Year: 2010

AP Misses That Michelle’s White House Veggies Weren’t Used on TV

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Associated Press had an extensive story reporting on First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House garden on Jan 13. The story included the tidbit that her veggies were the main ingredients during a recent Iron Chef TV show episode. The AP happily reported that the crops “inspired a culinary showdown” on the TV show and […]

 

A likely Story: Cook County Dems ‘Forget’ Carter on Mailer

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Cook County (Chicago) Democrat Party sent out a direct mail piece early this week that listed all the Democrat presidents that brought “prosperity” to this country. Oh they are all there, FDR, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Bill Clinton… uh, wait. Isn’t one of ’em missing? You guessed it, Jimmah Carter, the worst president in American […]

 

Global Warming Hoaxers Tried to Hide the Sun

Posted on by Dave Blount

Thanks to the ClimateGate emails, we now know that the government teat-suckers in warmist academia are scientists after all. They know that climate fluctuation is caused not by light bulbs and SUVs, but by variations in solar activity; but they also know how to hide this fact from the gullible. In 2003, two Harvard-Smithsonian Professors, […]

 

Google Might Pull From China, China’s Cyber-War With The U.S.

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

A new front exists in a war for international dominance: the internet. China has been up to some very bad behavior. From the Washington Post: Computer attacks on Google that the search giant said originated in China were part of a concerted political and corporate espionage effort that exploited security flaws in e-mail attachments to […]

 

To Catch A Liberal Predator: Scott Ritter Edition

Posted on by John Hawkins

Remember Scott Ritter? He was once a tough talking weapons inspector who was deeply skeptical that Saddam Hussein had gotten rid of his WMDs. Then, without explanation, his position shifted on a dime to “Hussein could have WMDs? That’s crazy talk. Who could believe that?” At the end of the day, Ritter’s new position proved […]

 

Podcast: Andrew Malcolm On President Obama & Chicago In D.C. And More…

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Andrew Malcolm, reporter for the Los Angeles Times, joined me to discuss the blend of “old” and “new” media and how the news landscape is changing. He also talks about his time reporting in Chicago and how the machine works and how Barack Obama is a product of that machine and now runs the machine […]

 

Marco Rubio Asks His Supporters To Help Scott Brown

Posted on by John Hawkins

Will Scott Brown make liberals across America go to sleep on pillows soggy with their own tears next week? We don’t know for sure. If you had to bet, you’d have to say the odds are against Brown pulling out a victory in ultra-liberal Taxachusetts. However, Brown legitimately has a shot to win. Rasmussen shows […]

 

Bacon Can Boost Baby Intelligence. Is There Nothing It Can’t Do?

Posted on by William Teach

Can we branch bacon off into its own food group? The traditional English breakfast is not normally associated with good health. But scientists have found that eating a plate of bacon and eggs could help pregnant women boost the intelligence of their unborn child. But the new study suggests that a chemical in pork products […]

 

The Best Political Story Of The Year So Far

Posted on by John Hawkins

Last year, I was ecstatic when that “sack of sorriness” John Cornyn got his worthless, RINO boosting @ss boo’d at a Tea Party in his home state: However, this story about “Abortion Bill Ben” Nelson may be even better. As each day passes, it’s looking more and more like Nelson has a choice to make: […]

 

What Liberal Media Bias? Boston Globe Endorses Coakley, “Since She’s A Democrat, Like Us”

Posted on by William Teach

It apparently means little to the editorial board at the Boston Globe that Martha Coakley has dissed Fenway Park fans (a story their own paper featured. Yesterday), stood idly by while one of her campaign peeps assaulted a reporter, and was turned into a dirty mop during the last debate with Scott Brown. Interestingly, the […]

 

Michael Meehan, Coakley Campaign Staffer, Apologizes for Making Weekly Standard Reporter Stumble, or Something…

Posted on by Donald Douglas

The Associated Press reported that the Weekly Standard‘s John McCormack “stumbled as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.” Funny thing is, though, Meehan has now apologized for McCormack’s “stumble.” See, “Apology Accepted” (via Memeorandum): A remorseful Michael P. Meehan […]

 

Health Care Reform: When Is “Cadillac Plan” Not A “Cadillac Plan?”

Posted on by McQ

Why when you’re a part of a favored special interest group of course: Unions tentatively struck a deal Tuesday to exempt collectively bargained healthcare plans from a tax on high-cost plans expected to be used to help raise revenue for the healthcare overhaul. The left constantly clamors for “fairness” but quickly throws such concerns under […]

 

Coakley’s Democrat Operative Knocks Over Reporter, Coakley Lies About It

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

An operative for the Martha Coakley campaign, Democrat for Massachusetts Senate, assaulted a reporter from the Weekly Standard Magazine last night. The Weekly Standard has the dirt. As it happens long-time Democrat media operative Michael Meehan knocked over the reporter and then, after he rose, continued to push the reporter down the street pretending that […]

 

Book Review: What Are These Tea Parties About, Anyway?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new book about the Tea Party movement — and a movement it really is — will soon be hitting the shelves. “A New American Tea Party” penned by John M. O’Hara, one of the many folks that helped bring us some of those protests in early 2009, is a book that hopes that the […]

 

Why Obama’s Speeches Aren’t Very Good Anymore

Posted on by John Hawkins

Michael Gerson has out a piece today professing surprise that Obama’s speeches have become a weak point. Here’s Gerson: In the most unexpected development of his presidency, what was once universally recognized as Obama’s greatest political strength — his oratory — now seems a serious weakness. …The swift rise of Barack Obama was primarily a […]

 

One Giant Step for Socialism

Posted on by Dave Blount

Hard left Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) is good for something after all. He succinctly sums up what ObamaCare means for the future of this country: What this bill does is we finally take that step… from healthcare as a privilege to healthcare as an inalienable right of every single American citizen. Sounds good, doesn’t it? […]

 

Podcast: Erick Erickson And Dan Riehl Talk About Tea Party Nation and Sarah Palin

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Dan Riehl of Riehl World View and Erick Erickson of Redstate join me to discuss the Tea Party Nation, Tea Party groups and Sarah Palin. What’s happening here? Melissa talks about CPAC and Sarah Palin’s choices with Dan Riehl of riehlworldview.com and Erick Erickson of redstate.com Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! […]

 

Colonel Saunders “Saved Or Created” 2 Million Chickens!

Posted on by John Hawkins

One of the most ludicrous assertions of the Obama Administration is the claim that they’ve “saved or created” jobs with their policies. Why is it ludicrous? Setting aside the fact that the government’s massive deficit spending, new taxes, takeovers of private companies, and threats of huge new expenses for companies via the Cap and Trade […]

 

Republican Men, Gird Yer Loins

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

A woman’s hormonal cycle will start to mesh with other women when in proximity. A man’s hormones also seemed to be linked to other men. Via Allahpundit on Twitter comes this research gem from Scientific American: With its winners and losers, politics is a lot like sports. Now biologists have the testosterone–or lack thereof–to prove […]

 

Globull Warming Now Causes Indigestion In Primates, May Kill Them All

Posted on by William Teach

It’s fanciful stories like this that harm your religion, climate alarmists, however, they give us climate realists much cause for a well deserved belly laugh Global warming-induced indigestion could threaten the existence of mountain gorillas and other leaf-eating primates, suggests a new study. Experts predicted that the annual temperatures are expected to rise by 2 […]

 

The Anti-War Rallies Of The Bush Years In 20 Pics

Posted on by John Hawkins

It has been enlightening to see how differently the anti-war rallies and Tea Parties have been covered by the mainstream media. The anti-war rallies were given prominent coverage and the radical sentiment was hidden away from the public. On the other hand, positive news about the Tea Parties is buried by the MSM and the […]

 

Why Taxing Health Care Plans Is A Bad Idea

Posted on by William Teach

And interesting report, found via the DU. Even Physicians For A National Health Program think taxing “Cadillac Plans” is a bad idea The health reform bill which passed the Senate in December would impose a 40 percent excise tax on health insurance plans with premiums above $23,000 a year for families and $8,500 for individuals. […]

 

Shock and Awe in Massachusetts

Posted on by Donald Douglas

Kenneth Davenport predicts a Scott Brown victory in the Massachusetts special election. See, “Prediction: Shock and Awe in Massachusetts.” And you know, that might be a pretty good bet. From Amy Walter, “How Long Will Massachusetts Dems Feel Blue? Among Enthusiastic Voters, The Bay State’s Senate Race Is A Surprising Dead Heat“: How does a […]

 

Health Care Reform Bill – It Makes Bernie Madoff Seem Like A Piker

Posted on by McQ

Today the Wall Street Journal asks what many of us have been asking for quite some time — why aren’t the numerous and specific warnings about the real cost and destructiveness of the proposed health care plan being heeded? Of course the simple answer is those who are determined to take health care under the […]