the blog quebecois

Michael Ignatieff (third from left) in happier times, spreading the gospel of neo-colonialism and Christianity (or at least Santa Claus-ism) to the benighted Third World.

O, so you doubt that it is he?

Then pray tell, why would the very photograph be titled "ignatieff.jpg"???

Hmmmmm!

But should that not be proof enough, I've taken the liberty of magnifying the future Liberal leader's face.

Yep, that's him, no mistake.

Associated Press:

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. - After five years fielding thousands of calls to one of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated phone numbers, disc jockey Spencer Potter is hanging up on Jenny.

Her seven digits are familiar to anyone who paid attention to pop music in the early 1980s: 867-5309, immortalized by the band Tommy Tutone.

Potter and his roommates requested the number on a lark for their home phone in northern New Jersey.

They got it, along with about 30 to 40 calls a day.

The 28-year-old Potter says he's selling his business, A Blast Entertainment, and moving to New York.

The business and the phone number are for sale on eBay, where the high bid was about $1,000 by Sunday morning.

Because answering the phone 30 to 40 times a day with "There isn't any Jenny here" never gets old. You can't buy entertainment like that.

No, wait, you can. For only a grand on eBay.

Aussie cartoonist Mike Jacobsen has moved on to a group effort, The Urf, which spotlights life on a planet much like ours, but with enhanced whacki- ness. Sort of like Australia, now that I think of it.

Ring any bells?

FOX News:

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: "I certainly hope he doesn't succeed."

Carville was joined by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, who seemed encouraged by a survey he had just completed that revealed public misgivings about the newly minted president.

"We rush into these focus groups with these doubts that people have about him, and I'm wanting them to turn against him," Greenberg admitted.

The pollster added with a chuckle of disbelief: "They don't want him to fail. I mean, they think it matters if the president of the United States fails."

Minutes later, as news of the terrorist attacks reached the hotel conference room where the Democrats were having breakfast with the reporters, Carville announced: "Disregard everything we just said! This changes everything!"

The press followed Carville's orders, never reporting his or Greenberg's desire for Bush to fail. The omission was understandable at first, as reporters were consumed with chronicling the new war on terror. But months and even years later, the mainstream media chose to never resurrect those controversial sentiments, voiced by the Democratic Party's top strategists, that Bush should fail.

Via Power Line Forum

Many happy returns, Ma!

Via Blogadilla

Well, they had to come from somewhere, right? So my guess would be the wild windswept bluffs of Washington.

Some people obviously have a lot of time on their hands. Warning: Music, SFX.

And they're not kidding. (Click on the semi-circular arrow at the bottom-right to view more.)

Stunning (if somewhat location-specific) "urban camouflage." Warning: Some pictures NSFW, but you can sort-of-plausibly claim that you had no idea there were naked wimmins afoot. Or aboobs.

can a young man of color with a
speech impediment rise to become President of General Motors. Kind of brings a lump to your throat.

Via Ace of Spades