—Well, no, not in New Zealand it’s not.  In fact, it’s Saturday morning in New Zealand. Too bad, too—because you guys coming late to the party missed one hell of an entertaining armadillo jig!  Little fucker was spinning like Al Franken confronted with Iraqi voter turnout numbers.

From USNews’ David Kaplan: Who’s funding the insurgents in Iraq? The list of suspects is long: ex-Baathists, foreign jihadists, and angry Sunnis, to name a few. Now add to that roster hard-core Euroleftists. Turns out that far-left groups in western Europe are carrying on a campaign dubbed Ten Euros for the Resistance, offering aid and comfort to the car bombers, kidnappers, and snipers trying to destabilize the fledgling Iraq government.

Postmodern Chicken Little: “Well, while I wouldn’t say the sky is falling, exactly—it is, after all, that very kind of dangerous literalism that has historically devolved into pernicious, anti-communitarian fundamentalist ideologies of all stripes—I am nevertheless prepared to buy myself a big ass gun, and to stock my bomb shelter with lots of canned corn…” **** update:  “Anybody know of a militia that accepts postmodern chickens?”

Regarding yesterday’s stunningly anti-Constitutional, pro-government SCOTUS ruling expanding the scope of eminent domain, The New York Times editorializes: The Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that the economically troubled city of New London, Conn., can use its power of eminent domain to spur development was a welcome vindication of cities’ ability to act in the public interest. It also is a setback to the “property rights” movement, which is trying to block

Don’t you think you owe him a little something…?

That’s right, the Supreme Court has just expanded the government’s right to seize private property for “the public good”—which, in the case of New London, Connecticut, means tearing down people’s homes in order to make way for a Pfizer office complex: [Lawyers representing the Connecticut home owners] argued that cities have no right to take their land except for projects with a clear public use, such as roads or schools,

“Ow, fuck!  Jesus!” *

Just shelled out $63.57 on eBay for the red, white, and blue cotton bandana Charlie Daniels used to mop the flop sweat from his brow during the first ever Sean Hannity Freedom Concert.  I’m also the current high bidder for Leanne Rimes’ empty Dasani bottle, so, y’know—keep your fingers crossed.

Dissent being the height of patriotism, Ted Kennedy (D-MASS) today confronted Donald Rumsfeld with what he insisted was the undeniable fact of an intractable Iraqi QUAGMIRE and called for the Secretary of Defense to resign—thus reserving his place in the pantheon of Great American Patriots Who Love This Country So Damn Much That They Strengthen It By Forcing Us to Beat Back A Propaganda Attack That They Themselves Have Spearheaded

..So I need to clear some space.  And besides, advertising revenues are so far down lately that protein wisdom is running on the memory of money.  DVDs for sale:  $6.50 each, 2 for $12, 3 for $16; 10 for $50 (shipping included on all).  All in perfect shape.  Titles below the fold.