Oh, HELL Yeah!

Not only is Ken Bruen's BLITZ coming to the big screen but Jason Statham's playing Brant.

I'd always seen Bob Hoskins or maybe Ben Kingsley in the role, but they're getting some age on them, and Statham's a solid choice.

I am extremely happy about this. Ken's an amazing writer and a great guy, and I would love to see him get the recognition he deserves AND get absolutely filthy stinking rich. This might do it.

Palin Failin' ?

The more I think about it, the more this theory that Sarah Palin is stepping down to run for President just doesn't fit. If she was going to do that, one would think it would be better to go out on a high note. And Governor Palin has not, to put it mildly, had a great few weeks. There was a Vanity Fair article that came out in which she was roundly dissed by McCain staffers; several e-mails were released in which she seemed to be lying about the First Dude's involvement with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party and demanding that the campaign do the same; Alaska's state health director resigned, claiming Palin forced her out over social issues; and then there was that stupid feud with David Letterman which, in the final analysis, made her supporters look like a pack of loons and probably hurt Palin more than it did Letterman.

Also, if an announcement was meant to be the springboard for an expanded national presence, one would think that you wouldn't make said announcement on the Friday before a big Federal holiday, which is when you traditionally deliver bad news that you hope gets buried.

No, this doesn't smell like the beginning of a triumphal march. This smells like getting the hell out of Dodge before the sheriff rides in.

Of course, Caribou Barbie hasn't exactly shown herself to be a political genius when it comes to timing. After all, she apparently decided that, at a time when people were scared to death over their financial futures, the smart thing to talk about was what Bill Ayers did in the 60's and who was a "Real American." So for all I know, she may think this is the PERFECT time to bail out of Alaska and hit the campaign trail for 2012.

We also have to consider, though, that Bill Kristol just said of the resignation: "If I had to bet right now, I would bet that we just heard the first opening statement in the 2012 presidential race." And, as all thinking people know, that grinning idiot is always wrong.

Stay tuned...

UPDATE: I have now seen the video of her resignation speech.



Holy shit.

John Cole is right: this is "rambling and disjointed even by Palin’s low standards." There is something seriously weird going on.

Here Comes Wilma!

Palin resigning as Alaska gov:

WASILLA, Alaska - Sarah Palin plans to resign as governor of Alaska in a few weeks, KTUU-TV reported Friday.

Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008, made the announcement at her home Friday morning, the station said.

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will take over at the end of the month, KTUU reported.

There was no immediate word as to why she will step down before the end of her first term, though some have speculated in the past that she may be interested in running for president in 2012.

Because destroying a Republican Senator's Presidential campaign through a mind-boggling combination of ignorance, incompetence and arrogance, then cutting and running before her first term is over, is the perfect springboard to the White House.

Run, Wilma, Run! Maybe Joe the plumber will reconsider. He's always been kinda sweet on Winky Wilma the Wasilla Wingnut.

Blow It Up! Blow It Up Good!

John Scalzi Rates SciFi Movies by Their EXPLOSIONS!

Not much I can add to the awesomeness of that.

Awww, Rats.

Joe the Plumber won’t run for office:

Asked if he has plans to run for public office, he replied, “I hope not. You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’”

Apparently, God doesn't want me to have any fun at all. 'Cause old Joe is a comedy goldmine. He makes Michelle Bachmann look like a stateswoman.

Congratulations, Senator Al Franken.

Coleman concedes, after the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected each of Coleman's five legal arguments that an earlier recount of the November 4 vote had been unfair.

Ol' Rush Limbaugh's gonna need the giant family size bottle of Oxycontin tonight. 'Cause here's a news flash for all you wingnuts who love to moan and groan and stomp your widdle feet about "libruls" in the Senate: Franken is the real deal, not one of these Republican Lite assholes who already give you conniptions. You are about to see what a liberal Senator REALLY looks like.

This should be fun.

Yeah, Brother, I Been There.

Lee Goldberg liveblogs his hellish experience with Norton tech support, " Minute by Agonizing Minute".

I took Norton AV off the laptop about a week ago and installed avast! which is free and which so far works great. The computer now boots up in half the time, runs faster, and doesn't heat up nearly as badly.

Norton: The anti-virus software that acts like a virus!

And don't even get me started on McAfee, which refused to install an update on my home machine because I also had Spybot S & D installed. So McAfee (which has often missed stuff that Spybot caught) gets kicked to the curb as well.