Our friend DarkSyde, writing at Daily Kos, pulls out his airbrush and his engorged sense of self and paints one of the most delusional and dishonest pieces of aggrandizing twaddle ever to tag the blogosphere—no easy feat in a medium known for posts that pimp themselves in the same way an aging Norma Desmond once moved showily toward the harsh Klieg light of her own ultimate self parody.  From “Turning

From The Washington Times: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear monitor has rejected an EU request to condemn Iran’s nuclear program. Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was urged to issue a condemnation of the Iranian situation before his agency meets in special session next month. But, ElBaradei, though frustrated by Iran’s resumption of nuclear research and a slowdown in Iranian cooperation with his inspectors,

Karl Rove, speaking to the RNC on Friday: “Republicans have a post-9/11 view of the world. And Democrats have a pre-9/11 view of the world,” Rove told Republican activists. “That doesn’t make them unpatriotic, not at all. But it does make them wrong — deeply and profoundly and consistently wrong.” Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean denounced Rove’s remarks and renewed his call for the deputy White House chief of staff

Massachusetts Senator and failed Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry, writing on Daily Kos: There’s something that doesn’t sit right with me when, on the day Osama Bin Laden resurfaced in a disturbing audio tape, cable television ends up in a game of name calling as a war protester is compared to Osama Bin Laden. That’s reason to be outraged – but even more outrageous is the fact that in a

To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven —Except when the “purpose” convinces you that stuffing a pound of diced uncooked shrimp, two tablespoons wasabe, 1/4 ml purified blowfish extract, and a half dozen 40 oz Kirins into a beer bong and mainlining the whole thing during a blackmarket Samurai Champloo marathon you’ve had specially intercut with adult

—I realize that.  But for those of you who haven’t been watching The Weather Channel, Denver is right now buried beneath a half-foot of snow, which makes getting around difficult without a 4WD vehicle and some off-roading skills.  And so the little bastard and I have reached an impasse.  Because he refuses to dance without his acrylic-heeled glitter shoes (which he’s having re-soled to reinforce the toe grip); and there’s

From Dr Rusty’s two-year anniversary post: Two years ago today I started blogging by warning in my very first post, If you think this is offensive, just wait til I really get going! What a way to celebrate my blogoversary!!! The long awaited moment has arrived that I can reveal some of the details of The Jawa Report’s involvement in the capture of a would-be terrorist. Some of you already

Me: “You know, it so bothered me when critics lampooned you for that scene in Poseidon Adventure where you swim through an underwater maze to help rescue the other survivors.  But—well, to be honest with you, for me –” Shelley Winters’ Ghost: “I know, I know.  You found it kinda sexy—in the same way an old Schooner hand feels a stir in the crotch of his flairlegs whenever he spies

From Taranto’s Best of the Web: Rumors flew last week that a U.S. missile strike in eastern Pakistan had killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s No. 2 man. Reports of Zawahiri’s death turned out to be exaggerated, but yesterday came the news that the missile appears to have hit another important target [from ABC News’ “Which Side Are They On?”]: ABC News has learned that Pakistani officials now believe that al

Via Drudge: Star Jones has told viewers that the war on terror is nothing more than a clash of male egos between President Bush and Osama bin Laden, the NEW YORK POST reports. Yesterday, the co-host of ABC’s THE VIEW told viewers during a discussion of bin Laden’s latest audio tape: “You know what? At some point, one of these men has to put it back in his pants and