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Oct 2

Oct 2

Oct 2
Photo: Robyn Lee
Ladies and gentlemen, from the pages of A Hamburger Today, it’s the Hamburger Fatty Melt. Why, yes, it is a burger in which the bun halves are themselves grilled cheese sandwiches. (Hilariously exhaustive recipe is here.)
And this is what the Democrats want to take away from us! Vote McCain in ‘08!

Photo: Robyn Lee

Ladies and gentlemen, from the pages of A Hamburger Today, it’s the Hamburger Fatty Melt. Why, yes, it is a burger in which the bun halves are themselves grilled cheese sandwiches. (Hilariously exhaustive recipe is here.)

And this is what the Democrats want to take away from us! Vote McCain in ‘08!


Sep 30
“I don’t know that I ever directed him; I cast him. And then I kept my mouth shut.”
Director Robert Benton on Paul Newman. 

Sep 30
McCain holds Iowa economic roundtable in a cargo container, after which he is sealed up and sent on to Nevada via the Burlington Northern.
McCain holds Iowa economic roundtable in a cargo container, after which he is sealed up and sent on to Nevada via the Burlington Northern.

Sep 30

Sep 30

Paging Dr. Turing. Dr. Turing, call your office.

Q: What is your foreign policy experience?

A: I am so proud of his independent and strong decision he has made, what he decided to do and serving for the right reasons and serving something greater than himself and not just let one party try to destroy not only their country, also. They understand the dangers of terrorists having a stronghold in regions of their country, but the world, of violent Islamic terrorists. We don’t have to stand for that. I see the collapse that we’re on, reform of government and these regulatory agencies back on the table. I think that I do not let them come onto our soil and try to kind of grab it all or capture it all and pretend like they have all the all the all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I think that I just gave you.

From “Interview Sarah Palin,” a site that computer-generates fake answers from Palin’s actual words — answers that are every bit as comprehensible as the ones proffered by the candidate! Via Panopticist.


Sep 30

Hey, who's in charge all up in here?

I admire Rachel Maddow for her wit and humor and also her limitless selection of stylish jackets, but most of all for the rigor and clarity of her thinking. Here she asks what may be the essential question raised by the bailout fiasco: Who’s running the show in the GOP, anyway?

Sep 29

There! That settles it, dontcha know!

Couric: Gov. Palin, since our last interview, you’ve gotten a lot of flak. Some Republicans have said you’re not prepared; you’re not ready for prime-time. People have questioned your readiness since that interview. And I’m curious…

Palin: Yeah.

Couric: …to hear your reaction.

Palin: Well, not only am I ready but willing and able to serve as Vice President with Sen. McCain if Americans so bless us and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ready with my executive experience as a city mayor and manager, as a governor, as a commissioner, a regulator of oil and gas.

From transcript of Couric/Palin interview airing tonight on CBS 


Sep 29

Posts may be thin for a while.

The wifi is spotty here in the safe room, and the enormous stocks of bullets and gold bars I’ve laid in really interfere with the signal.