Pat Dollard

Ace of Spades: Republicans Rooting Against America? The jacka** douche-tool Glenn Thrush of Politico sets the stage thus: Bad day for USA. Good day for GOP? Remember when Republicans accused Democrats of rooting against America? Judging from the volume of exultant Tweets and press releases from Republicans today — you’d think they’d won a doubleheader, [...]

Pop Sci: In a recent test at the White Sands Missile Range, a specially equipped C-130 plane fried a parked truck with a powerful laser. And while we still haven’t seen evidence of the laser “defeating” a ground target, as Boeing puts it, a video of it scorching a direct hit on the hood of [...]

SpaceWar: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday congratulated China on the 60th anniversary of communist rule, vowing to continue deepening US ties with the increasingly powerful nation. “I would like to extend warm wishes and congratulations to the People’s Republic of China on the 60th anniversary of its founding on October 1,” Clinton [...]

Curiously, I don’t see Muslims on the list. Gallup: PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Daily tracking for the month of September found 64% of U.S. Jews approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, significantly higher than the 52% average among national adults in September, and also higher than was seen among Catholics, Protestants, [...]

Big Hollywood: Enough. Anyone who would sign a petition demanding release of a fugitive child rapist is actively hurting a business I love and DOES NOT speak for all of the entertainment industry. America needs to know that by viewing/buying our product, the public is not supporting these views. Our industry is made up mostly [...]

The Washington Examiner: Senate Democrats appear ready to follow the House playbook for passing contentious global warming legislation by trading pollution allowances for votes. But even with the aide of this tactic, the bill is unlikely to pass this year. The draft legislation circulated by Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass., includes a [...]

The Washington Post: “President Obama, I support the Americans’ outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing.” – French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24 When France chides you for appeasement, you know you’re scraping bottom. Just how low we’ve sunk was demonstrated by the Obama administration’s satisfaction when [...]

No Obamalympics for you, asshole! ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) – President Barack Obama is “disappointed” Chicago missed getting the 2016 Olympic Games but doesn’t regret putting so much on the line to argue for it, his chief spokesman said Friday.

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The Daily Mail: Rio de Janeiro is to host the first Olympic Games in South America. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge made the announcement in Copenhagen today, to the bitter humiliation of Barack Obama. Link: The U.S. president was embarrassed on the world stage after the IOC rejected his very personal bid for the [...]

NEW YORK – You know the title, now see the cover of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue.” The former Alaska governor’s memoir, a top-seller online weeks before publication, will feature an outdoor shot of Palin, wearing an American flag pin on her red fleece top, eyes turned slightly from the camera as she smiles confidently into [...]