Why does it seem to me that the Flintstones got there first?
Polling Iowa
The Perfect Christmas Gift
If your recipient is pissed off at Bush, an alienated secularist, a Ron Paul conservative, or a doubt-filled Christian, this might be the gift for you. Apologies for the self-promotion.
$2 Grand For A Whiff Of An Armpit
A new scientifically based, DNA-oriented dating service is launched in Boston. Smell your way to love. In most leather bars I’ve been to, the service is free.
The Des Moines Democratic Debate
Going Meta On The Writers’ Strike
I miss me my Jon Stewart. And the blogging on the strike has gotten weirder. God knows where this free association came from:
"… talks between the WGA and AMPTP have been suspended while the producers try to find some negotiators who aren’t taking large quantities of LSD and other club drugs. They might have to move the negotiation site because the producer’s team has already worn out the supply of teen aged hookers from both sexes on Sunset. They’re thinking maybe San Francisco would be a better site. The producers are foolish to think this. The hookers in San Francisco were unionized by Margo St. James back in the 70’s. They. Hate. Them. Some. Scabs."
Ooookaaaay. Moving right along, someone is ghost-writing the industry’s spokesmen:
While were not going to point fingers or assign blame, we do feel justified in saying that [the writers] are entirely at fault. The AMPTP has successfully concluded 306 major agreements with unions since its founding in 1982, and there has never been an incident like this. Except for that writers strike in 1985. And the directors strike in 1987. And that other writers strike in 1988. Aside from three isolated incidents, however, this strike is completely without precedent.
Hat tip: Badtux.
An African Renaissance?
Some optimists aren’t merely dreaming:
"The turnaround has been pretty stunning, and there’s something deeper going on than just a surge in oil and commodity prices," says Edward Miguel, an associate professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. "You’re seeing more responsible governments, more democracies, and better economic policies."
Hat tip: Henley.
The Money Moment
One of those split-second responses in which political authority is passed from one person to another
Malkin Award Nominee
"You know, the Gore-leone crime family is now the number one crime family in the world, when you think about it. He’s about to pull off the biggest scam in the history of the world. It’s bigger than any bank heist, bigger than any drug deal. It’s bigger than any counterfeiting scheme, and he’s doing it all nice and natural with a little help from the socialist perverts in Norway, who gave him a Nobel Prize. Why do I call them socialist perverts? Answer: because they are. By and large, 90 percent of the people on the Nobel Committee are into child pornography and molestation, according to the latest scientific studies," – conservative media darling, Michael Savage.
Is this the 2007 Malkin Award winner? Don’t Forget To Vote Here!
Ice-Free By 2013?
News from the Arctic Circle. Or as NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally puts it:
"The Arctic is often cited as the canary in the coal mine for climate warming. Now as a sign of climate warming, the canary has died. It is time to start getting out of the coal mines."
