Year: 2010

HotAir.com Acquired by Salem Communications

Whew. My body clock picked the wrong time go all wonky. 😯

Mediaite has the story:

CPAC hasn’t even officially started and already its making news. Mediaite has learned that leading center-right web site Hot Air has been acquired by Salem Communications for an undisclosed sum. Sources close to the deal claim that Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit and sole owner of Hot Air, has been in talks with Salem for some time, but the announcement was timed to coincide with the Conservative Political Action Conference, which opens tomorrow in Washington D.C.

Hot Air is one of the biggest, most influential conservative sites on the Web and was launched on April 24, 2006, with Michelle Malkin as founder/CEO (though she remains editorially focused on her own blog MichelleMalkin.com and her own writing and television appearances.) Hot Air is managed on a day-to-day basis by editors Ed Morrissey and the mysterious AllahPundit, who are reported to be part of the deal in the sale of to Salem, and absolutely essential to the core value of Hot Air. We are told that, from a user’s perspective, Hot Air will remain the same despite the change in ownership.

Admittedly, I am a daily reader of HotAir.com, and I have been for a long time. I sort of knew something of this nature was coming. I just did not know what or when. So, this really does not come as any surprise to me at all. My best wishes to Ed and yes, to Allah as well. I hope that it all works out for both of them.

The Blog reactions are mixed, and some are quite funny:

Of Course, Ed’s reaction is “No Comment!”

Joe over at the Moderate Voice, “Someone Bought Congress??!?”

Ben Smith at The Politico: “This is, among other things, a mark of how hard it’s getting to talk about “old” and “new” media, as one buys the other.”

Robert Stacy McCain lets it fly:

“This certainly should be interesting”

“Congratulations to Michelle Malkin on divesting herself of the atheist Eeyore — at a handsome profit, we certainly hope.”

“While I’m always for rent, no one has yet tried to buy me. On the other hand, I’ve had several lucrative offers for Smitty . . .”

I am assuming those offers came from all endowed women. 😉

James Joyner, as always, is bit more civilized than the rest of us crazies:

One presumes that Salem is sincere on this score, in that the Hot Air property will lose most of its value if it becomes something other than what readers expect.   And Morrissey’s word on this has additional weight, in that he made the transition from his own solo site (Captain’s Quarters) to the more red meat-oriented Hot Air with no discernible change in his style or editorial choices.

And hearty congrats to Michelle Malkin on what one presumes was a lucrative buy-out.  While her politics are harder right than mine and her writing style more polemical, she’s a sweet lady and an incredibly hard worker.  She got started blogging more than a year after I did but hit the ground running, instantly figuring out how the game was played and doing it better than just about anyone else.  She’s managed to spin off the success of her eponymous blog into the Hot Air project, which became even bigger.

Guy Benson over at NRO writes:

Ed and Allahpundit do excellent work and thrive in the site’s entertaining, accessible and informative format.

What a suck up! I kid I kid!!! 😉

Another Black Conservative:

I wonder if this means that Michelle Malkin will be blogging more often at her site?  Hey Michelle, if you need an extra hand now, I know a certain black conservative with some extra time on his hands…

Ace says it’s all about “Crazy Blog Money”:

Salem also owns Townhall.

Good for them!

Little Miss Whatshername ain’t happy about it.

Instapundit: “Is InstaPundit for sale, you ask? A better question: Who would buy it?”

and even more reaction:

Again, my best to Ed and to Allah. This can only be a good thing for those guys. Onward and upward! 😀

Sorry, but real life called

As I sit here at 6:15 a.m. I feel I should explain my absence from blogging last night.

I was a bit busy. Ended up getting a new cable box. Comcast wanted to replace the old one, here’s a pic:

Old Cable Box

Here’s the new one:

Tiny little thing, ain't it?
Another shot of the Tiny New Cable Modem Box

Here’s a wide shot of the Modem Box, Wireless Router and 8 Port Wired Router. All are Linksys. Modem Box is an RCA.

The internet crap stack

Pardon the dust and the mess. I am a guy after all. 😉 😛 😀

So, that is what I was up too after about 4:00, Internet techy got here at about 4:50. He swapped out the boxes. Smart guy, was African-America or as some call it; black. Quite smart and very friendly. I did not mention what I do on the internet.

So, anyhow, he left, I putzed around getting everything back up and running; so my parents wouldn’t go into Facebook games withdrawal. Then it dawned on me, I was freakin’ starving. So, I grabbed a little bite to eat. By then it was around 6:00 or so. My Dad had an eagles club meeting, so, I was designated dinner picker upper. So, I did that, ate my supper. Then, dad arrived home and then asked me to go get him some of those Swisher Sweet Cigars, strawberry flavored, that he just loves to smoke… (The man is a weirdo….). I went to the usual place and they, naturally, were out. So, I went back home and informed him he’d have to go find them elsewhere.

By this time it was 8:30, and I watched what little of Bill O’Reilly’s show that I was able to watch. By 9:00 I was beat to hell. I zonked out. Slept heavy too. Woke back up around Midnight and took my meds. I also woke up hungry enough to eat a small horse. So, I grabbed a snack. A big mac and a small fry only goes so far. 😉 So, Anyhow, I’ve been awake ever since. I am starting to yawn here. So, I’ll most likely lay down here for a few hours and grab some shuteye and be up later on this afternoon. It isn’t like there’s anything earth shattering happening anyhow.

So, apologies to those who were wondering where I was. Once and while I do have a life and do have to attend to other matters. 😀

Another good reason why I do not support Ron Paul

There are some who might not like the fact that I am linking to this blog. However, I believe this person does have a valid point.

Click here to see: Ron Paul Fans Post Tributes to Rabid Antisemite

If we do not distance ourselves from these people, we will pay for it dearly in the coming elections.

Video: The Confession of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 'From A to Z'

I posted this once, but the man’s video got taken down by the video service.

So, here it is again.

Please, if you like this, put it on your blog or website and promote it. Everyone who believes that the War on Terror is a real thing, should watch and promote this.

MILD CONTENT WARNING

Official Site

and finally

A song that I happen to like quite a bit. It has been said that music often tells a story. Paints a picture, if you will. That being said, here is a story or picture, from a very unique perspective.

This is Resurrection Band

Lincoln’s Train

By

Resurrection Band

Passin’ through these ruins
Mr Lincoln’s train goin’ by
Spilling smoke into these bloody fields
All the people stood and cried

Our tears are the same color
We can all hold hands and mourn
But me, I’m still asking myself
Why I’m not any freer than I was before

Mr Lincoln are you free now?
Was it worth what it finally cost?
If I had somethin to believe in
I could bear this endless cross

I got no home, they sold my family
I got no job, ain’t got no vote
Them books they’re all mysteries to me
Can’t read or write, I got no hope

The train it just keeps rollin’
Cold as steel and dark as night
It don’t give me no answers, no
No, it don’t pay me no mind

And the scenery just keeps changin’
But these folks, they just stay the same
Same old fearful eyes a starin’
Askin’ me to take the blame

For their shame, for their shame

Taliban’s Number Two in command is captured

OOOOOH-RAAAH! 😀

WASHINGTON — The Taliban’s top military commander was captured several days ago in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret joint operation by Pakistani and American intelligence forces, according to American government officials.

The commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is an Afghan described by American officials as the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since the American-led war in Afghanistan started more than eight years ago. He ranks second in influence only to Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban’s founder and a close associate of Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Mullah Baradar has been in Pakistani custody for several days, with American and Pakistani intelligence officials both taking part in interrogations, according to the officials.

It was unclear whether he was talking, but the officials said his capture had provided a window into the Taliban and could lead to other senior officials. Most immediately, they hope he will provide the whereabouts of Mullah Omar, the one-eyed cleric who is the group’s spiritual leader.

via Taliban’s Military Chief, Mullah Baradar, Is Captured – NYTimes.com.

It is not Osama Bin Laden; but, I’ll take it! 😀 One thing leads to another, as they say. This can only be a good thing. Of course, the libtards are starting this stupidity. Please, shut up you stupid bastards. 🙄

Others: JustOneMinute, , Power Line, Registan.net,, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Flopping Aces, TigerHawk,, Hot Air,  Outside The Beltway, The Jawa Report,   RedState, 

Update: I think warrants a video like this: (H/T Murdock Online)