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Fatal Loose Lips »

By John Batchelor on Nov 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | 0 Comments

 
60 Votes.  

Retiring Vermont Senator Judd Gregg was quoted in The Hill arguing in a sour fashion that the Democrats would pass some version of healthcare by moaning about 60 votes in the Senate and then constructing them afterall. The bill then will go to Conference, where all the progressive cooking [...]

Apparently, Holder Has Other Things To Do »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 20, 2009 in 9/11, ACORN, Barack Obama, California, Crime, Current Affairs, Dept. of Justice (Obama) | 29 Comments

Than look at ACORN. Yet, the hits just keep on coming. There is another tape out from James O’Keefe of filmmaker James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles going to ACORN offices in an expose of the lengths to which ACORN workers will go to assist in setting up an underage prostitution ring. Here [...]

Another sign of Economic Recovery: Housing market “Dropped off a cliff” in October »

By Uppity Woman on Nov 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | 19 Comments

Dropped off a cliff.
A cliff.
Things are fine! We PLANNED this! Honest!
It’s part of the Recovery! Now go watch Survivor.
The housing market dropped off a cliff in October, as the original Nov. 30th expiration date for the first-time home buyers tax credit approached, according to the Housing Market Monitor of the Center for Economic and [...]

Gaming Housing Statistics or Time Reveals Truth »

By Larry Doyle on Nov 20, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Housing & Housing Crisis, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog) | 12 Comments

Time reveals truth.
I love that pearl of wisdom shared by Danielle Park, my guest this past Sunday evening on No Quarter Radio’s Sense on Cents with Larry Doyle. I find it very applicable to the recently released economic report on housing starts. What did that report indicate? Housing starts in October registered a supposed surprising [...]

POTUS Book of Jobs »

By John Batchelor on Nov 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | 46 Comments

Jobs Are the Presidency.

Mom, This Post Is For You »

By Divine Democrat on Nov 20, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Women | 54 Comments

Nunly (aka, Divine Democrat), has allowed us to publish her post from Bad Habit.

Last night, while watching TV, I heard a blip on the news about how woman are being told that we don’t need those nasty ol’ mammograms anymore until we are 50 years old…and even then, only once every two years. [...]

Tina Brown’s Sad, So So Sad Late Nite Open Thread »

By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs | 24 Comments

Here’s Tina Brown’s lament for The One’s visit to China on today’s MSNBC Morning Joe, transcribed by moi:
It’s sad that Obama can’t say anything about dissidents when he goes to China. It’s sad that he can’t raise anything. You know, he just has to go there and suck up.

Terrorists’ Right to Remain Silent or Holder’s Kangaroo Court? »

By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs | 41 Comments

It’s evident, as this satire reflects:

I’m sure we all agree that Miranda warnings for U.S. citizens are a precious right. (See the original Supreme Court decision and its history: Miranda v. Arizona.) Most everyone, thanks to countless TV shows, is aware of that right. And, also thanks to TV dramas, we’ve all seen [...]

Obama May be Incompent, But He Cares »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs | 181 Comments

I know some consider us a full-up Barack Obama hate site. We are not. I do not hate the man. I do think he is a good husband and a good father. His daughters clearly adore him, and it is tough to fake what teenage girls think about their father–good fathers [...]

Is Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein a Liar? »

By Larry Doyle on Nov 19, 2009 in AIG, Current Affairs, Economy, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog) | 9 Comments

On Tuesday, I wrote “Just How Sorry Is Goldman Sachs?” in response to a blanket, unspecified, and unsolicited apology put forth by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. In my commentary, I asserted:
Wait a second. Blankfein admits that Goldman participated in activities that led to the crisis? Get Lloyd back in here and ask him for [...]

Totus Interruptus »

By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 18, 2009 in Current Affairs | 34 Comments

Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner
And this is a late night open post …

Fifth Grader Refuses To Say Pledge Of Allegiance - Wait Until You See Why »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 18, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Education, Freedom of Speech, Gay Rights, Human Rights | 39 Comments

I admit, when I first saw the headline about the child refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance, I just assumed it was about the whole “under God” thing in there. Well you know what they say when one “assumes,” and nowhere was that more the case than here, as this article makes clear, [...]

Would An Abacus Help To Accurately Count Jobs “Recovered”? »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 18, 2009 in ABC News, Bamboozling, California, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Employment, Joe Biden, Stimulus Plan, Unemployment, Vice President | 45 Comments

Recently, Vice President Biden reported that the Stimulus Program had created a huge number of jobs. If you have 41 minutes to spend to watch him - what the hell is the matter with you?? Oh, no wait - sorry. Ahem. I meant to say, if you have the time, you [...]

A “Teachable Moment” That Didn’t Take With Obama »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 18, 2009 in Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, G20, Japan, President Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 204 Comments

* Bumped up *
Remember back in April when Obama traveled to the G-20 and bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia? If not, here it is:

Actually, that doesn’t look as much like a bow as it does a genuflect. Not, true, says Obama’s Spokes Weasel, Robert Gibbs. Oh, no - it is [...]

Downfall POTUS »

By John Batchelor on Nov 17, 2009 in Current Affairs | 54 Comments

 
Hiroshima Again.  

At Tokyo, the peculiar bow by POTUS to the diminutive Japanese Emperor Akhitio elicited predictable media chit-chat on the Monday following the event, including this anchor inquiry from MSNBC, “Why was this considered by some a gaffe?”
The answer is less significant to me than the speculation that the POTUS conduct may be [...]

The Assassination of Greg Craig »

By Steve Clemons on Nov 17, 2009 in Current Affairs | 25 Comments

Editor’s Note: Reprinted from The Daily Beast with the express permission of Steve Clemons, whose excellent blog is Washington Note. Steve is Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, and you’ll often see his seminars on C-Span. This article has been featured at Memeorandum.com.
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The White House counsel was done [...]

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By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 17, 2009 in Current Affairs | 51 Comments

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Destroy Obama »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 16, 2009 in Current Affairs | 189 Comments

Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement last Friday that five prisoners currently held at Guantanmo will be put on trial in a civilian Federal court in New York City is absolute lunacy. I say this as one who rejects the Bush Administration nonsense that we “can’t fight terrorism with law enforcement methods.” We can [...]

Code Pink Sees Green in the Bloodshed at Fort Hood »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 16, 2009 in Code Pink, Crime, Current Affairs, Political Correctness, President Barack Obama, Soldiers/Veterans, Terrorism | 31 Comments

Let me just warn you now. If you are drinking or eating anything as you read this, you might want to stop. This article is disturbing on so many levels, but even more, it is infuriating at the way in which it paints Major Hasan, the alleged mass murderer. This is way [...]

On Bended Knee to Bob Gates »

By Mel Goodman on Nov 16, 2009 in Current Affairs | 2 Comments

Reprinted from Consortium.com with the express permission of Mel Goodman, whose bio is at the end of this article.
Consortium Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Official Washington moves like a school of fishes, darting in different directions but always together in a pack. That school of fishes has now decided that Defense Secretary Robert Gates [...]

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