Moe Lane

Pitkin County Turnaround, Steve Martin

Yup. That Steve Martin.

Via Hot Air Headlines, these ‘Cherkees’ are an actual potato chip/beef jerky hybrid (website here): Gizmodo considers them to be the pinnacle of human technological development, and I can see that, at least on a theoretical level (I haven’t eaten any, and apparently it’s going to be a month or so until there are any more available for sale).

It’s odd: normally I’d be all “IT MUST BE MINE” about something like this, but right now I’m mostly Well, that’s nice to hear about. Possibly it’s because of the gallbladder thing.  Or maybe I’m just getting older.  On the other hand, I suspect that I’m much more likely to actually buy some of this stuff…

Above North Carolina and below Maine, that is?

If you do, go to the supermarket tonight – or, heck, right now – and make sure that you have plenty of emergency supplies.

If you live on a coastal part of the East Coast, consider taking tomorrow off and getting somewhere inland.

If you live in NYC, you may just want to leave.

Because it ain’t looking good right now.

Moe Lane

PS: I gotta go call my mom.

I don’t want to be mean, or anything – and, actually in this particular case I don’t want to be mean – but I have to confess that I’m a little disappointed in the general lack of performance from the Online Left over this entire Jane Yolen thing. I mean, yes, it got me a little boost for a couple of days, and I understand that this will be good for increasing my ad revenue and whatnot… but as digital jihads go it was not really all that much of a much, honestly. It’s certainly not enough for me to encourage it further; to be frank about things, my time is kind of valuable, and I’m just not really feeling the oomph, here.

So, let’s get on with things, shall we? Here, let me provide some actual content: 8 Tiny Things That Stopped Suicides. Every so often, Cracked.com produces a grace note that makes up for… well, actually, Cracked.com comes up pretty consistently with some funny (if rude) content, so they don’t have much to make up for.  Anyway, this is a decent piece; I figure that it might be useful for all those people out there that are just a bit too disappointed that Russ Feingold’s hiding from Scott Walker.

OK, OK, I swear: that was the last dig.  It’s just that I’ve been meaning to point out that this entire Yolen thing was really about Ron Johnson’s brazen effrontery in defeating Feingold last year – and if I don’t use that observation now, then when could I?

Readers of RedState are, of course, aware that several days ago Hamas terrorists used their occupation of the Gaza Strip as a base from which to launch brutal attacks on Israel.  This unprovoked and obscene attack was of course condemned by anybody with a lick of moral sense… including, superficially, Kate Marshall, who is the Democratic candidate in the NV-02 special election next month.  Alas, I have to say ‘superficially’ because Marshall’s actually making this statement for purely political reasons.

You see, Israel has been in the news lately, and will be even more in the news with Beck’s “Rally to Restore Courage” in Jerusalem. In an R district, it will be useful to express support for Israel and demonstrate some foreign policy prowess while it is a timely topic – especially for people who are likely paying attention to Beck’s event… What was that?  That statement finally reveals me to be a cynical partisan hack, once and for all?  Well, I am a partisan hack, yes.

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Via Instapundit, this picture of Tuesday’s local earthquake damage tells you everything that you would ever need to know about Dizzy City’s conception of itself, its place in the universe, and how to allocate media priorities accordingly.

Although, to be fair, the Steve Jobs thing seems to have knocked that off of the front page.

Moe Lane

PS: Of course I freaked out (mildly) when the earthquake hit: I have two kids, it was a 5.8, and we don’t get earthquakes around here (I don’t think that I’ve actually ever been in one before).

George Will visits the wreckage-strewn battlefield where Wisconsin progressives launched their desperate counter-attack against the forces of reform, and finds a certain grim satisfaction there.  To refresh people’s memories: Wisconsin progressives’ refusal to accept the widespread repudiation of the Democratic party in Wisconsin in 2010 (loss of the state legislature, two Congressional seats lost, progressive icon US Senator Russ Feingold handily if not contemptuously defeated by Ron Johnson, loss of the executive branch) led them to desperate attempts to retroactively rewrite reality to make The Bad Thing never happen.  While they (and their Big Labor manipulators) were able to force Wisconsin Democrats to go along with a hapless (and futile) fight over collective bargaining reform, attempts to create change via popular outrage failed, largely because Wisconsin progressives failed to create any actual permanent outrage outside of their rather narrow sub-demographics*.  Reform measures thus passed, much to the impotent rage of its enemies.

We’ll have George take it from here:

Having failed to prevent enactment of the Walker agenda voters had endorsed, unions and their progressive allies tried to recall six Republican senators. If three had been recalled, Democrats would have controlled the Senate, and other governors and state legislators would have been warned not to challenge unions. Fueled by many millions of dollars from national unions and sympathizers, progressives proved, redundantly, the limited utility of money when backing a bankrupt agenda: Only two Republicans were recalled — one was in a heavily Democratic district, the other is a married man playing house with a young girlfriend. Progressives also failed to defeat a Supreme Court justice.

An especially vociferous progressive group calls itself “We Are Wisconsin.” Evidently not.

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Cripple Creek, Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt
Sometimes you need some banjo and fiddle music.

…for ten bucks, and in the admittedly-specific field of ‘silicon Star Wars-themed ice cube molds:’

Han Solo-in-carbonite ice cubes. Also suitable for chocolate.

Heck yes we all need these.

No, I’m not jumping up and down in joy: it’s probably medical in nature.  Besides, he’s now chairman (Tim Cook is CEO), so it could also just be a reorganization.

But I still want Flash on the iPad2*, and the ability to use a variety of cameras in iMovie for the iPad2.  Frankly, the iPhone is virtually useless for guerrilla video.  And, while I’m on the subject of iPads: may I point out that the question “Can I get an USB hub for this thing?” should not result in a blank look and a scratching of the head?  – Well, I’m going to point it out anyway.

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