Don't Make Mommy Mad

But I just wanted to play.

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Looking Good in Iraq

Well good. Finally you can read The Advisor without downloading it as a PDF. Check it out.

Be Very Afraid

The Iranians have pulled to within 50 years of us in space exploration. Their CGI expertise isn't far behind. (though they've included sound effects - there's no sound up there, so... rookie mistake)



Got that from Danger Room, BTW, who also hipped me to this: there is no cut in the defense budget under Obama. There's an increase in fact. The size of the increase isn't clear, because it seems some military construction is treated separately, but still -- no big cut. I don't remember where I read that there will be a 10% cut, but sheesh, let's not fall into that Democrat practice of calling a not-big-enough increase a cut.

'I ... will not be a distraction'...

Drudge posted above this photo:
'I ... will not be a distraction'...


You kidding me? With those glasses?

The Beginning of the Era of the Egg of Power

Seen the huge, double-big, monstro-inaugural photo? It's pretty amazing. You can tell who missed a spot shaving, the zoom is so good. You can't see everything though: it was too cold for the hypocrisy to actually drip that day.

***Update: zorn noted that there appeared to be no reason to zoom in to the cane tip. My apologies, I was focusing on Cheney's shoe. He had stepped on a post-it note earlier, but it seems to have blown off in the most recent photo. From cached version:

Wielding the Egg of Power

Best/worst excuse for the One:

But the episode has already shown how, when faced with the perennial clash between campaign rhetoric and Washington reality, Obama has proved willing to compromise.

I mean, come on. It's not compromise. He just thought he'd get a pass on appointing tax cheats to lead us. Frankly, I'm surprised it's getting noticed at all.

Now the Muslim World Loves Us

Got this exchange from Newsbusters:

MATT LAUER: Let me go on quickly, if I can, to some other subjects. You signed an executive order in your first week, that says you'll close the military detention center at Guantanamo within a year. So the clock is ticking. And already you've heard the criticism that you don't know what you're gonna do with the 245 prisoners being held there?

BARACK OBAMA: It's the right thing to do, ultimately it will make us safer. You've already seen in the reaction around the world, a different sense of America by us taking this action.

Oh sure, the Kumbayah is deafening....

Outstanding

Centaur, out standing in his field.

Do It George, Do It

Sometimes our shadows know best.


Course it's a little unclear which shadow is which. The reality was that George W was gracious, and BO was less than.

Though, I guess Obama must do some needling of the outgoing administration, if only to draw attention away from all the things that will remain the same.

Star Trek

Did I mention that I'm on the webmaster nerd list for this film. Cool, that we get clips like this early. Drawback: we have to put on prosthetic ears and go to conventions.