The Crows Nest
Crow's Nest Mostly Unmanned
Yes, I know the Crow's Nest has mostly been moribund since the site's relaunch. I do plan on using it more often in the future, I promise. I'll be spending a little more time on these posts as a way to link out to the blogosphere. Keep an eye on this space.
Also, please note that I've put the Amazon search bar on the main page, in the right sidebar. If you want to do some shopping at Amazon -- and who doesn't? -- be sure to shop through Captain's Quarters. Amazon does pay a small percentage of the sale to me, and it helps pay for a few sundries related to the blog. Much appreciated!
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 ....
Comments (13)
Posted by Scrapiron | October 17, 2007 11:18 AM
She would simply join Conyers and Lee in proving the latest DNA theory on lack of intel for people with backgrounds in Africa. Is that racist? If so, so be it. After listening to Je$$ie and $harpton over the years I'm pretty sure I've been converted to a racist in some ways, or maybe just a skeptic that these individuals are stupid regardless of race.
Posted by rbj | October 17, 2007 11:20 AM
Obviously she's doing it at the behest of Dennis Kucinich, to make him look sane by comparison.
Posted by SeniorD | October 17, 2007 11:24 AM
Having lived in Cynthia's former district (notable for the ABC - Anybody But Cynthia - signs)I can assure you, there won't be anyone in the campaign further to the Left. Of course, her presence will decidedly lower the total IQ of the Presidential Lottery Contestants.
Cynthia McKinney (and her father) are died in the wool advocates of W.E.B. DuBois and his Communist ilk. If she does run, at least we'll know one of the contestants is being truthful with the label Socialist. The other prefers 'Progressive'.
Posted by patrick neid | October 17, 2007 12:11 PM
Maxine Waters for VP.
Posted by Alex | October 17, 2007 1:04 PM
I'm sorry, did you say "Michelle Malkin" and "substantive" in the same sentence????
Posted by FedUp | October 17, 2007 1:11 PM
This would make a great sit-com, the more, the merrier... I'm waiting for Cindy Sheehan to join in... Shouldn't there be some sanity test before people can be elected to govern us?
Posted by Trubador | October 17, 2007 1:20 PM
Actually... I'm betting on Al Gore going for the Green Party nom.
Posted by Kevin | October 17, 2007 1:32 PM
Posted by Alex | October 17, 2007 1:04 PM
"I'm sorry, did you say "Michelle Malkin" and "substantive" in the same sentence????"
Actually, no. The Captain mentioned them in separate sentences.
Posted by unclesmrgol | October 17, 2007 2:15 PM
I share (as part of my real identity) the name of a once (and future?) Green Party candidate for the governorship of Michigan. The sad part is that my namesake received a whopping 0.8% of the vote (in 2002) when he first ran for that office, and 0.5% when he tried again in 2006, thus proving that the universe is no longer expanding.
He almost made me ashamed of my name, but then I realized that I almost made him ashamed of his, due to a law of physics called conservation of embarrassment, which is a corollary to Newton's laws of motion within our locally constrained fabric of Einsteinian 4-space. Of course, that does not mean that propagation of embarrassment is limited to the speed of light, because the embarrassment is a property of the fabric of space, and hence can propagate at rates far above the speed of light -- like when my aunt calls and tells me what I did on the evening news before I even knew that I did it.
Posted by NoDonkey | October 17, 2007 2:57 PM
"what better party to represent?"
The Democrat Party.
Cynthia McKinney is the Democrat Party. She's an ignorant lunatic who hates this country.
But she's not afraid to say who she is and what she believes in.
Unlike so many of the other Democrat pols.
Posted by onlineanalyst | October 17, 2007 6:08 PM
Fed Up: Cynthia and Cindy are already fellow traveling. Both took part in an "Impeach!" rally, where zombietime photographically captured the meeting of the loons. LGF has a link with the photos.
Trubador: The idea and promotion of algore as a Green party candidate is already floating around among the "Progressives". Check out this commentary: http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272616648.shtml
Wouldn't it be perfect karma for Ozone Al to run? His sycophants would take votes away from Madame Hillary, who wouldn't be able to destroy him through intraparty shenanigans.
Posted by The Drill SGT | October 17, 2007 7:45 PM
A minor nit:
You said: " She slaps DC police for doing their job. "
that would be US Capitol Police (e.g. Congressional Police)
Posted by sherlock | October 17, 2007 8:30 PM
I think the inclusive and diverse left should welcome as many alternate candidates as possible: Cynthia, Cindy, Ralph, Al G., Al S., Al F., Jessee, Dennis, Ned, Sully, Gleeen...
Hey Randi! Why not swear off the concrete cocktails and answer the intoxicating call of the people!?
Come one, come all! Let's fill up that big tent! YEEEAARRGGHH!