Brains, Now In Audio Video Format!

Palin: Some Terrorists are More Terroristy Than Others

( IOKIYAC, I guess )

John Holbo on 'Spreading the Wealth.'

( A thoughtful argument against thoughtless arguments )

McCain: It doesn't have to happen. McCain surrogate: It has to happen.

( Get the story straight, guys )

Scott McClellan endorses Obama.

( Rats leaving a sinking ship... )

Michelle Malkin: If Reality Has A Well-Known Left Wing Bias, Then Reality Should Be Sent To Gitmo!

( Bring on da crazy, 'Chelle! )

10 Most Sought After Skills in Web Development

( Huh. I excel at the first five. )

George Will nails the confluence of government overreach and financial mismanagement perfectly.

( But his use of the word 'erotic' is, uh... )

McCain's aides already shopping around their resumes

( There ain't gonna be no cushy sinecures for them )

Brains, Lunchtime Bites

Make It So

Two days ago a woman in Pittsburgh claimed she was attacked by a black man who initially set out just to mug her, saw her McCain materials, and threw her to the ground, sat on her chest, and carved a "B" into her face with a knife.

John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, wrote an editorial about Obama-inspired political and racial violence entitled "It Had To Happen," in which he predicted:

If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee.

If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.

I don't get the first. This wasn't at a rally; this wasn't an entire crowd whipped into a frenzy by Sarah Palin's red-meat red-baiting. What about this incident would cause anyone to "revisit their support for Obama?"

As for Moody's second paragraph, Guess What?

Anti-gay-marriage proponents send out "extortionist" letters to gay marriage supporters

( Man, talk about seeking bad press! )

McCain's highest paid staffer? Palin's makeup artist!

( I'd love to make $11,500 a week! )

Krauthammer declares that he's a "contrarian" ready to go down with the McCain ship

( Well, good. )

And finally... remember L'affair d'Ann Althouse? I thought she was a bit over the top then, but Jon Swift brings us even more fun in an article entiled Great Moments in Election-Year Blogging, in which he documents the craziest conspiracy theories of far-right websites this year. I heard Limbaugh ranting about this, but I wasn't aware that Althouse was the first to float the story that Obama had "an invisible hearing aid" that helped him during the debates and that Obama was an empty vessel remotely controlled by others. (She backed away from that story... sorta.) Althouse also added her cachet to the idea that Ayers, and not Obama, wrote Obama's book Dreams of my Father.

I pick on Althouse only because she googles for her name and responds to her detractors. I know because she's made an appearance in this blog. But there are dozens of other examples. If you want a taste of the madness, enjoy!

(Hey, and let's not forget that similar accusations have been dropped on McCain and Palin.)

I note with sadness that Swift doesn't include the two latest crazy ideas: first, that Obama is going to Hawaii not to visit his grandmother, but to finish the job of forging his birth certificate or rifling her apartment to destroy the copy that says he was born in Kenya or something. What, the Daily Kos Ninja Brigade wasn't good enough, so now Master O must rise and do it properly?

Or, if you're crazed and repulsive enough, maybe you're willing to accuse Obama of being ready to murder his grandmother to generate national sympathy.

Dear Muse….

Dear Muse:

Yes, I understand that the change we made to chapter 2 of A Pleasing Shape complety changes the tenor of the story and that heavy lifting is required. On the other hand, that is no reason to make the current ending so boring. Even if it’s not the ending we’re going to use, it’s still supposed to be competent. I know you feel it would be a waste to keep working after 23,000 words, but still, you could at least try to give me an ending with all three of them content with each other.

On the other hand, thank you so much for the new Yowler story Silent Night With Daggered Books. I’m sure we’ll be able to work it into the schedule somewhere.

I’m sorry, but I felt it necessary to throw away Soul Searcher. The original is lost on an Amiga floppy somewhere, and I was never going to be able to re-write in and recapture that.

And I agree that Wishing Well: Epilogue is nicely finished.

p.s. Your suggestion for Under the Big Gun is interesting, but getting into Leysa’s head right now would be particularly difficult. Didn’t you say you wanted to look at what it would take to make Honest Impulses a retailable novel?

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