Second one down.

That was the Flaming PuddingSkull.

They still have plausible deniability. Just a flaming skull in an oversized pudding cup. Not a thing wrong with that.

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Like I said, he has an unshakable alibi.

Plus -- look. What are the odds that an anti-social, narcissistic personality disorder shut-in hacker uber-dweeb who, upon gaining some kind of shabby pseudo-fame and finding women will willingly talk to him for the first time in his life, could possibly lose control?

Come on, the odds of that are like... no greater than 4 in 5. Tops.

The second complaint is back on, too.

he case was dropped by a Stockholm prosecutor last week who said there was nothing suggesting Assange had raped a Swedish woman who reported him to police.

The woman's lawyer appealed the decision and Director of Public Prosecution Marianne Ny on Wednesday decided to reopen the case.

Ny also said that another complaint against Assange should be investigated on suspicion of "sexual coercion and sexual molestation."

That overruled a previous decision to only investigate the case as "molestation," which is not a sex offense under Swedish law.

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A movie I have absolutely no interest in, even if it's 1) on a plane and 2) free, but this is good marketing.

Basic set-up, I guess, is that various guys get to talk via webcam to a sexy chick who seems good to go.

I won't say more, so as not to spoil it, but Content Warning for various things. It's not so bad -- this is an ad, after all -- but I guess I have to advise content warning anyway. Light content warning. more...

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More racial nuance from Chris "For a moment I almost forgot he was black" Matthews.

"Almost pluperfect," he calls Obama.

His entire speech here is racist. Yes, racist. Most politicians "do everything right" in terms of getting an education, securing gainful employment, getting married and raising a family.

Most people do this, in fact.

Why is it that in the case of Obama it is required that we "like this guy" for doing what 85% of the public does? In fact -- for doing what 85% of black people do?

He's doling out the superlatives for perfectly ordinary good behavior, of course, because Obama's black, and Chris Matthews finds it just plum remarkable that there's a successful, bourgeois upper-class black man out there, and we should all gawk at it and and "oooh" and "ahhh" at it like it's a, well, like it's a unicorn.

As Chris Rock said, "You're supposed to" do these things, and you're not supposed to get a big stack of credit for doing them.

But Chris Matthews, closet racist, thinks this is just about the most amazing thing he's ever seen, like a horse that can do addition.

Also, as he's being racist himself, the subtext is he's calling you racist, because what he's trying to say is this: "I understand why you don't like black people who deviate from what is considered pro-social behavior and life trajectories. But this one guy -- this one single black guy in all America -- has followed a 'white' code of pro-social behavior and life trajectory, and you still don't like him, ergo it must only be because he's black, and therefore you're a racist, my insufferable racial condescension notwithstanding."

Well, here's the thing, Chris: As a neighbor, I'm sure I'd like Obama. Assuming he weren't president and constantly tying up local traffic.

But he's not just a neighbor, not just a guy I can say "Hey, he loves his kids; seems like an okay guy."

He's the president and he's pushing an agenda on the country I find destructive and, yes, anti-American. And I did oppose a much-weaker form of this agenda when it was pushed by the white Bill Clinton.

Barack Obama's agenda is Bill Clinton's raised to the ninth power.

Now, if I didn't oppose Obama, wouldn't that be only due to the color of his skin, Chris? If I opposed a weak-tea form of Obamaism under Clinton, wouldn't only race be my reason for accepting it from Obama?

Any black readers, take note: Here's your totally-not-racist white liberal establishment, handing out gold stars and Certificates of Effort as if you're mentally challenged.

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Brand Democrat™ from Slublog.

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Goldberg notes the most objectionable parts of the speech. As was the case with me, he finds the most objectionable part Obama's curious claim that we must now prove our devotion to the troops by uniting to wreak changes they themselves would oppose.

And so at this moment, as we wind down the war in Iraq, we must tackle those challenges at home with as much energy, and grit, and sense of common purpose as our men and women in uniform who have served abroad. They have met every test that they faced. Now, it is our turn. Now, it is our responsibility to honor them by coming together, all of us, and working to secure the dream that so many generations have fought for –the dream that a better life awaits anyone who is willing to work for it and reach for it.

Our most urgent task is to restore our economy, and put the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs back to work. To strengthen our middle class, we must give all our children the education they deserve, and all our workers the skills that they need to compete in a global economy. We must jumpstart industries that create jobs, and end our dependence on foreign oil. We must unleash the innovation that allows new products to roll off our assembly lines, and nurture the ideas that spring from our entrepreneurs. This will be difficult. But in the days to come, it must be our central mission as a people, and my central responsibility as President.

But first, you will blow me.

He didn't say the last thing but I think the subtext is right there.

I don't understand how he thought it wise or appropriate that in a speech which should be all about thanking the troops and praising their heroism he felt the need to bust out into a ten minute campaign commercial for his economic agenda.

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