Blueshelled has an absolutely hilarious video up that demonstrates what happens when you don’t have an adequate stock footage budget – or, perhaps, any budget at all – but still need to report on a bear sighting in Cleveland. I won’t reproduce it here, because she’s earned the traffic.
I will repost this ad, of course:
…if only because… well, you know why I’m reposting it, of course.
Crossposted to RedState.
This post written after I finished wiping coffee off of the monitor.
[UPDATE]: Welcome, Instapundit readers. Check out the haunting of the bear’s papery eyes (original link here).
God, I miss the days of the Bush administration, when we didn’t do things like this.
Referring to the long history of Russia-U.S. trade stretching back more than two centuries, Obama told an audience of business people in Moscow:
“Along the way, you gave us a pretty good deal on Alaska. Thank you.”
Contra Reuters, this was not a “pointed quip” (as Ed Morrissey notes, it only works as one if you assume that the President wanted to insult his hosts): it was a “somebody didn’t read the briefing materials (particularly the bits about Vladimir Zhirinovsky) gaffe.” What’s next? Thanking the Chinese for their involuntary help with training up our Navy during the Boxer Rebellion? That should go over well: they’re even touchier about their history than the Russians are.
And I actively dread thinking about what the current President is going to say, the next time that he visits Japan.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
Well, not really. Not at all, in fact. Via Little Miss Attila:
Please do not touch the bureaucrats
Music (throughout)
Motley Crue, “Girls Girls Girls”
Katherine Weymouth
Hey fellas, after a hard week lobbying down on K Street, we know what you want. When the sun goes down on the capitol dome, you want to kick off those white shoes and get comfortable with the Beltway’s hottest journalists and public policy analysts. And they’re all waiting for you at the Washington Chrome Post.Sexy Reverb Voice
mmmm…. the Washington Chrome Post.
(Trust me, there’s more. Much more)
But still: he makes this look all too easy, sometimes.
Crossposted to RedState.
The one that you want to look up is H. Con. Res. 135.
I tried to stay out of the entire bizarre meltdown that was the Jackson funeral. Really, I did.
So when Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (Democrat. Oh, my, yes: Democrat): introduced a resolution in Congress honoring the – what did you call Michael Jackson, Rep. Pete King (R)?
Right: low-life, pervert, child molester, and pedophile.
…anyway, when Rep. Jackson-Lee did that, I was silent.
When Rep. Jackson-Lee referred the legislation to the House Foreign Affairs committee, I was silent. Continue reading Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) and two House Resolutions.
Hellhound On My Trail
Kind of cheerful, really. Assuming that you’re not identifying with the singer on this one.
Like Jim Treacher, I’m jealous: hate mail is all very well (and I retain some hope of getting my own hate site some day, or at least one for RedState that can meet our actually fairly demanding criteria), but having to have to have…
Yes, I think that’s grammatical.
…anyway, when Snopes has to put out an advisory on your site’s satire piece, You Have Officially Arrived On The Internet. Although, personally? I’m always going to think that Nuke the Moon was robbed.
Robbed!
Crossposted to RedState.
Well, OK, they’re calling it the Vorkosigan Saga Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game for GURPS Fourth Edition
If you’re wondering what a ‘Vorkosigan’ is… well. Start here
Plus: a look at one of his possible general election opponents.
(Via The American Thinker, via Instapundit) The bolded part is the part that you want your eyes to linger over.
Ex-contractor with Murtha ties charged over kickbacks
Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh have charged a former executive for a defense contractor with ties to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) with taking nearly $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor.
Richard Ianieri, former president and CEO of Coherent Systems International Corp., is accused of accepting the kickbacks from a subcontractor identified only as “K” in court documents filed Monday. The charges came in the form of a criminal information, an indication that Ianieri is working with prosecutors and plans to plead guilty.
As you might remember from the Rezko trial – and that saga isn’t over yet; it’s just still in its Blagojevich phase – these kind of cases take time to build up and play out; so now is the time that you’d be wanting to see the first corruption cases go down. Is Murtha involved? That’s an interesting question… and, given that this is the first election cycle since 2002 where the man has had a primary challenger, the answer to that is probably of interest to more people than myself, or even the rest of the Republican party.
As to opponents in the general: it’s been reported (and assumed) that Bill Russell’s planning on another shot at this seat; and there’s also Tim Burns. Local businessman, looks decent on the issues, not notably involved in blatant acts of federal money patronage and unashamed pork-barrel appropriations; all in all it would make for a refreshing change.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
Megan is from the Atlantic; Peter is from The American Scene; James Joyner of Outside the Beltway breaks the story; Stacy McCain of The Other McCain takes the credit; and I shall avoid making any heavy-handed libertarian/fiscal references. Heck, I won’t even speculate if they’re going to start a group blog in a couple of years.
Mazal tov.
Moe Lane
PS: What? Nope, not Jewish; just from New Jersey. It’s what we say.
Crossposted to RedState.
AdventureQuest Worlds. It’s eaten about an hour and a half of my life already, which is why I am putting it down now. As you can see from the artwork, it’s heavily anime-flavored, but not excessively cheesecake.
I generally like Artix Entertainment’s stuff; they have a good handle on the two-tier gameplay model. You can have fun playing their free games, while still getting a decent deal on their pay versions.
