The International House of Bacon

Catching up…

* The big story from the weekend is the commentary from Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki about withdrawal plans, allegedly supporting Obama’s timetable. Not surprisingly, a ton of people dove on this, and, not surprisingly, the translation was probably more than a little off. Keeping in mind the discussions with Bush that al-Maliki had prior to this, I agree with a lot of the pundits on this issue in two places: one, the comment utimately supports McCain more than Obama in the grand scheme of things, since Obama was so far off on the surge, and two, that the first point won’t matter and this might end up hurting McCain on the one area he was, to this point, completely in command. Go figure.

* Obama has 300 foriegn policy advisers? No wonder his policies are so schizophrenic.

* Dick Heller, of Heller v. Washington, DC, can’t register his bottom-loading pistol due to some new idiotic regulation put in place in the wake of the gun ban being overturned. It’s as if DC wants to go to court again.

* From FactCheck: The Democrats aren’t 100% honest in talking about the oil leases. Shocking, really. The thing is, they know it, and we might see a drilling vote soon. I can’t wait to see Obama vote no on this one. Or yes. Either one is a problem for him.

* Some great news: The archaeological looting that apparently occurred following the 2003 invasion in Iraq? Didn’t happen.

* In the “Captain Obvious” department, Obama aides worry that Obama has created unrealistic hopes for his supporters. No, really?

* I try to avoid things like this on these, but I’m just curious - for those of who who highlighted the McCain “Czechoslovakia” commentary last week, will you be harping on Obama’s “eight to ten years” comment? Just wondering.

* I’ll take stupid government interference for $200, Alex. Oh, and what a nice Armani tie you’re wearing.

* Who’s the change candidate on education?

* Finally, if you’re mourning the loss of our semi-daily Dr. Horrible, I’ve started watching The Guild, starring Dr. Horrible’s Felicia Day. It might be a bit too nerdy for many of you, but I also know it may not be nerdy enough for others.

Things apparently got away from me this week.

* I’m a week late on this, but an interesting piece in The Washington Post about how exorcisms are making a comeback.Not shocking, this sort of thing regained prominence under John Paul II. Someday, I’ll have to go into detail as to why I’m not a big JPII fan.

* A “so sad, it’s funny” story: Chairman Mao offered Henry Kissinger 10 million Chinese women in 1973. Perhaps more shocking is that Kissinger didn’t take the offer privately…

* When I first saw this video, it had around 400 views. We’re now past the 300k mark (I told you things got away from me), and it’s a great video. Next time you wonder why I generally don’t trust the police, show them this lunacy:

The kicker is at the end, where he becomes concerned of it getting on the internet. The good news is that he’s been suspended pending investigation, but I expect him to be fully exonerated, because that’s what happens.

* Move that Doomsday Clock minute hand: we may have our first LOLcat marriage proposal.

* A funny e-mail to Jonah Goldberg: Is Barack Obama Angel’s Jasmine? If you don’t get the reference, rent the last few seasons of Angel and get back to me. If you’ve forgotten, Jasmine was the goddess played by Gina Torres, who essentially mesmerized everyone with her demoness wiles. For the record, very uncanny.

* Check out this post at Reason regarding SpeechNow and their attempts to organize as a 527, and then tell me with a straight face that our campaign rules make sense. I dare you.

‘Tis all for now.