Reuters ran a story Sunday that largely slipped beneath the radar: Democrat Barack Obama said on Sunday he would pursue a vigorous antitrust policy if he becomes U.S. president and singled out the media industry as one area where government regulators would need to be watchful as consolidation increases. “I will assure that we will have an antitrust division that is serious about pursuing cases,” the Illinois senator told an
Meet Barack Obama’s warm-up act, The Decemberists [Karl]
There is some buzz in the Rightosphere suggesting that the crowd for Barack Obama’s big weekend rally in Portland was inflated by his warm-up act, an indie rock band called The Decemberists. NewsBusters and Michael Goldfarb likely overstate the band’s draw, even for a free show in their hometown, while TIME’s Ana Marie Cox likely understates it. NRO’s Jim Geraghty is probably closest to the mark; the band was likely a boost,
Calling Spike Lee [Dan Collins]
Bush’s fault. Unrelated: Pucked up Robert Pedersen on “Get Off the Bench” radio show this evening (deals with judicial reform issues).
Ald. Dick Mell and the Chicago Way [Karl]
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds seemed to “enjoy” the story of Chicago Alderman Dick Mell, who forgot to re-register his arsenal of weapons as required by city ordinance, then “quietly introduced an ordinance that would reopen gun registration in Chicago and create a one-month amnesty for himself and other gun owners in the same predicament.” But that is just the tip of Dick Mell. His son-in-law just happens to be Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Okay,
Excruciatingly Ridiculous [Dan Collins]
I have no words for this. OTOH, she shows some improvement. More ridiculous? B-B-B-Barry and the Jews NYT editors snooze: McCain may not be just older, but wiser; long-standing strange cultural ideas may have merit. The Black Crows : The Black Seminoles
Biggest Douchebag in the World [Dan Collins; UPDATED]
explains that his words are subject to misinterpretation, Bush’s are not. “Cold-blooded killers” unleashed upon America by “hounds” of war are those in his administration “who may someday be charged with war crimes,” presumably by the sorts of agencies capable of ham-sandwich indictment that have nothing better to do than send an inspector to the United States to investigate charges of racism. At long last, Mr. Douchebag, have you lost
The Gallup tracking poll(s) and the donkey in the room [Karl]
For your halftime entertainment between tonight’s big Democratic electoral tussles in Kentucky and Oregon (hah), here is a brief observation of what the Gallup tracking poll(s) say about the current state of the presidential race. Despite the telephone polling from Kentucky showing a large number of Democrats willing to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama, the Gallup tracking poll data so far shows not only that Obama has opened up a 16-point
O! the fun we shall have!
Seriously. How can anyone above the age of 18 — or who isn’t still a member of the Buffalo Springfield (or Nena, for that matter) fan clubs — support a man who, when he bothers to say anything substantive, shows himself to be so completely out of touch with the Anglosphere’s best interests that its a wonder he’s able to deliver his lines in English. Let’s cut through the tonal
Chimpy McHitlerburton’s smirky rodeo ride through history, 24: al qaeda’s virtual defeat in Iraq edition
Quick! Hurry up and elect Obama so the US and its coalition partners can admit defeat and pull troops from Iraq, lest we finish off al Qaeda once and for all! Like, you know, bullies! From Talisman Gate: A prolific jihadist sympathizer has posted an ‘explosive’ study on one of the main jihadist websites in which he laments the dire situation that the mujaheddin find themselves in Iraq by citing
Breitbart.TV Goes to RayV [Dan Collins]
It’s an interactive platform that allows you to communicate with Liz and Todd in real time, through instant messaging, video chat, etc, while they’re broadcasting. They’re starting it up and are pretty excited about it, so go to the website and load it down before they go live today at 4 Eastern (shows run anywhere from an hour to 90 minutes). Should be fun. In other news, Liz has opened up a Breitbart.TV
