Author: Donald Douglas

I took my boys out to lunch yesterday at Ruby’s Diner in Costa Mesa. We visited the restaurant at South Coast Plaza‘s Crystal Court. It was mid-afternoon, about 2:30pm or so, and uncrowded: This is my oldest son’s bacon cheeseburger (I had BLT&A): Full photo-essay at the link.

It was dreadful. NYT‘s has its report, “In Oval Office Speech, Obama Presses BP on Compensation,” and also Politico, “President Obama: ‘We will make BP pay’.” WSJ‘s got the text of the speech via Memeorandum, and this should be leading by the end of the evening. I’ll have more later, but the president was dishonest […]

Patrick Frey and Matt Welch are just hammering useful tool Eric Boehlert of Media Mutters for America. We’re talkin’ utter devastation — total Maximus Decimus Meridius takedown territory for the useful clown at MMFA. Matt’s piece is especially killer, “Don’t You Go Calling Obama an ‘ex-state senator, ‘Hater!’.” Turns out Boehlert can’t get out from […]

Okay, NYT‘s got what’s apparently a big deal, “U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan.” I’m just now checking Memeorandum, and boy folks are excited. The Times‘ story is sensational. The mineral find is estimated at $1 trillion, and “Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the […]

Stogie left a nice compliment yesterday, suggesting that my “posts lately are substance on steroids!” I’m flattered. It’s kinda funny, though, since all I’m really doing sometimes is just putting down what’s on my mind instead of posting what others have written. Anyway, I was thinking of that “steroids” remark just now while reading the […]

Some of my blog budds have started a new effort: Save Mosab Yousef: Help Him Stay In The U.S. More at Bob Belvedere’s, “HELP SAVE MOSAB YOUSEF FROM CERTAIN DEATH,” and Steven Givler, “Please Support Mosab Hassan Yousef.” Background at Maggie’s Notebook, “Mosab Hassan Yousef Homeland Security: Homeland Security to Deport Mosab Hassan Yousef,” and […]

One of the great California punk anthems of all time, The Dead Kennedys, “California Ãœber Alles.” (Lyrics here.) The hippies won’t come back you say Mellow out or you will pay … The obvious reference is to former Governor Jerry Brown’s nomination last night as the Democratic Party’s candidate for governor in 2010. Commenting on […]

Arizona Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth held a fundraising barbeque on June 5th at the Arizona State Capitol. The event followed the “Phoenix Rising” rally. Folks were just starting to check in as I was heading out. Hayworth is the author of Whatever It Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security and the War on Terror (a timely […]

I guess for radical leftists context is supposed to inoculate Helen Thomas from her own anti-Semitic vitriol. See John Cole, “You Got Played“: Clearly, this woman is evil beyond words. The way she smiled at those Jewish kids while giving them friendly advice to enter careers in journalism so they can have fulfilling lives of […]

TigerHawk compares Helen Thomas to Al Campanis, suggesting the former’s comments were even more odious. But like Campanis after Ted Koppel’s interview, she’s on the way out now, “Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas retires following controversial remarks.” Check also Ed Morrissey, “White House blasts absent Thomas in today’s briefing?.” Ed’s got some of the […]

When I first saw Steve Poizner campaign in January he spoke after Chuck DeVore and, with little interest, some folks starting wandering away. This pic’s from the Irvine tax day tea party in April. More at the Los Angeles Times, “GOP Candidates Put Personal Touch on Final Pitches.” Also, at Inland Empire News, “Polls Give […]

It doesn’t seem that hard to both honor the dead and cherish our exceptionalism, but of course it’s President Reagan: “Remarks at a United States-France Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-day June 6, 1984.” I admire how the video editor made sure to include Reagan’s approach the podium. No arrogance or […]

It happened about 3 or 4 times. Each time I mentioned that I’d driven out from California for yesterday’s “Phoenix Rising” event, I got a hugely enthusiastic thank you. Folks really appreciated that I’d taken the time to rally with them in support of SB 1070. That’s Tony Katz at the viddy, by the way. […]

I’m getting on the road for today’s “Phoenix Rising” rally in Phoenix. Check here for information: “Phoenix Rising Rally at Arizona State Capitol.” I should have a full photo-report tomorrow morning and will update here. Also, at LAT (FWIW): Tina McClendon was finally surrounded by her own people. The 39-year-old postal worker stood in a […]

He’s a nice guy, but GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner advocated far left-wing positions on a range of issues in his 2004 campaign for California Assembly. The document is here: “2004 Poizner for Assembly Policy Positions.” The Los Angeles Times obtained the report. See, “Document shows Poizner reversed course on public services for illegal immigrants,” […]

She’s diplomatic at the clip below, but it’s pretty clear that the president’s not too thrilled about dealing with border security at this point. He’s literally overwhelmed with the Gulf crisis, which, combined with his cluelessness, is hammering the administration. Anyway, the buzz says he left her hanging. See Fox News, “Arizona Governor Gets Few […]

I’m sure conservatives saw Maeve Reston’s piece on Monday, “DeVore, Fiorina actively court ‘tea party’ vote.” She’s not so much the tea partier, so the main point, really, is that Fiorina’s well-financed for her television ad campaign with one week to go. Pumped up by her own fortune, the cash surge’ll only pad the huge […]

I put on my political scientist’s hat the other night when writing about Israel’s commando raid on the Gaza “humanitarian peace” flotilla. The most shocking thing to me is not that Israel troops were attacked by the Palestinian thugs on board, but that military commanders sent Israeli troops into harm’s way with paintball guns. Yo, […]

I stood with Arizona, but my fellow patriots missed their home-state senator. See, “Stand with Arizona — Where was John McCain?“: You can’t make this up: Cross-posted from American Power.

This is really distasteful, almost sickening actually. Local NBC12 coverage of the Phoenix reconquista march on Saturday. Watch the full video at Newsbusters. Especially loathsome is the comments toward the end of the clip, where reporter Rachel Stockman indicates that the reconquistas were “concerned” that some SB 1070 supporters “were going to show up here […]

Well, here comes this morning’s Los Angeles Times to confirm — once again — the main point I raised in my coverage of this weekend’s reconquista protest in Phoenix. See, the Times‘ poll, “Californians Split on Arizona’s Illegal Immigration Crackdown“: California voters are closely divided over the crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona, with sharp […]

For a guy who says he’s an unequivocal backer of equal protection of the laws, you’d think Rand Paul might be a bit more, let’s say, careful in avoiding another big fight on civil rights issues. The 14th Amendment is the Holy Grail of the U.S. civil rights regime, and within a week of suggesting […]

Theo Spark has a brief news clip, but see Jules Crittenden, “Miracle of Deliverance“: Under heavy attack by the Luftwaffe, an estimated 5,000 were killed in the evacuation and more than 200 vessels, one in four, were lost. Total allied casualties in the battle of Dunkirk, an estimated 30,000 killed or wounded and 34,000 missing […]

Via I Hate the Media: Cross-posted from American Power.

That “but make no mistake” is the giveaway for President Obama’s damage control mode. The New York Times has a report, “Obama Defends Handling of Oil Spill.” Also, at Politico, “Obama: Critics ‘don’t know the facts’.” (Via Memeorandum.) The big question is whether this is Obama’s Katrina, and there’s no contest. Unlike 2005, the response […]

As if Rand Paul wasn’t enough! Now we have plump Indonesian 2 year-old Ardi Rizal creating an international sensation with his pack-a-day cigarette habit! Fearing for the health of the child, the Indonesian government offered to buy the family a car if they’d get the tot to quit. But Ardi’s proud freedom-loving daddy Mohammed responded, […]

Well, it’s not like they’d have a hard time getting over. At Fox News, “Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border” (via Memeorandum): Anthony Joseph Tracy, of Virginia, who admitted to having ties to Al Shabaab, is currently being prosecuted for his alleged role in an international ring that illegally brought more than 200 […]

I will be in Arizona this weekend to report on the major anti-illegal immigration protest in Phoenix. Organizers are turning this into a nationwide movement to “bring your racism down,” according to Arizona Daily Sun: Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, said there is a need to focus attention on Arizona. […]

Here’s the local media interview from the weekend, “Rand Paul Sits Down With Joe Arnold to Address Recent Controversial Statements” (via Memeorandum and HuffPo): In the wake of the controversy that followed Paul’s Wednesday night appearance on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, and subsequent interviews with other national networks, the Paul campaign has suspended interviews […]

Send the memo to Brilliant Barbara at Teh Mahablog, and Steve “We Need More Female Downs Syndrome Suicide Bombers” Hynd: At WND, “Jihadis Convert YouTube into Terror-Recruiting Tool: Al-Qaida Ally Posting News, Violence-Inciting Rants Online“: Islamic terrorists plotting attacks in the U.S. are recruiting, taking credit for bombings and calling for even more violence — […]