Remembering the original capito-thriller at the WSJ, quoted at Michelle Malkin.

I'm not sure if Atlas Shrugged made me a conservative or merely solidified a change in my thinking that had gone on through college, but I was never bashful about the c-word ("conservatism") after reading it. Before reading it I claimed to be a "libertarian" or "moderate Democrat" or something. After that book I wasn't afraid to call myself conservative anymore.

Yeah, I know, she wasn't really a conservative, or at least not fully so. But the book is a pretty damn powerful championing of free market capitalism, obviously central to modern conservatism.

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Done to cast blame on the Young Americans for Freedom.

A group of seven GW students sent an e-mail to The Hatchet late Tuesday night admitting to hanging hundreds of controversial posters around campus early Monday morning.

The students - Adam Kokesh, freshman Yong Kwon, senior Brian Tierny, freshman Ned Goodwin, Maxine Nwigwe, Lara Masri and Amal Rammah - said their motives were misinterpreted. . . .

Kokesh, a graduate student and Iraq War veteran, gained celebrity over the past year because of his vocal opposition to the war. Nwigwe and Rammah are also graduate students.

More on one of the perpetrators here.

The slap on the wrist, I'm sure, will be severe.

Remember, racism and Islamophobia are the worst sins you can be guilty of, unless you're using them to advance the cause.

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Former Mexican Presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo appeared to have not only won the race in his age group, but also finished in a surprising 2:41:12.

But electronic monitoring devices showed he had skipped two checkpoints, and at one point would have had to have covered nine miles in just 21 minutes.

Others took note of the excessive amount of clothing he was wearing for a man who had just run 26.2 miles, and alerted race officials they might have a cheater on their hands.

Well, as I've noted many times before (to others, not to you morons), if you ain't cheatin, you ain't tryin.

h/t James, who is all into this crazy "running" fad too, and completely bought into that dietary fat bullshit.

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I have no real problem with the statement, nor with Powerline's defense, however, the very first time I saw Romney speak at (I think) the NRO Symposium he was very waffley and fudgey on Iran and certainly was not talking about military action. He seems to be continuing this.

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Oh man, I hope this comes to blows.

MORE kangaroos should be slaughtered and eaten to help save the world from global warming, environmental activists say.

The controversial call to cut down on beef and serve more of the national symbol on our dinner plates follows a report on curbing greenhouse gas emissions damaging the planet.
Greenpeace energy campaigner Mark Wakeham urged Aussies to substitute some red meat for roo to help reduce land clearing and the release of methane gas.

Can you imagine the sissy-mary slap fight that would erupt if these Greenpeace clowns (who were, you will remember once defeated in a naval battle by the French) got into it with those vitamin-deprived vegan whack jobs at PETA?

It would be like a duel between 2 holy paladins in Warcraft...the damn thing would go on from now until next Tuesday.

But still....I'd pay to see it.

Not $200 though. As you all well know. Bastards.

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Could this be real?

Super Tuber

Ingredients

1 hot dog, cook's choice

1 Idaho baking potato, 7 to 10 ounces

Mustard for dipping, any style

Other condiments as desired such as cheese sauce, sour cream, chili, chives, bacon pieces or black olives.

Wash and dry potato. Rub with shortening or butter. With an apple corer or small knife, core out the potato center (end to end). Push hot dog through the center. Bake until potato is cooked through.

Larry Craig just held a press conference where he declared "I have never pushed a hot dog through a potato."

Thanks to Anwyn.

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NYC Councilman does not suffer Scandi fools.

Language warning.

How can you not love the look on his face right from the very first question, where he's certain he's talking to a moron?

Also enjoying the accent, especially the way he goes all high-pitched when he's swearing. Perfect form. I bet this guy has been getting 'Atta-boys' from his constituents all day.

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Nice ink, Rusty! And good job.

Great quote:

Asked why he does it, "Mr. Shackleford" said, "Because my wife won't let me go shoot them."

Establishment Blues: A reader who works on the Hill tips about the "Handbook for Republican Press Secretaries" distributed to staffers--

It has a section on blogs, and which ones you should make a point of staying in touch with on a regular basis.

You are listed at the top.

(granted it is alphabetical order..but still!)

Ace of Spades
Alarming News
The American Mind
Ankle Biting Pundits
Captains Quarters
Human Events
Fausta's Blog
Little Miss Attila
Malkin
Musclehead Revolution
Newsbusters
NOVA Townhall
Outside the Beltway
Reasoned Audacity
RedState
Save the GOP
Shop Floor
The Conservative Voice

And I can tell you that no one reads this section, apparently. The number of Congressmen's and Senators' staffers trying to boost their guys through sending me email press releases, etc., is pretty low.

Then again most of them are useless tax-lice and I wouldn't bother boosting them anyway.

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Doesn't TNR have the obligation to report something like this? And what would cause them to embargo their own interview?

Q: TNR also claimed that, "the Army has rejected our requests to speak to Beauchamp himself, on the grounds that it wants 'to protect his privacy.'" At the time those statements were made by TNR's editors on August 10, were they factually accurate? To your knowledge, have the editors of The New Republic spoken with Scott Thomas Beauchamp since August 10, and if so, when? Does Scott Beauchamp currently have the capability to speak to The New Republic if he so desires, and release all documentation relating to the investigation if he so desires?

A: The statements made by TNR on Aug. 10 about Beauchamp's availability were accurate- given the investigation's status, he was not authorized to conduct interviews with media outlets. However, as soon as the investigation concluded in mid-August, he was free to speak openly if he so desired. He rejected interview requests from Confederate Yankee and the Weekly Standard, but did in fact speak to TNR on the 7th of September, while Maj. John Cross conducted a separate interview with TNR roughly one week later.

Pvt. Beauchamp also canceled scheduled interviews with Newsweek and the Washington Post after speaking to TNR.

Why did the gregarious Beauchamp cancel scheduled interviews after speaking to TNR?

Why hasn't TNR mentioned anything at all about this?

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Hey Al, buddy! How about we jump in the jet and go out for some buffalo wings and a few 32-gallon drums of popcorn shrimp packed in cold lard?

It was the lard that sealed the deal.

In other news;

The UK just told Gore and his admirers in British schools that An Inconvenient Truth is a lot of bunkum and must be exposed as such if it is shown to schoolchildren.

Check out Nice Deb's blog and follow the linkage to Newsbusters. It's good. Real good.

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