Just Another Day In My Life

Save for the part where he is crying at the Disney movie. That would never happen to me. It is allergies that makes my eyes water when watching them.

They Told Me That If I Voted For John McCain, We Would See Journalists Arrested In The Streets For Reporting. . .

. . . And they were right.

Via Smitty at The Other McCain who has more.

A Special Request Going Out To Bob Belvedere

The Camp Of The Saints had this earlier, which prompted me to break out The Grateful Dead tonight.

Ten Buck Friday

Bob Belvedere tipped me off to this.

Ten Buck Fridays. Set aside ten bucks at the end of the week for the conservative candidate you have eye on.

Chances are the Democrat in the race will have a nice campaign chest backed by union dues and special interests. And I doubt the GOP will get their act together anytime soon in order to be effective. So it will fall to the conservative grassroots to make the difference and pick up the slack.

It's about the same as a six pack of beer. Or a twelve pack if you like the cheap stuff. An army of Davids can make a difference.

Update: To help make my point, The Daily Caller has a follow up piece about Renee Ellmers and her opponent, Bob Etheridge and his attempt to manhandle a couple of college students who asked him a question on the street:

Etheridge has so far held an enormous money advantage. Etheridge showed $1.1 million in his war chest in the last report to the Federal Elections Commission, while Ellmers had only $5,462 in cash on hand.

Ellmers said she has received a “big boost” since the Etheridge video first hit the Internet but also said she is still “far behind Congressman Etheridge.” She would not disclose how much money she has raised since the video surfaced

“I certainly have no name recognition. That’s a battle,” Ellmers admitted. But, she said, “it doesn’t matter what party, people are tired of what’s happening in Washington and they’re very upset with congressman Etheridge for his vote on health care in particular.”

Isn't it time to send Bob home? It's for the safety of random strangers who happen to walk by him.

VOTE RENEE!

Radical Right Wing Religious Group Threatened Talented Actress For Appearing In Movies About Witches And Wizards

No, not Christian groups. Or even Right Wing. Afshan Azad's own father and brother. According to the article, for no reason whatsoever.

Afshan Azad, 22, has appeared in four of the movies as Padma Patil, a classmate of the young wizard.

She was allegedly attacked at her home in Longsight, Manchester, on May 21 this year. Now her father Abdul Azad, 54, and brother Ashraf Azad, 28, both of Beresford Road, Longsight, have appeared in court.

Abdul is accused of threatening to kill his daughter and Ashraf of threatening to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his sister. Both men appeared at Manchester magistrates' court and the case was adjourned until later this month for committal proceedings to crown court.

The Telegraph doesn't really going the reason why her family threatened her. It only how she won her role in the Harry Potter franchise.

After a some looking, it turns out she was beaten because she didn't want to break up with her boyfriend.

Her dad and brother allegedly began arguing with the star over her boyfriend and demanded that she end the relationship. When Afshan refused she was allegedly attacked and left "badly bruised", reports Britain's Daily Express. Abdul Azad, 54, and his son Ashraf, 28, appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, June 29, accused of threatening to kill Afshan. Her brother was also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The case was adjourned and both Abdul and Ashraf have been released on bail until July 12. As part of the bail conditions the two men must not contact the actress at her new London address, where she is thought to be staying with friends.
[. . .]
Speaking outside of the family home on Thursday, July 1, accused brother Ashraf Azad said, "I don't want to comment on anything. My dad is at the solicitors at the moment. We are going to get trouble from the community now. I am not happy at all. I could lose my job over this because the people at work will see this."[Emphasis Mine]

His job. At least you know where his priorities are.

Yes, Alan Grayson Is A Jerk

Quite frankly, Alan Grayson, Democrat out of Florida is an a--hole of epic proportions.

Pamela Gorman Brings The Big Guns To Arizona

Via Ace, who has more there.

It's a crowded primary with seven people having their hat in the ring, including Ben Quayle (son of former VP, Dan Quayle) and Vernon Parker.

After seeing an interview with Ben Quayle, let's just say that if there is someone for everyone then Ben's ideal someone would be Meghan McCain.



I was able to contacted her about the issues that mattered. What were the guns she used.

The footage that was in the video was of four firearms that belong to a friend who is nice enough to take folks out shooting now and then. All very cool and none belong to me. Here's the rundown on what we shot that you saw.

1928 A1 Thompson sub-machine gun
(Military version used by Navy and Marines in 1928 and used extensively in WWII by allied forces). It is not the 1921 earlier model made famous by mobsters. (shoots .45 ACP)

1911 .45 ACP (All Colt Products)
First used in WWI, still used by military today.

Smith and Wesson .44 Magnum model 29 (Dirty Harry made this one famous).
[I had asked if it was a Colt Python. It looked similar at a distance]

AR 15 Carbine. Shorter lighter weight version of the AR 15, semi-automatic only. It shoots 223 Remington

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A Who's Who On The JournoList. . .

. . . So far (Via Dan Riehl).

One hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money ready for the taking by one of 400 members of the JournoList. I have no clue if anyone will sell out or contact some of the others on the list and hold the the contents over them for a job. There does seem to be a bit of nervous laughter and sweaty brows coming from some of those who were on that list.

The devils we do know:

Spencer Ackerman, Wired and his own blog.
Mike Allen, Politico.
Eric Alterman, The Nation.
Jonathan Chait.
Isaac Chotiner.
Michael Cohen.
Brad DeLong.
Kevin Drum, not yet confirmed but all signs point to yes.
Matt Duss.
Eve Fairbanks, New Republic associate editor.
Christopher Hayes, The Nation.
John Judis, a senior editor at The New Republic.
Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist.
Ezra Klien, the self-proclaimed founder of the list.
Joe Klein, Time magazine.
Paul Krugman, Death Panel advocate.
Lisa Lerer, Politico.
Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo.
Rick Perlstein.
Katha Pollitt.
Alyssa Rosenberg.
Alex Rossmiller.
Noam Scheiber.
Jesse Singal.
Ben Smith, of the Politico. Made a counter offer to Andrew Breitbart.
Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker.
David Weigel, his leaked emails made the rounds a few days ago.
Matthew Yglesias.

I'm going to venture out there and add one more. Andrew Sullivan, resident OBGYN of The Atlantic. I think he's protesting too much here (safe link to Big Journalism). Or he has finally gone over the edge in his crazy train.

I haven't seen all of the names in one place yet, only here or there on this blog or that report. Credit for all the names go to Mickey Kaus, Tom Magire and Michael Calderone. Not to mention Iowahawk. Who is looking to snag that reward.