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The New York Times is dealing from the bottom

Look closely

The industrious reader will read today's "In passing" link to the New York Times continued scandalous manipuilation of the exposed climate fraud.  Meanwhile -  Greg Pierce, citing David Warren in the Ottawa Citizen: “ "More generally, we have been given the materials with which to obtain an insight into how all modern science works when vast amounts of public funding is at stake and when the vested interests associated with various 'progressive' causes require a particular scientific result. "There is little doubt that the e-mails were real. Even so warmist a true-believer as George Monbiot led his column in the Guardian [Tuesday] with: 'It's no use pretending this isn't a major blow. The e-mails extracted ... could scarcely be more damaging. I am now convinced that they are genuine, and I'm dismayed and deeply shaken by them.' ... "It is amusing to see mainstream media sources such as the New York Times, which thinks nothing of publishing purloined government documents that will endanger the lives of U.S. soldiers in the field and compromise vital intelligence operations, suddenly become all jowly and uptight about publishing the e-mails in question because they were 'illegally obtained.' "Other media - which have played a leading part for years in giving credibility to 'global warming' claims - are now maintaining the silence of Iago on the revelations. We will see how long this can be sustained."  ” UPDATE Climategate Files Were Leaked to BBC But They Refused to Cover the Story

Thanksgiving Turkeys

In Passing ...

I just want to say -  HAPPY THANKSGIVING And don't let our national turkeys ruin your day.

Drink yourself into a stupor “ Peace negotiations with the Taliban? The Wa Post's David Ignatius is "skeptical that either side is really ready for peace negotiations." What?  WHAT? Chart: Total 10-Year Cost of Reid Bill is $2.5 Trillion - but wait! ... spending on "expansions in insurance coverage" alone would be $1.7 trillion, making the bill's total costs in its real first 15 years well over $4 trillion -- based on CBO projections. - No wonder Robert Samuelson wrote last week in the Washington Post: "The disconnect between what President Obama says and what he's doing is so glaring that most people could not abide it" ADL has become an adjunct of the DNC The left thinks a wave of anti-Obama hysteria is sweeping the land, driven by ignorance and prejudice. So does the ADL. The left believes Islam is a benign force, and frets that terrorist acts like the Fort Hood murders will negatively impact American Muslims. The ADL couldn't agree more. ”   Bill O'Reilly gets his own 'Sesame Street' character PBS show goes politics with "Spill O'Reilly" New York Times - Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute (Fasten Seatbelt Warning) ...  scientists often used the word “trick” to refer to a good way to solve a problem, “and not something secret.”   “ Congress Never Ceases to Amaze I find it telling that the Pelosi-Reid Congress is only cost-conscious when it comes to our national defense. Scary. Nonsensical. Unacceptable. - Sarah Palin ”

A timely concession

Other Narcissists

GrinfilledCelt

Twins have fun you and I can't have

Obama Motors

The Law of Physics

I have no way of knowing whether this is real, but it passes the sniff test.  Even if it's ginned up, the fact that it's out there means it satisfied the first rule of parody: ring a bell with the intended audience.  Merrily

Ed Begley - "warmer"

Ed Begley-"warmer" ".. even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!"

If Ed Begley Jr. was a "birther," he'd refuse to accept Obama's certified legitimate Hawaiian birth certificate (if he ever decides to present one) as proof of his U.S. birth.  Ed Begley has that proof, re the Global Warming Hoax,  and ... well, is the very definition of a True Believer.  I got a real kick out his claim that "peer review" will decide.  “ Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann ... "I can't see either of these [anti human caused G-W]  papers being in the next IPCC report ... Kevin and I will keep them out somehow--even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!" ” Peer-Reviewed

Remove the wart, don't hide it.

Political Suicide?

sarabeth and I are in accord; the GOP's clumsy purity test is nincompoopery of the first rank.  But for different reasons. “ It doesn’t seem to occur to them that lurching to the right will only cause disgruntled party members to peel away from the center. And drive a larger proportion of Independents to vote Democratic instead of Republican. ” Piffle. No, I see a knee jerk response by party leaders who don't understand what's happening.  This litmus test is cosmetic legerdemain.  If the warts weren't there, no makeup would be necessary, right?   And make no mistake, the party flourishes when conservatism prevails. An Arlen Specter will affirm his belief on every point of any litmus test (of any party).  A Republican Party adhering to principles they claim to espouse would look at the record, retch, and support a Pat Toomey reflexively. They did not.  John McCain would never have been the Party's 2008 candidate, if its leaders weren't McCains themselves. Why hasn't this GOP made it clear that Mark Rubio, not Charlie Crist, is the man in Florida?  Party chairman, Michael Steele is not  conservative, and views Sarah Palin as threat to be dealt with, not listened too.  The answer then is to move them out, and turn the reins over to conservatives who don't need a primer on conservative values.  They know, love, and live them.

Sorry About Tears

Today's Media Moment

Natural Law

By gar, we liked it that way

No chimps allowed

the smell of Google in the morning

The Baltimore piss hole

Abortion Chic

“ Baltimore Council Requires Clinics to Advertise When They Don't Offer Abortions BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's City Council has passed a bill requiring pregnancy centers that do not provide abortions or birth control referrals to post signs saying so. The measure passed Monday night is thought to be the first of its kind in the country. The Montgomery County Council is considering similar legislation. Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake introduced the legislation after meeting with abortion rights advocates, who say some clinics provide inaccurate information, such as claiming that abortions are connected to breast cancer and other problems. Abortion opponents say the bill unfairly targets centers that provide good information and much-needed help for poor women. Violators could face a $150 fine. ”  Because, dagnabbit, her time is too precious to have to make a second trip.

Today's Barf-o-rama

In Passing

Stuff to make your hair stand up

Unplugged “ State Dinner Guest List Includes Only One Likely GOP Attendee - Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar Sewing seeds of dissension, or telegraphing who Obamunists see as the weakest link in the health care debate? Either way it is another  calculated in-your-face move from a creep who once again bowed a calculated stick-in-our-eyes? to a foreign potentate. Victor Davis Hanson sums up these candid camera moments. Inside the numbers: How Obama has fallen Slow learners across the board [almost, ahem] are catching on. How to stop Sarah Palin? The answer may come from of all places, India Ex-TV host Lou Dobbs considers run for N.J. Senate seat held by Robert Menendez There's something About Mary Mary Katharine Ham takes issue with insinuating that Sen. Mary Landrieu is a slut whore. She also huffily refuses to provide a link to Huff-Post's "Megan Fox Wears Panties, Lifts Foot Above Head (Photos)" Celebrity news of the day: Angelina Jolie thinks Obama’s a socialist phony Showing the value of having a politically sophisticated father.  Ahem. A hilariously bizarre situation is happening in the wake of the growing Climategate scandal. Houston Chronicle editorial asserts "As a crucial climate change conference nears, more evidence of a warming globe."  Readers having none of it. ”

Ta-ta-da-ta ...

“Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009.”

Whoops

Our Thugocracy

Climategate: 'Greatest scandal in modern science'... Call for Congressional investigation... Paper: Junk science exposed among climate-change believers... Obama: 'Step closer' to climate deal...

ASIDE: Note to Cass Sunstein: Eat me. He's a double agent with an agenda, and almost certainly does not pass the natural born citizen test.  Barry has never had a single (name one) close associate who is not documented as subversive by the FBI, you included.

Synchro Riding

The June Taylor Dancers of Motorcycle Arts

Mesmerizing Tom Mann

Waxman's nose hair

Advertising

Eeeewwww  I'm immensely entertained by, and in awe of the creativeness displayed by guerrilla advertising.  This ad for Panasonic's nose hair trimmer is one example.  If enough people see what I see (rollover) however, while more identifiable, it may not have a salutary effect on sales. Waxman image courtesy of SabrePoint.

Making Do in Tough Times

Signs of the Time

On the flip, a scene from Glengarry Glen Ross II ?

She needs a listing The "Poulan Weed Eater Bowl  " started it

Gov. Elect Bob Mac

WHY WE WIN! A letter from real America

“ Hey there Boss, Just had to let you know about one of the joys of living in a small town and supporting a mid-major sports team.  Yesterday we went to the final game of JMU’s season and low and behold – who should also attend but Governor Elect Bob McDonnell!  He has a son and daughter that attend here so it wasn’t entirely surprising.  He was right down below us then when a huge group began cheering “Bob Mac- Don- nell clap-clap, clap-clap-clap!” he decided to come up into our section.  When he stopped at the bottom to talk to the National Guardsmen who was checking tickets – one man jumped up and yelled ‘I’ve got one he can have’ and ran to give it to him ( and I think get his autograph).  I yelled down to him’ Can you start on Monday?” but I don’t think he heard me.  It was great to see how popular he was – I bet that dumass we have in the governor’s mansion now has never been greeted that way. TFV [Samurai A/G - Barn Army] ”  Thank you for this feel-good moment T!

Really bad people, like Goreons

In Passing

From a world full of asses, a select few

Reliving Happier Times “ Sen. Landrieu to host New Orleans fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... and I'll scratch yours.  The fundraiser sets the entry bar for individuals at $4,800, plus $1,000 for a guest to help Harry stave off Nevada voters who seem intent on firing him. How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool - So where is your Gaia now? The reason that the monstrous crime of pedophilia matters is simple: In an increasingly secular age, it is one of the few taboos about which people on both sides of the religious divide can agree. It remains a marker of right and wrong in a world where other markers have been erased.  The trial of the Bush administration has begun Eric Holder's loony decision to try terrorists in U.S. court just made sense .. Woo the Taliban Cool.  A definition of the neo-liberal in three words, the article's content aside. Los Angeles DJ Matthew Roberts Discovers Charles Manson Is His Father "I was frightened and angry. It's like finding out that Adolf Hitler  is your father.”   Mom couldn't have been much of a peach either. A McCain Upset? A new Rasmussen poll shows the Arizona Senator in a dead heat with potential GOP primary challenger J.D. Hayworth. Will Sarah .. you know? Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann ... "I can't see either of these [anti human caused G-W]  papers being in the next IPCC report ... Kevin and I will keep them out somehow--even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!" First, send Al Gore to prison. Ex-ACORN official gets probation for voter registration plan When execution was clearly warranted.  Seriously. What's more serious than attempting to destroy a pillar of our republic?  Plus, ACORN is still being funded with taxpayer money.  ”