Nice catch by Confederate Yankee.

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Katherine Heigl is number 1 and AoS HQ favorite Scarlett Johansson finishes at number 6.

Conspicuous by her absence from the top 99 is Kate Mara. My guess is Jack M. will spend this year working to correct what can only be described as an injustice.

I have no idea who Bar Refaeli is but I am pretty sure that she’s very underrated at number 20.

Now I know the ladies will complain that there’s nothing for them in this post and I am sorry about that. Perhaps if you write Gabriel Malor he’ll put up some celebrity beefcake for you. Given how often he posts that stuff, he seems to have a pretty large collection of it.

UPDATE: It's the story of my life...I fell for the wrong woman. As a couple of commenters point out Refaeli is an Israeli citizen who worked a scam to get out of her military obligations.

In an effort to atone for this egregious choice, I point you to some truly hot and substantive women from Israel.

Posted by: DrewM. at 09:20 AM | Comments (46)
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Katherine Heigl is number 1 and AoS HQ favorite Scarlett Johansson finishes at number 6.

Conspicuous by her absence from the top 99 is Kate Mara. My guess is Jack M. will spend this year working to correct what can only be described as an injustice.

I have no idea who Bar Refaeli is but I am pretty sure that sheÂ’s very underrated at number 20.

Now I know the ladies will complain that thereÂ’s nothing for them in this post and I am sorry about that. Perhaps if you write Gabriel Malor heÂ’ll put up some celebrity beefcake for you. Given how often he posts that stuff, he seems to have a pretty large collection of it.

UPDATE: It's the story of my life...I fell for the wrong woman. As a couple of commenters point out Refaeli is an Israeli citizen who worked a scam to get out of her military obligations.

In an effort to atone for this egregious choice, I point you to some truly hot and substantive women from Israel.

Posted by: DrewM at 09:20 AM | Comments (46)
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In case you missed it, Bill Quick has a long and detailed post about why he will not be voting for John McCain. His "List of Infamy" includes things like this summer's amnesty legislation, the Patient's Bill of Rights, and McCain's class warfare. A taste:

The second type [of pushback to Quick's McCain criticism] is that for which this post is written: Here is an example from a commenter named Scott Martin:

IÂ’m still confused about the intensity of the hatred towards McCain. I know he has bucked the conservative movement on a few occasions but the level of animosity is amazing.

I donÂ’t ipso facto ascribe this sort of response to wilful stupidity or robotic submission to a political party, but I do ascribe it to ignorance. And the cure for ignorance is facts. If you can read the following and still vote for John McCain, fine. But donÂ’t consider that you are doing yourself, your country, or your party any favors.

If you're on the fence about voting for McCain tomorrow, take a look at the list and ask yourself if you're okay with the things on it. There are 10 items in all. Ace is quoted at the very bottom.

h/t Instapundit. I see now that this is also linked in the sidebar. Good show, mystery coblogger.

UPDATE (Jack M.): Actually, the quote at the bottom of Quick's article came from me, not Ace. Quick was probably thrown off by the fact the quote contained no references to Sena or Mara.

HAH! [Gabe]: Jack, that makes Quick's observation of "the inimitable Ace" even more funny. "Inimitable" means "defying imitation; matchless." Whoops!

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 07:48 AM | Comments (146)
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Welcome to the first full day of the New England Patriots' eternal shame.

Here's the signature play of one of the biggest upsets in sports history.

There have been a lot of great catches but this one will stand out forever. I mean, come on, the dude caught the ball with his helmet.

Update: Heh. What might have been.

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I have a feeling we are going to be seeing a lot of Ms. Mara around the HQ in the coming days.

And I, for one, welcome our new sexy, sexy, overlord.

Posted by: Jack M. at 07:13 PM | Comments (64)
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Are Brady and the Pats going to be able to pull off 19-0, or will Manning and the Giants surprise?

Have at it, folks.

A little eye candy below the fold.

Update - And...it's over. The Patriots deserved to lose, and they did.

Heck of an upset by the Giants. Their defense won this game.

Well, that, or Belichick's ego. 4 and 13 and he goes for the touchdown instead of the field goal?

Bet he regrets that one about now. more...

Posted by: Slublog at 02:37 PM | Comments (143)
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First, after reading this mornings entries it has become apparent to me that y'all are a bunch of homos.

Second, it's SUPER BOWL FREAKIN' SUNDAY and y'all are yammering on about sea-horses and menstruation cycles and shit. Butch up, nancy-boys.

Third, because it is topically relevant, I give you Super Bowl Cheesecake in the beautiful form of Miss Kate Mara. Ace and Allah know her from her star turn in Brokeback Mountain. I, on the other hand, know her from her incredible performance as Samantha Owens in the horror classic Urban Legend: Bloody Mary. To each their own, I suppose. There really is no accounting for taste.

Why is this relevant to the Super Bowl? I asked, wikipedia answers:

Mara's family owns the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers; she is the great-granddaughter of Giants founder Tim Mara, the granddaughter of late Giants owner Wellington Mara on her father's side, as well as the great-granddaughter of Steelers founder Art Rooney on her mother's side.[9] Mara's uncle is John Mara, the president and CEO of the Giants, and her father is the vice president of player evaluation. Mara attended almost every Giants home game while growing up. On Sundays, after attending church, her family would head directly to the games. When asked who she roots for when the Giants play the Steelers she replied, "that question is not allowed. I can't answer."[9] Mara missed the Steelers' winning Super Bowl in 2006 because she was working in Los Angeles. Mara was so disappointed, she added to her contract that if the Giants or Steelers go to the Super Bowl, she can attend. She attended almost every game of the 2007 Giants season, leading up to the team's appearance in Super Bowl XLII.[17]

I know who I'm rooting for today. Go Giants!

Oh, and Levy? Treacher? Gutfeld? I know you come by here occasionally. You could do a lot worse than booking this babe on your show. Really. Just an idea. Food for thought. A suggestion is all I'm saying.

Posted by: Jack M. at 11:52 AM | Comments (43)
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If you really are serious about sitting out the Presidential election if McCain gets the nomination, that is one thing. But consider the down ticket consequences if you don't even show up. Senate, Congressional and other key races may be impacted.

One example comes from Minnesota, where this poll now has Al Franken leading Norm Coleman. Now, the poll oversampled Democrats, where 52% of those sampled were Dems, but this should be a wake up call.

Senator. Al. Fucking. Franken.

Think about that the next time you say you'll be golfing in Election Day.

Posted by: Open Blog at 09:34 AM | Comments (124)
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Welcome news, if it's true. Out of 1,185 likely voters, Romney beats McCain 37% to 34%. It's within the margin of error. Huckabee gets 12%.

Pollster John Zogby: “The Mac Attack appears ready to launch on Super Tuesday. McCain’s leads are commanding, except for in California where Romney leads in Southern California and among women, investors, and voters over 50. Romney holds a double digit lead there among conservatives and leads 56%-18% among very conservative voters. Romney also leads among white voters and among those who say that the war on terror and immigration are top issues.

California is not a winner-take-all state, which means that both candidates will be hanging around past Super Tuesday. It isn't make-or-break for either. Huckabee, on the other hand, is running out of money and will have to realize sooner or later that no miracle is going to save his campaign. The only issue for him is actually admitting that maybe God doesn't want him to be President [heh] and satisfying his greedy little ego.

If we manage to snatch victory from the claws of John McCain, I know one of those groups I highlighted is going to start demanding thank you notes and flowers and "What are you thinking about?" and SHUT UP, woman! But I'll be eternally grateful and forever attentive to their every need if only we can avert disaster. I promise.

The Inevitable Force of Self-interest Update: I've noticed a tendency over the past two weeks for some very prominent conservative bloggers to start giving John McCain a pass on his most important faults. Earlier in the primary season, and for much of the past seven years, McCain was criticized for everything from his temper to his compromised issues. I'm not going to name names, but as McCain was deemed to be in the lead over the last weeks, that criticism has been dropped in favor of studious courtesy.

That polite forbearance is frustrating to see because it represents a decision to chose access to a McCain presidency rather than engage in vigorous and truthful debate about his behavior and policies. These folks run their blogs like businesses and they know that John McCain holds a grudge. They want to keep their access to McCain's media people and things like the candidate's blogger conference calls. These bloggers are also responding to the idea that if McCain has a lot of supporters, some fraction of them will be blog readers. Traffic equals money and there's more traffic in supporting the leading candidate than in opposing him. So they think, anyway.

The same thing happened the first week of January with Mike Huckabee. I turned on the computer in the morning to discover a blogger I once had respected was praising him and recycling the misleading and untruthful statements that can be found on Huckabee's website. I might as well have been reading the New York Times for all the attention that was paid to Huckabee's liberal domestic policies, his foreign-policy confusion, or his repulsive attacks on Mitt Romney.

Ace, you better get with the program if you want any more invites to the White House. Dontcha know McCain is inevitable? At least, that's what I read on conservative blogs this morning.

Oh, yeah: And what the hell is going on around here? Seahorses? There are no pain pills on this earth capable of blunting the psychic pain that LauraW, Russ, and Dave have caused me. Peanutbutter is not a drug...er, or something. More nuts than Planters, etc.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 08:34 AM | Comments (29)
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