Irish Trojan in Tennessee

Quoted without regard to context

By Brendan Loy

"Can I put Elton John under 'lesbian'?" --Becky

Full Moon & Mars

By Brendan Loy

If the sky is clear where you are right now (and it's, um, nighttime), step outside and look up. The Full Moon is right next to Mars.

Hillary's blame game

By Brendan Loy

Mickey Kaus on Hillary Clinton's "much-rumored staff shakeup":

Implicitly blaming her staff [for a possible loss in Iowa] seems more promising than blaming her husband. She's stuck with her husband.**

**--Unless ... you don't think ... Now that would be a staff shakeup.

Heh.

I think Kaus is right, though, that neither the staff nor the hubby are Hillary's main problem. Hillary's main problem is... Hillary.

Boom!

By Brendan Loy

There's a 1-in-75 chance that a Tunguska-sized asteroid will hit Mars on January 30. It would leave a scar on the Red Planet's surface the size of Arizona's Meteor Crater. More likely, however, new data early next month will reduce or eliminate the odds of an impact. (Hat tip: InstaPundit.)

Mitt Romney, phony?

By Brendan Loy

The Concord Monitor on Mitt Romney:

If you followed only his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, you might imagine Romney as a pragmatic moderate with liberal positions on numerous social issues and an ability to work well with Democrats. If you followed only his campaign for president, you'd swear he was a red-meat conservative, pandering to the religious right, whatever the cost. Pay attention to both, and you're left to wonder if there's anything at all at his core. ...

When New Hampshire partisans are asked to defend the state's first-in-the-nation primary, we talk about our ability to see the candidates up close, ask tough questions and see through the baloney. If a candidate is a phony, we assure ourselves and the rest of the world, we'll know it.

Mitt Romney is such a candidate. New Hampshire Republicans and independents must vote no.

Ouch. (Hat tip: Byron York at NRO's The Corner. That would be the same NRO that endorsed Romney.)

Happy Festivus!

By JLR

Happy Festivus, everyone! Today is the day when we remind our family about how they have DISAPPOINTED us over the last year!