• “Fox News is lying to you.”
• “Chuck Grassley is lying to you.”
• “Sarah Palin is lying to you.”
• “John Boehner is lying to you.”
• “Newt Gingrich is lying to you.”
• “Dick Armey is lying to you.”
• “Michael Steele is lying to you.”
• “The National Republican Congressional Committee is lying to you.”
• “Robert Novak would be lying to you if he was still breathing.”

See, craven Democrats, it’s not that hard. These are not innocent misunderstandings. These are not subtle distinctions. They are deliberate lies. And until you say as much, word for word, you’re nothing but spineless enablers.

Barney Frank excepted.

Obama To Hold Live Strategy Meeting With Organizing For America Supporters [TPM]

We’ll leave the esoteric procedural issues to our betters, but on Monday the Supreme Court stayed the execution of what may well be an innocent man.

With two dissents.

Yes, them. Who else?

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Stinquer Jamie Sommers was outside the President’s VFW speech in Phoenix today, and took some lovely snapshots. See that nice lady to the left, with the blue sign? What on earth could she also be wearing?

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In the midst of our bar brawl spirited exchange with a troll distinguished visitor on Friday, Stinquer “al2o3cr” brought to our attention a curious Fall 2009 course requirement from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary:

At least 10 posts defending aspects of the Christian worldview totaling at least 3,000 words on “hostile” websites.

To be fair, the trolling must be original:

When the professor concludes that a student has plagiarized an assignment, the student will receive the grade of zero for the assignment, and the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs will be notified about the incident.

Don’t take that warning lightly — Professor William A. Dembski will call Homeland Security on yer ass if he doesn’t like your work.

No, really. We’re quite serious. Ask Eric Pianka.

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From an email message forwarded by a North Canton, Ohio, police dispatcher, who received it from a fellow dispatcher in Uniontown:

“New ‘Air Force One’ Tail Number and yes, please forgive me, I’m really sorry, I really, really tried not to laugh, but …………………..!”

Next time, try harder. The keg’s running low.

Rogue Dispatcher Endangers Lives of North Canton Police [OhioDaily, via Think Progress]

Update: Two North Canton dispatchers were suspended Friday because of the email. There’s still hope.

Title: “An Intellectual History of Cannibalism”

Author: Catalin Avramescu; translated by Alistair Ian Blyth

Rank: 103,316

Blurb: “The cannibal — perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation — has haunted the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecked travelers eating each other. An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the first book to systematically examine the role of the cannibal in the arguments of philosophers, from the classical period to modern disputes about such wide-ranging issues as vegetarianism and the right to private property.”

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Sarah Palin’s resignation speech in Wasilla. Forensic photoanalysis reveals she was already under alien influence.

A third shockingly erudite Facebook post Thursday night has confirmed the ugly truth nobody wants to hear:

Sarah Palin has been abducted by aliens.

The evidence can no longer be denied: 1,233 words of coherent, grammatically correct English, followed by eight footnotes. Only a higher intelligence capable of interstellar travel could render meaning from the world-famous free verse of her previous speeches and Twitter messages. Earlier known attempts to plant a positronic comprehension chip in George W. Bush’s brain were clearly beta tests.

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