Megan at her worst

This gallery contains what are called Megan Fox's Worst Pictures. Some of them are so horrible I can not bear to post examples.

Yeah. As if.

California Screaming

Click here to read an excellent post from Matt Welch at Reason Online about the financial difficulties that California is facing at the moment.

To entice you, here is a tidbit:

"Rarely has the chasm between elite political discourse and grubby popular opinion been displayed in such sharp relief. The implications of this citizen revolt—and the hostile reactions to it—stretch far beyond Nevada’s western border. California is the Ghost of Federal Government Future."

I like that phrase. It could just as easily be applied to the Garden State as it is to the Golden State.


UPDATE: Unionized state employees respond:

sealgaire

But, obviously you hate state workers, probably because you could not pass the entrance exam to get a job. Can I have a Big Mac, fries, and a medium coke please? Have a nice day.

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Hat tip: Instapundit

"It's sort of a monument to scientific illiteracy, isn't it?"

The Creation Museum, that is.

More from the article:

"The museum argues that the fossil record has been misinterpreted and that Tyrannosaurus rex was a vegetarian before Adam and Eve bit into that sin-inducing apple."

I wish someone would argue that point with me just once.

:-)

Hasta la vista, Arnold

Great video from Reason TV.

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And there was much rejoicing.

It's about fucking time.

Yeah!

Carry on.

What took so long?

Indeed. As the headline says, "Another week, another Rangel probe."

"What took so long? The committee waited more than nine months after the trips were first disclosed by The Post's Isabel Vincent.

Not that the committee will ever do more than slap Rangel's wrist -- if that."

Go read the rest.

Hat tip: Fark.

Are You a National-Socialist?

My friend Jeff has written an excellent piece on the secession movement currently gaining momentum in many areas of the country. Here's a sample:

"There’s a reason why secessionist talk still runs through American discourse–America was born of secession. Today, what’s looked at as fringe, was mainstream when the country was founded and for about 30-40 years. Then it all started to break down. The breakdown proceeded through the Civil War and then accelerated in the late 19th Century."

The rest is just as good. Go read it.

You say you want a revolution?

Some thoughts on a post-secession America from the Wall Street Journal.

Here's one thought that stood out to me:

"Secessionist feelings also percolate in Alaska, where Todd Palin, husband of Governor Sarah Palin, was once a registered member of the Alaska Independence Party. But it is not as if the Right has a lock on this issue: Vermont, the seat of one of the most vibrant secessionist movements, is among the country’s most politically-liberal places. Vermonters are especially upset about imperial America’s foreign excursions in hazardous places like Iraq."

That aspect is continuously (conveniently) left out of the discussion when libs like Olbermann rant about the idea.


Hat tip: The Agitator.

Satanism, porn, crack, Pokemon, and more!

To me it sounds like a good weekend. To Time Magazine, each represents the latest and greatest soon-to-be apocalypse.

Reason Magazine breaks down the Ten Most Absurd Time Covers of the Past 40 Years.

It's hard to say which one seems most ridiculous to me, although Number 6 would probably get my mother fucking vote.

My all-time personal Time favorite is this piece of "climate change" crap. Maybe I'll email Radley and ask him why it didn't make the list...

Dogfish

Look over to the right side of this page and you'll see a link to Dogfish Head brewing. They are one of my absolute faves.

Stuff like this is one reason why.


How frikkin' cool are these people?!?!?!?

Fred is at it again

This quote is pure, classic Fred.

"Headline: “Senator Lautenberg: US Won’t Be Upset if Israel Strikes Iran.” Well, Senator Lautenberg, presumably an Arab, won’t be upset. But with which Americans has he consulted? Me? I guess I missed his call.

Real answer: He has consulted with Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works like a vending machine. You put coins in the slot, select your law, and the desired legislation slides out.

Thing is, Israel can’t attack Iran without an American OK, which Iran knows, so that puts us at war with Iran, and our Iraqi colony shares a long border with Iran, while Israel doesn’t. Something to think about. Should we ever take up thinking."


Ya gotta love it. I wish I could write like that.

Hey, Rogier van Bakel...

...I just wanted to point out that you, sir, kick major ass!

This piece is worth posting in its entirety. I won't (that would be wrong of me) but I will post this tidbit:

"I can't think of a faith — certainly no mainstream one — that shits all over this so-called golden rule with as much faux-pious, bloodthirsty hatred as that which the Koran habitually inspires."

Now, everyone, go read the whole thing. And check out the rest of Nobody's Business while you're there.

Charlie Rangel is a Race-Bating Attention Whore

From Garden State Patriot comes this bit of "news" from Albany.

"Representative Charlie Rangel appeared on New York 1 last night to discuss next year’s Democrat primary in New York. During the discussion Rangel lashed out Andrew Cuomo, the state’s current Attorney General because he has not ruled out a primary challenge against sitting governor David Paterson. Rangel went on to say that the prospect of such a challenge could cause ‘racial polarization’ within the Democrat Party."

GSP makes a few excellent observations that you should read for yourself. Go ahead, I'll be here when you get back.

Kennedy-Dodd Healthcare Bill

Keith Hennessey has posted a very good breakdown of the draft bill coming out of the Kennedy & Dodd camps.

Sample:
"Here are 15 things to know about the draft Kennedy-Dodd health bill.

1. The Kennedy-Dodd bill would create an individual mandate requiring you to buy a “qualified” health insurance plan, as defined by the government. If you don’t have “qualified” health insurance for a given month, you will pay a new Federal tax. Incredibly, the amount and structure of this new tax is left to the discretion of the Secretaries of Treasury and Health and Human Services (HHS), whose only guidance is “to establish the minimum practicable amount that can accomplish the goal of enhancing participation in qualifying coverage (as so defined).” The new Medical Advisory Council (see #3D) could exempt classes of people from this new tax. To avoid this tax, you would have to report your health insurance information for each month of the prior year to the Secretary of HHS, along with “any such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.”"

Where can I buy my ticket on the John Galt Line?

Read the rest of it here.

Hat tip: Glenn Reynolds