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Stefan Sharkansky at Sound Politics teased this out of the WA Election mess:

Crunching the data in the King Ukraine County voter registration file, I came across precinct SEA 37-1823, or simply Precinct 1823, located in downtown Seattle between Elliot Bay and I-5 near the James St. exit.

I’ve been here. It’s nuthin but [...]

Categories: Politics

Okay, maybe I’m naive, or maybe I’m pragmatic, and failing to realize the nature of most blog readers in the world, but a few things strike me.

I read A Star From Mosul every day, because it’s interesting. It’s written by a girl in Mosul (duh), she’s 16 (born in 1988), so she’s an interesting [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

Fun Whitehouse Christmas Party Photoblogging, here. Click the first one and you can go through the pics in a popup slideshow, nice ‘n big. Check the caption on the last one.

Categories: Politics

I know it’s a little early for this designation, but this is just fantastic!

Hilarious Dude Lipsyncing

It ranks up there with this, the Music Video of the Century.

According to the comments, it’s a Romanian song by a group called O-Zone, the song’s called Dragoste Din Tei.

Via NZ Pundit

Categories: Entertainment

I love Phantom. I spent a year listening to the soundtrack. (Weird? Yes. But I listened to 2 years of Les Mis.) And I’m looking forward to the movie.

Bill at INDC Journal’s irritated by the WaPo review of it, because the guy makes snarky comments about the lead actresses voice.

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I’m listening live via SeattlePI.

Update: Judge: “But it sounds like what you’re trying to say is that it’s not canvassed until it’s counted.” This guy sounds like his palms are sweating.

Update: Okay none of that seemed to get anywhere. The judges are off judging, I guess. Ugh.

Update: From the SeattlePI

If [...]

Categories: Politics

It’s a column that will live in infamy.

That is an Ocicat. I think they put Siameses to shame. The snootiness combined with the Zsa Zsa Gabor Leapord Print Coat. Watch out, or she’s slap you, in a haughty fashion.

That’s Shasta. She’ll slap you in a haughty fashion, but doesn’t bother with [...]

Categories: Catblogging

RUSSIA DOWNGRADED TO “NOT FREE” Putin’s Russia Declines Amidst Further Political Restrictions, Increased Authoritarianism

The Politburo’s Diktat:

And some say there is no such thing as progress. Spasibo, Comrade Putin!!!

Hahahaha

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The Commissar has this today, and I’d like to point out that I had it four days ago. I was ahead of the curve. Ahead of even Slashdot (Peter tells me it hit Slashdot today, which is why it’s making the rounds).

And yet fame eludes me.

Update (12-22):

An Englishman’s Castle found this which I [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

This is just…beautiful. Peter said he thought it was based on a true story. It certainly looks credible.

“God bless America” is one featured, stirring quote. Also:

“If you need anything, I’m-” “Anything?” Coy smile.

Priceless. Quality cinema.

On a serious note, this looks really good. It looks like a sequel to Get Shorty. Be [...]

Categories: Entertainment

Remember when everyone was excited that Nicole Kidman was filming a movie inside the UN, which was never allowed before?

Preview’s out.

It looks really good. Nicole Kidman looks good, and Sean Penn plays a guy hanging out at the UN, which is appropriate. (sorry)

And this looks hah-larious. And a wonderful comment on the times [...]

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‘Bout this business with the Kurdish Militia. Charles Krauthammer was just on Brit Hume, saying again just let ‘em rip, even if it does look like a civil war, because it already is a civil war, which he’s said several times.

I don’t see why they don’t absorb them into the Iraqi military as a [...]

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I love it when his accent slips in. It cracks me up.

Some moron from the Beeb asked this (in a really sarcastic tone) during the press conference with Allawi:

Prime Minister, can you just give us a sense of your feelings today. You flew here in secrecy, under armed protection, into what is [...]

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Executive Order: United States-Mexico Border Health Commission

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (the “Act”), and having found that the United States participates in the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC) [...]

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Christmascatblogging?

She lifted her lil’ head and looked at it, then went right back to sleep. Poor lil’ thing is all tuckered out.

Categories: Catblogging