Leave it to Barack Obama and his security minions to put American lives in jeopardy just to score some political points with a bullshit Hollywood movie. If you thought last year, in the wake of the successful hit on Osama Bin Laden, that Obama and his political operatives would try to garner political advantage from this, you would be right.

This is beyond disgusting. This is as egregious as the decision of the George W. Bush crowd to leak the name of my friend, Valerie Plame. Obama and his principal National Security Staff advisors–John Brennan and Denis McDonough–could not wait to slip top secret details of the operation that ended Bin Laden’s life to Hollywood. Obama and his team deliberately leaked the identity of the top secret unit that carried out the operation. That tidbit was never supposed to make it onto the front pages of America’s newspapers.

But Obama and his team did not give a shit. When it comes to getting re-elected and feeding the ego of this little man from Hawaii, security be damned.

Here are some of the damning documents: Read the rest

No Critical Thinking Required

One of the worst aspects of being a rabid partisan is the lack of thinking required before forming an opinion. Blind stupid acceptance of one party over another should be appalling to any “thinking” adult.

Blind rabid partisanship skips the thinking part of forming an opinion and goes directly to the acceptance part. Often knee-jerk acceptance because whatever we “heard” feeds into our preconceived notions. Preconceived notions that tell you that your side is right and their side is wrong are based on nothing more than some sound bites, attack ads, talking points and the “facts” saying what you want to hear. We are all guilty of this from time to time.

My loathing for the Democrat Party has become so deep … Read the rest

In my continuing effort to share books authored by No Quarter regulars, I’d like to introduce you to an excellent read — “Passamezzo” co-authored by J. E. Mathieson and her partner A. A. Guest.

Who is J. E. Mathieson?

If you’re thinking “I’ve never seen J. E. Mathieson on NQ!” you would be partially right.  But, since I don’t want to spoil your fun in guessing her NQ pseudonym in comments, I will simply share some of her professional background and give you some clues.

J. (Jean) E. Mathieson is a pioneer in Canadian animation industry, being the first woman to combine the roles of writer, director, and producer of animation.  Together with her writer/artist partner Al Guest, Jean helped found The Canadian Animation Producers Association and “produced [mostly in children's programing] more than 4,000 television commercials, theatrical shorts, television series and sponsored films, winning more than 100 awards.”  The pair now live in California and are working on their second book on the Winnipeg/Chicago connection during Prohibition.

So, what is Passamezzo? Read the rest

Normal method of applying petard (explosive device) to gate of fortress. The fuse has just been lit and the Fusilier is retreating quickly in order not to be 'hoist with his own petard'. Stipple engraving c1800

We’ve often heard, and just as often seen it misused and misunderstood, the phrase “hoisted on his own petard.” 

Perhaps we find this phrase so amusing because we’ve heard that the word “petard” comes from the French word for “fart.” 

But in this phrase the word “petard” refers to a primitive exploding device that would later become known as a bomb.  The original petard was a simple box of gunpowder that was placed against a door and ignited, for the purpose of creating an opening through which soldiers could gain entrance to attack.

Therefore, the phrase “hoisted on (or by) his own petard” means that one has been blown up (that is, hoisted or lifted) by his own bomb.  I believe that when we hear that phrase nowadays, we tend to picture someone humiliating himself by farting in a social situation.  Or better yet, … Read the rest

Wit does triumph in a shapeless and preliminary political season. Karl Rove’s American Crossroads, with little to do while we wait on more economic metrics, pokes at the White House folly in altering website biographies of the presidents.

Trite of Team Obama to start with, and now odd in extreme after the Rovians caught out the junior league hagiographers. Why did Team Obama invite this mockery?

I love Penn and Teller. They are amazing performers and true libertarians. Here is Penn laying the wood to Obama (warning, strong language):

Penn, like me, despises hypocrisy. Read the rest

Leave it to Barack Obama to try to one-up George W. Bush, but not in a good way. Bush the younger pissed away an historical opportunity in the aftermath of 9-11. He had the country united behind him and could have moved decisively to crush the Islamic extremists behind the 9-11 attacks. Instead, he squandered the moment and plunged the United States into a war of choice in Iraq that, ironically, has empowered Iran, tarnished the reputation of the United States with the stains of torture, weakened our strategic posture in the Middle East and rallied Islamic extremists. Not exactly a homerun.

Dropping a festering turd like that in the public policy punchbowl is tough to match, but by golly, Barack Hussein Obama is working his damnedest to erase the memory of Bush’s incompetence and replace it with his own insane legacy. This weekend’s failed summit in Chicago is a case in point. First off the G-8 could not agree on a response to the impending collapse of the Euro. You might ask, “Why should we care?”

Very simple. If Europe implodes, then the world will be plunged into a depression that will surpass the debacle of 2008. In the “good old days” the United States had some power, clout and influence. Not this time. All the world got was a whiny, petulant man-child too busy preening and posturing to actually risk demonstrating an inkling of leadership. Read the rest

In honor of the G-8 Summit, and with the Olympics a few months away, thought you might like a chance to weigh in on your favorite national anthems. Generally speaking, most countries have atrocious, unsingable, uninspiring audio dreck. But there are some out there that deserve praise and serve the purpose of stirring nationalism. (Whether or not “nationalism” is good or bad is a subject for a different Sunday.)

So, here’s my proposed selection of the best.

I don’t have these in order of preference. Read the rest

Anderson Cooper has done it again, and if this keeps up, there’s hope Cooper has changed. (Actually, nobody ever changes.*)

Oh. What did Cooper do? Again? You’ll recall — your comments at the time sure indicated that you’d remember — this post, “CNN’s Cooper Criticizes MoveOn.org’s Attacks on GOP’s “War on Women.”

Unfortunately, the AC360 clip below demonstrates that Cooper’s underlings do not share (or worse, do not notice) Cooper’s new priorities. The video omits Cooper’s opening salvo from the #1 story, although Cooper tries hard to keep it going with the two interviewees.

Cooper needs to stand over the video editor. As it is now, only a tiny number who watched the show will know what Cooper said. If a dozen more watch the run-of-the-mill video, they’ll not find out how Cooper up-ended the media pack formula. Unless they check the transcript. But whatever for? To right that wrong, I’ve put Cooper’s opening, in full, above the video.

Good evening, everyone. We begin tonight “Keeping Them Honest” with a question of whether President Obama is trying to have it both ways. Attacking leaders of companies that make millions by taking over other companies and sometimes putting average Americans out of work. When in the same time President Obama racks up millions for his campaign courtesy of the very same type of corporate leaders. Read the rest

So, how am I feeling about our government’s leadership today? Well, I finally found a video clip that portrays it perfectly. We elect people who say they will clean up our problems. And they are huge, stinking problems. But what do they do instead? Well…see for yourself.

Your turn …

This is not my opinion. This is a fact from Barack Obama. From 1991 thru most of 2007, he told the public that he was “born in Kenya.” His PR flacks want you to believe that they made a simple mistake, like me typing “Hawaii” when I meant to type “Kenya.” But that is complete, utter bullshit. When I learned I made a mistake I corrected it immediately. Barack Obama deliberately and purposefully promoted the myth that he was born in Kenya. We don’t have a single instance of him prior to 2007 insisting that he was born in Hawaii rather than Kenya. NOT ONE TIME!!

The “why” is quite simple–he wanted to persuade the lefties in Chicago politics that they had a genuine, black African ready to run for office. You can’t get more authentic than that. It’s like a white person trying to convince others that she is a Cheerokee Injun. Frankly, I’m stunned that most of this did not come out in 2008. It is outrageous. Barack Obama lied his half-white ass off. Black like him? Fuck him and his lies.

As I noted in this morning’s post, the lie started in earnest in 1991 when he allowed his publicist to put out the claim:

Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister, he attended Columbia University and worked as a financial journalist and editor for Business International Corporation. He served as project coordinator in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, and was Executive Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago’s South Side. His commitment to social and racial issues will be evident in his first book, Journeys in Black and White.

Do you really understand how stunning this is? Read the rest

I know. Look, as I have written all along–BARACK OBAMA WAS BORN IN HAWAII.
That said, we also need to admit that there was a time in his life when he was willing to play the Kenya card:

Is this cool or what?

It is time for the press to fully explore why Obama lied about being adopted by Lolo Soetoro and why he has covered up his trip years ago to Pakistan.

Do I believe he’s a closet muslim? Read the rest

OK, everybody!  Put on your Snark Goggles!  There’s plenty of sarcasm for everybody, so please, no shoving or pushing.

Anybody who did not fall in love with the Historic first “black” presidential candidate, who just happens to be half white, has to be a racist.  It’s true!!  If you don’t like Barack Obama’s personality or policies, you are a racist.  Everybody knows that all non-black people hate black people, almost as much as they hate HALF-black people.  Why do they hate half-black people more?  Because if someone is half black, that means some white person actually had sex with a black person! Ewwwwww!

Want to know his college grades?  “RACIST!”  Disagree with his legislative agenda?  RACIST!  Think his daughters are cute?  “RACIST!”  Oh, wait.  Strike that last one.  The correct rejoinder for that one would be “PEDOPHILE RACIST!!”

None of this is news, of course.  All of us non-African-American non-Obamaphiles have been called racists every waking moment of the last four-plus years.  Just when you fool yourself into thinking the Race Card has been over-played so much that nobody would dare to be stupid enough to play it any more… oh gawd, here it comes again. Read the rest

It has started. The panic is full blown in Greece and the contagion will spread to Italy, Spain and Portugal. This is turning ugly and will infect the United States. Initially, for the United States, things will appear swell. Why? We will be the safehaven for those pulling their money out of Greece. Out dollar will surge in value. Which sounds like a good thing until you realize that our exports will become more expensive for other countries and, as a result, those sales will drop.

Here’s the latest news out of Greece:

The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as they have not been successfully recapitalized, the ECB said on Wednesday, confirming news earlier reported exclusively by Reuters.

The news sent the euro lower against the dollar, fanning concerns among investors and in Greece that the country may have to leave the euro zone.

The development highlights the weak state of the banking sector in Greece, where Greeks are pulling euros out of the banks in fear that their country may exit the European single currency despite the declared determination of EU powers Germany and France to keep Athens in the monetary union.

The Greek run on the banks is capturing attention here in Europe: Read the rest

[Formerly "Update: F--k Congress," appended to "You Think Congress Can't Get Anything Done?"]

Even that wispy-waspy left loon, Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, talks as if the use of drones for domestic surveillance could be alright with regulations imposed by Congress — oh those’ll keep the snoops in check. But NOT Charles Krauthammer (who unlike Eugene Robinson, feels properly introduced without reference to his Pulitzer Prize OR his M.D. degree OR his active license in the apt field of Psychiatry).

On May 14, 2012 — it’s now a historic day — Charles Krauthammer told Bret Baier, “I’m going to go hard left on you. I’m going to go ACLU.” Then, just before the end of this clip, he passes the ACLU. He goes ALL the way:

Chuck’s face eased into a grin, so crooked for such an upright guy, and he said:

Ahhhhhhhhhh. That nip was mighty tasty. B.B., that poker face of yours. It doesn’t work on me. I needn’t tell you why. And, nope. It didn’t have a thing to do with that nip we shared. Well, except that try as you might to conceal it, B.B., I can tell you loved it as much as I did saying “Bottoms up!” And then you said … Read the rest