Chuck Norris

Some are dumb, others are repetitive. But damn some are laugh out loud funny.

Did you know...

-Chuck Norris was born in a log cabin that he built with his bare hands.

-Chuck Norris puts the FUN in Funeral.

-Chuck Norris is capable of photosynthesis.

-Chuck Norris is allowed to talk about Fight Club.

-Guns don't kill people. Chuck Norris kills people.

- There is no chin under Chuck Norris' Beard. There is only another fist.

-Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

this is totally unrelated to anything...

...in fact, Fred might boot me for this. but i was given an award by a friend on her blog, (a great blog, by the way, if you want to read about a modern mother raising three children), and i told her i would brag to the hills for the award.

so here it is:



Really, i swear i'm straight.

Reason #1 Why Republican Congressmen Need to Go

They don't pay their bills, and mock those who want to.

The dichotomy of a Christian worldview

At least, a US Christian. A letter writer to Andrew Sullivan nails it.

Busting medical myths

A top ten list, including some that even doctors believe.

Lies, Damn Lies, and Polls

Or, Something Is Amiss at InsiderAdvantage.

Lynne Spears' parenting book delayed indefinitely...

your 16 year old is knocked up and your other daughter lost custody of her two kids because she wouldn't stop getting drunk and high....

yea, Lynne Spears, maybe you're probably not really the best person to be writing a book about parenting skills...and apparently Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc. agrees, since they apparently won't be putting out your book on parenting, oh mother of hapless Britney and pregnant Jamie Lynn...

umm, so why exactly was a Christian book publisher involved here to begin with??

New Miss Belgium doesn't know Flemish

Apparently she only knows "ad fundum."

Dad catches son smoking pot, sells his Christmas present on ebay

for $9000.

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a backfire or not. You can get some good weed for $9K.

"The Surveillance State"

Glenn Greenwald on the nature of the US spying on its own citizens.

Let's be clear, here, since many people, especially Republicans, continue to spout the Administration talking point that it is only foreigners (i.e., "potential terrorists") calling from overseas who are getting spied upon. This is a lie. Literally millions of records of Americans are being collected for no reason at al (excepting, of course, that the government is paranoid).

I don't want to overstate the problem, but I don't want to understate it either. Truth be told, what the US government is doing right now has parallels in totalitarial societies, and has no place in democratic ones, even ones mistakingly feeling as if they are under attack.

JAG lawyers to come under the thumb of the Administration?

After trading away the independence of the Justice Department, apparently the Administration wants to silence JAG lawyers as well. Idiots.

Best headline of the week

Woman catches fire during hemorrhoid operation

HT: wolfer

Administration to Congress: "We'll investigate ourselves, thank you very much."

Michael "Waterboarding is torture? Huh." Mukasey tells Congress to buzz off on the torture tapes investigation. Closing the wagons, it looks like.

Mike Huckabee's surge

Temporary, IMO, and merely reflecting the understandable disatisfaction the Republicans are having with the candidates, making them cycle through them like a bunch of bad holiday sweaters one is forced to hold up against oneself in the mirror, saying "Maybe I can live with this in public."

This Huckabee parody is pretty good, IMO:

Sorry for the delay...

A college friend of mine *finally* got married, and I took some tme off, Back in the saddle!

Some nice news, from the NBA of all places

Washington Wizards and some good deeds.

I realize that these guys don't want, and never sought, the publicity for what they do. But this is warming news in any case. Nice job, fellas.

Need a new superhero?

Here are some new ones for you.

Clinton takes Obama to task for a health care plan that doesn't cover people who don't want it

At least, that's what I get from the hubub. Jay agrees with me.

If I were Clinton I wouldn't be talking so much about my weaknesses.

Monet's "Cataract Period"

Apparently, the guy was not trying a new artistic impressionism, but was going blind.

The NRO and "truthiness"

Matt seems to have the best take on Smith-gate, IMO.

What a waste. When editorial writers try to write "news" this is what happens, I think.

Some background at TPM.

Fear mongering in light of facts

"But they can start up at any time!" seems to be the new talking point on Iran's non-existant nuclear programs.

Both North Korea and Pakistan made huge strides toward nuclear arms under this administration, but the irony of Bush's statement seems lost on him.

Update: Apparently the NIE has been on the President's desk for six months. The information isn't new to him. Perhaps the military is finally taking a bit of a stand on the inside against this rogue administration?

First "America" map

Accurate, then "corrected" late with errors. I'm going to resist drawing any current political parallels.