William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – The Danger Zone

Tommy Maddox turns 39 today. He may not have been one of the better quarterbacks in Pittsburgh Steelers history, but he never raped anyone, and that’s a good thing.

Wolfrum’s Word

Say what you will about British Petroleum’s PR effort, but as it stands now, it’s been brilliant. Just get Obama to say all’s clear, swim somewhere vaguely near the Gulf of Mexico and all is forgiven. But all is not forgotten, and won’t be for a long, long time. See more at my latest post at Alan Colmes Presents Liberaland.

News/Politics

Hurricane Earl: North Carolina braces for its imminent arrival.

Discovery Drama: The Left will point to the Right and the Right will point to the Left, but the fact is, hostage-taker James Lee was just a very sick man.

Afghanistan: More dead.

Iraq: Gosh, now that it’s over, there are just so many people to thank. We’ll let the Iraqis get their thank yous in later.

Listen

There’s been a lot of commentary around here about people getting songs stuck in their head. I feel left out, so:

You won’t get that combo of music and video out of your heads for weeks. Take that.

Blogs

Sadly, No!: There will be no signs in the Muslim-Hate Room.

TPMDC: Oh the fun we’ll have when Republicans shut down the government.

His Vorpal Sword: Dear God, Ben Smith sucks.

Open Left: What the Elites are trying to steal from us and why.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Make Music, Not War

The power of music during World War II.

News/Politics

Operation Iraqi Freedom is Over: Ok, it wasn’t much of an operation and freedom seems a bit ambitious. But it was in Iraq, and for this we are grateful. See full text of President Obama’s speech here.

But the Costs Continue: The U.S. will be paying out the nose for Iraq for some time yet.

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Let’s Blog around

I just noticed something – I forgot to promote any blogs in today’s Morning post. I have to blame my own narcissism on this (if you know me, you quickly learn I’m all me, all the time.)

So, anyway, let’s rectify this, shall we?

Blogs

Balloon Juice: E.D. Kain abandons Conservatism for all the right reasons.

Equalitopia: Being Gay on the set of the Power Rangers was not a pleasant experience.

LitBrit: Lit asks the big question: Do big cats like catnip?

Answer: Yes. Yes they do.

Petulant Rumblings: Some links from a Petulant perspective.

Gary Weiss: Apparently, the SEC is totally cool now with insider trading.

Podcasts

Skeptics Guide to the Universe: Phil Plait joins the rogues for some bad astronomy and more.

The Partially Examined Life: Should Spinoza be technically considered a pantheist or atheist? I’ll expect your reports in the morning.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Tipping the Cow

Alan Simpson’s opinion of Social Security and those that accept it.

News/Politics

Pakistan Floods: The watery nightmare continues unabated.

NYC Cabbie Stabbed: Make no mistake, this was a text book hate crime. But what set Michael Enright off?

Help Wanted: Need nine people fluent in Ebonics. Apply at DEA.

Blagojevich Retrial: Boxing trainer Gil Clancy enjoyed telling a story about being in the dressing room with a fighter who’d just lost. “Get me him again,”the fighter said. “You just had him,” answered Clancy. The same goes with Blago. They had him, lost him, and now it’s time to move on.

Glenn Beck’s “Dream”: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Ken Mehlman’s Outage: No surprise, of course, but maybe some of these RNC types could come out while they still have political power.

Tea Party Power: As expected, the Tea Party will be the best thing Dems have going for them this November.

Sports

Tiger Woods’ Ex speaks: Elin Nordegren speaks out for the first time, and comes off as the only likable, real character in the whole mess.

More Football: The NFL wants an 18-game season? I’m ok with that.

Blogs

Crooks & Liars: A new design and some new bloggers for the venerable (by Web standards) blog.

Emptywheel: New Wikileak: CIA Admits US Exports Terror.

The NonProfit Quarterly: Wikileaks is all about exposure. Except when it comes to its own finances.

Swampland: Even Joe Klein is wondering about the truth of “Dems being depressed with Obama.”

Paul Krugman: Every day and in every way, we’ll learn that Krugman has been right all along.

And Finally

Seth MacFarlane is an interesting case. He’ll try and break every rule in the book on his TV shows, but becomes a babbling, uncertain fool when discussing real-world events. Also of interest, the ADL complained about MacFarlane using the term “Nazi.” Five-thousand politicians have compared Obama to Hitler, but MacFarlane gets chastised? Weird.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – A Pee-Wee Protest

You just aren’t American if you aren’t protesting something.

News/Politics

More Bad Eggs: Remember, if you’re going to make an omelet, you’re going to have to give a few thousand people salmonella.

CIA Interrogation Tapes: If you want to make sure torture tapes are eliminated, make sure you check under the desk.

They’ve Lost Rubio: When Marco Rubio starts backing away from the Tea Party, you know the end is near.

Doled: How messed up is the Republican Party? Standard-bearer Bob Dole is donating to Charlie Crist.

Mosque Madness: A group of white people protest things they don’t understand.

Drug Testing: The easiest way to test side-effects of drugs? Test them on poor kids in impoverished nations!

Sports

See ya, Lou: I still remember Lou Piniella as a dangerous hitter for a tough Yankees team when the Yanks and Dodgers seemed to meet yearly in the World Series. He’s calling it a career now, and the Hall of Fame should be calling on him in five years time.

American Values: Guy chickens out, allowing a foul ball to hit his girlfriend. Guy then threatens to release nude pictures of her. Girl beats him to the punch.

Blogs

The Pigeon Post: The Lowest Common Denominator.

Doctor Cleveland: Dear Right Wing: Is This War or Not?

Brad Blog: America’s voting machines – now with Pac-Man!

Down With Tyranny: One city’s brave stand against paying taxes – even though it could close the only hospital and turn the place into a ghost town.

Finally

Pee-Wee goes to Sturgis.

If you find yourself needing more Pee-Wee Herman, check him out on Twitter.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Raptor Jesus Edition

Nowhere in the bible does it say that Jesus isn’t a raptor.

News/Politics

Pakistan: A slow-moving tsunami wrecks havoc, as help is slow to come.

John McCain – Winner: Say what you will about John McCain’s flip-flopping, but it will lead him to six more years in the Senate.

Bad Egg: As millions of eggs are recalled, maybe it’s time to do something about corporate scofflaw Jack DeCoster..

The Gulf is Clean!: Except for that 30-mile plume of oil underwater. But who counts that?

People

Roger Clemens indicted: Roger Clemens never took steroids. That’s his story and he’ll stay with it all the way to the slammer.

Wyclef Jean: No Presidency for you!

Blogs

The New Civil Rights Movement: Peter. LaBarbera. Homophobe.

Talking Points Memo: Sarah Palin would be appalled if a public figure used the N-word. But Dr. Laura’s cool.

Crooks & Liars: The markets have been playing as if everything is just fine with the economy. But it’s not, and they’re starting to notice.

Jesus’ General: Sept. 12 is Burn a Confederate flag day.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Nicolas Sarkozy on Line One

Sarah Palin talking with “Nicolas Sarkozy.” We must never forget.

News/Politics

V-Iraq Day: Combat troops are on their way out of Iraq. The war is over! Just ignore the 50,000 troops we left there.

Pakistan: A massive natural disaster may be just the ticket for the the Taliban.

France Says No: As previously reported, there’s no way in Hell France will give Haiti a dime. They stole that money fair and square.

A Muslim Obama: It seems 20 percent of Americans believe President Obama is a Muslim. Must be all those predator drone attacks.

Check Please: It seems like the federal government just can’t buy Alaska’s love.

Freedom of Shriek: Sarah Palin and Dr. Laura make the First Amendment mean whatever they want it to mean.

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William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Taxing Your Faith

When you have the money to paint your churches gold, you have enough money to pay income tax, says I.

Wolfrum’s Word

Freedom isn’t free. So why is freedom of religion tax-free? At my latest post at “Alan Colmes Presents Liberaland,” I take a look at whether it’s time to pull the non-profit rug from underneath Churches.

News/Politics

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William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Bat Guano Crazy

Bats. Why did they have to be bats?

News/Politics

Pakistan Floods: Capitalism not stepping up to the plate to help out Pakistanis stuck in a watery hell.

We Found the Oil!: How about that? It seems 80% of the oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico is still there. Could this mean British Petroleum … gasp … lied to us?

Iraq Violence: 50 killed by a suicide bomber, as the “victory” in Iraq gets increasingly bloody.

Karzai Kicking: Afghan President Hamid Karzai orders all private security contractors out of the country within four months. In other news, U.S. begins drawing up “Time to Go, Hamid” assassination plans.

Unemployment Lies: Five myths about unemployment.

Interesting

Batsanity: At least 500 people have been bitten by rabid vampire bats in Peru. Rabid Peruvian Vampire Bats. There can be nothing more terriofying, in my book.

Forget Her Not: Michelle Philpot’s accident left her mind stuck in 1994. Meaning that at very least, she missed the entire Bush presidency.

Blogs

Rude Pundit: The families and loved ones of 9/11 victims don’t really have a say in what happens next in NYC.

Media Matters: The further adventures of Maureen Dowd.

Glenn Greenwald: Journalistic integrity is not applicable when dealing with OMG MUSLIMS!

Talking Points Memo: Tea Partiers oppose Net Neutrality like good little GOP soldiers.

Crooks & Liars: Pam Gellar led the anti-Mosque charge. Has the U.S. media gone completely insane?

Warning

Don’t Drunk Dial Freedomworks. Just don’t.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Mosque Madness

Nothing quite showcases the hallowed ground near Ground Zero better than Thunder Lingerie.

Wolfrum’s Word

There are still 11 weeks to go until the November elections, but Silly Season is seriously underway. Over the past few weeks, some of the biggest political stories have been – Shirley Sherrod, changing the 14th Amendment and ignoring the First Amendment outright. The simple fact is that the GOP Republican Shadow Government will spam the political discourse to get the onus off their actual record. It’s what they do. But with unemployment off the charts and none of their economic plans amounting to much (why didn’t those Bush Tax Cuts protect the economy, anyway?) it would be pleasant to see U.S. voters see through the charade this time.

News/Politics

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William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Kill All Babies Edition

Don’t say you weren’t warned about blood-thirsty terror babies.

News/Politics

Terror Babies: Texas State Rep. Debbie Riddle believes there is a plot involving pregnant women from other countries traveling to America as tourists to give birth, and then raising the babies as terrorists. These are the death throes of a Republic.

The GOP’s Economy: David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, says the GOP has destroyed the U.S. economy.

Protect the Border: President Obama to approve $600 million for border security. I guess that border fence didn’t really work out.

Net Neutrality: What the rest of the world is saying about Google and Verizon’s plan to change the Internet.

Red Alert

Bearded terrorist monkeys have been found in South America!

Blogs

EZ Kool: White supremacists are Glenn Beck’s favorite.

Right Wing Watch: Will the Right give up on California and focus on taking away the rights of others in other states?

Care2: Of course a Republican came up with a plan to put illegal immigrants into camps.

Raw Story: Google denies it’s selling out Net Neutrality.

How Slinky

So now, we can all stop wondering when someone will build a better Slinky.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – Mad As Hell, Not Taking It Anymore Edition

Video of Steven Slater quitting his job at JetBlue. Yes, Faye Dunaway was there.

News/Politics

Google: The data will explode. And the Mayans will be correct. Also, Google goes to the dark side.

Alaska Plane Crash: Ted Stevens among the dead following plane crash in Alaska. Having lived in Alaska, I can tell you this – it’s a state with a lot of ways to kill you.

Gibbs Gabs: Having a press secretary showcase that the pressure is getting to him may not be the best face the Obama Administration wants to put forward.

Primaries: There were several primaries held last night throughout the U.S., with every outcome benefiting John McCain somehow.

Sports

Brazil Spanks U.S.: four years after he was fired, Bob Bradley has led the U.S. right back to where they were as 2-0 loss to Brazilian youngsters shows.

LeBron Tweets: Remember, if you said one bad thing about LeBron James, he’ll kick your ass. Or tweet something mean about you.

Blogs

Wallet Pop: The worst places in the world to live make you understand why LeBron left.

Radar Online: Former JetBlue Flight Attendant Steve Slater is the world’s greatest hero.

Equalitopia: Matty and Bobby will try and break the record for the world’s longest kiss. And they’re doing it for equality. To celebrate:

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – It’ll blow your face off

Why blogging is better than spitting fire: My face almost never bursts into flames.

Census Bureau Returns Cash: Counting people isn’t as expensive as first anticipated.

Pentagon Cuts: Robert Gates wants some heavy cuts to the Pentagon budget. This could be war.

Alaska Crash: A plane goes down in Alaska, leaving 8 dead and friends worried that Ted Stevens was on the plane.

Damned Hippy Bloggers!: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the “Professional Left” won’t be happy until the Obama Administration institutes “Canadian healthcare” and “eliminated the Pentagon.” When asked, Gibbs can’t name anyone actually involved in the “Professional Left.”

People

Levi Johnston: The wacky neighbor of the Palin Show sitcom will be running for mayor of Wasilla in his new reality show. I don’t see the big deal. They’ve had worse candidates.

Dick Cheney: The Man Without a Pulse is now freely roaming the streets, hungrily devouring brains.

Blogs

Broadsheet: Jodie Fisher made soft-core porn more than a decade before accusing HP ex-boss Mark Hurd of sexual harassment. Let the slut-shaming begin.

Glenn Greenwald: Marriage and the role of the State.

NewsHoggers: Steven Slater says take this job and slide it.

Today’s Drum: 50 Cent joins the bone marrow donor list and is encouraging other African-Americans to follow in his steps.

Joy!

I went to an “Eco Resort” in Manaus a while back, and we got to see a sloth that had been taken in by a poor family that used him as a way to make money from tourists. They are almost too sweet and cute for their own good.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – All Coked-Up Monkey Edition

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – August 6, 2010

Weekend Forecast: Partly cloudy with sporadic outbursts of Coked-up Stimulus Monkeys.

Wolfrum’s Word

Energy outages have created several work stoppages and have helped embolden an overall feeling of pre-weekend lethargy. Plus, the monkeys. Dear God, the monkeys.

News/Politics

Down with Prop. 8: A Judge rules Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. That’s the good news. The bad news – this is all far from over.

Elena Kagan Confirmed: After her confirmation by the Senate yesterday, Elena Kagan will be sworn in as the next Supreme Court Justice on Saturday.

People

Naomi Campbell: I’ve said all along that supermodels and war criminals go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Wycleaf Jean: This blog is not in the habit of endorsing candidates, and will not change that philosophy in regard to Wycleaf Jean running for President of Haiti. It’s interesting, though.

Blogs

Macleanes.ca: Did Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia give away the game on Prop. 8?

Crooks & Liars: Mike links to us and others.

Joe Klein: The Democrats are going to die. Come back next week when I tell you how they can save themselves by being more Republican.

Doctor Cleveland: Undermining Traditional Marriage (Amen!)

Bro Bible: Finally, everything you need to know about South Park.

And Remember

Coked-up Stimulus Monkeys are funny.

–WKW

William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – August 2, 2010

Vampire Babies. Yes, we’ve reached the point of a demand for Vampire Babies. I just have to believe these are the death throes of a dying fad.

Wolfrum’s Word

Is anyone really talking that much about the Pentagon’s inability to account for $8.7 billion in Iraqi reconstruction funds?

Maybe this is just me – a naive idealist, – but I believe if I were in a national media position, I’d say “Hey, $8.7 billion? That seems like a lot.” Or something like that. Because I think there might be a story there.

News/Politics

V-I Day!: The mission is finally over in Iraq. Except for that baseball-stadium sized group we’re leaving out their to mop up.

The BP Oil Disaster: Honestly, I have no no idea whatsoever of what’s going on in the Gulf of Mexico, anymore. Notch another one for the BP/U.S. PR strategy. Someone dumb it down for me.

People

Drew Carrey: He lost 80 pounds. You suck.

Lindsay Lohan is Free: And Topless! Ok, sue me. I’m trying out the HuffPo Strategy, after all.

Blogs

Ramona’s Voices: C-Span veers to the Right. Plus: A look at some fine blogs (including this one!).

The Rational Middle: It’s time to invest in America.

Tomfoolery: Thomas Sowell is Hitler. Argument over.

The Good Blog: A question people need to start asking – Where is that $8.7 billion?

Osbourne Ink: Matt Osbourne gets trippy at Area 51:

Comment of the Week

“I happened to find this blog quite by accident and I hope that this blog and all of the subsequent post are just moronic attempts at satire. If in fact any of you are serious I hope that you remember that the majority of us Red Staters and a large amount of conservative Blue Staters are armed, well versed in woodscraft, and a good number of us are prior military. If the situations you are commenting on were to ever arise be forewarned that I, and a great many others, are probably going to actively hunt and destroy you, your family, pets, property, etc. We will not play nice with others.”

– GunGuy45 at Open Salon, responding to the post “Obama Death Squads, FEMA Camps must be liberal.” A hunch: This dude has seen “Red Dawn” 207 times.

–WKW

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