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Good thing this was kept secret. Al Reuters has the secret exclusive President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence “finding,” broadly […]
Mitt Romney presents one enormous problem for Barack Obama’s campaign: No divorce records. That’s why the media are so hot to get their hands on Romney’s tax records for the past 25 years. They need something to “pick through, distort and lie about” — as the Republican candidate says. Obama’s usual campaign method, used in […]
The presidential election is about 100 days away. President Obama and Mitt Romney are roughly even in the various polls, with Obama holding slight leads in the key swing states. A lot can happen in 100 days or thereabouts. Napoleon, for example, went from ignominious exile at Elba to triumph in Paris to utter defeat […]
Former President Bill Clinton is slated to deliver a prime-time address at the Democratic National Convention. No doubt, he’s going to give one hell of a talk. The man is on his game, enjoying the highest favorable ratings he’s seen since 1993; a robust 66 percent of Americans think highly of the former president. It’s […]
Let’s say that you own a business. And let’s say that as a person of faith, you decide to use the profits from that business to support, at least in some small part, traditional marriage. Now let’s say that your political opponents find your position stunning and launch a boycott against your business. So far, […]
“Answered prayers,” Saint Teresa of Avila is supposed to have said, “cause more tears than those that go unanswered.” Especially, I fear, the answered prayers of political scientists. These days, you hear academics and pundits bemoaning hyperpartisanship of our politics. It has never been worse, some say. This shows a certain ignorance about history. Go […]
The Obama re-election team must be in panic mode. The president is stuck in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in some polls and behind him in others, so in desperation it has reached out to the Big Dog, Bill Clinton, for help. Clinton will speak next month at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, […]
I hope this guy feels better. : After all, berating this poor employee at Chick-fil-A will do so much for the gay rights movement. : He owes this poor woman an apology. : The so-called innate tolerance on the left is a false narrative. Update: the original video was removed, but do you really think that means […]
Today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and freedom of speech never tasted so good. However, as millions of Americans lined up to grab one of their tasty chicken sandwiches and waffles fries, counter protests were also planned over Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s , alleged anti-gay remarks, which were nothing more than an expression of his religiously-informed […]
Despite having been outspent $19 million to $7 million, with help from Tea Party grassroots organizers and with the backing of Tea Party stars Sarah Palin and Senator Jim DeMint, Conservative Republican Ted Cruz emerged victorious over “establishment” backed Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Texas U.S. Senate runoff. Which led the ever so “principled” […]
A few days ago the Interwebs went all a twitter over a guy that reporters claimed “printed” his own “fully functional assault rifle” using a 3-D printer that “prints” in plastic. But few of these reports came anywhere near getting the facts straight on this story. The fact is he “printed” only a small part […]
With GasLand 2 on the horizonand just in time to influence the 2012 election, more and more discrepancies are coming out about the film. : The documentary, directed by Josh Fox, details the horrors of fracking and the environmental damage it leaves in the process. : One of the most famous scenes in the film deals with […]
Remember Bob Bennett? The squishy Republican senator from Utah who ran into a Tea Party buzzsaw that sliced him to pieces and left big-time-upgrade Mike Lee in his Senate seat? Well, yesterday, he had this to say on: Fox Business Network. “The Tea Party wave is receding and is not going to be as big a […]
Over at the New York Times, Peter Edelman has written a utopian column called,: Poverty in America: Why Can’t We End It?: The piece starts out reasonably enough, but as it goes on, it veers into pure Marxian nonsense. RONALD REAGAN famously said, “We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.” With 46 million Americans – […]
Nanny Bloomberg strikes again! Mayor Bloomberg has demanded that hospitals stop handing out baby formula to persuade more new mothers to breastfeed their babies. The New York City health department will monitor the number of formula bottles being given out and demand a medical reason for each one. From September 3, 27 out of 40 […]
Politico posted a piece today involving the president and his commitment to his re-election campaign.: To show he’s serious, Obama has given $5,000 of his own money to his campaign, which is spending like a drunken sailor. : In all, Obama is: outspending Romney almost 2:1.: : I guess that $5,000 will go a long way in closing the gap […]
I’m sure all Warmists (cough JoeB cough) will now refuse to use any power that comes from coal, right? (via Tom Nelson) (Informed Consent) Muller’s study analyzed all the weather data available since 1750 and found that the average temperature of the earth increase by 1 percent from 1750 to 1850, and has increased another […]
Remember the other day when White House Communication Weenie Dan Pfeiffer insulted Charles Krauthammer of the Churchill Bust, calling Charles a liar? Charles said he wanted an apology as Dan was full of mule fritters. Supposedly, this is it Yesterday following his column, I sent the following email to Charles Krauthammer. Charles asked that I […]
The NAACP is doing everything possible to fight efforts to prevent voter fraud and meanwhile, a: member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive Committee is headed to jail for voter fraud. Coincidence? While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison, sentenced for […]
Political junkies like us tend to assume that just because we’ve heard a name so many times we’re ready to vomit, that everybody has, too. For example, you might think that EVERYBODY knows who Mitt Romney is by now. Well, let me introduce you to Lowell Turpin. Suspicious that his live-in girlfriend was planning an […]
At long last, Obama is FINALLY getting some blowback for taking the votes of black Americans for granted. A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the […]
1) One of the most harmful myths spread by movies is that it’s the person who wants it more who finds a way to win when the chips are down. That’s actually very misleading. Heart might give you an edge versus an equally matched opponent, but preparation mows down heart 99 times out of 100. […]
In another upset election, Tea Party back Ted Cruz clinched the Texas Republican Senate nomination. : With forty-eight percent of the precincts reporting, Cruz was ahead of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst 55%-45%. : A Ted Cruz victory was seen as a long shot against the: establishment backed Dewhurst who also received the support of Gov. Rick Perry. : Besides […]
It’s come to this: In the name of protecting parents from their own lack of responsibility and common sense, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is waging all-out war on an innovative consumer product company in New York. The vengeful, destructive feds won’t stop until the world is safe from tiny, magnetic Buckyballs — and […]
The Olympics have gone smoothly despite — gasp! — America’s team wearing clothing made in China at the opening ceremony. “I’m so upset,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. “Take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile, and burn them. … We have people in the textile industry who are desperate for jobs.” […]
Having been born in 1936 has allowed me to witness both societal progress and retrogression. High on the list of things made better in our society are the great gains in civil liberties and economic opportunities, especially for racial minorities and women. People who are now deemed poor have a level of material wealth that […]
What drives Barack Obama’s “doubters and haters”? So asks Obama biographer David Maraniss in a recent op-ed article for the Washington Post. By doubters and haters he means the people who think Obama wasn’t born in the U.S., that he’s a secret Muslim or that he’s a closet socialist. He has an answer: “Some of […]
Talk in Republican circles lately has focused on the possibility that Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s relationship with his fellow Floridian Congressman David Rivera could spell trouble for his nomination. Rivera, a solid conservative who was also elected in 2010, is an old friend of Rubio’s, and the two bought a house together that went into […]
The so-called “mainstream” media is constantly and regularly biased against: Israel: — an unfair, terrible double standard.: On a daily basis, rockets are fired at: Israel, and that’s a non-issue for the media which constantly condemns: Israel.: Observing the media as owner of a leading: PR Firm, I believe there is no rational explanation for this media bias such as […]