The she-pundit with long blond hair gave another inflammatory speech last night, this time at Indiana University. As usual, it was filled with insults, such as calling one student "gay boy" and referring to Iraqis as "brown boys."

One comment that drew strong audience reactions came from a young man who asked her if she didn't like Democrats, wouldn't it just be better to have a dictatorship? Coulter responded with a jab at the way the student talked.

"You don't want the Republicans in power, does that mean you want a dictatorship, gay boy?" she said.

Some more Coulterisms:

by TChris

Arianna amuses with this post about her encounter with the She Pundit With Long Blonde Hair on Hannity and Colmes.

Coulter is the right wing punditry's equivalent of crack or crystal meth. She's highly addictive -- giving users the delirious, giddy high of outrageousness. But then the buzz wears off and they come crashing down, their spirits shriveled, their souls poisoned. Her brand of way, way over-the-top rhetoric, trading on hatred, demonizing, and caricature is doing to the American body politic what a three-month meth bender does to crank junkies.

For extra fun, check out the photo in the linked post.

The She Pundit With Long Blond Hair did a no-no last week when she voted in the Palm Beach City Council election at the wrong precinct.

She wrote down Indian Avenue as her address when she registered to vote. Her realtor says Indian Avenue is a mail-drop for the conservative pundit. At the time she registered, she had already owned her home on another street for more than three months. Yet, she voted at a precinct four miles away from her home, presumably the one that matched the Indian Road address. Here's why it's a problem:

Florida statutes make it a third-degree felony to vote knowingly in the wrong precinct. Lying on a voter's registration can cost up to $5,000 and five years behind bars....."If someone brings us proof that a person falsified a registration, we'll check into it, then refer the matter to the state attorney's office if necessary."

The Grammys : The Winners

The Washington Post has a good rundown. From my perspective:

Best moments:

(Guest Posted by TalkLeft's Man in Hollywood)

Everything Old Is New Again Dept: Two worthy documentaries have just been released on dvd, each indispensable time capsules of a half century past, and each bearing unnerving (but unsurprising) reflections of our current State of the Union.

• EDWARD R. MURROW: THE McCARTHY YEARS (B&W, 114 Minutes)
  
  

Half-time at the Superbowl. Absolutely great. I hope they live and play forever.

Update: There was no five second delay imposed on the Stones. They agreed in advance that Mick's mike would be turned down on two words.

The Philadelphia Inquirer is bucking the trend of U.S. papers by publishing one of the offensive, racist, discriminatory cartoons against Muslims.

Leonard Downie of the Washington Post explains why the Post won't run the cartoon.

"We have standards about language, religious sensitivity, racial sensitivity and general good taste."

Downie, who said the images also had not been placed on the Post Web site, compared the decision to similar choices not to run offensive photos of dead bodies or offensive language. "We described them," he said of such images. "Just like in the case of covering the hurricanes in New Orleans or terrorist attacks in Iraq. We will describe horrific scenes."

The World Socialist Society has this condemnation of the publication of the cartoons.

It's the weekend. Since traffic always goes down on Saturdays and Sundays, I figure it's a good day to ask readers who are around for some tech advice.

• How do you take tv segment you've recorded onto a dvd and get it onto your internet server so others can view it? As an example, I am going to record the Rolling Stones half-time performance onto a dvd. Will it just play on the internet if I upload a portion of it to my server? Or do I need to convert the file to a different format using software? (I'm not concerned at this juncture about copyright issues, just tech issues.)

• What quality video editing software easily allows you to make your own movie from clips on your hard drive and dvd's? And again, do you need special software to then upload it to the web?

• What software do you need to turn a video segment downloaded from the internet into a format that play on a dvd player hooked up to the tv?

Huffington Post has launched its Contagious Festival. The creativity in the entries is enormous. There's satire, humor and more. Here are some of my favorites so far:

• Al Qaeda caller-id by Edward Current.

• Iraq the Musical

• Once You Go Blackberry

Here's what it's all about and how to enter:

The media must have censored President' Bush's State of the Union Address. Here's what we missed, from The Onion.

"Tonight, by executive order, I am creating a permanent department with a vital mission: to ensure that the political scandals, underhanded dealings, and outright criminal activities of this administration are handled in a professional and orderly fashion," Bush said.

The centerpiece of Bush's plan is the Department Of Corruption, Bribery, And Incompetence, which will centralize duties now dispersed throughout the entire D.C.-area political establishment.

The Oscar nominations came out today. Brokeback Mountain got 8 nominations, the most of any film. If you're a fan of the film, check out Dave Cullen's Brokeback Mountain Guide and forums.

Also nominated for best picture were the Truman Capote story "Capote"; the ensemble drama "Crash"; the Edward R. Murrow chronicle "Good Night, and Good Luck"; and the assassination thriller "Munich."

George Clooney got three nominations.

[for] supporting actor for his role as a steadfast CIA undercover agent in "Syriana" and best director and co-writer for "Good Night."

Sen. Bill Frist was on Meet the Press today. The transcript is here and Crooks and Liars has the video) but Arianna says Russert led him to the edge of the water but stopped short of making him drink his lies. She was hoping for a full Oprah-style turnaround.

Frist told Meet the Press on an earlier occasion his HCA stock was in a blind trust and he didn't know he owned it. Today there was this exchange:

RUSSERT: You told CNBC, "It should be understood I put this into a blind trust. So far as I know I own no HCA stock. ...It's a blind trust. Totally blind. I have no control." That's not accurate.

FRIST: You know, I could have been more precise in my words.

According to Bloomberg News today,