You need a scorecard: Pakistani Muslims kill other Pakistani Muslims because they’re the wrong kind of Pakistani Muslims

Another day, another opportunity for us to admit that we can’t keep track of who hates who in the madcap world of Muslims. It’s bad enough that the have all the damn oil, but they have a near monopoly on hate, too.

Another day, another opportunity for us to admit that we can’t keep track of who hates who in the madcap world of Muslims. It’s bad enough that the have all the damn oil, but they have a near monopoly on hate, too.

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"Scorecards! Get your scorecards! You can't tell the bombers without a scorecard!"

CNN does its best to keep score:

A suicide bombing that killed at least 13 people in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday targeted Shiite Muslims, a Sunni militant group’s spokesman told CNN in claiming responsibility for the attack….

Meanwhile, police in Karachi, another major Pakistani city, said one police officer was killed and five people were injured in an explosion. Authorities were investigating the cause.

The Muslim maniacs blow each other up on a daily basis. But here in the civilized world, we can’t even say the word bomb because it’s called violent rhetoric.

We’re not sure which culture is crazier.

Source: Jawa Report

Failing upward: Former Michigan Governor Granholm becomes paid contributor to “Meet the Press”

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm – one of the worst governors in the history of governors – has landed a cushy teaching gig at UC Berkeley, scored a book deal, and signed on as a paid contributor on Meet The Press.

Once again, Rush Limbaugh said it best: “Failure is a resume enhancement for liberals.”

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm – one of the worst governors in the history of governors – has proven Limbaugh’s Law to be correct. She’s landed a cushy teaching gig at UC Berkeley, scored a book deal, and signed on as a paid contributor on Meet The Press.

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There's something very creepy, very Madame Tussaud-ish about this photo of Jennifer Granholm and her husband

WZZM13.com has the story of her failure with finesse:

Democrat Granholm, 51, also will be a paid contributor to NBC’s “Meet the Press.” …

“I’m very much looking forward to this new chapter in what has been and what will continue to be a very full life,” Granholm was quoted in the article.

She said she and her husband have a two-year appointment at the University of California-Berkeley – her undergraduate alma mater – and this spring will teach there at the Goldman School of Public Policy.

They will teach separate courses in the university’s schools of law, business and public policy.

Their book is planned for publication in September.

… Granholm told Politico.com the classes and her book will share the theme of Michigan as the state hardest hit by the loss of manufacturing jobs, and the lessons it holds.

Granholm left office with low approval ratings, but has said she did all she could to set Michigan on a path to diversify its auto-dependent economy.

She told Politico.com that those efforts are bearing fruit with a falling unemployment rate — from a peak of 14.7% down to 11.7% in December — although she added, “It’s not like things have been fixed.”

“It’s not like things have been fixed.” You may consider that the understatement of the year, but the geniuses at Bezerkeley think of it as that special brand of brilliance necessary to become a professor.

Source: WZZM13.com

H/T: Paden

Oprah tells Piers Morgan a big, fat lie (could she tell any other kind?)

Tim Conway, Jr on KFI/Los Angeles is one of our favorite talk radio hosts. Tim sent us this clip of sidekick Doug catching Oprah in a big, fat lie about Obama.

Tim Conway, Jr is one of our favorite talk radio hosts. If you’re in Southern California you can catch him on KFI/Los Angeles every Monday-Friday 7-10 p.m. If you’re anywhere else, you can listen on the internet.

Every Friday night Tim welcomes his former on-air partner, Doug Steckler, and lets him riff. Usually hilariously. OK, sorry, Doug. We meant always hilariously.

Tim sent us this clip of Doug catching Oprah in a big, fat lie about Obama.

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Source: KFI640/Los Angeles

Good news: Genghis Khan hated people, but he loved him some environment

Here we thought Genghis Khan was a very bad man who raped and pillaged and cut of limbs and blew up bodies. But now all is forgiven because the it turns out ol’ Genghis was actually an environmentalist who saved the planet.

We’re confused and we don’t mind admitting it. Here we thought Genghis Khan was a very bad man who raped and pillaged and cut of limbs and blew up bodies. We thought he was the most evil man in history. For god’s sake, man, that’s why John Kerry compared U.S. troops in Vietnam to the Mongol madman, isn’t it?

But now all is forgiven because the it turns out ol’ Genghis was actually an environmentalist who saved the planet.

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The Mongolian mad man was history's first mass murdering environmentalist

Mother Nature Network explains the new, kinder, gentler Genghis:

Genghis Khan’s Mongol invasion in the 13th and 14th centuries was so vast that it may have been the first instance in history of a single culture causing man-made climate change, according to new research out of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, reports Mongabay.com.

Unlike modern day climate change, however, the Mongol invasion actually cooled the planet, effectively scrubbing around 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere.

So how exactly did Genghis Khan, one of history’s cruelest conquerors, earn such a glowing environmental report card? The reality may be a bit difficult for today’s environmentalists to stomach, but Khan did it the same way he built his empire — with a high body count.

Over the course of the century and a half run of the Mongol Empire, about 22 percent of the world’s total land area had been conquered and an estimated 40 million people were slaughtered by the horse-driven, bow-wielding hordes. Depopulation over such a large swathe of land meant that countless numbers of cultivated fields eventually returned to forests.

In other words, one effect of Genghis Khan’s unrelenting invasion was widespread reforestation, and the re-growth of those forests meant that more carbon could be absorbed from the atmosphere.

Based on this theory, Hitler was just an environmentalist. Stalin, too. And that Mao, he was a damn saint.

Looks like John Wayne was right. Genghis Khan was a lover, not a fighter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsnWOyfMq4I

Source: MNN.com

State of the Union word cloud: “Debt” and “deficit” missing in action

In this State of the Union address word cloud, Obama said “America” a lot. He said “Americans” a lot. He said “government,” “people,” “years”, “new”, “jobs” and “make.” Funny thing, though. The words “debt” and “deficit” aren’t even in the top fifty.

President Obama said a lot of words last night. Oh, man, did he say a lot of words. It was almost as if the people who run Ben Bernanke’s printing presses wrote the speech.

As you can see in this word cloud of his State of the Union address, he said “America” a lot. He said “Americans” a lot. He said “government,” “people,” “years”, “new”, “jobs” and “make.”

Funny thing, though. The words “debt” and “deficit” aren’t even in the top fifty.

You might even say we had a deficit deficit.

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Source: Zero Hedge via Economic Collapse.

20 white people who are darker than NAACP President Ben Jealous

Does color really matter any more when America’s first black president was white and its second black president is half white and the president of the NAACP is whiter than most white people and 50% of America’s white people apparently spend 50% their time in tanning salons trying to get darker?

Here’s a question for you. Does the National Association for the Advancement of Color People still serve any real purpose?

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Ben Jealous, President of the NAALCP (National Association for the Advancement of Light Colored People)

Does color really matter any more when America’s first black president was white and its second black president is half white and the president of the NAACP is whiter than most white people and 50% of America’s white people apparently spend 50% their time in tanning salons trying to get darker?

Ben Jealous, President of the NAACP, is as white as – you’ll pardon the expression – a sheet. He looks like he should be President of the National Association for the Advancement of Sort of Vaguely Colored People. Get thee to a tanning salon and don’t worry about Obama’s new 10% tanning tax, Ben, because your pasty pallor and lack of melanin must be wreaking havoc with your street cred.

On one hand, it looks like Benjamin could use a little more time in a tanning salon. And these celebrities, on the other hand,  look like they could use a little less. Because something just doesn’t compute when a bunch of white people are darker than the President of the NAACP.

1. Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist. Darker than Ben Jealous.

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2. Sometimes actor George Hamilton. Darker than Ben Jealous.

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3. Jersey Shore Guido “The Situation.” Darker than Ben Jealous.

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4. Speaker of the House John Boehner. Darker than Ben Jealous.

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MTV star defends new show’s sexual content: “It’s what teens are doing.” Are second graders next?

There’s a new show on MTV called “Skins” that features 15-year olds having sex. Outraged critics call it child porn, but one of its young stars defends the program by saying, “It’s what teens are doing.”

There’s a new show on MTV called “Skins” that features 15-year olds having sex. Outraged critics call it child porn, but one of its young stars defends the program by saying, “It’s what teens are doing.”

The Hollywood Reporter lives up to its name and reports:

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Would it be too harsh if we said Sofia Black-D'elia is a moron?

Skins star Sofia Black-D’elia – who plays a lesbian teen on the MTV series – is defending the controversial content.

“It’s pushing the boundaries for teen drama because I think Skins goes where other shows are afraid to,” she said on the HDNet show ‘Naughty But Nice With Rob’ this week.

… Black-D’elia says, “It’s what teens are doing. It’s the way teenagers believe, I think, especially you know in certain situations when you come from home lives where your parents don’t really support you or really listen to you. That’s what most of these kids are going through. And so, um, the drugs and the sex, they’re vices, and that’s what teenagers have.”

Sofia, honey, we’re not quite sure how to break this to you, but lots of improper things happen in life, but that doesn’t mean they need to be glorified. Is there an age limit to what gets shown on television or is “It’s what they’re doing” the only determining factor?

This story from CBS San Francisco might even make Black-D’elia think twice:

A teacher at Oakland’s Markham Elementary School has been suspended indefinitely after school officials said a pair of second-graders performed sex acts on each other in class – with the teacher present.

“I think everyone is taken aback over this shocking incident,” Troy Flint, the spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District, told CBS 5. “Of course, it is hard to understand how that could have occurred.”

… In one case, several students apparently took off their clothes and were naked in the classroom. In the second incident, a boy and girl reportedly engaged in oral sex in front of their classmates.

Would Ms. Black-D’elia be opposed to a show that featured second grade sex? Probably not. Because, like, you know, it’s what second graders are doing.

We’re pretty sure she’d say it shouldn’t be on MTV because Nickelodeon would do a far better job of reaching the target demographic.

Source: Hollywood Reporter, CBS San Francisco

Reassuring news: Obama never talked to half a dozen members of his cabinet

John Heilemann of New York magazine tells Andrea Mitchell that his investigation uncovered the truly remarkable fact that President Obama never spoke to six members of his cabinet during his first two years in office. Not once.

Why speak to mere cabinet members when you have czars out the wazoo?

John Heilemann of New York magazine tells Andrea Mitchell that his investigation uncovered the truly remarkable fact that President Obama never spoke to six members of his cabinet during his first two years in office. Not once.

Not a single “Hey, how are the wife and kids.” Not one “How ’bout those wacky Iranians.” Nary a “Hey, got any ideas on the economy?”

If we had to make a wild guess, we’d say Secretary of Defense was one of the cabinet members Obama hasn’t spoken to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHCALJsTOtc

Liberal legal looniness: Judge frees drug dealer because jail term would conflict with his sex change surgery

You cannot make this stuff up. A British transsexual drug dealer has avoided a lengthy jail sentence because the loony liberal judge didn’t want to interfere with the convicted felon’s upcoming sex change surgery.

You cannot make this stuff up. A British transsexual drug dealer has avoided a lengthy jail sentence because the loony liberal judge didn’t want to interfere with the convicted felon’s upcoming sex change surgery.

The Christian Institute has the details:

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British drug dealer Jean Morris (née Ian Morris) is a free woman (née man)

A transsexual drug dealer has escaped a jail sentence after a judge ruled it would ruin his chances of completing a sex change.

Ian Morris, 41, who changed his name to Jean in 2009, is due to start Government-funded hormone treatment next week.

He was on trial after police intercepted nearly 2kg of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine which was sent to his flat.

Mr Morris’s lawyers pleaded with Judge Mark Horton to spare him a jail term because of his sex change operation and asserted that he would find it “difficult” in a male prison.

The judge agreed and suspended Mr Morris’s eleven month sentence at Bristol Crown Court.

Since his sex change is still in progress, wouldn’t it have made more sense to sentence Morris to a half-way house?

Call us Solomon.

H/T: Moonbattery

Yeah, right: Democrat Congressman explains that ObamaCare will reduce bureaucracy

George Miller is a Democrat Congressman from California. He’s a lunatic lib. Such a lunatic, in fact, that he claims ObamaCare will reduce bureaucracy and that if those rascally Republicans repeal this magical bill, we’ll all be buried in red tape.

George Miller is a Democrat Congressman from California. He’s a lunatic lib. Such a lunatic, in fact, that he claims ObamaCare will reduce bureaucracy and that if those rascally Republicans repeal this magical bill, we’ll all be buried in red tape.

Miller is pretty damned agitated about it, too. One might even say pissed off.

“You want to talk about bureaucracy, ladies and gentlemen. And that’s why this legislation is growing in popularity because small businesses see, senior citizens see, parents with children under 26, they see a chance to liberate themselves from the most arbitrary, the most capricious, the most bureaucratic system in our entire free economy.

And that’s the insurance companies. Everybody has been run around the block by their insurance companies. It’s something they all share. It’s almost the problems they share with their cable company. Not quite. But it’s not as dramatic here because this is life and death. This is the security of your family. This is whether or not you can change jobs. This is whether or not your children will be protected. This is whether or not your parents will be able to afford their prescription drug because that’s what this legislation enables and gives the freedom to American families to have.

Repeal and we go back into the clutches, the clutches of these bureaucrats spread across the world in the insurance company.”

Miller is so far to the left that he’s actually proud of this speech on the floor of the House. So proud that he actually posted video of his nonsensical diatribe on his Congressional website.

We just can’t figure out which liberal catastrophe we prefer: Being buried in the red tape Miller warns us about or being swallowed up by the rising oceans that Al Gore warms us about.

One’s about as plausible as the other.

Hundreds of mobsters arrested, charged with having very odd nicknames

The most interesting thing about the big Mafia arrest story is the oddball collection of nicknames associated with the hoods.

Federal, state and local agents swooped in late last week and arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters from New York City to Italy. Officials said it was the largest operation against the mob in the FBI’s history.

But the most interesting thing about the story is the oddball collection of nicknames associated with the hoods. Such as:

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Bennie "Big Bucks" Bernanke hasn't been arrested yet

• “The Vet” 

• “Mousey”
• “Little John” 

• “Beach” 

• “Tony Bagels” 

• “Johnny Bandana” 

• “Hootie” 

• “Meatball” 

• “Burger” 

• “Vinny Carwash” 

• “Junior Lollipops” 

• “Pooch” 

• “Johnny Cash” 

• “Fat Dennis”, “Little Dennis” and “The Beard” 

• “Baby Shacks”, “The Old Man” and “The Professor” 

• “Baby Fat Larry” and “BFL” 

• “Mush” 

• “Jimmy Gooch” 

• “Benji”, “The Claw” and “The Fang” 

• “Cheeks”, “Anthony Firehawk”, “Anthony Nighthawk”, “Nighthawk” and “Firehawk” 

• “Lumpy”, “Fatty” and “Fats”

From now on you will please address the Editor as “Johnny Keyboard” and the Administrator as “Vinnie Six-Pack.” (It’s a reference to his abs. Really. Has nothing to do with his drinking habits.)

What we really need are nicknames for the mobsters in Washington. Nicknames like Janet “Open Border” Napolitano? Barack “Kid Kenya” Obama? Al “Funny Girl” Franken? Ben “Big Bucks” Bernanke?

Got any other suggestions?

Source: ABC News

Chris Matthews claims he knows when he’s making an ass of himself

Off the top of our heads, we’d say every Monday through Friday, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST on MSNBC. Mr. Matthews, as you might expect, has a slightly different take on the whole thing.

Off the top of our heads, we’d say every Monday through Friday, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST on MSNBC. Mr. Matthews, as you might expect, has a slightly different take on the whole thing.

On his Friday broadcast of “Hardball,” Matthews boasted to MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe and Salon.com’s Joan Walsh they, especially himself, are capable of knowing when to say when as it pertains to making dumb remarks – which he claimed made him unlike Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann.
“We have superegos,” Matthews said. “We have that thing that Freud says, ‘Slow down, stop it – you’re making an ass of yourself.’ These people who are running this country don’t have that thing. Michele Bachmann just goes right to the top. She just runs for president without any pretense of having the material to run with.”

The only question remaining is whether or not Chris realized he was making an ass of himself with that comment.

Freud aside, we somehow doubt it.

Source: DailyCaller.com

Master of Subtlety: Donald Trump says Chinese cheat and lie, think we’re stupid and toy with Obama

Our keen analytical skills allow us to read between the lines and interpret what Donald Trump is saying in ways that lesser analysts cannot. We’re not sure he likes the Chinese.

Our keen analytical skills allow us to read between the lines and interpret what Donald Trump is saying in ways that lesser analysts cannot. We’re not sure he likes the Chinese.

Here are a few of The Donald’s subtle thoughts:

“He’s toying with Obama and he doesn’t respect him. I have many Chinese friends and they cannot believe what they’re getting away with. He’s just playing with Obama.”

“These are not our friends. They’re looking to destroy our country.”

“They’re having a big beautiful dinner right now in Washington. I don’t believe in holding dinners for the enemy. I don’t believe in holding dinners for people that take advantage of you and laugh at you and your stupidity behind your backs.

C’mon, Don, stop being so wishy washy. Tell us what you really think.

Win $100 trillion from IHateTheMedia.com

To celebrate our second anniversary, IHateTheMedia.com is giving one lucky person $100 trillion. This is absolutely legit.

And the winner is …

We had a lot of funny entries. Of course, some of you do not understand the concept of “10 words or less,” but that’s a different issue.

Naturally, the Administrator and the Editor could not agree on a winner. Our first thought was to determine the winner using the progressive Democrat method and waiting to see who offered us the most money. But in the end, we took our four favorites and put them in Obama the office cat’s dish and had Mrs. Editor pick one at random.

3rd runner-up: Sidney Harmon and his almost winning entry was “I’d buy Newsweek. Twice.”

2nd runner-up: Road Warrior and his nearly winning entry was “I’d share it with Obama’s brother. Obama won’t help him.”

1st runner up: who will serve as the winner if for any reason the winner is unable to fulfill his duties, is Machogwapo and his entry was “I will get my 150 million USD inheritance from Nigeria.”

And the winner of a brand new, uncirculated $100 trillion Zimbabwean note is: Neo Bonbon. His winning entry was, “Used as a bookmark in Obama’s ‘Dreams From My Father.'”

Just our luck. If we’re not mistaken Neo BonBon lives in Costa Rica and the cost of damn postage will be more than the value of the $100 trillion.

To celebrate our second anniversary, IHateTheMedia.com is giving one lucky person $100 trillion.

This is absolutely legit. To enter just leave a comment at the bottom of this story telling us – IN TEN WORDS OR LESS – what you’d do with this crisp, new, authentic $100 trillion bill if you win it. We’ll pick the answer we like best. The judges decision is final. Deadline for entries is midnight PST, Friday, January 27, 1011 2011. Blah, blah, blah.

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You can win $100 trillion in authentic, spendable currency from IHateTheMedia.com

In interest of full disclosure, we suppose we should reveal that it’s $100 trillion in authentic, official Zimbabwean currency and worth only about two bucks in American money.

Consider this $100 trillion bill a brutal object lesson in what can happen if our government turns on the printing presses in an attempt to inflate its way out of the economic problems its own policies have caused.

Hyperinflation is an uncontrollable genie that must never be allowed out of the bottle. It didn’t work for Germany’s Weimar Republic. It didn’t work for Argentina. It didn’t work for Brazil. It didn’t work for Zimbabwe. It’s never worked for any country and it won’t work for us. Instead of solving problems, it causes the rapid disintegration of an economy and, potentially, an entire society.

FDR said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” President Obama’s mantra is, “Zimbabwe today, America tomorrow.”

But follow Roosevelt and fear not. If you’re the winner of our giveaway, at least you’ll have $100 trillion to buy yourself a cup of coffee down at Starbuck’s.

Here are a couple videos that may just scare the hell out of you while you’re waiting to find out if you’re the winner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOQAy9-ee-Y

And here’s a chart that shows what’s already happened to the American dollar before hyperinflation has even begun. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

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Deadline for entries is midnight PST, Friday, January 27, 1011. Limit one entry per person.

Founder of Greenpeace condemns the evils of…are you ready?…Greenpeace

Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace and author of a new book titled “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout” is the newest global warming heretic.

Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace and author of a new book titled “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout” is the newest global warming heretic.

He doesn’t have too many nice things to say about the radical organization he left behind.

Source: Fox Nation

Hypocrite Elton John tired of being treated like “second-class citizen” in United States

Last time we checked, Elton John was still British. So let’s just set aside the fact that he couldn’t possibly be a second-class citizen in the United States because he’s not a citizen to begin with.

Last time we checked, Elton John was still British. So let’s just set aside the fact that he couldn’t possibly be a second-class citizen in the United States because he’s not a citizen to begin with.

Nevertheless, the washed-up rock and roll star is pissy – very pissy indeed – about California’s gay marriage ban.

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Based on the Editor's friend's story, we assume Elton John turned sullen and silent as soon as this photo was shot

The Associated Press has the details:

The outspoken British piano man, who became a parent to a baby boy on Christmas Day with partner David Furnish, added that “as I get older, I get more angry about it.”

“In this country, we need more dialogue,” he said during an interview Friday. “We don’t need any more stone throwing. We don’t need any more vitriol. We need people to say, ‘OK. I’m straight. You’re gay. Let’s get along. I’m Republican. You’re Democratic. Let’s work together.’ I’m sick and tired of people being hateful to each other in this country.”

John disappointed some gay rights activists after California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage passed in 2008 when he said he had no desire to get married and was satisfied with his civil partnership in England.

He sang a different tune Wednesday when he praised the effort to overturn Proposition 8 and promised to do everything he could to support it, even though he is British.

A story from the Editor regarding Elton John’s devotion to equality:

I have a very good friend who is a muckeymuck executive with a major foreign corporation. One day I visited him in his office and noticed that he had a photo of himself with Elton John on his wall. Elton had one arm around my friend, the other arm around his wife, and a big smile on his face.

“Cool,” I said, “What’s Elton John like?”

He said his company had hired John to perform at a major corporate meeting. Part of the deal was that he would pose for photos with the executives and their wives after performing.

So after the show, which my friend said was terrific, the executives and their wives lined up to have their photos taken with John. According to my friend, John stood there sullenly and refused to speak to any of the executives as they had their photos taken. One by one, he robotically put an arm around each of them, flashed a big, phony smile for the instant each photo was taken, and then returned to his sullen, silent self. He chose to ignore the people who had just paid him a hefty fee to perform for an hour.

I think that if you asked my friend, he’d say Elton John treated him like a second class citizen.

Source: Associated Press

Awwwww: WikiLeaks weasel unhappy with the way he’s being treated in jail

Bradley Manning, the turncoat U.S. Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, is unhappy with his jailers. Poor baby doesn’t like his pillow and wants his MTV, so his attorney has officially complained that Manning is being mistreated.

Bradley Manning, the turncoat U.S. Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, is unhappy with his jailers. Poor baby doesn’t like his pillow and wants his MTV, so his attorney has officially complained that Manning is being mistreated.

CNN.com has the details:

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That's what we'd tell the other prisoners. "Help yourself to some free Bradley."

His lawyer, David Coombs, formally objected to Manning’s treatment, filing an Article 138 complaint Wednesday, according to a posting on the lawyer’s blog. Manning has been in solitary confinement and for part of this week was again placed on suicide watch by the Quantico brig commander, according to his lawyers.

“He was stripped of all clothing with the exception of his underwear. His prescription eyeglasses were taken away from him,” Coombs wrote in the blog entry. “He was forced to sit in essential blindness with the exception of the times that he was reading or given limited television privileges. During those times, his glasses were returned to him.”

… Manning is confined to his cell 23 hours a day with no pillow, sheets or personal items, according to Coombs.

His only exercise, according to his lawyer, is when he is taken to an empty room and allowed to walk. When he sleeps he must strip to his underwear and surrender his clothing to the guards.

Hard as this may be for you to believe, the military dismisses Coombs’ complaints and says they’re much ado about nothing:

Quantico public affairs officer Lt. Brian Villiard said under military rules he could not confirm whether the complaint had been received. He said all the conditions of Manning’s confinement are in line with his maximum custody status and to prevent Manning from harming himself.

“He is not being treated any differently than anyone else in maximum custody,” Villiard said. “We’re not treating him any differently than anyone who could pose a risk to life, property or national security.”

In December, a Pentagon spokesman said that even under the restrictive conditions, Manning is allowed to converse with other prisoners, receive visitors and exercise for an hour a day. In addition, Manning has pillows and sheets made from a material that cannot be torn into strips, according to Villiard.

We realize that the purpose of waterboarding is to coerce secrets out of a prisoner, but in the case of Manning we’d say the waterboarding should be applied retroactively for all the secrets he’s already spilled.

Be glad we’re not your jailers, Bradley.

Source: CNN.com

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Iran: “Screw you and the camel you rode in on”

While President Obama was busy shining Chinese President Hu’s shoes on Wednesday, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was actually acting like a national leader and telling the Iranian government to stick it where the sun don’t shine.

While President Obama was busy shining Chinese President Hu’s shoes on Wednesday, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was actually acting like a national leader and telling the Iranian government to stick it where the sun don’t shine. (And when we say “where the sun don’t shine,” we don’t mean north of the Artic circle in January.)

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Would you be surprised to find out that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a conservative? Nah, we didn't think so.

Canada’s National Post has the un-American details of a national leader who actually stands up for his nation:

The Harper government sent a diplomatic note to Iran Wednesday, as Heritage Minister James Moore lashed out at Tehran for its part in a campaign that cancelled the screening of a movie critical of the Iranian regime at Library and Archives Canada.

On Wednesday morning, the Minister instructed Library and Archives Canada to show Iranium, a documentary critiquing Iran’s nuclear program, after it cowed to numerous threats of protest and an official request from the Iranian embassy in Canada to not present the film Tuesday night, as scheduled.

In its diplomatic note to Tehran, the government said Canada is a free country and that freedom of expression is a core value that won’t be compromised.

“This movie will be shown, the agreement will be kept and this movie Iranium will be shown at Library and Archives Canada. We will not be moving it to a different facility, we’re not bending to any pressure,” said Mr. Moore on the CBC’s Power and Politics.

“People need to be kept safe, but we don’t back down to people who try to censor people by threats of violence.”

Prime Minister Harper, it seems, has bigger balls than President Obama. But then, so does Angela Merkel.

Source: National Post

Eco Fail: Solar-powered volcano monitoring devices fail when covered with volcanic ash

Ahhh, the sheer genius of green technology. In the grand tradition of British windmills that won’t work when the weather is cold and power is needed most, it’s now been discovered that green volcano monitoring devices won’t work when their solar panels are covered with volcanic ash.

Ahhh, the sheer genius of green technology. In the grand tradition of British windmills that won’t work when the weather is cold and power is needed most, it’s now been discovered that green volcano monitoring devices won’t work when their solar panels are covered with volcanic ash.

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Krakatau: Where there's smoke, there's an inoperable green monitoring device

The Jakarta Post has the erupting story:

The South Lampung Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) lacked vital information in deciding to evacuate tens of thousands in danger zones near Mount Anak Krakatau, says this article in the Jakarta Post.

“We have taken anticipatory measures because ash continues to flow, while the seismograph used to monitor Mount Anak Krakatau could not provide data on its activities,” said South Lampung BPBD head Abdul Shomad on Monday.

“The observation posts in Hargopancuran, Rajabasa, South Lampung, and Pasauran, Banten, have not yet been able to monitor volcanic activities because equipment installed around the volcano is still out of order.”

“Observation from the naked eye shows volcanic ash and smoke, spewing from Mount Anak Krakatau at around 600 meters high,” said Hargopancuran observation station head Andi Suhardi. “(However), we cannot monitor seismic activities because the seismometers are not working after their solar panels were covered with volcanic ash.”

“Suhardi said his office had learned about the faulty monitoring devices installed on the slopes of Mt. Anak Krakatau on Dec. 27, thus failing to monitor volcanic activities from 6:30 p.m. until noon on Dec. 28, despite the fact that the volcano, located in the middle of the sea, was actively emitting volcanic materials. 



Translation: “We don’t quite have all the wrinkles worked out of this green technology yet.”

H/T: IceAgeNow.com

Flashback: Olbermann says Glenn Beck knows nothing about how TV works, names him “World’s Worst Person”

Last November, Glenn Beck was bestowed with the honor of being named World’s Worst Person by Keith Olbermann. What had Beck done to deserve this singular honor? He had the temerity to predict that Olbermann would be dumped by Comcast as soon as it completed its acquisition of NBC.

Last November, Glenn Beck was bestowed with the honor of being named World’s Worst Person by Keith Olbermann.

What had Beck done to deserve this singular honor? He had the temerity to predict that Olbermann would be dumped by Comcast as soon as it completed its acquisition of NBC. They were, Beck said, more interested in building an audience and generating profits than spewing left wing propaganda.

Those opinions, Olbermann said, were proof that Beck knows nothing – absolutely nothing – about the television businsss.

Sixty days later, Comcast takes over, and whoosh, Olbermann is gone.

Get to Las Vegas, Glenn. You’re on a hot streak.

Jack LaLanne dead at 96, still plans to put chain around his waist and pull hearse to cemetery

LaLanne died Sunday at his home in Morro Bay on California’s central coast, just up from IHTM. The cause was respiratory failure due to pneumonia.

Today is a day we all thought would never come. Jack LaLanne is dead.

The Associated Press has the sad details:

Jack LaLanne was prodding Americans to get off their couches and into the gym decades before it was cool. And he was still pumping iron and pushing fruits and vegetables decades past most Americans’ retirement age.

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Early TV exercise guru Jack LaLanne is dead at 96

The fitness fanatic ate well and exercised – and made it his mission to make sure everyone did the same – right up to the end at age 96, friends and family said.

LaLanne died Sunday at his home in Morro Bay on California’s central coast, longtime agent Rick Hersh said. The cause was respiratory failure due to pneumonia.

“I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for,” Elaine LaLanne, LaLanne’s wife of 51 years and a frequent partner in his television appearances, said in a written statement.

Note from the Editor: Nine years ago I got a phone call from an elderly friend who had worked in the television business.

“I hear you’re moving to the Central Coast,” he said. “Take down this phone number. I want you to call an old friend of mine who lives there. His name is Jack LaLanne.”

The Jack LaLanne,” I asked.

“There’s only one Jack LaLanne,” he said.

I’m just not one to bother celebrities. If I see one sitting in a restaurant or walking down the street, I leave them alone. So I never called Jack because I didn’t want to bother him.

Nevertheless, I’ve always carried that phone number around in my wallet. Every once in a while I’d pull it out and think to myself, “Maybe I should call. It would be fun just to have lunch with the guy.” But I never did.

Until very recently, Jack and Elaine had a weekly fitness segment on the local NBC-TV affiliate in our town of San Luis Obispo. He wasn’t quite as strong and limber as he’d been in the past, but still looked great and was sharp as ever.

Today I wish I’d broken my rule. I wish I’d called.

Because as my friend said, “There’s only one Jack LaLanne.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEdClu1KeC8

Source: Associated Press

Imus says, “Chris Matthews is guilty of what he’s accusing the others of being”

Don Imus said of Chris Matthews, “He’s angry because he didn’t end up being Tim Russert.”

OK, well, it wasn’t actually Imus who said it, it was his sidekick Benard McGuirk. But Imus had plenty of other choice words for Matthews.

Such as “angry,” “vile,” “psycho,” “spittle-spewing,” “irrelevant,” and “Nobody takes Chris Matthews seriously.”

But he ended with the best one of all, “He’s angry because he didn’t end up being Tim Russert.”

We kind of wish he was a little more like Tim Russert, too. If you know what we mean.

The most eloquent President ever encourages Americans to “invent stuff”

This guy is a genius until you take away his Teleprompter. When he ad libs he’s more like Elmo Lincoln than Abraham Lincoln.

This guy is a genius until you take away his Teleprompter. When he ad libs he’s more like Elmo Lincoln than Abraham Lincoln.

(Trust us, this is a much funnier line if you actually know who Elmo Lincoln was. Look him up.)

Here President Obama inspiring America by telling us that we need to “build stuff and invent stuff.”

This is, of course, in the grand tradition of FDR, who is famous for saying, “The only stuff we have is stuff itself” and JFK, who is famous for saying, “Ask not what your stuff can do for you. Ask what you can do for your stuff.”

And, of course, in the tradition of IHateTheMedia.com, which says, “Stuff it, President Obama.”

The worst commercial of the year? Of all time? You decide.

We’re not even going to link to this website because its commercial is so damn stupid. Fox supposedly rejected this proposed SuperBowl commercial, but c’mon, who really believes this website sells enough crappola to pay for a SuperBowl commercial?

We’re not even going to link to this website because its commercial is so damn stupid. Fox supposedly rejected this proposed SuperBowl commercial, but c’mon, who really believes this website sells enough crappola to pay for a SuperBowl commercial?

We just checked the website’s Alexa ranking. As measured by traffic, it doesn’t even rank in the top 8,000,000 websites around the world. And here in the United States, nearly 1,000,000 websites have more traffic. Based on that we feel confident in saying that JesusHatesObama.com doesn’t have enough money to buy a ticket to the SuperBowl, much less advertise on it.

We sum it up in two words: Publicity stunt.

We call bullshit. And we’re pretty sure Jesus really does hate bullshit.

CNN anchor chooses a truly unfortunate moment to stumble over a word

In this short video clip, CNN’s Kyra Phillips introduces Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez in a most unfortunate way. Say the word along with us, Kyra: Contributor, contributor, contributor

In this short video clip, CNN’s Kyra Phillips introduces Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez in a most unfortunate way.

Say the word along with us, Kyra: Contributor, contributor, contributor.

Now don’t make that mistake again unless Joy Behar or Hillary Clinton is your guest.

H/T: IOwnTheWorld.com

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