A New Kind Of Politics
Just know that “new” is a code word for “Chicago”…
The Columbus Dispatch reports that at least one culprit has emerged from the misuse of public information to attack Joe Wurzelbacher — and to no one’s surprise, she’s a Democrat and a big Barack Obama supporter. […] Those records are supposed to be checked only when some probable cause exists to do so. What was Jones-Kelley’s probable cause? She claims that sudden public notoriety is enough to generate an investigation of someone’s status.
Who was it said the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree?
Susanne Steele
War poet.
Via reader Les, who writes – “I know Susanne and she is a person of integrity. There are not to many artists who made their living in their 20’s planting trees in the uplands of BC instead of tapping government grants. I cannot imagine anyone more qualified person to fill this historical role with the Canadian military. She will tell the stories of the military people with care and attention.”
Sarah Palin Is Smart
Right. A snowbilly reindeer breeder with a doublewide stuffed full of moose antlers and Jaqueline Smith K-Mart collection clothing. A religious zealot who speaks in tongues and is anti-woman to the point of shaping her coif like the head of a menacing penis bent on forcible procreation. A dundering political toy to be fondled by NASCAR aficionados while their fat, bleach blond wives are busy in the kitchen throwing together a canned tuna and pea casserole.
I know this. Because beltway insiders who once saw pictures of caribou and own the first two seasons of “Northern Exposure” on DVD assure me it is so.
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Tuesday night vintage music show, here are the Benson Orchestra performing Oh, How I Miss You Tonight (1925, 2:25).
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
Bloggers Don’t Have Baghdad Bureaus?
The Canadian Journalism Project gets their ass handed to them by a girl.
“Kinsella’s lawyers are so powerful”
Crushed
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
October 23, 2008: NYT endorses Barack Obama for President
October 23, 2008: Standard & Poor’s slashes its rating on the New York Times to junk.
Dear Mr. Hitler
“Thanks for joining this movement. It will take all of us working together to bring change to this country, and we wanted to make sure you know about all the opportunities to get involved in your community and online.”
More on this “New Kind of Political Fundraising” here.
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Monday night jazz show, here are Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams performing in Stockholm in 1963 (4:47).
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
Wassup 2008
As much as I disagree with the message at the end, this was too funny not to share…
The Financial Fasting Holiday
2 weeks of financial fasting.
No more than $75 can be spent in 14 days.
Followed up by French Maid outfits.
The Wealth is Already Spread Enough
Damn statistics. Keep getting in the way of socialism.
CWB: Where The Press Is As Free As A Western Wheat Grower
Maureen Fitzhenry – Canadian Wheat Board media relations manager*.
Harry: we reserve the right to invite or exclude any individuals or groups from our corporate events. We will not be accepting your registration.”
Tel: (204) 983-3101
Cell: (204) 227-6927
maureen_fitzhenry@cwb.ca
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
“Friday, newspaper publisher Gannett Co., Inc. reported a 32.5% decline in profit for the third quarter…
More! – blood loss of the top 25 US dailies. Man, it looks good on them.
Blog Notes
And I’m home, a mere 20 hours after I drove out of the show grounds at Sioux Falls. “Hey”, I convinced myself, “since I’m getting away late anyway, no point in stopping.” 15 hours of driving, 5 hours of intermittent naps and my show season is finished for ’08.
Out of our efforts (with a little help from some friends and co-owners!) the following dogs gained titles this year –
Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Amore
Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman I Love Lucy
Am. Ch. Minuteman Love Letters
Can.Ch.Minuteman Tabasco Cat
Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Dead Cat Bounce
Am.Ch.Minuteman Special Talent
Can.Ch.Minuteman Talent Scout
And the “hitchhikers”:
Am.Can.Ch.Kampfer’s Tainted Sunshine
Am.Can.Ch. Schnauzees U Snuz U Luz
Just so you know that when I’m out on the road, there’s not much time spent sipping pina coladas at poolside.
Are We There Yet?
At what point can we simply use the “M” word without being blamed for polemics and just call it an established fact …
… more @ Celestial Junk on finding your inner Marxist.
Who Needs ACORN? We’ve Got Elections Canada
Naw, we don’t need to count *every* vote….
On October 14 Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh won his seat in Vancouver South by a margin of 33 votes, which under Elections Canada rules triggered an automatic recount. Here’s the curious thing, though: the judge in charge of the recount didn’t open all the ballot boxes. According to some sources, only 28 out of 184 ballot boxes — fifteen percent — were counted, after which the judge declared Dosanjh the winner by a now diminished margin of 22 votes. The Conservative candidate, Wai Young, said only “a sampling” of ballot boxes were recounted.
A sampling? In such a tight race, and with each counted box showing the race to be tightening, why on earth is it reasonable to stop after counting fifteen percent of the ballot boxes? Is it just too tedious, or…? And if a recount of fifteen percent of boxes brought Donanjh’s lead down from 33 to 22, wouldn’t that suggest that there might be some other, different numbers further down in all those uncounted ballot boxes? In Brossard-La Prairie for example, the BQ candidate who was declared the winner on election night by a margin of 102 votes was found by a recount to have lost to the Liberal candidate by a margin of 69 votes — a 172 vote swing.
Joanne at Blue Like You:
“What it all really boils down to is this: Why was there only a partial recount done in Vancouver South when the vote differential between the incumbent and the closest runner-up started to decrease?
“The second question is, do we have a right to know? Should Canadian voters be given some kind of explanation as to why this decision was made?
“The third question is, what kind of recount process is occurring in all the other ridings? If every vote gets counted in all other recounts, then why is Vancouver South the exception?”
This whole recount-“sample” procedure is fishy. There’s no good reason to not count all the votes cast. The usual suspects in the MSM aren’t concerned about the issue, but you can find info and links at Blue Like You.
UPDATE: Candidate Wai Young will be taking her case for a full recount to the BC Supreme Court on Thursday. (h/t Ruth)
“I Don’t Who’s Writing Your Questions”
Because a) evidently women are incapable of formulating intelligent questions all by themselves and b) all women should be in the tank for Obama/Biden.
Didn’t she read the memo?