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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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OpenCongress Web Widget
Ever wanted to announce your support or opposition to Congressional legislation? OpenCongress now has a web widget that allows bloggers to do exactly that. Take a look at this, and check out how easily you can build your own.
Maybe They're Flotation Devices?
The Australian Navy foots the bill for breast augmentations. The Labour Party would like to know why, and probably so would most of the voters in Australia.
The Thinking Blogger
Congrats to Fausta, who won a Thinking Blogger award. She thanks me for my friendship, but the truth is that Fausta makes it easy to be her friend. She's always positive and energetic, and she epitomizes the notion of a thinking blogger. Make sure to put her on your must-read list!
Ensign Calls For Return Of MoveOn Money
NRSC chair Senator John Ensign calls for Democrats to return all campaign funds donated by MoveOn, after their despicable New York Times ad today accusing David Petraeus of treason. "If Senate Democrats are serious about moving our country forward, they will denounce this outrageous ad and return the campaign funds MoveOn.org has lavished on them as well as the donations made through MoveOn.org -- the choice is theirs." Ensign's right, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the refund ...
Support The Al-Dura Petition
Roger Simon at Pajamas Media is circulating a petition to demand accountability for the discredited al-Dura report from France's Channel 2. This is, as Roger calls it, the "Father of all Fauxtography," and C-2 has never acknowledged its fault in airing the supposed murder of a Palestinian child. He wants C-2 to show all of the unedited footage of the incident in order to show that C-2 faked the murder. If they're resisting the demand, I'd say they have something to hide ....
There Goes The Undefeated Season
Notre Dame managed to get its first loss out of the way as soon as possible -- and as badly as possible. Georgia Tech came to South Bend and stomped the Irish, 33-3, in the worst home opener loss in school history. The offense fumbled twice and allowed seven sacks on Evan Sharpley, who must have longed to have Brady Quinn back on the field instead. If Charlie Weis doesn't turn this debacle around fast, he may want to start asking Ty Willingham for some career counseling ....
Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Comments (11)
Posted by Sam Pender | September 29, 2007 4:43 PM
Iraq's Smoking Gun
by Sam Pender
http://www.amazon.com/Iraqs-Smoking-Gun-Sam-Pender/dp/1589395379/ref=sr_1_2/104-0809817-4267934?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191102103&sr=1-2
Published in fall 2003...it coulda been written today
(yeah, I wrote it, but hey...I hardly ever pimp my books, so please allow a moment of pride)
Posted by Carol Herman | September 29, 2007 5:04 PM
Clarence Thomas' book comes out this Monday!
I've seen great reviews, already.
And, up at Amazon I saw that it's gonna be available on Audio CDs. Just up my alley. While I drive, my tapes (and CDs), play.
Currently listening to Uylsses S. Grant. Soldier & President. By Georffrey Perret. Blackston Audiobooks. Eye opening. Terrifically entertaining. And, as free as the best education can get.
"The world of books," is small enough; that when Drudge puts up the numbers, about 100,000 in sales, hits best seller territory.
Glad you're doing this, Captain!
I also can't wait to see Justice Clarence Thomas' book "hit the best seller list." You bet, I expect Rush to be out there, drums rolling.
Please, catch this one, too!
Posted by Mwalimu Daudi | September 29, 2007 7:06 PM
deed ewe knot no republic cans cane knot reed demon cats say sew its reel what ever they bee live is hack you rate
Posted by BearOfNH | September 29, 2007 9:28 PM
I am not a fan of Amazon and don't buy anything from them. I'd use other links such as Barnes & Noble. If you can arrange that, great. If not -- we understand.
Posted by Todd W. Bush | September 30, 2007 7:35 AM
Thanks for the writer's page, Ed. I hope my novel will be on your page one day. Keep up the good work.
Posted by Sam Pender | September 30, 2007 9:31 AM
Mwalimu Daudi ROFLMAO!!!!!
Posted by wayne Lemieux | September 30, 2007 10:31 AM
Can you advise about your process for submitting books for your review? My book, The Democrats New Path, should be right up your alley.
Posted by unclesmrgol | October 1, 2007 9:22 AM
Captain,
I hope the amazon bookshelf is only malfunctioning -- all I can see are TV series on dvd. I would have expected some weighty political tomes, but all I get when I tune in is the Bionic Woman and the Sopranos. I've enabled page loads you tier from all amazon sources but the problem persists.
Posted by Captain Ed | October 1, 2007 9:33 AM
I'm seeing the books on both Firefox and IE. Maybe you should dump your cache and try again? I'm not sure why you're having this problem.
Posted by Geoffrey Leach | October 1, 2007 12:43 PM
TV shows for me as well, although a different set.
Posted by Michael Mannske | October 3, 2007 12:48 AM
Hey, Ed. You forgot me!