The Lex Files:
A Retired Blog

NOW I understand how anti-Semitic Barack Obama is!

Good Lord. Are the McCainiacs TRYING to screw this up now?

McCain’s Choice

The Presidential Debates, Synchronized

Epic:

“Shoot your gin into her vagina.”

I almost never, ever open spam. And I didn’t open that one.

But it was the most compelling subject line I’ve seen in a while.

ACORN oo copia

I keep meaning to link to this impressively astute article about the manufactured ACORN controversy, and keep forgetting. Until now.

Joe the Plumber and John the Liar

McCain: You know, when Sen. Obama ended up his conversation with Joe the plumber — we need to spread the wealth around. In other words, we’re going to take Joe’s money, give it to Sen. Obama, and let him spread the wealth around.

I want Joe the plumber to spread that wealth around. You told him you wanted to spread the wealth around. (CNN Transcript)

Only, Obama never said such a thing. Watch Obama meet Joe and listen to their conversation. Obama paints a pretty clear picture of what his tax plan would and wouldn’t do, and why he thinks that’s what he should do.

Memo to Marnie

My sister (and go-to person for math-related queries) Marnie emailed me in response to yesterday’s post:

hiya,

I knew that bit about alcohol’s not burning off already – thanks to *you*! http://www.thefriedmans.net/blog/2007/07/06/no-alcohol-isnt-burned-off-while-cooking/

And I would have commented, but your blog is now requiring a WordPress login in order to leave comments…?

Marnie reads my blog more attentively than I do. Commenting is now fixed, and alcohol’s lingering during cooking is now doubly (or triply) stressed on this blog.

Alcohol does NOT burn off during cooking

I know you think it does. You and the rest of the Cooking world. You all labor under this misconception. It’s probably the single most commonly held food-preparation myth.

Because unless you’re cooking for an extremely long time, that hooch you poured into your sauce ain’t burning off.

Presidential Predictions

• Barack will score at least 340 electoral votes.
• John McCain’s concession speech will contain the phrase “my friends” — more than once.
• McCain’s audience will boo Obama during the concession speech. McCain will half-heartedly stop them.
• Sarah Palin will never again appear on a presidential ticket.
• Barack’s audience will not boo his mention of McCain; it will applaud respectfully.
• Obama will prove himself not to be a secret Muslim while in office.
• The race will be called by the major networks before 1am Eastern, for the first time in three presidential elections.
• Obama staffers will find keyboards with missing O’s when they enter the White House.
• John McCain will continue to be both old and obnoxious.

Shameless Promotion of “Weird Al” Yankovic

For the first time in his career, Al’s been able to release a song nationally literally just two weeks after conceiving the idea. To hear his new parody if TI’s “Whatever You Like,” celebrating today’s economic crisis and uniquely also titled “Whatever You Like,” rush over to iTunes.

The cheap can hear it here, but that doesn’t help with chart position.