Over the past three weeks the “science” of “global warming” received a mortal blow – the coup de grace stunningly symbolized by Al Gore’s abrupt decision to cancel his scheduled Dec. 16 appearance at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. We should all [...]
Interesting predicament: we are stuck in College Park at a motel with the clothes on our backs and our blackberries.
My car’s oil indicator went to zero just as we were merging from 95 onto 495 toward silver spring after a work engagement in baltimore, and as we got onto new [...]
We just heard from a group of candidates, most of them Republican, for several congressional seats next year. A few were pretty impressive, but that is a story that won’t be typed via blackberry.
When Rick Sincere gets the videos posted, I’ll link to some.
For now, this is GOP candidate [...]
Key takeaway from the legal session:
If a commenter says something bad on your blog, you are not legally responsible for it. However if you receive a court order demanding the IP information about that commenter, you have to provide that info to the authorities.
Seems reasonable to me, so note to [...]
Rep. Rob Wittman discussing a variety of Internet related issues.
Topics include:
- increasing access to broadband
-new USF fees proposed for voice over IP (Boucher telecom bill)
-Republican new media caucus – this is pretty cool, not so much in the “GOP is now cutting-edge” sense but at least they have [...]
Media panel, discussing opinion vs reporting, and “news judgments,” including what goes on their news outlets and what goes on their blogs.
Left to right: Ryan Nobles of NBC 12, Julian Walker of Virginian-Pilot, Anita Kumar of Washington Post, Kimball Payne of Daily Press and Shad Plank. [...]
How cool. Vivian Paige just showed me the way to posting to wordpress from my blackberry. Hope it works. If it does next step is a photo.
First discussion of the day is “blogging ethics” so needless to say I’m basically on recess time. But overall it seems like it [...]
There will be a conference of Virginia bloggers this coming Saturday, November 21, at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. Befitting my literally insane travel schedule of late, I am planning to be there.
[For those of you unfamiliar with the term: "Blogger" is defined as, "a writer" [...]
It’s the question the whole world is asking.
Here are your choices; feel free to suggest others:
North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\
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How world leaders greet each other (except those on Apology Tour).
UPDATE: Egads, Moron in Chief might be too generous for this jackass. Read it and weep, America – they still haven’t apologized for the Rape of Nanking, yet our president takes the unprecedented initiative of bowing [...]
Whether the guy you elected is a bona fide terrorist sympathizer or not is immaterial, because whatever the cause the circus is coming to town:
Khalid Sheik Mohammed — the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks — and four co-defendants will be tried in federal court in New [...]
ObamaCare legislation reveals what some of us have been warning about: Democrat vision for America is a police state:
… I am not fretting here about some remote and unlikely possibility. We are not speaking here of “slippery slopes” or in terms of “what comes next?”
We are instead objecting [...]
Here’s something that will make you want to switch your business to FedEx whenever possible.
Given the choice between a unionized company vs non-unionized, my money goes to the latter every time.
By the way, switching to FedEx is not as far-fetched as it might seem. Their “Ground” service [...]
Un frickin believable. Watch through about 1:05. What just happened at Ft. Hood is treated with all the seriousness of a truckload of chickens overturning on the Interstate:
Imagine if it was one of your loved ones who had been killed, and this dipshit begins his remarks by noting the [...]
Since it’s almost 2010 I figured it was time to ditch the 2008 design and functionality – though I know we will all miss it, just like we miss the 2007 version. Wish I had saved a screenshot of the 2005 version …
Plus with the dawning of a new [...]
Just a low rez video of Tag’s victory speech last night at The Dock in Lansdowne; starts about 10 min. before, Tag giving an update on current returns as he did throughout the evening, then skips to right when the race was called.
Nice touch to have former delegate Dick [...]
Tomorrow’s elections in Virginia will provide the first official judgment on public assessment of Barack Obama’s presidency. Obama famously won Virginia in 2008 – the first Democrat to do so since the World’s Fair was held in New York – so it will be very interesting to see [...]
Finally home after two weeks on the road. Blog seems to be working again, though the admin interface is a little clunky. Can’t find “categories” for instance but who really cares about categories at the end of the day, right?
Unfortunately I have nothing to inform or instruct you about, as [...]
Marching boldly into the year 2005, the missus and I have just acquired our first smartphones and I am testing to see if it might be a way to log in here and write a post on those frequent occasions I am away from the computer.
My initial verdict is this [...]
As the national Democrat Party undergoes the most precipitous fall from grace since Lucifer, I am thinking of a new theme for the GOP going forward:
The Republican Party: Not blatantly attempting to destroy America.
[...]In case you were wondering what the good Sir Fontaine has been up to:
Voila, he reappears as “clandestiny.” He identifies himself here, in Fontaine fashion, on page 11. To get the full effect, as all our fellow cultists know, you need to scroll through the entire thread. [...]
This came up in the comments, the report here forwarded by Eugene Delgaudio:
Law enforcement agencies in Loudoun County will be escorting the body of fallen soldier and Purcellville, VA resident Stephan L. Mace on Sunday, October 11, 2009.
The body of Mace, who was 21 at the time of his [...]
Am I a frickin’ visionary or what?
(I realize Jack just wrote about this but I have to write about it too.)
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
First, the funny part is not the award is a joke. You already knew it [...]
In the city for a few days for a conference, here are some snapshots ….
A huge Army convention is taking place, lots of American heroes all around, and lots of interesting suppliers.
In a tent across the street from the hotel is the new Sikorsky X2 “Tactical” Helicopter:
Interesting point of discussion:
If Barack Obama was even remotely competent he would be extremely dangerous, considering his worldview.
But since he has proven to be the most feckless president in modern history he is manageable. All in all, not so bad. We just have to be vigilant.
[...]Go check out the amazing story at Blog Fu, some background on the 2007 Nobel Prize you probably were not aware of.
I am told, if you ever find a Nobel Prize - say at a yard sale - it is printed on a high quality parchment which serves [...]
Now that the dust has settled on Barack and Michelle Obama’s unprecedented public humiliation, after the “dynamic duo’s” much ballyhooed trip to Copenhagen, it is worthwhile to reflect for a moment on what it means.
Leaving aside the question of whether Chi-town would have been better off with or without [...]
What should we expect our president to be focused on right now - what is the appropriate use of his office?
I think it is time we can say this directly, with no snark whatsoever, but simply as a statement of fact: I question the man’s judgment.
[...]She’s going to Copenhagen too.
“What a dynamic duo they will be,” Jarrett said. “I think it will be high impact, I think their presentation will be both very personal, given that they know and love Chicago so well.”
After having spent several days in Chicago a couple months ago, some [...]
This is turning out to be a hell of a football weekend. I think the Cowboys and the Redskins should be put on a special track, winner gets a chance to take a shot at Boise State in the Orange Bowl.
Both Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones need to focus on [...]
Loudoun County Supervisor Stevens Miller (D-Dulles), who is running for the 86th district house of delegates seat, was the catalyst of an odd story in the current edition of the Loudoun Independent newspaper.
During a September 15 “executive session” (closed meeting), Miller apparently accused [...]
A truly bizarre local political story just came to my attention. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to deal with it after work … stay tuned.
UPDATE: Whoa, check the comments. Blog Fu just sent notice of the news there, which was not even my story, although it makes mine more interesting [...]
Not much of true interest, as far as I’m concerned, until this evening. But watching the Washington-St. Louis game, at the start of the 4th quarter, I must say I appreciate the Redskins allowing the game to stay so close, because it is more interesting that way.
UPDATE: 12:00 left [...]
This is either blithering nonsense or surrealist artistry on a par with Marcel Duchamp:
In any case, Bob McDonnell should save half his campaign funds in order to play this over and over during prime time television in the three weeks prior to the election.
[...]Camelot, it ain’t.
“biggest bunch of crybabies I’ve dealt with in my 30 years in Washington …”
Here’s the funny part: We have not even seen the beginning of the unraveling.
[...]He does not promise what he cannot deliver! Click here for The Other McCain’s Hannah Giles bikini photo.
More Hannah Giles photos here.
[...]What with the moral imperative to earn a living and all I have not been following all the issues of the day, and barely get to read the comments here, but just noticed this essay by Ace on the “fascism” controversy. It’s well worth reading, as is this [...]
Kick our allies in the teeth and kiss our enemies on the ass.
Hey fellow Americans: Y’all clear now on what we get when we get liberal Democrats running the country? It’s called “national self-annihilation.”
And if Poland and Czech Republic seem too remote for concern, [...]
Ah, jeez.
Y’know, we can get so caught up in this whirlabout world of ours - with the jobs and the blogging and the arguing and yelling at the TV - that it’s easy to lose track of the simple things, the things that really matter, which bring us true [...]
Well - the generations after us should be saying - thank you President Obama, for allowing us to co-sign.
By spending over $700 billion dollars we don’t have, the Obama administration promised to increase the number of jobs in America:
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No doubt concerned about sullying the area behind the woodshed, Stacy McCain slaps down the ridiculous Charles “Bike Fairy” Johnson in full view of God and all the world right out in the sidewalk:
Clearly, the man has succumbed to a narcissistic personality trait that is all too common among [...]
The dust is still rising from the ACORN mother-of-all-scandals, but when it begins to clear it is inevitable there will be an investigation into the organization’s ties to our federal government - and let’s hope an effort to recoup the millions of dollars in federal funding ACORN [...]
Our esteemed and very savvy commenter Dawn just popped in to claim that Barack Obama is not an alien, and I am inclined to agree with her - however, I think discussion is warranted.
It’s not hard to see why questions might arise about this very precocious man.
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Screenshots below …
I have it from a responsible source that The Other McCain is sitting on the Hannah Giles bikini photos. I can only hope he chooses to unveil them responsibly.
UPDATE: He came through - click here for the Hannah Giles bikini photo (actually a nice picture).
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I was going to mention it but did not think to get those photos. Bottom line: The attendees at the 9-12 Project/ Tea Party demonstration on Saturday left the area looking almost spotless, except for the overflowing trashcans - because EVERYONE tried to put their trash in [...]
[CLICK HERE FOR THE TEA PARTY VIDEOS]
Here are some images from yesterday’s (September 12, 2009) 9-12 Project/ Tea Party Express demonstration in DC. Since I was not permitted to bring the chopper anywhere near the Capitol area the best I could get were ground shots, but this time [...]
Yesterday’s videos and photos of walking around the 9-12 Project/ “Tea Party Express” demonstration in Washington DC give a decent sense of the size and composition of the crowd, and the general tenor of the afternoon.
(Press reports have the crowd up to 2 million people, although like [...]
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