Through some miracle of God’s will, Australians don’t fall off the bottom of the Earth. But, as our Oz Correspondent informs us, one of the Lord’s minions is doing his best to try.

Our guest preacher today is Pastor Danny Nalliah, who dreamed last October of raging fires. Upon awakening, he realized it was…

“a flash from the Spirit of God: that His conditional protection has been removed from the nation of Australia, in particular Victoria, for approving the slaughter of innocent children in the womb”.

We’ve seen Gallipoli, so we’re not entirely sure when that conditional protection began. Perhaps it was when Steve Irwin died for Aussie sins.

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Left.  Right.  Left.  A&B.  A&B.  File petition and First Day Motions.  Left.  Right.

Big Banker Wins — FATALITY!

Midway, Mortal Kombat creator, files for bankruptcy (Chicago Tribune)

Thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you?

Unlike Senator Vitter, she doesn’t lie every time she opens her mouth.  The people of Louisiana will appreciate that.

Photo after the jump (to pacify you-know-who).

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Now can we have war crimes prosecutions?

The American Civil Liberties Union has released previously classified excerpts of a government report on harsh interrogation techniques used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. These previously unreported pages detail repeated use of “abusive” behavior, even to the point of prisoner deaths.

The documents, obtained by the ACLU under a Freedom of Information Act request, contain a report by Vice Admiral Albert T. Church, who was tapped to conduct a comprehensive review of Defense Department interrogation operations. Church specifically calls out interrogations at Bagram Air base in Afghanistan as “clearly abusive, and clearly not in keeping with any approved interrogation policy or guidance.”

I know this is what we all surmised, but to see it in print ….

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On this, the bicentennial of Darwin’s birth, we celebrate the 61 percent of Americans who either do not accept or have no opinion about evolution.

We celebrate the Brazilian priest who floated out to sea in a chair held aloft by hundreds of helium party balloons.

We celebrate the New York bird hunter who grabbed his loaded gun by the muzzle and started swinging it angrily at his dog, only to have it shoot him dead when it struck the ground instead.

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@Mistress Cynica: Beefcake?  You want beefcake?  Here you go:

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I am really, really enjoying this.

Stormy Surges

Vitter Reelection Hopes Sag as Daniels Comes on Strong
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- February  10, 2009 – Today, in an online poll conducted by the Baton Rouge Business Report, potential candidate for senate Stormy Daniels surged to a strong second place finish against incumbent Louisiana Junior Senator David Vitter.  The final numbers were Senator Vitter 39%, Stormy Daniels 32%, and Baton Rouge businessman Jim Bernhard 28%.

Even more surprising than the early strength showed by Daniels  were the anemic numbers of the incumbent, embattled Louisiana Junior Senator David Vitter , who polled under 40%.  Zach Hudson, a spokesman for DraftStormy, said he is encouraged by the numbers.