Year: 2009

Alternate headline: Blogger sees Democrats pulling facial muscles trying not to laugh. The story: WASHINGTON — Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, when they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits. Medicare Part D: […]

From the Los Angeles Times, “Deaths reported amid chaos and violence in Iran“: The Iranian capital erupted in massive and fiery morning-to-dusk protests as tens of thousands of demonstrators clashed with security forces on the occasion of an important Shiite Muslim holiday. Several witnesses told The Times that Iranian security forces opened fire with live […]

Aren’t you thrilled? In the wake of the terrorism attempt Friday on a Northwest Airlines flight, federal officials on Saturday imposed new restrictions on travelers that could lengthen lines at airports and limit the ability of international passengers to move about an airplane. The government was vague about the steps it was taking, saying that […]

William Jacobson wrote an important post this morning on the leftist reaction to the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines 253. See, “Terrorist Attacks Plane, Think Progress Attacks Pete Hoekstra.” Checking William’s essay we find that the first reaction of radical bloggers is to deny conservatives a partisan advantage on national security. Steve Benen’s entry was […]

Yes, we’re talking about Charlie Sheen, who got arrested on Christmas morning in Aspen after: police say he got: into a fight with his wife, who reportedly blew a .13 on her Breathalyzer test. Heck of a way for the mother of infant twins to celebrate the holidays, huh? But remember: that: this is: a woman who had the questionable […]

I went out to get a couple of things this morning. This is Santa’s house at South Coast Plaza (can you see Santa down there, at center, posing for pictures with visitors?): The full photo-essay is over at American Power.

We’ve got this rule at our house: no whispering in front of other people. You want to say something privately? Go someplace private. Whispering is rude. That rule is being broken. Over, and over, and over again. And my wife — she who made the rule in the first place — is one of the […]

Okay. Right. At ABC News, “Obama: Health Care Bill Would Be Most Important Legislation Since Social Security Act” (via): President Obama praised the Senate’s 60-39 passage of the $871 billion health care overhaul bill despite the fact that not a single Republican voted in favor following 24 consecutive days of often bitter debate and deep […]

The John Birch Society announces it has paid for a booth at: February’s Conservative Political Action Conference, a Pajamas Media columnist has a conniption, National Review‘s Jonah Goldberg accuses CPAC of a “big mistake,” and even NRO contributor: Mark Krikorian: : jumps on the dogpile. Understand this: CPAC has scores of sponsoring organizations, who pay money to rent exhibition […]

I usually would never use a line from a modern movie to make a more profound point, but every once in a while there is a line in a move that strikes me. This happened when I was watching the movie, “2012.” Near the end, one of the main characters declares, “It is when we […]