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This Is Odd

by John Cole|  July 29, 200510:21 am| 13 Comments

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You don’t see this every day- you commenters are getting featured in Slate for coments made here:

In a response to a post that supports the decision on moderate blog Balloon Juice, commenter SomeCallMeTim snarks: “We were always going to declare victory and go home, regardless of the facts on the ground. The only question was whether we’d leave Iraq in the midst of a civil war or under the thumb of a Saddam-lite. I admit that I hadn’t considered that we make it a client state of Iran.”

Pretty funny, actually.

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My Curse

by John Cole|  July 29, 200510:12 am| 11 Comments

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I am cursed- when I see headlines like this on Drudge, I can’t resist:

Woman sues Denny’s over toilet burns

Why? Because, for the life of me, I could not figure out how one gets burned on a toilet. Was it a gas buildup in the plumbing, and the victim lit a cigarette?

Was the plumbing hooked up wrong, and it was steaming hot water piped in, rather than cold water (the hot water in a building I once worked in could scald you)?

How do you get burned on a toilet? This is how:

A Kansas woman has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for severe burns on her rear end caused by chemicals used to clean a toilet at a Denny’s Restaurant.

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ABC’s Commander In Chief

by John Cole|  July 29, 200512:00 am| 4 Comments

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Charmaine Yoest doesn’t like ABC’s new show Commander In Chief.

And I mean, she really doesn’t like it, because she hates it before the first episode.

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Choco Mint Chip

by John Cole|  July 28, 200510:35 pm| 10 Comments

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I think we have talked about this before, but in case we haven’t, I would just like to express my firm belief that Turkey Hill Choco Mint Chip is the greatest ice cream on the planet.

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Links to Check Out

by John Cole|  July 27, 200511:52 am| 11 Comments

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Here are some quick links of things I have read today:

Publius Pundit discusses trade v. aid in Africa.

Gerry Daly revisits the Hillary Clinton/DLC issue.

Jeff Goldstein examines the testimony from the Plame hearings in Congress. Ok, not really.

Macho Nachos notes the blatant pandering yesterday by Mitt Romney- “Why does Mitt Romney think we can’t recognize when we’re being pandered to?”

Hugh Hewitt notes I sometimes ‘kick him like a flat tire in the rain.’ Only when I think you are wrong, Hugh, and only because you are better than the rest of the radio voices out there on the right, and I expect more.

Der Commisar provides about the only possible humorous angle regarding Hanoi Jane’s recently announced Crisco tour/protest.

Rick Moran reviews the possibility of George Allen in 2008.

The PhotoDude dabbles in stream of consciousness blogging.

The DailyPundit examines Zimbabwe.

Kevin Srum provides some Harry Potter spoilers.

Red State announces a merger, of sorts.

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Cat Blogging

by John Cole|  July 26, 20059:18 pm| 32 Comments

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My sister thinks she has found the perfect kitten for me:

If I don’t adopt him, she says the terrorists win:

I think I just might.

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Rino Roundup

by John Cole|  July 25, 200511:48 am| 5 Comments

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The Countertop Chronicles hosts this weeks RINO Round-up, aka RINO sightings, aka Carnival of the RINO’s.

Check it out.

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