Professionally speaking…

The two officers were working the late shift in the 9th Precinct that night as the woman, identified as 27-year-old professional, was out drinking with friends at a bar in Brooklyn. Her blood alcohol was at least double the legal limit and possibly more, investigators said, when her friends put her in a taxi and [...]

Out of his league.

This from Reuters today: [Former Senator George] Mitchell, who helped to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict, was named by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week to lead U.S. efforts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mitchell’s tour will also take him to Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, France and Britain. He said he [...]

Obama’s new politics of the echo chamber.

As Obama said at the inauguration, we’re about to be governed by the One, not the many. Say goodbye to petty grievances…despite the fact that our nation was founded under the precept that all of our grievances matter and are entitled to voice. Why bother electing all those congressmen and senators from all those “petty” [...]

The content of his character.

I’ve been thinking a lot today about just what it is about Barack Obama and the entire orgiastic media frenzy we’ve been subjected to these past 18 months that has me so resentful. I think I’ve narrowed it down. I thought I was already post-racial. Oops. I am going to be 39 years old this [...]

Conspicuous Consumption.

Barack Obama’s inauguration set to be the most expensive in US history | World news | guardian.co.uk. President Barack Obama‘s inauguration next week is set to be the most expensive ever, predicted to reach over $150m (£102m). This dwarfs the $42.3m spent on George Bush’s inauguration in 2005 and the $33m spent on Bill Clinton’s [...]

And another one gone, and another one gone…

Star Tribune files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I know, I know, it isn’t gone yet. Just on the gravy train in that direction. With biscuit wheels.

Coming to a theater near you!

NEW YORK — President-elect Barack Obama is on his way to the big screen, thanks to a deal between MSNBC and Screenvision that will put the news channel’s inaugural coverage in 27 theaters around the country. Free tickets are being handed out via MSNBC.com to see the inauguration and parade from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET [...]

Friendly reminder.

Fox kicks ass. So you say it’s a bastion of conservative-think? So you say it’s neither fair nor balanced? I dunno. People seem to like it. They beat every other cable news program. Handily. Check out Monday night’s Hannity: 9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64) Hannity–2,835,000 viewers (703,000) (1,155,000) Larry King Live—934,000 viewers (319,000) (468,000) [...]

What kind of beer?

Man accused of selling daughter for cash, beer. GREENFIELD, Calif. (AP) – Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.Police said they only learned of the deal after the 36-year-old man went to them [...]

CNN still digging.

Instapundit » Blog Archive » CNN DIGS ITSELF IN DEEPER: “Given that CNN’s own staff can’t vouch for the video first-hand, and th…. The media wants Israel to appear the bad actor here. Obviously. The question is why? Ask yourself that the next time you tune into CNN or MSNBC or watch the Today Show. [...]

In which Victor Davis Hanson points to some ironies of 2008

Works and Days » Say They Aren’t So. On the irony of Palin/Kennedy: Sarah Palin perhaps flubbed the interview with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, at least in the clips that were edited for TV. She also drops her g’s and says things like “you betcha” and “pal’in around”. She surely didn’t give snap answers [...]

Anatomy of a hoax.

Anatomy of a Hoax. This is stunning to see laid out as it is. With the time that Hamas spends lobbing rockets into civilian cities like Sderot and then fabricating “evidence” of “atrocities” by Israel, you’d think they’d get around to setting up a useful and productive civilization for themselves at some point. The message [...]

ABC News: Bush: U.S. Calls for Monitored Cease-fire Pact

ABC News: Bush: U.S. Calls for Monitored Cease-fire Pact. Can someone please tell me what relevant purpose there is in having President Bush’s face superimposed on a photo of a bombed out building in Gaza? I mean, Getty Images/AP are supposed to be objective news outlets, right? Is that still the plot? Because I question [...]

In which I sort of give away that I can’t wait for pitchers and catchers.

Home Run Derby » Corky Simpson: The writer who didn’t vote for Rickey Henderson. I know, I know, but how many more posts can I write about freaking Hamas? <”none!” cries the crowd!> Here’s the meat: Simpson voted for Tim Raines (who belongs in the Hall, too). And his reasons which should have guaranteed a [...]