Happy Monday.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 05:55 AM | Comments (60)
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Honestly, I hate how the Left goes ape-shit every time a Republican voter or supporter (not a politician) does something stupid or illegal. As if the fact that the individual is a Republican somehow has relevance to their stupid or illegal act. And as if other Republicans should feel guilty or responsible for criminal idiots hiding among us. Lefty bloggers and MSNBC are frequent abusers of this strategy and justify it by squawking "hypocrisy" as if two wrongs make a right.

So, with the note that I believe her far left views and apparently tiresome support for President Obama did nothing to cause her crazy or compel her crimes:

Meanwhile, in an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education, Anderson said he was searching for the “trigger” to his wife’s breakdown, and that he wondered whether an e-mail message - potentially in the form of a final tenure denial - might have upset her, because university higher-ups were known to send “nastygrams” on Fridays.

A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children - the youngest a third-grade boy - was a far-left political extremist who was “obsessed” with President Obama to the point of being off-putting.

The article also quotes an anonymous "classmate" of Bishop's slain brother, Seth, who describes their childhood household as "anything but a home...a really dreary, dark place where there wasnÂ’t a lot of love." I'm skeptical that so many former classmates and friends appear to be coming out of the woodwork to say predictable things about Bishop and her family, particularly those claiming recollection of events 23 years ago.

Whatever. I'm sure Bishop's "dreary, dark" childhood will be compelling in the Lifetime movie.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 08:45 PM | Comments (219)
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Happy Valentines Day and holiday Saturday all.

More Dolph Lundren Awesomeness
Last week Dolph appeared on the Swedishdirty Scandi show Melodifestivalen and smashed some boards and ice, danced and sang an Elvis song and even did a drum solo.

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LauraW asked us if this is kinda unprecedented, a groundswell of former Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines seeking public office.

It's not, but it's been so long since we've seen it, it feels new.

Indiana's 9th congressional district, former Marine Todd Young.

Check out his "who's me" page. Marine Captain who hates irresponsible spending.

Ooorah. (corrected, also thanks to Krukke1 for the link)

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 04:32 PM | Comments (73)
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Can't be unintentional. Or can it? more...

Posted by: Ace at 02:54 PM | Comments (160)
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DUDE!

Amy Bishop and her husband, James Anderson, were questioned after a package containing two bombs was sent to the Newton home of Dr. Paul Rosenberg, a professor and doctor at Boston's Children's Hospital.

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Bishop surfaced as a suspect because she was allegedly concerned that she was going to receive a negative evaluation from Rosenberg on her doctorate work, the official said. The official said investigators believed she had a motive to target Rosenberg and were concerned that she had a history of violence, given that she had shot her brother to death in 1986.

Investigators conducted a search of the home where Bishop and Anderson were living and questioned the couple, the official said. Anderson was questioned about whether he had purchased any of the components used to make the bombs, the official said.

During a search of Bishop's computer, authorities found a draft of a novel that Bisthop was writing about a female scientist who had killed her brother and was hoping to make amends by hoping to become a great scientist, according to a person who was briefed on the investigation and spoke to the Globe on the condition of anonymity.

The US attorney's office in Boston did not seek any charges against Bishop or Anderson, and no one was ever charged with mailing the bombs to Rosenberg.

Crazee had a heckuva history.

Breaking: Reports are now emerging that Amy Bishop was seen on the grassy knoll. Rosie O'Donnell also called to say that Amy Bishop can melt steel.

(Too soon?)

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Luge, Nordic Combined, Biathlon and other crazy stuff you only see in the Winter Olympics.

Most important however is the Men's Hockey tournament which gets underway on Tuesday. In a never ending effort to get you football heads to appreciate the great game that is hockey, tmi3rd put together a look at the tournament (see below).

If you don't know much about hockey take a look at this classic Peter Puck video. If your of a certain age, it's probably how you learned about the game. Yes, it's dated (ignore the bit about 'two line passes', that's been dropped from the rules) but it's essentially the School House Rocks of hockey.

Here's tmi3rd's preview...

Greetings, fellow Morons. As a college hockey vet and now just interested hockey fan, itÂ’s nice to have the Olympics roll around every four years to have the rest of the country become distantly aware of a vastly-overlooked but great sport.

For those of you who donÂ’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line, Drew and I (your faithful hockey scribes) will cheerfully educate you with only the requisite amount of humiliation that the Moron Nation demands.

So letÂ’s get started. First of all, the Games are going to be in Vancouver- meaning that key matchups will be played in prime time, with a possible adjustment for the region (not unlike if youÂ’re a Lakers fan living on the East Coast or in the Midwest). The hockey games will take place at what is being called Canada Hockey Place (capacity 19,300, and formerly calledGM Place, home of your Vancouver Canucks) and at UBC Thunderbird Arena (capacity 6,800 on the campus of the University of British Columbia).

The NHL has its top players in these games. This may come to an end in 2014, but we’ll enjoy this one. Hockey doesn’t lend itself to the “Dream Team”-kind of setup like with basketball, because no one country dominates the sport. Even Canada- hockey’s home country- ended a massive drought of gold medals in Olympic competition in the Salt Lake games. Russia went through a very dry patch after the breakup of the Soviet Union and has only lately begun to reassert itself. And, of course, the United States are usually solid but not spectacular.

HereÂ’s a link to the complete hockey schedule.

There are twelve teams divided into three groups that play a round-robin format (3 games), and are then re-seeded 1-12 for elimination. Teams 1-4 will have a first-round bye, and they play single-elimination from there.

We mention this because the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) canÂ’t ever make up its mind how it wants to handle the tournament year to year. So we just roll our eyes and make do.

So letÂ’s break down some of the key teams by groups from here:
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The American Psychological Association has just come out with a new Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

...Symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo disorder include passiveness, dreaminess and sluggishness - traits that could easily be confused with laziness. [indeed, I fail to see any difference what so ever - PA]

With other potential new entries including sex addiction [can I get a prescription for hooker therapy?] and adult tantrums [in the vernacular, this is known as being an "asshole"] , there are concerns that the revised manual will trigger a boom-time for drug companies [really? ya think there's a buck or two to be made selling speed to lazy people?].

But the American Psychological Association, which compiles and updates the manual, says that the new disorders simply reflect changes in society and the way we live our lives.

People who whine constantly may be suffering from negativistic personality disorder, while those prone adult tantrums can take comfort in the diagnosis of intermittent explosive disorder...

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It's Valentine's Day and the Cheneys are ripping apart the Obama Administration. Could this morning have been any better?

First up, was Liz on Fox News Sunday:

"What you have is a situation where, unquestionably, we did go through a period in this nation's history where we dealt with terrorism as a law enforcement matter. And as Attorney General Mukasey has pointed out recently, when we prosecuted and successfully convicted people after the '93 World Trade Center bombing, after the East African bombing, what it got us was 9/11 and 3000 dead Americans.

"So the notion that while the Bush Administration did this, I find it perplexing as a political argument to hear that from this administration. I think they're confusing the facts and the law with respect to many of those terrorists, but it's not surprising because there is a level of incompetence that you're seeing from people like Brennan and others that scares the American people. So I'm not surprised they're trying to divert attention."

Gateway Pundit has video where she also smacks around Juan Williams.

Second, Dick Cheney was on ABC's This Week talking about the same thing, plus Afghanistan and Iraq. Cheney laughed outright at the Vice President's suggestion that Iraq would be one of Obama's "greatest achievements." He excoriated the Obama Administration for deciding to Mirandize the Christmas Day bomber.

When asked about DADT, Cheney stated:

"Twenty years ago, the military were strong advocates of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' when I was Secretary of Defense. I think things have changed significantly since then. I see that Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has indicated his belief that we ought to support a change in the policy. So I think, my guess is the policy will be changed.

"I think the society has moved on. I think it's partly a generational question. I say, I'm reluctant to second-guess the military in this regard, because they're the ones that have got to make the judgment about how these policies affect the military capability of our units. And that first requirement that you have to look at all the time is whether or not they're still capable of achieving their mission, and does the policy change--i.e., putting gays in the force--affect their ability to perform their mission? When the chiefs come forward and say, 'We think we can do it,' then it strikes me that it's -- it's time to reconsider the policy. And I think Admiral Mullen said that."

Incidentally, the results from the Military Times' annual DADT survey of active-duty troops have been released. There is a major methodology issue with this survey--it is drawn from info voluntarily offered by subscribers of the Military Times publications, rather than a random sample of active-duty troops. Until the DOD completes its year-long review, however, it is the only info we've got where active-duty soldiers, sailors, and marines are asked about Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Asking actual troops seems like an important first step to me.

51% of active duty service members opposed allowing gays to serve openly in the military. That's down from 63% in 2004. 30% favor allowing gays to serve openly, up from 24%. 20% were neutral or declined to answer, up from 11% in 2004.

Like Dick Cheney, a majority (55.7%)of respondents of the Military Times survey believed that military leaders should decide whether the policy should be changed or kept in place. Only 14.6% said that Congress should decide. 14.8% said it was the President's decision.

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Olympics, Daytona 500, A Rangers game and oh yeah that Valentine's Day thing.

Coming up later today, a look at the Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament.

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