In case anyone is curious, I signed up for Pajamas Media a while back and have been anxiously waiting to see what becomes of it. In case anyone is curious what Pajamas Media is, John Hawkins has an interview with Marc Danziger about it.
If you have a blog, I reccomend signing up. Part of the idea is to better organize the citizen media such that, whatever happens, there will be a blogger local to have coverage of it. E-mail join@pajamasmedia.com for info, and say IMAO sent you and CC me when you do (yeah, I get some sort of credit for that). Hopefully this brainchild of Charles Johnson, Roger L. Simon, and Marc Danziger (Armed Liberal) will lead to more respect for the blogosphere… something I probably won’t be much help with.
It should also bring more money to the blogosphere; there I can help 🙂

According to last week’s Newsweek “Periscope” section, the evil religious nuts down in Gitmo were up to no good…
No, not the Islamic terrorists–the real evil religious nuts: The interrogators paid for by the U.S. military-industrial complex. Newsweek‘s so-called top investigative reporters reported that anonymous sources couldn’t bear knowing that members of the vast right wing conspiracy between the U.S. Army, the FBI, and Donald Rumsfeld instructed Gitmo interrogators to flush a Koran down a toilet in front of some of the terrorists in an attempt to torture them. Newsweek‘s story even ended with the conspiratorial “An Army spokesman declined to comment.”
Yeah, the Army declined to comment because none of it was true… Newsweek made the whole thing up and is now trying to backpedal. Much like Dan Rather and his phony memo, the whole story is a lie.
One of the unintended consequences of this lie is the fact that the “Muslim Street” rioted so violently over the phony Newsweek story that fifteen people from Afghanistan to Indonesia are dead.
Now that Newsweek has blood on it’s hands (and directly caused more deaths with their single lie than any of the “torture” done by the photo-happy dopes at Abu Ghraib), their editors are investigating how this phony story was printed. My prediction is that they will most likely find that this whole thing is Karl Rove’s fault.
What are your predictions? Let me know in the Comments:

Those words came out of his mouth at about the 5:22 mark in this video clip of him on CNN.
Make up your own context.
[hat tip to Jackson’s Junction for the video]

The lovely and talented Boudicca hosts this week’s Carnival of the Recipes! And while we’re talking about Boudicca, I should mention that we all need to update our blogrolls to Bou’s new address.
This week’s Carnival of Cordite is up at Resistance is Futile! And we finally get to see the face that belongs to those feet on Gullyborg’s sidebar. Beware his google ads, though; they’re kinda spazzing.

Walmart seems to be taking cues from the Democratic underground playbook which actually has only one play by the way, namely calling people NAZI’s if they don’t like them.
For those to lazy to read the article. Walmart makes an ad saying lawmakers are acting like NAZI bookburners for attempting to change the zoning laws.
A few people got, shall we say, a little upset. Now Walmart says they plan to apologise.
Its a good thing they didn’t jump right out and apologise, because the last thing they need to do now is act a manner that some might consider brash or hasty.
Telling is the last line, a quote from a consultant who was responsible for creating the ad.

“People make mistakes. They move on,” he said.

The ‘.org’ is silent I guess.

Peemil of Where Are My Socks? explains the practical reason for invading Canada NOW!

I’m used to Ebert (who is my favorite movie critic) sometimes jarringly inserting a left-wing political viewpoint into a movie review, but the political mention in this review of the new Luc Besson movie jumped out at me more than any previous one because it’s a polite mention of one of the most caustic conservatives. I wonder what the story behind this is?

What do you call a vacillating, pantywaist Republican?
According to the media, you call him a “maverick.” Latest is George Voinovich who thinks Bolton is just too mean to be U.N. amabassador. What a wuss. Bush should personally talk to Voinovich again, but, instead of trying to convince him to support Bolton, just punch him in the nads… if he has any.
“There ya go, maverick.”
Kevin Drum stumbles on to something interesting (while, of course, missing the forest for the trees). He whines about the lack of of “grown-up” Republicans – “grown-up” meaning to Kevin to be a Republican who is a vacillating, pantywaist. He counts four Republicans as “moderates” while a dozen Democarts he places in that category (if he only considers moderates “grown-ups,” does Kevin consider himself a baby? Or just the radicals like Ted Kennedy? That’s pretty arguable, because, much like a baby, Ted is largely incoherent, incapable of living on his own, and, I’m just assuming, wears a giant diaper).
Now, here’s the huge point that Kevin misses: what’s our word for a “moderate” Republicans? Among many: media-whore. By being whiny and disagreeing with the president like Voinovich, they suddenly get tons of media attention and the cool title of “maverick.” So what do Democrats get who don’t toe their party’s line (when it has a coherent one)? Nothing; maybe a pat on the back from a Republican who tells him, “You’re not as big a douche-bag as we thought.” Now, I’m not sure who Kevin identifies as a moderate from his own skewed view, but, whoever they are, they deserve a cool name of their own. I say we call Democrats who are big war supporters and fight taxation to be “hellblazer” Democrats. Let’s tell FOX News to start using that term (they do whatever we tell them), and soon they’ll be all these Democrats competing to vote more Republican that the others so he can be the baddest hellblazer Democrat around.
Then, once Republicans have a filibuster proof majority, it’s time to give the “mavericks” the boot. Bush should start by calling Hagel to his office (I hate Hagel), rip off his Republican badge, and threaten to sue him for slander if he ever calls himself a Republican again. Then that “maverick” can go back to his state and explain what he’s done.
Oh, and Bush should punch him the nads.

Frank J. has accused me of recycling old material. Because of that, I have taken the time to craft a well worded statement on Friday the 13th and what it means to me.
FRIDAY the 13th. The Real Meaning.
It comes around but once a year.
It’s a special day. A day to be with family. A time for giving and sharing. But Friday the 13th is more than just about shopping for presents or attending parties. How easy is it to get swept away by it all?
How easy is it to get frustrated when you’re waiting in line at the mall with the other parents just so you can have your child’s pciture taken with. um. er. Satan.
But let’s get away from the hustle and bustle and take a quiet moment to reflect and enjoy.
It’s a time to celebrate what’s special. A time to take a moment out of our busy lives, have a cup of eggnogg and say, “Thank you, Lord for what I have.”
I have fond childhood memories of Friday the 13th. My sister and I would wake up early in the morning and go running downstairs to see what we had to.. do.. as.. a precaution against evil. That’s right.
So this Friday the 13th, remember that it’s a season of giving, and that we truly have so very much.
Out of curiousity.
Do IMAO readers have any traditions for Friday the 13th? Real or imagined.

Why do we suddenly care about who is the U.N. Ambassador? Before the Bolton nomination, I didn’t even know we bothered to send an ambassador, but the Bolton hearings have been given so much coverage you’d think it was a celebrity trial. The man has obviously got the ‘stache strength to take on the bureaucrats in the U.N., so why have the Dems made an issue out of this?
Sheer boredom?