RG Combs has more interesting information regarding Norman Hsu’s financial entanglements. He quotes commenter Michael from Inoperable Terran: 1. Hsu told Source Financial the money was to manufacture clothes for Gucci & Prada in China. Neither company manufactures any items in China, ever. 2. Source Financial never noticed that Hsu’s businesses didn’t exist before loaning him money. They also failed to check his background, or look for a factory in

It probably emits too much CO2, though. (h/t Reynolds) I can’t wait to see the Aerobatic Screaming Moonbats fly over a Packers game someday. During hunting season. Per McGehee and Spiny Norman: REUPDATE: Bat-Man Outfit at The Complete Illustrated Catalog ACME Products

Gerard Alexander: A myth about conservatism is circulating in academia and journalism and has spread to the 2004 presidential campaign. It goes something like this: the Republican Party assembled a national majority by winning over Southern white voters; Southern white voters are racist; therefore, the GOP is racist. Sometimes the conclusion is softened, and Republicans are convicted merely of base opportunism: the GOP is the party that became willing to