Shameless Thieving Fucking Cockbites
— LauraW

I can't even...I...I....O [NYQT9-ARV #569RUY JKF

Thanks to Intellectual Redneck. I think.

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Half Baked: Obama's Half Brother in Kenya Arrested for Marijuana Possession
— Ace

The AP adds helpfully:

George Obama and the president had the same father but barely know each other.

An Obama cap and a joint? This must be a first.

More here.

And yes, it took a few searches to confirm this, but he is the half-brother who lives in poverty while The One is is palling around with terrorists fashionable people in Hyde Park:

Despite his humble background, he was angered by magazine reports last year that he was living in poverty on less than a dollar a day.

I hate yelling conspiracy at the drop of a hat but Google really seems to have never heard of this guy before. Searches for all the stories about George Obama living in squalor disclose nothing. This reference was only found because it's part of an article on the pot bust.

Thanks to CJ.

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The Most Savage Football Hit I've Ever Seen
— Ace

Or, not. Possibly a passel of kittens riding a Roomba.

more...

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Heh.
— LauraW

Mweh-heh-heh-heh.

Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead."

Other messages:

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Awesome! Republican Senator Judd Gregg "Leading Candidate" To Be Named Commerce Secretary
— DrewM

Looks like Democrats are going to get their 60 Senate seats after all. If Gregg is named and confirmed, the Democratic Governor of New Hampshire will fill the seat. Add in Al Franken at some point and the RINOs won't even be getting some nominal payoff for braking ranks on filibusters.

So instead of a safe seat in 2010 (Gregg won reelection in '04 with 66% of the vote, while Kerry carried the state), Republicans will have to field a challenger against an appointed incumbent.

Did I mention how Awesome that is?

In fairness it will be tough to beat up Gregg too much. It would be hard to say no for partisan reasons to any President when they say they need and want you to serve. Still, it sucks for Republicans.

Adding to the fun...not only does it hurt Republicans in the Senate, it makes Obama look all the more bipartisan especially in light of Republicans saying no to the so-called "stimulus" bill. Well played Mr. President. Well played.

*I changed the headline from 'Likely' to 'Leading Candidate' to reflect what the story says. I'm not sure there's much difference but, like Obama retaking the oath, I did it out of an abundance of caution.

Posted by: DrewM at 08:15 AM | Comments (95)
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Polls Close Quietly in Iraq
— Dave in Texas

No major outbreaks of violence reported in provincial elections.

I wonder why Jimmy Carter wasn't observing these?

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Iran Knows A Carter When They See One
— LauraW

From the top line on Drudge this morning:

US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday.
"This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought and the system of domination have failed," Gholam Hossein Elham was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.

"Weakness is provocative."
-Ronald Reagan

Great. Now a whole new generation of young Americans can watch shitty little tyrants kick America around the schoolyard.

Just super, Obama. Nice job.

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Roll your own plague of locusts
— Purple Avenger

Ordinary friendly grasshopper + serotonin == ravenous locust.

...Knowing what causes this swift metamorphosis may help governments and farmers develop methods to control future locust outbreaks with chemicals that would suppress the offending serotonin...

Or if you're a Doctor Evil type, trigger the transformation on demand to wreak havoc on your hapless victims. more...

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Overnight Open Thread. Still more Stimulus Package (genghis)
— Open Blog

Not sure if anyone posted this earlier in the week, but NROÂ’s Media Blog covered this interview on Tuesday between PBSÂ’ Chuckles Rose and ABCÂ’s Jake Tapper. From NROÂ’s Tim Graham in the setup to his post:

”ABC White House reporter Jake Tapper described Obama’s first full day as president on the PBS talk show hosted by Charlie Rose on the evening of January 21. The real eyebrow-raising passage came when Rose asked Tapper about the relationship between Team Obama and the press, and Tapper described many of his press colleagues on their knees":

Followed by an excerpt from the interview (quoting Tapper):

”I would say for a lot of my colleagues, it's perhaps an unrequited love between them and the president. He’s — you know, he’s a cool customer. You know, I think that there are some of us that, you know, maybe try to report on our feet a little bit more than on our knees and he doesn`t necessarily know what to make of us all the time. You know, he eyes us warily.”

IÂ’ll bet. I know some guys down in Orange County, CA who could probably work this story up into some sort of video. Sure, theyÂ’re not major film producers, and they work out of warehouses and rental storage spaces, but theyÂ’ve done some truly magnificent work in the past. Who cares if they have no Oscars festooning their garage-like spacesÂ…they do this for the love of the craft, you see.

(hat tip to “Jubal Anderson Early,” who singlehandedly drove back the Spartan hordes at the Battle of Waterloo in 1066 A.D.)

Now that youÂ’ve finished off your broccoli, I think you deserve a little dessert. Make sure you brush your teeth before heading off to your bunk. (Probably not quite safe for work, but anyone who objects is someone you really donÂ’t want to work for/with anyway)

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Whopsie! Daschle's Tax Problems Are More Extensive Than First Thought
— DrewM

Looks like Daschle has a bigger problem than not paying taxes on the gift of a car and driver.

He didn't report consulting income and claimed charitable contributions that didn't qualify. All in all he had to pony up an extra $140,000 in payments and interest.

Team of Rivals

Photoshop [ace]: Driving Miss Daschle, by notropis.

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