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• College Football Championship Games, BCS Projections, Etc.

  Awfully nice of Alabama and Florida to hold their position this year so one of them can knock the other out of the way and give Texas a shot at the National Championship. Thank you fellas. Matchups today (no game... [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:27am EST
  

• Max Baucus: Hey, You Know Who'd Make an Outstanding US Attorney? My Special Friend. She Knows All About Oral Arguments, Legal Briefs, and Penal Colonies, If You Know What I Mean.I'm Banging the Stuffings Out of Her, Is What I Mean.

  Nominated his mistress for US Attorney. Well, at least his affair didn't have anything to do with his job performance. Except for the, you know, nominating his schmumpie-wumpie to one of the most powerful positions in the US government. Takes...' [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 1:23am EST
  

• Weirdness Quotient Turned Up to 11: Obama's Safe Schools Czars Endorsed Sexually Explicit Reading List for Grades 7-12

  Really nasty stuff. And this is "recommended" reading for kids. Out of curiosity to see exactly what kind of books Kevin Jennings and his organization think American students should be reading in school, our team chose a handful at random... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 11:18pm EST
  

• Alberta Judge Overturns Human Rights Commission, But Doesn't Go Far Enough

  After a seven-year legal nightmare, an Alberta judge overturned the decision of the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal that an anti-gay letter to the editor from former pastor Stephen Boissoin was hate speech. Boissoin wrote that he was declaring war on... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:17pm EST
  

• Overnight Open Thread - TGIF Edition (Mætenloch)

  Finally it's Friday all. Time to start drinkin' and hatin' for fun instead of just to get by. But first let's see how screwed up your little moron brains are... Very Cool Optical Illusion If you look at this image... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  

• Polling News So Good Even Allah Is Giddy: Top Eight Most Vulnerable Senators? All DemocratsKos' Own Poll: "Nothing Short of Cataclysmic"

  And then lots of stuff about Democrats' denialism about "teabaggers." Because, see, the fact that the tea partiers are mostly on our side, and are energized and outraged and ready to crawl over broken glass to vote against Obama and...' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:54pm EST
  

• Monk Series Finale Thread

  At 9pm, on the USA Network. The end of a two parter. If you care, but haven't been watching, Monk's been poisoned (slow-acting, of course) and will die in two days if the type of poison is not determined. (Something...' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:40pm EST
  

• Milftastic: Sue Lowden Leads Dingy Harry by 10

  And Danny Tarkanian leads him by 6. Nevadans aren't warming up to Sen. Harry Reid, despite plenty of early advertising designed to boost his image, a new poll shows. Just 38 percent of respondents said they had a favorable opinion...' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:29pm EST
  

• The state of ClimateGate today, Dec 4 2009. [krak]

  (A series of daily-ish roundups of the day's Climate news and commentary.) This is by no means a comprehensive list. The stories come from a variety of sources, and I highly recommend exploring the linked sites for more breaking news.... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

• Doinnnnggg! CNN: Obama Underwater, 48 Approve, 50% Disapprove

  With... adults. The most liberal Democrat friendly sample there is. Here's another finding: The public likes the idea of pulling troops out of Afghanistan, but they seem to get what a bad idea it is to announce a bug-out date:... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  

• Palin's Statement on the Birth Certificate is Fine... And Sorta Empty. Which is Feature, Not a Bug.

  If you care, what she said pretty much tracks with my own statements: No, I don't believe he was born in Kenya, no, I don't believe there is some massive conspiracy, but yes, people have a right to know these... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 1:24pm EST
  

• FiAF T-Shirt Contest

  Good Morning Morons, Moronettes, disheveled lunkheads, chromosomally-enhanced dorkwads, and attorneys. Welcome to FuckitAll Friday. Thanks to Patty Ann. After the last fundraiser, AndrewsDad emailed me with the preposterous notion of talking Ace into offering AOSHQ swag here on the site.... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:12pm EST
  

• Watts & Strata question CRU "Lost Data" [krak]

  James (why do I keep doing that -ed) Anthony Watts asks a rather obvious question. If the raw data was really lost, why, in all those thousands of emails, is there no mention of this loss? Instead the relevent emails... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:18am EST
  

• Sadly Obligatory: Yes, Palin Made a Statement About "Stupid Conspiracies" Trig Trutherism...and Birtherism

  Just so she's clear: Voters have every right to ask candidates for information if they so choose. I’ve pointed out that it was seemingly fair game during the 2008 election for many on the left to badger my doctor and... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:53am EST
  

• Top Headline Comments 12-04-09

  Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooold out there today.... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:11am EST
  

• Polls: Pollster.com's Aggregated Average Puts Obama Underwater: Carville's Democracy Corps Says Conservatives Make Big Gains

  On Pollster.com's poll aggregator, the disapprove line has now met the approve line. Well, pretty much. Carville's Democracy Corps poll says that self-identified "conservatives" now comprise 45% of the electorate. Up 5% since Obama's inauguration; up 7 since the election.... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:31pm EST
  

• Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)

  Wow Ace has been on fire today! I hope everyone can drag themselves out of the information-overload stupor and bring a little of their B-game to the ONT. Watch a Car do a Real Hotwheels Loop-the-loop I was kind of... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  

• Great Article on ClimateGate from the Sunday Times (UK)

  Not a lot you haven't heard -- though the scientists now beginning to perk up and say "Wait a damn minute here" is good -- but a great recap. Puts everything into the proper chronology and goes back to the...' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:34pm EST
  

• "JetMan's" "WingSuit" Technology Eyed for (Yesss!) Stealthy Jetpack Airborne Assaults

  Not a flyin' car, but delivering, maybe, one day, on a childhood dream. Here's Jetman (skip to 3:50):...' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:38pm EST
  

• Democratic Senator Bob Casey: ObamaCare's Proposed Medicare Cuts Break His Promise That "If You Like the Insurance You Have, You Can Keep It"

  Cat's out of the bag. I feel kind of pathetic that the only way a fact is established to exist is if a Democrat says so; obviously I can't quote Boehner or McCain or whoever. They don't count. They are... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:28pm EST
  

• NASA Also (of Course) Hiding Climate Data Under Religious Zealout James Hansen; Another FOIA Suit to be Filed to Compel Release

  This researcher has been pressing FOIA claims since 2007. The fight over global warming science is about to cross the Atlantic with a U.S. researcher poised to sue NASA, demanding release of the same kind of climate data that has... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:05pm EST
  

• Weird: Is There A Penalty for Just Standing There and Freaking Everyone Else Out?

  The thing is, this is so odd, I think we can take this out of the category of "doesn't know the snap-count" and safely put it in the category of "is suffering from delirium due to concussion or heat stroke."...' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:40pm EST
  

• Peer-Reviewed, Baby

  In this case the climate study was peer-reviewed -- after being published; not usually the preferred order of doing things -- and was found to be completely bogus. But good enough for government work. Rather than blurb it I will... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:28pm EST
  

• Michael Mann Lashes Out at Critics Partner-in-Crime Phil Jones

  I guess we should have expected this. Is the media still blacking out this story? As far as I know (and I don't know much) they are. One of the scientists to whom the emails were addressed, Professor Michael Mann,...' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  

• Silver Linings

  The only good thing to come out of the Tiger Woods brouhaha. But Laura Said... [ace]: Silver linings, plural. The Tiger Voice Mail Slow Jam:... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:36pm EST
  

• Hmmmm... Trouble-Making on Commercial Airflights Again?Updated: Atlanata Journal-Consitution Reports; Seems Real, But Of Course Very Much Disputed as to Actual FactsFAA Will Investigate, but TSA Won't: "A Customer Service Issue"

  I don't know if too much can be read into this, because... once you're suspicious of someone, everything that person does seems suspicious. Anyone who's been cheated on can attest to that. I'm not seeing this in Big Media (of...' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:43pm EST
  

• Scandi News: Man Fails in Lifelong Dream of Lactating

  Sweden. Where else. The Swedish dad who's spent the last few months attempting to squeeze milk from his breasts has thrown in the towel, with nothing more than "sore breasts" to show for his efforts. Student Ragnar Bengtsson, 26, said... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:46pm EST
  

• Chinese Media Unlocks Special Easter-Egg Course in Tiger Woods Golf 10

  Par 3. Watch the fire hydrant on the far side of the green and the angry blonde on the short side.... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  

• Obama: I'll Be Photographed With Hate-Preacher Wright, But Damnit, I Will Not Be Seen In the Company of that Damanble F-22

  Last month, Obama demanded an F-22 be removed from a hangar where he was giving another human-shield speech. White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn't want Obama speaking in front of...' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:12pm EST
  

• Federal Health Panel: Yeah, Never Mind About That Breast Screening Recommendation Thing

  After setting off a firestorm of protest, the federal panel that talked down the value of breast cancer screening for women backed off their recommendations. "The recommendation about breast cancer screening for women 40 to 49 did not say what..." [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:39am EST
  

• Democrats Threaten a "Jobs March on Washington," to (Seriously!) Protest Their Own Feckless Incompetence

  There was an early Simpsons that showed a Democratic political rally. The crowd vigorously lifted placards that protested themselves, stating We Can't Govern! (The Republican rally featured signs that said We Want What's Worst for Everyone!, for those wanting to...' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:03pm EST
  

• Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)

  Humpety Humpety Humpety Hump! And welcome to the official mid-week ONT. The Classic OMG Video Compilation As one commenter declared, "This. Is. Why. The. Internet. Exists." And the police running past the getaway car is a classic. Thank you Al... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  

• Cool Animal News: How Killer Whales "Karate Chop" Sharks

  Since I was a kid, I read that killer whales somehow killed sharks by stunning them or something. Never got the details straight. I thought it was some kind of headbutt to the gut or something. In fact, it turns... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:45pm EST
  

• No, Senator Boxer, I Think We'll Stick With "ClimateGate"

  A rather lame attempt at re-branding. "You call it ClimateGate," she hisses (I guess to Inhofe), "I call it Email-Theft-Gate." Again, as Treacher says, ClimateGate is about stealing emails in much the same way Watergate was about parking garages. What... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:12pm EST
  

• Whoop There It Is: Obama Proclaims Yes, Indeed, He Does Mean His Pre-Election Bug-Out Date Is Set in Stone

  This is his habit, after all: He offers wisps of gauzy Hope to the center and right, but he offers the iron-clad promises of Change to the left. McCrystal and Gates both thought the evacuation date was subject to actual... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:22pm EST
  

• Mom From Family Ties, Meredith Baxter: I Totally Wanted to Play Grab-Ass With Justine Bateman

  Well, she said she's a lesbian. I infer the grab-ass-with-Mallory part, because, like, how could you not? In other celebrity news from TMZ, in this clip Jesse Ventura does his Trutherism act, refusing to quite say that Bush was responsible... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:49pm EST
  

• Obama and the Rhetoric of Decline

  Read-the-whole-thing. A real corker from Doc Zero. [Update-PA] Der Speigel just tore Obama a new one too over that speech. Last line in their piece: "The American president doesn't need any opponents at the moment. He's already got himself."...' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:19pm EST
  

• Primary Documents: Mike Huckabee's Letter to Prosecutor Objecting to His Easy-Breezy Clemencies: LOL, Dude

  No, seriously. LOL. The objection by the prosecutor. Huck's response -- or rather the response from his Deputy Legal Counsel, indicating Huck "laughed out loud" at the prosecutor's letter. This is not specifically about Clemmons, but about Huckabee's rather blase... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:47pm EST
  

• Phil Jones: Victim

  I don't really know if that's the best headline. I just want to get this article up. Interviewed by police... to find the real killers. he scientist at the heart of the climate change email scandal was today interviewed by...' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:43pm EST
  

• Iowahawk Explains the Cult of the Virgin GaiaPlus: Lots of Updates Including Mark Steyn

  Weird. Iowahawk comes in to the comments and posts a detailed, authoritative explanation of the scandal. If only he had his own blog for this sort of thing. Ah, well: I'll take his free labor on my behalf gladly. First...' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:10pm EST
  

• NY Senate Rejects Same Sex Marriage

  There was some hope on the part of advocates for same sex marriage that NY would pass it today but the state Senate just rejected it by a vote of 24 yes, 38 no. The Assembly approved the bill last... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  

• Oh Dear: ClimateGate Makes the Daily ShowPlus: Michael Crichton

  From the headlines, thanks to Krakatoa. Just so you know, Stewart is not ready yet, of course, to give up his Pro-Science Talisman of Liberal Do-Goodery. So it's a strange, disjointed thing -- he offers the damning evidence, rants a... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  

• Tiger Woods: Maybe I Shanked It on the 13th Hole and Wound Up Dick-Driving Into the Strange-Bunker

  I guess that's what this means. I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

• Huge Danish CO2 trading fraud exposed

  Numerous instances, arrests, scams, fake addresses, phony companies, etc....Police and authorities in several European countries are investigating scams worth billions of kroner, which all originate in the Danish quota register. The CO2 quotas are traded in other EU countries. Denmark’s... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  

• Baucus: Yeah, My Plan Will Cost $2.5 Trillion, Just Like Republican Critics Say

  Statement contrary to interest: "Just for a second -- health care reform, whether you use a ten-year number or when you start in 2010 or start in 2014, wherever you start at, so it is still either $1 trillion or..." [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:33pm EST
  

• Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)

  Good evening M&Ms. Welcome to tonight's moronic colloquium. The 50 Worst Cars of All Time Okay I agree with most of these having experienced the suckitude of the Pinto and Gremlin personally. But a lot of their post-1990 choices seem... [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  

• "Fisking" a lukewarm "fisking" of Mike Huckabee's statements

  I'm torn here. This article for The Iowa Republican was written by a former friend of mine, and I was really conflicted about criticizing his point of view. On the other hand, it took me most of the day to...' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:51pm EST
  

• Chris Matthews: West Point an "Enemy Camp" Full of "Rabble"

  Outrageous? I didn't think so until he poured on further contempt of the troops by stating that Paul Wolfowitz used to go to West Point to "rabble-rouse" -- our troops being the "rabble." So the "enemy camp" thing I took...' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:37pm EST
  

• Audience At West Point

  Mostly cadets, couple of familiar faces..... [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:34pm EST
  

• Australian Parliament Rejects Their Version of Cap & Trade

  What looked like a sure thing a few weeks ago just got voted down in the Australian Senate. There has been a bunch of drama over this bill, including the ousting of the main opposition leader after he started to... [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:13pm EST