Off of Fox. Probably preliminary, etc.

Speaking of lab-work: The FBI hasn't gotten around to providing the details of that "new science" they say proves Bruce Ivins was the Anthrax Mailer, have they?

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That last part -- the "exit tax" -- is particularly egregious.

That's where these people always wind up. They want to raise taxes to the skies. When confronted with the reality that if they do that, people will flee, they always respond, "Then we won't let them leave."

I've heard this before, several times. Usually I've heard in in the context of sky-high city tax rates and subsequent tax-flight to the suburbs. Their response? "We should have the power to tax suburbs, too, to make sure people can't escape."

But don't question their patriotism. Stalin was very patriotic, you know.

Thanks to CJ.

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Interesting.

In a bombshell announcement in the world of sports journalism, star columnist Jay Mariotti has abruptly resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Mariotti told CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker that he decided to quit after covering the Olympics in Beijing because newspapers are in serious trouble, and he did not want to go down with the ship.

"It's been a tremendous experience, but I'm going to be honest with you, the profession is dying,'' Mariotti said. "I don't think either paper [Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune] is going to survive.

"To showcase your work ... you need a stellar website and if a newspaper doesn't have that, you can't be stuck in the 20th century with your old newspaper.''

Some bitchy don't-let-the-door-hit-ya-where-the-good-Lord-split-ya from the spurned paper then follows.

Hissy Fit? JeffB. says it's bullshit, citing Deadspin.

Details are beginning to trickle in on Jay Mariotti's sudden resignation from the Land of Newsprint, and it's pretty much what you would expect: Jay quitting in a hissy fit over a perceived slight. According to two reliable sources, Mariotti, just back from Beijing, wanted to write a column on Barack Obama. But it wasn't Jay's turn to write — it was Rick Telander's — and Telander also wanted to write on Obama. And we know how Mariotti feels about Rick. Sun-Times says no, Jay, wait your turn.

So he had a hissy fit and quit.

Eh, well, either way: The story proves the media sucks.

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She lied to me. She said she would "never" stop fighting for me and my blue-collar, gun-humpin', Christ-clingin', stranger-hatin' ways.

I guess August 27th is "never," huh?

She looks so happy she could shit a chainsaw.

And now Nancy Pelosi wants to know if there's a second. Cheers!

The "Ayes" carry.

It.

Is.

Finished.

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I don't know. I can't watch it.

Wonkette and Rachel Sklar and someone else thought it would be cute to do a convention vidcast-cum-slumber-party. I don't know if they're deliberately saying "like" and "totally" for effect or if it's the way they talk.

As with most of Wonkette's shenanigans, I don't know whether to praise it as crude but clever self-promotion or just trying to get attention for being a chick.

Here's a snippet.

Below is the full thing.

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Two words: Hy. Sterical.

Hmmmm... I have always said Hillary would divorce Bill in the third year of her presidential term (right after the midterm elections).

Well, she's not going to be president. But she still might file for divorce.

In Hillary's litany of being a "proud American, proud Democrat, proud mother," she failed to mention "proud wife."

I guess "proud beard" doesn't have the same ring.

Un-Flame War Thread! AnnonymousDrivel gives me an idea -- why don't we all reverse the Flame War thing, and praise our fellow readers effusively in the manner of Keith Olbermann "critically analyzing" a speech by a Democrat?

You guys? I don't see how you could be better. I really don't. You're like Michael Jordan arcing a three pointer as the clock winds down. Like Tiger Woods draining a 40 footer from a sandtrap. Like that chick I met on the internet and then fingered for a while.

Spot-on perfect. I just don't know what to say, Chris. I really don't. I'm at an absolute loss for words, but strangely, they keep coming.

In the words of Tina Turner: Simply the Best. Simply. The. Best.

And in the words of Ike Turner: Baby, you know I love you. I love you so much sometimes I get all choked-up inside. And "fisty."

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Well, Breitbart.tv, at east. It was on the "B-Cast" on Breitbart.tv twice today, I'm told. (The vidcast it was on will be posted later tonight.)

Thanks to Dan Collins at Protein Wisdom.

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Or would he?

Why is there a faux Air Force One in Denver?

No, He Won't: Geraghty reports the faux Air Force One was brought there independently for an exhibit about "The Presidential Experience." Or something.

So Obama won't be boarding it.

I'm guessing, though, he might just stroll by to check it out... and get his photograph taken staring heroically off into the distance (three quarters profile, eyes 35 degrees above the horizon) while standing in front of it.

Thanks to Allah for tipping me about that.

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What, no love for "An American Prayer"?

He'll be backed by a "full Gospel choir." As if that needed to be said.

Sheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder will also play. They'll almost certainly join in the Obama Song of Devotion.

Here's that "song" again (which, um, won an Emmy, shockingly enough), in case you've forgotten: more...

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Note there was no trespass (which itself would have been a ticky-tack charge under the circumstances) as he was out on a public street snapping pictures of fatcat lobbyists as they left the secret conclave.

Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.
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Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown's Palace Hotel.
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Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.

A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.

Eslocker was put in handcuffs and loaded in the back of a police van which headed for a nearby police station.

First rule of Fatcat Lobbyist Club: You don't take pictures of Fatcat Lobbyist Club.

Through Instapundit, who notes "...and they were right!"

Thanks to CJ.

So let's sum up the rules:

1) Hard-left anarchist protesters can ignore police orders to disperse and stop blocking traffic without fear of arrest.

2) Pot-smoking DNC delegates are allowed to use illegal drugs publicly without fear of arrest.

3) Reporters are not, however, permitted to stand in pubic streets and take pictures of well-heeled power-brokers whose presence would prove an embarrassment to The One.

Do I have that all right?

The fusion of political power with police power is so.... I was going to say "scary," but I guess the right words are hopeful, progressive, and a wonderful harbinger of the Hope and Change that's on its way.

Related: Fred Baron, 15th level Paladin for the Cause of Poor Families Who Just Need a Helpin' Hand, is at the DNC, of course, and he's trying to avoid cameras and reporters. Ducked out from an ABC reporter who tried to ask questions.

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