Welcome all morons and moronettes. I guess tonight's theme is medical stuff - it just sort of worked out that way.

So You Want To Live Longer?
Well who doesn't. Instapundit has been posting articles for years on improved longevity, but it gets confusing after a while. So I'm going to boil down current research to a simple recipe that even morons can follow. And there's nothing simpler than just taking some pills especially when they're all available cheaply at Costco and other places. So here it is:

Take resveratrol, fish oil, vitamin D, and aspirin daily.

Posted by: Open Blog at 06:06 PM | Comments (543)
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Unbelievable.

-Federal prosecutors said Monday that they won't seek the death penalty in the criminal case against Ahmed Ghailani, the first detainee from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in the U.S.

In a letter filed Monday, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan said they had been directed by U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. not to seek the death penalty against Ghailani...

Posted by: Ace at 04:41 PM | Comments (187)
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Narrow margin.

We've long known one of the brothers who founded ACORN embezzled a million from the organization. They covered that up, and the other brother (secretly) promised to pay it back out of his own pocket. Which he, um, didn't.

Or at least we thought we knew that.

Turns out it might have been $5 million. So the secret embezzlement was a double-secret embezzlement.

Bertha Lewis calls the charge "completely false," and I'm sure that puts your minds at rest.

She also says you're a racist for even asking whether or not 1 or 5 million dollars was embezzled from a charitable organization, and that crime then covered up, and no authorities (like the IRS) informed.

Posted by: Ace at 03:47 PM | Comments (69)
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From Chilleur.

By the way, Glenn Beck did a funny bit on this. If anyone comes across the clip, please send it or link it in the thread. more...

Posted by: Ace at 02:11 PM | Comments (198)
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It's hard to imagine that this isn't a none-too-subtle shot at the media's and liberals' psycho-sexual obsession with Captain Wonderful.

ABC comedy is again in trouble over taste after a new TV show featured star host John Safran acting out a sex scene to an image of US President Barack Obama.

'John Safran's Race Relations' shows the skit involving the presenter simulating a sex scene to an image of US President Barack Obama.

The segment in the first episode of the show depicts Safran masturbating to President Obama inside a Palestinian sperm bank, and also encourages a Palestinian film crew member to do the same inside an Israeli sperm bank.

Via William Amos' twitter feed, which pretty much always has good bits on it.

Unrelated Bonus: Balloting in the Iowahawk Art Grant Steel Cage Death Match continues.

The two contenders seem to both be Morons -- US Citizen's "Racist Pixel," a Rothko-like minimalist composition (Exhibition Number One), and Yvette's "Obama in Repose," a mixed media piece of stuffed unicorn, skittles, and douche (Exhibition Number Seventy-Five).

Posted by: Ace at 01:28 PM | Comments (185)
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And previous polls showed Christie barely ahead -- not enough to be comfortable about.

Not sure what we can do about it except donate. And of course for NJ voters -- make sure you are registered and make sure you vote for Christie.

Posted by: Ace at 12:52 PM | Comments (90)
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In a chance meeting.

There's a picture that seems to establish the meeting occurred. As for the rest -- not sure. Hard to claim it's the smoking gun when only one person heard the remark and there is no recording.

Thanks to gg.

Posted by: Ace at 12:19 PM | Comments (91)
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The Swiss have concluded for some crazy reason that Roman Polanski might just skip out on bail if they grant it to him.

Bonus: He might then be in this jail cell for a month or more awaiting US extradition, and then facing jail time here.

Regarding the other fossilized satyr: Having now issued two apologies and getting a standing ovation for showing such courage on television, former comic turned reality TV show star David Letterman decides he can really ride this ratings pony into next month's sweeps.

Mention Sarah Palin again, apologizing to her? Sure, why not. Can't get a 8 share if you're only talking to liberals. Gotta rope those Palin fans in to.

Posted by: Ace at 12:03 PM | Comments (67)
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It's difficult to say she "assumes" this, because she's utterly stupid and it's questionable she's thought this through.

Still, let me assume for one moment she is not diagnosably retarded and can follow her own implications.

She wants to consider (that means, she wants to impose) a Value Added Tax to every good or service sold in America. However, she claims this will not increase the prices of goods.

How can she make such a claim?

Watch the reasoning:

"I would say, Put everything on the table and subject it to the scrutiny that it deserves," Pelosi told Rose when asked if the VAT has any appeal to her.

The VAT is a tax on manufacturers at each stage of production on the amount of value an additional producer adds to a product.

Pelosi argued that the VAT would level the playing field between U.S. and foreign manufacturers, the latter of which do not have pension and healthcare costs included in the price of their goods because their governments provide those services, financed by similar taxes.

"They get a tax off of that and they use that money to pay the healthcare for their own workers," Pelosi said, using the example of auto manufacturers. "So their cars coming into our country don't have a healthcare component cost.

"Somewhere along the way, a value-added tax plays into this. Of course, we want to take down the healthcare cost, that's one part of it," the Speaker added. "But in the scheme of things, I think it's fair look at a value- added tax as well."

Got that? American products currently include in their cost the cost of providing health insurance for the workers making the products.

This puts them at a competitive disadvantage with foreign products, she asserts, where health insurance is provided by the government and thus not included in the price of a product.

So: If we merely impose a Value Added Tax on everything, we can use that money to pay for health insurance for everyone, and companies will not have to pay for health insurance. It will be provided by the government, paid for through the VAT.

Assumption not-well-hidden in that: All US companies will stop paying for employee insurance and instead let the government provide it.

That assumption is needed for her claim. For, if any company continues providing health insurance, their prices will go up -- as they are paying double for health insurance, once directly for their own employees, twice indirectly to cover everyone else through the VAT -- and thus would be a competitive disadvantage against all other US companies (and foreign companies) relying on government-provided insurance, and not paying for insurance out of their own pockets.

Pelosi assumes, then, that all US companies will drop private employee coverage like a bad habit and let everyone go on the government system, rather than bankrupting themselves to pay double health care costs.

And she's right in that assumption.

But then: Whatever shall we make of Barack Obama's oft-repeated claim, "Let me be clear: If you have insurance, you get to keep your insurance"?

Thanks to Andrew's Dad.

Posted by: Ace at 11:17 AM | Comments (130)
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Actually we already had those wines; we call them "white wines."

But seriously: Vinos for homos.

This wine (one of three) inspired by famous gay icon... um, Hadrian.

And Hadrian ordered that one thousand marble statues be built in his name.

Not that weÂ’re trying to become the next Cesar, but we do share his admiration of beauty, pleasure, and love.

...

Look at the label, well-wrought, controlled, voluptuousÂ…colossal.

Pour yourself a draught of liquid sensation; one that makes you stand up and notice each and every time you raise a glass to your lips.

When you try it, shut your eyes and imagine that you are licking rivulets of syrup from his body.

Open your eyes and savor the memory.

This is one of the potent sensual metaphors suggested by this unique wine. Or at least the one we enjoyed and hope to share with you.

A label that's well-wrought, controlled, and... colossal? Gee, I wonder what they're getting at.

Subtle.

Thanks for sharing your dick-wine with me, dude.

It... does have a familiar wang to it, doesn't it? The bouquet is flirty, with subtle notes of chocolate, peat, and jock-strap.

And, while we're doing dirty stuff: (Minor Content Warning) The boob scarf, a scarf which has boobies at its ends.

That last bit courtesy of Demure Thoughts.

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