A few yuks and a schmuck

Fritz and Billy laugh it up at the Wellstone funeral political rally.

Meanwhile, Ted Rall poses that President Bush could have been involved in eliminating The Most Liberal Senator.

More fun with Google

Found this site, Googlism, via Didelphis marsupialisBlog.

One of the results for "patrick carver":

patrick carver is likely to approve building the new national stadium at wembley when the findings are published on august

Man, I am way behind since it is referring to August 2001 and I have yet to approve the new Wembley building.

The Ole Miss Conservative's Top Ten List of State Slogans

10. Mississippi: Memphis shall be ours!
9. Washington: No, we're not the place that elected a crack-head mayor
8. Texas: Home of the Texecution
7. Connecticut: Better than you since 1789
6. Georgia: If you have an out-of-state car tag, kiss your posterior goodbye
5. Louisiana: Cajun-free by 2025
4. Oklahoma: Think of us as Texas's "Mini-Me"
3. New Jersey: The Garden State....hey, stop laughing
2. Arkansas: For the last time, WE'RE SORRY ABOUT BILL CLINTON
1. Alabama: Mississippi's evil twin brother

Daschle's Treats

A great animation from the RNC

And in this corner...

If you are in need of diversion or more procrasination material (aren't we all?), check out GoogleFight.com where you can pit Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley, Noam Chomsky vs. Thomas Sowell, or my personal favorite matchup: TAPPED vs. The Corner. The "winner" is picked by how many google search results each receives.

May have to mount a rescue expedition to find New York Liberal

Quick Links

In the Land of Carneval, Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, a former labor union leader, won the presidential runoff 61% to 39%. Looks like there's going to a be another Hugo Chavez running around in South America.

Laurence Foley, an American diplomat in Jordan, has been gunned down outside his residence there.

How do you know when a Republican has moved to the pretty far to the Left? When the New York Times gives him its endorsement (albeit a tepid one).

Victory over Mon-dull

Ramesh Ponnuru points out that Walter Mondale can be beat in the Minnesota Senate race.

If he is forced to run a real, albeit quick, campaign, Mondale could also have some problems with his base. Yes, he's a liberal Democrat. But he's not a child of the New Left, as Wellstone was. The fact that he's on the board of an HMO won't endear him to Wellstone's core constituency. Mondale also co-chaired a commission that came out for Social Security reform, including both private accounts and an increased retirement age (according to an AP report from earlier this year). Mondale can also reasonably be asked to state his position on Iraq: Would he have voted for or against the war resolution? He won't want to be against the president on this. But if he says he would have voted for the resolution, the Wellstonites will feel betrayed.

UPDATE: Ponnuru makes a correction stating that while Mondale was on the Social Security commission, he issued a dissent.

Another Heartbreaker

Ole Miss loses to Arkansas: 28-48

Hostage situation in Russia ended by special forces. All terrorists are believed to be dead along with 67 hostages with around 750 rescued.

"I'm not an investigator, but I play one on TV"

via El Rushbo

Some Hostages Killed in Russia

Listening to Fox News just now, I heard the reporter say that the Chechen terrorists who have held a theatre audience hostage have killed 2 and injured 2 others.

Friday night and I'm here blogging. Yeah...

Paul Wellstone: 1944-2002

Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone has died in a plane crash along with his wife, daughter, three staffers, and two pilots. At the risk of sounding like many other conservative bloggers, I wish to note that while Mr. Wellstone held many "progressive" views that I oppose, he always exuded a sense of earnestness and sincerity (unlike many current top Dem pols). He may have been a only a couple of steps from socialism, but he was a decent fella.

There are some professors with some sense

Lee Ann points out this article authored by Ole Miss Law Professor Richard Rychlak that "gently corrects" a New Republic piece bashing Pius XII, who was Pope during WWII.

Dr. Rychlak was my instructor for University Studies, a five-week class that all freshmen and transfers are required to take. It mainly covers topics like academic integrity, the purpose of universities, and general history of Ole Miss.

Berkeley, this place ain't.

Somebody failed geography

Somebody at MSNBC has mislabeled Mississippi as Alabama in a flash graphic showing locations connected to the MD/VA sniper case.

This is almost as annoying as when media-types refer to the Confederate Battle Flag as the Stars and Bars (a completely different flag). Or when encyclopedias on CD-ROM show Missouri's state bird when it is supposed to Mississippi's. To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, Mississippi gets no repect.

via MCJ

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SuperBush!

Republicans respond to the nasty cartoon on the DNC site.

Quick Links

Police arrested John Allen Muhammad, 42, and his stepson John Lee Malvo, 17, late last night (or depending how you look at things, early this morning) in connection with the Maryland/Virginia sniper case. Another Fox News story relates that Mr. Trigger Happy Mr. Muhammad help provide security at the Nation of Islam's Million Man March in DC.

Saddam Hussein has ordered his diplomats abroad to send their children back home to Iraq. Nothing deters defection better than having a family member being held hostage.

The Slate reports where those Nigerian e-mail scams come from. Interestingly, the U.S. Secret Service states that these frauds have raked in at least $100 million.

Happy United Nations Day Everybody!

We really need to come up with some traditions to go along with this wonderful holiday. Any suggestions?

Nex Fox Show: When Senatorial Candidates Attack

The Washington Post reports that Paul Shelby Hunton, a 27-year-old Democratic Party activist, claims that 62-year-old Repulican Senate candidate Lamar Alexander twisted his finger while the two shook hands. He went so far as file a complaint, but stated that he wouldn't press charges since the swelling had nearly gone down on his finger.

A great response by LAMAR!:

Alexander, the front-runner in the Senate race, laughed off the incident as "just a media stunt." He told us: "He gave me a firm handshake and I gave him a firm handshake, and I've just shaken 2,000 more hands at a barbecue in Knoxville. I feel fine. I think I may go home tonight and play a little Chopin."

If (or more likely, when) Alexander wins he could be valuable asset for the Republicans in Senate. Imagine this scenario:

Alexander: So, Mr. Hollings, I heard that you are planning to vote against the new tax cut bill.
Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC): Yeah suh, Ah believe that it gives too much monuh to da rich and we'uns need to spend that monuh investing in da chil'rens, da po', da old folks, da--
Alexander: --uh, okay, okay. I understand and respect your position.
Hollings: Really? Why thank ya, suh. ah 'preciate it.
Alexander: To show that there's no hard feelings, put 'er there.
Hollings: Well, alrighty then. It's good that da two of us can.....YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOW! YA HURTIN' MAH HAND!!! GREAT GOOGLY-MOOGLY THAT SMARTS!
Alexander [smiling]: So, Senator, wish to change your mind?
Hollings: WHOOOOOA NELLIE!!!! DA PAIN! DA PAIN!
Alexander: Fritz, I'm waiting.....
Hollings: OKAY! OKAY! AH SUPPORT DA BILL!
Alexander: Good boy. [releases grip] I love this spirit of bi-partisanship. Now, where's Sen. Kennedy?.....