It just seems lame. Is it because I can't take her seriously?

I'm too young to recall the Johnson ad (shut up), which I've heard ran just one time, but hey, in 64 you could cover the nation in 3 networks. Was it more powerful?

I think Mondale ran one like this against Gary Hart too, before he imploded. I was busy that year.

The Johnson ad, which most of us have seen: more...

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I'm not really linking any Japanese robot porn, although I'm sure there's some out there.

I'm. Sure.

Some of you are buried in Winter. Others of you are blessed like me (until July). I sense a disturbance in the Force, as if dozens stubbed their toes and cried out as one.

Pussies. Suck it up. Do the pain dance.

Topically, Clinton, Obamarama, close in Texas!

I'll do my part.

Ok, I won't. I'll be out of town on Tuesday. But I'm calling people tonight, yes sir.

Good news! Amy crackhouse Winehouse cleared of witness tampering charges!

That new clothing line will sell like hotcakes!!

(I never understood that analogy and you're all booger-eaters)

UPDATE: ok, ok.

you people are so needy more...

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The best damn thing I've seen all month.

Via Stop the ACLU.

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I report. You decide.

Comment of the Day #1, from the aforementioned Eric Thomas Bradley in my thread about the Paulbot attacking Hillary Clinton.

It makes me laugh that some of you people are so ordinary in your outlook that you think "holding a steady job" is some kind of virtue. Being told what to do your entire life is the definition of slavery. I've hardly ever worked, have accumulated a good deal of wealth, lived in eight countries and visited 76, and have never inherited one cent from anyone. It is only the un-courageous who hide behind their jobs to have some sort of identity. I feel sorry for all the people who have no idead how to live.

Eric Thomas Bradley

Comment of the Day #2, posed as a follow-up in that thread by Toby928.

I find your lifestory intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter

Hmm. Have I been misguided in thinking that there is something admirable about holding a steady job? Is this the protestant work ethic blinding me to the joys of leading the life of a wandering minstrel? Is Toby928 correct in wanting to know more about how he too can also experience the blessed freedoms provided by this exemplar of a devil-may-care life of international experience galore that lesser mortals dare but to dream of acheiving? Or is Toby928 more correct in his assertion, via snark, that Eric Thomas Bradley just might be an insufferable douche?

I might have to flip a coin. What do y'all think?

Oh yeah. And who the hell is Eric Thomas Bradley, anyway?

Posted by: Jack M. at 02:51 PM | Comments (72)
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Objecting to SS's use of their photos.

Not sure what we can do about this.

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Tony Stark? Fuck you.

After completing two tours in Iraq, Sgt. Wayne Leyde won $1 million from a scratch-and-win lotto ticket on Tuesday.

Now that he's won, Leyde, a 26-year-old member of the Washington National Guard, says he's still going to volunteer to go back to Iraq for a third tour and won't spend any of the money in the meantime.

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Leyde couldn't believe it when he scratched a winning ticket, but he still plans to return to Iraq.

"It was a commitment I made about three months ago. I'm going to stick to it," Leyde said about his decision.

Now that's a motivated individual.

Not really related, except that it's swiped from Drudge -- here's that area-denial pain ray in action against the real enemy, a 60 Minutes reporter.

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Everyone else please skip this post and pretend you never saw it. Seriously. There are some things you don't need to know. more...

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Just buzz and speculation, but pretty sweet. Someone got croaked. Just maybe not the Big Z.

Pakistani and US intelligence are attempting to sort out the names of the al Qaeda and Taliban operatives killed in yesterday's airstrike in Azam Warzak, South Waziristan. Initial reports indicated Arabs and fighters from Central Asia were killed in the operation. One report indicates an "al Qaeda fugitive from Egypt" was among those killed, sparking rumors that Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of the strike.

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While the identities of those killed in the latest strike in South Waziristan are still being sorted out, the nationality of some of those killed is known. Anywhere from eight to 13 al Qaeda and Taliban were reported killed in the strike. Dawn reported four Arabs, two Turkmen, and two Pakistanis from Punjab province were killed. Local Taliban cordoned the area and immediately buried the bodies, which were said to have been badly burned and mutilated.

The presence of Arab al Qaeda operatives in Azam Warzak has led to speculation that a senior al Qaeda figure may have been killed. "An al Qaeda fugitive from Egypt" was reported to have been among those killed, The Nation reported. This has raised the hopes that Ayman al Zawahiri, the Egyptian-borne second in command of al Qaeda was among present during the strike.

But several senior Egyptian members of al Qaeda are known to operate in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Geraghty notes the political angle:

[A] key part of both Hillary and Obama's playbooks is endlessly moaning, "we've forgotten the real war, we're losing the war in Afghanistan, we've been distracted from al-Qaeda." Democrats looked silly when they claimed the Iraq buildup was distracting from fighting al-Qaeda, just as the U.S. and Pakistan captured Khalid Sheik Mohammed.

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There's a lot of buzz that he may have been killed in that airstrike that took out senior AQ members, and Rusty's sources say that's the word -- and his sources are good, but they in turn rely on sources of dubious validity.

Exclusive footage of what could be this nasty fat fuck getting it below. Macabre content warning. more...

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Saw this last night. Video link courtesy of Allah, who's got good thoughts about the choice of casting Downey.

Bear in mind... [ace]: this is of course an anti-war themed movie. The comic book itself was anti-war. Stark became an alcoholic, didn't he, over his guilt for providing armaments for Vietnam?

But it just may be the most awesomest anti-war movie ever. Certainly it's more awesome than Lions for Lambs.

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