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2/29/12
Envirocrats target forbidden owls
Following yesterday's post about "ethicists" declaring that the murder of newborns is equivalent to abortion, comes this news that The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service plans to shoot and kill Barred Owls because they have been encroaching on Spotted Owl habitat. It seems that Spotted Owls conform more closely to USFWS criteria for desirable owl-hood. So the Barred Owls must die. How much longer before leftie lunatics demand the right to exterminate not just Barred Owls, or unwanted human newborns, but those of us at any age who don't fit their vision of obedient socialist personhood?
[Thanks: BJS]
[Thanks: BJS]
2/28/12
Coming soon: Abortion of newborns?
Two ethicists working at Australian universities are arguing that it is as acceptable to "terminate" a new-born child as it is to abort a fetus, because newborns are not "persons". Where will it stop? Will liberals eventually want the right to decide at any age who is not a "person" and exterminate them? Ridiculous? Not so much. Hitler did it very successfully . Details and links here.
Santorum took Cabby's advice
Cabby, our advice columnist and grouchy Manhattan taxi driver, gave remarkably prophetic advice to Rick Santorum a couple of weeks ago. And Santorum took it seriously enough to pass it on to the driver of his car in the Daytona 500: keep your cool while the others burn themselves out. Cabby's prophetic advice is here.
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: A better day, today. I unleashed our attack dog, Hillary, on those daggone conservatives who complain every time I grovel before Karzai make one of my perfectly reasonable apologies for the disastrous Quran-burning incident. She accused them of risking " inflaming the situation." Scary woman. Talking of which, M. ordered up a 2000- calorie meal for the Governors of the 57 58 50 states. Heck, you can't serve Chris Christie two carrot sticks and a sardine. We all had steak, and vegetables in a delicious sauce. Yours truly had a welcome break from M.'s frozen home-grown peas. We've got 78 members of the Armed services coming to dinner and a photo-op on Friday [this is a sop to Axelrod and Jarrett who are always talking about 'optics'.] That night I should get another break from rabbit food. It's time to close the laptop, say my bedtime prayer to myself, and so to bed.
2/27/12
10 reasons why Obama is panicking
Kevin Jackson at 'The Black Sphere' identifies ten reasons why Obama is panicking. Read them all
Dung Beetle Award goes to...
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The reason? Regulations forbade them to enter water that was more than ankle deep. The man died. More here.
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XL pipeline approved from Oklahoma to the Gulf
What's that sound of crashing gears? It's the White House backing up from the disastrous Keystone XL Pipeline decision. Transcanada is now going ahead with the section from Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast refineries, which they can use to carry midwest oil until Obama is booted out of office. It's election year, folks, and we can expect more Obamanations to be reversed before November. More here.
2/26/12
Bad King Obama
Mark Steyn eviscerates the liberal statists who threaten the very foundation of our nation. Read him and be warned.
[Thanks BJS]
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The chart Obama 'doesn't want you to see'
Doug Ross has an ugly employment chart that "President Obama and the Democrats don't want you to see." You can see it here.
U.S. Muslim judge throws out charge against Muslim
You be the judge: This is disturbing on so many levels. Clearly this Pennsylvania judge should have recused himself. Or is this an intimation of looming Sharia law in our future? More here.
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Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Those Afghans sure are hard to please. The local US commander has apologized, even I -- the fourth greatest president in the history of the United States --- have apologized and now the Deputy Acting Assistant Defense Secretary has also apologized. (How many people does Panetta have in that office, anyway? He's supposed be cutting back.) It's enough to give anybody heartburn, especially after M. ordered me a dinner of a dime-sized steak with two cups of peas. Which reminds me: Where did I put the GasX?
I shot some hoops with Marv my giant body man after the daily briefing this morning. He let me win, as a good bodyman should. PityAsshat Assad in Syria doesn't back down as easily. Hillary assures me that our man in Moscow has been pressuring Russia to help... or Putin on the Ritz (geddit? That's good one, though I say so myself, and I do). Michelle is calling. Time to close the laptop, say a bedtime prayer to myself. And so to bed.
I shot some hoops with Marv my giant body man after the daily briefing this morning. He let me win, as a good bodyman should. Pity
2/25/12
AP puts dizzying spin on Egypt detainee report
Doug Ross takes a hatchet to an AP report on the American "democracy advocates" detained in Egypt. AP's spin, he says, is leaving the agency with as much credibility with Americans as Pravda had in the Soviet Krushchev era. More here.
Ophobia: What does it mean?
Ophobia: morbid fear of O, often triggered in conservatives by the mere thought of him spending another four years with his feet on Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. A neologism coined on this blog.
Obama's Soviet vision for America
Keith Koffler examines Obama's speech San Francisco and finds a deeply flawed vision for America. Read it all.
Are you Oikophobic?
Oikophobia, or why the liberal elite hate Americans. James Taranto at the WSJ is in top form. Read it all.
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: It's been a difficult day (aren't most of them?) I have apologized to Karzai because I feel one should always be nice to rude people and they will be nice in return. But the Afghans aren't responding. How many times do have to apologize politely to get those mobs off the streets? I wanted to ask Assad courteously to stop killing civilians in Syria, but meanwhile Hillary has been at a conference in Tunisia baying for his blood. Scary woman. Which reminds me: M. has returned and I'm back on a diet of fish and daggone peas. Maybe the Republicans were right not to eat them.
What was I saying? Oh yes, about Hillary being scary. Now, it turns out that Saddam did have WMDs but he shipped them off to Syria before our troops could find them. Awk-waaaard... but at least I can blame Bush one more time. Time to say a quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
What was I saying? Oh yes, about Hillary being scary. Now, it turns out that Saddam did have WMDs but he shipped them off to Syria before our troops could find them. Awk-waaaard... but at least I can blame Bush one more time. Time to say a quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Cartoon: Alastair Graham
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Rebuke to a rudderless president
John Hinderaker at Powerline carries a powerful rebuke to Obama over his refusal to accelerate domestic oil supplies. Read it all.
2/24/12
Newt rips Obama apology to Muslims
In a Piers Morgan interview on CNN, Newt was in top form, ripping into Obama for his repeated one-sided apologies to Muslims. See it all here.
US warns on Syria WMDs
The US has warned Syria's neighbors of peril from Syrian stockpiles of nerve gas and offered help in coping with a WMD attack. More here.
Buffet, political genius
Warren Buffet is a financial genius, but even better for his portfolio -- and worse for ours -- he is also a political genius.
[Thanks BJS]
[Thanks BJS]
Barack Obama's Diary updated
Dear Diary: With Michelle and the girls skiing at at Aspen, I've got a chance catch up with my daily diary for the benefit of eminent historians who will one day use its priceless insights to reveal the genius of The Greatest President in the History of the United States. That would make a great title for the best-selling autobiography l intend to write after leaving office, to keep Michelle in midnight chocolate Krispy Kremes for life. Which reminds me, I've only got another couple days before she's back here making me eat my daggone peas. I'm still practicing the word 'daggone' for my encounters with bitter redneck gun clingers. Pretty daggone good, huh?
Talking of heartburn, I've got that daggone bloodthirsty Binyamin Netanyahu visiting in two weeks' time. Hillary wants to arm-twist him into not bombing Iran back to the Dark Ages. Oh wait... they're already there.
Anyways, Hillary thinks she can frighten him enough to stop him unleashing bunker-busters on Natanz. Seeing as how she has even scared Bill back under her thumb, she may well be correct. H. is a scary woman, almost as scary as M.
Oops! as Governor Perry said. It's getting late. Time to say a prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Talking of heartburn, I've got that daggone bloodthirsty Binyamin Netanyahu visiting in two weeks' time. Hillary wants to arm-twist him into not bombing Iran back to the Dark Ages. Oh wait... they're already there.
Anyways, Hillary thinks she can frighten him enough to stop him unleashing bunker-busters on Natanz. Seeing as how she has even scared Bill back under her thumb, she may well be correct. H. is a scary woman, almost as scary as M.
Oops! as Governor Perry said. It's getting late. Time to say a prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Maher gives $1million towards Obama
Comedian Bill Maher, winner of our Dung Beetle Award yesterday for a tasteless joke linking Mitt Romney and gay sex, is donating $1 million to Obama's SuperPAC. This is disturbing on so many levels. Comedians have lots of latitude in poking fun at politicians, as they should have. Jay Leno generally balances jokes about left and right. Potty-mouthed Chelsea Handler who constantly refers to genitalia, is shamelessly pro-Obama, even directly calling on her audience to vote for him. But when comedians like Maher use their TV platform to ridicule one side and then back the other side with millions of dollars, there is an unacceptable conflict of interest. There is a simple solution, of course: don't watch Maher.
2/23/12
Shudder of the Week
Jammie Wearing Fools has an instant cure for porn addiction. Sinead O'Connor apparently wants to pose naked for Playboy. Quick, pass the eye bleach.
Syria: US, NATO intervention looms
The US, Britain, France, Italy and other NATO members are preparing to intervene in Syria to stop the massacre of civilians, according to Debkafile.
Obama apology: Palin's riposte
After President Obama's apology to Afghanistan's President Karzai for inappropriate disposal of Korans, Sarah Palin has posted on her Facebook page that it is now time for Afghanistan to apologize for the subsequent killing of two US soldiers. Read it here.
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Obama mocks GOP oil policy
President Obama has attacked GOP policy on oil, insisting that Americans are not fooled by "bumper sticker" slogans.
Except for "Hope and Change," I guess.
More here.
Except for "Hope and Change," I guess.
More here.
2/22/12
Royal Navy launches PC warships
This comes from a friend in Australia, who found it online, origin unknown:
"The Royal Navy is proud of its new fleet of Type 45 destroyers. Having initially named the first two ships HMS Daring and HMS Dauntless, the Naming Committee has, after intensive pressure from Brussels, renamed them HMS Cautious and HMS Prudence. The next five ships are to be named HMS Empathy, HMS Circumspect, HMS Nervous, HMS Timorous and HMS Apologist. Costing £850 million each, they meet the needs of the 21st century and comply with the very latest employment, equality, health & safety and human rights laws.
Live ammunition has been replaced with paint balls to reduce the risk of anyone getting hurt and to cut down on the number of compensation claims. Stress counselors and lawyers will be on duty 24hrs a day. The crew will be 50/50 men and women, and balanced in accordance with the latest directives on race, gender, sexuality and disability. Sailors will only have to work a maximum of 37hrs per week in line with Brussels Health & Safety rules, even in wartime.
All the vessels will come equipped with a maternity ward and day care, situated on the same deck as the Gay Disco.
Tobacco will be banned throughout the ship, but cannabis will be allowed in the wardroom and messes. The Royal Navy is eager to shed its traditional reputation for; "Rum, sodomy and the lash"; so out has gone the occasional rum ration which is to be replaced by sparkling water. Although sodomy remains, it has now been extended to include all ratings under 18. The lash will still be available but only on request. Condoms can be obtained in a variety of flavors.
Saluting officers has been abolished because it is deemed elitist and is to be replaced by the more informal, "Hello Sailor". All information on notices boards will be printed in 37 different languages and Braille. Crew members will now no longer be required to ask permission to grow beards or moustaches - this applies equally to women crew members.
The newly re-named HMS Cautious is due to be commissioned soon in a ceremony conducted by Captain Hook from the Finsbury Park Mosque who will break a petrol bomb over the hull. She will gently slide into the water as the Royal Marines Band plays "In the Navy" by the Village People. Her first deployment will be to escort boat loads of illegal immigrants across the channel to ports on England 's south coast. The Prime Minister said: "While these ships reflect the very latest in modern thinking, they are also capable of being up-graded to comply with any new legislation coming out of Brussels."
"The Royal Navy is proud of its new fleet of Type 45 destroyers. Having initially named the first two ships HMS Daring and HMS Dauntless, the Naming Committee has, after intensive pressure from Brussels, renamed them HMS Cautious and HMS Prudence. The next five ships are to be named HMS Empathy, HMS Circumspect, HMS Nervous, HMS Timorous and HMS Apologist. Costing £850 million each, they meet the needs of the 21st century and comply with the very latest employment, equality, health & safety and human rights laws.
Live ammunition has been replaced with paint balls to reduce the risk of anyone getting hurt and to cut down on the number of compensation claims. Stress counselors and lawyers will be on duty 24hrs a day. The crew will be 50/50 men and women, and balanced in accordance with the latest directives on race, gender, sexuality and disability. Sailors will only have to work a maximum of 37hrs per week in line with Brussels Health & Safety rules, even in wartime.
All the vessels will come equipped with a maternity ward and day care, situated on the same deck as the Gay Disco.
Tobacco will be banned throughout the ship, but cannabis will be allowed in the wardroom and messes. The Royal Navy is eager to shed its traditional reputation for; "Rum, sodomy and the lash"; so out has gone the occasional rum ration which is to be replaced by sparkling water. Although sodomy remains, it has now been extended to include all ratings under 18. The lash will still be available but only on request. Condoms can be obtained in a variety of flavors.
Saluting officers has been abolished because it is deemed elitist and is to be replaced by the more informal, "Hello Sailor". All information on notices boards will be printed in 37 different languages and Braille. Crew members will now no longer be required to ask permission to grow beards or moustaches - this applies equally to women crew members.
The newly re-named HMS Cautious is due to be commissioned soon in a ceremony conducted by Captain Hook from the Finsbury Park Mosque who will break a petrol bomb over the hull. She will gently slide into the water as the Royal Marines Band plays "In the Navy" by the Village People. Her first deployment will be to escort boat loads of illegal immigrants across the channel to ports on England 's south coast. The Prime Minister said: "While these ships reflect the very latest in modern thinking, they are also capable of being up-graded to comply with any new legislation coming out of Brussels."
Green is for destruction
"In every corner of the Obama administration, the radical green machinery is hard at work — destroying jobs, shredding truth and sacrificing our economic well-being at the altar of environmentalism." Michelle Malkin is in fine form. Read it all.
Greece invents the negative salary
Beginning this month, some Greeks will have to pay for the privilege of having a job. Zero Hedge has more.
Obama's 'secret' war spreads to 4 countries
US special forces are now operating in four African countries in their conflict with the Lord's Resistance Army, AP reports.
2/21/12
2/20/12
Dogs of War: The end game
White House National Security advisor Tom Donilon's three days of high-level talks in Israel ended on Sunday after he failed to extract a pledge from the Israelis not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. According to Debkafile, Obama has invited Netanyahu to meet him at the White House on March 5 hoping that personal contact might do the trick. Personally I think this is pure political theater so Obama will appear to have done all he could to avert war before Israel attacks. Israel faces an existential threat and will do what it must to survive: To me that means attacking Iran early in March. By then Obama will appear to have done all he reasonably could to avoid war, and can aid Israel militarily at the least political cost to himself.
Dung Beetle: the Tape
Thanks to I Own the World for this video report of the incident that
earned today's Dung Beetle Award
earned today's Dung Beetle Award
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
2/19/12
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
2/18/12
Dear Cabby: Our Advice Column
Dear Mitt: Is there a dog in the box you put on da roof of my cab? Why didn't you bring da pooch inside? You gotta problem widdat? This is New York in February. It's goddam freezing out there. And whaddya doing in Manhattan when you should be in Michigan? What? Getting your haircut at John Allan's? Ya gotta be kiddin' me.
Hey! Your box just slid off da roof onto onto da trunk. I'm pulling over. Fetch it quick, Mitt, if da dog gets out, and da tabloids to hear about it, Rick will kick kiss your sorry ass in Michigan.--Cabby.
Michelle hits the slopes
Comforting news for all of you struggling to make ends meet: Michelle Obama and daughters are spending President's Day weekend skiing at Aspen, Colorado, accompanied by a Secret Service entourage. " I'm surprised she's here so soon after Hawaii," said ski-lift assistant Gary Oxford, "but it's great for business."
[h/t White House Dossier]
[h/t White House Dossier]
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
Is it time for Jeb Bush?
Jonathan Karl on an ABC News blog quotes an unnamed prominent GOP senator saying that, if Romney can't hold Michigan, the GOP will have to persuade a new candidate to run for President. Who is that likely to be? "Jeb Bush," said the senator. Read it all.
President Ego: ' I urge, I thank, I outlined, I will sign'
Obama managed to refer to himself five times in a two paragraph statement today:
" Leaders of both parties have done the right thing for our families and for our economy by reaching an agreement that will prevent a tax hike on 160 million working Americans. I urge Congress to pass this agreement so that the payroll tax cut we put in place last year will not expire at the end of this month. The typical American family will still see an extra $40 in every paycheck, keeping nearly $1,000 of their hard-earned money this year. And millions of Americans who are out pounding the pavement looking for new work to support their families will still be able to depend on the vital lifeline of unemployment insurance.
"I thank the many Americans who lent their voices to this debate in recent months. You made all the difference. This is real money that will make a real difference in people’s lives. It includes important reforms that I proposed in the American Jobs Act to help discourage businesses from laying off workers and to connect workers with jobs. It includes a critical element in the plan I outlined in the State of the Union to out-innovate the rest of the world by unleashing mobile broadband, investing in innovation, and building a nationwide public safety network. It will mean a stronger economy and hundreds of thousands of new jobs. And as soon as Congress sends this bipartisan agreement to my desk, I will sign it into law right away. But this must be only the start of what we do together this year. There’s much more the American people need and expect from us — to help our businesses keep creating jobs, to help restore security for middle class families, and to leave an economy that’s built to last."
War: How Israel is preparing
Israelis are preparing for a catastrophic war that could expose them to biological, chemical and 'dirty' bomb attacks, as they ask: Will the West come to our aid?
2/16/12
O's secret plan to change the 2012 race
The Obama Campaign's secret Project Narwhal could change elections for ever. Read it all
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Danger: Obama nixing nukes
Of all the dangerous things Obama has done as President, none is more perilous than his unilateral reduction of our nuclear weapons arsenal at a time when others are increasing theirs. Read more
Paul Ryan rips Obama's budget
Paul Ryan has earned the admiration of many highly-respected conservatives today for his damning indictment of Barack Obama's fraudulent budget. Read the whole thing.
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Palin: I would 'help' brokered convention
It's pretty easy to read between the lines of this clip from Fox News
2/15/12
Brak Obama?
An old friend in Ireland points out that Barack is leading by a syllable against Mitt, Rick, Newt and Ron. For 2012 perhaps "Brack," or "Rack" might make the electorate more comfortable with him. Or not.
One sure sign of a compelling orator
A defining characteristic of compelling speakers is their energy, shown by hand gestures, and the way they often bounce on their toes when driving home key points. You can see this in the clip of Nigel Farage in the post below and you can see it with Sarah Palin in this CPAC barnstormer.
Greece: Eurocrats told 'You ain't seen nothin' yet'
I am a huge fan of Nigel Farage, an elected British Member of the European Parliament who is a fiery speaker and scourge of Eurocrats. Here he is castigating them on their role in the growing Greek catastrophe. Go Nigel!
Fitz N' Startz
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Iran taunts the dogs of war
Iran proclaimed advances in nuclear know-how Wednesday, including new centrifuges able to enrich uranium much faster, a move that may hasten confrontation with the West, Reuters reports. Read it all.
Greece 'won't see a cent' of the Great Bailout
Greece won't see a cent of the Great Bailout and default is inevitable, says Andrew Lilico in the Telegraph.
[Thanks: BJS]
[Thanks: BJS]
2/14/12
Has Sibelius disqualified herself?
Bad Blue, which grows better by the week, has a fascinating piece on Kathleen Sibelius, and a lack of Obamacare exchanges. Read it here
Time to kill electric cars!
A former electric car enthusiast says we should kill the electric car. Here's why
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Food police arrest 4-year-old's lunch
This is where the nanny statists are taking us. Obama's America...
O's note comes back to bite him
Obama sends a private note telling an unemployed man that it will likely take another two years for the economy to recover fully. The man promptly labels him 'a lying SOB' and sells the note to raise much-needed cash. Ouch.
2/13/12
Obama Valentine's gift
Michelle says it's her husband's job to plan Valentine's Day. I guess she'll be getting a bank loan to go shopping that's so huge, it will only finally be paid off by Sasha and Malia's children.
Euro-land: A cautionary tale
The Mayor of a Greek town visited a Spanish town. When he saw the mansion belonging to the Spanish mayor he wondered how he could afford such an extravagant house. The Spaniard said; "You see that bridge over there? The EU gave us a grant for a four-lane bridge, but by building a single lane bridge with traffic lights at either end this house could be built." The following year the Spaniard visited the Greek town. He was simply amazed at the Greek Mayor's palatial house, gigantic rooms, gold faucets, marble floor. When he asked how it was paid for the Greek said: "You see that bridge over there?" The Spaniard replied; "No."
Cold is so old
"Climate change" is so yesterday. Now it's extreme, as in ice-extreme Coke. Tim Blair of the Daily Telegraph in Australia explains.
Obama's contraception conception is still ill-conceived
Chris Wysocki, who has been following closely the Obamacare contraceptive debacle explains why Obama's "compromise" is no compromise at all.
It seems to an outside observer like me that Obama doesn't comprehend that a Church can't negotiate doctrine like a lawyer seeking a plea deal.
It seems to an outside observer like me that Obama doesn't comprehend that a Church can't negotiate doctrine like a lawyer seeking a plea deal.
Sarah sizzles
Sarah Palin pours enormous energy into her speeches and excites a crowd in a way that very few others politicians can. Her speech closing the Conservative Political Action Conference was superbly paced and exactly the foot-stomping, energetic call to action that activists needed to go out in the field and fight with passion in the run-up to November.
Newt scores big at CPAC
Newt Gingrich made an impressive speech at CPAC with concrete promises and deadlines, should he win the nomination. Here it is:
