They cannot even manage mentioning Mugabe and his genocidal behaviour. And we should care about the continent why?

Holy #$%@! Do you mean we can’t say *$@#! when talking about Obama’s record or x%x#$! if we want to discuss attacks on McCain?

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I was having a chat with a few friends Saturday night about the spate of knife violence in London as compared to “shootings” in several American cities. I pointed out to them that is probably better to be shot at if you don’t want to die. Its bloody hard to hit a moving target especially if you are moving as well. (That is why innocents get a hit a lot of the time.)

While being knifed is a much more intimate affair and one is more likely to meet a dire end like the poor chap in Islington Saturday night. Its a hell of a lot harder to miss/hit something vital if you are standing less than a foot away than from 20 yards with a gun. Just because everyone in the movies is a crack shot does mean its so in real life. Pulling out a knife and using it against someone shows quite a bit of commitment to harm as well.

Welcome to the June 30, 2008 edition of best of me symphony. Enjoy the selections.

Rhonda Jones presents Rhonda Leigh Jones . com » Blog Archive » Good Morning Galaxy (working title) – Prologue posted at The Independent Author, saying, “Thank you for considering my post for the Best of Me Symphony carnival. – Rhonda”

Leslie Carbone presents Smithsonian Museums posted at Leslie Carbone.

Amy Vernon presents Family trips to the grocery store posted at ice cream is not for breakfast.

Chief Family Officer presents So You Want To Buy A House posted at Chief Family Officer.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Stock Market Ruined My Life – NSFW Video posted at The Digerati Life.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents We’re On Sale: Time To Buy America! posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I submitted an earlier post but didn’t realize it may already have been submitted to the carnival of the vanities . So here is a new one I hope you can consider!

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And be sure to head off and check out the Britblog round-up. And there is a good Storyblogging selection. And SNN is back in English hands.

The vote this Express poll. So far the vote is 91% for getting out.

Via: Tim

s hasn’t gotten any MSM play—and I’ve not seen it among my fellow conservatives. But the Obama “No Dissent Express” bus to Hell has driven over a number of PUMA bloggers this week—as a number of them were mysteriously shut down/blocked by Blogger as “spam blogs” after multiple reports by other users.

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Reviews: Whitesnake & Def Leppard Live, Deivos, Atrocity, and Violent Force

Whitesnake & Def Lep delight while some of the latest batch of releases don’t quite.

Here are the details. Well done to Mark Steyn for holding his bottle and not letting the bastards get him down.

One has to wonder if the outbreak of salmonella all over the US (which jumped a third in number) might be man-helped because its sure causing lots of chaos. There are Islamists in Mexico and who knows what they might be up to. Does focus the mind on food safety it has to be said. Then again it could just centre in Florida.

Another good reason to buy local produce if you possibly can. It helps your local farmers too.

...these votes are dumb for different reasons. The vote result might be what’s dumb. Or the topic of the vote. Or the circumstances surrounding the vote. No matter what…they are all dumb.

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Shockingly the Supreme Court of the US got something right for a change. They have declared the DC gun ban as unconstitutional. The NRA are now going to challenge the other cities that have these obviously unconstitutional bans on their citizens. Cue the ignorant articles in the UK media about this.

A senior arms lobbyist is gaining access to ministers, MPs and peers inside Parliament using a research assistant pass allotted to a member of the House of Lords who benefits financially from one of his companies, The Independent has learnt.

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Arch conspirazoid loon David Icke is standing against David Davis in the upcoming bye-election. The bloke believes in the one world government paranoia, is probably a jew-hater and thinks that lizards are running the world. He has fans in the Muslim community due his 9/11 truther beliefs.

“I am in favour of organised and well controlled free trade.”

From Charles Tannock MEP over at Centreright clearly not getting the whole “free trade” concept. Just in case you were wondering he is a Conservative. And people wonder why many think that Camoron and his lot are socialist-light.

Clearly he needs Butler’s new book.

As Iain Murray of the CEI pointed out. This Drew Carey video on free trade is a simple primer.

You know it’s been a good event when Dr Eamonn Butler, director of the Adam Smith Institute, emails to say, “Jolliest party of the year! Thank you so much”...
On the cigar terrace and out on the street, at the front of the building, nothing was going to stop guests lighting up. Smoke-free England? I don’t think so.

Andrew says: My beloved and I chose to attend this event as my first since I started feeling better chemo-wise. It was a great event that we all enjoyed greatly. Even Michael White of the Guardian seemed to enjoy himself.


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Jughead:

Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would break America’s addiction to “dirty, dwindling, and dangerously expensive” oil if he is elected U.S. president – and one of his first targets might well be Canada’s oilsands.

A senior adviser to Obama’s campaign told reporters it’s an “open question” whether oil produced from northern Alberta’s oilsands fits with the Democratic candidate’s plan to shift the U.S. sharply away from consumption of carbon-intensive fossil fuels.

Oh well, can’t put nothin’ by you, huh? I guess we’ll have to build that pipeline out to the coast and wait, wait, wait for someone—anyone—to buy our filthy oil.

In the meantime, good luck replacing 1/4 of your imports. I’m sure your Saudi “friends” will be delighted to accomodate you. For certain considerations, of course.

Welcome to the June 26, 2008 edition of carnival of the vanities.

Mike Remer presents A Great Weight Reducing Secret | My Path To Fitness Blog posted at My Path To Fitness Blog.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Why Smart Brains Make Stupid Decisions posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, “We just secured an interview with Ori Brafman, co-author of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (Doubleday Business, 2008), to discuss our Dark Side (well, he calls it “different hidden forces” and “psychological undercurrents”).”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Stock Market Ruined My Life – NSFW Video posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”

Allen in Fort Worth presents The Creation According To Saint Albert posted at The Whited Sepulchre, saying, “I found this ancient sacred text while rummaging through a trash heap behind Al Gore’s Tennessee mansion. Enjoy.”

Carole DeJarnatt presents Your Choices Make A Difference posted at Tips from the Biz World of Alliance Advisors, Inc..

Josh Lien presents Pandora Radio – Listen to a Free Internet Radio Station and Discover New Music You Will Like posted at Spin Your Wheels.

Raymond presents Why College Students Should Apply For Student Credit Cards posted at Money Blue Book.

Raymond presents Do Credit Cards and Stocks Make Up Your Emergency Fund Savings? posted at Money Blue Book.

David presents What Do I Want? posted at Pirate Bricks, saying, “You are not in a rehearsal. You are in the show called life.

sab michaels presents My Pussy Getting Fingered-MMMMM!!!!! posted at HARD CANDY.

Dereck presents How to become what you want to become, in about two days posted at I Will Not Die.

Kevin Fleming presents A Complete Guide to Netflix – Satellite TV Guru posted at Satellite TV Guru.

Save Money presents How to Lighten Dark Underarms posted at My Beauty And Fashion.

Matthew Boyd presents John McCain and Video Games: The Musical Connection posted at Kwanzoo, saying, “Not even video game composers will give McCain the time of day, it seems.”

John Phillips presents The Short Life of Post-Race America posted at The Word On Employment Law, saying, “Obama reverses course on post-race America”

DWSUWF presents Through the looking glass with Obama, McCain, the Constitution, and FISA. posted at Divided We Stand United We Fall, saying, “Between the sitting President and the two candidates to replace him, all believe in expanding the power of the executive branch, even to the point of overruling the protections of the Bill of Rights as they see fit. All three – Bush, McCain, Obama. Actions speak louder than words, and hen the rubber meets the road on real bills like the compromise FISA bill, there is no qualitative difference on their views of the unitary executive, regardless of what they say to gullible supporters.”

John Phillips presents Diverse Celtic Pride posted at The Word On Employment Law, saying, “The Boston Celtics teach lessons far beyond playing basketball.”

Crystal Nichols presents Free Stuff: Free Gift Cards! posted at Living the Frugal Life.

Crystal Nichols presents Remember Who You Are! posted at Christian in the Corporate World.

Julena presents Strange Days on Planet Earth and Your Makeup Kit posted at Organic Makeup and Skin Care, saying, “Just think: chemicals in tiniest doses can be more harmful then ever expected before. And “chemical cocktails” are more dangerous than the ingredients on their own. And we know nothing about the combinations men created…”

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Via: Autoblog.

Via: Damian

Feebleness towards wrongdoers will eventually mean the end of freedom.

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Ed Lasky puts paid to the assertion by many, including Obama at AIPAC, that the Democratic contender is a friend of Israel & Jews. Lasky convincingly states why this is far from the case. Obama is saying nice things now to get elected; but look at his record and realise what he really believes.

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For heavens sake Boris, get a grip of your Mayoral brief before digressing! Stand up to the Conservative central office and do what you are paid for.
Posted by Carl on June 24, 2008 8:38 AM

From DT’s comments on a Boris piece.

Plans were made to take her abroad, – although bosses then looked at locations around the UK. In the end they decided to keep her in the capital at a secret location.
A bb source said: “The threats made by Muslim fanatics were taken seriously and they wanted to get Alex away to make sure there was no trouble.”

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You would think the folks over at a site called ConservativeHome would be hoping that the Republican wins in November. You would be wrong, of course, now Douglas Carswell MP has come out for Obama. There is a counterpost at least. Needless to say there are those who keep banging on that Obama is not actually that left.

I could see someone like Carswell making the case for voting LP but Obama? Carter Mark II?

Update: The increasingly useless DT lets its writers shill for Obama. The latest piece in the comment section is beyond pathetic.

Man Raze, Bret Michaels, Believer, Thy Disease, Midnight Syndicate and Eddy Grant…

Death metal, hard rock, and a bit of reggae…just a typical Marty’s Musical Meltdown then.

It should also be noted that Senator Obama thinks that the decision in Boumediene v Bush is an excellent one. I don’t know what’s worse: that he doesn’t understand what the Court has done … or that he actually does and still thinks this was a sound ruling. Good luck to all of us.

Andrew says: Fred Thompson writes a really good piece for PJM on the recent Gitmo decision. Well worth the effort to read it.

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And David Davis…

Via: Guido

And now, since the Irish voted no in a referendum on a plan to reorganize the EU, and the EU’s leaders held a flailing, ineffectual summit meeting to talk about what has been called a body blow to the community’s integrated future, Europe is asking how to heal itself.

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I think you will agree with the people who voted this that destinction. Celion Dion butchers an AC/DC classic.

Shania Twain on the other hand, in a leather catsuit, demonstrates how to do a cover properly.

Some Man Raze and a bit of Bret Michaels; care to guess which is the better of the two? I am bummed that I have to move on in my reviewing listens. Yes, one of these two is that good.