Monday, January 30
EPA Toxic Superfund Cleanup Site Linked to New York High School Girls Mystery Illness?
◼ Two Hazardous Waste Sites Located Near High School, Local Drinking Water Sources, Recreational Creek - LBG1 @ DBKP
Sunday, January 29
Updated - how'd a story like that get planted/ Great PR for Agent Provacateur - got past Drudge...
Evil 1%er drops 50 grand in lingerie shopping spree (White House claims story is 100% false)
Forget the $500 tennies, that's so last year.
◼ Original story: Agent Provocateur saw sales jump by more than 12pc (12%), helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree. - Telegraph via Drudge
The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop. Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc (12.5%) lift in sales.
Agent Provocateur, which is styled on vintage Hollywood glamour, sells handmade Calais lace corsets that sell for up to £900, which could ruffle the feathers of more than just President Barack Obama in an election year.
◼ Update: White House fury at 'false' claims Michelle Obama 'closed off Agent Provocateur's Madison Avenue boutique to spend $50,000 on lingerie' - Daily Mail
The White House today issued an angry denial following claims that Michelle Obama indulged in a $50,000 shopping spree at a luxury lingerie boutique in New York.
According to a report in the Sunday Telegraph yesterday, Agent Provocateur's boutique in Madison Avenue, New York, was partially closed off for the U.S. First Lady.
But Kristina Schake, director of communications for First Lady Michelle Obama told MailOnline this morning: 'This story is 100 per cent false.'
Forget the $500 tennies, that's so last year.
◼ Original story: Agent Provocateur saw sales jump by more than 12pc (12%), helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree. - Telegraph via Drudge
The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop. Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc (12.5%) lift in sales.
Agent Provocateur, which is styled on vintage Hollywood glamour, sells handmade Calais lace corsets that sell for up to £900, which could ruffle the feathers of more than just President Barack Obama in an election year.
◼ Update: White House fury at 'false' claims Michelle Obama 'closed off Agent Provocateur's Madison Avenue boutique to spend $50,000 on lingerie' - Daily Mail
The White House today issued an angry denial following claims that Michelle Obama indulged in a $50,000 shopping spree at a luxury lingerie boutique in New York.
According to a report in the Sunday Telegraph yesterday, Agent Provocateur's boutique in Madison Avenue, New York, was partially closed off for the U.S. First Lady.
But Kristina Schake, director of communications for First Lady Michelle Obama told MailOnline this morning: 'This story is 100 per cent false.'
Saturday, January 28
Spectacular Aurora Borealis Display
If you live there, do you see shapes in the displays, the way we do clouds?
Friday, January 27
Giant Veil of “Cold Plasma” Discovered High Above Earth
◼ Clouds of charged particles stretch a quarter the way to the moon, experts say. - Watts Up With That?
Clouds of “cold plasma” reach from the top of Earth’s atmosphere to at least a quarter the distance to the moon, according to new data from a cluster of European satellites.
Earth generates cold plasma—slow-moving charged particles—at the edge of space, where sunlight strips electrons from gas atoms, leaving only their positively charged cores, or nuclei.
◼ Missing Martian Atmosphere: Clues In Earth’s Cold Plasma? - Dave Mosher/National Geographic Daily News (image source)
Wednesday, January 25
FABRICAN - NSFW
◼ From its base at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, Fabrican technology has captured the imagination of designers, industry and the public around the world. The technology has been developed for use in household, industrial, personal and healthcare, decorative and fashion applications using aerosol cans or spray-guns, and will soon be found in products available everywhere. (h/t: O)
The story was much different when Gingrich was exonerated. The Washington Post ran a brief story on page five. The Times ran an equally brief story on page 23. And the evening newscasts of CBS, NBC, and ABC -- which together had devoted hours of coverage to the question of Gingrich's ethics -- did not report the story at all. Not a word. . . . .
◼ What really happened in the Gingrich ethics case? - Byron York/Washington Examiner
The bottom line: Gingrich acted properly and violated no laws....
Given all the attention to the ethics matter, it's worth asking what actually happened back in 1995, 1996, and 1997. The Gingrich case was extraordinarily complex, intensely partisan, and driven in no small way by a personal vendetta on the part of one of Gingrich's former political opponents. It received saturation coverage in the press; a database search of major media outlets revealed more than 10,000 references to Gingrich's ethics problems during the six months leading to his reprimand. It ended with a special counsel hired by the House Ethics Committee holding Gingrich to an astonishingly strict standard of behavior, after which Gingrich in essence pled guilty to two minor offenses. Afterwards, the case was referred to the Internal Revenue Service, which conducted an exhaustive investigation into the matter. And then, after it was all over and Gingrich was out of office, the IRS concluded that Gingrich did nothing wrong. After all the struggle, Gingrich was exonerated. Full story at the link
The bottom line: Gingrich acted properly and violated no laws....
Given all the attention to the ethics matter, it's worth asking what actually happened back in 1995, 1996, and 1997. The Gingrich case was extraordinarily complex, intensely partisan, and driven in no small way by a personal vendetta on the part of one of Gingrich's former political opponents. It received saturation coverage in the press; a database search of major media outlets revealed more than 10,000 references to Gingrich's ethics problems during the six months leading to his reprimand. It ended with a special counsel hired by the House Ethics Committee holding Gingrich to an astonishingly strict standard of behavior, after which Gingrich in essence pled guilty to two minor offenses. Afterwards, the case was referred to the Internal Revenue Service, which conducted an exhaustive investigation into the matter. And then, after it was all over and Gingrich was out of office, the IRS concluded that Gingrich did nothing wrong. After all the struggle, Gingrich was exonerated. Full story at the link
Tuesday, January 24
The SOTC
freddoso
Just getting it out of my system. RT @freddoso: YOU LIE!!!!!!!!
Stacy Mott
@AriFleischer No empty seats. Speaker Boehner took care of that and invited the heads of all the pipeline companies for him. #sgp
Steven Ertelt
Looking forward to the #SOTU tonight. Can't wait for an update on building high speed rail to salmon farms.
Marooned in Marin
Judging from all the drinking game references I've seen here & on Facebook, there's going to be a whole lotta drinkin goin on after 9PM
Right Scoop
We need a lie-o-meter for Obama's speeches. Who wants to count the SOTU lies tonight?
Allah Pundit
Oddly fitting to have tonight's warning about looming catastrophe delivered by a guy who won't run to try to prevent it #paralysis
Right Scoop
Actually, it might be easier to only count when Obama tells the truth tonight.
Sister Toldjah
MT @SpiritOfMadison: Tonight #TOTUS earns it's keep, delivering an hour's speech w/o mentioning FastAndFurious, Keystone or Solyndra
AndrewBreitbart
The Real Twitter SOTU Drinking Game: Drink every time someone tweets about their 'SOTU' drinking game rules.
Ace of Spades
we're doing a stupid liveblog for this stupid shit speech here ace.mu.nu i hate my fucking life
Jonah Goldberg
Hey Geithner's walking in. I wonder whether he'll blush when the president starts talking about people paying their fair share of taxes.
Moe Lane
Short take on the speech: President Obama doesn't have the testicles to criticize Reid for the lack of a budget. Because he's a coward.
Moe Lane
Also, he's going to brag about energy production and not admit that he's killing Keystone because he likes Greenies better than working men.
John Hayward
Shock State of the Union address: "My fellow Americans, I've decided the rich are paying their fair share after all. Good night."
Moe Lane
Obama: Seize manufacturing@
Jonah Goldberg
Masterlock is running at full capacity so Americans can secure their canned goods and bottled water before the next crash.
'Jim' 'Treacher'
"What's happening in Detroit can happen in other places." Less than 10 minutes in and he's already reduced to threats. #SOTU2012
Tabitha Hale
RT @guypbenson: Wow, I didn't realize how awesome things were these days! #Learning
Steven Ertelt
RT @teamboehner: 769,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office bit.ly/zV4nID #SOTU
Timothy P Carney
Is Obama going propose cutting the corporate income tax rate? The policy for which he basically slandered McCain?
freddoso
RT @annesorock: Ooh sad, Barry seems to have totally skipped the chapter on why bizs go overseas to begin with
Right Scoop
OH NO. OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO STAND BY!
Jonah Goldberg
You also go to Brazil to open American markets to Brazilian oil.
Allah Pundit
Second look at censoring the entire Internet?
AndrewBreitbart
AKA: C'mon, Hollywood! Where's that 2008 level donations?
freddoso
RT @jimantle: No American biz should be able to avoid paying their fair share of taxes simply by going out of business from too many taxes
Steven Ertelt
In 2000, federal nat gas production was 37% of the US total. In 2010, after 2 years of Obama policies, its cratered to 20%.
Allah Pundit
Let's get to the good stuff: More unconstitutional recess appointments
Jim Hoft
RT @tobyharnden: Key word of #sotu is "fair". Obama will use it 8 times. It means redistribution of wealth #sotu
John Hayward
You know, employers were willing to train their own new hires, back when they weren't getting crushed by Obamanomics.
Moe Lane
Did he just call for mandatory school attendance until 18? What do you do if they say no? Send them to jail?
James Joyner
A law requiring belligerent, stupid 17-year-olds to stay in school and ruin it for everybody
Allah Pundit
RT @andylevy: "We know that when students don't quit high school, more of them graduate" is what he just said #SOTU
freddoso
Obama says he's going to do something about skyrocketing tuition. Yeah, right. Let's see you cut the loan program.
Tabitha Hale
Federal truancy laws are totally why we elected this guy, obvi.
ary Katharine Ham
Dude, you're susbsidizing skyrocketing education costs bc you're HANDING OUT free taxpayer subsidized $ for skyrocketing education costs.
John Hayward
All this popcorn about education and training means the cause of high unemployment is unskilled, ignorant workers. Who's buying that?
Moe Lane
Wait, did the guy notorious for not hiring women and paying them right during his campaign just call for pay parity? #sotu
Michelle Malkin
Oh, man. Obama's trotting out the old "equal pay, equal work" hobby horse?
Sister Toldjah
RT @freddoso: A federal law against dropping out of school? Huh?
Philip Klein
On second thought, maybe Obama is beatable. This is the worst speech I've ever seen him give.
Pamela Geller
What does the Statist in Chief know about work? Jobs? Employment? Man never worked a real job. I mean seriously. #SOTU Nails on a chalkboard
Tabitha Hale
Don't stop the spending! For the future!
John Hawkins
We're "winning the race for our future" so much that we're not going to have a future because we're spending it all today.
Steven Ertelt
American made energy? Except Keystone.
DefeatObama
45,696: Pages Of New Rules Added To The Federal Register During Obama’s First Two Years In Office. bit.ly/zV4nID
Tabitha Hale
Since we've started the President has proposed 4 new spending proposals. And no cuts.
Michelle Malkin
How dare this job-snuffer-in-chief talk about creating offshore drilling opportunities. How. Dare. Him.
Ace of Spades
We must do EVERYTHING we can to reduce our dependency on foreign oil, so I open 75% of our reserves to drilling. Um, what?
freddoso
RT @NoelSheppard: Obama says he's opened millions of acres for new oil exploration. He's right - in BRAZIL!
Jonah Goldberg
That's why we're going to put bad high school students in giant hamster wheels, to harness their power.
Michelle Malkin
Please. Someone. Yell "KEYSTONE XL" now. #sotu
Chris Stigall
The man is currently SUING Louisiana to stop them from drilling. The Dem. Senator there is on record opposing Obama on this.
Michelle Malkin
Oh. The audacity. It burns. #sotu
John Hayward
This speech would be so much better if I didn't know Obama spent years opposing all the stuff he's talking about with job-killing fury.
Jim Hoft
Please Lord. Only one more year of listening to this guy. Please.
Steven Ertelt
RT @CantorPress Oil & natural gas production on federal lands is down by over 40% compared to ten years ago ow.ly/8FgqP
Moe Lane
Some companies fail. LIKE SOLYNDRA. Despite your administration's best efforts.
Jim Hoft
Here it comes - Obama's green jobs sham. Some companies fail - NO KIDDING
John Hayward
Obama just promised he will not walk away from the failed "green energy" boondoggles owned by his top contributors. Great.
Allah Pundit
RT @conncarroll: he's really doubling down on solyndra. god bless him.
John Hayward
No amount of your money is too much to spend, in order for Obama's top contributors to reach that green energy utopia.
DanRiehl
When they said state of the union, I figured it meant the SEIU knowing this guy. U mean he's talking about America? Are u sure?
Joe Pounder
FAST FACT: Obama dedicates just 194 words or 2.8% of tonight's #SOTU to talking about our $15 trillion debt crisis.
John Hayward
Anyone got a tally on how much money he's spent in this speech so far? We up to another trillion yet?
Philip Klein
RT @McCormackJohn: Obama: Let's reduce our troop levels so we can afford more green energy. #WTF
Derek Hunter
You know why "green energy" is "promising"? Because after hundreds of billions wasted, that "promise" is still unfulfilled. #SOTU
Byron York
Obama orders military to buy into his green energy agenda. National defense?
College Republicans
RT @JohnBoehner: @WhiteHouse predicted the "stimulus" would now have unemployment at 6%. Unemployment is currently 8.5% #stateofjobs
Jim Hoft
Obama's going to kill manufacturing with his new green regulations. He never learns.
Tabitha Hale
RT @Ben_Howe: We still have crumbling roads and bridges? I thought the stimulus fixed that? #SOTU
Natl Policy Chairman
I'm guessing the President won't be cutting the red tape on the #KeyStoneXL pipeline. #SOTUGOP
Steven Ertelt
I thought shovel ready jobs were supposed to cure the infrastructure issues? Never mind.
Moe Lane
You know what's a smart regulation designed to stop irresponsible behavior? An election.
Political News
I love how Obama says "No Bailouts!" when he used the first 5 minutes of his speech admiring the GM Bailout.
Jonah Goldberg
Why won't he intervene in California to kill the condom mandate to keep good American porn jobs from being shipped overseas?
John Hayward
Man who has added more regulations than any other President boasts of the milk regulation he repealed.
John Hayward
"I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules." Yeah, there were no regulations before 2008.
John Hayward
Obama boasts of his illegally appointed consumer super-czar.
Billy Hallowell
"Financial Crimes Unit." Is that going to be a "Law & Order" series?''
Michelle Malkin
Obama mocks overzealous eco-regulations. This from the guy whose DOJ raided Gibson Guitars. #sotu
Pamela Geller
Big cancer grows.Another behemoth gvmt agency that will criminalize and prosecute 'mortgage misconduct' & businessmen
John Hayward
Here's the Buffett stuff! DRINK!
freddoso
Call Warren Buffet now and demand a raise for his secretary!
James Pethokoukis
Buffett chose to leave most of his fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, avoiding 55% estate tax
Mary Katharine Ham
THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, PRESIDENT 1979. #sotu
Jim Hoft
The frightening thing about Obama is that he will lie so easily. He continually misrepresents the facts and tricks with his numbers #SOTU
Michelle Malkin
Here we go. Obama tees up Buffett rule nonsense, assails tax loophole exploiters. Except for his bundlers & TreasSec #sotu
Moe Lane
Half the population doesn't actually pay income taxes in the first place.
Steven Ertelt
The Buffet rule: The more you haer Obama's drivel, the more you need to drink. #SOTU #LostShakerofSalt
John Hayward
President who has dumped over $4T in debt on next generation rhapsodizes about a time when generations felt responsible for each other.
Timothy P Carney
Wow. Obama could not have phrased that more misleadingly. "asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary..."
freddoso
What is the opposite of a "bounce?" I think Obama might get it from this speech.
Michelle Malkin
O preaches "shared responsibility." Tell it to billionaire donor/Solyndra investor/tax loophole exploiter George Kaiser. #sotu
Jim Hoft
RT @tobyharnden: RT @davidlimbaugh: I am so sick of fundamental dishonesty involved in conflating capital gains and ordinary income taxes.
Ilya Shapiro
The senate confirmed 97% of Obama's nominees last year. cato-at-liberty.org/97-of-obama-no…
John Hayward
Man who spent last year demonizing people who want to reduce gov't spending calls for "reducing the temperature in Washington."
Jim Hoft
Obama talks about consensus - This is the same guy who rammed thru Obamacare, right? #SOTU
Allah Pundit
RT @philipaklein: It really is astonishing that he's not even attempting to make a case for Obamacare beyond a passing mention.
jimgeraghty
President Punish Our Enemies wants to lower the temperature in Washington.
Tim Graham
Obama lecturing about deficits is like Kim Kardashian lecturing about marriage.
John Hayward
They should close-caption Obama's bleating about money in politics with the number of fundraisers he's done over the past year.
Jim Hoft
Obama says we all want a smaller efficient government - This is the same guy who raised the annual US budget by a TRILLION dollars #SOTU
Sister Toldjah
If lightening really did strike liars, the Presidential podium & #TOTUS wld be wildly on fire right now. #truth #sotu #attackwatch
Michelle Malkin
This is the problem right here. RT @BarackObama: "With or without this Congress, I will keep taking actions..."
freddoso
RT @JonahNRO: We need to do all the things I promised I could do but have proven utterly incapable of doing. So re-elect me.
Allah Pundit
RT @jamespoulos: Translation: we will prevent al Qaeda from returning to power in Afghanistan by putting the Taliban on the payroll
Michelle Malkin
RT @allahpundit: Seriously, someone hit the gong #toolong
Noel Sheppard
RT @arifleischer: Maybe the President will call on the Senate to pass a budget (which requires only 50 votes). It's only been 1000 days
Darcy
Drop the crack rock. RT @howardfineman:This is...O's best most combative, substantive, politically shrewd speeches. Progressive but centrist
freddoso
RT @johntabin: Iran is faced with crippling sanctions (that my administration opposed before losing a 100-0 Senate vote)
Ben Howe
You advocated for that in Iran? I saw a quiet and scared little man in the oval office while Iranian protestors died in the street. #SOTU
Sister Toldjah
And #unions? RT @Beregond: "We will stand against violence and intimidation." So, BHO is against #OWS? #sotu
Philip Klein
Only about 500 words left...getting there.
Right Scoop
how much longer is this freaking speech?????????
AlinskyDefeater
Didn't he say, "and finally" like 20 minutes ago? #ocra #tcot #sotu
Buck Sexton
Cyber threats are real, but among the most dangerous ones are those posed by our own government. #digitaltyranny #SOPA
Steven Ertelt
RT @teamboehner $24.0 Trillion: Projected Federal Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending bit.ly/zV4nID #SOTU
Josh Harkinson
If Obama is so angry at bankers and Wall Street guys, why did he hire so many of them? #justasking #SOTU
Michelle Malkin
Gross. Obama spiking the Seal Team Six football. #sotu
Moe Lane
Yes, Hillary, you would have done a better job. And, judging from the length of time C-SPAN lingered on you, they agree too.
freddoso
RT @politicalmath: 74 minutes. This speech is another Solyndra (we've spent half a billion in that time).
AndrewBreitbart
AKA: That's why I took credit for it, idiot!
Andrea Tantaros
Wonder what Defense Sec Panetta thinks about Obama's talk of strengthening the military now that he's gutted the defense budget.
John Hayward
Obama probably shouldn't have stayed up all night playing Counter-Strike before writing the conclusion of his speech.
Michelle Malkin
Good news: Obama's teleprompter got the number of states right.
Nick Confessore
RT @TonyFratto: Biden: "I ran against him for president, too."
Billy Hallowell
RT @FisherFiles: #SOTU No not God Bless. Thank God, It's over...
Just getting it out of my system. RT @freddoso: YOU LIE!!!!!!!!
Stacy Mott
@AriFleischer No empty seats. Speaker Boehner took care of that and invited the heads of all the pipeline companies for him. #sgp
Steven Ertelt
Looking forward to the #SOTU tonight. Can't wait for an update on building high speed rail to salmon farms.
Marooned in Marin
Judging from all the drinking game references I've seen here & on Facebook, there's going to be a whole lotta drinkin goin on after 9PM
Right Scoop
We need a lie-o-meter for Obama's speeches. Who wants to count the SOTU lies tonight?
Allah Pundit
Oddly fitting to have tonight's warning about looming catastrophe delivered by a guy who won't run to try to prevent it #paralysis
Right Scoop
Actually, it might be easier to only count when Obama tells the truth tonight.
Sister Toldjah
MT @SpiritOfMadison: Tonight #TOTUS earns it's keep, delivering an hour's speech w/o mentioning FastAndFurious, Keystone or Solyndra
AndrewBreitbart
The Real Twitter SOTU Drinking Game: Drink every time someone tweets about their 'SOTU' drinking game rules.
Ace of Spades
we're doing a stupid liveblog for this stupid shit speech here ace.mu.nu i hate my fucking life
Jonah Goldberg
Hey Geithner's walking in. I wonder whether he'll blush when the president starts talking about people paying their fair share of taxes.
Moe Lane
Short take on the speech: President Obama doesn't have the testicles to criticize Reid for the lack of a budget. Because he's a coward.
Moe Lane
Also, he's going to brag about energy production and not admit that he's killing Keystone because he likes Greenies better than working men.
John Hayward
Shock State of the Union address: "My fellow Americans, I've decided the rich are paying their fair share after all. Good night."
Moe Lane
Obama: Seize manufacturing@
Jonah Goldberg
Masterlock is running at full capacity so Americans can secure their canned goods and bottled water before the next crash.
'Jim' 'Treacher'
"What's happening in Detroit can happen in other places." Less than 10 minutes in and he's already reduced to threats. #SOTU2012
Tabitha Hale
RT @guypbenson: Wow, I didn't realize how awesome things were these days! #Learning
Steven Ertelt
RT @teamboehner: 769,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office bit.ly/zV4nID #SOTU
Timothy P Carney
Is Obama going propose cutting the corporate income tax rate? The policy for which he basically slandered McCain?
freddoso
RT @annesorock: Ooh sad, Barry seems to have totally skipped the chapter on why bizs go overseas to begin with
Right Scoop
OH NO. OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO STAND BY!
Jonah Goldberg
You also go to Brazil to open American markets to Brazilian oil.
Allah Pundit
Second look at censoring the entire Internet?
AndrewBreitbart
AKA: C'mon, Hollywood! Where's that 2008 level donations?
freddoso
RT @jimantle: No American biz should be able to avoid paying their fair share of taxes simply by going out of business from too many taxes
Steven Ertelt
In 2000, federal nat gas production was 37% of the US total. In 2010, after 2 years of Obama policies, its cratered to 20%.
Allah Pundit
Let's get to the good stuff: More unconstitutional recess appointments
Jim Hoft
RT @tobyharnden: Key word of #sotu is "fair". Obama will use it 8 times. It means redistribution of wealth #sotu
John Hayward
You know, employers were willing to train their own new hires, back when they weren't getting crushed by Obamanomics.
Moe Lane
Did he just call for mandatory school attendance until 18? What do you do if they say no? Send them to jail?
James Joyner
A law requiring belligerent, stupid 17-year-olds to stay in school and ruin it for everybody
Allah Pundit
RT @andylevy: "We know that when students don't quit high school, more of them graduate" is what he just said #SOTU
freddoso
Obama says he's going to do something about skyrocketing tuition. Yeah, right. Let's see you cut the loan program.
Tabitha Hale
Federal truancy laws are totally why we elected this guy, obvi.
ary Katharine Ham
Dude, you're susbsidizing skyrocketing education costs bc you're HANDING OUT free taxpayer subsidized $ for skyrocketing education costs.
John Hayward
All this popcorn about education and training means the cause of high unemployment is unskilled, ignorant workers. Who's buying that?
Moe Lane
Wait, did the guy notorious for not hiring women and paying them right during his campaign just call for pay parity? #sotu
Michelle Malkin
Oh, man. Obama's trotting out the old "equal pay, equal work" hobby horse?
Sister Toldjah
RT @freddoso: A federal law against dropping out of school? Huh?
Philip Klein
On second thought, maybe Obama is beatable. This is the worst speech I've ever seen him give.
Pamela Geller
What does the Statist in Chief know about work? Jobs? Employment? Man never worked a real job. I mean seriously. #SOTU Nails on a chalkboard
Tabitha Hale
Don't stop the spending! For the future!
John Hawkins
We're "winning the race for our future" so much that we're not going to have a future because we're spending it all today.
Steven Ertelt
American made energy? Except Keystone.
DefeatObama
45,696: Pages Of New Rules Added To The Federal Register During Obama’s First Two Years In Office. bit.ly/zV4nID
Tabitha Hale
Since we've started the President has proposed 4 new spending proposals. And no cuts.
Michelle Malkin
How dare this job-snuffer-in-chief talk about creating offshore drilling opportunities. How. Dare. Him.
Ace of Spades
We must do EVERYTHING we can to reduce our dependency on foreign oil, so I open 75% of our reserves to drilling. Um, what?
freddoso
RT @NoelSheppard: Obama says he's opened millions of acres for new oil exploration. He's right - in BRAZIL!
Jonah Goldberg
That's why we're going to put bad high school students in giant hamster wheels, to harness their power.
Michelle Malkin
Please. Someone. Yell "KEYSTONE XL" now. #sotu
Chris Stigall
The man is currently SUING Louisiana to stop them from drilling. The Dem. Senator there is on record opposing Obama on this.
Michelle Malkin
Oh. The audacity. It burns. #sotu
John Hayward
This speech would be so much better if I didn't know Obama spent years opposing all the stuff he's talking about with job-killing fury.
Jim Hoft
Please Lord. Only one more year of listening to this guy. Please.
Steven Ertelt
RT @CantorPress Oil & natural gas production on federal lands is down by over 40% compared to ten years ago ow.ly/8FgqP
Moe Lane
Some companies fail. LIKE SOLYNDRA. Despite your administration's best efforts.
Jim Hoft
Here it comes - Obama's green jobs sham. Some companies fail - NO KIDDING
John Hayward
Obama just promised he will not walk away from the failed "green energy" boondoggles owned by his top contributors. Great.
Allah Pundit
RT @conncarroll: he's really doubling down on solyndra. god bless him.
John Hayward
No amount of your money is too much to spend, in order for Obama's top contributors to reach that green energy utopia.
DanRiehl
When they said state of the union, I figured it meant the SEIU knowing this guy. U mean he's talking about America? Are u sure?
Joe Pounder
FAST FACT: Obama dedicates just 194 words or 2.8% of tonight's #SOTU to talking about our $15 trillion debt crisis.
John Hayward
Anyone got a tally on how much money he's spent in this speech so far? We up to another trillion yet?
Philip Klein
RT @McCormackJohn: Obama: Let's reduce our troop levels so we can afford more green energy. #WTF
Derek Hunter
You know why "green energy" is "promising"? Because after hundreds of billions wasted, that "promise" is still unfulfilled. #SOTU
Byron York
Obama orders military to buy into his green energy agenda. National defense?
College Republicans
RT @JohnBoehner: @WhiteHouse predicted the "stimulus" would now have unemployment at 6%. Unemployment is currently 8.5% #stateofjobs
Jim Hoft
Obama's going to kill manufacturing with his new green regulations. He never learns.
Tabitha Hale
RT @Ben_Howe: We still have crumbling roads and bridges? I thought the stimulus fixed that? #SOTU
Natl Policy Chairman
I'm guessing the President won't be cutting the red tape on the #KeyStoneXL pipeline. #SOTUGOP
Steven Ertelt
I thought shovel ready jobs were supposed to cure the infrastructure issues? Never mind.
Moe Lane
You know what's a smart regulation designed to stop irresponsible behavior? An election.
Political News
I love how Obama says "No Bailouts!" when he used the first 5 minutes of his speech admiring the GM Bailout.
Jonah Goldberg
Why won't he intervene in California to kill the condom mandate to keep good American porn jobs from being shipped overseas?
John Hayward
Man who has added more regulations than any other President boasts of the milk regulation he repealed.
John Hayward
"I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules." Yeah, there were no regulations before 2008.
John Hayward
Obama boasts of his illegally appointed consumer super-czar.
Billy Hallowell
"Financial Crimes Unit." Is that going to be a "Law & Order" series?''
Michelle Malkin
Obama mocks overzealous eco-regulations. This from the guy whose DOJ raided Gibson Guitars. #sotu
Pamela Geller
Big cancer grows.Another behemoth gvmt agency that will criminalize and prosecute 'mortgage misconduct' & businessmen
John Hayward
Here's the Buffett stuff! DRINK!
freddoso
Call Warren Buffet now and demand a raise for his secretary!
James Pethokoukis
Buffett chose to leave most of his fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, avoiding 55% estate tax
Mary Katharine Ham
THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, PRESIDENT 1979. #sotu
Jim Hoft
The frightening thing about Obama is that he will lie so easily. He continually misrepresents the facts and tricks with his numbers #SOTU
Michelle Malkin
Here we go. Obama tees up Buffett rule nonsense, assails tax loophole exploiters. Except for his bundlers & TreasSec #sotu
Moe Lane
Half the population doesn't actually pay income taxes in the first place.
Steven Ertelt
The Buffet rule: The more you haer Obama's drivel, the more you need to drink. #SOTU #LostShakerofSalt
John Hayward
President who has dumped over $4T in debt on next generation rhapsodizes about a time when generations felt responsible for each other.
Timothy P Carney
Wow. Obama could not have phrased that more misleadingly. "asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary..."
freddoso
What is the opposite of a "bounce?" I think Obama might get it from this speech.
Michelle Malkin
O preaches "shared responsibility." Tell it to billionaire donor/Solyndra investor/tax loophole exploiter George Kaiser. #sotu
Jim Hoft
RT @tobyharnden: RT @davidlimbaugh: I am so sick of fundamental dishonesty involved in conflating capital gains and ordinary income taxes.
Ilya Shapiro
The senate confirmed 97% of Obama's nominees last year. cato-at-liberty.org/97-of-obama-no…
John Hayward
Man who spent last year demonizing people who want to reduce gov't spending calls for "reducing the temperature in Washington."
Jim Hoft
Obama talks about consensus - This is the same guy who rammed thru Obamacare, right? #SOTU
Allah Pundit
RT @philipaklein: It really is astonishing that he's not even attempting to make a case for Obamacare beyond a passing mention.
jimgeraghty
President Punish Our Enemies wants to lower the temperature in Washington.
Tim Graham
Obama lecturing about deficits is like Kim Kardashian lecturing about marriage.
John Hayward
They should close-caption Obama's bleating about money in politics with the number of fundraisers he's done over the past year.
Jim Hoft
Obama says we all want a smaller efficient government - This is the same guy who raised the annual US budget by a TRILLION dollars #SOTU
Sister Toldjah
If lightening really did strike liars, the Presidential podium & #TOTUS wld be wildly on fire right now. #truth #sotu #attackwatch
Michelle Malkin
This is the problem right here. RT @BarackObama: "With or without this Congress, I will keep taking actions..."
freddoso
RT @JonahNRO: We need to do all the things I promised I could do but have proven utterly incapable of doing. So re-elect me.
Allah Pundit
RT @jamespoulos: Translation: we will prevent al Qaeda from returning to power in Afghanistan by putting the Taliban on the payroll
Michelle Malkin
RT @allahpundit: Seriously, someone hit the gong #toolong
Noel Sheppard
RT @arifleischer: Maybe the President will call on the Senate to pass a budget (which requires only 50 votes). It's only been 1000 days
Darcy
Drop the crack rock. RT @howardfineman:This is...O's best most combative, substantive, politically shrewd speeches. Progressive but centrist
freddoso
RT @johntabin: Iran is faced with crippling sanctions (that my administration opposed before losing a 100-0 Senate vote)
Ben Howe
You advocated for that in Iran? I saw a quiet and scared little man in the oval office while Iranian protestors died in the street. #SOTU
Sister Toldjah
And #unions? RT @Beregond: "We will stand against violence and intimidation." So, BHO is against #OWS? #sotu
Philip Klein
Only about 500 words left...getting there.
Right Scoop
how much longer is this freaking speech?????????
AlinskyDefeater
Didn't he say, "and finally" like 20 minutes ago? #ocra #tcot #sotu
Buck Sexton
Cyber threats are real, but among the most dangerous ones are those posed by our own government. #digitaltyranny #SOPA
Steven Ertelt
RT @teamboehner $24.0 Trillion: Projected Federal Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending bit.ly/zV4nID #SOTU
Josh Harkinson
If Obama is so angry at bankers and Wall Street guys, why did he hire so many of them? #justasking #SOTU
Michelle Malkin
Gross. Obama spiking the Seal Team Six football. #sotu
Moe Lane
Yes, Hillary, you would have done a better job. And, judging from the length of time C-SPAN lingered on you, they agree too.
freddoso
RT @politicalmath: 74 minutes. This speech is another Solyndra (we've spent half a billion in that time).
AndrewBreitbart
AKA: That's why I took credit for it, idiot!
Andrea Tantaros
Wonder what Defense Sec Panetta thinks about Obama's talk of strengthening the military now that he's gutted the defense budget.
John Hayward
Obama probably shouldn't have stayed up all night playing Counter-Strike before writing the conclusion of his speech.
Michelle Malkin
Good news: Obama's teleprompter got the number of states right.
Nick Confessore
RT @TonyFratto: Biden: "I ran against him for president, too."
Billy Hallowell
RT @FisherFiles: #SOTU No not God Bless. Thank God, It's over...
Monday, January 23
George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War. Well, he ought to know... better gird your loins
He's setting it up.
◼ Riots in the streets: 'Yes, yes, yes'... The situation is about as serious and difficult as I've experienced in my career.'
The Battlestar is about to blow up the planet.
He's setting it up for Obama.
◼ Riots in the streets: 'Yes, yes, yes'... The situation is about as serious and difficult as I've experienced in my career.'
...As he sees it, the world faces one of the most dangerous periods of modern history—a period of “evil.” Europe is confronting a descent into chaos and conflict. In America he predicts riots on the streets that will lead to a brutal clampdown that will dramatically curtail civil liberties. The global economic system could even collapse altogether....In short, he's almost achieved his goal.
“I am not here to cheer you up. The situation is about as serious and difficult as I’ve experienced in my career,” Soros tells Newsweek. “We are facing an extremely difficult time, comparable in many ways to the 1930s, the Great Depression. We are facing now a general retrenchment in the developed world, which threatens to put us in a decade of more stagnation, or worse. The best-case scenario is a deflationary environment. The worst-case scenario is a collapse of the financial system.”...
The Battlestar is about to blow up the planet.
He's setting it up for Obama.
...As anger rises, riots on the streets of American cities are inevitable. “Yes, yes, yes,” he says, almost gleefully. The response to the unrest could be more damaging than the violence itself. “It will be an excuse for cracking down and using strong-arm tactics to maintain law and order, which, carried to an extreme, could bring about a repressive political system, a society where individual liberty is much more constrained, which would be a break with the tradition of the United States....”...he says, almost gleefully...
In spite of his warnings of political turmoil in the U.S., he has no plans to engage in politics directly. “I would prefer not to be involved in party politics....Says the wolf... to the gullible sheep.
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High stakes at tonight’s NBC/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times debate, especially for Romney and Gingrich
#FLDebate airs beginning at 6:00 pm PT on NBC, moderated by NBC’s Brian Williams
◼ Live Blog Transcript: GOP Florida Debate on NBC – January 23rd, 2012 at 9pm EST/8pm CST - HillBuzz
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or leave a comment on the Times Facebook page.
◼ Live Blog Transcript: GOP Florida Debate on NBC – January 23rd, 2012 at 9pm EST/8pm CST - HillBuzz
How to Watch: Livestream can be found here. Note: NBC has one of the worst track records in providing a reliable Internet stream to watch these debates. I can’t recall a single time they’ve hosted one where the stream worked properly. So cross your fingers.◼ Follow us live from the USF debate
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Saturday, January 21
Let the games begin ....
◼ Federal Official Pleads Fifth Amendment on Fast and Furious - FOX News
"The chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona is refusing to testify before Congress regarding Operation Fast and Furious, the federal gun-running scandal that sent U.S. weapons to Mexico.
Patrick J. Cunningham informed the House Oversight Committee late Thursday through his attorney that he will use the Fifth Amendment protection.
Cunningham was ordered Wednesday to appear before Chairman Darrell Issa and the House Oversight Committee regarding his role in the operation that sent more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa Cartel. Guns from the failed operation were found at the murder scene of Border Agent Brian Terry."
"This schism is the first big break in what has been a unified front in the government’s defense of itself in the gun-running scandal. Cunningham claims he is a victim of a conflict between two branches of government and will not be compelled to be a witnesses against himself, and make a statement that could be later used by a grand jury or special prosecutor to indict him on criminal charges."
So, as Issa shines the light of justice on this atrocity and the rats scurry to hide their trails, at least one of these vermin has now been caught out in the open. We are now faced with the stunning reality that our President, in concert with our Department of Justice, is willing to lie, grovel, and obstruct justice to hide the fact that they broke multiple federal laws, and sacrificed countless innocent lives, both Mexican and American, in order to advance their anti-gun agenda and erode our second amendment rights. It's been clear from the beginning that this scandal reaches all the way to the top, and the implications of that are earth shattering. The coverup has been thorough and well-orchestrated, but it is not without its flaws. We can only hope that eventually, the facts of this case will be fully exposed. If and when they are, operation "Fast and Furious" will make the Watergate break-ins look like child's play ...
If our media was willing to drop their partisan bias for a moment, do their job, and bring the people responsible to justice, perhaps the trail of illicit weapons could be revealed and lives could be saved. Yet, because they remain obsessed with protecting their Messiah, and they insist on turning a blind eye to this travesty of justice, the guilty continue to cover their tracks, the weapons continue to circulate, and the assault on our Constitutional rights continues...
What is it going to take to snap the media out of their coma and wake them up to what Obama is doing to this country?
"The chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona is refusing to testify before Congress regarding Operation Fast and Furious, the federal gun-running scandal that sent U.S. weapons to Mexico.
Patrick J. Cunningham informed the House Oversight Committee late Thursday through his attorney that he will use the Fifth Amendment protection.
Cunningham was ordered Wednesday to appear before Chairman Darrell Issa and the House Oversight Committee regarding his role in the operation that sent more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa Cartel. Guns from the failed operation were found at the murder scene of Border Agent Brian Terry."
"This schism is the first big break in what has been a unified front in the government’s defense of itself in the gun-running scandal. Cunningham claims he is a victim of a conflict between two branches of government and will not be compelled to be a witnesses against himself, and make a statement that could be later used by a grand jury or special prosecutor to indict him on criminal charges."
So, as Issa shines the light of justice on this atrocity and the rats scurry to hide their trails, at least one of these vermin has now been caught out in the open. We are now faced with the stunning reality that our President, in concert with our Department of Justice, is willing to lie, grovel, and obstruct justice to hide the fact that they broke multiple federal laws, and sacrificed countless innocent lives, both Mexican and American, in order to advance their anti-gun agenda and erode our second amendment rights. It's been clear from the beginning that this scandal reaches all the way to the top, and the implications of that are earth shattering. The coverup has been thorough and well-orchestrated, but it is not without its flaws. We can only hope that eventually, the facts of this case will be fully exposed. If and when they are, operation "Fast and Furious" will make the Watergate break-ins look like child's play ...
If our media was willing to drop their partisan bias for a moment, do their job, and bring the people responsible to justice, perhaps the trail of illicit weapons could be revealed and lives could be saved. Yet, because they remain obsessed with protecting their Messiah, and they insist on turning a blind eye to this travesty of justice, the guilty continue to cover their tracks, the weapons continue to circulate, and the assault on our Constitutional rights continues...
What is it going to take to snap the media out of their coma and wake them up to what Obama is doing to this country?
Wednesday, January 18
Is it too much to ask for some intellectual honesty from Nancy Pelosi, and Janet Napolitano - NOW?
THE WHITE HOUSE WAS ON LOCK DOWN LAST NIGHT.
NOT BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY ATTENDED A TOWN HALL, NANCY.
#OCCUPIERS THREW SMOKE BOMBS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE FENCE, NANCY.
AND, NOT A PEEP.
◼ Obama’s Army Attacks White House– - Gateway Pundit
NO ARRESTS. NO TEARS ON NATIONAL TV.
NOT BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY ATTENDED A TOWN HALL, NANCY.
#OCCUPIERS THREW SMOKE BOMBS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE FENCE, NANCY.
AND, NOT A PEEP.
◼ Obama’s Army Attacks White House– - Gateway Pundit
Over 1,000 #Occupy protesters gathered at the White House tonight and threw smoke bombs over the fence. This forced the White House to go on lockdown. Reporters were forced to go underground to the basement.UPDATE: Police dispersed the leftist mob tonight. ◼ The Washington Post reported:
An apparent smoke bomb was thrown over the fence of the White House as hundreds of Occupy protesters massed outside the gates.
The crowds were dispersed Tuesday night, and U.S. Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says there were no arrests in the incident.
NO ARRESTS. NO TEARS ON NATIONAL TV.
Tuesday, January 17
British scientists find Darwin fossil slides 'lost' for 150 years
◼ Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at the Royal Holloway, University of London, found an old cabinet with drawers labelled "unregistered fossil plants," and decided to take a look. - Digital Journal ◼ via neoneocon
He said: "I can’t resist a mystery so I pulled one open. What I found inside made my jaw drop! Inside were hundreds of beautiful glass slides. Almost the first I picked up was labelled 'C. Darwin Esq.' This is an amazing snapshot into Darwin’s working life. This was one of the most exciting periods in the history of science, forming the mind of the man who would develop the theory of evolution, which would change the world."
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Did Space Aliens Cause Global Warming? A Speech Delivered By Michael Crichton To The Students Of Cal-Tech.
◼ at Blogmocracy
More Michael Crichton:
The New Religion is profitable for the new-age con men (and women, it turns out): ◼ NY Governor's ex-wife Kerry Kennedy 'making $40 MILLION by advocating for rainforests'
More Michael Crichton:
The New Religion is profitable for the new-age con men (and women, it turns out): ◼ NY Governor's ex-wife Kerry Kennedy 'making $40 MILLION by advocating for rainforests'
Our Tyrant - in - Chief ...
◼ The Transformational Tyrant - William L. Gensert via American Thinker
People have asked me what I have against President Obama, and some have even implied that my dislike for him is based on race. Nothing could be further from the truth. My dislike for Mr. Obama is based on his obvious lack of respect for our Constitution and the rule of law ... a character flaw that, in my opinion, should disqualify anyone from serving as President. This article sums my feelings up perfectly. What Obama is doing is indeed tyranny. One need only consider the following statement...
"The checks and balances codified in our Constitution are the foundation of the balance of power intrinsic to our system of government. It is an exercise in divided authority -- adversarial, confrontational and restricted.
The Constitution is meant to curtail the extremes of unbridled authority. It protects liberty by throttling the wet dreams of would be tyrants.
A constitutional law professor should know this, but Barack Obama was a Senior Lecturer, not a professor on the track to tenure. Apparently, he had no desire for the rigorous imperative of publish or perish. He had bigger plans. Why write about the Constitution, when as a tyrant, he could rewrite the Constitution?"
Obama has certainly done that. The real kicker is that as as he's been busy trying to convince us that he has the right to ignore the Constitution, he's on record condemning someone else for doing the very same thing ...
"when speaking of George Bush in 2007, he said, "I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution" .... "
Of course, this makes Obama a liar as well as a tyrant, which is a VERY dangerous combination. This is an excellent read for anyone who cares about the future of our country. It is imperative that we recognize just how dangerous this President is to our Republic ...
People have asked me what I have against President Obama, and some have even implied that my dislike for him is based on race. Nothing could be further from the truth. My dislike for Mr. Obama is based on his obvious lack of respect for our Constitution and the rule of law ... a character flaw that, in my opinion, should disqualify anyone from serving as President. This article sums my feelings up perfectly. What Obama is doing is indeed tyranny. One need only consider the following statement...
"The checks and balances codified in our Constitution are the foundation of the balance of power intrinsic to our system of government. It is an exercise in divided authority -- adversarial, confrontational and restricted.
The Constitution is meant to curtail the extremes of unbridled authority. It protects liberty by throttling the wet dreams of would be tyrants.
A constitutional law professor should know this, but Barack Obama was a Senior Lecturer, not a professor on the track to tenure. Apparently, he had no desire for the rigorous imperative of publish or perish. He had bigger plans. Why write about the Constitution, when as a tyrant, he could rewrite the Constitution?"
Obama has certainly done that. The real kicker is that as as he's been busy trying to convince us that he has the right to ignore the Constitution, he's on record condemning someone else for doing the very same thing ...
"when speaking of George Bush in 2007, he said, "I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution" .... "
Of course, this makes Obama a liar as well as a tyrant, which is a VERY dangerous combination. This is an excellent read for anyone who cares about the future of our country. It is imperative that we recognize just how dangerous this President is to our Republic ...
Monday, January 16
#SCDebate
Moe Lane
Actually, if you could turn off Ron Paul's microphone that'd be spiffy, thanks.
John Hawkins
The only thing left of Juan Williams after that exchange with Newt is a single tooth and a torn page from "What's the matter with Kansas."
Chuck Todd
So Santorum wins Part 1 of this debate; Gingrich may have won Part 2. If Romney can't win debate; then his foes splitting it is fine w/him
John Hayward
ABC News wants to know: if convicted felons could vote, would Republican felons vote to ban contraceptives?
Philip Klein
RT @allahpundit: I hope Juan Williams remembers to report that in-kind contribution to Newt
Jake Tapper
Of course Paul's newsletters had quite a different take on MLK, but ...
John Hayward
I understood Jon Huntsman's Mandarin better than I understand what Ron Paul just said about killing bin Laden.
Allah Pundit
Did Newt just take over this debate? #newtmentum
Hugh Hewitt
Newt blocking Santorum rise with strong answers #tcot #hhrs.
Philip Klein
RT @jimantle: This is Romney's worst debate.
Hugh Hewitt
Romney answering as C-in-C. Best moments of many debates.
Philip Klein
RT @allahpundit: Newt playing like the Giants tonight, everyone else like the Jets
Hugh Hewitt
"The noise you were looking for is a gong." Bravo Rick Perry #tcot #hhrs
John Hawkins
Rick Perry crushes it with the gong comment. That's the funniest thing he has said so far in the debates.
Moe Lane
And Perry just calls Obama Carter with that Iran reference. AND HE IS RIGHT.
freddoso
RT @DanFosterNRO: Turns out it was the presence of Jon Huntsman on stage that was sapping the strength of the non-Romney candidates.
freddoso
Newt: Soc Sec privatization would reduce gap between rich and poor. AND HE'S RIGHT.
Michelle Malkin
Juan Williams: Have you gone hunting since 2007? Romney stumbles, confuses moose with elk. #fail #scebate
Jimmie
I’m pretty sure the only thing that will get the candidates talking about Fast and Furious is to have Brian Terry’s family ask them.
Actually, if you could turn off Ron Paul's microphone that'd be spiffy, thanks.
John Hawkins
The only thing left of Juan Williams after that exchange with Newt is a single tooth and a torn page from "What's the matter with Kansas."
Chuck Todd
So Santorum wins Part 1 of this debate; Gingrich may have won Part 2. If Romney can't win debate; then his foes splitting it is fine w/him
John Hayward
ABC News wants to know: if convicted felons could vote, would Republican felons vote to ban contraceptives?
Philip Klein
RT @allahpundit: I hope Juan Williams remembers to report that in-kind contribution to Newt
Jake Tapper
Of course Paul's newsletters had quite a different take on MLK, but ...
John Hayward
I understood Jon Huntsman's Mandarin better than I understand what Ron Paul just said about killing bin Laden.
Allah Pundit
Did Newt just take over this debate? #newtmentum
Hugh Hewitt
Newt blocking Santorum rise with strong answers #tcot #hhrs.
Philip Klein
RT @jimantle: This is Romney's worst debate.
Hugh Hewitt
Romney answering as C-in-C. Best moments of many debates.
Philip Klein
RT @allahpundit: Newt playing like the Giants tonight, everyone else like the Jets
Hugh Hewitt
"The noise you were looking for is a gong." Bravo Rick Perry #tcot #hhrs
John Hawkins
Rick Perry crushes it with the gong comment. That's the funniest thing he has said so far in the debates.
Moe Lane
And Perry just calls Obama Carter with that Iran reference. AND HE IS RIGHT.
freddoso
RT @DanFosterNRO: Turns out it was the presence of Jon Huntsman on stage that was sapping the strength of the non-Romney candidates.
freddoso
Newt: Soc Sec privatization would reduce gap between rich and poor. AND HE'S RIGHT.
Michelle Malkin
Juan Williams: Have you gone hunting since 2007? Romney stumbles, confuses moose with elk. #fail #scebate
Jimmie
I’m pretty sure the only thing that will get the candidates talking about Fast and Furious is to have Brian Terry’s family ask them.
DSA Marxists Take Over the Occupy Movement: Plan ‘Spring Offensive’, With Widespread Occupations of State Capitols, Schools and Workplaces
◼ DSA is working hard to sustain ‘Occupy’ over the winter in readiness for a major “spring offensive” largely directed at Republican controlled state capitols as they struggle to address massive budget problems. - Big Government
"This spring Occupy should move to the front lawns and rotundas of state capitol buildings to demand a change in state budget policies – and to demand federal government aid to states and localities."
Great.
"This spring Occupy should move to the front lawns and rotundas of state capitol buildings to demand a change in state budget policies – and to demand federal government aid to states and localities."
Great.
Sunday, January 15
Progressives play a constant game of three-card monte with their intentions, couching their goals in sad, worst-case scenarios presented as the norm, always with accompanying anecdotes about those who suffer or will suffer without some expansion of government.
◼ How Progressives Work - Derek Hunter/TownHall
They will raise and spend millions to publicize the suffering of one person from wealthy donors who wouldn’t give a dime directly to aid the person being exploited. It’s always the same – their big government, one-size-fits-all solution is always the only way to address some problem that never will confront the vast majority of Americans.
You’ll hear plenty of examples of these in President Obama’s State of the Campaign, er, Union address later this month...
Aside from exploiting the less fortunate, Progressives also are hypocrites – they have to be. There’s no way Michael Moore, Keith Olbermann or any of the media elites who routinely go on TV to lament “greed” would dare live the lives they seek to impose on others.
There are no negative consequences to progressive’s hypocrisy. They rail against capitalism and wealth by engaging in, ahem, capitalism to amass wealth. Michael Moore doesn’t work for free – or even for a reasonable price.
This embrace of hypocrisy allows Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to decry the incivility of political discourse one minute and imply the Tea Party is responsible for the tragic shootings last year in Tucson the next.
It allows President Obama to give a speech that complains about Republicans’ unwillingness to work with him one minute, then create unconstitutional powers to bypass Congress and claim Republicans want to poison the air and water and starve children and the elderly the next.
When you’re neither bound by reality nor held accountable for your words and actions by your bedfellows in the media, there become simply no limits on what you can seek to impose on others.
They will raise and spend millions to publicize the suffering of one person from wealthy donors who wouldn’t give a dime directly to aid the person being exploited. It’s always the same – their big government, one-size-fits-all solution is always the only way to address some problem that never will confront the vast majority of Americans.
You’ll hear plenty of examples of these in President Obama’s State of the Campaign, er, Union address later this month...
Aside from exploiting the less fortunate, Progressives also are hypocrites – they have to be. There’s no way Michael Moore, Keith Olbermann or any of the media elites who routinely go on TV to lament “greed” would dare live the lives they seek to impose on others.
There are no negative consequences to progressive’s hypocrisy. They rail against capitalism and wealth by engaging in, ahem, capitalism to amass wealth. Michael Moore doesn’t work for free – or even for a reasonable price.
This embrace of hypocrisy allows Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to decry the incivility of political discourse one minute and imply the Tea Party is responsible for the tragic shootings last year in Tucson the next.
It allows President Obama to give a speech that complains about Republicans’ unwillingness to work with him one minute, then create unconstitutional powers to bypass Congress and claim Republicans want to poison the air and water and starve children and the elderly the next.
When you’re neither bound by reality nor held accountable for your words and actions by your bedfellows in the media, there become simply no limits on what you can seek to impose on others.
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As long as there is a liberal stranglehold on the media, there will always be a job out there for professionally intolerant and narrow-minded race-baiters like Joan Walsh.
◼ Is Joan Walsh The Most Bigoted Journalist in Media? - Rusty Weiss/Breitbart's Big Journalism
Projection is a staple of the left. It is why they continue to harbor some of the more egregious offenders on the topic, whilst playing the race card at every turn. Rush Limbaugh summed it up best when he said the following:
Projection is a staple of the left. It is why they continue to harbor some of the more egregious offenders on the topic, whilst playing the race card at every turn. Rush Limbaugh summed it up best when he said the following:
“Democrats and liberals think that we, conservatives, are racists, sexists, and all those other things. In fact, it is they who are those things. It is liberals who look at a human and first notice a skin color, or gender; then they get into sexual orientation, then segment into all kinds of groups. This is the way they see people. They also use projection quite commonly and regularly, and so it is us, they think, who are racists and sexists.”
I suspect the pictures do not do it justice
◼ Nacreous cloud show at the Arctic Circle - more at wattupwiththat
“Nacreous clouds far outshine and have much more vivid colours than ordinary iridescent clouds, which are very much poor relations and seen frequently all over the world,” writes atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley. “Once seen they are never forgotten.”
Saturday, January 14
An interesting comment regarding delegates
Regardless of all that most have missed a RNC ruling of how delegates get awarded this year and why it makes the 'five states and I win' game bogus to the max.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/R-Alloc.phtml
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/R-Alloc.phtml
Proportional Allocation to Presidential Contenders◼ Picked up here, at AJ Strata's place.
Prior to 1 April 2012, any presidential primary, caucus, convention, or other meeting to select National Convention delegates shall allocate delegates on a proportional basis. [Rule 15(b)(2)
Officials: 3 killed, scores missing after cruise ship runs aground off Italy
◼ Rescue teams worked through the night to evacuate more than 4,000 people from the Costa Concordia, owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises, after it ran aground off of Italy's western coast.
If you've ever been on one of those ships, those pictures are pretty terrifying.
◼ Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Disaster: 160-Foot Gash Torn into Hull, Videos, Photos - DBKP
Friday, January 13
Civil irony
◼ Link doesn't seem to be working, try to view it at Patterico's.
◼ or Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
◼ Small Dead Animals
◼ The Other McCain
◼ Ace
Wednesday, January 11
The Props didn't arrive in time
◼ (W)hat many couldn’t see in press coverage of the event — held with roughly 120 executives to discuss bringing jobs back to America from overseas — were the dozens of empty seats in the audience. - Donovan Slack/Politico
Guess they weren't going to get to wear white coats.
"Rebuild the Dream" Thugs Call for Holiday "Meet Ups"
◼ Commie Van Jones Warns of Turbulent Year - US News and World Report
Of course, we all know what this means. We have a holiday coming up, where most, if not all, of the OWS crowd will be off work for a couple of days. Who could think of a better time for a bunch of ungrateful, America-hating parasites to come out and defecate on, deface, and demean America together? Meanwhile, those of us who actually WORK for a living will be hoping to avoid injury as we wade our way through their filthy protests, trying to get to our jobs and put food on the table for our families. Don't worry though ... they'll probably be completely civil and non-violent, just like the Tea Party protesters .... (eye roll)
Of course, we all know what this means. We have a holiday coming up, where most, if not all, of the OWS crowd will be off work for a couple of days. Who could think of a better time for a bunch of ungrateful, America-hating parasites to come out and defecate on, deface, and demean America together? Meanwhile, those of us who actually WORK for a living will be hoping to avoid injury as we wade our way through their filthy protests, trying to get to our jobs and put food on the table for our families. Don't worry though ... they'll probably be completely civil and non-violent, just like the Tea Party protesters .... (eye roll)
Tuesday, January 10
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◼ Youth Misery Index At All-Time High - AlexaShrugged
◼ Poll: Americans, 2-1, Fear Obama's Reelection - US News & World Report
◼ Gallup: Obama in trouble - Don Surber/Daily Mail
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A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist
◼ When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law. - NYT
But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist.
In 2012, the oil companies expect to pay even higher penalties for failing to blend in the fuel, which is made from wood chips or the inedible parts of plants like corncobs. Refiners were required to blend 6.6 million gallons into gasoline and diesel in 2011 and face a quota of 8.65 million gallons this year....
“From a taxpayer/consumer standpoint, it doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense that we would require blenders to pay fines or fees or whatever for stuff that literally isn’t available,” said Dennis V. McGinn, a retired vice admiral who serves on the American Council on Renewable Energy.
Monday, January 9
#Occupy's Real Purpose Rears Its Ugly Head
◼ Occupy Protesters Surround Santorum and Family After Final New Hampshire Pitch - ABC
#Occupiers - harassing conservative candidates, disrupting and threatening those who challenge Obama. A new way, that has not been seen before, that has been sanctioned, tacitly or not, by the administration. Make no mistake. These are another manifestation of Obama's goons. And things are going to get uglier as this election year moves forward.
Update:
◼ The Obama-backed “Occupy” movement has been working nonstop in New Hampshire bullying, intimidating, harassing, and provoking the Republican Party’s presidential candidates. - Front Page Magazine
#Occupiers - harassing conservative candidates, disrupting and threatening those who challenge Obama. A new way, that has not been seen before, that has been sanctioned, tacitly or not, by the administration. Make no mistake. These are another manifestation of Obama's goons. And things are going to get uglier as this election year moves forward.
Update:
◼ The Obama-backed “Occupy” movement has been working nonstop in New Hampshire bullying, intimidating, harassing, and provoking the Republican Party’s presidential candidates. - Front Page Magazine
Ready for Alcohol Credits? An Alcohol Exchange?
◼ Cut back on drinking, British people are advised - LA Times
The committee proposed that the government emphasize "that people should have some drink free days every week."The again, this may help: ◼ Chinese tree extract stops rats getting drunk - NewScientist.com
U.S. debt is now equal to economy
◼ The soaring national debt has reached a symbolic tipping point: It's now as big as the entire U.S. economy. - Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
The amount of money the federal government owes to its creditors, combined with IOUs to government retirement and other programs, now tops $15.23 trillion.
That's roughly equal to the value of all goods and services the U.S. economy produces in one year: $15.17 trillion as of September, the latest estimate. Private projections show the economy likely grew to about $15.3 trillion by December — a level the debt is likely to surpass this month.
"The 100% mark means that your entire debt is as big as everything you're producing in your country," says Steve Bell of the Bipartisan Policy Center, which has proposed cutting nearly $6 trillion in red ink over 10 years. "Clearly, that can't continue."
Sunday, January 8
WAKE-UP CALL: The ministry of culture and Islamic guidance
◼ Iran cracks down on film industry - Iran's regime has fired the opening shot in a cultural war on the film industry as the Islamic leadership seeks to curtail the one artistic field that has maintained an international following. - Telegraph
Officials issued a notice shutting down Tehran's House of Cinema, an institute that promotes Iranian-made films.
The ministry of culture and Islamic guidance said that its bodies would assume oversight of the industry after the centre is wound up.
...The Ministry of Culture was spurred into action by a conservative backlash against an invitation to Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood actress, to attend the 30th anniversary of its national film festival in a few weeks.
"The Iranian cinema under [House of Cinema] guidance is now worse than Hollywood when it comes to vice issues," said Farajolah Salahshor, a prominent conservative director.
The invitation to Miss Jolie was, he said, "a fitting invitation to a whore actress from the House of Whores". Mansour Vaezi, a culture ministry official, said that the House of Cinema had "continued to ignore directives on the issues of our concern about the contents of the films made by its members".
Officials issued a notice shutting down Tehran's House of Cinema, an institute that promotes Iranian-made films.
The ministry of culture and Islamic guidance said that its bodies would assume oversight of the industry after the centre is wound up.
...The Ministry of Culture was spurred into action by a conservative backlash against an invitation to Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood actress, to attend the 30th anniversary of its national film festival in a few weeks.
"The Iranian cinema under [House of Cinema] guidance is now worse than Hollywood when it comes to vice issues," said Farajolah Salahshor, a prominent conservative director.
The invitation to Miss Jolie was, he said, "a fitting invitation to a whore actress from the House of Whores". Mansour Vaezi, a culture ministry official, said that the House of Cinema had "continued to ignore directives on the issues of our concern about the contents of the films made by its members".
A new trend is marrying lectures on anything from quantum physics, linguistics, and high tech with the big city's rowdy nightlife.
◼ (B)ars get smart as academia finds an unlikely late-night home - haaretz h/t: ON1
On the face of it, there doesn't seem to be much a connection between a sleazy, smoky bar and a stuffy lecture on quantum physics or dark matter. But, at least in Tel Aviv, these two strange worlds are coming together.
The result: Some of the big city's best bars are hosting lectures led by those considered as these establishments' outsiders, drawn out of the labs and research institutes into nightlife stardom.
On the face of it, there doesn't seem to be much a connection between a sleazy, smoky bar and a stuffy lecture on quantum physics or dark matter. But, at least in Tel Aviv, these two strange worlds are coming together.
The result: Some of the big city's best bars are hosting lectures led by those considered as these establishments' outsiders, drawn out of the labs and research institutes into nightlife stardom.
Wednesday, January 4
Meddling has consequences ....
◼ The Islamist Winter: New Report Suggests Extremist Views Winning in Libya - FOX News
"The Arab Spring may quickly become an Islamist Winter in Libya, reads a new report circulated among federal law enforcement and written for policymakers on Capitol Hill.
An advance copy of the report entitled "A View to Extremist Currents In Libya" and obtained by Fox News, states that extremist views are gaining ground in the north African country and suggests a key figure emerging in Libya formerly tied to al Qaeda has not changed his stripes."
"The Kronos report says that "Libya is of such strategic interest" to al Qaeda that for years it was its own entity separate from its north Africa affiliate -- al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Libya was considered important to al Qaeda because of its geographic proximity to Egypt and its perceived ability to "affect the jihadist political situation in Egypt."
For this reason, among others, al Qaeda's new leader Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri in April 2011 called on jihadis to prepare to mount an insurgency against any Western forces in Libya.
"I would like to alert my Muslim brothers in Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and the rest of the lands of Islam that if the United States and the NATO forces interfere in Libya, it will be necessary for their neighbors ... and the rest of the Muslims to go forth to fight all of the mercenaries of (Muammar) al-Qaddafi and the crusaders of NATO," he said, according to a translation provided by Kronos."
So, Obama's meddling, rather than bringing freedom and democracy to Libya, has destabilized the region even further, and handed al Qaeda a prize that they have been coveting for years. One has to wonder ... was this a case of poor intelligence, and incredibly bad planning, or was this Obama's goal all along?
"The Arab Spring may quickly become an Islamist Winter in Libya, reads a new report circulated among federal law enforcement and written for policymakers on Capitol Hill.
An advance copy of the report entitled "A View to Extremist Currents In Libya" and obtained by Fox News, states that extremist views are gaining ground in the north African country and suggests a key figure emerging in Libya formerly tied to al Qaeda has not changed his stripes."
"The Kronos report says that "Libya is of such strategic interest" to al Qaeda that for years it was its own entity separate from its north Africa affiliate -- al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Libya was considered important to al Qaeda because of its geographic proximity to Egypt and its perceived ability to "affect the jihadist political situation in Egypt."
For this reason, among others, al Qaeda's new leader Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri in April 2011 called on jihadis to prepare to mount an insurgency against any Western forces in Libya.
"I would like to alert my Muslim brothers in Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and the rest of the lands of Islam that if the United States and the NATO forces interfere in Libya, it will be necessary for their neighbors ... and the rest of the Muslims to go forth to fight all of the mercenaries of (Muammar) al-Qaddafi and the crusaders of NATO," he said, according to a translation provided by Kronos."
So, Obama's meddling, rather than bringing freedom and democracy to Libya, has destabilized the region even further, and handed al Qaeda a prize that they have been coveting for years. One has to wonder ... was this a case of poor intelligence, and incredibly bad planning, or was this Obama's goal all along?
Tuesday, January 3
Lunacy
◼ The US has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in return for the Afghan insurgents' agreement to open a political office for peace negotiations in Qatar - Guardian
According to sources familiar with the talks in the US and in Afghanistan, the handful of Taliban figures will include Mullah Khair Khowa, a former interior minister, and Noorullah Noori, a former governor in northern Afghanistan.
More controversially, the Taliban are demanding the release of the former army commander Mullah Fazl Akhund. Washington is reported to be considering formally handing him over to the custody of another country, possibly Qatar.
The releases would be to reciprocate for Tuesday's announcement from the Taliban that they are prepared to open a political office in Qatar to conduct peace negotiations "with the international community" – the most significant political breakthrough in ten years of the Afghan conflict.
The Taliban are holding just one American soldier, Bowe Bergdahl, a 25-year-old sergeant captured in June 2009, but it is not clear whether he would be freed as part of the deal.
...This time, he (Michael Semple, a former EU envoy in Afghanistan) said, it was clear that the top Taliban council – including its reclusive leader, Mullah Omar – was on board with the proposal. In return, Semple said he thought the release of a few prisoners from Guantánamo Bay was politically feasible for the Obama administration, even in an election year.
"The prospect of ending a costly war in Afghanistan is sufficiently attractive for the Obama administration to move forward with it," Semple said.
"Even if all five of these people they release went straight back to Quetta [the Taliban stronghold in Pakistan] to rejoin a fight, it wouldn't make any real difference."
Monday, January 2
Sunday, January 1
Drudge's headline: HOPE THE MAYANS WERE WRONG!
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