Well, my Final Four for Deceiver Madness…

…I got two out of four, which is at least better than the guy running it. Of the existing four, it’s going to be Al Gore against PETA, and Al Gore’s going to destroy them the way that he destroys polar bears, and they destroy household pets.  I’ve got a good feeling about this; mind you, I thought that Tom Cruise and Barack Obama were going to make it this far…

Newest tool for educators: Jimi Hendrix.

“Hey,” said Garcia. “We’re in San Francisco.”

Don’t get me wrong.  I spent quite a lot of time listening to Jimi Hendrix at high volume in college: …but that was when I was in the dorm room. A little weird to bring that spirit into the classroom, no?

There was a time when teachers would freak at the sound of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” or “Stone Free.” Now the San Francisco school district wants them to get in the spirit.

(Via Joanne Jacobs) I mean, come on. Drug overdose. You have to expect that people are going to bring that particular life decision up when it comes time to discuss what the man had to teach us about existence.
Crossposted to RedState.

Blagojevich to be indicted today.

Brought to my attention by Riehl World View. The best part? This:

Sources: Blagojevich indictment today

The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago says that later today it is announcing developments in a “significant criminal matter.” Sources familiar with the situation said the announcement is expected to be the indictment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and others on corruption charges.

Bolding mine. “And others.” That has such a fun ring to it, don’t you think?

Crossposted to RedState.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I offer you a toast!

Charge your glasses!

“Confusion to our enemies!”


Israel expected to hold back on Iran as diplomacy runs its course
Robert Gates would be “surprised” if Israel attacked Iran this year to prevent it developing a nuclear weapon.

Petraeus Says Israel Might Choose to Attack Iran
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Israel might choose to attack Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said today.

“Why the hell should they be any better off than we are?”

Crossposted to RedState.

Annnnd that would be the laptop dying.

It’s giving me a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error – I’ve already tried and failed to fix things using the instructions that are there – which suggests that there’s a hardware problem. Not all that surprising, really: it’s old – not old old, but my wife used it until the hard drive failed, then passed it along to me for fixing so that I’d have a laptop for the Republican National Convention.

The replacement parts are probably going to be less than getting a new laptop; unfortunately, neither repair nor replacement is in the budget right now. Much as I hate to shake the can for the tip jar, having a laptop does make it easier for me to do blogging for both here and Redstate.  And we’re not being paid over there, more’s the pity.

Appeals to the grassroots: NY-20, IL-05.

NY-20: The recount for this race – which is actually at plus 25 right now, not plus 57 – is going to be expensive. There’s a new pledge drive up to pay for that recount, in the same style as the one that gathered over 120K for Jim Tedisco: I encourage people to help out there, or where they can. It’s already at 9K (the target number is 40K), which tells you that there are people out there who share your concerns about the potential for abuse of the recount – to say nothing of the absentee ballot count. We’re in a good place to take a seat away from the Democrats, here; one that progressives are annoyed to have had to fund (military-hating opponents of the death penalty for terrorists are ‘centrist’ to that sort, you see). Think of it as a civic obligation.

IL-05: On a more ideological/idealistic level, though, it doesn’t get any better than Rosanna Pulido‘s campaign. As the below video shows, she’s fighting in a heavily-Democratic district against a guy with the full support of the state Democratic party apparatus, with no equivalent support from her own party… Continue reading Appeals to the grassroots: NY-20, IL-05.