The Big Move

There will be no new posts on this medium until at least next week.  I’m getting ready for The Big Move to southern Illinois, and by the time you read a new post here again, I’ll have a new city, a new job, and perhaps a few new other things, as well as a new focus — after all, because southern Illinois was pro-Confederate during the WBTS, and remains Illinois’s most right-wing region hands-down even today, their media might not generate the kind of hilarious headlines that I’m used to in St. Louis.  Though I’m still going to pay attention to St. Louis and Missouri affairs from a little bit afar…hell, the Arch Pundit’s motto is “Illinois, from Misery,” I could be “Missouri from Ill-Noise.”

Happy New Year!!!

New Year, Same Old News

P-D:  TVs taken from downtown Hooters

Sure, I go to Hooters for the TVs.

AP:  Influx of black renters raises tension in Bay Area

All those Hispanic gangsters and Indian computer programmers are none too happy.

Reuters:  Blagojevich names lawyer to Obama Senate seat

I was thinking to myself, the U.S. Senate could use another lawyer.

CSM:  Bailout may cost trillions … or not

If the bill rings up to $999,999,999,999.99, that’ll make me fell soooooo much better, like the time I got an electric bill for $99.99.

USNAWR:  California Algebra Requirement Halted

Some of the board members thought “algebra” was some sort of sex ed course.

NPR:  Why Are So Many Young Black Men Being Murdered?

Because so many young black men are murdering.  Duh.

News Factor Network:  Windows 7 Leak Helps Microsoft Focus Beyond Vista

Yeah, because Vista has been so successful, they can now think about the follow-up.

Live Science:  Exercise Improves Kids’ Academics

That said, let’s Title IX out the boys’ sports teams.

PC Mag:  LG Announces 480-Hz LCD TV Panel for 2009

Sounds like something that will cost $5,000 and nobody will be able to tell the difference.

AP:  Dick Clark, 79, is still rockin’ New Year’s Eve

Dick Clark was present when the year was invented.

Reuters:  Sarah Palin most desirable celebrity neighbor: poll

People know that she’s their best chance at being able to borrow a cup of moose gravy.

Black Thug Update

The bad news is that he was popped for shoplifting on Kwanzaa Eve Eve.  The good news is that he supposedly has something of a human soul after all, and was so ashamed of himself that he shot himself in the chest.  (So we’re told.)

In case you’re wondering, none of the charges from the shoplifting, which also include resisting arrest and simple battery, are felonies, so I highly doubt that there was a no-firearms condition of his bail.  So I doubt his possession of a firearm after bailing out could be a matter of legal interest.

I wonder how it feels to be Michael Vick today.  After all, his former team was predicted to do badly this year, as he’s sitting in Club Fed and their head coach abandoned the team for it.  Yet they finished 11-5 and in the playoffs.  Their team’s quarterback, white rookie Matt Ryan, was thought to have been made the starter as a move of desperation by their (also a) rookie head coach, and Ryan is the antithesis of the “exciting, electric, run-around” QB style of Vick and other media-celebrated black QB pros.  Yet, Ryan is the NFL’s offensive rookie of the year.  And, barring an unusual circumstance, will be the starter for years to come.

I think Mr. Vick realizes that he’s never going to play in the NFL again, this season just proved his obsolescence.

Hawking the Globe-Democrat

Shorpy today shows two Globe-Democrat newspaper boys in 1910.  I don’t know how interesting the Globe was to read then; after all, these were long before the days of Pat Buchanan and Martin Duggan.

On the Roland Burris Appointment

Thoughts on Roland Burris:

(1)  I think it’s brilliant strategery on Blago’s part.  One of two things will happen:  The most likely thing that will happen is that, while there will be talk of the Senate not seating him, they’ll easily back down when the NAACP starts screaming racism.  For most sitting U.S. Senators of both parties, there is no greater fear than being called a racist, worse than death.  At that time, Blago will have had his way.  If the Senate indeed does not seat him, then Blago and Co. will push the issue in the Federal courts, and eventually we will have a precedent that will probably solidify Governors’ near-absolute rights to fill vacant U.S. Senate seats, in which case Blago will win.  Blago can’t lose either way.

(2)  Some Republicans are licking their chops because they think a Blago-appointed replacement (or any replacement) will be vulnerable when the seat is up for election in 2010.  I’ve had political friends tell me that they hope Blago appoints the most radical black possible, to ensure a Republican win in two years.  My answer is this:  Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, this is Illinois we’re talking about here.  If not for the fact that Illinois is a solidly blue state, the Illinois Republican Party makes matters worse — if you are like the late great Dr. Samuel T. Francis, and call the Republican Party in general “The Stupid Party,” then the Illinois Republican Party qualifies as the Retarded Party.  (Alan Keyes, anyone?)  For a liberal PC Republican, especially of the DuPage County Plutocrats’ Club, there is no greater fear in life than being called a racist, worse than death.  Look for Mr. Burris to be unopposed for all intents and purposes in 2010, and 2016, and for as long as he wants to be in the Senate.