Bieber beclowns self, lands in jail

Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, [update: and resisting arrest and driving without a valid license] after police saw the loathsome little twerp street racing Thursday morning.

Bieber, 19, was booked into a Miami jail after failing a sobriety test, Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez told reporters.

Bieber "made some statements that he had consumed some alcohol, and that he had been smoking marijuana and consumed some prescription medication," Martinez said.

A Miami Beach officer saw Bieber driving a yellow Lamborghini in a race against a red Ferrari in a residential area of Miami Beach, Martinez said. The cars were speeding at about 55 to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone, he said.

Catalog of corruption

Former Virginia Governor, Republican  Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen have been indicted on federal corruption charges for taking $160,000 from a dietary supplement company they allegedly helped politically. The 43-page indictment documents the birth of a sugar daddy and the attempted cover up —click here for the sorry highlights.       [RK]  

Barack Obama's Diary: Looping the loops

Dear Diary: While I was eating my usual bowl of Froot Loops this morning, I learned a most unsettling fact from  NBC's Today show,  Apparently, all Froot Loops have the same flavor, whatever the color. Here am I, one of the world's great intellects, being duped by the cunning capitalists at Kellogs into decorating the edge of my bowl with Democrat blue loops and then biting down with extra relish on the GOP red loops. Clearly, we need legislation to regulate inequality of flavor. But enough about me. 

Dumb Slebs: Bieber in jail

Singer Justin Bieber was arrested early Thursday for drag racing and DUI in Miami Beach, police said. Bieber, who was in a rented Lamborghini, was pulled over in the area  around 4am, along with another car, police said. He failed a sobriety test at the scene and was taken into custody, Hernandez said. The other driver was also arrested. No one was injured. Bieber is expected to be booked into the Miami-Dade County Jail later.

Socialist medicine in action

More than half a million Swedes now have private health insurance, a new review from industry organization Swedish Insurance () says. In eight out of ten cases, the person's employer had offered them the private insurance deal.
"It's quicker to get a colleague back to work if you have an operation in two weeks' time rather than having to wait for a year," privately insured Anna Norlander told Sveriges Radio. "It's terrible that I, as a young person, don't feel I can trust the health care system to take care of me." The insurance plan guarantees that she can see a specialist within four working days, and get a time for surgery, if needed, within 15.  [Source]           [BJS]

Dim Crims: Man posts own mugshot, gets arrested

 The Freeland, Philadelphia,  police department initially posted Anthony James Lescowitch's mugshot online, asking anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to alert authorities. Lescowitch promptly shared the mugshot and mocked police on his Facebook page ... and was arrested 45 minutes later. [Source]      [BJS]

Barack Obama's Diary: Putin on the pressure

Dear Diary: I have been congratulating myself on the way I have been handling Putin's requests for our hi-tech bomb detectors, for the Sochi Olympics. I hadn't responded by breakfast today, so I was not surprised to hear the familiar harmonies of the Moscow Steel Foundry Male-Voice Choir issuing from my iPresidentophone as I  raised my cereal bowl to my lips and drank the left-over milk. [Michelle hates when I do this] "Hello Vlad," I said, after blotting my lips with a fine linen napkin. "Good day, Obamavich, where are those bomb detectors I asked you for?
"I regret that I was a little hasty in agreeing to send them," I replied, "the Pentagon doesn't want them reverse-engineered by you guys."
"You have two very nice warships, in the Black Sea," said Vlad."By coincidence we have several  hunter-killer submarines there also.We don't want a nasty accident, do we, Obamavich?"
"I'll ask permission from Valerie Jarrett,  phone the Pentagon, then get back to you."  Scary man, that Vlad, thank goodness I'm always a step ahead of him.  But enough about me.

Cartoon: Rick McKee

[The Augusta Chronicle]

Outrageous: 1 in 5 households on foodstamps

Obamanomics in Action: - A record 20% of American households, one in five, were on food stamps in 2013, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The numbers also show there was a record number of individuals on food stamps in 2013 and that the cost of the program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), was at an all-time high.
The USDA says that there were 23,052,388 households on food stamps in the average month of fiscal 2013, an increase of 722,675 from fiscal year 2012, when there were 22,329,713 households on food stamps in the average month.  See more.    [ECS]

Barack Obama's Diary: Putin asks a favor

Dear Diary: I was enjoying my last mouthful of Froot Loops this morning when the familiar harmonies of the Moscow Steel Foundry Male Voice Choir burst from my iPresidentophone. "Good mornin' Vladimir," I said, for it was he.
"And how can I be of help this wintry morning?"
"Obamavich, I am asking a favor. We wish to deploy one of your new American devices at Sochi, the device  that detects hidden explosives.
"I will have to consult my senior military advisers, Vlad, but it sounds feasible. What's in it for us?
 "The return of Edvard Snowdenovich, Obamavich. That will enhance your approval rating, no?"
"What are you implying ,Vlad? I am never influenced by opinion polls."  I heard a muffled snorting and Putin bade a cheerful goodbye as I punched out Admiral McMullen's private number.

Bush derangement syndrome

Our man in Australia sends this gem of leftist logic:
"The Guardian’s Emer O’Toole returns to a subject she apparently finds compelling and tells us:
"The capitalist drive to convince us that female body hair is unnatural and unclean has been alarmingly successful. The removal industry is worth millions, and uncountable women are ashamed of and distressed by their post-pubescent hair."
Sadly, Ms O’Toole doesn’t pause to ponder how an industry generally becomes successful – say, by offering a product that people are willing to pay for, having made a choice and sought out said product. This being a Guardian article, its basic tone is patronising and womenfolk are once again assumed to be mere dupes, entirely at the mercy of diabolical forces and trembling with insecurities. And so readers are presented with a cloud of implications involving “greedy” industries, sheepish consumers and the shame and distress wrought by pubic hair. A kind of false consciousness for the underpants area, from which one must “wake up,” and in which feelings of inadequacy are “heaped on hairy privates” by persons unknown.

While many details of this drama are left oddly undefined or simply ignored – among them, the agency of the people buying hair-removal products - readers are, however, told, “We resent the pressure, and we resent being made to feel ashamed.” Once again, that Guardian staple - the paranormal we. Because what a Guardian columnist frets about in order to fill space is what all women fret about. How could it not be?
Mercifully, there is light at the end of the tunnel:
I think 2014 might just be the year of the bush. In an unlikely about-face, Cameron Diaz has proclaimed that pubic hair is there for a reason, and to remove it is tantamount to saying, “I don’t need my nose.”
Needless to say, the subsequent comments may also be of interest. There, you’ll find readers affirming the aesthetic and practical merits of various styling techniques - “a landing strip or modest bit of tailored fluff” - while others warn of the hazards of choking on pubic hair in a darkened room. Ms O’Toole’s previous contributions to human knowledge include her belief that not shaving one’s armpits is “the necessary and important work of challenging stupid, arbitrary, gendered bullshit.” Ms O’Toole also managed to mention, several times, that her boyfriends have thought her “brave” for daring to have armpit hair. Yes, fear not, dear reader. A moral titan walks among us.  More. ---BH

Progress notes for Patient 540463: OBAMA, Barack, H.

01/20/14:  Patient is being insufferably smug today after having the temerity to express his opinion publicly about the supposed harmlessness of marijuana,  purely because he occasionally smokes some. That's  like asking a college kid for advice on the perils of alcohol because he occasionally has a few beers. Patient peered at me with bloodshot eyes and said: "Tell me, Doctor Runk, I mean... Rink, what do you know about  weed that I don't? "
"That someone with paranoia such as yourself should never smoke it." I told the  moron."It leads to procrastination, laziness and insulting decisions like requiring all the guests at the First Lady's birthday bash to surrender their mobile phones." ---Dictated by S.H.Rink, M.D.

Army vet and chaplain targets gun grabbers

'Impeach Obama,' urges liberal icon

"Worse than Richard Nixon. An unprecedented abuse of powers. The most un-American president in the nation's history." These words come from Nat Hentoff, eminent journalist and critic, recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court,  who wants impeachment proceedings started against Obama. Hentoff was a columnist and staff writer with for 51 years, from 1957 until 2008, when his columns began appearing in WND.  Read more   [ECS]  [BJS]

Healthcare.gov 'still riddled with security holes'

Only half of one of the security holes previously identified on the government's health care site has been patched, while new ones have since been uncovered, says the head of a security consulting firm testifying before Congress today on the security issues related to HealthCare.gov, outlined his concerns in a blog post today. Kennedy previously testified in November. Since then, it's still been "business as usual" on the site, he said in the blog.
Among the security holes identified last year, only half of one of them has been fixed, according to Kennedy. And more than 20 additional ones have been discovered by other security researchers examining the site. By his own admission, Kennedy didn't form his opinion by trying to hack into the site but rather based on his years of experience resolving similar problems for other organizations.
To review his findings, Kennedy said he called on other security professionals, including Ed Skoudis, Kevin Mitnick, Chris Nickerson, Eric Smith, Chris Gates, John Strand, and Kevin Johnson. Their responses?
"I asked that they simply give their professional opinion on what they thought of the exposures and if they think best practices were followed on the healthcare.gov website," Kennedy said. "The results were unanimous and unified -- it's bad." More details here    [BJS]