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  1. Quotes of the day

    → Hot Air » Top Picks | 8 Feb 2010 | 8:30 pm MST

    Populismphobia.

  2. Libs Want New Agency to Study Climate Change

    → Bizblogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 8:04 pm MST

    I thought it was only a bad joke when Lisa Simpson declared on the Simpsons last night that climate change is creating both extreme hot and cold temperatures.

    Unfortunately, it appears that Obama administration officials are using the snow storm to declare that climate change is happening now and it represents a "real threat."


  3. Newest target of tea partiers: Er, Ron Paul

    → Hot Air » Top Picks | 8 Feb 2010 | 7:49 pm MST

    Dude?

  4. Did Democrat Open Border Policies Touch Off the Mortgage Meltdown?

    → Doug Ross @ Journal | 8 Feb 2010 | 7:21 pm MST

    Last year the Norfolk Crime Examiner featured a startling interview with a mortgage contractor who "personally audited thousands of sub prime loans.""Over 50% of the subprimes were for cash-out refi’s. Regardless of the loan criteria used to pull random samplings for audits, the majority of the last names were Hispanic. The loans I audited were primarily in CA, NV, AZ, FL, CO, compare those to




  5. Amazing: At 3 a.m., “Red Eye” beating CNN primetime in key demo

    → Hot Air » Top Picks | 8 Feb 2010 | 7:18 pm MST

    Domination.

  6. Talk to the Hand

    → Doug Ross @ Journal | 8 Feb 2010 | 7:12 pm MST

    The new posters are here.




  7. Bill Ayers Publishes His First Children's Book

    → Doug Ross @ Journal | 8 Feb 2010 | 7:09 pm MST

    Well, if he did, it would probably look something like this.Nail bombs are nothing new for this despicable loon.




  8. Podcast: Mark Steyn and John Yoo and Rob Long and Andrew Breitbart, Oh My

    → Big Government | 8 Feb 2010 | 6:51 pm MST

    Rob Long and Mark Steyn are joined by guests law professor John C. Yoo and Breitbart.com’s Andrew Breitbart. Topics covered include Miranda rights for terrorists, a report from the Tea Party convention, the joyless MSM, Al-Qaeda’s potential new bomb making strategy that may be particularly problematic for certain parts of Los Angeles, and some unconventional [...]

  9. Best of the Steven Seagal Movie Titles

    → Doug Ross @ Journal | 8 Feb 2010 | 6:37 pm MST

    Another classic Ace of Spades thread, circa 1988. Or thereabouts. The contest: come up with the best Steven Seagal Movie Title. My favorites?Steven Seagal is... Mounting Keith OlbermannSteven Seagal is... Straining the GirdleSteven Seagal is... Eating for TwoSteven Seagal is... Rightsizing His FameSteven Seagal is... Pinching a LoafSteven Seagal is... Getting Real PissedSteven Seagal is... On




  10. Without Murtha, Dems now one vote short of passing ObamaCare in House

    → Hot Air » Top Picks | 8 Feb 2010 | 6:29 pm MST

    Obstacles.

  11. On A Totally Different Note

    → Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler | 8 Feb 2010 | 6:20 pm MST

    The exact opposite of Murthafucker, LC & IB Major Bryan is up and running from A-stan and has his first post up. He told me in an e-mail that 20 hour days isn’t real conducive to active blogging. I would call him a pussy, but I ain’t one to talk to lately In any [...]

  12. New Car for Women Defies Even the Most Persistent Thief

    → Doug Ross @ Journal | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:56 pm MST

    Bernie sent this one in:Renault and Ford are working on a jointly produced vehicle targeted at women.It merges the Clio and Taurus platforms and reportedly will be branded as the Cliotaurus.According to a press release, the typical thief will be unable to find the vehicle, even if someone tells him exactly where it is.Hey, don't blame me, I'm just the messenger. Can I at least get a rimshot?




  13. Stupid, evil, or insane

    → Cold Fury | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:54 pm MST

    Liberal condescension, A to Z.

  14. Real Torture, Real Truth to Power

    → Cold Fury | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:52 pm MST

    REAL HEROES Geng He: One year ago today, China kidnapped my husband. I don’t know where he is. I don’t know what is being done to him. The only thing I know is why he disappeared: My husband, Gao Zhisheng, defied Beijing by representing people the government finds threatening. As a leading human rights lawyer in China, [...]

  15. Scarborough: Did Chris Wallace roll his eyes at Palin?

    → Hot Air » Top Picks | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:48 pm MST

    Oh my.

  16. Will they throw the deranged sicko Hiram “Slasher” Monserrate out of the NYS Senate or not?

    → | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:22 pm MST

    For those of you who don’t remember who/what Hiram Monserrate is, I will first repost a piece I did back in April 2009. As you read, bear in mind that his fate as a NY State Senator is about to be determined by the boys in the band. In fact it will be decided Tuesday,  February [...]

  17. R.I.P., You Traitor

    → Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:10 pm MST

    He once wore the same uniform I did. And he betrayed that uniform, besmirching the honor of my beloved Corps.  For that, and for that alone I wouldn’t piss on his grave. For his family, who knew him as something other than a boil on the ass of a shitbird maggot, I feel sorrow for, [...]

  18. New Federal Climate Change Agency Forming

    → Big Government | 8 Feb 2010 | 4:12 pm MST

    From ABC News: The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. Also known as global warming, climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to harm crops, spread disease, increase sea levels, change storm and drought patterns and cause polar [...]

  19. Sarah Palin’s Breasts and Andrew Sullivan

    → Commentary | 8 Feb 2010 | 3:55 pm MST

    Matthew Continetti, among others, aptly detailed in his book The Persection of Sarah Palin the media’s Sarah Palin hate-fest, which raged throughout the campaign. That campaign — the media’s, not Palin’s — included not a small amount of hyper-sexualized language and imagery. Her reappearance at the Tea Party Convention has set off a new round [...]

  20. John Murtha, R.I.P.

    → Commentary | 8 Feb 2010 | 3:27 pm MST

    Rep. John Murtha has died at the age of 77. After a career as U.S. Marine and pro-defense Democrat in recent years he became the champion of the netroot Left and its anti-Iraq War crusade. Like all politicians he will be judged on the totality of his career. He, of course, has been in the center [...]

  21. NOW President Upset Over “Domestic Violence” in Tebow Ad

    → All American Blogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 3:03 pm MST

    I was sitting at my computer once, listening to something on my headphones, just minding my own business, when there was suddenly a sharp *PING* in my right ear where my headphone was. At the same time, I felt something smack me in the side of the head. I’m not going to sugar coat it. It [...] Related posts:
    1. Black Group Upset About “Snitchin’” Cartoon; UPDATE: Black Youth Shot for Snitchin’
    2. Violence continues in Iran; Iranian girl calls for US help; Obama remains silent
    3. Guns Found Effective in Suicide, ABC Says Unbiasedly…


  22. The liberal tantrum, and an idea for short-circuiting it

    → Cold Fury | 8 Feb 2010 | 2:57 pm MST

    Via Insty, Arnold Kling: Everyone agrees that the Republicans are just throwing sand in the gears of good government and not offering any ideas. What that means is that they are not offering ideas to enlarge government. Congressman Paul Ryan’s ideas do not count, because those would cut back on government, particularly Social Security, Medicare, and [...]

  23. Sometimes, I Do.

    → All American Blogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 2:45 pm MST

    According to The Corner, this is an actual billboard in Minnesota:    There were a lot of things Bush did towards the end of his presidency that I could not stomach. But, all things considered, I’d take him back. But then again, having Obama win, coupled with a liberal Democrat Congress has resulted in a very active conservative [...] Related posts:
    1. The Tea Party Movement Has Never Been With the GOP Leadership
    2. “I still have the same common-sense conservative beliefs”
    3. McCotter Blasts Bush for Not Calling Back Congress


  24. John Murtha, Dead At 77

    → Common Sense Junction | 8 Feb 2010 | 2:26 pm MST

    This afternoon FNC anchors said that Murtha has passed away and that he was dearly beloved by Democrats, Republicans and independents alike. I’m not making that up. They went out of their way to mention each political group and to gush about how he was so loved. We conservatives don’t want to dance on Murtha’s [...]

  25. This is What All The Fuss Was About?

    → All American Blogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 2:12 pm MST

    You have to be a full on pro-abortion, anti freedom of speech leftist, with just a touch of crazy to find these ads by Tim Tebow and his mom offensive: I don’t recall hearing the word “abortion” in that ad. Related posts:Dr. Paul in Sunday NY Times Dems OK Aid to Foreign Abortion Providers U.N. [...] Related posts:
    1. Dr. Paul in Sunday NY Times
    2. Dems OK Aid to Foreign Abortion Providers
    3. U.N. Passes Resolution Protecting Religion from Blasphemy, Limiting Freedom of Speech


  26. Today’s Gun Defense Story Brought to You by Winter Haven, FL

    → All American Blogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 2:03 pm MST

    Don’t mess with an old man’s golf cart: Two would-be thieves didn’t count on a motion alarm and a gun-toting 70-year-old Winter Haven man when they tried to steal the batteries from his golf cart, according to Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports. Robert Rowley, of 28 Henry Drive in Winter Haven, awoke to the sound of a [...] Related posts:
    1. New Haven, CT Installs Festivus Pole
    2. Feds Looking At Hillary’s Campaign Contributions
    3. This is Weird. Temperatures are Dropping.


  27. Political Alchemy, Part I: Turning Spending Increases into Tax Cuts

    → Big Government | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:57 pm MST

    Politicians in Washington have come up with something far more impressive than turning lead into gold or water into wine. Using self-serving budget rules, they can increase the burden of government spending and say they are cutting taxes instead. This bit of legerdemain is made possible, thanks to the convolutions of the personal income tax, by [...]

  28. John Murtha dead at 77

    → Michelle Malkin | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:45 pm MST

    Democrat Rep. [...] Read the rest »

  29. Pika Not Endangered By Climate Change

    → Sweetness & Light | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:34 pm MST

    From a clearly annoyed New York Times: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Says Pika Not Imperiled by Climate Change By TODD WOODY February 8, 2010 The Obama administration has determined that the American pika, a small rabbit-like mammal, is not threatened by climate change. The decision underscores how the Endangered Species Act [...]

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  30. They Are Dropping Like Flies

    → Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm MST

    Just read that Maddog Mutha Murtha has passed on. In the interest of trying (REALLY trying) to be civil…. Oh hell….another bastard bites the dust.   At this rate we’ll have Congress cleaned out by Christmas. UPDATE [Emp. Misha] Beat me to it, Mrs M. And so an illustrious career in corruption, bribe-taking, treason and robbing the taxpayers [...]

  31. Thank You

    → All American Blogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:20 pm MST

    My CPAC 2010 fundraiser ended today and thanks to the generous donations of thirteen readers, I was able to raise $325. That will pay for my plane ticket and most of my registration. Because of your help, I will be going to CPAC. Thanks! Related posts:Tomorrow is the End of My CPAC Fundraiser – Still $200 Short Please [...] Related posts:
    1. Tomorrow is the End of My CPAC Fundraiser – Still $200 Short
    2. Please Help Me Get To CPAC This Year
    3. Three Days, Three Generous Donations – Thank You


  32. Congressman John Murtha Is Dead!

    → The Urban Grind | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:15 pm MST

    Congressman John Murtha, who called our troops cold blooded killers has died. WASHINGTON (AP) – A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. In 1974, Murtha became the [...]

  33. PA Democrat John Murtha Is Dead At 77

    → Sweetness & Light | 8 Feb 2010 | 12:59 pm MST

    From a grief stricken Associated Press: Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 By Peter Jackson, Associated Press Writer February 8, 2010 HARRISBURG, Pa. – Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, [...]

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  34. Congressman John Murtha Dead at 77

    → Big Government | 8 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm MST

    From the Associated Press: Spokesman for Rep. John Murtha says the Pennsylvania Democrat has died at 77. ED Note: Rep. Murtha was a close political ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He was her choice for Majority Leader, but he was edged out in a caucus-wide vote by Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD). He became a darling of [...]

  35. ‘Access to Guns,’ Not Jihad, to Blame for Ft. Hood, Says Noted Islamic Scholar

    → Big Government | 8 Feb 2010 | 12:32 pm MST

    Imam Zaid Shakir came to speak at my school, Claremont McKenna, on December 9th to respond to the “tragedy of Ft. Hood.” Rather than respond to the massacre of American servicemen, Shakir spent the evening indicting the United States – saying “we were born in genocide.” The reason for the Ft. Hood Massacre, according to [...]

  36. Israel Lobby Author Compares Pro-Israel Pastor to Hitler

    → Commentary | 8 Feb 2010 | 12:05 pm MST

    Over at the Foreign Policy magazine website, Harvard professor and Israel Lobby author Stephen Walt weighs in on Germany’s decision to continue to ban the publication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf even after the Nazi leader’s 70-year copyright expired in 2015. Walt is right when he says that banning the publication of this evil book [...]

  37. Only the Broadest Brush

    → Commentary | 8 Feb 2010 | 11:50 am MST

    Ross Douthat explains the wishful thinking behind the Left’s insistence on nuclear disarmament: It’s precisely because the proliferation problem is so difficult, though, that the “Global Zero” movement can feel superficially appealing. . . . By making the issue bigger, long-term, and more theoretical, they can almost make it seem to go away. Douthat is exactly right. [...]

  38. About that “Green Police” Super Bowl ad

    → Michelle Malkin | 8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am MST

    Last laugh.

  39. Dylan To Perform At WH – Song Requests?

    → Sweetness & Light | 8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am MST

    From The Federal Times: Bob Dylan to perform at White House Wednesday If you’re looking for something to do Wednesday evening after our next expected round of snow, you might want to check out www.whitehouse.gov beginning at 5:15 p.m. Bob Dylan will be one of at least a dozen musical acts performing that night in the [...]

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  40. Harry Reid Troubles

    → Bizblogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:39 am MST

    According to Rasmussen polls, Reid is losing to all four of his Republican challengers.


  41. What Is the Size of the Debt?

    → Commentary | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:35 am MST

    With the national debt shaping up as a major issue in this year’s election, its size should be clear. As of February 4th, the national debt amounted to $12,346,427,470,024.01, roughly 87 percent of GDP. This is a higher percentage than it has been since 1950, in the [...]

  42. The little minds of Left hobgoblins

    → Cold Fury | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am MST

    No surprise here, either: Left nitwits are OUTRAGEOUSLY OUTRAGED! over the Tebow ad and its blithe inclusion of “violence” against women, wherein he playfully tackles her and she chides him about how tough he is…or ain’t. Omri reminds them of their own sordid, disgusting history on that score: The Tebow commercial oozes affection and shows Pam [...]

  43. Dog bites man — again

    → Cold Fury | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:07 am MST

    Meaning: the Obama regime is lying. Again.

  44. Attention, NYC: White House still stuck on stupid

    → Michelle Malkin | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am MST

    The dream of Cirque du Jihad in the Big Apple lives. [...] Read the rest »

  45. Obama Creates ‘Climate Change’ Agency

    → Sweetness & Light | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:03 am MST

    From a joyous Associated Press: New Federal Climate Change Agency Forming Obama administration to set up new agency to study, monitor climate change By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP Science Writer February 8, 2010 The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. Also known as [...]

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  46. Obama’s Kabuki summit invitation: Just say no

    → Michelle Malkin | 8 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am MST

    Read this post »

  47. Obama’s Favorite Philosopher – Niebuhr

    → Sweetness & Light | 8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 am MST

    We nearly missed this strange bit of puffery from CNN: How Obama’s favorite theologian shaped his first year in office By John Blake, CNN February 5, 2010 (CNN) — In the summer of 1943, when Adolf Hitler’s armies marched unchecked across Europe, a pastor in a remote New England village decided to write a prayer. "God grant me [...]

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  48. Is the fix in? NY guv resignation rumors swirl

    → Michelle Malkin | 8 Feb 2010 | 9:06 am MST

    The door is this way...

  49. Obama’s Victory, Plucked From The Jaws Of Defeat

    → Common Sense Junction | 8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am MST

    Yes, He did it! Even if no health care bill comes out of Congress before Election 2010, Republicans have handed Obama victory. In the last week He converted defeat into victory by simply pretending, with the GOP’s implicit acceptance, that the last year of wasted effort by Congress to cram socialized medicine down our throats [...]

  50. Obama to Challenge Republicans on Televised Healthcare

    → Bizblogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 6:01 am MST

    This was pretty predictable. While I didn't see Obama's Q&A at the recent republican meeting, I heard that he performed well and without a teleprompter no less. From this, one could guess that Obama is newly confident and might even try another talk without a teleprompter. Historically, this is when the man's arrogance usually kicks in and he gets himself into trouble. Nonetheless, it's healthy to do this, and I applaud the move.

    What I expect from Obama will be more of the same. He'll try to "sound" centrist. This worked on the campaign trail where he swayed independent voters. Will people believe him again? We'll see. I suspect he'll talk about a 10 year plan, where he can say almost anything about the cost, because who the heck really knows over 10 years. He'll also seek to demonize republicans over universal healthcare. These points are givens. But his grand plan is that once healthcare passes, no matter how moderate it sounds, he knows that he can change it in any way he wants. This has always been his plan.

    And Republicans will have an uphill battle. First of all, does anyone know what is their position, other than not wanting the plan? Hard to tell, since Obama had shut them out until now. But now that they can speak, what will they say and who will speak for them? Until now, it's been easy for Republicans. They've had a bumbling president and a horrible economy. Just keep your mouth shut and you gain. That's fine, but Obama is calling them on their bluff, and they now have to come up with something. If I were them, I'd challenge the president to name one government-run entity that operates efficiently, and I'd let Canada and Britain do the talking. Maybe invite Daniel Hannan as their special guest? I'd talk about how we can cut costs without a government takeover - namely just cut the darn reimbursement rates! Lastly, I'd tie any change in healthcare reform at all, to a large-scale change in tort reform. I suspect Obama might break Usain Bolt's 100m record out of the building if he ever hears the words "tort reform" but we'll see.

    But it's up to Republicans to state what they want. They could really lose big here if they don't come up with a plan of their own or also if they try to sound to nicey-nice. Americans are angry and afraid, and if Republicans just bow down to the man, I think Republicans could lose big time. On the other hand, they will also lose if they are obstructionist without a good reason, which is what Obama is counting on.

    Big test for both. Obama's arrogance vs. Republicans trying to appear too gentile. We'll see what happens.


  51. Obama "Invests" $2.5 MM in Superbowl Ad

    → Bizblogger | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am MST

    Watching the game last night, did anyone else wonder why Obama blew $2.5 million on a commercial for the U.S. census? I thought that ACORN already had the census covered.


  52. New Video Of Challenger Explosion

    → Common Sense Junction | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:29 am MST

    YouTube: “In the sky over central Florida captured one of the darkest moments in American space exploration the explosion of the shuttle Challenger.” Challenger NASA Space Shuttle, 1986 Via Rick @ Wizbang: “The video was shot by an optometrist named Jack Moss from the back garden of his home in Winter Haven Florida. It is moving, [...]

  53. In The Skirmish For Most Stupid, Geithner Wins

    → Common Sense Junction | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:09 am MST

    Tim Geithner utters the most incredibly stupid remark I’ve ever heard from a Washington politician, and that’s quite a feat when one considers that stupid has Joe Biden on its side. Mark Tapscott — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is reassuring Americans that the huge deficits and spiralling nationa[l] debt “will never” damage the country’s sterling credit [...]

  54. If you plan to overthrow the government in S. Carolina, you have to pay a $5 registration fee.

    → | 8 Feb 2010 | 4:30 am MST

    No kidding. You simply cannot make this shit up. South Carolina recently passed a law that says if you run a “subversive organization” in that state and have designs on overthrowing the government, you must pay $5 to register your organization with the government you’re planning to overthrow: The state’s “Subversive Activities Registration Act,” passed last year [...]

  55. Headlines and Summaries

    → Common Sense Junction | 8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am MST

    What a nice guy! • Robin of Berkeley: “Is Obama a Narcissist?” • Terminally ill sentenced to premature death in UK’s NHS” • Rights versus Wants~~~~~~ [Your Browser does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames. However, you may use Site Map Pages to navigate this site.] -

  56. The Country’s In The Very Best of Hands

    → | 8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am MST

    ……..some things never change. Filed under: Uncategorized

  57. Real Negotiations or Presidential Photo Op?

    → California Conservative | 8 Feb 2010 | 12:28 am MST

    The first reaction I had when I read that President Obama has finally invited Republicans to the White House to talk about health care was “What took you so long?” The next thought I had was whether he’d insist that some of their ideas be included in a health care bill. Anything’s possible but I’ll [...]

  58. Who'll Call the Blue Dogs Out?

    → American Thinker | 7 Feb 2010 | 11:04 pm MST

    Congressional Republicans need to call out the Blue Dogs to help defeat the Obama budget.

  59. Did You Feel the Earth Move?

    → American Thinker | 7 Feb 2010 | 11:04 pm MST

    The earth is shifting under our feet, and the political class, both in elected officialdom and in the unelected punditocracy, appears to be oblivious.

  60. Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Zeitgeist

    → American Thinker | 7 Feb 2010 | 11:03 pm MST

    While Barack Obama remains obsessed with George W. Bush, Sarah Palin hardly acknowledged his existence in Nashville at the Tea Party convention.

  61. Obama's Antidisestablishmentarianism and the Tea Partiers

    → American Thinker | 7 Feb 2010 | 11:02 pm MST

    Antidisestablishmentarianism has too many letters. And its obscure original meaning has long been forgotten. But it has an important lesson to teach Tea Partiers.

  62. Viet Nam, Holder, Obama, and the Christmas Day Terrorist

    → American Thinker | 7 Feb 2010 | 11:02 pm MST

    Interrogation of enemy combatants up close and personal.

  63. Ave Maria

    → Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler | 7 Feb 2010 | 2:51 pm MST

    I know all of you peasants are currently getting ready for the SuperBowl and there’s nothing wrong with that. So am I. But it’s Sunday, so for those who are thusly inclined, I offer the most beautiful, in my opinion, rendition of Schubert’s “Ave Maria” We are all in the hands of G-d, and in these troubled [...]

  64. So Sarah wrote on her hand!

    → | 7 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm MST

    Now who are the people who would think this is simply awful? Why the same people in this post entitled Substandard Students Just Go Ahead and Cheat Their Way Through College. Really, you would think she would have had the “Intelligence” to drag in two teleprompters and just read what somebody else wrote for her to [...]

  65. King Narcissus Caught in Yet Another Anecdote Lie

    → Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler | 7 Feb 2010 | 12:38 pm MST

    This time, the one about the poor woman who died of cancer “because of lack of insurance” who wanted to be buried in her Ogabe T-Shirt. The woman that he couldn’t remember the name of as he pulled her out of her grave to use her as a prop in his own personal “Look How [...]

  66. Your open thread and Mimi’s Pep Talk

    → | 7 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am MST

    Filed under: Uncategorized

  67. Sarah Palin’s Tour de Force Speech

    → California Conservative | 7 Feb 2010 | 2:08 am MST

    Saturday night, I watched Sarah Palin deliver a spell-binding, stirring speech that, I suspect, reached well beyond the GOP’s traditional conservative base. In doing so, Sarah Palin demonstrated that this movement isn’t confined to the Republican Party, though she emmphasized that the “Republican Party would be very smart to absorb as much of the Tea [...]

  68. Paygo: Fiscal Discipline or Political Cover?

    → California Conservative | 6 Feb 2010 | 6:32 am MST

    Cindy has an interesting post about Jim Matheson voting to raise the debt ceiling by a whopping $1,900,000,000,000. Theoretically, Rep. Matheson is a Blue Dog, though there isn’t much proof of that recently. According to Cindy, Matheson wouldn’t have voted for the bill without this provision included in the bill: The rule, known as “pay-as-you-go” or [...]

  69. Dems: Please, Please, Please Take Bob Shrum’s Advice

    → California Conservative | 5 Feb 2010 | 8:11 pm MST

    There are few political consultants that have a bigger tin ear than Bob Shrum. That’s why I’m beseeching Democrats to follow Shrum’s advice in his latest column: The President may speak and even seek bipartisanship, but he’ll be met with a closed fist. So Democrats in Congress need a strategy of their own that goes beyond [...]

  70. Global Warming Anyone?

    → Bizblogger | 5 Feb 2010 | 7:48 pm MST

    Where's Al Gore during this biggest snowfall in the DC area on record? We better solve this global warming problem or we're all going to melt.


  71. Angry Al Re-emerges

    → California Conservative | 5 Feb 2010 | 7:02 pm MST

    The ‘Angry Al’ side of Sen. Franken surfaced during President Obama’s visit with Senate Democrats: Five sources who were in the room tell POLITICO that Franken criticized Axelrod for the administration’s failure to provide clarity or direction on health care and the other big bills it wants Congress to enact. The sources said Franken was the most [...]

  72. Obama's Eleven

    → iowahawk | 4 Feb 2010 | 2:22 pm MST

    (Scene 1: Framed from the back, bathed in the glaring klieg lights, a lonely lounge crooner stands at a microphone with a trenchcoat slung over his shoulder.) VOICE-OVER This is it. The big time. The main room at Uncle Sam's...

  73. Michael Mann as innocent as OJ – possibly more so – finds internal Penn State investigation

    → James Delingpole | 4 Feb 2010 | 12:01 am MST

    Penn State University has completed its internal investigation into potential wrongdoing by its star professor Michael Mann, creator of the most discredited graph in scientific history – the incredible, completely made-up Hockey Stick. And guess what? Turns out the guy hasn’t done anything wrong at all. Well, probably. There’s one area, the University has decided, which merits [...]

  74. Cameron and his suicidal eco-rats clamber aboard sinking ship

    → James Delingpole | 3 Feb 2010 | 11:59 pm MST

    I thought the last straw was when the Conservatives decided at the weekend to kiss goodbye to fiscal responsibility. But no. Their determination to scrap every last vestige of Tory ideology really does know no bounds: (hat tip: the Unbrainwashed) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. opposition Conservative party will set out plans Tuesday to consolidate the [...]

  75. At last: expert Sir David King expertly reveals true identity of Climategate ‘hackers’

    → James Delingpole | 2 Feb 2010 | 2:15 am MST

    Sir David King, the totally sane, not remotely hysterical, and non-aluminium-foil-hat-wearing  former advisor to much-loved and respected former Prime Minister Tony Blair, has spoken out on the Climategate emails. Apparently, he has told the Independent, they weren’t leaked (as pretty much every other person who has been following the story now thinks). They were hacked. Probably [...]

  76. Climategate: Is the British government conspiring not to prosecute?

    → James Delingpole | 2 Feb 2010 | 2:13 am MST

    Ed Miliband, the weird blobby egg creature with dark hair on top currently doing untold damage as Britain’s Energy and Climate Secretary, has declared war on Climate Sceptics. According to the Observer: The danger of climate scepticism was that it would undermine public support for unpopular decisions needed to curb carbon emissions, including the likelihood of higher [...]

  77. Connect the Dots

    → iowahawk | 1 Feb 2010 | 4:45 pm MST

    November 1, 2009: Northwestern University golfer Eric Chun, a native of South Korea, finishes second in the Asian Amateur Championship, earning a spot in the 2010 British Open. November 3, 2009: South Korean human cloning scientist convicted of embezzlement scheme....

  78. Glorious send-up

    → James Delingpole | 31 Jan 2010 | 1:29 am MST

    Bellamy’s People (BBC2, Thursday) began life in 2006 as a spoof Radio Four phone-in show called Down the Line presented by ‘award-winning’ Gary Bellamy (Rhys Thomas) with the Fast Show’s Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse playing the various callers. Now it has moved to TV and its satirical target — not before time — are all [...]

  79. Terrorist Dry Run On An Amtrak Train

    → The Urban Grind | 30 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm MST

    Considering how politically correct Americans have become, it’s no surprise that these terrorists are getting bolder and bolder. Now the fanatics are acting out on trains. LA JUNTA, Colo. – An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers in Colorado by allegedly talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone was pulled from the [...]

  80. Another Terrorist Dry Run On A Plane

    → The Urban Grind | 30 Jan 2010 | 9:55 pm MST

    Here’s yet another incident that occurred occurred on a plane. 29 January 2010: A South Jersey woman got the scare of her life when she tried to report suspicious activity on board a plane Philadelphia International Airport. The woman shared details of her terrifying ordeal only with Fox 29 News on Wednesday. Now, she’s wondering if [...]

  81. No More NYC Cabbies Yapping Away On Cell Phones

    → The Urban Grind | 30 Jan 2010 | 9:08 pm MST

    I can’t begin to tell you all how many times I’ve been either in a yellow NYC taxi or an airport limousine where the driver was chattering away on his cellphone, either with, or without a head set. When I would first get into the cab, I used to always assume they were talking [...]

  82. Democrats Craft Legislation To Counterract Citizens United vs. FEC Supreme Court Ruling

    → The Urban Grind | 30 Jan 2010 | 8:43 pm MST

    The Donkeys are not taking this conservative First Amendment victory lying down. They’ve been at work on legislation to get around the recent Supreme Court ruling. Rep. John Hall (N.Y.) introduced legislation this week that would ban political advertising by any corporation if foreign nationals make up more than 5 percent of its [...]

  83. If Music Be the Food of Love, Maestro Obama, Play On

    → iowahawk | 29 Jan 2010 | 5:21 pm MST

    Iowahawk Guest State of the Union Review by T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII It seems now scarcely possible that 15 months have transpired since I proclaimed my endorsement of Barack Obama on the pages of The National Topsider. As is...

  84. To The Editor

    → iowahawk | 26 Jan 2010 | 1:22 pm MST

    As a longtime reader of __Iowahawk Blog__ I must say that I am sick and tired of the constant negative griping and complaining you direct at ___elected Democratic official__ . Speaking for the vast silent majority of __Iowahawk Blog__ readers,...

  85. Weekend Scrapbook

    → iowahawk | 24 Jan 2010 | 3:55 pm MST

    Thursday night: Tammi Jo and I head to the University Club Chicago for the opening of our artistical buddy Tim Anderson's gallery show "Earthlings." Swanky space overlooking Millenium Park and the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute. Swanky bathrooms...



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