I HATE this feeling in the morning...someone please tell me NOT to go to Dr. Evil’s Starbucks on worknights...as I lay there in bed and couldn’t get to sleep again until some time after 2 in the morning, which meant I only got around 5 hours of sleep and as a result, I’m very groggy.

But since it’s Valentine’s Day, there isn’t anyone here to take advantage of that.   

I’m beginning to think that 21 James Bond films is enough. The world has changed so much since even the days of Timothy Dalton, one of the most underrated actors to play the part, and I only rate him higher than any of the others, save Sean Connery of course! I haven’t even seen Die Another Day...and I loathe the idea of doing so.
The way things are going, the next actor to play 007 is going to add his “flavour” to the character, much like the nine actors who have played a famous Time Lord. Which leads me to wonder: is James Bond...Gallifreyan?

Someone’s been watching Damnation Alley a little bit too much to bring it to life! And they aren’t the only ones to think along those lines either.

This news will definitely piss the Iranians off: the fact that we’re flying drones over their airspace to keep tabs on suspected nuclear weapons facilities. These drones are equipped with video, still photography, radar, and air sensors to detect radioactivity.
At least so far, the Iranians haven’t fired at these drones; if they did it would reveal their air defense capabilities. They are just a signal to the mullahs that We’re Watching YOU.

And now, the results are in: The Shi’ite United Iraq Alliance got 48% of the vote, which translates into 130 seats in Iraq’s 275-seat National Assembly. That is NOT ENOUGH for them to form a majority government, and that is good news because they will have to work with other parties to form a coalition. The Kurds came in second, and Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s team got third place.
Now the fun begins...the National Assembly must draft a constitution by August 15, and submit it to a national referendum by October 15. In addition the National Assembly gets to pick the country’s next President (who selects the Prime Minister) and two Vice Presidents.

Stay tuned!

Today is a good day to be a Republican. This is because the Democratic National Committee has given us one of our fondest wishes by electing former Vermont Governor Howard Dean as their National Chair!
When the subject of how to defeat the GOP came up, Dean said: “The way I hope to deal with that problem, is not to abandon our core principles, but talk about them in a different way.” In other words...the Dems need to come up with another way to sucker-punch the voters because the GOP no longer sits there and takes what the Dems dish out.
What I can’t understand is WHY the Democrats insist on imploding. But that won’t stop me from just sitting back and enjoying the moment with a big grin on my face! Who am I to stop them?

I kid you not. I wish I were. Some new sculpture in Millennium Park in The People’s Socialist City-State of Chicago is apparently copyrighted to the point where regular people can’t even take a simple photograph of “The Bean.”

This is Total BS and it will give me an excuse to go photograph the damn thing next time I ever set foot in that city! Mayor Daley has gone off his rocker!

One other game I do play from time to time is SimCity 4 and my current city is Fort Sentinel, which was founded in the shadow of a great mountain called Mt. Sentinel (DUHHH!). I recently “invited” SimNation to not only build an Army base near my town, but also base part of its nuclear deterrent force some distance from downtown...which brings in some much needed revenue when…

...Lo and Behold! Who would demonstrate but the damn LIBERALS!

...which I most assuredly would NOT want to be, my name could stand for:

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North Korea is definitely stomping its feet and throwing a temper tantrum. Tell us something we don’t already know. But think about this for a moment. Perhaps the reason Kim Jong Il is doing this is because we finally got to him!

And a few thousand miles away, President Bush was more succinct in telling the Iranians: ”Don’t do it.” We know damn well they will continue to work on it.

Over at Little Green Footballs, Charles Johnson points out that the Associated Press can’t keep a straight face and write a neutral story about the issue of getting rid of Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the “watchdog” (HA!) IAEA. I’m glad I’m not a journalist.

So the Prince of Wales finally popped the question to his luv, he got the A-OK from his Mum, who received the A-OK from the Prime Minister. It’s about time.

Notice that the ceremony will be civil, followed by a prayer and dedication service at Westminster Abbey. That’s because the last time someone became King, he wanted to marry a certain American divorcee and it caused a major crisis. At least they learned from that.

We hope.

One of my favorite political cartoonists, Cox and Forkum, has an ugly parody of the ”I Want YOU” poster of old. But it’s the Saudis who twist it in the worst way possible: by spreading their Wahhabist brand of hatred through its madrassas and mosques in the United States!

Go and See. One message for sure: the day is coming where Saudi Arabia shall no longer spread their hatred of Jews, Christians, Americans and Westerners. That will be because WE THE PEOPLE will not let them!

TEAR IT DOWN, UNCLE SAM! TEAR IT DOWN!

Yes, there are always two sides to everything. Today’s Example: the United States Marine Corps, aka the Men whose Asses Ride In Navy Equipment Safely. Yes, I can say this, I was a Navy Brat and a former Squid:

HEADS: In Lieutenant General James Mattis, we see a Marine who enjoys kicking ass and not even bothering to take names because by the time he’s through with them they’re DEAD! Just like General Patton:

“Actually it’s quite fun to fight ‘em, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you, I like brawling.
“You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.”

If this guy hasn’t been in Iraq, he will probably see the same opportunities for this type of action in either Syria or Iran very soon! GO GET ‘EM!

TAILS: This happened last night at work. In an effort to contact a cardholder, part of my job allows me to call their neighbors and ask them to take my toll-free contact number over to the cardholder’s residence.
Turns out that one particular neighbor I call is a Marine officer and he was upset that his number I called was on a Marine Base (in Quantico, Virginia) and I had no way of knowing that, given the public database records I have access to. This Marine officer started ripping into me as if I were one of his recruits! I was calm and professional about it and I marked his telephone number as “Do Not Call.”
Long story short to this guy: You stick to your day job and I’ll stick to mine! If you need guidance and/or advice, go see Lt. Gen. Mattis!

You’ll never see Mickey D’s the same way again when you feast your eyes on this....

Not long after the world is told about the Secret Portal to Hell, now France has an unbearable stench! Gee, do you think it’s coming from the Secret Portal?

SACRE BLEU! C’EST LA MERDE!

-- Hat Tip to Hud