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Sarah Palin, I love you
If you'd like to see dozens of links to John McCain's vice presidential pick, please visit http://delicious.com/somercet/sarah_palinMcCain surprised everyone Stateside with his pick. Mitt Romney: nice guy, too rich. Tim Kaine: Democrat (a split base), not even a full term as governor. Joe Lieberman: Democrat, pro-choice (split base), another long- ( Read more... ) -
William F. Buckley Jr., R.I.P.
Most, if not all, of the difference between frogfarm and myself may be summed up as follows: Buckley v. Lew Rockwell ( Read more... ) -
Kinda curious…
In all the Wikipedia articles on the Marine Boot Camps (Parris Island and San Diego), you realize that a few recruits have died during drill. The worst incident happened when six recruits drowned while fording Ribbon Creek as part of a disciplinary drill. The drill instructor was found guilty of negligent homicide and drinking on duty, and was ( Read more... ) -
So, as I was saying…
…when you wake up in the morning to find a nine inch pool of blood in the hallway your day is going to suck so much ass you may as well change your given name to Rimjob.
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Philip K. Dick in Hollywood
I just saw Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly. You would think Linklater, of all people, might be best positioned to adapt the obsessively wordy Dick. (I was also hoping Linklater would preserve the ’70s feel of the book ( Read more... ) -
Fun
Fun links all:
Earvolution posts the ten greatest bands which never existed. For once, Spinal Tap is not at number one. The band that is (and a couple others on their list) warms my little black heart. “Off with his head!”
Protein Wisdom posts about posting about masculinity and locates about the greatest line about masculinity ever uttered:one ( Read more... ) -
Felony assault?
Montaigne was a conservative in politics… I sometimes wonder if we could reform the American government, but Montaigne would no doubt reply that we were created a lawyerly republic and should not change.
- Gore Vidal (from memory)
Dr. Helen reports a sad milestone on the Reign of Terror of the trial lawyers: two twelve year-old boys were arrested ( Read more... ) -
Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul
Well, if it works for this guy…I've already been thwacked a bit for elsewhere relating that a Ron Paul supporter sent me a private message at a comics board, asking how a conservative libertarian could support Rudy Giuliani over a paragon of Libertarianism such as Ron Paul. The thwacker suggested I was implying that RP minions were engaged in a net ( Read more... )
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