You’d think that New Yorkers, twice victimized by al-Qaeda, would panic and jump to terrorist conclusions when they wake up to a pervasive chemical stench in the morning, but, sadly, nooooooooooooooo.
Why, oh why, Pod Jr. despairs, can’t New Yorkers be more like the red state white trash, whom he calls friends, who vote Republican and see dirty bombs in sprinkler parts? Why do New Yorkers have to have such sangfroid? Be so ‘New York?’ Not assume the worst?
PS: The stink — of course it was Jonah. And I’m pleased to point out that, by the logic of Jonah’s ‘interesting theory’, his farting should probably be considered part of a ‘terrorist probe’.
[Hhhk!] “Dept. of Homeland Security crew to NR Headquarters, over. Better double up on the haz-mat suits. Confirm.”
JPod: “I’m growing my own haz-mat suit, shoulders first, head last!”
The Kagan plan for escalation in Iraq specifically calls for urgently-needed military volunteers — therefore, able-bodied war supporters are running out of excuses for not enlisting.
A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship attacked suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Somalia on Sunday, and U.S. sources said the operation may have hit a senior terrorist figure.
The strike took place near the Kenyan border, according to a senior officer at the Pentagon. Other sources said it was launched at night from the U.S. military facility in neighboring Djibouti. It was based on joint military-CIA intelligence and on information provided by Ethiopian and Kenyan military forces operating in the border area.
Why, this does in fact look like good news. I wonder if anyone else has posted on it.
Here’s a guest post by Chuckles of Freelance Genius. Wonkette picked this up a little while ago, and then Freelance Genius (and half the rest of the Internet) went down. We’ll mirror it here until the Internet gnomes root out the clog.
Above: Busta Moove cuts a caper
The rudiments of the story: Chuck was working in a video store, and Tucker Carlson came in. That night, Chuck did a post about working in a video store and Tucker Carlson coming in, the tenor of which was unflattering to Carlson.
A couple of weeks later, Carlson stormed back in threatening to ‘fucking destroy’ him if the post wasn’t taken down. Chuck took the post down.
The next day, Carlson threatened the store with a lawsuit and got Chuck fired. Then the next day, Carlson sent a private investigator to the store to gather personal information on Chuck.
It’s ongoing, apparently. Carlson just keeps escalating, as though he’s looking forward to the ninth circle of the Inferno, where he can spend eternity gnawing on Chuck’s skull.
Just checking my trackbacks SiteMeter referrals, I’m finding, to my surprise, that the lefty blogs I assumed all this time were covering the news are not, in fact, covering the news.
They are, by and large, and to the near-exclusion of all else, covering right-leaning blogs covering the news.
Why?
Above: Retardo Montalban in a context clarified below
First of all, no, it isn’t most of the lefty blogs at all. It’s only a small, ironic subset of lefty blogs that link to Ace and his cohort — a similarly small, occasionally ironic or clever subset of right-wingers with good writing skills and medium-large traffic. The rest just bulldoze straight through, seeking larger truffles.
But okay, fair enough. Ace, we’re, like, reluctant to let a trade secret reach our competition, but I think I’d speak for all of us if I were to say that the WingNet is the most reliable news apparatus on the planet. I’ll demonstrate.
So today’s the last day of this humble blog’s existence—though I hear there might be some fireworks here tomorrow (and of course I’ll keep all the archives available). Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by in the past week to pay respects, offer condolences, ask me to keep at it, or just say hello.
Above: In the jungle, the quiet jungle, David Horowitz sleeps tonight
One of the men is of Iraqi descent, another one is Lebanese. The driver of the truck seeking entry claimed he was the only man in the truck, but a search following his inconsistent answers turned up two more men in the cab. No explosives found in the truck, and the men are supposedly here legally.
So everyone’s just trying to figure out what they were up to.
Three legal immigrants in a cargo truck were detained at the Port of Miami on Sunday after a routine inspection raised concerns, but police say the incident may have stemmed in part from a language barrier.
[…]
One top ranking federal official told WFOR-TV that the incident was a “comedy of errors,” that turned out to be “much ado about nothing.”
Given the CBS headline, one wonders what constitutes a port threat gone right – one where some number of terrorists succeed in detonating a device? The only comedy here is the black comedy of CBS that, like some other MSM outlets, seems to want to downplay every potential terrorist incident within the United States.
Sorry Dan, maybe something will blow up next time, forcing America to rise up in a righteous fury of long-overdue revenge, etc., etc., traitors, cowards, enemies-within, boilerplate boilerplate.
Gavin Ann Bartow M. adds: It’s almost worse than Maoism or Stalinism. I’m so glad I abandoned the authoritarian Left.
Altrocket adds: It’s vastly worse than Maoism and Stalinism. It’s on the level of Musohitlerleninism.
Above: Rickey Rouse! Monald Muck!
Definitely Not Ann AlthouseHathaway Bancroft adds: Have I mentioned that something bothers me about John Kerry? Maybe it’s me. But then again, maybe it’s him after all.
Did you see Clinton on TV last night? When he shifted position in his chair I could see his socks, along with some of his leg. I really didn’t like that. I’m not sure it was a shrewd move for him, politically.
Oh look! Tulips!
Please don’t email me anymore about Clinton! I really can’t be bothered. I am enjoying the outdoors.
My! That girl is practically topless! That reminds me, did any of you see that actress with the enormous whatsits on TV last night? I forget the show.
Seriously: enough about Clinton! What a sad, angry man he is. I can’t believe he was ever president.
We should run that actress with the whatsits for president, don’t you think? Then I would have something mean and small-minded to post about every…
