January 30, 2011
Tunisian Women Stage Burqa Rebellion as Radical Imam Returns from Exile
Cheers and fears. Is there such a thing as “Islam lite?” Tunisia is about to find out.
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January 30, 2011
The Left’s Lying Liars Trying to Smear Michelle Bachmann’s Tea Party Response
The left’s latest unfair, false, and downright scurrilous attack on Michelle Bachmann focuses on her Tea Party response video aired after President Obama’s State of the Union speech last week. I am a bit late to this story, I realize, but I wanted to get it aired here regardless. The left’s claim is that Michelle […]
January 30, 2011
Amazing: NPRs Out Of Context Use of Renew America Quote
Russ J. Alan is a writer whose work often appears on the website RenewAmerica.com, a news/opinion site started several years ago by Alan Keyes. Alan’s latest column is about the mess that is Social Security and a quote from his piece was posted on National Public Radio’s website under the rubric of quotes on Iraq. […]
January 30, 2011
Egypt Update: Mohammed ElBaradei to Form National Unity Government?
As promised, an update to my previous reporting. Can Egypt transition from dictatorship to democracy with Mohammed ElBaradei at the helm? He’s got some whacked out views on the Muslim Brotherhood, but frankly, I don’t see a better alternative at the moment: “Mohammed ElBaradei to Form Government of National Unity?“ Check back for breaking updates […]
January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 30th, Egypt Protests
Lots of commentary this morning. See the photo roundup, “Egypt Protests: Sunday Morning, January 30th, Cairo“: Plus, on the role of social media, “The Dark Side Side of Internet for Egyptian and Tunisian Protesters.” Also, the big essay: “Picking Sides in Egypt? Choose Freedom – Resist the Red-Green Alliance of Anti-Israel Fanaticism.” And don’t miss […]
January 30, 2011
This Week in Automotivators, January 24-30
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. As if that needs any explanation. Link: Nice Deb. Link: Instapundit. Link: Trog. Link: Jammie Wearing Fool. Link: The Agitator. Picture found at Rather Childish, although it […]
January 30, 2011
“Moderate” Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi Returns To Tunisia
When it comes to revolt and revolution in the Muslim/Arab world, be careful what you wish for, because things might take a turn for the worse. From a Reuters report on MSNBC regarding Tunisia Leading Tunisian Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi returned home Sunday from 22 years in exile, witnesses said. Thousands turned out to greet him […]
January 29, 2011
Detroit Police Station Shooting Video Shows Bravery was on Duty
A freak shooting incident at a Detroit police station has ended with the bad guy dead, the cops wounded but alive and these reminders:
January 29, 2011
Charged Dropped Against High School Wrestler Accused of “Sex Assault” on Teammate
UPDATE:: January: 29, 2011: : (scroll down) January 27, 2011:: Justice is Served: : Charge Dropped Against High school wrestler accused of “Assaulting” his Teammate: : Clovis School District owes Preston Hill an apology, should reinstate him immediately: :
January 29, 2011
Four Questions For Valley Girl, Uh I Mean Pundit, Meghan McCain About Michele Bachmann’s Speech
Tuesday night, President Obama gave his State of the Union Address. Then afterward, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan gave the official GOP response to the president’s SOTU address, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann gave the unofficial Tea Party response. Most in the political world expected fireworks from Ms. Bachmann’s response, but, in the end, her speech proved […]
January 29, 2011
Video: ‘Steer the Coverage’
The media’s prefab narrative to blame the horrific shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on the right was far from the first time the MSM had a response ready to go, even if it meant shaping the facts like a pretzel to fit a preexisting storyline
January 29, 2011
Updates on Egypt Protests – UPDATED!
The progressives are hatin’ the vindication of G.W. Bush’s freedom agenda. See, “Egypt’s Neoconservative Moment.” I’ll be posting updated links and videos throughout the day: And to be fair, NYT‘s The Lede blog is doing a great job: “Latest Updates on Protests in Egypt.” Check this massive roundup at Enduring America, “Egypt (and Beyond) LiveBlog: […]
January 29, 2011
Rand Paul working on Social Security reform?
From the Daily Caller: (Rand) Paul said Thursday that he will introduce another bill “in the next two or three weeks” that would address the Social Security entitlement program by raising the age of eligibility for younger workers and use “means testing” to determine if a citizen with high income is eligible to receive benefits. […]
January 29, 2011
Corporations already do share wealth.
What a wonderful, wonderful headline: Rich corporations “must share wealth” to avoid unrest You wonder, just for a moment, what they mean by “avoid unrest.” Is that some kind of threat? Violence? Vitriol? So soon after Tuscon? I kid, of course. Also: free speech. Even for Greek socialists. Just remember, boys and girls: you want […]
January 29, 2011
Memo For File CXXIX
I finally figured out how we’re going nuts, and it doesn’t have anything to do with conservatism versus liberalism. Well…that is perhaps overstating it…it doesn’t have much to do with it. Okay, maybe it has quite a bit to do with liberalism. But it has more to do with what you saw in Idiocracy. We […]
January 29, 2011
Valentines’s Day Is Almost Here, So, Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Lingerie!
Because there’s nothing better for Gaia than sewing your own sexy lingerie Alabama Chanin offers a sexy and sustainable alternative to your standard nylon negligee and polyester panties for Valentine’s Day: a DIY organic cotton corset and bloomer set, entirely made in the USA. Hmmmm Wow, that’s ultra sexy……well, not really, but, your loved one […]
January 29, 2011
Where’s the Damn Report Card?
You know how normal people get report cards in school to tell them how they’re doing? And professionals receive performance reviews? How about Democrats? Do Democrats ever look back? Ever do any introspection? How’s FDR’s Social Security program doing? On solid ground after being sold to the American people as insurance, but defended in the […]
January 29, 2011
Politico: “Right Takes Refuge In Constitution”
Perhaps it’s all the years reading and listening to Liberals/progressives/surrender monkeys, as the headline almost seems like the Politico means that as a bad or stupid thing. I get the same feeling from the article The federal lawsuits against last year’s health care overhaul were greeted with eye-rolling and snickers from many conventional legal scholars. […]
January 28, 2011
‘I’ve Asked My Government to Step Down’ – Hosni Mubarak
Well, we’ll get the real-life test of my thesis: “If Mubarak is Toppled?“ Updates and videos forthcoming. 2:55pm: Mubarak hangs on. New York Times has a report, “Mubarak Orders Ministers to Resign but Backs Armed Response to Egypt Protests.” And at ABC News, “Egyptians Defy Curfew, President Mubarak Announces New Government but Won’t Resign: U.S. […]
January 28, 2011
Is global warming hysteria responsible for Egypt’s revolution?
Track me on this one: 1. With help from Al Gore, Hollywood, and the entire Leftist panoply, global warming fears reach hysterical levels. 2. As part of their apocalyptic battle against rising seas and dying polar bears, warmists declare ethanol is one of the answers (never mind that it turns out that it takes 1.5 […]
January 28, 2011
Comrade Obama Coming After Guns
Gun sales have been through the roof ever since America temporarily went off the rails and was duped into electing the Manchurian Moonbat, because our Second Amendment rights being the last line of defense against overreaching government, you had to know that the personification of statism would try to infringe on them. His teleprompter wisely […]
January 28, 2011
The Egypt crisis; or, the Community Activist and foreign policy
I was going to open this post with a snarky line about whether anybody with even marginal intelligence expected a 40-something community activist to have the necessary chops to deal with an international crisis of the type currently unfolding in Egypt. Indeed, I think I still will: Does anybody with an IQ over the single […]
January 28, 2011
More Than Half of Union Workers Exempt From ObamaCare
Our Community Organizer in Chief will grind the rest of us under the heel of ObamaCare, but not his union friends: Yesterday, the Deparment of Health and Human Services announced it had granted more than 500 new waivers to Obamacare’s requirement that health plans have annual limits of no less than $750,000. This annual limit […]
January 28, 2011
Uprising: Army on Streets of Egypt
Things are moving so fast it’s difficult to know exactly what’s happening. This first clip, from Al Jazeera, shows protesters overcome by tear gas (at about 2:00 minutes): And here’s the scene from the Qasr al-Nil bridge near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Students push back riot police: And from yesterday, dramatic footing of a man […]
January 28, 2011
As We Lose Our Jobs, Unionized CA College Profs Want More
Without question we are living through the worst economic times in generations and Barack Obama’s policies aren’t helping alleviate the pain. Pain is, indeed, the watchword, too. Nearly everyone knows someone that has lost his job. Nearly everyone has lost money for their retirement. Everyone is feeling the pain. And no one is very sanguine […]
January 28, 2011
Palin Derangement Syndrome Prevents Bristol’s Appearance at University
Nothing says “academic freedom” like kowtowing to a few hundred students who signed up for an anti-Palin Facebook page: Anger over a decision to pay Bristol Palin several thousand dollars in student fees to talk to Washington University students about abstinence led to a decision Thursday night to nix Palin’s appearance on a panel here […]
January 28, 2011
Civility Watch: Dem Leader in NH vows Dems Will Help GOP “Hang Themselves”
Via the NH Journal: Amidst a national dialogue about softening political rhetoric, members of an Obama-affiliated organization are threatening to hang Granite State Republicans in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, according to a news story in the Citizen of Laconia. “They’re going to hang themselves,” said Belknap Democratic Chair Ed Allard of Republicans. “And […]
January 28, 2011
Snap! Treeshagger Has The 15 Places To Meet A Green-Hottie
I know you’re excited. It’s Friday, and you are just dying to head out this weekend and meet some green-hotties who will yap your ear off about sustainability, recycling, an ice free Arctic in a hundred years, how you can reduce your carbon footprint (so she can continue driving her Hummer H3), and other romantic […]
January 28, 2011
ObamaCare Fallout: Child-Only Policies Dropped In 34 States
Buried on the The Politicos front page, in small type between a story about Obama fires up the health team and HHS: Health reform already working, we get Child only health plans endangered Health insurers in 34 states have stopped selling child-only insurance policies as a result of the health reform law, and the market […]
January 28, 2011
Right Wing News Fundraiser: It’s The Final Day And…: (Updated)
As regular readers of RWN know, Right Wing News is doing a fundraiser. Here’s a breakdown of the basics, 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, […]