Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!


Contact
Ace:
aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com


Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Jon Ekdahl 2026
Jay Guevara 2025
Jim Sunk New Dawn 2025
Jewells45 2025
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups





















« Goofy: We Could Solve Global Warming Just By Jumping At The Same Time | Main | TV In Bedroom Halves Couples' Sex, Study Finds »
January 16, 2006

Steyn On Alito Hearings

Well-put:

The media did their best to neutralize the impact of this pitiful spectacle, with expert commentators on hand to assure us that smart fellows like Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden were only going through the motions for the sake of all that MoveOn.org fund-raising gravy. Don't worry, Ted and Chuck and Pat are way too savvy to believe this junk. Thus democratic politics reaches a new level of circular hell: The spin is that it's only spin.

As I understand it, with the Jack Abramoff dirty-money stuff, lobby groups give big bucks to politicians to advocate various things which, pre-check-cashing, the politicians may or may not have believed in. But this last week of Senate hearings has been so absurd it may bring the whole system into disrepute: Big-time Democrats are out there dancing for dollars in a cause so obviously non-viable that their media buddies feel obliged to signal that it's merely a charade.


posted by Ace at 02:37 PM
Comments



"Aliton"?

Posted by: brainy435 on January 16, 2006 03:00 PM

I love Steyn. Not in a gay sheppard way though.

Posted by: Iblis on January 16, 2006 03:03 PM

Damn, I missed an obvious Ace/Teddy Kennedy equasion for misspeaking Alito's name.

Posted by: brainy435 on January 16, 2006 03:09 PM

As the father of a mentally retarded son, I feel justified in saying Senator Kennedy has the functional intelligence of this little girl at my son's school who wanders around chewing on her backpack straps all the time. She has the added advantage of being cute as a bunny though, and as far as I know she's never killed anybody by driving a car off a bridge. But I suppose in the Senator's defense, if she'd been driving, I doubt this little girl would have been able to keep the car on the road either.

Posted by: Matt30 on January 16, 2006 03:43 PM

" The boy who cried "Wolf!" at least took the precaution of doing so when there was no alleged predator in view. If he'd stood there crying "Wolf!" while pointing at a hamster, he'd have been led away for counseling. That's the stage the Senate Democrats are at."

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

Posted by: Kimberly on January 16, 2006 03:56 PM

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

Posted by: rls on January 16, 2006 04:44 PM

As I understand it, with the Jack Abramoff dirty-money stuff, lobby groups give big bucks to politicians to advocate various things which, pre-check-cashing, the politicians may or may not have believed in


Well that says everything you need to know for THAT GUY's credibility.

Abramoff pled guilty. It's not about lobbying, not even about vaguely buying influence, it's about money laundering and bribery.

Those are crimes, Mark Steyn. Lobbying is not a crime. You are an idiot and a tool if you can't understand something as simple as this.

Posted by: tubino on January 16, 2006 05:28 PM

I am nothing more than a troll.
If I had any credibility, I would have addressed SJKevin's responese made to me in another thread.

I care nothing for a debate. My purpose at this blog is to inject poison and be a general pain in the ass.

Ignore me. I am nothing.

Posted by: tubino on January 16, 2006 05:36 PM
Post a comment
Name:


Email Address:


URL:


Comments:


Remember info?








Now Available!
The Deplorable Gourmet
A Horde-sourced Cookbook
[All profits go to charity]
Top Headlines
CJN podcast 1400 copy.jpg
Podcast: Sefton and CBD talk about how would a peace treaty with Iran work, Democrats defending murderers and rapists, The GOP vs. Dem bench for 2028, composting bodies? And more!
Oh, I forgot to mention this quote from Pete Hegseth, reported by Roger Kimball: "We are sharing the ocean with the Iranian Navy. We're giving them the bottom half."
Forgotten 80s Mystery Click: Red Leather Suit and Sweatband Edition
And I was here to please
I'm even on knees
Makin' love to whoever I please
I gotta do it my way
Or no way at all
Tomorrow is March 25th, "Tolkien Reading Day," because March 25th is the day when the Ring is destroyed in the book. I think I'm going to start the Hobbit tomorrow and read all four books this time.
The only bad part of the trilogy are the Frodo/Sam chapters in The Two Towers. They're repetitive, slow, and mostly about the weather and terrain. But most everything else is good. Weirdly, the Frodo-Sam chapters in Return of the King are exciting and action-packed and among the best in the trilogy. (Though the chapters with everyone else in Return of the King get pretty slow again. Mostly people talking about marching towards war, and then marching towards war.)
Forgotten 80s Mystery Click
One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter
One day I'm gonna get that faculty together
Remember that everybody has to wait in line
Oh, [Song Title], look out world, oh, you know I've got mine
US decimation of Iran's ICBM forces is due to Space Force's instant detection of launches -- and the launchers' hiding places -- and rapid counter-attack via missiles
AI is doing a lot of the work in analyzing images to find the exact hiding place of the launchers. Counter-strikes are now coming in four hours after a launch, whereas previously it might have taken days for humans to go over the imagery and data.
Robert Mueller, Former Special Counsel Who Probed Trump, Dies
“robert mueller just died,” trump wrote in a truth social post on march 21. “good, i’m glad he’s dead. he can no longer hurt innocent people! president donald j. trump.”
Canadian School Designates Cafeteria And Lunchroom As "No Food Zones" For Ramadan
Canada and the UK are neck and neck in the race to become the first western country to fall to Islam [CBD]
CJN podcast 1400 copy.jpg
Podcast: Sefton and CBD have a short chat about Iran, the disgusting SAVE Act theater, Mamdani's politicizing of St. Patrick's Day, and more!
[A]n asshole is somebody who looks at a painting of two toddlers doing something totally normal for toddlers and decides that it represents homosexuality and then thinks that publicly saying that is somehow edgy and clever. Instead it is doing what we accuse the Left of, that is sexualizing young children. If that describes you, own it.
Muldoon
Update: Reports say The Warthog has been deployed against men
Thanks to fd. Yeah, thanks a bunch, Chief.
Reports: The A-10 Thunderbolt, better known as The Warthog, has been unleashed on Iran
It's a heavily armored (the pilot sits in a titanim bathtub) slow-and-low loitering plane with a massive minigun firing depleted uranium rounds. The capability it brings is the ability to just fly big circles over the country waiting for a target to present itself. This is a weapons platform for eliminating vehicles and personnel. Its first task might be strafing the seas, clearing out any remaining attack boats and minelayers.
Update: My ballpark estimate for a reasonable cost for a wildlife overpass (suitably padded to sate the thirst of Democrat grifters) was $15 million. Turns out, that was a good estimate. That's how much it cost Denver to build one.
Recent Comments
Heroq: "MTG is kinda MILFy. Dumb as a rock. But still. ..."

four seasons: " CBD, You are correct, as always. I should ha ..."

Common Tater: "I remember thinking Jorma Kaukonnen must be some l ..."

four seasons: " Mary, We already have red flag warnings her ..."

Itinerant Alley Butcher: "Just wait until Boesberg blocks Trump's EO paying ..."

Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _: "149 Today a CCP owned judge in commiefornia blocke ..."

Beverly: "I still say the bitch looks like Reinhard Heydrich ..."

CharlieBrown'sDildo: "I scolded him but he'll do it again. [i] Posted ..."

BarelyScaryMary: "mindful, wildfires are my greatest fear. For anyo ..."

Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _: " Thursday, the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Co ..."

four seasons: " mindful, yes, we always pray it's not somet ..."

mindful webworker ree ree ree ree ree: "Out here at Rancho Webworks, we do hear sirens not ..."

Bloggers in Arms
Some Humorous Asides
Archives