Strange New Respect
June 16th, 2009


We now have the perfect blog post. Here’s Hugh Hewitt blogging an open-message to Andrew Sullivan:

“Memo to Andrew Sullivan: E-mail to your aol account is bouncing back. I’d like to interview you today or tomorrow.”

The full majesty of the blogosphere–from logos to ethos–is explicated in those two sentences.

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Brief Foreign Policy Aside
June 15th, 2009


It’s not clear to me whether or not the Iranian election is blow to the Obama administration’s view of the efficacy of diplomacy. But it is clear that the transformation of terminology describing Obama’s worldview, from “soft power” to “smart power” is incomplete.

The correct formulation should be iPower, no?

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Arlington
June 15th, 2009


Provincial? Sure. Awesome? Very.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo&hl=en&fs=1&]

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Why Isn't This in the Nike Commercial?
June 12th, 2009


You know, the one with the cute puppets:

Detective Loya: Did you ever ask her if you wanted, if you could cum in her face?
Bryant: Yes. That’s when she said no. That’s when she said no. That’s when she said no.
Detective Loya: So you like to cum in your partner’s face?
Bryant: That’s my thing. No always, I mean. So I stopped. Jesus christ man…

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Brief Political Aside
June 12th, 2009


Sailer has a great line on the Most Reverend Jeremiah Wright:

“To Wright, the Bible, and almost everything else, is just Chicago ethnic politics writ large.”

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Danny DeVito Is Drunk on TV in Philly
June 11th, 2009


Pajiba is there.

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Batman and Economics
June 11th, 2009


Galley Friend B.W. sends us this link examining the economic theory behind whether or not supervillains should coordinate in their efforts to capture/kill the Batman.

Surprisingly the answer is, no.

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Dept. of Things You Don't Want to Know
June 10th, 2009


Airspeed and the Coffin Corner.

And more:

Remember, more often than not, an airliner goes down at the end of long chain of unrelated, seemingly innocuous decisions, malfunctions, mistakes and external factors. Remove any single link (or even change their sequence) and you have an on-time arrival at Charles de Gaulle.

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