…Well, what was left of it, anyway. Up next for the once proud Germans? A Toureg hybrid, a Mercedes Benz that runs on Rauchbrau, and a German Army that, when it next marches into Poland, will literally be asked to march the entire way in uniforms made from hemp fiber. And the V2 rocket? Propelled by a giant air pump and, upon impact, releases millions of superballs (all of which

Kos lands gig at Newsweek. Evidently, belching out “screw ’em” when American contractors are torched, torn limb from limb, and strung up from a bridge, doesn’t carry quite the same stigma as it used to. Nor, evidently, does organizing a top down, orchestrated talking points campaign (codeword: “Townhouse”) designed to “unify the narrative” on left-leaning blogs (while simultaneously starving negative stories of oxygen, and demonizing those who stray from the

me: “So I hear they’ve got that chimp stuffed and stored here somewheres. Can we see him?” YAF tour guide: “Chimp?” me: “Yeah. The monkey Reagan starred with in Bedtime for Bonzo. Rumor has it he’s kept in a secret chamber, along with the uniform Dutch wore when he played Grover Cleveland Alexander.” YAF tour guide: “There’s no stuffed monkey here.” me: “Well, that’s what Reagan told the Soviets, sure.

Abashed Firefighter Convicted for Showing Penis to Flirtatious Nude Sunbather (the penis was his own) People Votes Matt Damon Sexiest Man (Alive) I guess he’s cute in an Eddie Munster kind of way.  He was pretty good in Team America, too. Tsk.  So gauche.

From the Associated Press, one of the world’s most respected and trusted media institutions: Hilton Tries to Help Drunken Elephants By WASBIR HUSSAIN – 11 hours ago GAUHATI, India (AP) — With Rwanda off her charity calendar, Paris Hilton has turned her attention to the plight of … drunken elephants in India. “The elephants get drunk all the time. It is becoming really dangerous. We need to stop making alcohol

From the Daily Mail, “Boy George is charged after ‘chaining male escort to a wall’”: Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after allegedly chaining a male escort to a wall at his London flat. Police said today that the 47-year-old singer and DJ has been ordered to appear before Thames magistrates next week. He reported to a police station yesterday and was released on bail. Auden Karlsen, 28,

Wally Gator. There has never been a greater operator in the swamp. (Sorry, Jeff. Wanted to be the first to post this)

Glenn Reynolds, writing in the Northwestern University Law Review: Vice Presidents have increasingly been used as resources in the present […] This growing involvement of Vice Presidents in the executive department has been generally seen as a good thing, as it allows someone deemed by the electorate competent enough to become President to put his talents to work for the country, rather than having them languish while the Vice President

At 27%, his next closest competitor is Mit Romney at 16%, with McCain third at 13%. One of the speakers at the YAF conference was National Review’s John Miller, who admitted to leaning toward Giuliani, though he acknowledged Rudy’s problems on abortion with the conservative base. Of course, Miller’s observation is only germane if one believes the conventional wisdom that the conservative base these days consists nearly entirely of social

To Michael Gibson for the CD lot: The Gram Parsons Anthology, Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression, Son Volt’s Wide Swing Tremolo, and John Prine’s John Prine. My iPod, it runneth over. Incidentally, I brought an iPod dock speaker system and a bunch of music with me to the YAF convention, but I never got to use it publicly — specifically, because it dawned on me at some point that much of