Archive for August, 2011

Joe Scarborough To Tina Brown: <b>You Used That Photo To Make Bachmann Look Crazy</b>

Fox News: PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Anonymous Internet hacking group is planning to “kill” Facebook and has announced the date it will attempt do so, in a statement gaining prominence Tuesday. In a YouTube video, the hacking group warns, “Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed.” “If you are [...]

<b>Hilarious Teleprompter Fail For Al:</b> Greatest Sharpton Clip, Ever
Rand Paul: <b>Blaming The Tea Party For The Debt Is ‘Like Blaming Firemen’ For The Fire</b>
NBC News’ Thomas Roberts: <b>GOP Opposition To Dem Spending An “Act Of Treason”</b>
Bachmann Offers First Response To Her Rape By Tina Brown
Mad As Hell: <b>Dylan Ratigan Goes On Epic Rant Over “Trillions Extracted From U.S.”</b>

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Beck Warns: <b>“They Are Burning London To The Ground, And It Is Coming Here”</b>
Rush: <b>U.S. On Same Path As England, Rioters Are Same As Obama Voters</b>
<b>Jon Stewart Defends Michele Bachmann:</b> “Shame On You, Newsweek”
Agitators Pose As Orthodox Jews, Attempt To Claim Zionists Orchestrating London Riots

As can be expected, claims of another “eeevvviiilll Zionist conspiracy” have begun to make the rounds on the internet. Seemingly taken from a Guy Richie movie, complete with fancy cinematography, a group of agent provacateurs decided to stage a mob attack of rambunctious Zionists, adorned with (rather poor) Orthodox Jew costumes, topped off with blatantly [...]

The Globe: Verizon Communications, Inc. reported a dozen cases of sabotaged cable lines and warned of delays in repairs and customer service on the second day of a strike involving about 45,000 employees. The telecommunications company said there have been 12 acts of sabotage to telephone lines and to Internet and television services in Massachusetts, [...]

NBC: The state of Illinois last year, in a move that angered many, began to “borrow” money from charities. State officials said the borrowing — to the tune of about $1.2 million — was essential, but former Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch puts it in clear terms. “This is not money that in my judgment [...]

Heritage Foundation: If the average historical level of tax revenue is extended, spending on Medicare, Medicaid and the Obamacare subsidy program, and Social Security will consume all revenues by 2049. Because entitlement spending is funded on autopilot, no revenue will be left to pay for other government spending, including constitutional functions such as defense. Long-term [...]

New York Times: LONGHUI COUNTY, China — Many parents and grandparents in this mountainous region of terraced rice and sweet potato fields have long known to grab their babies and find the nearest hiding place whenever family planning officials show up. Too many infants, they say, have been snatched by officials, never to be seen [...]

Investors Business Daily: War On Terror: The deaths of more than 20 Navy SEALs from the unit that took out Osama bin Laden may be linked to a loose-lipped vice president and a presidential action figure. The last scene of the 1954 Korean War film “The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” based on the James Michener novel, [...]

Barnicle: <b>“This Is A Near Catastrophic Occurrence For Many People…The President Says Nothing”</b>

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Real? <b>Ultimate Batting Practice</b>

The Ticket: Now that Congress has agreed on a general framework to raise the debt ceiling, party leaders will establish a bipartisan committee of lawmakers from both chambers to hash out the finer details. Under the new law, the federal government will cap spending levels by about $1 trillion over a ten-year period and delegate [...]