Where to start. . . Instaputz notes that the Doughy Pantload is pleased to note that Vox Day likes his new book, Liberal Fascism, stating enthusiastically, “I like Vox.”

This, of course, being the same self-styled Vox Day who once marveled at German efficiency in ridding themselves of undesirable elements in the 1940s and opined that similar methods could be applied to undocumented aliens in this country:

Not only will it work, but one can easily estimate how long it would take. If it took the Germans less than four years to rid themselves of 6 million Jews, many of whom spoke German and were fully integrated into German society, it couldn’t possibly take more than eight years to deport 12 million illegal aliens. . .

and then defended his comment by stating:

So, there are no lessons to be learned from the National Socialists?

The Pantload must be desperate for praise, indeed.

Of course, one of the lessons which should be learned from the example of National Socialism is what catastrophes can result from the false elevation of vapid, cretinous gasbags to the status of “intellectual” and treating their intellectual spoor as serious thought.

I think it does not mean what you think it means.

Giving the Doughy One a run for his money in the Stoopid Race, his reaction to the Bhutto assassination is to call for a crackdown — on illegal aliens:

During an event Friday in Pella, Iowa, Huckabee said the crisis sparked by Bhutto’s death should lead to a crackdown on illegal immigrants from Pakistan.

The Huckabee official told CNN that when he said that, Huckabee was trying to turn attention away from scrutiny of his foreign policy knowledge.

Huckabee’s foreign policy credentials have been under a microscope since the candidate admitted that he was unaware of an intelligence report that Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons program earlier this month.

“In light of what happened in Pakistan yesterday, it’s interesting that there are more Pakistanis who have illegally crossed the border than of any other nationality except for those immediately south of our border,” Huckabee said Friday.

Because, you know, all those illegal Pakistanis driving cabs in DC or New York somehow assassinated Bhutto in Pakistan.

Adding to the Stoopid:

But the Border Patrol told CNN on Friday that it apprehended only “a handful” of illegal immigrants from Pakistan in 2007.

The number of illegal immigrants from Pakistan deported or apprehended is not mentioned in the latest report from the Department of Homeland Security/Office of Immigration Statistics. In 2005, the nation did not make the list of the top 10 sources of illegal immigrants. The previous year, Pakistan was the last country listed, but no specific numbers were given.

Sounds like just the guy to untangle the holy mess Bush has stirred up in the Middle East. We can all wait for him to discover that most Iraqis are Shiites, when all along Huck thought they were Muslims.

I haven’t read his book, but one of his apparent epiphanies is that the Nazis were pro-Gay Rights.

Which is pretty much true, except for the little parts about imprisoning homosexuals in concentration camps, castrating, and executing them.

… of trees, that is. I live near North Hollywood High School and they have been chopping down trees since the morning of December 26th, starting promptly at 8:30 am. This has been going on all day. Every day. Finally today I called the police station, somewhat apologetically, but the Officer on desk duty told me that he was sorry, tree trimming is not illegal, unless it was on Sundays.

Three chainsaws have been revving up for the fourth day in a row and all I can do is picture how I’d use those chainsaws on the tree trimmers.

Last night, we had a brownout. All of the lights dimmed and stayed that way for a few hours. Too many christmas lawn displays perhaps?

This, from a post about the Times’ scathing review of the Doughy Pantload’s latest spoor:

Liberal Fascism is such a transparently sloppy, shifty, intellectually rinky-dink endeavor that a show of anger would be a larger expenditure of emotion than a book this second-rate deserves.

From Passgo’s Flickr.

From the Times:

Oscar Peterson, whose dazzling piano playing made him one of the most popular jazz artists in history, died Sunday night at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, outside Toronto. He was 82.

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Mr. Peterson was one of the greatest virtuosos in jazz, with a technique that was always meticulous and ornate and sometimes overwhelming. But rather than expand the boundaries of jazz, he used his gifts in the service of moderation and reliability and in gratifying his devoted audiences, whether playing in a trio or solo. His technical accomplishments were always evident, almost transparently so. Even at his peak, there was very little tension in his playing.