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Archive for July, 2009

Weekend Caption Contest: Holy Moses Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Blogging, Humor

I supply the picture, you supply the caption:

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Please Remain Standing For The National Anthem

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Music

of Margaritaville:

I’m outta here folks.
See ya Monday.

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Nice Work If You Can Get It

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Your stimulus dollars at work.
H/T: Vodkapundit

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Paging Blutarsky, Paging Senator John Blutarsky

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Washington DC

The Washington, D.C. townhouse that has come to be known as the “C Street Complex” appears to be a 21st Century version of Faber College’s Delta Tau Chi:
A Capitol Hill townhouse that serves as a dormitory and meeting place for a band of conservative Christian lawmakers has been linked to a third episode of marital [...]

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Judge Land’s Smackdown Of Orly Taitz & Majorly Kooky

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Original version of the post deleted to make way for the actual PDF copy of Judge Land’s Order
Here is Judge Land’s Order dimissing Major Stefan Cook’s Presidential eligibility case:
Cook v Good (Obama) DOC 10 Dismissal Order
Orly Taitz has been uncharacteristically quiet on her blog, but the folks at World Nut Daily quote her as [...]

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The Mainstreaming Of Birther Insanity

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

David Weigel has a must-read piece in the Washington Independent about the increasingly, and disturbingly, close relationship between the Obama Birthers and some conservative Republicans:
The Republicans who appear to be willing to listen to “birthers,” even to debunk them, have to walk a tightrope. In April, freshman Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) held a town hall [...]

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Sen. Jeff Sessions: We’re Gonna Do That Crack Cocaine

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politics

One of the funnier moments from the Sotomayor hearings:

H/T: Pajama Pundit

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Because Everything’s For Sale In Washington, Especially Your Integrity

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Politics

A conservative political group has been caught trying to sell itself to the highest bidder:
The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.
For the $2 million+, ACU [...]

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