Moe Lane

Who told M. Night Shyamalan that he could make another movie?

I mean, seriously?

This video commemorating today’s 25th anniversary of Super Mario Brothers – why, yes, you are old – is surprisingly nostalgic. Even in my case; I thought that I had never really played the game much. And then, halfway through it, was a bunch of scenes that I remembered really, really, well. Usually with cursing involved.

So there you go.

Via Fark Geek.

Yes, Blameless sucked me into its magic-steampunk-alternate-history web. In fact, looking at those hyphenated descriptors, I’m not particularly surprised at all that it did suck me in.

Sue me.

Farewell, . See you in December, I’m sure.

Moe Lane

Damn.
Effing.
Straight.

Via Instapundit, and may I take this opportunity to thank the regular media for its work in helping conservative/Republican minority recruitment? – Because that video’s full of people who are tired and through with being marginalized by the Left.

I thought that I would offer a translation service for those trying to work out a certain mood that seems to have arisen in our pundit class.  Ben Smith noticed the underlying phenomena, too – but I don’t think that he’s quite prepared to be quite as blunt as I am, or as happy to be blunt about it as I am prepared to be.

Anyway, onto the translations: (more…)

Shared ellipsis unintentional.

Wait, what?

A quote from the video: “Meg Whitman. She stops at nothing. She’s even got Clinton lying about me. That’s right.” Note the tense, there… and, yes, that’s what Brown really said. And a little while later he went on to mock Bill Clinton by saying “I did not have taxes with that state.”

I assume that Brown wants to win the California gubernatorial election, yes? The one in 2010?
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My RS colleague Leon Wolf seriously did not like Meghan McCain’s new book:

On June 20, 2002, the United States Supreme Court decreed, in the case of Atkins v. Virginia, that the mildly mentally retarded were categorically exempt from capital punishment, reasoning that fully functional adults of diminished mental capacity were as a matter of law not as culpable for their acts.  Writing eloquently in dissent, Justice Scalia drew a sharp distinction between the severely mentally retarded (who are truly not responsible for their actions), and the merely stupid (the category into which Mr. Atkins undoubtedly fell).  Scalia argued forcefully that, with respect to the merely stupid, at least sometimes they deserve to be punished for their antisocial and destructive behavior.

This article, of course, is not about capital punishment. It is a book review of Dirty, Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain.

…and it just went downhill/uphill from there.

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From this New York Times article (via RCP) on how Democrats are doing everything humanly (and a few things inhumanly) possible in their campaign ads to avoid mentioning the ‘D’ after their names:

With early voting beginning in several states in a few weeks and with Election Day less than two months away, some of the most vulnerable Democratic candidates have turned to another approach: pleading for a second chance.

“I’ve made my share of mistakes, but they were honest mistakes, and I’ve listened to your concerns and I’ve grown on the job,” said Gov. Chet Culver of Iowa, wearing a solemn expression that gives way to a slight smile. “I hope you give us the chance.”

HAHAHAHAHA no.

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), R.E.M.

This was my first dance with my wife at our wedding reception.

So I buy a copy of Cthulhu’s Reign, which is a collection of stories which are all about H.P. Lovecraft’s Great Old Ones’ return to, and conquest of, Earth… and about halfway through it I catch myself thinking Man, these stories are really, really depressing.

No.  REALLY?  You think?

In other news: where’s my blessed copy of Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity?

To sum it up: Barack Obama must visit toss-up seats because in the past districts with Presidential visits had a higher retention percentage than districts without them.

This was one of those posts that ended up rambling: the reasons why this isn’t the game-changer that the author thought it was were all trying to crowd in to get the credit for shooting this one down.  Really short version: dice may not have memories, but Congressional districts emphatically do.  And the President is not actually capable of performing acts of magic.  Or even ‘magick.’

Look, you should have seen what I deleted. Borrrr-ring…

It’s so nice to have more people out there who can write stuff that scans, isn’t it?

Lyrics here: all via Dan Collins of POWIP.