Articles from August 2008



Code Pink Agitprop Theater

Zombie has another excellent investigative report up at Little Green Footballs, in which he exposes not only Code Pink methods, but also the MSM malfeasance that surrounds it.

Drill ANWR

This Glenn Beck Rant about ANWR is too good not to post, h/t to Pat Dollard. Some background on this first — you’ve heard the conventional arguments by now, that the plot they want to explore on is miniscule, that polar bears are not really endangered at all, and that drilling in the Arctic hasn’t [...]

Catching up

Although it appears that I’ve been slacking lately it’s really a case of over-immersion in work. Apologies to long time readers for all the quick posts of videos, which is really sort of cheating. Blogs are driven mostly by orignal content and perspective, which hasn’t been provided the past two weeks. I’ve got a lot [...]

Campaign Perspective: Is he Ready?

Moose Party

The Moose heard there was a block party at my sister’s house in Alaska, they decided to stop by and score some free hors d’oeuvres at the neighbors.

Who Owns the Democrats and the Superdelegates?

Whoever does own the delegates, the Denver Police department doesn’t want us to know. According to ABC news their reporter was arrested covering one of the many high dollar meetings and trying to film the donors while they were leaving.

Tiny? Iran’s Leader Might be “Tiny”

Iran’s leader might be tiny, but that doesn’t make the threat tiny. Other would be world conquerers started out small, and built on success. Hitler, Mussolini, and Bonaparte were all small in stature, but large on destruction.

Burnt Out

When Apples Blush

Do You Feel the Tingle?

Dean Barnett at The Weekly Standard has a word about Big Bad Bill who’s been absent the media since the convention started. I bring this up because my mom called and asked “Where’s Bill!?”

The One II: The Road to Denver

Early on Obama was billed by journalists as having a tech-savvy media team but so far they aren’t showing it as they fail to counter the McCain camp’s one or more viral videos per day, here’s the latest:

Denver Loves Mookie

In preparation for the DNC bruhaha in Denver to select their nominee for the Presidential elections in November cadres of kooks are demonstrating to prepare the path for “THE ONE“. As you can see this particular group is fond of Mookie. More at LGF “The Denver Games Opening Ceremony“.
Much more now at Denver Stuff: Furries, [...]

Housing Problem: McCain or Obama?

This is Capitalism vs. Crooks.
Who cares if McCain’s wife and kids have 7 or 8 homes between them if they earned the money to buy them with? Isn’t that what america is about? Is one of your dreams to have a second vacation home somewhere? In the US, with the exception of a small minority [...]

Anemone

The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand

Confirmed by AQ: Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri Still on the HVT List

As Sahab, Al Qaeda’s media outlet, has released eulogies for two recently killed commanders, but Abu Yazid was not among them and he signed the message. This confirms that the August 12th reports of his demise from unamed Pakistani officials were false reports and leaves Saeed Al Masri on the high value target list.

Red State Rails

If you follow the old highways of the midwest you get into farm country pretty quickly, and you will see the infrastructure used to supply energy. It’s not oil and gas lines I speak of. You see instead rail lines, switchyards, and depots used to supply the older forms of energy: food from grain and animal crops, [...]

Musharraf and the Bear’s Bad Bargain

While many are portraying the resignation of Musharraf as either a bad thing or a good thing, in effect it happened two months or more ago. His old friends and associates have been ignoring him, the stalwarts in PML-Q and MQM have deserted him, and even General Kayanni who he appointed as his replacement Chief [...]

Tonight’s Ribs

Here’s tonight’s baby backs, the spare are already off.

Mullah Faqir Mohammed Death Confirmed in Urdu Paper: False Report

As Previously reported Pakistan Army Helos hit a two truck weapons convoy carrying the Leader of the TNSM from the Seway village/Mohmand area, Mullah Faqir Mohammed. There wasn’t confirmation at the time, but an Urdu paper is now reporting official confirmation