Spambot of the day
This one’s kind of chatty and colloquial, and not quite as obsequious as the usual: Great article. There’s a lot of good data here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Ubuntu with the … Continue reading →
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Spambot of the day
From another admiring spambot, this one named “Democrats Suck,” of all things: Just want to say your article is striking. The clarity in your post is simply striking and i can take for granted you are an expert on this … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
This one fooled me, if only for a second. When I read the first few words, I thought it had my number: I thought this was going to be another long boring blog post, but I was pleasantly suprised. I … Continue reading →
Three million visitors to neo-neocon
At some unknown moment last night my sitemeter recorded that the number of visitors to this blog had passed the three million mark. So I want to celebrate, and I ask you to join me. I would be lying if … Continue reading →
Post-holiday thanks
Now that the holidays are over (see all those Valentine candies in the stores?), I’d like to offer a big heartfelt thanks to all of you who placed Amazon orders for Christmas and Chanukah gifts through this blog, and also … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
I’ve noticed the ever-increasing sophistication of spambot comments before. But here’s is a new twist just in today, from a porno bot: I love the tips on this site, they are always to the point and just the information I … Continue reading →
Voting over—I’m still regent
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva contest. Voting has closed and Pam Geller has won (she’s really more the diva type anyway, don’t you think?). But thanks to all you stalwart … Continue reading →
The curve of an Instalanche
{NOTE: I got an Instalanche yesterday for the Obama disfluency post, and the response of my sitemeter reminded me of this article, which originally appeared on Dec. 1, 2008. I thought it would be fun to republish a slightly-edited and … Continue reading →
‘Twas the Blogger’s Night Before Christmas
‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ”˜sphere Bloggers were glad to see Christmas draw near. Their laptops were turned off and all put away The bloggers were swearing to take off … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer vs. Andrew Sullivan: no contest
Oops, says Andrew Sullivan, as he feels the cold touch of Charles Krauthammer’s exquisitely sarcastic stiletto as it begins to eviscerate him. Moral of the story: do not take on Krauthammer unless you’ve checked your facts. I doubt that Andrew … Continue reading →
Widgets at rest
You’ll be happy to hear that the Amazon widgets have reached what I hope will be their final form: stationery and unobtrusive. There’s a plain Amazon search widget near the top of the sidebar, for the minimalists among you. Then, … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day: flattery may get you somewhere
Fortunately, this blog has a pretty decent spam-blocker. So only a couple per week of the pesky little things escape its pincher grip to actually be deposited in the comments section. They tend to rather resemble one another. But one … Continue reading →