2008 Weblog Awards finalists announced
And for a third fourth year in a row, yours truly has made the final cut
Cindy McKinney’s Hamas bailout plan fails
The Israeli Navy, thankfully, took care of business:
The “Barack the Magic Negro” controversy
The blogosphere and the punditocracy both have erupted with commentary in light of the controversy over reports that Chip Saltsman, who has thrown his hat into the ring to become the new RNC Chair, sent a parody CD to RNC members before the Christmas holiday that included conservative satirist Paul Shanklin’s “Barack the Magic Negro.” From The Hill:
Juvenile, revealing behavior continues after “shoe-throwing incident”
Via the Christian Science Monitor: “Shoes flung at Bush flying from shelves” – ba da da da da (to the tune of the McDonald’s theme song) and guess who’s “loving it”?
Aristocratic liberalism
As the debate over whether or not Caroline Kennedy is qualified to be appointed to take Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat rages on, Victor Davis Hanson tackles a related debate on the comparisons that have been made between Kennedy and Gov. Palin in terms of the treatment received by both from the mainstream media, and nails it:
Israel defends itself against repeated aggression by Hamas …
… and the predominant theme amongst many popular lefty bloggers to Israel’s response to the attacks that have been taking place against them for weeks, courtesy of Jimmy Carter’s favorite terrorist group Hamas? The American Power blog has a rundown of their reax (more can be read here), which should remind you somewhat of how the United Nations both views and treats Israel.