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SMILE

E!! — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:19:07 +0000

Smart alecky goodness from Derb @ NRO:

Legislative Onomastics [John Derbyshire]

Lessee, we’ve had the SAVE Act (Secure America with Verification and Enforcement), the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors), the CLEAR Act (Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal — no, me neither), and now the GIVE Act (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education).

I hereby propose the POPNLWNMUBFTOAFGATFWTFI Act. That will be the Prevention Of Proposed New Laws With Names Made Up By First Thinking Of A Feel-Good Acronym Then Finding Words To Fit It Act.

If that’s too much of a mouthful, we could just call it the Stop Manipulative Initial Letter Euphemizing (SMILE) Act.

Geology.com: The Sliding Rocks of Racetrack Playa

E!! — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:19:13 +0000

This has nothing to do with politics, but I’m justifying it because it’s desert-related and I live in southern Nevada (not all that far from Death Valley). You must check out this article. I’m filing under “Unsolved Geological Mysteries” because I’m not sure I buy the favored theory.

Hat Tip: This + That

Two New Words

E!! — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:25:10 +0000

K-Lo @ The Corner just posted a fun email I sent her. My day is now complete…

(And I think I’ll stop waiting for Obama’s announcement; it’s obviously not happening today.)

BUT WAIT: An emailer on The Corner thinks they were avoiding announcing while Rush was on the air and are now waiting for Hannity to go off air. Which is 5 minutes from now so we’ll see…

OR MAYBE (another Corner e-mail):

Since Obama’s doing the texting thing…he’s going to release in the next two hours, as all the 20/30 somethings start going out with their friends on the East Coast—that way it will dominate their evening festivities, as each member gets a text at various times. Probably stupid if true, but that’s how they think—that everybody is a metrosexual hanging out like its an episode of Sex and the City or Friends, or going to wine-tasting parties….

Writing the Right Stuff

E!! — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:25:12 +0000

If you’re a reader or writer of conservative books, an aspiring author or publisher, or a left-wing bookhound with an open mind, don’t miss Harry Stein’s piece The Future of Conservative Books.

It’s a look at how mainstream publishers have gotten on (and may soon be getting off) the bandwagon of conservative publishing, and how smaller publishing houses are stepping in to fill the gap. The article also remembers those who forged the way for today’s conservative bestsellers and offers thought-food to conservative writers thinking about their next (or first) book.

Stein is an editor for City Journal and the author of How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (and Found Inner Peace).

Cheating at NASCAR

E!! — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:31:08 +0000

I don’t follow NASCAR much and I know it has nothing to do with politics, but this story about cheating on Joe Gibbs’ NASCAR team is notable. Everyone involved was suspended and fined, and Tony Stewart and Joey Logano were stripped of their points.