Year: 2011

Movie: For Overseas Distribution ‘Captain America’ Won’t Be Captain America

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The venerable Marvel comic book character Captain America has been, well, “Captain America” since 1941. But as of the 2011 release of the new movie “Captain America: The First Avenger,” he won’t be Captain American anymore. At least as far as the film’s title overseas goes, anyway. Apparently, Hollywood thinks a character called “Captain America” […]

 

Gabrielle Giffords and ObamaCare

Posted on by Dave Blount

Best wishes for Gabrielle Giffords’s continued recovery. American medicine certainly can work miracles. It’s a good thing she’s a member of Congress, and not a normal pleb under ObamaCare. Jeffrey Lord asks: If Gabrielle Giffords were not part of the governing elite — the Ruling Class — with this serious of a wound, a gunshot […]

 

Arkansas And N.Y. Look To Play Nanny With Distracted Pedestrians

Posted on by William Teach

Having solved all their actual issues, it’s time for a big dose of nannyism Lawmakers in at least two states are looking to pull the plug on texting pedestrians and iPod-obsessed runners, claiming their diverted attention borders on disaster. After targeting drivers who paid more attention to their phone calls and text messages than the […]

 

Jesse Ventura May Not Have Time To Bleed, But, Plenty Of Time To Sue DHS

Posted on by William Teach

Ventura may a massive 9/11 Truther, and, surprisingly, that wacko viewpoint doesn’t enter in his lawsuit, but, he does have a good darned point Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be […]

 

The Right Wing News Fundraiser: Good News And Bad News

Posted on by John Hawkins

Yesterday, I talked about the fundraiser RWN is doing this week: I’ve decided that I need to up the revenue that RWN is bringing in. The simplest and easiest way to do that would be to start running more obtrusive advertising. I’m referring to auto-play video ads, pop-unders, and interstitial ads. These ads are becoming […]

 

7 Non-Political Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives

Posted on by John Hawkins

People who don’t follow politics tend to believe that conservatives and liberals are just flip sides of the same coin. In other words, conservatives are pro-life, pro-gun, and fiscally conservative while liberals are pro-choice, anti-gun, and want to tax and spend, but otherwise, there are no real differences. However, if you follow politics closely, you’ll […]

 

Blood Money: The Economics of the Abortion Industry

Posted on by Kristia Cavere

On this 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one aspect that the pro-life community must continually remind our fellow countrymen of is the economics of the abortion industry. Similar to a successful corporation, the billion dollar infanticide business is the result of one of the most successful marketing campaigns in American history. This “silent holocaust” […]

 

Rahm OFF the Ballot for Mayor? But May Have until Feb. 15 To File as Write In Candidate

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As reported earlier, Rahm Emanuel has been thrown off the ballot by a decision by an Illinois Appellate Court stating that Emanuel did not satisfy the residency requirement since he did not live in Chicago over the last year. This presents several major problems for Emanuel’s candidacy. First of all, it seems pretty sure that […]

 

Amanpour Fails to Understand History, Says Political Climate Just Like the 1960s

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The inch deep analysis that we get from the illiterati in the left-media shows that they have agendas, sure, but no grasp of history, logic, or facts. No better example of the facile nature of the Old Media can be had than Christiane Amanpour and on ABC News she strutted her imbecilic excuse for historical […]

 

Sorry Casey Brezik, the Media Doesn’t Cover Your Kind

Posted on by Dave Blount

The “mainstream” media must have tired itself out reinventing Jared Loughner as a Tea Party conservative. They didn’t even bother trying to make Casey Brezik fit the template; instead they simply ignored it when he slashed the throat of a dean thinking it was the Governor of Missouri. Via American Thinker: In September 2010 Missouri […]

 

How the Balance of World Power Changed in 21 Seconds in 1999

Posted on by Jane Jamison

: Remembering Col. Zoltan Dani 12 years later : Technology of downed U.S. stealth fighter is now being used by Chinese and Russians The balance of power in the world was changed in 21 seconds on March 27, 1999 by a colonel in the Hungarian Army. He’s retired, and back to his preferred career as a baker.:  […]

 

Leftists Use Crosshairs to Attack Walmart Over Unionization

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Remember that “new tone” the left keeps talking about? Remember how they went ape-nuts over Sarah Palin’s use of crosshairs symbols on her electoral campaign map? That was “violent,” the left claimed. That was lowering the level of debate, they chirped. It was evil, they slobbered. Well, I guess the left isn’t too upset at […]

 

Chicago Media Ignores African-American Rally Against Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that a rally held by a coalition of Chicago-area black pastors that gathered to warn Illinois against same-sex marriage and civil unions was ignored by the Old Media in Chicago. Still, as unsurprising as it it, it’s a bit galling that this event went unreported on. The Illinois Family […]

 

Era Of Civility: You Should Be Livid About Climate Change If You’re Under 25

Posted on by William Teach

Well, it looks like young people, at least in the U.K., care more about their body image and other things, rather than globull warming, but, hey, they should live their lives like perpetually pissed off teenagers, according to Grist “Generation Hot” is the 2 billion or so young people who will be stuck dealing with […]

 

Interviewing Thomas Sowell On Basic Economics

Posted on by John Hawkins

Late last year, I wrote a column for Townhall called 10 Life Changing Books To Give This Christmas. One of those books is Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy. Note the “4th Ed” part. That’s relevant because the book has recently been re-released. If you want a phenomenal, […]

 

If Kermitt Gosnell’s a Monster, He’s Not Alone

Posted on by John Hawkins

Kermitt Gosnell, the murderous abortionist who killed a patient and slaughtered seven babies under the approving eye of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, was quite the butcher. Here’s a brief description of what was going on in his office, The clinic reeked of animal urine, courtesy of the cats that were allowed to roam (and […]

 

2011 SOTU: Style Over Substance

Posted on by William Teach

So reports The Politico: State of the union forecast: Atmospherics over policy When President Barack Obama steps into the House chamber Tuesday to deliver his second State of the Union address, ambience will trump substance. In his speech, the president will talk about jobs, the deficit and the future of the nation’s troubled economy, but […]

 

Why Mittcare Makes Mitt Romney An Ineffective Presidential Candidate

Posted on by John Hawkins

It’s no secret that I take a very dim view of Mitt Romney . If you want to know why, here’s a 2007 piece I wrote called The Conservative Case Against Mitt Romney. Still, back in 2007, I generally considered Romneycare to be a political positive for Mitt. Mitt should be talking health care all […]

 

Obama Allows Anti-American Song to be Played at State Dinner for China

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Epoch Times has a stunner of a story for January 22. Unbeknownst to most Americans, China insulted the United States right in front of Obama and the world by having its nationalist pianist, Lang Lang, play a Chinese propaganda song that called Americans “jackals” during the Chinese sponsored concert during the recent state dinner […]

 

Theme Of Obama’s SOTU: Jobs, Jobs, And…Look, A Shiny Quarter

Posted on by William Teach

If you haven’t heard yet, Obama’s going to go all centristy, and talk about jobs, jobs, jobs (which will then be followed by his typical AADD) Obama to Press Centrist Agenda in His Address President Obama will outline an agenda for “winning the future” in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, striking […]

 

This Week in Automotivators, January 17-23

Posted on by TrogloPundit

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture if you need a little explanation. Link: The Tatler. Link: Real Debate Wisconsin. Link: HotAirPundit. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: Mister Pterodactyl. That’s not actually related to any news, but how could I pass it […]

 

Comparing apples and oranges — federal projects old and new

Posted on by Bookworm

Rumor has it that the President is going to use the State of the Union address to call for more government spending. Much more government spending: President Barack Obama will call for new government spending on infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address Tuesday, sharpening his response to Republicans in Congress […]