Archive for May, 2009

NRO The Corner: Knowing a Good Man When You See One [Jay Nordlinger] The Dalai Lama has been visiting the Boston area, and I’d like to mention a few reports. First, a note from an NRO reader: Hi, Jay, I had the great opportunity to see the Dalai Lama speak at MIT this afternoon. When [...]

The plane and the truck that refueled it before it resumed its journey. Boston Globe: A United Airlines flight from Munich to Washington made a two-hour stop at Boston’s Logan International Airport this afternoon so a female passenger who had complained of flu-like symptoms could be removed and taken to a hospital for treatment. Flight [...]

Chicago Tribune: Jan. 30–WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama said he would vote Monday to filibuster Judge Samuel Alito’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, but he conceded the effort would be futile and criticized Democrats for failing to persuade Americans to take notice of the court’s changing ideological face. “The Democrats have to do a much [...]

Politico: President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court pick could reignite the fight over abortion rights, forcing the new administration to engage on some of the thorny social issues it has largely been able to avoid during its first few months in office. Women’s and abortion rights groups began preparing for a tough confirmation fight within [...]

Not-So-Funnyman Stewart Apologizes For Being Douche

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American Forces Press: Al-Qaida Remains No. 1 Threat to United States, Official Says By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 – The al-Qaida terrorist network and its affiliate members continue to pose the greatest danger to the United States and its allies, a senior U.S. State Department official said here [...]

Imelda Marco Jr. (above) somehow got chosen for Time Magazine’s Top 100 People. Maybe she bought the entire staff new shoes as a bribe. If you ever get a chance to meet the First Lady, spit gum in her path and hope she steps in it. Also, hope thousands of your tax dollars don’t go [...]

The Daily Beast: Who You Calling an Extremist? by Benjamin Sarlin The Department of Homeland Security has come under fire for a memo about right-wing extremists. Now, The Daily Beast has a new DHS memo that throws dozens more groups—Mexican separatists, Nordic mystics—under the bus. The Department of Homeland Security set off a firestorm earlier [...]

I might stop making fun of the gay NPR. All the things they consider seem to miss the greater issues. If done with an English accent, I guess it’s OK to (once or twice) question the Big O. NPR: At a news conference this week, President Obama evoked the name of Winston Churchill when he [...]

Shuster Strikers Again

Politico: Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s planned retirement touches off a fierce fight between the parties that could reinvigorate moping Republicans and, depending on his choice, enhance or tarnish President Barack Obama’s bipartisan image. Obama confirmed Souter’s retirement Friday, making a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room to say Souter had informed him [...]

Yahoo News: INSIDE WASHINGTON: Taxpayers to get rude surprise By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans enjoying their small windfall from President Barack Obama’s “Making Work Pay” tax credit are in for an unpleasant surprise next spring. The government is going to want some of that money back. The tax credit [...]

Dem Congresswoman Admits Obama Health Care Plan Will Destroy Health Insurance Industry
Mice Eat Nursing Home Patient

In today’s America, MSM (Main Stream Media) bias is acceptable. Further proof of that? Read on. Why just yesterday the very same “journalist” outlet released information far exceeding the Valerie Plame incident. But in the latest case, it is perfectly acceptable. By TOM GIUSTO WASHINGTON, July 25, 2008 Less than six months before President Bush [...]

Ok, you’re a washed up singer who should have retired from the public spotlight thirty years ago, and a socialist, what is it that you would say to the world if you had the chance? How about thanks for buying my albums? How about “I have no political opinion, that would exclude certain people from [...]

Stormin’s Morning Java: Obama’s State Dept. declares Texas a foreign country. Continue

Gallop: Business NObama Approval High Among Muslims, Jews, and Catholics Catholics give Obama higher approval score than Protestants by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking during President Obama’s first 100 days in office finds broad support for him among Americans affiliated with most major U.S. religions. U.S. Muslims and Jews give Obama [...]

AFP: Dutch royals escape car attack, driver dies The car driver who had sought to ram the Dutch royal family but killed five onlookers has died from his injuries, media reported on Friday. The 38-year-old man died in hospital overnight, NOS television said, citing unnamed sources. The car slammed into Dutch festival goers, killing four [...]

Mcclatchy Newspapers: Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued Les Blumenthal WASHINGTON — A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international [...]