At last some credible forensic evidence, rather than mob-driven guesswork. Sharpton and Jackson STFU and let justice take its course.
Barack Obama's Diary: April Fools Eve
Obama now an existential threat to Israel?
A former Marine strike planner says the Obama Administration should now be viewed as an existential threat to this key U.S. ally. Read it all.
3/30/12
Fitz n' Startz
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| "If I win the lottery, I'm buying Gingrich a one-way ticket to Pago Pago" [Drawing: Alastair Graham] |
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Obama 'not operating in good faith'
Peggy Noonan on growing Obamaphobia: "What is happening is that the president is coming across more and more as a trimmer, as an operator who's not operating in good faith. This is hardening positions and leading to increased political bitterness. And it's his fault, too..." Read it all
Barack Obama's Diary
3/29/12
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
The Academy of Dung Beetles' Award is being rolled towards "comedian" Roseanne Barr for Tweeting the home address of George Zimmerman's parents to thousands of her followers.
Roseanne lowers the Barr
Roseanne Barr has Tweeted the correct home address of George Zimmerman's parents to her 100,000+ followers. Which is more incredible: she can sink so low? Or that she has 100,000 followers? More here.
Obama 'showed no compassion' over murder of British students
The parents of two British students shot dead in Florida while begging for their lives have accused President Obama of "lack of compassion." Perhaps those students didn't look enough like Obama's imaginary son. More here.
U.S. using leaks to pressure Israel?
Israeli analysts say the US is deliberately leaking key intelligence information to pressure Israel not to bomb Iran. Details here.
Update: Pamela Geller weighs in.
Update: Pamela Geller weighs in.
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Alone again tonight because M. and the girls are on a trip to Mount Rushmore. Could she be measuring it up for a surprise giant sculpture of me?
What a fitting tribute that would be
To my immortal presidency.
How like Shakespearean I sound when writing my diary. How felicitous my prose!
When they've finished taking their measure of the mountain, M. and the girls are flying onwards to Vegas, where they'll spend the night at Caesar's Palace. Some folks are saying that there comes a time when you've had enough vacation. I'd like to see them say that to Michelle face-to face. Scary.
Meanwhile, I'm left in DC taking the heat for everything from George Zimmerman to $4 gas. But at least I'm getting a break from last year's frozen peas. Marvellous Marv has laid out my jammies and tonight I get to cuddle up with Boo-boo, my blankie, to keep the scary dreams away: What if there's not enough room on MountLimbaugh Rushbaugh Rushmore for my beautiful ears. Shall I compare them to a summer's day ? No, they are more lovely and more temperate. A quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
What a fitting tribute that would be
To my immortal presidency.
How like Shakespearean I sound when writing my diary. How felicitous my prose!
When they've finished taking their measure of the mountain, M. and the girls are flying onwards to Vegas, where they'll spend the night at Caesar's Palace. Some folks are saying that there comes a time when you've had enough vacation. I'd like to see them say that to Michelle face-to face. Scary.
Meanwhile, I'm left in DC taking the heat for everything from George Zimmerman to $4 gas. But at least I'm getting a break from last year's frozen peas. Marvellous Marv has laid out my jammies and tonight I get to cuddle up with Boo-boo, my blankie, to keep the scary dreams away: What if there's not enough room on Mount
Dear Cabby: A ride with our advice columnist
Dear Newt G.: You gotta be kiddin' me, right? Fuggedaboudit. You'll pay the goddam fare to Tiffany's or I'll drop you and your blonde at the nearest Precinct House and they'll take your mugshot for free. You gotta problem widdat? --Cabby
3/28/12
Reading entire Obamacare law 'cruel punishment' jokes judge
Being required to read the entire 2700 pages of 'Obamacare' legislation might come under the Eighth Amendment forbidding cruel and unusual punishment, Judge Antonin Scalia joked at the Supreme Court hearing today. More here
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
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Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Arrived back in DC after a brief sleep on board AF1 from Seoul. After Marine One landed at the White House I asked Michelle to show me her newly-seeded vegetable garden which she is very excited about. After the helicopter had gone we spent a few minutes examining the scene of the crime with a flashlight. The daggone peas are already planted, with sticks for them to climb up. May it please Gaia, they will be killed by a late frost. Failing that, I will have to escalate from Defcon 3 to Defcon 4 and throw a ball for Bo so he runs over the pea vines. No measure is too extreme to avoid another winter of home-frozen peas with every meal.
Meanwhile Malia's back from her spring break in Mexico. After I kissed and hugged her, she was like "Dad, I totally need to speak with you about Mexico." Uh-oh. It sounded like a conversation she needed to have with Michelle, not me. I was like "Of course, sweetheart." Her teen-speak is so infectious that I am left totally talking like a sophomore for hours after any conversation with her. It's awesome that I have no, like, public engagements scheduled for tomorrow.
Marvin has already unpacked for me and left my blue jammies out. Boo-boo, my blankie, lives under my pillow when I'm at home, so I can hold him [Boo-boo, not Marvin] with one hand and suck my thumb if I wake up after a scary dream. Talking of scary, Michelle is calling out for me saying it's late. I must shut the laptop, say a quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Meanwhile Malia's back from her spring break in Mexico. After I kissed and hugged her, she was like "Dad, I totally need to speak with you about Mexico." Uh-oh. It sounded like a conversation she needed to have with Michelle, not me. I was like "Of course, sweetheart." Her teen-speak is so infectious that I am left totally talking like a sophomore for hours after any conversation with her. It's awesome that I have no, like, public engagements scheduled for tomorrow.
Marvin has already unpacked for me and left my blue jammies out. Boo-boo, my blankie, lives under my pillow when I'm at home, so I can hold him [Boo-boo, not Marvin] with one hand and suck my thumb if I wake up after a scary dream. Talking of scary, Michelle is calling out for me saying it's late. I must shut the laptop, say a quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Honoring Trayvon
Nothing says RIP better than looting your local Walgreens, says Pundette, who also has an excellent update of events surrounding the whole sad affair.
Headline of the Week...
London's Daily Mail titles a report about a JetBlue pilot's bizarre behavior: "This is Your Captain Freaking"
3/27/12
Obama 2nd term? Brace for a hard turn left
Charles Krauthammer writes that, if Obama is re-elected, Americans must brace themselves for an even sharper turn to the left. More here
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: I'm once again in the bedroom of Air Force One, flying home from the nuclear security conference in Seoul. Marvin, The Prince of Bodymen, promised to keep my food kimchee-free while I was in Seoul and he did. After take off, I celebrated with a delicious steak for dinner. Then I caught up with briefings sent by Jarrett and Axelrod. It seems the uproar over the shooting of that kid in Florida has only gotten louder while I've been away, and Sharpton and Jackson have been stirring things up. It turns out that that the Zimmerman guy is a registered Democrat and likely voted for me in 2008. Awkwaard. I'm going to be walking a tight-rope on this issue after I get back. At least I can initially plead jet-lag to avoid the media. Carney can take the heat while I talk strategy with Jarrett and Axelrod.
Marv has laid out my jammies and I'm going to put them on now, climb into bed and watch some NCAA games which he recorded, until I'm ready to fall asleep.
Marv has laid out my jammies and I'm going to put them on now, climb into bed and watch some NCAA games which he recorded, until I'm ready to fall asleep.
A Big Thank You
Laughing Conservative has just passed the 40,000 visitor mark. Time once again to thank all you regular readers (you know who you are) for being loyal through good humor and bad. Some much older blogs have had a million visitors. But none of them are more valued than you!
The 50 words banned by educrats
This post from Wyblog belongs in the Hall of Fame of Things You Could Never Make Up.
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Uh-oh. Bad news. I don't mean the media reaction to microphones picking up Dimi Medvedev and I talking about missiles and the need for Vlad the Impaler to give me space. The bad news is about peas. More of them.
I called Michelle this evening and she was bubbling with excitement about planting her fourth White House vegetable garden. " Wunderbar!" I said, practicing my German, the better to to ingratiate myself with that scary Angela Merkel. Talking of scary women , I asked Michelle if she was planting another crop of peas. "Of course," she said, "After that bountiful crop last year which we're still eating." Tell me about it.
Maybe if I lose in November we can leave those frozen green bullets behind for the Romneys. It's my last night in Seoul. Marv has laid out Boo-boo and my blue jammies. A quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
I called Michelle this evening and she was bubbling with excitement about planting her fourth White House vegetable garden. " Wunderbar!" I said, practicing my German, the better to to ingratiate myself with that scary Angela Merkel. Talking of scary women , I asked Michelle if she was planting another crop of peas. "Of course," she said, "After that bountiful crop last year which we're still eating." Tell me about it.
Maybe if I lose in November we can leave those frozen green bullets behind for the Romneys. It's my last night in Seoul. Marv has laid out Boo-boo and my blue jammies. A quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Zimmerman a registered Democrat
One more fact that spoils the MSM narrative: George Zimmerman, alleged shooter of Trayvon Martin, is a registered Democrat. Details here.
3/26/12
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Another long, long day here in South Korea at the nuclear security conference. State had set up a meeting with Dimi Medvedev on the sidelines. A few minutes earlier I had been patched through to Malia in Mexico where she is on spring break. Her teenage slang is like totally infectious. As Dimi and I sat down in the meeting room, I was like, " On the question of our missile shield in Eastern Europe, Vladimir totally needs to give me space. Dimi nodded and went: "You need more space? I understand and I'll pass this information to Vladimir." I was like: "After the next election I'll have more flexibility." As luck would have it, the microphones in meeting room were switched on and picked up some of our words. Aawkwaaard. Carney will have tough time spinning that. He'll just have to be like: "There's a lot of rhetoric surrounding this issue."
That's a totally awesome sound-bite, though I say so myself... and I do. I'll suggest it to Jarrett and Carney when I speak with them in the morning. Marvin my body man has laid out my jammies next to Boo-boo, my blankie. A quick prayer of gratitude to myself for being so like totally brilliant. Barry cuddle Barry's blankie Boo-boo. And so to bed.
That's a totally awesome sound-bite, though I say so myself... and I do. I'll suggest it to Jarrett and Carney when I speak with them in the morning. Marvin my body man has laid out my jammies next to Boo-boo, my blankie. A quick prayer of gratitude to myself for being so like totally brilliant. Barry cuddle Barry's blankie Boo-boo. And so to bed.
3/25/12
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: It's the end of a long day. The army took me to the DMZ and gave me a pair of binoculars to look into North Korea. I couldn't see much, but I do admire the way the Norks hold Kim Jong Un in great reverence. I deserve that, though I say so myself ...and I do. Marvin my body guy who knows everything, managed to keep me adequately fed without my having to eat any spicy fermented cabbage. Marvin thinks I should turn in early so he has laid out my jammies and Boo-boo my faithful blankie which I'll rub against my cheek to ensure a good night's rest before the nuclear materials conference starts in the morning. A quick prayer to myself, and so to bed. Boo-boo, come and cuddle.
A fine antidote to mob justice
Many people have been watching, as I have, with growing dismay how the tragic Trayvon Martin incident has been exploited to widen racial divisions. The most balanced and thoughtful commentary I have seen on this subject comes from William Jacobson, a law professor at Cornell. Read it here.
Cabby: Ride with our advice columnist
Dear Newt G: Yada-yada-yada... maybe if ya'd shaddup for a minute people would vote for ya. I read in da paper dat da campaign is in debt. You and Callista in the city to enjoy some retail therapy? Gotta keep da ladies smilin', Newt. I hope you're keepin' accurate campaign accounts. If you owe any money in Vegas, what stays in Vegas will be your ass, Newt. Here's Tiffany's. Don't charge his credit account, lady. He's goin' to have a tough time payin' it off on the college lecture circuit. Nah, forget the tip, Newt. Ya gonna need it more than I do.--Cabby.
The Day of Reckoning is at hand
Some thoughtful Aussies think the gigantic debt the US has run up is the beginning of the end for America as we know it. Mark Steyn has more..
Media silent as black kids set white kid on fire
PJ Tatler says: "Since the country is busy condemning whites for the shooting of a black kid by a Hispanic man, you may have missed this story...
3/24/12
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Here I am on AF1 winging my way to South Korea for nuclear talks. Axelrod likes the "international statesman" optics. What scares me is what the Koreans will be feeding us. There is the dreaded Kimchi [which Marv my body man who knows everything, says is a highly-spiced fermented cabbage and is served at all meals.] Woe is me...from Guinness, to fiery fermented cabbage all in the space of a week. The things I do for my country.
Marvin says it's time for bed, and he's laid out my jammies on the bed along with my faithful little satin-edged blankie. Time for a prayer to myself, and so to bed, blankie pressed to my cheek, sucking a thumb to the lullaby of fanjets and taking an occasional glance out the window at the reassuring fighters that fly with us in relays to keep bad guys away.
Marvin says it's time for bed, and he's laid out my jammies on the bed along with my faithful little satin-edged blankie. Time for a prayer to myself, and so to bed, blankie pressed to my cheek, sucking a thumb to the lullaby of fanjets and taking an occasional glance out the window at the reassuring fighters that fly with us in relays to keep bad guys away.
Race hate builds on Twitter
Mob justice, hate speech, incitement, you name it, it's being Tweeted. See here
3/23/12
Dear Cabby: advice column
Dear Cabby: I'm in trouble. I said publicly that Mitt Romney doesn't offer voters a clear enough choice to distinguish him from Obama so they might as well vote Obama back in, rather than vote for Romney. I never said I would vote for Obama over a Republican, but most folks seem to think I did. What shall I do? --Rick S.
Dear Rick: Are ya nuts? You said da front-running GOP candidate was no different than Obama? You know how my earnings have gone down since dat bum has been in da Oval Office? I' m workin' double shifts just to put food on da table. And you think people are not going to freak out when you say that Romney won't be any better than him? My mother's-in-law's parrot would do a better job than Obama and at least he was born in the USA. What's your name again. Oh yeah, Saint Torum. Well, buddy, the Saint part of your name may help you in New Orleans. But otherwise it's game over for ya. Here's da terminal for your flight to Louisiana. Be careful down dere, if da alligators don't getya Mitt and Newt will. And don't forget da Etcha-Sketch on da back seat --Cabby.
Retch-a-Sketch
I am pleased to note that Yid with Lid is as appalled as I am by Santorum's nauseating tactic of promoting Obama over Romney. More here.
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
3/22/12
Supreme Court case puts your liberty in peril
The Wall Street Journal says: "Few legal cases in the modern era are as consequential, or as defining, as the challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that the Supreme Court hears beginning Monday. The powers that the Obama Administration is claiming change the structure of the American government as it has existed for 225 years. Thus has the health-care law provoked an unprecedented and unnecessary constitutional showdown that endangers individual liberty." More here.
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Santorum says 'choose Obama over Romney'
Rick Santorum said today that re-electing Obama would be a better choice than Mitt Romney. The Laughing Conservative thinks this goes beyond acceptable intra-party rivalry, and that it's time for Santorum to quit. Details here
Former Thatcher adviser says Obama certificate 'plainly a forgery'
Lord Monckton, a former policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher says that President Obama's birth certificate as posted on the White House website is "plainly a forgery." More here
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Back in DC at last, after two long days in flyover country. A funny thing happened in Ohio today, when was addressing an attentive audience at Ohio State University on weighty matters of energy policy. As I spoke some dude heckled me, heckled me, the leader of the Free World. I stopped dead and gave the aforesaid dude one of my extra-special prolonged stares that even had Netanyahu shaking in his boots. (Hillary claims that Netanyahu was shaking with silent laughter, but she would say that, wouldn't she.) Incredibly this little twerp did not immediately desist, but continued to yell objections to the Oklahoma-Gulf leg of the XL pipeline. What is the world coming to? Where's the common courtesy? I was soon ushered away to the safe confines of Air Force One for the trip back to DC. And not a moment to soon. My exceptional gifts of intellect and perspicacity are clearly wasted on such people. So here I am, back in the White House private residence, in fresh blue jammies, carefully laid out by Marv, the body guy, ready to shut the laptop and to say a quick prayer to myself. Michelle is calling out to me. And so to bed.
Obama 'to give $1.5 billion to Muslim Brotherhood'
Breitbart.com has a huge breaking story: that the Obama Administration will give $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt, circumventing restrictions that Congress had in place to ensure aid is withheld until there is a return to democracy in Egypt, whose military government is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood. Read it all
Teachers want to stop kids having 'best friends'
Some British schools are now actively discouraging children from having "best friends" so they are spared hurt if the "best friendship" ends. More here.
Coming soon: a ban on human life, since we're all going to die one day?
Coming soon: a ban on human life, since we're all going to die one day?
Dear Cabby: Our Advice Column
Dear Mitt: Dat's a no-brainer. Just make yer goddam mind up and stick to it. Do you want da dog kennel inside or out on da roof with your wife? Is she still OK up there? Beats me how she's stuck with you for 35 years. Remind me: Did ya want to go to Bloomingdales, or was it John Allan's for a trim and a root touch-up? Well, which is it? Sheesh! Make yer goddam mind up, Mitt. I gotta take a right turn here or fuggeddaboudit and go straight down 5th for another three blocks. Make a goddam decision, buddy. Tick tock, flip flop. Okay here we are at John Allan's. You givin' me da fare plus a buck? You call that a tip? Make yer mind up, Mitt, I can't stop here all day. Two bucks? Three bucks! Now that's decisive thinking. Don't forget the wife and the dog. See ya. --Cabby.
Land of the Free?
The Marine Corps has notified a sergeant who has been openly critical of President Barack Obama that he is violating Pentagon policy barring troops from political activities and that he faces dismissal. Read more
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3/21/12
Occupiers dump human waste in NY banks
OWS protesters have been caught on video dumping human waste in NYC banks. The Laughing Conservative is trying to establish whether "human waste" refers to the protesters, their cargo, or both. More here
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: A difficult day, having to show boundless enthusiasm for a million solar panels at a huge facility near Boulder City. Then back to Vegas and for the flight to New Mexico where I had to unleash still more enthusiasm during a tour of an oil and gas facility. (I wish Jarrett and Axelrod were here to experience what living out their "optics" on energy supplies actually entails (nobody knows the trouble I've seen) Then I was flown to Oklahoma City arriving in the dark around 10pm. I am writing this in my jammies, in the bedroom of Air Force One, the same place where I tucked up Dave the British PM a couple of days ago after he started nodding with fatigue on the way Ohio.
I'm spending the night at the airport here with a Secret Service team on board and guarding the perimeter. My sleeping on board means I can be up bright and early for a 9.50 am visit Cushing, to promote the southern leg of the XL pipeline (the part that I can very publicly promote without freaking out the treehuggers.) I must now make a quick goodnight call to Michelle (none of her frozen peas in the plane's kitchen galley... I'm free! Free at last! Well, at least until Marvin my faithful body guy wakes me in the morning. Now to close the trusty laptop, say a bedtime prayer to myself, and so to bed.
I'm spending the night at the airport here with a Secret Service team on board and guarding the perimeter. My sleeping on board means I can be up bright and early for a 9.50 am visit Cushing, to promote the southern leg of the XL pipeline (the part that I can very publicly promote without freaking out the treehuggers.) I must now make a quick goodnight call to Michelle (none of her frozen peas in the plane's kitchen galley... I'm free! Free at last! Well, at least until Marvin my faithful body guy wakes me in the morning. Now to close the trusty laptop, say a bedtime prayer to myself, and so to bed.
'Drop Starbucks' campaign launched
The National Assocation for Marriage is bitter about Starbucks' open support for gay marriage. In response, NOM has launched a worldwide "Drop Starbucks" campaign. More here.
Is Mitt the conservative alternative to Mitt?
Rush Limbaugh was very impressed with Mitt Romney's victory speech last night. Read why
44% of Marines give Obama a negative rating
A poll says 44% of Marines disapprove of the way President Obama is handling his job. Details here
The weirdness of our generation
The incomparable Mark Steyn: "Let's take it as read that Rick Santorum is weird. After all, he believes in the sanctity of life, the primacy of the family, the traditional socio-religious understanding of a transcendent purpose to human existence. Once upon a time, back in the mists of, ooh, the mid–20th century, all these things were, if not entirely universal, sufficiently mainstream as to be barely worthy of discussion. Now they're not. Isn't the fact that conventional morality is now "weird" itself deeply weird? The instant weirdification of ideas taken for granted for millennia is surely mega-weird — unless you think that our generation is possessed of wisdom unique to human history. In which case, why are we broke?" Read it all
3/20/12
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: Today was a good day in some ways, not in others. Under the 'Good' heading came Joe Biden's declaration that my decision to attack Bin Laden was the most audacious in 500 years. Entirely correct of course. What were Eisenhower, Nelson and Napoleon's achievements next to mine? They don't begin to compare with my cool genius, even if I say so myself, and I do.
The bad part of today came when St Patrick's Day returned like the end of a monster movie. Just when you think the creature is finally destroyed it roars back to life. Enda Kenney, Ireland's Toys-each, or whatever they call the dude, was visiting and St Patrick's Day had a re-run at a Capitol luncheon which I attended with him. I re-assured him [as I do leaders of all sniveling, insignificant little countries, that Ireland "punches above its weight" and is "one of our most valued allies." I finally have admitted to myself that Guinness is a gross concoction and the taste hasn't grown on me, so I asked the Secret Service to track down an alternative that they can quietly slip me should the need arise. They came up with a Guinness glass filled with a Diet Cola topped with a squirt of instant cream, which looks surprisingly convincing.
I'm writing this entry much earlier than usual. Early Wednesday I will board Air Force One with my usual effortless trot up the stairs, for the cameras, on a two-day trip via Vegas, to Boulder, Roswell and Oklahoma to be photographed on oilfields and next to solar panels. Jarrett and Axelrod think we need to show Joe Sixpack that we're doing something about sky-high gas prices. Not that we can do anything at this stage: but, as they keep reminding me, it's all about the optics.
The bad part of today came when St Patrick's Day returned like the end of a monster movie. Just when you think the creature is finally destroyed it roars back to life. Enda Kenney, Ireland's Toys-each, or whatever they call the dude, was visiting and St Patrick's Day had a re-run at a Capitol luncheon which I attended with him. I re-assured him [as I do leaders of all sniveling, insignificant little countries, that Ireland "punches above its weight" and is "one of our most valued allies." I finally have admitted to myself that Guinness is a gross concoction and the taste hasn't grown on me, so I asked the Secret Service to track down an alternative that they can quietly slip me should the need arise. They came up with a Guinness glass filled with a Diet Cola topped with a squirt of instant cream, which looks surprisingly convincing.
I'm writing this entry much earlier than usual. Early Wednesday I will board Air Force One with my usual effortless trot up the stairs, for the cameras, on a two-day trip via Vegas, to Boulder, Roswell and Oklahoma to be photographed on oilfields and next to solar panels. Jarrett and Axelrod think we need to show Joe Sixpack that we're doing something about sky-high gas prices. Not that we can do anything at this stage: but, as they keep reminding me, it's all about the optics.
Media censor M*l**'s spring break
The White House has admitted asking media to scrub all internet references to M*l** Ob*m* going on a spring break somewhere in M*x*c* with some friends and 25 -- yes, 25 -- Secret Service agents. When Mr and Mrs Laughing Conservative's very responsible daughters were the same age, there was no way in heck they would have let them go to Mexico with a group of friends (never mind loading taxpayers with the cost of 25 SS agents.) More disturbing still is that the media -- even the British-based Telegraph, and The Australian, complied with the request and their links to the story are now broken. More here
Obama re-opens door to Al Qaeda
After Obama's premature withdrawal from Iraq, al Qaeda is on the ascendant there once more and that may even require renewed US involvement. More here
Biden beclowns self over Bin Laden
Joe the Clown has excelled himself, proclaiming the raid on Bin Laden the "most audacious in 500 years." More here.
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Murder-charge soldier linked to missing money
Uh-oh. It seems that Staff Sergeant Bales, the former stockbroker accused of mass murder of Afghan villagers , is now being accused by an elderly Ohio couple of losing their life savings before he signed up for the military. More here
3/19/12
Firm sells solar panels to itself
First Solar, a heavy-subsidized solar company has received a government-backed loan guarantee to sell solar panels to itself. Tim Carney follows the trail of a bizarre transaction as it wends its way through Obama's green fantasy land. Details here.
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The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
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Obama burns 25,000 gallons of jet fuel to defend high gas prices
President Barack Obama is about to launch a 5,000-mile, four-state, two-day trip on Air Force One to contain the political damage caused by high gas prices. His 5,000-mile trip will consume roughly 25,000 gallons of jet fuel, according to Boeing. Read More
3/18/12
Globull warming breeds super sharks?
Australia's Tim Blair has been circling the warmists and he has detected the strong scent of Bullsh*t. Watch the video then read the facts.:
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Joke of the Day
Mujibar was trying to get a job in India.
The HR Manager said: "Mujibar, You have passed all the tests, except one.
Unless you pass it, you cannot qualify for this job."
Mujibar said: "I am ready."
The manager said: "Make a sentence using the words
Yellow, Pink, and Green."
Mujibar replied: "The telephone goes green, green,
And I pink it up, and say:
Yellow, this is Mujibar."
Mujibar now works at a call center.
No doubt you have spoken to to him.
The HR Manager said: "Mujibar, You have passed all the tests, except one.
Unless you pass it, you cannot qualify for this job."
Mujibar said: "I am ready."
The manager said: "Make a sentence using the words
Yellow, Pink, and Green."
Mujibar replied: "The telephone goes green, green,
And I pink it up, and say:
Yellow, this is Mujibar."
Mujibar now works at a call center.
No doubt you have spoken to to him.
OWS plague returns to Manhattan
Warm weather has already brought a renewal of the stinkbug plague in our part of Virginia. And so it goes in NY's Zuccotti Park where odiferous Occupy Wall Street protesters mounted an attempted comeback yesterday. Happily they were immediately arrested.
3/17/12
Four Hard Truths About Health Care
The president promised again and again during the health care debate that "if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." It turns out -- for a lot of people -- that's just not true. Politico has this among Four Hard Truths about Healthcare.
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Barack Obama's Diary
St Patrick's Day has finally come to and end, thank goodness. Jarrett and Carney set up a photo-op at The Dubliner, an Irish bar near the Capitol. I had to order a Guinness, and look as though I was enjoying it. I planned to distract people's attention a couple of times and "accidentally" spill some, but one Secret Service guy had been assigned to do nothing else but watch my glass to make sure no-one tried to poison me (which in the circumstances would have been a kindness) So I had to keep smiling and gradually sip my way through a whole pint of stout, which tasted just the same as it did on my visit to Ireland, like an infusion of burned rope and roasted leprechaun beard.
Worse was to come. Michelle had ordered a green-themed meal from the White House kitchen, with salad of green lettuce and avocado and -- of course -- a main course of her daggone home-grown frozen peas. All I could think of as I ate my peas was that delicious bison Wellington at the state dinner a couple of nights ago. Sic transit gloria mundi. [translation: Gloria threw up on the Metro. Now that's funny, if I say so myself. And I do.] The real bad news came when Hillary reminded me that the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will be visiting on Tuesday and we'll have to go through the whole shamrock routine again.
After dinner M. and I caught up with last night's Tonight Show on the DVR. Leno was wisecracking about how today would be my third St Patrick's Day in the Oval office without creating a single "green" job. Hardy, har, har. That guy's about as funny as Sandra Fluke with PMS. Scary woman. Which reminds me, M. is saying it's late. So I must shut the trusty laptop, say my nightly prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Worse was to come. Michelle had ordered a green-themed meal from the White House kitchen, with salad of green lettuce and avocado and -- of course -- a main course of her daggone home-grown frozen peas. All I could think of as I ate my peas was that delicious bison Wellington at the state dinner a couple of nights ago. Sic transit gloria mundi. [translation: Gloria threw up on the Metro. Now that's funny, if I say so myself. And I do.] The real bad news came when Hillary reminded me that the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will be visiting on Tuesday and we'll have to go through the whole shamrock routine again.
After dinner M. and I caught up with last night's Tonight Show on the DVR. Leno was wisecracking about how today would be my third St Patrick's Day in the Oval office without creating a single "green" job. Hardy, har, har. That guy's about as funny as Sandra Fluke with PMS. Scary woman. Which reminds me, M. is saying it's late. So I must shut the trusty laptop, say my nightly prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Gobbledegook of the Week
President Obama will be in Oklahoma Thursday to “discuss his Administration’s commitment to improving and supporting the infrastructure that helps us leverage our domestic resources,” the White House said.
Well thank goodness they explained that so clearly, or else we might never have known what Obama was doing there.
Well thank goodness they explained that so clearly, or else we might never have known what Obama was doing there.
Question of the Day
Oprah's popularity has been in massive decline since 1998. What, asks Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, could possibly have happened that year to trigger her fall?
So appropriate: Cee Lo sings 'F*** You' at Obama fundraiser
The President has now reached a level of class so exceedingly refined that even his breathtaking genius will have trouble exceeding it. At a fundraiser for Obama the other night, singer Cee Lo Green opened with " F*** you." Indeed.
The war on sanity
I'm sure I am not alone in having a bad feeling about the way Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is being treated. Hypothetically, if a man were to crack after four consecutive deployments, who should be to "blame?" Are we pushing troops past the brink of sanity and then holding them accountable for it? Imagine having to live in mortal danger when your commander-in-chief has already surrendered (by planning to exit by 2014.)
3/16/12
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: I called Hamid in Afghanistan today to ingratiate myself congratulate him and his wife on the birth of their new baby. Instead of a thank-you for my thoughtfulness, I got an earful from Hamid about our military not keeping him fully informed about the inquiry into the village shooting incident. I asked him if he had been correctly reported as saying that wanted NATO troops withdrawn immediately from Afghan villages. He said: "Yes I did." Awkwaaard... Dude will be here for a NATO conference in May. Maybe I should fly him to a basketball game in Airforce One. Like I did with David Cameron. Worked wonders with Cameron who mostly travels by commercial airline, poor guy... Cameron showered me praise at the state dinner for my " beautiful words". My words often are beautiful, if I can I say that myself. And I can.
Where was I? Oh yes, how to impress Hamid Karzai. If a flight in Airforce One can reduce a British Prime minister to a quivering ass-kissing bowl of Jello what might it do to a President who is normally chauffered in a goat cart? [Note to self: ask Valerie Jarrett to set up an AF1 flight somewhere.] As for Hamid, long story short, he wants us out of Afghanistan quicker than I remember not to say "Jeremiah Wright." Scary situation. Talking of scary, after the wonderful food at the State Dinner, the duchess of peas has got me back on a diet of rabbit food. She's calling me to bed now. Better shut the laptop, say a quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Where was I? Oh yes, how to impress Hamid Karzai. If a flight in Airforce One can reduce a British Prime minister to a quivering ass-kissing bowl of Jello what might it do to a President who is normally chauffered in a goat cart? [Note to self: ask Valerie Jarrett to set up an AF1 flight somewhere.] As for Hamid, long story short, he wants us out of Afghanistan quicker than I remember not to say "Jeremiah Wright." Scary situation. Talking of scary, after the wonderful food at the State Dinner, the duchess of peas has got me back on a diet of rabbit food. She's calling me to bed now. Better shut the laptop, say a quick prayer to myself. And so to bed.
Obama's Afghan strategy collapsing?
Obama's Afghan strategy may be on the verge of collapse. Afghan President Karzai is directly challenging the US military's version of the killing of 16 civilians, AP reports. Karzai also wants all NATO troops withdrawn from Afghan villages.
The Golden Law: Simpler is better
Simpler is better when it comes to the laws that govern a complex society, argues John Stossel. Amen to that. More here
[Thanks:BJS]
[Thanks:BJS]
The State of the Dinner
The guest list for the State Dinner for David Cameron was heavily packed with gays, notes NewsBusters, and wonders if there was a hidden agenda on the menu. More here
3/15/12
Post and Times attack Obama Afghanistan failure
Well, now things have gotten really bad. When both the New York Times and the Washington Post are highlighting the failure of your Afghanistan policy, then your Afghanistan policy is a failure, says Keith Koffler at White House Dossier
Marines had to disarm to hear Panetta
When Defence Secretary Leon Panetta addressed Marines in Afghanistan yesterday, they had to disarm and leave their weapons outside the tent. When a Defence Secretary is not considered safe among his own Marines, we have surely reached the point where rapid withdrawal is the only option.
3/14/12
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: A great Wednesday. I love it when a plan comes together! David Cameron was every bit as psyched by Air Force One as Valerie Jarrett had hoped and who wouldn't be psyched when Britain is so broke that they usually fly Cameron around in a WW1 biplane. Dennis Kucinich joined us at the NCAA game in Ohio. Man, can that dude talk! That blocked Cameron from asking awkward questions about the timetable for allied withdrawal from Afghanistan. We had a State Dinner tonight. Yum! Lots of stuff Michelle normally forbids me: Bison Wellington, crisped halibut, and a steamed lemon pudding. We kept the wine list secret from the media...we know what mischief they would make with $300 bottles of wine. Leno and Letterman would be wise-cracking about them being cheaper than a gallon of gas in LA. That's funny! Though I say so myself, and I do. Which reminds me: I gotta get Steven Chu to figure out a way to cut gas prices before November or the bitter clingers will kick my skinny ass out of the Oval Office -- scary thought. And talking of scary, Michelle is calling out to me, so I must close the laptop. And so to bed.
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
Farage takes on the Eurocrats
Gotta love Nigel Farage who makes life hell for the members of the European parliament. Here he skewers them again on the Greek default.
An Inconvenient Photo
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Dear Cabby: Our Advice Columnist
Dear Mitt R: Back in New York already? Jeez, are you on your way to John Allan's again to have your roots touched up? I guess you want to put your poor dog on da roof of da cab like you did last time. What was that you just said? Strange things have been happening to you since you arrived in New York -- you're developing a taste for bagels and lox? Fuggedaboudit, Mitt, no-one believes that kind of kiss-ass crap anymore. Just be yourself. You gotta problem widdat?. Here's John Allan's and don't forget your dog. --Cabby.
Why does Obama get a pass when Bush would have been vilified?
It's an interesting conundrum: why does Obama get away with acts for which George Bush would have been vilified? More here.
[Thanks: BJS]
[Thanks: BJS]
3/13/12
The Sharpton Tapes: evidence of hate
The matchless Michelle Malkin rips the Rev. Al's hate tapes and MSNBC which 'enables him'. See here.
Barack Obama's Diary
Dear Diary: It was a heck of a Monday, with the daggone military putting me in the cross-hairs again. I'm generally proud of the military, except when I'm not.
Meanwhile the bitter clingers in fly-over country are getting mad at the price of gas, yellin' as loud as Michelle does when I open a pint of Academia Nut Ice Cream [that's funny, though I say so myself, and I do.]
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is here Tuesday. He'll have questions about Iran and continuing British support for us in Afghanistan. Awkw-a-a-rd. Valerie Jarrett came up with a brilliant solution: psych him with a trip aboard Air Force One to a basketball game in Ohio [ I'll bet the poor broke Brit normally flies in an ultralight powered by a two-stroke lawnmower engine.] Once we land in Dayton I'll take him in the Beast straight to a college basketball game where he'll be too busy to talk, mugging for the cameras, pretending to enjoy a game he knows sh*t about.
Back In DC, I'll unleash Hillary on him on Wednesday, fill him and his wife Samantha with Michelle's frozen summer peas at a State Dinner after which they'll have to leave for their suite in a hurry. Again no time for awkward questions. Slam dunk. Valerie is a genius, scarily so. Talking of scary, the Duchess of Peas is calling. Time to close the laptop, say a quick bedtime prayer to myself thanking me for my genius. And so to bed.
Meanwhile the bitter clingers in fly-over country are getting mad at the price of gas, yellin' as loud as Michelle does when I open a pint of Academia Nut Ice Cream [that's funny, though I say so myself, and I do.]
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is here Tuesday. He'll have questions about Iran and continuing British support for us in Afghanistan. Awkw-a-a-rd. Valerie Jarrett came up with a brilliant solution: psych him with a trip aboard Air Force One to a basketball game in Ohio [ I'll bet the poor broke Brit normally flies in an ultralight powered by a two-stroke lawnmower engine.] Once we land in Dayton I'll take him in the Beast straight to a college basketball game where he'll be too busy to talk, mugging for the cameras, pretending to enjoy a game he knows sh*t about.
Back In DC, I'll unleash Hillary on him on Wednesday, fill him and his wife Samantha with Michelle's frozen summer peas at a State Dinner after which they'll have to leave for their suite in a hurry. Again no time for awkward questions. Slam dunk. Valerie is a genius, scarily so. Talking of scary, the Duchess of Peas is calling. Time to close the laptop, say a quick bedtime prayer to myself thanking me for my genius. And so to bed.