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Delighted to Have Been Wrong
Via Mithras in comments, Secretary Vilsack and the White House have apologized to Ms. Sherrod and offered her a new job.
I’m really happy to have been wrong. Sometimes, there IS justice.
(tags tomorrow, I’m posting from an iPod).
Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot
I spent the day on the road today, bringing Sam home, and all I gotta say is it’s hot out there. I’m waiting til 8 or so to do the watering.
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Battlestar Galactica 1980 totally sucks.
Also, I am convinced Dillon and Troy are the inspiration for SNL’s Ambiguously Gay Duo.
Updated with footage: if you can get past acting so wooden you’d think the roles were played by marionettes, check out Galactica’s Dillon and Troy:
and compare them with Ace and Gary:
The Ambiguously Gay Duo – First Served, [...]
Obama, Using Your Dead Mom as a Campaign Prop is Despicable
Inspired by a comment by cbl at firedoglake
hey Barack, that’s you when you wanted to be president, talking about the injustices your dying mom faced as a cancer patient. here’s what you said:
In those last painful months, she was more worried about paying her medical bills than getting well
That’s why so many people believed in [...]
Wind Gap 2009
I’ve been off the internet since Friday morning, when Sam and I left for the 2009 Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival, which is about when my camera decided it wanted to die. So I don’t have much of anything other than shots my buddy Nik took.
Last week, i dropped a few more bucks than i [...]
Sam in December 08
After what can only be described as a long and punishing tript to get him, including a blizzard, 4 hours of sleep, the flu, and an hour of interrogation at the border, we had a great visit with Sam. Here are some shots. Click for full size images.
The first few are from the Franklin [...]
Deep Thought
What does it mean when National Review thinks I’m worth linking to?
don’t answer that….
Under the Big Top
Begin by playing this:
As the music plays, enjoy the following excerpts, beginning here:
A federal judge in Philadelphia last night threw out a complaint by a Montgomery County lawyer who claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was not qualified to be president and that his name should be removed from the Nov. 4 ballot.
Philip J. [...]
I Am Part of the Problem
Via atrios, I discovered that I am part of the problem:
Retail sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country’s financial meltdown.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday retail sales decreased 1.2 percent last month, nearly [...]
Priceless
President Bush has a second career awaiting him as a comedian:
Condemning as unacceptable what he called Russia’s “bullying and intimidation,” President Bush on Friday said Russia must withdraw its troops from all of Georgian territory and said the United States would stand with Georgia in the conflict.
“Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected,” [...]
