“Extreme Weather”? Not Yet!

Churchville, VA–The death toll from recent “extreme weather events” has been sharply declining since the 1920s, as my valued colleague Indur Goklany has valorously pointed out. Air conditioning, flood control, earthquake proofing and better weather forecasting have all helped. Despite vast media coverage, extreme weather now causes only a half-percent of global deaths. A large […]

 

In 2004 Illegal Alien Votes Illegally, in 2010 Feds Making Him A Citizen

In Cookeville, Tennessee we see a perfect example of all that is wrong in both our immigration and electoral systems. In 2004, an illegal immigrant voted illegally in Tennessee’s Putnam County. He showed false identification and a stolen Soc. Sec. number. But in 2010 the federal government is asking Tennessee officials to help smooth this […]

 

Inside Imam Rauf’s Shady Washington-Riyadh Finance Trail

The full post is here, “Imam Rauf’s Hush-Hush Taxpayer-Subsidized Middle East Tour – Plus, Inside the Victory Mosque’s Shady Washington-Riyadh Finance Trail“.” ********** Tammy Bruce identifies Imam Rauf and his wife Daisy Khan as “Obama’s favorite Hillary Clinton Department funded Islamists.” And while “Little Miss Daisy” made some rounds on the Sunday talk show circuit, […]

 


Claire Berlinski on Moderate Islam

Claire Berlinski lives in Istanbul. She’s got an interesting blog post, “Is Islam Itself the Enemy?“, and there’s a raging debate on her Facebook page. This comment struck me as profound: I’ve just walked down a street filled literally with thousands of Moslems of exactly the kind many people are seriously arguing do not exist. […]

 



Reminder: Obama’s Played More Golf in 2 Yrs. Than Bush Did Both Terms

Between 2000 and 2008 one of the left’s most cherished ways to ridicule President Bush was to point out how often he went golfing. Bush’s golfing was a clear sign that he was ignoring the work he had to do in Washington and that he just didn’t care they claimed. He was a playboy, a […]

 

Another One From The Dept. Of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

The Barack Obama inflatable doll. Need I say more? Weasel Zippers is holding a “Caption This” contest. I”m scared to hold one here on this one, but if you want to go for it, please do – just remember to try and keep it clean. ;) (Via @ThePowersThatBe Twitter feed) Cross-posted from the Sister Toldjah […]

 

Sunday Stupid: 9/11 Debris Field Mosque And NY Times Columists

Happy Sunday! I had every intention this morning to write about a different topic. Perhaps about illegal immigration or climate creationism. Or, about a lost blind, deaf, 3 legged dog being found. Or, how about France surrendering to driftwood? Alas, I made the mistake of typing nytimes.com in my browser bar, then clicking the “Opinion” […]

 

Ms. Magazine Says It’s Not The Economy, Stupid. It’s Your Girly Bits

Last year, the Left floated the idea that unemployment is really super fun and tried to pass it off as FUNemployment. That spin eventually failed, because people not living in their parents’ basements and fiddling with their iPods realized it really isn’t all that enjoyable not being able to, you know, pay their bills. So, […]

 

New Silicon Graffiti Video: The Quotable Harry Reid

Over the past two centuries, the Democratic Party has had many powerful orators. Needless to say, Harry Reid, the Democrats’ Senate Majority Leader since November of 2006, has failed to live up to this proud heritage on a titanic scale. Which is why, from The Home Office in Carson City, Nevada, we’re proud to present, The Top Ten Harry Reid gaffes!

 

What if we just gave everybody the same amount of wealth?

What if we quit playing at redistribution, and actually redistribute? Take all the wealth in America, and divvy it up. Everybody gets the same, as close as we can make it. Imagine! No more rich and poor; no more “haves” and “have-nots.” No more Two Americas. No more half the nation struggling to make ends […]

 


Antiwar Traitor Jodie Evans Says U.S. Sailor ‘Deserved to Die in Iraq’ – Plus, Code Pink Hosting $500-Per-Person Fundraiser for Jerry Brown

In other big news today, “Code Pink Tells Gold Star Mom: Your Son Deserved to Die.” In 2008 they [Code Pink] barricaded the recruiting office in Berkeley with the blessing of the Berkeley City Council. We at Move America Forward had all we could stomach when we heard them tell the Marines they were unwelcome, […]

 

Unions Destroy Calif. Pension Reform Bill

Like most bills, the legislation meant to reform California’s failing public pension system started out stronger than it ended up. But unlike most bills the final bill has been so gutted, so defanged, that it leaves the pension system in a worse mess than it was when the bill was introduced. Not surprisingly unions are […]

 

The U.S. moving in the right direction? Well, sure, from Obama’s point of view.

Imagine a chess player, moving his rook into danger for no apparent reason, except for the real possibility of advantage seven moves down the line that only he can see. Or a general, calling a retreat from a long-defended and beloved city. Neither the troops, nor the people, nor the general’s bosses will be happy, […]

 

Conservative Talk Radio Weekly Recap Aug 16-20 (free audio highlights)

The sudden departure of Dr. Laura was the big talk radio industry news this week, and I cover it at my NEW Talk Radio Watch column. PLUS: * Rush Limbaugh calls Obama “the first un-American President” * Glenn Beck called out for not fighting the culture wars * Laura Ingraham’s Obama Diaries reading at the […]

 

Now Democrats Want Another $34 Billion to Bailout Teamsters Pension

When will Obama’s gifts to unions (at the expense of the taxpayers) ever end? On the heels of a $26.1 billion teacher union bailout, now Democrats are attempting to get Congress to give $34 billion of the taxpayer’s money to the Teamsters because that union has mishandled its pension funds. Senators Robert Casey (D., Pa.) […]

 

Snap! Dick Cavett Weighs In On 9/11 Debris Field Mosque

Since Dick’s op-ed piece is at the NY Times, you can easily figure out which way it’s going Real Americans, Please Stand Up Got that? With the headline, we learn that simply because you, and over 60% of the country, are exercising your 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech, you are now not a real […]

 

When You Truly Need Someone To Do Something Stupid, Look For A Climate Creationist

Starting the day off on a lighter note A CLIMATE change protester managed to breach security at the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland by making an appointment to speak to an adviser and then glued herself to a desk. The woman dressed in bank worker-style clothes to avoid detection by police and bank […]

 


What Say To $150,000 In Porkulus For A Bridge To Nowhere?

And I do mean a bridge to actually nowhere. Here’s the stetup A historic stone arch bridge that received more than $150,000 in federal stimulus funds this year has fallen short of some people’s expectations – mainly because it doesn’t go anywhere. The bridge, which dates back to the 1860s, ends in a sheer, 8-foot […]

 

Desperate Democrats Invoke George W. Bush in New Campaign Ad

Combine Bush-hatred and exteme political desperation and it looks like the Democrats have arrived on a party platform for November. They’re right, though: The choice is clear. We can vote for a president and party who are presiding over massive and rising unemployment nationally and in the high double-digits in Democratic states. The horrible job […]

 

Obama Recess Appoints Lover of Communist Spy as Ambassador to El Salvador

Anyone who still seriously doubts that Barack Hussein Obama is an enemy of the United States and the freedom it represents is invited to explain this: He has appointed Maria del Carmen Aponte to be Ambassador to El Salvador. Three United States Senators have a hold on her nomination. Why? Because she had a longterm […]

 


Video: How Teachers Unions Abuse Non-Union Teacher Paychecks

From the Independent Teachers for Colorado blog… Check out this new Independent Teachers video about what happens when a non-union school employee who is forced to opt out of paying union fees every year misses the deadline because of family medical emergencies: Due to family medical hardships, non-union Pueblo school employee Becky Robertson missed an […]

 

Welfare Bureaucrats Swarm Like Locusts Upon The States

Mark Tapscott has an odd idea of a fun time, but I’m glad he does. He was casually tooling through the info posted on the website of the U.S. Census Bureau and decided to see how many welfare bureaucrats there were working in the states. I know, I know, Tapscott needs to take up bowling […]

 

Democrats Try New HealthCare Message: We’re “Improving” It

It has really gotten to a point where allies in the media cannot even avoid the idiocy of the Democrats, as witnessed by this Ben Smith article Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit and instead stressing a promise […]

 

Friday Stupid: Sexism, Twoofers, And Roger Ebert, Oh My!

It’s Friday. You need your weekly wrap-up super dose of Leftist stupidity. Starting with Wacky Alan Grayson (D-Flipout) Got that? 9/11 was Bush’s fault because he went to Crawford in August, and ignored a PDB with no actionable intelligence. Next up, The Atlantic’s Nichole Allen has a typical liberal hissy fit In an act of […]