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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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There Goes The Undefeated Season
Notre Dame managed to get its first loss out of the way as soon as possible -- and as badly as possible. Georgia Tech came to South Bend and stomped the Irish, 33-3, in the worst home opener loss in school history. The offense fumbled twice and allowed seven sacks on Evan Sharpley, who must have longed to have Brady Quinn back on the field instead. If Charlie Weis doesn't turn this debacle around fast, he may want to start asking Ty Willingham for some career counseling ....
Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
Comments (16)
Posted by RD | August 31, 2007 12:38 PM
That's right Captain Ed, how long will it take a man who can give away to political causes and candidates almost a million dollars of mysteriously raised money to raise $200,000 (or for that matter $2,000,000) bail-he's outa there.
Posted by Tommy Shanks | August 31, 2007 12:40 PM
It looks like they have found The Asian Abramoff!
Posted by NoDonkey | August 31, 2007 12:42 PM
How soon after posting bail will Hillary's bag man skip the country?
And then it will be "old news". Nothing to see here.
This battleax is surrounded by international criminals. So she's corrupt and unaccomplished.
Great candidate there Democrats. Best you have to offer.
Posted by RD | August 31, 2007 12:43 PM
That's right Captain Ed, how long will it take a man who can give away to political causes and candidates almost a million dollars of mysteriously raised money to raise $200,000 (or for that matter $2,000,000) bail-he's outa there.
Posted by RD | August 31, 2007 12:50 PM
Just think, if all the politicians who have received money from him returned it to him instead of charity he would have enough to post bail right there.
Posted by dhunter | August 31, 2007 1:02 PM
Must have felt like he was getting suicidal, or feared someone would Arkacide him. Hope he is isolated in jail. Was it Hsu or Karl Rove in disguise? What ever you do, Hsu don't let any annonynous individual bail you out. A boy named Hsu?
This is a seriously bad man fooling poor Hillary and Terry MacAwful like he did. Hill didn't know, can't remember, and doesn't recall. She is going to give 1/2 of the illegal money he gave her illegally to a charity (her Brother). There Now! Enough of this foolishness lets get on with that corrupt Senator Craig playing footsy in a restroom. After all there's those nasty Republicans to crucify!
Posted by rbj | August 31, 2007 1:24 PM
$200K is nothing for the Chi-Coms.
Why bail? The guy is a convicted criminal only waiting for his 3 year sentence to be ordered. He might as well start serving it right now.
Posted by viking01 | August 31, 2007 2:07 PM
I agree that the judge is a fool, or a mutual friend of Mark Rich / Sandy Burglar, should he lower bail for this obvious money launderer waiting to fly the coop. It is possible he may be safer staying in jail if on the wrong side of the Clintoons. Unless his name is Jim McDougal, of course.
Apparently angry Hillary isn't too thrilled by this publicity because the predictable, convenient, spin control appearance on David Letterman's show with Letterman in full Monica mode (as usual when his heroes Slick and Hil' drop by) occurred right on cue last night.
Posted by brooklyn - hnav | August 31, 2007 3:56 PM
How could Democrats not know this crook was wanted by the law?
Is this the felon vote, Hillary Rodham is so desperately courting?
Why was Mr. Hsu placed on the board of trustees of the very Liberal 'New School', and why did The New School receive a federal appropriation secured by Hillary Clinton last year?
Smells wonderful...
What other crooks are financing the ambitions of Hillary Clinton and her dream to 'TAKE THINGS AWAY' from the American Public?
Posted by Joshua | August 31, 2007 4:14 PM
How exactly did the AP story get it incorrect, Captain? The AP never said that Hsu is going to be getting a hearing in order to plea (i.e. an arraignment [sic?]). The AP story did say that Hsu is going to meet on Sept. 5 for a hearing determining the amount of bail he is going to receive, which will be $1 to $2 million.
It's my understanding that the prosecutor wants to have Hsu's bail reduced, but the judge doesn't want to do that. However, the judge will make a final decision at the Sept. 5th hearing.
And besides, if Hsu really wanted to skip the country, he could've done it over the past few days. You know, without having to spend a few nights in jail and pay a $1 to $2 million bail. I don't believe Hsu is going anywhere.
Posted by Silence | August 31, 2007 5:24 PM
A convicted defendant being held for sentencing is not entitled to bail. There is no presumption of innocence and no right to a trial at this point. Hsu should be held without bail and sentencing should be accomplished within 10 days. Why on earth would the prosecutor want a reduction in bail? I'm thinking they want to arrive at a bail amount Hsu can actually post and then scoop it up for restitution to the theft victims. But getting this guy sentenced and jailed should be a higher priority at this point.
Posted by Mwalimu Daudi | August 31, 2007 6:11 PM
How long will it take for the Paw and Lee families to raise the $200,000 necessary for a bond to spring Hsu?
My estimate is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 seconds.
Posted by Bambi | August 31, 2007 7:45 PM
Exactly how much did hil get from this guy? $23,000 that she's going to donate to charity (?) doesn't sound nearly enough. Wasn't it somewhere in the $750,000, or 1 million mark? Can we find out what charity she is donating the pittance to? Surely, the GOP can find that out. I wonder what more of our secrets they can give to the chinese, this time?
Will hsu sing? Wouldn't that be just the best? However, he knows better and doesn't want to end up in Marcy Park.
Posted by F | August 31, 2007 9:11 PM
Hsu sing? Not likely. He's an operative of the PRC government, transferring money for them. Will Hsu do time? Not likely, and if he does it will be in a camp more comfortable than Martha Stewart's. The wonder is that the PRC leaves him here -- why not reassign him and promote Paw in his place? Or some other sleeper who's earning a $45,000 salary at some post office in Topeka or Modesto. We've been penetrated, folks, right at the top. Very bad news for us. F
Posted by Cooltom | August 31, 2007 9:15 PM
Hsu is jut one of the 223 HillRaisers (bundled at least $100,000 in contributions. The list below has the names -- lot of the usual suspects -- but it might be interesting to google some of the names and if any of Hill's other little playmates has a shady history too.
http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/candidate.cfm?CandidateID=C0008
Posted by John K | September 5, 2007 12:23 PM
The last I heard, he has skipped bail again.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NATION/109040060/1001
Chinese donor sounds like '96
By Bill Gertz
September 4, 2007
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usclin0903,0,6566532.story
Bill Clinton 'shocked' Hillary donor was a fugitive
BY GLENN THRUSH | glenn.thrush@newsday.com
5:31 PM EDT, September 2, 2007
Considering the number of illegal Chinese donors involved in his own illegal campaign contributions, I am surprised that Bill Clinton is shocked, shocked at this latest revelation. I should think it would give him a feeling of nostalgia and everybody else that sinking feeling of déjà vu.