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Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is off to Alcatraz. Wizbang is in a hole and digging faster. Wyatt Earp has a balled head. Public Pondering is serving steamed rice. Cowboy Blob is bulking up. Willisms shoulda worn white gloves. Right Pundits is singin’ Soprano. Blonde Sagacity is planning for some lonely nights. The [...]

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Responding to reports that American Airlines will enact numerous cost-cutting measures that will make flying even less pleasant, including charging $15 for the privilege of checking a suitcase, Kevin Drum wonders where it will all end. Airlines have spent years trying to bully passengers into reducing their carry-on luggage — with TSA pitching in to [...]

Ann Althouse goes apoplectic on a recurring meme that Barack Obama should promise Hillary Clinton the first Supreme Court vacancy in exchange for withdrawal from the race and enthusiastic support. She observes that Clinton “has no judicial experience and has never done anything to indicate that she is any sort of a legal scholar or [...]

Bumped to top from 0910 May 18. Jim Henley, who knows from post titles, nominates Stephen Frug‘s “When All You Have is Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Head” for Best Post Title Ever. Certainly, it’s a fine post title, playing off a well known aphorism with a slightly obscure — but not too [...]

In a recent speech at Harvard, TPM founder Josh Marshall argued that the competition from the Internet is killing newspapers but improving journalism. Stacy McCain, though, contends, “iIt’s not the Internet that’s killing journalism, it’s illiteracy.” Rather than former print consumers switching to digital media, “There is, instead, a shrinking readership of news, period, regardless [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is well versed on removing hanging chads. Wizbang is looking for the best man. Wyatt Earp is runnin’ on a wing and a prayer. Public Pondering is a little stiff in a public forum. Cowboy Blob is on a mission from God. Willisms is surprised its alive. Right [...]

The third time is the charm for H.R. McMaster, who is the most recognizable name on the list of new one-star generals selected by a promotion board headed up by none other than David Petraeus. An Army board headed by Gen. David H. Petraeus has selected several combat-tested counterinsurgency experts for promotion to the rank [...]

Barack Obama has a “bad habit” of addressing “all kinds of people” as “Sweetie” in casual conversation, although he’s trying to quit. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her “sweetie” during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights. Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on [...]

The Democrats have picked up their second Deep South congressional seat in as many weeks, with Travis Childers defeating Republican candidate Greg Davis by a substantial margin in the special election contest to replace Roger Wicker, now serving as the interim junior senator from Mississippi, in the House of Representatives: The seat had been in [...]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is working to change a defense culture that looks too much at fighting the next war to justify expensive, cutting-edge systems that may not be justifiable. Or, as the headline writer of Thom Shanker‘s report puts it, “Gates Wants Weapons to Be Useful in Current Conflicts.” Defense Secretary Robert M. [...]

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Matthew Yglesias observes, Here in Round 2 of the NBA playoffs we’re seeing once again that home court advantage matters a lot — out of eight total games, seven have been won by the home team. Which makes me wonder — is anyone aware of any good research on what the home court advantage consists [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is giving CBS some competition. Wizbang has the Tom Sawyer whitewash defense. Wyatt Earp is doing a little scanning. Public Pondering isn’t really for school uniforms. Cowboy Blob thinks there is one good head between the two of ‘em. Willisms has the Kung Fu grip. Right Pundits is [...]

An amusing gaffe from Barack Obama: “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify [...]

Marc Lynch extols the work of Radio Free Europe analyst Daniel Kimmage “on al-Qaeda’s internet operations, including his definitive study of Iraqi insurgent media (with Kathleen Ridolfo) and his more recent report on al-Qaeda’s internet media production network. There are very few people inside or outside the government who have worked harder or thought more [...]

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After falling further behind last night, Hillary Clinton is “returning to Washington, D.C. today to meet with advisers and discuss the future of her campaign,” Taegan Goddard reports. Given that her campaign is about out of money, can’t win absent a miracle, and most party activists want her to withdraw from the race, could it [...]

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Abu Muqawama‘s Charlie unleashes a diatribe against Lee Greenwood and, especially, the “miserable, treacly song” for which he is most known. Noting that the old warriors at a weekend Special Forces gathering “stood for it like it was the National Anthem,” she asks, “Is this some sort of Army thing? Does graduating from the Q [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney has a trial balloon. Wizbang taunts the Happy Fun Ball. Wyatt Earp is a little snitch. Public Pondering ponders the graying of America Cowboy Blob is takin’ his best shot Willisms has no sense of humor, nun at all. Right Pundits has the breast contest this weekend. Blonde [...]

Colonel David Hackworth had a legendary military career which he followed with decades as an author, commentator, and advocate for the American grunt. Like a lot of old soldiers who comment on military affairs, his views were eventually colored too much by the past and unenlightened by how modernization had rendered some old dogmas outmoded. [...]

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Jonathan Last notes a WaPo write-up on the new “Iron Man” live action movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and observes: The reporter makes the case that Iron Man is a second-tier hero, closer to Thor than Spider-Man. I’m not sure I buy that. In recent years, Iron Man has assumed a larger and larger role [...]

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Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney thinks this makes his ass look fat. Wizbang still has Obamazombies. Wyatt Earp is prayin’ for changes to the tax code. Public Pondering is reachin’ across the pond. Cowboy Blob still wants to keep it up. Willisms is outta time. Right Pundits is gonna rip another. Blonde Sagacity [...]

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Syracuse University professor Arthur Brooks steps past the politics of “Bittergate” and looks at the actual facts. Barack Obama said of people in small town American that, “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is having a blast. Wizbang is bringin’ the heat. Wyatt Earp took the crash course. Public Pondering should’ve just called Orkin. Cowboy Blob has the new James Bond. Willisms is willing to work across the aisle. Right Pundits has The Biggest Loser Blonde Sagacity has a job training [...]

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The Boston Globe is running a piece headlined “Bill Clinton: Older voters too savvy to fall for Obama” by political reporter Scott Helman. Neither the headline nor Helman’s lede, however, are fair readings of what Clinton actually said — as quoted in the story. Older voters gravitate to Hillary Clinton because they’re too wise to [...]

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Michael Petrelis has learned that Lauren Burk, pictured along with her husband and infant child on a 1985 LIFE magazine feature informing us that “Now No One is Safe from AIDS,” is still very much alive. From the 1985 story: Patrick Burk fits the original profile of the AIDS patient because he is a hemophiliac [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is on the the wagon. Wizbang thinks Bill got the ‘RON MEXICO’ one. Wyatt Earp is on the rocks. Public Pondering is looking for a few good men. Cowboy Blob is taking his best shot. The Gone Rick Motel is getting some needed romantic advice. Willisms doesn’t know [...]

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Joe Biden is getting plaudits from the Leftosphere for asking Ryan Crocker a really dumb question in yesterday’s hearings. Here’s the video: The transcript: BIDEN: Mr. Ambassador, is Al Qaeda a greater threat to US interests in Iraq, or in the Afghan-Pakistan border region? CROCKER: Mr. Chairman, al Qaeda is a strategic threat to the [...]

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Today’s NYT features a rather bizarre feature entitled, “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop.” A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney gets the point. Wizbang pondering the imponderable Wyatt Earp is a duck out of water. Public Pondering is passing the peace pipe Cowboy Blob is hangin’ in the hood The Gone Rick Motel has a real wiener Willisms is hoping for some justice. Blonde Sagacity likes to play [...]

The bitterness of the Democratic presidential race kicked up another notch yesterday, with the discovery that popular Air America radio host Randi Rhodes recently performed a profanity-laced standup routine in which both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton were repeatedly referred to as “big f-ing whores” (minus the sanitization, naturally). (She also called Richard Nixon, Ronald [...]

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Absolut Vodka has got some ‘splainin’ to do: Laura Martínez found the ad in the print edition of Quién magazine in Mexico City and it’s going viral. Jim Hoft has picked it up, calling it an “Absolut-ly Outrageous Ad,” Pierre Legrand profanely calls for a boycott, and Brian Ledbetter goes with “Absolut-ly Insulting.” Michelle Malkin [...]

Matt Yglesias argues, persuasively, that John McCain’s “biography tour” is a strange campaign strategy, especially given that the candidate with the more impressive military background has lost almost* every presidential election since 1960. He then goes off on a tangent: What I’ll say on behalf of this strategy is that it’s the best way I [...]

There’s no doubt that the U.S. economy is in a downturn. The cost of petroleum has skyrocketed, creating all manner of ripple effects throughout the economy. The “housing bubble” has burst in several cities and the sub-prime mortgage industry has gone bust, leaving many people upside down in their houses or facing — or experiencing [...]

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The Carlisle, Pennsylvania Sentinel has announced that they’re going hyper-local and that national/world news will take the back seat.” Starting today: • As with the Sunday paper, the main “A” section will be all local news, with state news toward the back. Obituaries will be in this section, as well as the Opinion page and [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney didn’t follow the yellow brick road. Wizbang has a superdelegate in his pants. Wyatt Earp thought Chikezie should’ve stayed on American Idol. Public Pondering is travelin’ heavy. Cowboy Blob has a story of Mice and Men. The Gone Rick Motel should’ve taken the blue pill. Willisms is guarding [...]

A new study finds that, while college professors are overwhelmingly liberal, that fact does not have much impact on the politics of their students. A study that will appear soon in the journal PS: Political Science & Politics accepts the first part of the critique of academe and says that it’s true that the professoriate [...]