Always cognizant that former AoSHQ regular and coblogger AndrewR. called the "Cool Facts about Dick Cheney" thread "better than sex," I look for possibilities of starting that madness up again.

I think we have a solid predicate here.

Natesnake suggests the idea, and offers three cool facts:

Hillary Fact: Hillary Clinton sleeps with a night light. Not because Hillary is affraid of the dark. The dark is affraid of Hillary.

Hillary Fact: You know who the Boogie Man looks for under his bed at night? Hillary.

Hillary Fact: Chuck Norris sleeps with a Hillary action figure.

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Well, duh, sheÂ’s too busy dodging sniper fire. Still she makes a point here. One that a lot of Republicans have been making as well.

"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."

Obama's lead in national polls has slipped since clips of the retired Rev. Jeremiah Wright began being played on national news programs. The uproar prompted Obama to give a wide-ranging speech on race in America a week ago. The Clinton campaign has refrained from getting involved in the controversy, but Clinton herself, responding to a question, denounced what she said was "hate speech."

"You know, I spoke out against Don Imus (who was fired from his radio and television shows after making racially insensitive remarks), saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any setting, and I believe that," Clinton said. "I just think you have to speak out against that. You certainly have to do that, if not explicitly, then implicitly by getting up and moving.

It is so on now.

Oh and why did she claim to be super action chick in Bosnia? She was tired and misspoke. Twice it turns out. Isn’t that what Kerry said about his, “I voted for it before I voted against it” gaffe in ’04?

I really am enjoying this year's Democratic primary season. It almost is enough to make me forget McCain is the Republican nominee.

h/t The Page and thanks to Slublog for the second Hillary/Bosnia Youtbue link.

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...for Operation: CHAOS. Oddly enough, the MSM didn't seem to mind when Democrats were doing this with McCain.

Nor were they upset with "Nader Trading," Nader and Gore voters agreeing that Naderites would vote for Gore in closely contested states in exchange for Gore supporters voting for Nader in guaranteed lock-Democrat states.

Suddenly Republicans get into the strategic/mischief voting game and it's a fucking high crime or misdemeanor.

What a shocker, huh?

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Like "they" "always" say.

You know -- "they." They say that. People from the Niagra Falls area. You woudn't know them.

Slublog did a couple of photoshops.

"This... is... CHAPPAQUA!!!"

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...and nearly gets hit by a plane.

As they always say, if it's too dangerous for the President, air-drop the First Lady.

(Caution: Contains an f-bomb, and I don't mean funk.)

(I mean fuck.)

(The word he says is "Fuck.")

(Fuck.)

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I so believe this. I don't even need the data. I'm sure this is true.

Actually, this basic "news" is pretty old, I think. There's a novel twist later though.

What makes us fall in love? Is it lust, mutual interests, shared life goals, or something much more intangible? Recent research suggests the latter.

Well, the irony here is that it's actually quite tangible in the sense that it's, you know, real. Love -- at least the erotic/romantic craziness we call love -- actually seems to be fairly real. You can, in principle, test for it. And see it in a chemical analysis.

Researchers have only recently discovered an olfactory nerve that they believe is the route through which pheromones are processed. Nerve “O,” as it is called, slipped under the radar for many years because it is so tiny. However, when the nerve was discovered in a whale, scientists surmised that this little nerve might be found in humans as well. And it was!

So what is the role of Nerve “O”? Nerve “O” has endings in the nasal cavity, but the fibers go directly to the sexual regions of the brain. Indeed, these endings entirely bypass the olfactory cortex! Hence we know the role of Nerve “O” is not to consciously smell, but to identify sexual cues from our potential partners.

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Research has also shown that these unconscious cues processed in Nerve “O” can make or break a relationship. Couples who have high levels of chemicals in common are more likely to encounter fertility issues, miscarriage and infidelity. The more dissimilar your and your partner’s chemical makeup, the better chance you will have at successfully procreating and staying together.

...

"However, if you are taking a hormonal contraceptive, you might be bucking an evolutionary tide. Women who are on the pill are more likely to be attracted to men with similar chemical makeup -- most likely because their bodies are fooling them into believing they are pregnant, and so much like actual pregnant women, their Nerve O leads them to kin and not mates."

Jim from PoliSat.com writes to ask how we, society I mean, would react if that were the case?

Eh, interesting question. I don't particularly like the question (yes, being a guy, I am pro-pill), but it does seem plausible.

At least as plausible as "If it's too dangerous for the President, send the First Lady."

Edit: Turns out that theory was right there in the article. I've quoted it. Thanks to someone.

Related: An old story I first saw on Hot Air but wasn't very interested in. Sort of maybe kinda-sorta fits here: strippers make more in tips during the fertile parts of their cycle.

Thanks to Liberrocky for the reminder.

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I wrote yesterday to poke fun at Obama's foreign policy ideas as described in this American Prospect piece. But this is a gift that keeps on giving.

For example, it's not unexpected when it comes to pronouncements from politicians--especially Democrats who always seem to "have a Plan" without being able to explain one--but the Obama Doctrine is a little short on details. We're told that he's "doing something braver with foreign policy than McGovern or Carter." (Heh.) But we're never told what that something is except that it rejects "the Iraq War mindset," whatever that is, and involves "dignity promotion."

"Dignity promotion" is code for "Obama's Global Charity Program." An explicit rejection of the idea that democracy is good as means and ends of foreign policy, dignity promotion is an attempt to transform our foreign policy into a global welfare and wellness program:

What's typically neglected in these arguments is the simple insight that democracy does not fill stomachs, alleviate malaria, or protect neighborhoods from marauding bands of militiamen. Democracy, in other words, is valuable to people insofar as it allows them first to meet their basic needs. It is much harder to provide that sense of dignity than to hold an election in Baghdad or Gaza and declare oneself shocked when illiberal forces triumph.

This type of thinking is the result of the far Left's deep misunderstanding and distrust of democracy; a lacuna that prevents them from even perceiving the plain truth: democracy does, in fact, do things like fill bellies, cure diseases, and lower crime. It just takes longer than the alternative, which is to impose order through tyranny. Democracy also comes with useful side-effects like higher standards of living, a smaller propensity to war, and--worst of all for Leftists--capitalism.

The vagueness of the Obama Doctrine is frustrating because, the protestations of Obama supporters notwithstanding, it sounds a lot like a combination of foreign policy realism, welfare, and a self-actualization seminar:

"Dignity is a way to unite a lot of different strands [of foreign-policy thinking]," [now ex-key Obama aide, Samantha Power,] says. "If you start with that, it explains why it's not enough to spend $3 billion on refugee camps in Darfur, because the way those people are living is not the way they want to live. It's not a human way to live. It's graceless -- an affront to your sense of dignity."

Unfortunately, that's all you get from her, which doesn't really tell us anything except that we should be spending money on refugee camps and also on making refugees feel like being chased out of their homes by bloodthirsty criminals is dignified. Somehow, I think that American attempts to play therapist for allies, enemies, and neutrals abroad will just make people angry. And Samantha Power of "Hillary is a monster" fame is unlikely to convince me otherwise.

And that's the central flaw in the Obama Doctrine. You expect me to believe that the fellow who continually lies about John McCain's position on Iraq, who refers to "typical" white persons, and who associates himself with a black nationalist racewarrior has something to teach the world about dignity?

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Exciting Cop Video

Thanks to skinbad over at Splitters, who notes that "sometimes the best tool for the job isn't carried in your pants."

Just Got An Email From Hillary Clinton [ace]: It reads, in full:

You're welcome.

You know, it's just like "they" "always" say: "If it's too dangerous for the President, send the First Lady." And her teenaged daughter, too, presumably.

This probably belongs in the Hillary thread below, but seriously: How the hell did we let that pass for a year? "They" "always" say "If it's too dangerous for the President, send the First Lady"?

What? Huh? Who said this, exactly?

I think Bill and Hillary came up with this on one of the four nights they spend together per year (probably for tax purposes) and were sitting there giggling their faces off over the line. "Oh that's great baby, the public will eat that up! It's got that... ring of borderline plausibility we're always aiming for!"

Good Lord.

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His scandal turns out to be real. And so the US Military promptly corrects it, based on his report.

Maybe because he really went to the location instead of relying on stringers to phone in tips. Which then get "verified" by... talking to other stringers on the phone.

Huh.

Now there's one of them newfangled, bleeding edge ideas that the MSM should look into. I realize it's controversial and paradigm-shifting, but what the hell. Give it a shot. Actually go to the places you're reporting on.

It's so crazy it just might work!

The Original Report: Here.

Huh. I guess I should have thought of that myself.

Thanks to someone & Robert for that.

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Complete bullshit here from CBS about Hillary.

There was sniper fire in the surrounding hills. (Source: A Hillary Clinton press aide.)

Case closed. Hillary told the truth, and all the dishonest hacks and hate-filled liars and Caesarist bootlickerssaying otherwise can go hang.

I'm so tired of Faux News and all the rest of the phoney-baloney conservative hate-outlets pushing this kind of extremist rightwing propaganda on the auto-lobomized cathode-cretins sensible real patriots of this country.

PS Vote for Hillary. I just got this email:

She knows how to make the tough decisions. Trust me, when she makes up her mind, a deadly calm comes over her, but her eyes get as brightly narrow as a cobra's. And then -- darkness, silence.

If only I knew then what I know now.

That's from foster_vincent, whoever that is.

Her Story's Still Changing: But so what, Right Wing Haters? It's just getting better, more truthful, and more filled with pulse-pounding action-adventure and executive experience with each retelling.

I happen to believe in progressivism-- and the idea that a story might progress and become even more perfect as it evolves.

You... do believe in progress and evolution, don't you?

Thanks to PatR., another Right Wing Hate Machine Propagandist who probably fucks baby-heads (Strong Sarah Silverman Psycho Bitch Content Warning).

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