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This is the old blog.This is the new blog.Try to keep up.

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In 3....2....1....

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Via Ask.com

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The reason I ask is, many local businesses, all the libraries, even my gym and (I fear) the local university are going to be closed tomorrow. Ostensibly due to some sort of pagan ritual that's due to occur, so I'm told. I don't know too much about it but apparently it involves people coming back from the dead, which makes me think that all those places are closed so their employees won't get

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A couple posts ago, I joked about asking for a cut of the stimulus bill. Well maybe I wasn't joking after all:"wireless and broadband deployment grant programs(including transfer of funds to Mister Pterodactyl for the Mister Pterodactyl Personal Economic Stimulus Program) For necessary and unnecessary expenses related to the Wireless and Broadband Deployment Grant Programs established by

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"RACINE — Mayor Gary Becker has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to attempted sexual assault of a child and having child pornography, according to a state agency."And yes, it did occur to me to suggest a new round of Name That Party, but that would just be mean.[Update: I think I should point out that at the time that article was published, I did not in fact know what party Becker

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Seriously. As long as everybody else is, I mean. It's not just the banks anymore, or the automakers. Even newspapers and, ahem, other publications are trying to get their piece. That Larry Flint, what a kidder.And I wouldn't need anywhere what they're asking, either. No five billion. Not even one billion. In fact, thirty or forty grand would probably do it. [Okay, in the spirit of the

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Seems like West Point never has a very good team. They can take heart, though, they're too busy learning to kill bad guys. And they have the coolest uniforms in all of football.

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Yesterday Vodkapundit linked to this Steyn piece, calling it the Best. Fisking. Ever. Seems kinda long and triumph-y to earn that title; essentially Steyn debunks a couple guys who are stretching the truth and/or being deliberately obtuse in order to criticize something he wrote. Nothing special, really. But that's just me. But you never know what's going to catch your eye. Here's Steyn

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Mostly because I don't know who he is. Still, completely awesome.found here.

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Did I mention that I went to the game today? My first-ever trip to Lambeau Field, believe it or not. It's a lot of fun, especially when the home team plays like they did today. Only 55 penalty yards!Aside to somebody-who-knows-who-he-is: my game went a lot better than your game. Though I didn't think to bring a camera.Couple notes. First, memo to Colin Cole, you have to be in the game to hit

Dactylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336928396871701120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073758.post-64196099818097311122008-11-10T20:00:00.003-06:002008-11-10T20:39:05.646-06:00

I never did do a follow-up post on the election. Long story short, my guy came in fourth. The polls showed big leads for Obama and while I suspected they were exaggerating, no way they were exaggerating that much. So if I can't help McCain maybe it'd be nice to see the LP get a good turnout, at least.Yeah, right. The turnout didn't really turn out. When Ralph Nader gets twice as many votes

Dactylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336928396871701120noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073758.post-6800237978033603032008-11-03T23:20:00.002-06:002008-11-03T23:24:34.017-06:00

Been awful quiet around here lately. Four years ago, it was kinda more lively.Before I start: yes, I'm hitting the polls in the morning. The original plan was to vote Libertarian, unless it was close between McCain and Obama in which case I'd go McCain. As of this writing, it doesn't look close.There are two flaws with this strategy. First, what do I mean by close? A point or two from the

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As I write this, the Brewers are ahead 4-1 in the 9th (over the Fillies), and the Badgers are tied in a tough hardnosed game against OSU. But that's not important right now. What is important is that every Saturday night ABC has a football game, and the well-named Todd Blackledge is one of the commentators. And there's a halftime feature where he goes to some local color feeding hole to eat

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[NOTE: all quotes are approximate.]I didn't even try to liveblog this one. I did intend to watch, but...I missed the beginning. When I came in, the moderator was saying "well, neither of you really answered that question, but we'll be coming back to it throughout the evening." Chuckles all around. The next question: "who or what is to blame for the current economic crisis?"Palin blamed

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Your debate-liveblogging trifecta!Green: "McCain is telling a great story about Eisenhower. Telling it so well you might believe McCain was there with him. You might even think he was there. First health, now age. That’s a couple unforced errors already.....Speaking of unforced errors, Obama just mentioned “failed energy policies.” Like the Democratic ban on oil drilling that Democrats just

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Lately Instapundit has been using this software (netware? webware? Whatever, it's a friggin' website that'll make a poll for your blog). He's been posting, wait for it, polls.If you hit the view button you can see how everybody voted, and leave comments. Often there will be a comment to the effect: "This poll is biased because its all Instapundit readers."I have several thoughts on the concept

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Sarah Palin it is, then. I may have been wrong about that. Mister Pterodactyl: satisfaction guaranteed or your money back!Guess I won't be winning that Kindle after all. Dang.

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Joe Biden? Does anybody know whatever happened to Bill Richardson?

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From the brilliant early-90's cartoon, Animaniacs:

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No major disasters to speak of. The Water Cube and the Bird’s Nest are awesome (from the outside, anyway). I wonder what the Chinese are going to do with them after the games. [Marketing idea: Olympic action figure playsets!]Unlike some people, I always enjoy watching the Olympics.But there’s one thing that bugs me. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s not the pollution (wouldn’t want to offend

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End of first quarter. Aaron Rodgers looks pretty good. So does the rest of the team. I'd be more impressed, but the Bengals apparently think the game is two-hand touch.

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...it's a rock opera?Found at Ace (I only go there for the weird shit like this). Written by Joss Whedon, starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion. Enjoy.[Listed times do not include ads. Fullscreen version, for an enhanced viewing experience, can be found here.]Part 1 (13:48)Part 2 (13:07)Part 3 (15:29)

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Saints at Cards. ESPN. The commentators just announced a new record for one-day sales of a single player's game jersey. Guess whose?Jet Brett.A month or so ago, when the story got out that Favre had contacted the team about coming back, and he told reporters that it was 'just a rumor,' I thought sure, we're going to be hearing rumors like that for a long time. Probably well into the '08

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I loved this show in the 90s and I still love it now. I suppose I have the writers' strike to thank for it. The packaging is really cheesy, but the games look like a lot of fun.Tonight, one of the contestants (there's always two men and two women competing) was introduced as having a former Olympic-class swimmer for a mother, a former major-league baseball player for a father, and an uncle

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Mucho blog buzz lately about the Democratic National Convention's menu micromanagery. You've heard, right?"A 28-page contract requested by Denver organizers that caterers provide food in "at least three of the following five colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple and white." Garnishes could not be counted toward the colors. No fried foods would be allowed. Organic and locally grown foods were

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So says Darleen Click at Protein Wisdom. She's exercised over a WaPo article: "The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue the U.S. Naval Academy unless it abolishes its daily lunchtime prayer, saying that some midshipmen have felt pressured to participate." The article quotes one anonymous midshipman: "'It became very obvious that you aren’t participating.' [She] said she went along

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[If only because I haven't heard it anywhere else. Caveat Emptor.]Sarah Palin will not be the Republican VP nominee, okay? She won't. Maybe in '12 or '16 (depending on who wins in '08), but not now. She just had a baby in April. The baby has Down's Syndrome. She is not running for vice president this year.I know: fiscal conservative, strong anti-abortion bona fides, well-named husband,

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"Hey, $3.99 a gallon! I should fill up here...."

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He doesn't respond to emails. He doesn't respond to comments on his blog. What does he do? He mentions it in a short post at Badger Blog Alliance. Like anyone even reads that.Mentions what, you ask? Well...Every weekend I pick up a copy of the Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Mainly for the crossword and weekly TV listings, but the comics and opinion section are good too. Page 2 of the opinion

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New blog in my sidebar. It's been making me chuckle pretty consistently since I found it (I have no idea where that was), so its getting the Official Mister Pterodactyl Seal Of Approval. And when the owner sees me in his visitors list it'll give him great satisfaction to mutter "who the #$^&#$ is Mister Pterodactyl?"Sample post here.With sample caption: "Rex, do your impression of Vista! Good boy

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[Hint: it has something to do with the frequency of my posts.]I suppose I've just been distracted with the whole becoming-a-productive-member -of-society thing. Not that I haven't had post ideas. Here's a couple:-How Islam is like prostitution-What's right about Jeremiah Wright-What's wrong with the political class and how to fix it (just kidding about the second part)-Why we should ditch the UN

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Hey, don't worry where it came from, it's free!I wasn't too impressed with the plan to 'stimulate' the economy. Just another example of politicians trying to look like they're doing something. So I suppose if I were really going to stand on principle, I'd send it back.But then I'd have to decide which principle to stand on. Lower taxes? Or good fiscal policy? Can't have both. [Kantian ethics

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my office's NCAA pool, in case you were wondering. Haven't watched a game all year. There's the value of expertise for you. I'm the Al Gore of basketball. [Except for the being right part.]But that's not my point. Later today, North Carolina will play Louisville for a chance to go to the Final Four. [I've got NC.] Right now, North Carolina's women's team is playing Louisville's women's

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[My last post being about Favre's retirement and all..]Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons and friend to all who never had a date on Saturday night, has missed his final saving throw. He's now on his way to the big Gen Con in the sky, where the beer is always cold and the fireballs always roll sixes.I call dibs on his Sword of Wounding!

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[Yeah, I've been waiting for about three years to write this post.]I have two. I don't recall exactly what year they happened, but they were both pre-Super Bowl.Red zone: Robert Brooks runs a slant pattern. As he crosses the goal line he turns and raises his hands at the last possible second, just in time to catch the ball Favre had already thrown. After the game, when asked how he knew the ball

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In North Korea.

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He liveblogged the Democratic debate yesterday. Which is good, I guess, because then at least we know that somebody watched. Right? Anyway..."6:22pm: Meeting with the President is not a privilege to be earned, says Obama. Wonder what President O would think if I showed up on the White House lawn one morning, demanding a meeting?"He'd think, 'gee, my Secret Service guys are kicking the crap out of

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Next year, the pregame Superbowl hype cannot last longer than the Superbowl. Everybody got that?I wonder if anyone is liveblogging. I'm not.P.S. I'm not rooting for the Giants, so much as I'm rooting against the Pats. This logic will probably come into play again for the November election. Stay tuned.

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Okay, so recently I ranted about my disillusionment with the presidential primary process. Well this week I had reason to revisit the matter. Did I mention that Giuliani was my guy?The thing is, between South Carolina on Saturday and Florida on Tuesday, all I heard from the media was 'Rudy needs a big win in Florida,' 'Rudy's almost over,' 'Rudy's way behind,' et cetera. Giuliani's campaign

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Today Instapundit linked to Simberg's post on the Challenger anniversary.I hadn't realized that happened on this day, but I remember the day itself very well. January, 1987. Lance and I were high school seniors. Dad told us he would give us a ride to school so we could linger at home and watch the launch on TV. Sadly, the launch was delayed, so off to school we went.I didn't even think of it

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I'm really just posting this so I can save the link and watch it again. It reminds me of the Loony Tunes cartoon with Daffy Duck arguing with his animator.

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"Of course the whole 72 virgins scenario has become something of a comedy staple, with good reason. But it does have one serious problem. That is, the virgins are likely to be good wholesome Islamic virgins (because there won't be any infidel riffraff in heaven) so, presumably, they'll have brothers and cousins and uncles who are all determined to defend their honor by killing anyone who makes

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I mean this. Let it load, then wait a few seconds. Via Instapundit a couple days ago.

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Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. It wasn't bad. I predict around a dozen episodes before it jumps the shark.So what's the over/under on how many episodes before Arnold makes an appearance? If the writers had any brains, [er, ............] they'd set the show in California.

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refrain from observing that they "taste like chicken".I can't stop chuckling over that line. IMPORTANT: before looking, try to guess where the link goes, and what the topic is. It's fun!

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I'm not usually a cynical person [shaddap] but this interminable presidential campaign is really getting on my nerves. So as a palliative, here's a partial response to all the pundits, commentators, and bloggers who have been bloviating, predicting, speculating and analyzing Iowa to death.One: IOWA DOES NOT MEAN JACK SHIT. Who wins in Iowa doesn't (shouldn't) affect the outcome any more than who

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I was hoping it would be Driver. 61,366 and counting.

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Really? You're thinking. An email? You? Holy $^&#! Tell us quickly!Well OK. It came from packers-html2@list.packers.com. Which is curious since the Packers newsletter I get (available from the official website) comes from packers-html@list.packers.com. It did have a Packers.com banner at the top, and since ... well, just read the text:"Finally, someone is standing up for the fans!State

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You Are an AlienYou're so strange, people occasionally wonder if you're from another world.You don't try to be different, but you see most things from a very unique, very offbeat perspective.Brilliant to the point of genius, you definitely have some advanced intelligence going on.No matter what circles you travel in, you always feel like a stranger. And it's a feeling you've learned to like.Your

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Below, and above, quizzes found via Tink. Another occasional visitee. Maybe I should have a new sidebar category.And I tried to manipulate the politics quiz to come up Clinton or Edwards, but ran out of patience faster than it took to finish thi

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My George Bush Conspiracy Theory George W. Bush made Britney Spears lose custody of her kids so that Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, oil companies, the Jews, and white men could offend welfare recipients.Create your own at Buttafly.com

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Which 2008 candidate do you hate the most? The candidate you like least is Democrat Dennis Kucinich. He opposes Iran sanctions, opposes a troop surge for Iraq, is in favor of banning assault weapons -- this guy is your worst nightmare!Take the quiz at Buttafly.com

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I am still searching for the link, but some time ago (week or two) I saw an account of a John Edwards event at which a man said to him, "if people around here knew what was really going on there'd be a revolution overnight." At the time I read it and moved on. Just another one of that type of person who likes to whine about the government, right? But it stayed with me.So today it popped into my

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Brett Favre to Greg Jennings in the first quarter, touchdown. That's 421 and counting.The occasion was (apparently) so momentous that the officials paused the game for congratulations from the commissioner and a prerecorded message from Dan Marino. It was brief and classy and then everyone got back to work.[What nobody mentioned, though, was that technically Favre will break the record again*

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I stole it, after all, from this guy. I check in with his blog once in a while, and if I did more often I might have gotten this sooner.The Constitution is one week and 220 years old today. Therefore...I still know it by heart.

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"Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York announced her second attempt today at achieving universal [health care] coverage..."You know the problem with universal health care? I just don't see why my tax money should be going to some amorphous blob-person on Omicron Persei 8 (or wherever) every time it gets the Rigellian flu. I mean, I'm sure the OP 8-ians are perfectly nice people and all,

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Stephen Green liveblogged the latest Republican 'debate' [Latest unless there's been another in the last 24 hours. Has there been?] Here's a brief excerpt: "8:17pm Romney just promised to make 'the Bush tax cuts permanent.'"There's something that always bothered me about tax cuts, and I could never quite put my finger on why. I think I get it now. It's this: tax cuts can be "temporary" and "

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First baseman Prince Fielder has a Korean-script tattoo on his neck. It reads 'hwang-ja,' meaning 'prince.'Anybody know why? Not why the tattoo, just why Korean. I wonder if he knows himself.

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I found a new blog. Guess what it's about.Back in June they broke the US economy down (by GDP) into individual states, and compared the states to other countries. I thought it was pretty neat.The biggest, California, is about the size of France. The smallest, Wyoming, Uzbekistan. Others of note (to me) include Florida and South Korea, DC and New Zealand, and New Jersey and Russia. Make up

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If you're already dropping out after the Iowa straw poll, you can't have been very serious in the first place.

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Today Instapundit linked to Bob Owens who's discussing events in Iraq. Lots of good information about some very important action, but here's the bit that really caught my eye:"The 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division kicked off the operation 'with a quick-strike nighttime air assault earlier today,' the military said Tuesday.Ground troops joined the attack helicopters in

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[Who among us couldn't do with a little less outrage these days?]I read Don Surber occasionally. When I do, I agree with him more often than I don't, but he can definitely freak out. Take for example this post, entitled 'Marriage is Hate Speech?'Easier for you to go read it than for me to summarize but, short version: a couple Oakland city employees started a club and put up a flyer stating, in

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Lemme tell ya. Yesterday gas was x dollars per gallon. Today it was 20 cents cheaper. Guess which day I bought gas.

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Today, while again hawking that dangerous book for boys (subtitle: they’re gonna do stupid s*** anyway), Instapundit quoted this article by Christina Hoff Summers:“Today's boys inhabit a danger-averse world where even old favorites like tag and dodge ball are under a cloud - Too competitive! Someone might get hurt! The National Parent Teacher Association recommends a cooperative alternative to

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A couple days ago Instapundit linked this, from Bill Quick: "What’s most interesting - and disgusting, and depressing, and disheartening - about reports like these is they demonstrate that the US government at the highest levels . . . knows that Iran is killing our soldiers, publicly admits it, and yet has done nothing effective to stop them from doing it."The big guy comments: “The Bush

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A college freshman, on his first day of class, is bewildered by the large campus. Lost, he stops someone on the street: “excuse me, can you tell me where Meadows Hall is at?” The man replies, “you realize its bad grammar to end a sentence with a preposition.” The freshman says “okay, can you tell me where Meadows Hall is at, asshole?”It has come to my attention that a large percentage of the

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[Standard Disclaimer: if you're coming to Mister Pterodactyl for expert foreign policy analysis, you probably shouldn't have sharp things.]Last week, President Bush named Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute as the new ‘war czar’ for Iraq and Afghanistan. Except that he didn’t, really. I can't find a single citation of anyone within the government anywhere using that term. I wonder where it came from. I'm

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Attention all rally and/or demonstration enthusiasts: if your chosen location has a lot more auto traffic than foot traffic, please bear in mind that passersby will only have seconds to read your signs. Make 'em legible, people.Why do I bring it up? Truther demo on the corner near my workplace yesterday. Four guys, black and white signs; 'investigate 9-11,' 'it was an inside job,' that kind of

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You're on the Starship Enterprise, Next Gen version (or later). All your food comes from the replicator, a device that converts energy into matter. Replicators are apparently ubiquitous in human society; one could theoretically eat from them exclusively. No crops need to be grown, no herds tended (with the exception of old-style specialty restaurants like the Siskos' Cajun place). No

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I was going to watch it, but then I realized that the election is still EIGHTEEN MONTHS AWAY.My alarm is set for January. Then I’m hitting the snooze until February. Don’t bug me.

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I saw my first Hillary for President bumper sticker today. Aargh.

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Instapundit links to this Corner article recounting a Clinton aide's accusing Senator McCain of naming names to his Vietnamese captors. With all due respect to McCain, I suggest that the Big Guy has really missed the lede on this. To wit: "I never expected the Clintons or their allies to know much about Vietnam. But [it] is disappointing to see one of her spokespeople purposefully lie about

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Over at GJ's. Steve started it here and here. GJ himself weighs in with this. Then, I lose my cool. Don't miss the comments, there. Then, Lance gets involved. And I respond.Have at thee.

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Having abruptly changed careers, I am currently in a Chicago suburb for a couple weeks of company-sponsored training. And the hotel has free WiFi. Ya know I gotta blog about something.Of course the only thing I can think of right now is my mild dissatisfaction with my last post. [Steve says he left a comment, but I can't see it. Possibly some Blogger glitch, perhaps he'll try again.]Mainly,

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It's taken me days to write this post. Where to begin? First, let me make clear that there is no way I'm going to be able to convey the sheer level of vitriol and hatefulness in this woman. Just so you know.Second, let me also make clear that I don't always disagree with her positions. For example, she's right that DDT and nuclear power were the victims of junk science and a poorly informed

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And given how things went last year, I think this is appropriate.

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A lot of people are getting pretty worked up over it, aren't they?The principal objection from former Clinton officials seems to be the references to their repeated failures to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. At least that's what I'm seeing on the internet. So, does the movie end up claiming that eliminating OBL would have prevented 9-11? Because that doesn't follow.I won't be watching (it's

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Scrappleface cracks me up.

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The tools are repeatedly referring to the Israel/Hezbollah "ceasefire" due to occur at 0700 local time (midnight CST). They even have a countdown clock up. Well..."Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israeli troops would remain until the international force arrived, and would defend themselves if attacked.""Nasrallah said Hezbollah would abide by the cease-fire resolution but continue fighting as

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Believe it or not, I've been thinking about Israel a little bit lately. Maybe it's all the stuff over at Instapundit, while his guestbloggers are at play.There's a great deal of disagreement over who's winning and who's losing. See here, here, and here for the Israel-is-winning commentary; Hezbollah-on-top can be found here, here, and here (there's plenty more, but you get the point). That's a

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...about international events lately. Therefore allow me to present this little ray of sunshine."North Korean soldiers fired two bullets toward a South Korean guard post in the eastern part of the Demilitarized Zone, said Maj. Kim Tae-hoon of the Joint Chiefs of Staff office. South Korean soldiers immediately fired back six rounds, Kim said."No one was hurt, the incident is under investigation.

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Omni could use them. Go say hi.And if you scroll down a couple posts, she's got some for you too. And in case you're wondering, yes, I won the first time, and the second time, and ... oh, never mind.P. S. Not exactly what you'd call work safe, okay? She can explain.

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CNN just reported that Kofi Annan has blamed Israel for the deaths of two UN observers in Lebanon (two more are still unaccounted for). Annan stated that the attack on the post was "apparently deliberate."Needless to say, this pisses me off. On the other hand I'm not really surprised. The UN in general and Annan in particular have never been friends to Israel. This is just one

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"If a guy's whole thing in life is to kill himself and you get there first..."Dennis Miller can still crack me up. Found at RWDB, via Tim Blair. Enjoy, and if you're drinking something, hit pause. Really.

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Its the 2006 Mascot Hall-of-Fame induction, and Bucky's way ahead.

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Not to make light of more death. But, best case, this'll mean less death going forward. AQ-in-Iraq is leaderless and ineffective, maybe even scared. Worst case, they at least have to find a new faceman. Just don't give me that 'we're just making them mad' crap, please. They should be worried about making us mad.The only downside, This is probably the last missive from Zarky to Iowahawk.

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Lance has been reading science fiction magazines again. Go see his post so I don't have to rehash it for you. Seriously, because I'm not going to and this might not make sense if you don't.Lance brings up a point about Star Trek that's always bugged me too: they have free energy and the means to create whatever they want out of it. Why don't they all just relax? What's the point of all that

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Trying to get a youtube video in a post here. Repeated failures are exposing my woeful lack of design ability. Anybody able to help?

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Repressed much? "Google, the world’s most popular Internet search engine, has found in a survey that mostly Muslim states seek access to sex-related websites..." Six of the top ten porn-consuming nations are officially or predominantly Muslim. Of the remaining four, two have significant Muslim populations. Of the remaining two, neither is the USA. Which leads me to ask, what gives?

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I forgot, I meant to comment on the sentencing of dipshit terrorist Moussaoui (sp?). Short version, I don't care. Slightly longer version, on the difference between life in prison and the death penalty: ask Jeffrey Dahmer.

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About ground-based light generators that could be used to knock out enemy satellites. The author had some objections about using the funds for such a warlike purpose. Naturally, I don't share them. I love stuff like this.Plus, think how handy they'll be when the insecto-robot alien invaders show up. It could be anytime.

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The Zig Ziglar motivational seminar came to Des Moines last Monday. There were an estimated 20,000 attendees, which was nice since construction on the highway recently resumed and the venue is right smack in the middle of downtown. There were nine speakers: three ‘motivational speakers,’ each a bigger waste of time than the last; three financial advisers, two of whom had some interesting things

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I knew it.I was pessimistic after Sherman got fired, but I’ve had second thoughts since. Favre has been quoted several times recently saying, in effect, that coming back would be risking another disappointing season. Well, I’ve been thinking about that, and it’s not that big a risk. First, injured players, notably Green and Walker, are returning. [Davenport doesn't appear on the depth chart;

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I am sorry to report that my desktop computer, age 6 1/2, has died an ugly death. I don't know what happened (although 6 1/2 is like 103 in computer years), but it came quickly and without warning. Last week at this time everything seemed OK. Sniff.Silver Lining Department: how am I blogging this, you ask? Somewhere near my apartment someone (several someones, it appears) has WiFi installed,

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But I guess I have to. This ran in the Des Moines Register last week: "Her family moved to Waterloo from the Mexican state of Michoacan when she was a young child. Her parents worked in a meatpacking plant. Growing up, she went to Waterloo schools. She earned good grades and ran track at West High School, where she graduated in 2005. She dreamed of going to college and becoming a doctor. She felt

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Over at GJ's house, Steve has taken the nerd test. The tally: Steve, 21. Lance, 15. Wendy (unidentified reader), 35. Mister Pterodactyl, 59. Losers. I recall in the early days of the internet I took another, much better nerd test. That one had questions like 'do you or have you ever owned a pair of Spock ears?' [Yes.] and 'have you ever, while approaching a red light, thought that were you

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Again via that guy, Michelle Malkin on NBC and Nascar. Commenter Jerry W, well, comments: "since most infield crowds are on the rowdy side, this would be a logical area for Dateline to film people's reaction to Arabic-looking fans."I can't help but note that 'infield' is an anagram of 'infidel.' Coincidence?

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