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“When truth was needed, all we got were facts.” – Olbermann (video) »

By LisaB on Nov 16, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Ted Koppel wrote an op-ed last weekend in WaPo that really chapped Keith Olbermann’s butt. Saying pretty much what lots of us have for a very long time, Koppel pointed out that partisan “news organizations” are a contradiction in terms. But what really frosted Keith was Koppel’s assertion that there’s not much difference between Fox [...]

Obama’s Morbidly Obese Ego »

By LisaB on Nov 15, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

NQ readers, you may have seen this wonderful article already in Bronwyn Harbor’s open thread Saturday evening. It’s such a good read though we decided to bring your attention to it one more time! – ed. ———————– Obama as narcissist – not a new idea. But an article at the Weekly Standard does a particularly [...]

Mexican Economics and Death in Juarez »

By LisaB on Nov 14, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

The WSJ published a piece about violence in Juarez, Mexico. Specifically, this article features an interview with Juarez’s once and current mayor, Hector Murguia. Juarez, if you’re not familiar with it, sits just over the U.S. – Mexico border, not far from El Paso, TX. When asked what the direct cause of the violence in [...]

Boilerplate Background of the Elite »

By LisaB on Oct 25, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

While the meme on tea partiers runs from “ignorant-cousin-marrying-rednecks” to “too-stupid-to-realize-they’re-astroturfed-pawns,” few MSM pundits/reporters seem to go beyond applying some kind of derogatory label in the hope it sticks. You know, label it and forget it. Well, today there was a piece by Charles Murray in, of all places, WaPo that does a good job [...]

Continuing Promise 2010 »

By LisaB on Oct 20, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

While some people only see the US military through the lens of DADT, the ongoing mission in Afghanistan or the fallout from a murderer at Fort Hood, the military just keeps moving forward. One mission you’ve no doubt NOT heard of is Continuing Promise 2010. The amphibious ship USS Iwo Jima (LHA 7) is bringing [...]

Old Time Leftist Values – Where Are They Now? »

By LisaB on Oct 13, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? Well, yes and no. Sometimes the same arguments appear but in such a new form that we don’t recognize that it’s not new at all. Case in point. The following passage is from a famous, wonderful all-American novelist. The writer associated with the leftist [...]

The New Ink-Stained Wretches (You and Me) »

By LisaB on Oct 3, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

As election time gets closer, more and more journalists and opinionators will try to explain why Obama and his minions are unpopular so soon after enjoying massive approval. It’s hard to resist the topic. After all, how often do you see such a complete reversal of fortune? Let’s see what some journalists say. RCP has [...]

Bob Beckel Threatens Pam Gellar on National TV »

By LisaB on Sep 29, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Something interesting happened on Fox Business Monday night. I don’t get this channel (I’m only willing to pay so much to Time Warner), but The Lid and Atlas Shrugs also have the story. First, the video:

Reconsidering Immigration »

By LisaB on Sep 26, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Do you like illegal immigration? The issue has everyone in a tizzy these days, and that’s no surprise, given the economy and the silly notion that people should at least obey the law in a society with many different cultures. But I’m not going there. And no, I’m not in favor of illegal immigration at [...]

AZ Strikes Back »

By LisaB on Jun 29, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Here’s a very interesting video by the Governor of Arizona. Curious, those signs are posted closer to a US city than the actual border. Why? What’s the point of putting warning signs that far across the border if the purpose is to discourage crossing? Well, it certainly looks as if the governor doesn’t think that [...]

Too Big to Talk? + UPDATE »

By LisaB on Jun 12, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

What are the limits of a U.S. President’s powers? Not what you’d think. Bill Clinton once famously complained that the phone system was antiquated and the “leader of the free world” couldn’t just “make a call.” However, Obama seems to have a problem with the phone as well. WaPo has an online piece about why [...]

Our Next Financial Fallout? »

By LisaB on Jun 10, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Nouriel Roubini has a piece at Financial Times (registration required) about sovereign debt. Now, governments everywhere are releveraging to socialise private losses and jump-start private demand. But public debt is ultimately a private burden: governments subsist by taxing private income and wealth, or through the ultimate capital levy of inflation or outright default. Eventually governments [...]

Greece Must Privatize while the US Socializes »

By LisaB on May 12, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

A story by the NYT on the coming bailout of Greece by the EU has some intriguing tidbits. ATHENS — Racing to secure financial aid and avoid a debt default, the Greek government has agreed to austerity measures totaling 24 billion euros (about $32 billion) that will include cutting some workers’ pay and some public [...]

Obama: Information Distracts You but Not Me »

By LisaB on May 11, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

During a commencement address in VA, PBO lamented the media age. (Obama laments much whenever he talks, doesn’t he? He’s got that faintly disapproving condescension down pat.)This is from Agence France Presse. HAMPTON, Virginia — US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was [...]

More on the Nashville Flood »

By LisaB on May 10, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments

I’m posting a few videos of the flood in Tennessee just because you’d never know about it if all you watch is would-be bomber and oil disaster tv. As if other things aren’t also happening. But Tennessee is a “red state” you say? That explains it. Frugal-cafe.com has a nice post about the flood and [...]

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