Right Wing Nation

Am I the only one who feels that it borders on disgusting that Tom Delay is lecturing everybody about how to get back in touch with voters on his blog?
No link. I have standards.
I’d suggest you go here instead.

Like when you see somebody making a fool of himself and you get all squirmy, that kind of embarrassing:
Mr. Biden is equally skeptical—albeit in a slightly more backhanded way—about Mr. Obama. “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said.
I’m going to crawl […]

Technorati: snap.com, snap, snap previews, blogging, idiots, morons
I’ve been on the verge of doing this for about a week now. I’m in a pretty grumpy mood today, so I’m just going to lay it out.
If you’re one of those idiots that uses those intrusive, idiotic snap previews on your blog, […]

Anybody who hates Baltar will love this episode.

Technorati: open threads
Comment or trackback, as long as you link to this post.
Previous free threads are here.

John Fonte’s article in National Review: The Rise of the “Civ-Cons”:
At the level of highest principle civic conservatism emphasizes the Unum in E Pluribus Unum and puts American national cohesion over any group interest. The intellectual origins of civic conservatism can be traced to George Washington’s Farewell Address.
Citizens by birth or choice, of a common […]

Ace, in his typically hilarious style, accurately classifies liberals:
Liberals tend to fall into two categories, and sometimes both.
“I’m Too Complex For Categorization And Labels” Liberals. These liberals are so enamored of their amazing complex and unpredictably maverick minds they simply will not countenance the suggestion their mode of thinking, or emoting, falls into rather common […]

Snow all week, except for tomorrow (yes, it’s snowing now).
Wonderful.

Florida Masochist has had this up for some time now, and I’ve resisted linking to it because it’s heart rending. In memory of Daniel Thomas Jempty.

Technorati: open threads
Comment or trackback, as long as you link to this post.
Previous free threads are here.

No, not a recipe, but a very intriguing (though long) article on how nutritionism has replaced food, and how it has affected our culture and health.

I’m always astounded at the scams people fall for. Amazed. Do you remember that episode from maybe the third season of NYPD Blue where the scam artist was selling bags to women, the idea being that if they wore a bag on their heads — powered, of course, by a very expensive battery pack that […]

Technorati: tort reform, gratuitous lawsuits, john edwards, shysters, dagoba, dagoba chocolate, wackjobs, nutcases, idiots, morons, limousine liberals, leftists, progressives, seattle, organic, free range
On the side of the quart of cream in my refrigerator, in small letters at the bottom, it […]

Technorati: open threads
Comment or trackback, as long as you link to this post.
Previous free threads are here.

Have I ever mentioned what vigilant guard dogs we have? Minnie — our Queen Alpha Bitch of all Queen Alpha Bitches — is guarding the floor:

And Minnie, the puppy, is guarding the couch:

I let the chicken stock go all day yesterday and turned it off about seven last night (I started it around noon). I put it back on when I got up early this morning, and just strained it. But I’ve changed my mind. I’m going to make scalloped chicken today.
What that means depends on who […]

It’s officially winter in this part of the country, with below freezing temperatures (and up here on the mountain ridge, painfully cold, howling winds — Friday, it got up to a balmy 15). Cold weather demands filling, satisfying food that warms both body and soul. So I bring you the Winter Comfort Food edition […]

Even as a small child, I loved pears. Of course, in the rural area where I grew up, we ate canned pears (in heavy syrup) — which I still love. Now we can get a wide variety of pears at the supermarket, and over the years, I’ve experimented with them. Here are a couple of […]

Went to the store, and that wonderful vegetable soup is simmering on the stove. We picked up a couple of those rotisserie chickens, and I’m going to carve off the meat and use the carcasses to make chicken stock. Tomorrow, we’ll have either cream of broccoli soup or chicken and dumplings.
My nose was buried in […]

This is well worth reading, and many thanks to Hugh Hewitt for posting it

Roasted Garlic and Gruyère Mashed Potatoes
We’ve been through this before. No, there are no “peels” in the mashed potatoes. Disgusting. And no, there are no lumps, which is just as disgusting. The Baby Jesus cries when you make lumpy mashed potatoes, as do my mother and both my grandmothers from beyond the grave. And by […]

Soup, stew and bread — the best way to warm up in the winter. So let me offer some of my favorite recipes, starting with the bread. Yes, I know, most supermarkets these days have fairly good bakeries and you can buy pretty good bread, but there’s nothing quite like making your own. So let’s […]

With the greatest respect for Tim Blair, I have to admit that I would probably be depressed if Sophia College were here, but since it’s in Australia, I find it hilarious. (And is this real? Can any accredited school these days have such an amateurish webpage?)
Sophia College — Holistic Counselling Courses
“Through Wisdom To Healing”
It’s already […]

Folks, this is an amazing picture.

Technorati: open threads
Comment or trackback, as long as you link to this post.
Previous free threads are here.

Never mind. I don’t want to talk about it. Testing:

One
Two
Three

LOL!
Are you a patriotic terrorist?
If you are intensely critical of the US, while tolerating homicidal enemies who condemn everything you previously claimed you are for - human rights, voting rights, gay rights, women’s rights, porn - then you’re a patriotic terrorist.
If you talk about tolerance constantly - and hilariously tolerate genocide and suicide bombers because […]

Aussie “activists” want everybody to know how guilty they are. Hat tip to Tim Blair, who has some great comments about this.

City Journal effectively skewers John Hawkins’s statement that Rudy is “not conservative in the least.”

Wackjobs go off the deep end in three states — but Tancredo has a momentary flash of sanity:
Tancredo has repeatedly opposed a guest-worker program because he said it would reward immigrants who entered the country illegally. But now, “if I see we’re truly enforcing the law…I’d be willing to talk about a potential guest worker […]

A little linky love while I run some errands:

Andrew Bolt is back — with an Aussie vengence
Matt Johnson on Presidential campaign funding and McCain-Feingold
Jef Clark is packing his I’M WITH STUPID T-shirt, just in case
Bruce Walker makes a pitch for Fred Thompson
Ace sobs for student
Jules Crittenden tried to get Kerry to change his mind
Powerline fisks […]

Over 4,000 signed the pledge in the first six hours after NZ Bear put it up:
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the […]

Technorati: open threads
Comment or trackback, as long as you link to this post.
Previous free threads are here.

Currently on the Biography Channel: Search for the Abominable Snowman.
Uh, so who wrote the biography of the abominable snowman?

Showing right now on the (cough, cough) History Channel: Last Days on Earth. Scientists explain seven of the deadliest threats to humanity: black holes, artificial intelligence, supervolcanoes, asteroid strikes, nuclear war, disease and climate change.
Huddle under your beds! The sky is falling! It’s the end of civilization as we know it!

Technorati: belgium, bestiality, animal welfare, animal welfare act, wackjobs, nutcases, moonbats, idiots, morons, liberals, progressives, leftists
Brussels Journal:
Belgium is going to vote a bill which forbids humans from having sex with animals. Recently a Belgian man who had sexual intercourse with his bitch was acquitted […]

It’s one thing when somebody spouts edubabble. It’s another thing entirely when you’re a deluged with a narcissistic, endless gushing stream of fact-free, agenda-driven drivel masquerading as education:
Imagine designing a university that really helps the student learn. What do we need to consider in order to build such a vision? Three areas of focus immediately […]

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review nails it again:
Democrats oppose President Bush’s health care plan to increase the number of insured Americans; it’s too private and encourages the exercise of freedom.
That, and opposition. Had Bush proposed Hillarcare, the Democrats would have opposed it.

The dextrosphere is full of speculation and debate regarding GOP race in 08 (the Bitch Girls have been slamming Romney, Born Again Redneck looks at the candidates — and those are only the examples I’ve seen this morning; there are too many to document).
But everybody is missing the boat — and I’m going to focus […]

Allahpundit hits the nail square on the head: State of the Union: The biggest non-event of the year.