tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35963312012-01-11T10:39:35.606-06:00GeekPol's evil twinThoughts from inner spaceDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-41840716140507269552008-02-20T11:12:00.000-06:002008-02-20T11:13:47.544-06:00Owch!Quote from John Cole:At this point, is it fair to ask Cindy McCain what parts of her adult life she remembers?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-71409466232781734522008-01-30T22:06:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:10:23.058-06:00Well, it wasn't the same dayBill Clinton spoke at SIU-Edwardsville today.Ron Jeremy spoke at SIUE yesterday.Some pundit will be a smartass about that.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-22372393577978872822008-01-30T14:33:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:05:04.204-06:00The question for this Edwards supporter is, "Now what?"Edwards has "suspended his campaign," as he says. It makes me sad.Life however has to go on without him being President. The question is how? Who should I support instead, given that there's no way in hell I go anywhere else. Personally, I already voted for Edwards in my primary, and that can't be changed. So who?Barack Obama is a rather easyDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-12489755057776985482007-10-10T01:01:00.000-05:002007-10-10T01:09:26.831-05:00Righteous AngerThat would be over the conservatives personally attacking a 12-year-old for daring to speak against the policies of Big Daddy Bush.The NYWTimes sums it up. And when I say "sums it up", I mean that they actually obtained the opinions of the traitor to American values Michelle Malkin without mentioning that her stalking of the Frost family.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-87721690197725963282007-08-29T11:37:00.000-05:002007-08-29T11:39:35.902-05:00Shorter George W. BushSpeech before the American Legion convention, Reno, NV, August 28, 2007Wolf, wolf!Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-38437531181476691432007-08-21T23:01:00.000-05:002007-08-21T23:09:46.875-05:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergPopping the left's Internet bubbleThe conservatives will be back on top of the internet that Al Gore invented, hyuk hyuk.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-75762997104717088852007-08-21T22:57:00.001-05:002007-08-21T22:58:47.409-05:00Your occasional videoFinland pop chick slash forklift operator.Hey... I like it.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-51048848346776296412007-08-21T22:34:00.000-05:002007-08-21T22:46:01.771-05:00Let's quote myself, shall we...That would refer to the contraceptive, Plan B. The usual understanding is that it irritates the uterine lining, reducing the chances for implantation of a ball of cells. Turns out that this is wrong. It actually delays ovulation, which means there is no ball of cells to implant. And in an ironic twist, the research that determines that Plan B does not in fact reduceDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-48615903211763524992007-08-21T22:15:00.000-05:002007-08-21T22:26:30.084-05:00A two-fer for the Gucci LoaferMr. Too-Lazy-To-Say-He's-Campaigning is attacking Rudy Giuliani on his not-really-a-campaign-yet-so-stop-saying-that blog. Really tenuous connection, too. Apparently an activist judge (read: someone who doesn't adhere to the conservative position) in Brooklyn made a ruling on suing gun manufacturers similar to a ruling he had made while Giuliani was mayor, and this Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-89079540736910492122007-08-20T23:02:00.000-05:002007-08-20T23:06:17.832-05:00Fun from IowaMarc Ambinder finds Fox reporting that the Gucci Loafer wore, well, Gucci loafers at the Iowa State Fair. However, many commenters say that Fox couldn't even get that right - they're really Ferragamos.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-78102870327419165312007-08-20T22:53:00.000-05:002007-08-20T22:54:42.325-05:00They write lettersLane Hudson files an FEC complaint against the Gucci Loafer.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-77364480643963889862007-08-20T22:45:00.000-05:002007-08-20T22:51:05.576-05:00Michael Vick and his plea dealNoted NFL foam duck Michael Vick has finally decided that all the people rolling over to testify against him weren't going to help him any, so he'll plead out. This got me thinking, how conflicted are conservative positions about this case?On the one hand, the conservative position on animals is that man should be able to use and treat animals any way he wants to, Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-51915316285365273792007-08-20T20:48:00.000-05:002007-08-20T21:46:24.565-05:00EXCLUSIVE! MUST CREDIT DR. SQUID!!!11!!1!eleventy!Way back in the old days when I was a chemistry major in college, I had to fulfill a social studies requirement for my B.S. (yeah I know the jokes. Ha ha.) degree, which I did by taking a sophomore level U.S. Congress course. One of the books the professor used was Showdown At Gucci Gulch by Alan Murray and Jeffrey Birnbaum to show how things Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-91584190828258129382007-08-05T11:36:00.000-05:002007-08-05T11:40:26.109-05:00Shorter David BroderA Polarized, and Polarizing, CongressWhy can't the Democrats just improve their standing by doing what Bush wants all of the time instead of some of the time?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-11709659656041043532007-07-17T08:02:00.000-05:002007-07-17T08:07:59.705-05:00Shorter Jonah Jacob Jingleheimer GoldbergMy president's better than yoursOh yeah? Well, w... Woodrow Wilson! And Bill Clinton! So there! You, y... Fascists!Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-42042711935307976592007-07-11T08:30:00.000-05:002007-07-11T08:33:57.740-05:00Shorter Jonah Jacob Jingleheimer GoldbergLive Earth: Dead on ArrivalAl Gore makes everyone near him boring.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-14572018207838804852007-07-03T08:11:00.000-05:002007-07-03T08:17:15.697-05:00Now this?I have on my blogroll the Rittenhouse Review. It's there mostly as a way to keep up with goings-on in the old home town from a different perspective. It hadn't been updated much lately because of Jim Capozzola's ill health (as opposed to my laziness).Sadly, Jim Capozzola has passed away. May his beloved English bulldog Mildred live on.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-59395579545915892682007-06-29T20:56:00.000-05:002007-06-29T20:58:48.640-05:00Your Occasional VideoWhat's cheesier than choreography in a video? Vampire choreography in a video.SadNo, you haf been varned.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-63746038094301191782007-06-19T12:09:00.000-05:002007-06-19T12:13:09.868-05:00Shorter Richard CohenThe Runaway Train That Hit Scooter LibbyMembers of official Washington should be above prosecution.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-44357258248676233072007-06-07T08:51:00.000-05:002007-06-07T08:54:19.999-05:00Shorter Character Witnesses for Scooter LibbyAs witnessed by AtriosSid Blumenthal...Herb TarlekScooter Libby is a hard worker, a loyal husband,and all-around fine person.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-37302236193081672622007-05-30T10:19:00.000-05:002007-05-30T10:20:02.127-05:00Lying by ConservativesIt's not a bug; it's a feature.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-52207040700438524922007-05-23T21:18:00.000-05:002007-05-23T21:19:26.298-05:00Your occasional videoRammstein. With heffalumps.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-40548599813434971322007-05-15T14:16:00.000-05:002007-05-15T14:17:18.877-05:00FalwellLarry Flynt outlived him.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-80273650418876153572007-04-26T21:25:00.000-05:002007-04-26T21:28:41.091-05:00Son of Armchair FBI ProfilersThis one near Chicago. Disorderly conduct for writing something that made a teacher cry.This is America, right?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-8002150495866859492007-04-26T11:02:00.000-05:002007-04-26T11:04:42.115-05:00Aiding the enemy?The colonel in charge of Abu Ghraib has been charged with aiding the enemy, as well as getting freaky with a detainee's daughter.Still no arrest of Dick Cheney.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-38941541468471104152007-04-25T15:04:00.000-05:002007-04-25T15:06:33.740-05:00Close to what I've always wanted"Right wing" has now become a dirty phrase.That's a good start. Now if we could only get the same treatment for "conservative".Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-36410304386445438922007-04-23T19:29:00.000-05:002007-04-23T19:33:18.755-05:00That was quickTo quote myself:We're going to have to get ready for another round of Zero Tolerance for freaky expression,Well, the news had just hit when this happened.That's right. An honor student from a place with lots of gun violence drew a picture depicting gun violence. Therefore, he's a danger to himself.Makes me want to reach for a whiskey.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-65912498318828684792007-04-22T16:48:00.000-05:002007-04-23T06:59:54.615-05:00Shorter Michael ChertoffMake No Mistake: This Is WarDon't blame us. We're only reacting to the rhetoric of the bad guys when we got in Iraq.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1977683119391557612007-04-17T16:41:00.000-05:002007-04-17T17:06:18.093-05:00Things that suckWe're going to have to get ready for another round of Zero Tolerance for freaky expression, where everyone gets to play amateur FBI profiler and tattle on their classmates. Because that just went so well the last time.More: I suppose this would be just another lesson.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-71607481429215613212007-04-17T08:38:00.000-05:002007-04-17T08:48:25.550-05:00FrustratedWell, the idea of a white guy celebrating Hitler's birthday was just wrong. Instead we have a sexually frustrated male who might have just gotten dumped by his girlfriend.And now I will say this, as rudely as possible.MEN, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO HER SNIZZ!!!Nature says that it's her choice. Not yours. If she rejects you, move on already.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-40416281597233733922007-04-16T12:46:00.000-05:002007-04-16T12:50:24.977-05:00Shooting in BlacksburgEarly reports saying at least 20 dead, including the shooter.Given the week, coinciding with the Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine, and Hitler's birthday, here's to speculating that the shooter was a conservative white boy with an outsized entitlement complex.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-28732534826371883802007-03-20T13:39:00.000-05:002007-03-20T13:42:44.507-05:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergBetraying their base -- the Democrats can do it tooSome advice for the Democrats - stop with the oversight already and get to passing legislation that my guy will veto.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-22466557897017954172007-03-19T15:25:00.000-05:002007-03-19T15:29:14.752-05:00For those so in love with 300This is for all the nutjobs like Victor Davis Rippling Abdominals Hanson who put the Spartans on such a high pedestal...The Spartans believed that the love of an older, accomplished aristocrat for an adolescent boy was essential to his formation as a free citizen.Moral relativize that.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1173289699978213892007-03-07T11:26:00.000-06:002007-03-07T11:49:26.373-06:00Firing the US AttorneysThe rather large-scale termination of federal prosecutors has largely been attributed to political reasons. (Well, duh.) Odd political reasons, since the original prosecutors are Bush appointees replace by more Bush appointees. But the case of David Iglesias is a really good illustrator of those political reasons.What do we learn? Iglesias was a model for the Tom Cruise Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1173288103994545582007-03-07T11:19:00.000-06:002007-03-07T11:21:44.013-06:00Shorter Max BootAlarm over Iran helps BushThe overblown talk about attacking Iran makes Bush's sure-handed diplomacy even better.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1172190668122630152007-02-22T18:29:00.000-06:002007-02-22T18:31:08.140-06:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergTortured "24" politicsCan you believe that liberals believe that sex is less immoral than torture? I don't get it.B^3 has an even better one.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1172078612276285502007-02-21T11:20:00.000-06:002007-02-22T11:02:43.726-06:00Shorter Max BootIs Iraq Turning into Yugoslavia?Invasion? What invasion? Oh, that invasion. Let's send more.More: B^3 says Max has missed das Boot.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1171759141948693432007-02-17T18:36:00.000-06:002007-02-17T18:39:01.970-06:00A YouTube War?TBogg doesn't know it yet, but he apprears to have fired the first shot. This simply cannot stand.I'll see Shakira's ass, and raise one Mariah doing Def Leppard.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1171572881938111202007-02-15T14:52:00.000-06:002007-02-15T14:54:41.956-06:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergMaybe a Democrat should winIf a Democrat is elected to clean up Bush's Iraq, which is going great, we'll have them right where we want them.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1171437055398056432007-02-14T01:01:00.000-06:002007-02-14T01:15:33.876-06:00More DonohueThe definition of wingnut welfare is a $300K/year job to go on the teevee and whine about how your group is so mistreated. Even when that group is the most powerful institution of the past 2000 years. Which of course brings us to the holder of said "job", Bill Donohue.For someone who goes on and on about how ridiculing priests that molest children is anti-Catholic, I'd like to make itDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1171435760216712972007-02-14T00:26:00.000-06:002007-02-14T00:59:27.026-06:00That awful Cape Verde storyHaven't gotten around much lately, but I haven't much seen the Cape Verde stoning incident discussed much in the left blogosphere. Not that there's much to discuss - two women stoned to death and a third surviving is a pretty awful story. Details apparently indicate that one of the dead women dated one of her attackers some time in the past, and the killings were Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1170969676983131992007-02-08T15:10:00.000-06:002007-02-08T15:21:17.006-06:00Did I mention how conservatives view America?Conservatives, once again, show that they simply are not worthy of being called American. When given the choice between supporting conservatives and the nation, they choose conservatives every time. Witness noted conservative William Donahue, of the conservative Catholic League, in response to John Edwards actually having a sack and not firing Amanda Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1170252061435616502007-01-31T07:59:00.000-06:002007-01-31T08:01:43.373-06:00More YouTube WarNot cheese, but crushing. Since the theme is black guys on video... here's some God Forbid.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1170048678713848852007-01-28T23:25:00.000-06:002007-01-28T23:31:18.730-06:00Admit it, you know it was the first thing you thought ofMy first thought on reading this graf in the Sydney Morning Herald? (via TPM and Jack Balkin)The US response says the idea of interfering with sunlight should be included in the summary for policymakers, the prominent chapter at the front of each panel report. It says: "Modifying solar radiance may be an important strategy if mitigation of Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1169904946483397652007-01-27T07:33:00.000-06:002007-01-27T07:36:26.550-06:00Another occasional videoFinland's Eläkeläiset playing "Ranttalihumppa", a humppa cover of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills."No need to understand a word of Finnish to get this.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1169050607581803942007-01-17T10:11:00.000-06:002007-01-17T23:46:31.056-06:00Shorter Max BootNo better ideaPlease please please let this surge work.UPDATE: Or maybe:You know, maybe hope is a plan.SON OF UPDATE: See Busy^3.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168968334068284112007-01-16T11:23:00.000-06:002007-01-16T11:25:34.100-06:00Funny, indeedNew Democratic Congressman from Appleton, WI to Karl Rove, "I kicked your ass."via WonketteDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168667260932332312007-01-12T23:46:00.000-06:002007-01-12T23:47:40.950-06:00Your occasional videoBudgie - "Breadfan"Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168533725269674612007-01-11T10:34:00.000-06:002007-01-11T10:42:05.293-06:00The irony is killing meA bit of ancient history... We all remember Ollie North. You know, conservative who helped his anti-Sandinista friends in Nicaragua by committing treason against America. Well, the head Sandinista, who was voted out of office 16 years ago, just got voted back in. And Ollie North unwittingly helped him.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168533146034731262007-01-11T10:27:00.000-06:002007-01-11T10:32:26.053-06:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergAt least Bush wants to winThe Democrats are too scared to say what they want for Iraq, even when they say what they want for Iraq.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168469421950182932007-01-10T16:49:00.000-06:002007-01-10T16:50:21.966-06:00O'Reilly v. ScarboroughCould somebody get Bill O'Reilly a banana?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168467446940372062007-01-10T16:04:00.000-06:002007-01-10T16:17:26.976-06:00Tucker Carlson about to eat itIt's everywhere now... Tucker Carlson, the conservative commentator drawing frightening amounts of wingnut welfare, has managed to get a video store employee fired for blogging about him after a rather close encounter with someone more orange than Tony Kornheiser who didn't happen to be wearing clown makeup. Since said blogger Chuckles is also an avid reader of ThreeDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1168273014866355452007-01-08T10:13:00.000-06:002007-01-08T10:16:54.886-06:00A question for the New York GiantsDo you paint schools, too?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1167925625874011642007-01-04T09:43:00.000-06:002007-01-04T09:47:05.893-06:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergIsolation, the right and wrongIt's so unfair, this reality-based bias against the perfect ideology of conservatism.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1167861214706543532007-01-03T15:49:00.000-06:002007-01-03T15:53:34.726-06:00Shorter Richard CohenFairness For LewinskyMonica's a good woman - I hope she finds a man before her uterus dries up.(h/t to watertiger)Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1167501976265506692006-12-30T12:04:00.000-06:002006-12-30T12:06:16.300-06:00Did someone say YouTube War?It's on.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1166108893673562072006-12-14T09:05:00.000-06:002006-12-14T15:29:33.280-06:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergIraq needs a Pinochet.Pardon me for bringing up the specter of commies in Iraq when no one else will.More: Digby and TBogg.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1165862935824648672006-12-11T12:46:00.000-06:002006-12-11T12:49:37.956-06:00Shorter Niall FergusonBaker-Hamilton's fine print: Stay in IraqShould Armageddon occur in the Middle East, we can now plausibly blame the Democrats and Arabs for not heeding the ISG's wise suggestions.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1165424744092328532006-12-06T10:59:00.000-06:002006-12-06T11:05:44.110-06:00The GOP platformIt can be summarized in a few quick sentences...1. GAAAH! Fags!2. GAAAH! Arabs!3. GAAAH! Meskins!4. GAAAH! Taxes!Now we've got a new one from Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Lazy).5. GAAAH! Work!Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1163017826927179932006-11-08T14:14:00.000-06:002006-11-08T14:30:26.946-06:00Google Bomb ResultsI would like to point out that of the 52 targets of the Google Bomb Project, 25 have lost. A few more (Vernon Buchanan, Robin Hayes) are on the upper end of sure recounts and another one (Reichert) is just about tied with 10,000 more absentee ballots to be counted, with possibly another recount.Baaa-WHOOSH!Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1163014842321520402006-11-08T13:30:00.000-06:002006-11-08T13:40:42.323-06:00Dems good for markets?The answer to that question: Yes, but there's something else at work.Kos put up a table of the annualized stock returns for all presidents since Truman. The conclusion that was made was that Dems average a better stock return than the GOP.Looking closer at that table, there are a couple of outliers, and they really stick out badly. Nixon and Bush the Lesser. The others from Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1163014238751551772006-11-08T13:29:00.000-06:002006-11-08T13:30:38.766-06:00DEMS WIN!!!1!!It's morning in America.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1162825631332356362006-11-06T09:04:00.000-06:002006-11-06T09:07:44.150-06:00Piccie of the DayGOP hack Brad Blakeman's face after getting torn a new one by Cliff Schecter.F'in' priceless.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1161726385262242832006-10-24T16:41:00.000-05:002006-10-24T16:46:25.300-05:00Pre-election Google BombAs I hear it, the GOP is whining. They're going to reveal the name of the person who thought this up.Hint: his name is Chris Bowers. B-O-W-E-R-S, for the really slow ones (conservatives) out there.Glad to help. Even if no one reads this sad little blog, Google still records it.--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl--AZ-01: Rick Renzi--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth--CA-04: John Doolittle--CA-11: RichardDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1161707013501368332006-10-24T11:09:00.000-05:002006-10-24T11:38:12.623-05:00Use It Or Lose ItChris Bowers at MyDD thought up the Use It or Lose It project, where safe and unopposed Dems are encouraged to transfer 30% of their cash on hand to the national party to help the people that need it.Now then, my congresscritter is Jerry Costello (D-unindicted coconspirator). He's sitting on over $1.5 million cash on hand, and he's unopposed. Sweet deal, eh? So, going over to hisDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1161268139187821152006-10-19T09:27:00.000-05:002006-10-19T09:28:59.206-05:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergIraq was a worthy mistakeJust because the antiwar types were right about the Iraq war being a mistake doesn't mean they're right about the Iraq war.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1161105594350923072006-10-17T12:18:00.000-05:002006-10-17T12:19:54.353-05:00Shorter Sanford LevinsonOur Broken ConstitutionTyranny of the majority? Never heard of it.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1161104926936128952006-10-17T12:00:00.000-05:002006-10-17T12:08:46.970-05:00I swear I'm not making this upWith the Foley flap going on and former Massachusetts congressman Gerry Studds passing away last week, it brings to mind the first time I had heard of Studds. It was actually after his censure, and he had a primary against Peter Flynn, the sheriff of Plymouth County. Studds won handily against a fairly popular opponent. But what I remember was one of Flynn's taglinesDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1160576700316843022006-10-11T09:23:00.000-05:002006-10-11T09:25:00.316-05:00Shorter Max BootAmerica's Wilsonian InstinctAmerica has always been and will always be neoconservative, so you realists had better get used to the idea.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1160576119388129372006-10-11T09:13:00.000-05:002006-10-11T09:16:48.426-05:00Ha Ha Ha HaRemember Tom Noe, the GOP crook at the center of Coingate in Ohio? Well, jury selection for his trial starts today.Since Ohio is one of the GOP's firewall states, how much will the GOP try to bribe the judge with to delay proceedings until after the election? Or is it too late for them?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1160516704121240452006-10-10T16:42:00.000-05:002006-10-10T16:45:04.140-05:00Awww, isn't that cuteKatherine Harris teaches a 6-year old how to rig an election.So precious.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1160082114912799652006-10-05T16:00:00.000-05:002006-10-05T16:01:54.940-05:00Hysterically funny quote of the dayFrom Digby:On a side note, supposedly Tom Delay was calling around yesterday trying to find out if any of his staffers knew about Foley and they told him they didn't because they were too busy dealing with his scandals.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1160058386231468192006-10-05T09:18:00.000-05:002006-10-05T09:26:26.316-05:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergFoley Flap Highlights Dems' HypocrisyConservative hypocrites have principles. Also, in an effort by conservatives to be ahistorical, I'd like to correct the record as 'improved' by Jonah. Bob Livingston didn't resign because he wanted to show off his moral principles - he resigned because conservative moralists like Zach Wamp told Livingston that he had lost support from Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1159906346681358862006-10-03T15:05:00.000-05:002006-10-03T17:09:21.656-05:00Shorter Denny Hastert For you to question my handling of Mark Foley's thing for pages means that you hate America.MORE: Great minds think alike.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1159561963595272172006-09-29T15:30:00.000-05:002006-09-29T15:32:43.626-05:00Video of the WeekThe Iggles are playing the Packers on Monday Night. So for everyone watching the game, here's 4th and 26.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1159479243552203762006-09-28T16:14:00.000-05:002006-09-28T16:53:31.876-05:00Snatching defeat from the jaws of victoryJosh Marshall has an excellent point about what was in the NIE (pdf) that was actually released...The upshot of the report, as I read it, is that over the last five years we've actually done a pretty good job at disrupting and dismantling al Qaida. (That includes everything from eliminating their safe haven in Afghanistan, to making it harder for them to Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1159471995302168822006-09-28T14:28:00.000-05:002006-09-28T14:33:15.320-05:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergTerrorists Excuse du JourUnnamed leftists being wrong about Afghanistan in 2002 proves that conservatives are right about Iraq now.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1159279496446428182006-09-26T09:03:00.000-05:002006-09-26T09:04:56.466-05:00Shorter Andrew KlavanClinton Doth Protest Too MuchClinton is so bad! He is! He is! He is!Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1158951116993706342006-09-22T13:41:00.000-05:002006-09-22T13:51:57.023-05:00Bush defenders sink to a new level of idiocyTony Snow says that the president is just so special because he's the only one given the oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.Well, him and every federal elected official, employee, and inductee into the armed services. And everyone that's been naturalized swears it as well.So basically, the resposibility is with every dang citizen in Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1158902412707915432006-09-22T00:07:00.000-05:002006-09-22T00:20:12.736-05:00FactCheck will now do a show as Johnny BravoFactCheck.org and the Arizona Republic pull the Greg Brady Defense in arguing that Bill Hillsman's VoteVets ad is a lie.Here's the deal: George Allen, Rick Santorum, and other senators that only give lip service to the troops voted against a Mary Landrieu amendment that would have set aside $1b for updating protective equipment. To quote Media Matters..Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1158209500339807232006-09-13T23:50:00.000-05:002006-09-13T23:51:40.360-05:00Waiting in lineAmanda at Pandagon has figured out what conservatives really fear.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1158203515538100102006-09-13T22:08:00.000-05:002006-09-13T22:11:55.550-05:00Sad newsAnn Richards, great character and former Texas governor, died today.I once got a Texas map while she was still governor...its tagline was, "Texas is such a fun state, even the animals look like practical jokes." Followed by pictures of an armadillo and Ann Richards with that wide grin she always had.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1158155586671478422006-09-13T08:49:00.000-05:002006-09-13T08:53:06.696-05:00Shorter Max BootDemocracy, Our Best ProtectorThe conventional wisdom is that Bush blundered by trying to spread democracy at gunpoint. The reality is the opposite: Bush blundered by trying to spread democracy at gunpoint.Shorter concept as usual ripped off from B^3.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157989091995933122006-09-11T10:33:00.000-05:002006-09-11T10:38:12.006-05:00A Question for ConservativesIs there any reason why your president is WALKING ALL OVER MY FLAG?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157985718062437502006-09-11T09:03:00.000-05:002006-09-11T09:41:58.190-05:00The ReagansNow that the Path to 9/11 crapfest is in the middle of its airing, various commentators, namely Dick Polman at the Philadelphia Inquirer, have now declared a pox on both their houses, using "The Reagans" miniseries as the comparison point. Bashing conservatives over this is justified, since he named the conservatives involved (Ed Gillespie for one) and they really are being Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157755273470747092006-09-08T17:39:00.000-05:002006-09-08T17:41:13.483-05:00This gets the Unlikely tag at FarkApparently, the Lord wants David Cunningham to Christianize Hollywood by lying about Bill Clinton to help conservatives get elected.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157692448301368762006-09-08T00:11:00.000-05:002006-09-08T00:14:08.320-05:00Video of the WeekVia Pharyngula, although in a different format...Cesium turning a bathtub into many little pieces.Chemistry rocks.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157660841983563282006-09-07T15:24:00.000-05:002006-09-07T15:27:22.000-05:00Quote of the DayFighting them in Iraq because we're afraid to fight them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. - Josh MarshallThat would be the single most succinct statement of how Iraq is really tied to the war on terrah.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157647576436960752006-09-07T11:44:00.000-05:002006-09-07T11:46:16.450-05:00Shorter Jonah GoldbergAnalogy vs. AnalogyThe Bush Administration makes comparisons that even I can't swallow.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157513365773458972006-09-05T22:25:00.000-05:002006-09-05T22:29:25.793-05:00Friday Random Ten on TuesdaySo I'm late... or early.Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The TemptationsBeach Party Vietnam - Dead MilkmenSupernaut - 1000 Homo DJsSurvival of the Outlaw - SolefaldBattery - MetallicaHyperhuman - SolefaldMama I'm Coming Home - Ozzy OsbourneEdie (Ciao Baby) - the CultFor Whom the Bell Tolls - MetallicaK.I.N.G. - SatyriconDr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1157235816306611532006-09-02T17:19:00.000-05:002006-09-02T17:23:36.323-05:00Can I join your YouTube War?Let's welcome Lee Siegel to the neighborhood of those who aren't employed as hacks at neocon mags masqerading as center-left.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1156868426621563862006-08-29T11:00:00.000-05:002006-08-29T11:25:28.096-05:00Putting the Con in ConservativeOne of the things that I haven't always thought, but is obvious to me now, is that conservatives are probably the most ready-made pigeons if you want to pull a swindle. I got this idea from a NYTimes article some years back about a rather creepy school to produce the next generation of conservatives. The money quote for how to be a conservative:How do they know we Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1156442933840095442006-08-24T13:04:00.000-05:002006-08-24T13:08:53.856-05:00Missing the obviousFrom the files of tbogg, we see that Michelle Malkin is so caught up in confirming the stereotypes in her own infected brain that she doesn't notice the fact right under her nose (maybe she's huffing too much lip gloss under her nose) that large populations of people who don't much like GeeDubya are literally everywhere.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1156343540751343612006-08-23T09:28:00.000-05:002006-08-23T09:32:20.770-05:00Shrub's Summer Reading ListA) Bullshit.2) What did I tell you about Gordon Wood? But you forgot about Vickahs.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1156341251016706832006-08-23T08:51:00.000-05:002006-08-23T08:54:11.026-05:00Shorter Max BootIsrael Should Hit Syria FirstIsrael should hit the weak sister of the Middle East. Anything less is unserious.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1156169068009901552006-08-21T09:01:00.000-05:002006-08-21T09:04:28.020-05:00Quote of the Day Give a sissy a gun and he will kill everything in sight.Gore Vidal, from "Theodore Roosevelt: An American Sissy"Gee, I wonder who else that applies to.[By way of S,N!]Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1156122334604863082006-08-20T20:03:00.000-05:002006-08-20T20:05:34.620-05:00Meet Dr. Leonard SaxBasically he applies Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve" and substitutes girls for blacks.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1155669092528783992006-08-15T14:08:00.000-05:002006-08-15T14:12:05.906-05:00Video of the WeekFrom Current TV, the channel started by Al Gore, here's lesbians in bed.Nuke: But they're boring.Crash: That's the point.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1155320611976330502006-08-11T13:22:00.000-05:002006-08-11T13:23:31.993-05:00Two words that look really funny togetherBaloney alfredo.Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596331.post-1155235581986506722006-08-10T13:43:00.000-05:002006-08-10T13:46:22.003-05:00IOKIYARThe GOP, as in the party, not just some fringe whackjob like Michelle Malkin, photoshopped a stubbly Hitler 'stache on Howard Dean. Conservatives everywhere only care how dark that smoke looks in Lebanon.BTW, does Howard Kaloogian know the difference yet between Turkish and Arabic scripts?Dr. Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10638684475622149972noreply@blogger.com0