn. If I'm not back on Monday, execute General Order [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:12am EST
  

• Gold Star Mom calls out Ditherer-in-Chief.

  George W. Bush famously called himself "The Decider." Now we're stuck with the Ditherer. As family and friends mourn a fallen U.S. paratrooper on Veteran's Day, his mother made an emotional plea to President Barack Obama that it's time to either bring home the troops or end the war' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:00am EST
  

• Taking up the slack

  
  Hollywood has abandoned the idea of making a movie that portrays the American soldier as a hero, but Silicon Valley didn't get that memo.
  Analysts expect Modern Warfare 2's first week sales to breach $500 million. To provide perspective, The Dark Knight made $155.34 opening weekend. A movie' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:41am EST
  

• Ditherpalooza.

  You know Obama's long-delayed decision on troop levels for Afghanistan? The one Gen. McChrystal sent to the White House about two months ago? And that Cheney claimed Obama was dithering on three weeks ago? That Afghanistan troop request? Yeah, well, tonight Obama decided to throw out all the options and start [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:15pm EST
  

• And so it begins

  
  What? A player on a Dennis Erickson-coached football team getting in trouble with the law? I'm shocked, shocked, I say to hear of such things!
  Arizona State's Terell Carr has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules coach Dennis Erickson announced Tuesday after practice.
  
  Carr was arrested on suspicion' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:11pm EST
  

• Even crooks respect the troops.

  Nice to see a soldier receive honor, even among thieves: MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID.
  
  The 21-year-old University of [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  

• The torch is now ours

  
  
  
  This is not an anti-war poem. This is a poem written by a man who fought and died for a just cause, a cause he believed in.
  In Flanders fields the poppies blow
  Between the crosses, row on row,
  That mark our place; and in the sky
  The larks, still [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

• Arizona blogger meet up / shoot 'em up

  
  Kevin over at The Smallest Minority is planning an Arizona blogger meet up / firearms shoot in Casa Grande for a Saturday in near future. If you're like me (and I know I am) and want to meet other Arizona bloggers and like things that go BANG, drop him' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  

• Local heroes

  
  Sebastian nails it: All politics is local.
  Whether Republicans want to admit it or not, the Democrats have made great gains by running candidates who tailored their message to their districts, and are now using it to push an agenda that is far to the left, even for many [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:27am EST
  

• The Berlin Wall came down twenty years ago today

  
  ... and Germans of every political persuasion were able to come together and celebrate the miracle that is David Hasselhoff's leather jacket.
  
  
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• Connect the dots

  
  Army Major and jihadist Nidal Hassan was in contact with a radical Islamist leader in Yemen and wanted to be put in touch with Al-Qaeda.
  
  How do we know this?
  
  "Electronic means".
  
  Like this. And this. And this. All of which the Democrats wanted to shut [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:01am EST
  

• Saturday Movie Blogging - Apocalypse Now

  
  I'm huge Joseph Conrad fan, so of course I love this movie. And it's got the 1st Cav in it, and right now, they could use a little love.
  
  
  
  Now, the trick is to watch this scene and not think "Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit..."
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

• Friday Music Blogging - Madness

  
  Hey!
  
  It's Friday!
  
  Get up and dance (badly)!
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:10pm EST
  

• The new unemployment figures are out.

  
  Heck of a job, Barry.
  
  (Hat tip: Russn)
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:23pm EST
  

• Priorities

  
  This isn't Obama's "My Pet Goat" moment, this is worse.
  
  
  
  On 9/11, George Bush was talking to schoolchildren who had no idea that their world was about to change forever. A child doesn't understand Islamic terrorism, they just know the adult up at the head of the class looked worried [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:48am EST
  

• They're not even trying to hide it now

  
  Some unbelievable video from a case in Maricopa Superior Court last month (via Greg Patterson). Fast forward to about 0:40, and you'll see a Maricopa County Sheriff reading the defense attorney's files, then helping himself to some of the documents on the table and handing it off to another' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:17am EST
  

• Chicks with guns

  
  Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than a serious woman with her sidearm.
  The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.
  
  Civilian police Sgt. Kimberly Munley [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:03am EST
  

• A fitting and proper response

  
  
  Given the horrific events at Fort Hood yesterday, why not take a moment to visit Soldier's Angels and help out anyway you can?
  
  And pray. And never, ever forget we are in a war right now.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:57am EST
  

• The Outdoor Channel is coming to Cox Cable

  
  For sure this time!
  
  I get channel updates on my TiVo before the channels actually go live, and my TiVo told me yesterday that channel 161 will soon be The Outdoor Channel.
  
  Of course, my TiVo also told me to take the Phillies in seven, so you can't always' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:47am EST
  

• AzGuv Update

  We have some Gubernato... Guvana... Gubr... news on Arizona's Governor's Race.
  
  Sonoran Alliance asks what Gov. Jan Brewer is thinking by announcing her campaign for Governor in 2010. Her poll numbers are anemic both with primary-voting Republicans, general election Democrats, and everyone in between. Perhaps she just doesn't want to' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:25am EST