Month: November 2009

Goracle Challenged Once Again on “Inconvenient Truth” Claims

Posted on by Sister Toldjah

Via Fox News: […] Al Gore’s award-winning global warming film “An Inconvenient Truth,” socked two years ago by a British court ruling that found several errors, is facing additional scrutiny with the release of a new documentary that seeks to rebut many of Gore’s claims. Buoyed by the ruling, two Irish journalists — Phelim McAleer […]

 

Marriage Hating ‘Psychologist’ Calls Palin a ‘Special Liar’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

An anti-Palin screed somehow ended up on Psychology Today’s website. I know, I know, it’s shocking that Psychology Today could sponsor something that is less science than it is PC, hatespeak against conservatives, what with psychology being so scientific and all — but, there you have it. Penned by one Bella DePaulo, the piece really […]

 

College Atheists Give Up Club: ‘What’s the Point?’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Denitown, Connecticut — Chip McKeown, president of the Atheist club at Connecticut’s College of Regional Accountant Practitioners (CRAP), has announced that the club will be disbanding at the close of this semester. Professor Freewind Pulcinski (pictured) expressed his disappointment with the move. “It was, like, totally, you, know, juss… like bummed. Ya know, man?,” the […]

 

Health Care Debate Heats Up in Senate; Health Care Protests Heat Up Nationwide

Posted on by Donald Douglas

There’s lots of debate on the procedural moves in the Senate to start the floor debate and amending process for the Democrats’ ObamaCare monstrosity. Here’s how the Los Angeles Times explains things: Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their healthcare legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the chamber voted […]

 

Obama Asks For Patience On Jobs, Then Hits The Links

Posted on by William Teach

So, how did Obama’s Saturday go, as his approval rating dropped below 50%? President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed. With unemployment at a generation high of 10.2 percent and once-lofty […]

 

Senate Approves Motion to Proceed on Obamacare

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

With a 60 to 39 vote, the Senate has passed the motion to proceed to move on with the debate over Obamacare. Again, it is important to note that this is only a vote to begin the floor debate on the bill. It is not a vote to pass Obamacare. In the Washington Examiner, Byron […]

 

Fred Thompson: “The war in Afghanistan has been lost”

Posted on by John Stephenson

I don’t know how I missed this, but when I saw it I had to put it up. Its actually two days old, but the advice isn’t too old. Its also not too late yet. Hat tip: Hot Air Meanwhile, there is actually a little Democratic push back against the KSM trials.

 

Glenn Beck: The Man With The Plan

Posted on by John Stephenson

This guy’s passion is what draws people to him. – Education is key, and not just for our children. To that end, we will be conducting a series of conventions. These will be full-day experiences where you will be immersed in learning about topics ranging from self-reliance, community organizing, the economy and how to be […]

 

SEIU Fixing the Vote in Fresno, Too

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A few weeks ago we reported on how the Services Employees International Union was attempting to fix the vote in Sonoma County, California so that Sonoma’s in-home healthcare workers would end up with SEIU representation instead of NUHW representation. Well, Sonoma wasn’t an isolated case. The SEIU used the same vote fixing tactics in Fresno […]

 

As AGW Is Exposed As A Hoax, EU President Tells Us The Real Purpose

Posted on by William Teach

On Friday, we found out that the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit server was hacked, which was, as The Air Vent put it, 62mb of gold. The files, especially the emails, are very damning to the AGW movement, and could be the final nail in the coffin of human induced global warming, er, […]

 

Updates From Crazyville

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

Where to begin? Jules Crittenden observes that since resuming “normal” blogging, Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish “has racked up no fewer than 23 Palin posts.” Which is only “normal” in Sullyland, a destination on the far side of the looking glass, where caterpillars smoke hookahs, etc. Certain that his lunacy is entirely rational, Andrew Sullivan declares […]

 

Voters Beginning To Blame Democrats About Recession

Posted on by McQ

It was inevitable (the party in power always gets blamed – eventually), but that doesn’t mean I don’t like the fact that this perfect storm may crest precisely at the 2010 midterms (although you shouldn”t count out the possibility of Republicans completely blowing the opportunity): Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political […]

 

San Francisco Booksellers Won’t Carry Going Rogue

Posted on by Donald Douglas

You know someone’s packing some REALLY powerful intellect when every other post on their blog is a Jon Stewart video. Perhaps it’s generational change, where we see a lazy kind of media-induced resistance to hard thinking and analytical reasoning, but it’s out there, and not just among hardline netroots denizens. I’m tempted to try to […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Imagining A Fight Scene Between Blade And Edward Cullen

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: “Please describe, in detail, with dialouge, your version of a vampire fight between Blade and Edward Cullen.” — President_Friedman Edward Cullen: Hi! I like baseball and I sparkle! Can we be pals? Blade: Some motherf*cker’s always tryin’ to iceskate uphill. Edward Cullen: Did I mention I’m over 100 years old and I like to […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Why Shouldn’t We Want To Copy Our European Pals?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: “I am 45 and I work with and am somewhat influential with smart, younger people (25-30), most of who voted for Obama. To them “socialist”, “big government” and “european model” are not a scary thing. What would you say to someone who is not a dyed in the wool anti-capitalist, but who has been […]

 

Q&A Friday 104: What Will Obama Do If Libs Take A Beating In 2010?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: “If the republicans take the House next year, do you think that Obama will moderate and work with republicans, like Clinton, and have a shot at reelection at 2012; or he is just too liberal for that and will continue with his policies, risking defeat at 2012?” — gustn Question: “Having proven yourself over […]

 

An Environmental Disaster Of Epic Proportions

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

An environmental cataclysm occurred this week. Al Gore is somewhere howling in psychic pain. Global warming skeptics and any real scientists rejoice: the fable of Global Warming aka Climate Change aka Impending Doom has been revealed for a scientifically manipulated fraud. Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters has an excellent wrap-up of the story (damning emails, links) […]

 

Q&A Friday #104: Why Is ObamaCare So Bad If Social Security And Medicare Are So Great?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Question: “How would you answer Kristof’s “Wrong Side of History” piece in the 11/18 NYT? If Medicare, Social Security and similar past advances of the welfare state didn’t do us in, why should anyone believe this one (healthcare takeover) will be the one that kills our economy? Are we suffering from a “boy who cried […]

 

Another Obama Slight to American Jews

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In another in a long series of swift kicks to Israel and American Jews, the Obama Administration has announced that it is slashing the guest list and budget for its 2009 Hanukkah celebration. According to the Jerusalem Post the guest list is being cut in half causing some American Jews to wonder if Obama is […]

 

Obama’s KSM Show Trial Will Cost NYC $100 Million

Posted on by Dave Blount

Circus show trials don’t come cheap. According to Charles “Chucky Schmucky” Schumer, the bill for Chairman Zero to put George W. Bush, the CIA, the military, and pre-Moonbat Messiah America on trial will come to a pretty penny: “Rough estimate from the city of New York, which I received yesterday, place the added cost of […]

 

Were There ‘Tribal Aspects’ To The Anti War Protests?

Posted on by Kathleen McKinley

Noel Sheppard pointed out: at Newsbusters yesterday that Chris Matthews once again accuses the Tea Party goers of being too white: “This is a largely white — almost no minorities in this crowd,” reported MSNBC’s O’Donnell live from the scene. Matthews reiterated, “Well, they look like a white crowd to me,” later claiming, “I think there […]

 

Der Spiegel Wonders Where All The Warming Went

Posted on by William Teach

Just the other day, Senator James Inhofe said “Until this year, any scientist, reporter or politician who dared raise even the slightest suspicion about the science behind global warming was dismissed and repeatedly mocked.’’ And the hit parade just keeps on coming! Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average […]

 

Los Angeles ACORNista Eager to Assist Child Prostitution Business

Posted on by Dave Blount

James O’Keefe on the latest ACORN video released by himself and Hannah Giles: Lavelle Stewart, of ACORN in South Central Los Angeles, tells us she thinks we have to hook up with “someone who’s on that international sex business level,” that “14 and 15 year olds been traveling overseas for years,” that she can do […]

 

Obama’s Bus Sideswipes The Jewish Vote On Hanukkah

Posted on by William Teach

For the 2008 general election, 78% of the Jewish vote went to Barack Obama, topping the percent Kerry achieved in 2004 (76%.) The Jewish vote tends to go overwhelmingly to Democrats, despite so many Democrats railing against Israel and that “evil Israeli lobby,” being pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslim terrorist, etc. Not all, of course. Bill Clinton has […]

 

Harry Reid’s Version of the Health Care Monstrosity

Posted on by McQ

Over 2,000 pages (yeah, nothing can be hidden in there, can it?) the bill sets up at least 370.2 billion in new taxes over the next 10 years: 1. 40% excise tax on health coverage in excess of $8,500/$23,000 ($149.1 billion) 2. Employer W-2 reporting of value of health (negligible revenue effect) 3. Conform definition […]

 

Coburn wants the bill read from the Senate floor. All of it. UPDATE: Coburn backing off.

Posted on by Tabitha Hale

Crossposted at TabithaHale.com. UPDATE: After making the threat earlier this week, Coburn said, “I don’t know” when POLITICO asked if he would force a reading by Senate clerks on the floor. With his colleagues eager to go home for the Thanksgiving break, it’s possible that Coburn may backoff. Thanks, Coburn. The 2,074-page Senate health care […]