2011 – Page 76 – John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Just two weeks before QE2 ends, Russia becomes third major country to announce it will dump U.S. Treasury holdings

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Doug Ross

Tyler Durden asks, “Are we and Bill Gross (and certainly not Morgan Stanley) the only ones to see a problem with this“? Just in time for the end of QE2, when the US needs every possible foreign buyer of US debt to step up to the plate, we get confirmation that yet another major foreign […]

“Who Is James Johnson?”

Posted on June 19, 2011June 17, 2011 by Craig Newmark

David Brooks(!) belatedly discovers that a primary cause of the Great Recession was Fannie Mae. But the most devastating scandal in recent history involved dozens of the most respected members of the Washington establishment. Their behavior was not out of the ordinary by any means. For that reason, the Fannie Mae scandal is the most […]

“I Think Ben and Jerry Are Having Problems”

Posted on June 19, 2011June 17, 2011 by Craig Newmark

From CollegeHumor.

Lives my father told me

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Ron Coleman

A couple of weeks ago I finished my year of mourning for my late father. : So this is as good a moment as ever finally to commit to writing the post I had meant for so long to write — not an opus magnum about my dad, but an insight from a person who decided […]

A Liberal Flashmob and Publicity Stunt At RightOnline

Posted on June 18, 2011June 20, 2011 by John Hawkins

I was talking to some liberal bloggers at the foot at the escalators on RightOnline, when things started getting a little exciting. First off, 20 women in hijabs walked upstairs. I noticed it, but had no clue who they were, what they were doing, or if they were part of some event. It turns out […]

Debunking Robert Reich

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Lee Doren

Robert Reich and MoveOn.org made a video with numerous statistical fallacies. As a result, I made a video rebuttal. You can watch it below. Enjoy!

It’s Come To This: Poop Burgers To Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Posted on June 18, 2011June 20, 2011 by William Teach

The story gets WAY more sickening beyond that headline (and the picture and video at the story link), folks: Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces It’s being called the “poop burger”. Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing human feces. Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population […]

New Open Government and Spending Transparency Reforms Introduced

Posted on June 18, 2011June 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

While the Obama administration plays its games with “czars,” more “boards,” and “committees” to implement government accountability policies, Representative Darrell Issa (R, Calif.) has introduced some measures that would do a far better job to meet those goals. President Obama has touted a “Government Accountability and Transparency Board” (GATB) as well as the Recovery Accountability […]

Warmist Chip Ward: West Was Lost Due To Globull Warming

Posted on June 18, 2011 by William Teach

We’re dooooooooooooooomed! Arizona is burning. Texas, too. New Mexico is next. If you need a grim reminder that an already arid West is burning up and blowing away, here it is. As I write this, more than 700 square miles of Arizona and more than 4,300 square miles of Texas have been swept by monster […]

United Nations Endorses Gay And Transgender Rights, Islamic States Protest

Posted on June 18, 2011 by William Teach

That’s very nice of them. I’m not gay, but, I believe people deserve to be treated equally. But, notice which countries were against this The United Nations issued its first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people on Friday in a cautiously worded declaration hailed by supporters including the United States as a […]

“Women’s Voice Pitch Changes Depending on Their Attraction To a Man”

Posted on June 18, 2011June 17, 2011 by Craig Newmark

From Psychology Today: “If a woman speaks to you in the extraordinarily rare whistle register (as per Minnie Riperton’s: Loving You, or as most recently associated with Mariah Carey), she is utterly in love with you!” Link via Gawker.

“Presenting The Most Expensive Home For Sale In Every State”

Posted on June 18, 2011June 17, 2011 by Craig Newmark

Cool little piece. 50th is North Dakota, where $1.3 million buys a 4 BR, 4 bath, 9400 sq. ft. ranch on 15 acres of land. #1 is California, where $150 million buys you a: big house–the Aaron and Candy Spelling house–on 4.7 acres of “rare, flat land in Holmby Hills”. UPDATE: the $150 million home has […]

“50 Best Trash Talk Moments in Sports”

Posted on June 18, 2011June 17, 2011 by Craig Newmark

With: video, natch. Also see “No, YOU’RE Ugly: The Best Moments In Trash Talking“.: Some excellent examples here; I’m partial to “The mailman doesn’t deliver on Sundays.” (Cross-posted from Newmark’s Door.)

Obama’s Green Auto Decrees to Cost 260,000 Jobs

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dave Blount

There’s a price to be paid for the trendy green posturing of our sanctimonious moonbat rulers, in terms of not only money but jobs: The Detroit News’s dogged David Shepardson has unearthed a study by one of world’s most respected automotive research firms that reveals that President Obama’s radical CAFE mandate that vehicles average — […]

Gwyneth Paltrow Delighted That Second-Grade Daughter Is Learning About Homosexuality at School

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dave Blount

We let halfwit Hollyweird degenerates steer the course of our culture, so why not formally put them in charge of bringing up the next generation? We could make Gwyneth Paltrow Secretary of Education. She would be a smooth fit with other prominent figures in the federal education bureaucracy, considering opinions like this: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, […]

Army Day!

Posted on June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 by Courtney Messerschmidt

“This We’ll Defend!” Joyeuex Anniversaire’! (#236 in fact!) to Great Satan’s all weather original voltiguerres – the Army! “…Two hundred and thirty-six years ago, the United States Army was established to defend our Nation. From the Revolutionary War to the current operations taking place around the world, our Soldiers remain Army Strong with a deep […]

What Economic Turnaround?

Posted on June 17, 2011June 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Obama and his cohorts want to sell the American people a bill of goods. DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz is telling the country that Democrats “own” the “recovery.” Only one problem. There ain’t one. Don’t buy the lies, folks. Don’t do it.

Joe Romm: That Nuclear Furnace In The Sky Is Small Potatoes

Posted on June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 by William Teach

If the Sun does go into a state similar to what caused the Maunder Minimum during the Little Ice Age, the Warmists have found their groove in a way to keep pushing their failed pseudo religion. Here’s Joe Romm’s version, which starts off with a bit of Fox News Derangement syndrome The anti-science disinformers are […]

Illinois So Broke They Want to Sell Ads on License Plates

Posted on June 17, 2011June 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

You know things are bad when governments start selling things they “own.” The latest is the state of Illinois so over spent and in a budgetary hole that authorities are floating the idea of selling advertising space on its auto license plates. The Democrat led general assembly has given the Secretary of State’s office a […]

I Have a Banker Named Weiner

Posted on June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 by Morgan Freeberg

We had quite an interesting day yesterday. For a very long time now, everyone in my family has been putting all of our money into a certain bank. We just got word one of the officials at that bank resigned. A bank executive named “Weiner” who had lately become embroiled in a “sexting” scandal. The […]

Crazy Shelia Jackson Lee: Hey, We Need To Worry About Christian Militants, Too!

Posted on June 17, 2011 by William Teach

Someone forgot to include the Prozac in her coffee cup again (CNSNews.com) — At a congressional hearing on Muslim radicalization in U.S. prisons, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said that investigators needed to analyze Christian militants in America because they too might try to “bring down the country.” In an exchange with witness Patrick Dunleavy, […]

Horrible Tech Issues

Posted on June 17, 2011June 16, 2011 by John Hawkins

Yes, RWN was down most of the day yesterday. After that, it came back with a basic word press theme instead of the regular theme. It has been a 5 star mess that I’ve been trying to handle from Minneapolis and it hasn’t been easy. Hopefully today, everything should go back to normal. My apologies […]

When Anti-Technology Kills

Posted on June 17, 2011June 13, 2011 by Dennis Avery

CHURCHVILLE, VA–This week’s headlines: Another huge, awful outbreak of food-borne bacteria. This time the worst, so far, in modern history; perhaps 2000 sickened, and about 20 dead. At least 500 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome. That means liver damage–and potential death from kidney failure. More than 1000 cases of severe diarrhea. Usually it is the […]

Workers Have It Better at Nonunionized Subaru

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Dave Blount

The disease of unionization destroys every industry it infects, most dramatically including the American automotive sector and public education. But what would happen to the poor workers if there were no unions to look out for their interests by confiscating their money and giving it to Democrats? Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) demonstrates: In its […]

Nancy Pelosi’s Fortune Explodes

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Dave Blount

One of the perks of power is that it can help you grow your fortune. For example, take Nancy Pelosi: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year, cementing her status as one of the wealthiest members of Congress. Pelosi was worth at least $35.2 million in the […]

“The biggest terrorist is Obama and the United States of America”

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Kathleen McKinley

The one thing I could never figure out is why so many liberals is how they are giving Obama a pass on everything that they hated and howled about with George Bush. Ryan Jones at Hip Hop Republican runs down the hypocrisy. The rapper Lupe Fiasco, recently set the normally Pro-Obama hip hop world on […]

Palestinian Sympathy Fatigue

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Courtney Messerschmidt

“Palestine!? Wouldn’t I be crazy to want that?” To paraphrase the avuncular Britishy cat (‘ello luv) that seemed psychically on target nigh unto a decade past. Everybody knows about the Nakbah – essentially a land grab by Little Satan’s neighboring nation states that went horribly wrong – granting Little Satan even more real estate! Since […]

Herman Cain: Obama’s NLRB ‘A Direct Assault on the Free Market System’

Posted on June 16, 2011June 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Presidential candidate Herman Cain (R) recently spoke with FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Neil Cavuto about the dispute between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Boeing and its impact on the United States economy. Cain said what the NLRB is trying to do keeping Boeing out of Charleston is “a direct assault on the free […]

McConnell Wants Terror Suspects Held in Kentucky to be Sent to Gitmo

Posted on June 16, 2011June 15, 2011 by Warner Todd Huston

Why are a pair of foreign terrorists sitting in a jail in Kentucky? That’s what Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to know. He wants them sent to the facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they belong. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Why is the Justice Department doing this? Why expose our heartland […]

Flavored Milk Banned From L.A Unified Schools

Posted on June 16, 2011June 15, 2011 by William Teach

Having solved all the crime, the gang violence, the drug issues, horrific traffic (hey, why don’t all those globull warming believing LA liberals take the bus? Moving on), illegal immigration, hospitals closing, and other things, well Chocolate and strawberry milk are out. Next to go: Corn dogs and chicken nuggets. The Los Angeles Unified School […]