Cathy at IB puts us some f'n' knowledge.

Had to have been a really pleasant evening out, upper 70s with high powered automatic weapons and shit.

Notice how she is situated calmly in front of the grassy knoll....a beady eyed killer, ready to bomb the shit out of some Federal building.

This is the face of terror. And pecan pie. Also hugs.

This kind of gathering is what those assholes at CNN and MSNBC obliquely call "dangerous and threatening", and 30 seconds before the break they titter away at with their teabagger jokes, tee hee!

Thanks Cath for the pictures and risking TB to hang out with these knuckledraggers.
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I wasn’t even aware that ‘80’s/’90’s metal band Queensryche was still even actively recording or touring until I ran across this article in the “Music/Nightlife” section of The Seattle Times. Not only are they still active and touring (300 days per year) but the band has just released a new album titled “American Soldier.” How ‘bout I shut up and let the article explain it: (some paragraph breaks from original content have been removed to save space)

”For the first time in the band's three-decade career, Queensrÿche has an album that is not about Queensrÿche. Instead, the Bellevue metal group looked outward for inspiration. "American Soldier," the band's 12th studio album, is based on the words and voices of others, distilled from numerous interviews with veterans of wars from World War II to Iraq. The idea came from a conversation Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate had with his father, who fought in Vietnam and Korea.”

”"It was 2006, and we were sitting on the back porch in the sunny weather, and he suddenly opened up and talked about it. My jaw took the table. I was shocked. I quickly grabbed my camcorder."

"I've never been in war myself," said Tate, 50. "I figured anything I talked about would be speculation from a platform of complete ignorance." So Tate started interviewing veterans, finding folks through word-of-mouth, at airports, malls and shows. Many had already shared their experiences with him at meet-and-greets backstage, so he started interviewing them formally. "All the conversations led to more questions and more people," said Tate, who sampled the interviews in the songs. "I started to filter through them, watching the interviews, seeing the emotions and reading the body languages. It helped me walk away with musical tones and impressions."

“When Tate previewed "American Soldier" in front of soldiers, it was also a "cryfest," said Susan, with soldiers saying they were happy that the "real story was in there," and their lives were no longer a "punch line." The album was released last month by Rhino Records.”

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The night shift... I'm guessing there'll be more pics.

Plus it gives me a chance to front-page this. The first hot protest babe picture. Which I specifically asked for, you homos.

I think that's from Lafayette, IN, but, like, who cares. Hot chicks are universal.

Thanks to my one heterosexual male reader, MichaelM.

More tea parties planned for July 4, of course.

Madison, WI: 4-5000. Hell, NORML can only barely get that amount in Madison. Pretty good.

Million Patriot March? If there were 2500 tea parties today, there would only have to be an average of 400 per party to break a million. Even the smallest parties seem to have hit that, so I'm guessing, yeah, a million.

Raleigh: Good sign: "God only requires 10%." So Obama's obviously, you know, transdeific as well.
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Via Hot Air, an AK-47 made of bacon.

And from Lawrence, a thermal (plasma) torch made of bacon.

The torch works. The B-AK-47 doesn't. But who can say which is more delicious?

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Army 1st Sgt. William R. Johnson is awarded French Legion of Honor, their nation's highest honor for valor.

On Tuesday, Consul General Pierre Grandjouan presented Johnson, 89, that nation's highest honor for meritorious service to the country: the French Legion of Honor medal...

In a letter to Johnson, Pierre Vimont, the French ambassador to the U.S., said the award of "chevalier" – the French equivalent of "knight" – speaks of his country's gratitude "for your personal, precious contribution to the United States' decisive role in the liberation of our country during World War II."

A 24 year old 1st Sergeant pushed his men forward under machinegun fire and mortar barrage because he knew they'd be cut down where they were, and fighting was the way out.

Well done 1st. Sgt.

Tea Party Update: I have a roving reporter in Dallas, who'll give me the straight dope later with some pics and thoughts. Stay tuned, film at eleven.

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Oh, one catch: The rally was in Vermont, in favor of higher taxes.

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A kid in New Milford, Connecticut, from Sassypants.*

I usually don't put up too many pics, but I'll make an exception today.

Shoot me your best pics -- and by best, I mean big crowd-size pics, hot chicks,* and good signs, in that order of bestestness -- and I'll post them.

Below the fold, because they're big and also drain bandwidth.

* Okay, this being a big day, I'll also allow good-looking guy pics too.

Round-Up: At MM. Also a cheat sheet for a media on how this protest got started. Hint: Karl Rove had nothing to do with it.

Chicago Recap: with obligatory liberal douche.

Boston: No pics, but 1000 showed up in even cobalt-blue Boston.

More Chicago: Even in Obamaland.

San Antonio: Aerial shot. Big.

Warner Robins, GA: That's the town's name, not a dude who used to coach the Browns.

* I try to avoid the cute-kid pictures, as they're too easy, but I'll make an exception here.

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According to the latest NY Board of Elections tally Murphy has 79,105 to Tedisco's 79,019 (pdf here).

Tedisco won the battle of the absentee and military ballots in his stronghold of Saratoga County but it wasn't enough to overcome Murphy's lead.

There are upwards of 1,200 disputed ballots (600 or so in Saratoga County alone!).

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Cool Fact One: She's a Big Vagina Lady.

Goofin': Jon Stewart goofs on Susan Roesgen, selling herself as a hero at the recent Fargo flood. Starts at 1:20.

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Yeah, I said it.

They've been talking about this scrunt on Fox. Now I see why.

Is she there as a representative of CNN or of the Obama Administration? And is there a meaningful distinction between the two?

Yeah, I can't wait 'till a Foxie reports on a pro-choice rally and begins asking the women if they're easy. Or if they could avoid abortions by giving up the butt once in a while.

Lifted from Hot Air. I would have added it as an update to the last post, but the bias -- bias? hatred -- is just too overpowering.

See You Next Tuesday, Susan: Earlier, she couldn't believe that pious Catholics at Notre Dame would object to the nation's top constitutional abortionist speaking at that Catholic school.

Downgraded: Based on the dirty laundry Slublog is airing on Susan Roesgen, I am officially downgrading her to "scrunt." She aspires one day to be a cunt. At her interview for CNN, she said her five-year plan was to become a cunt, after spending a period of time learning the ropes of being a slunt.

Another winner: Those poor racists at Trinity Church, they're being maligned, boo-hoo-fucking-hoo.

"This is not family viewing:" whereistherum asks...

"This is obviously not family viewing"?! WHAT THE FUCK? Seriously? Seriously? But it's okay to take your little ones to an anti-Israel/anti-Jewish protest with signs that have swastikas and sayings like, "Kill all the Jews." Really? Holy shit, what world do I live in? I don't remember following the white rabbit down the rabbit hole.

Silly -- they deliberately avoid photographing those swastikas and kill-the-Jews placards, thus turning a viciously anti-semitic oven-enthusiast event into "family viewing" all about arms being made for hugging.

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