Wednesday Round Up (Wizbang)

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. --Thomas Paine

Fair warning: I've been playing on the liberal blogs the past couple of days.

BUSTED! Hillary busted trashing netroots groups and Democrat activists (Via America Blog)

Sadr gives Maliki Last Warning on Ceasefire Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to end his movement's ceasefire, unless the Maliki government and US military end their crackdown. (Via News Hoggers)

My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ) I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted. So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote -- and yours -- on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama? (Via Michael Moore)

And now back to the regular round up:

Sunday Funnies Too funny to not link to. (Via Flopping Aces)

Energy, Mexico, Canada, and the NAFTA Trade Deficit It is amazing how some presidential candidates are blaming the North American Free Trade Agreement for U.S. job losses. They seem to believe that a substantial part of the three million manufacturing jobs lost since 2000 resulted from Nafta, and that outsourcing of manufacturing production to Mexico and Canada resulted in a huge trade deficit. (Via WSJ)

Oh. No. He. Didn't. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels elicited several hushed gasps and raised eyebrows late last week as he lectured a conservative crowd that it was "time to let Ronald Reagan go." (Via Daily Pundit)

Does he have to give his Nobel Prize back? It goes without saying that climate realists around the world believe Nobel Laureate Al Gore used false information throughout his schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth" in order to generate global warming hysteria. (Via News Busters)

A Measure of Race: 15 Percent? I was talking the other day to a prominent Republican who asked me what I thought John McCain's strongest issues would be in the general election. (Via Politico)

We're all gonna starve! Not a day goes by without some big leader warning the world of the coming food crisis. A week ago, it was U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's turn in the race to the microphone and camera. (Via IBD)

PETA offers $1million for lab grown meat Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, fake meat... wonder if it tastes like Spam?? (Via NYT)

Food Rationing? At a Costco Warehouse in Mountain View, Calif., yesterday, shoppers grew frustrated and occasionally uttered expletives as they searched in vain for the large sacks of rice they usually buy. (Via Daily Pundit)

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Wizbang Pop!: Judge Say No to Ridiculous Names

A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does The Hula...

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Wizbang Pop!: MTV Remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show

MTV is developing a remake of 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reports Variety. Lou Adler, executive producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and...

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Wizbang Pop!: New Couple: Michelle Williams & Spike Jonze

The former Dawson's Creek star has reportedly started dating film director Spike Jonze, the ex-husband of Lost In Translation director, Sofia Coppola, the Daily Mail reported. Williams was seen...

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Wizbang Pop!: Bale asks for privacy in assault allegations

Batman star Christian Bale asked for privacy Thursday in his first comments since allegations he assaulted his mother and sister at a London hotel, saying the incident was a...

12:10 PM | 0 comments

Wizbang Blue: Nanny State Ninnys Wrong Again

One of the incessant whines from the right is over what they like to call the "nanny state" -- government regulation that encroaches on "their" rights. Rights such as the right to eat as much trans fat as they want...

11:18 AM | 6 comments

Wizbang Pop!: Mindy McCready In Rehab After Miscarriage

Often-troubled country singer Mindy McCready is undergoing treatment at an unnamed rehab facility after suffering a miscarriage on July 16, a source close to the singer has confirmed to...

7:52 AM | 2 comments

Wizbang Blue: McCain's Senility Showing Again

Poor old John McCain, . How embarrassing. I'm waiting for the day he shows up for a press conference having forgotten to put on his pants that morning - and here he stands, with his Depends" on and everything just hanging out...

7:41 AM | 2 comments

Wizbang Pop!: Real Estate: Jonas Brothers / Candy Spelling

UYERS: The Jonas Brothers LOCATION: Wisteria Way, Westlake, TX PRICE: $2,895,000 (asking) SIZE: 7,360 square feet 6 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms DESCRIPTION: Must see to appreciate this absolutely gorgeous house...

7:26 AM | 0 comments

Wizbang Blue: Ann Coulter Calls McCain "Illiterate"

Coulter: "Now the Times won't even publish McCain's op-ed. I wouldn't have published it either -- I've read it twice and I still can't remember what it says -- but I also wouldn't have published McCain's seven op-eds in The New York Times since 1996."

9:35 PM | 4 comments

Wizbang Blue: That's Not What Freedom Means, Senator McCain

Iraq War veteran Brandon Woods explains freedom to John McCain with respect to the occupation of Iraq.

7:24 PM | 2 comments

Comments (5)

Re: Micael Moore link... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Oyster | April 23, 2008 7:23 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Oyster:

Re: Micael Moore link

Don't worry, Mike. Some Obama supporter, dead or alive, will gleefully cast an extra vote for you.

Posted on April 23, 2008 07:23

"But, Ms. Newkirk said, the... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Synova | April 23, 2008 6:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Synova:

"But, Ms. Newkirk said, the decision to sponsor a prize caused "a near civil war in our office," since so many PETA members are repulsed by the thought of eating animal tissue, even if no animals are killed."

Vat meat isn't fake meat. It's real meat grown without nature's life-support system. No hooves, no feathers, no big doe-eyes or amusing behaviors.

It's cloned tissue. Which means it has to come from some living creature to start. Can't grow vat chicken breast without killing at least one chicken.

Plus, it's *living* tissue. It has to be alive in order to grow.

Not that I think people shouldn't try to do this, and not because it's a good idea for food, because I don't think it is. Scientists have cloned organs of lab rats... wouldn't it be nice to grow a new heart or liver or breast? Or... how about growing the muscles that move our legs, the tendons, everything... the medical uses seem endless.

Posted on April 23, 2008 18:44

A world without chickens or... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Synova | April 23, 2008 6:46 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

A world without chickens or cows would be a sad sad thing.

PETA would rather destroy whole species than see them raised to be eaten.

Posted on April 23, 2008 18:46

Anyone remember the reactio... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Melissa | April 23, 2008 8:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Melissa:

Anyone remember the reaction when the rumor was flying about KFC using lab grown meat in place of the real thing? What makes PETA think the reaction to other 'vat' grown products would be any different? Perhaps they think their endorsement would make it more appetizing to the average steak eating American?

Posted on April 23, 2008 20:19

There are places in Africa ... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by SPQR | April 24, 2008 2:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

SPQR:

There are places in Africa where people are starving and yet their rulers are refusing food shipments because they believe the nutty garbage put out by loons about genetically engineered food crops.

Posted on April 24, 2008 02:07

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