Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities

A man, a can and the end of the road. “The Middle East may be entering an extraordinarily risky period. The stakes are no longer ratings on TV shows or popularity with the Base. This is about avoiding a disaster. It is now about preventing a real catastrophe. Let’s hope that Washington in its collective wisdom still knows how to recognize when it’s in a hole and stop digging.” Don’t bet the farm on that… not even an ant farm.

Benghazi Blues. “No matter what happens with Darrell Issa’s congressional committee meetings this week, we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the Obama administration, and the cause is Benghazi. It’s impossible to underestimate the blowback that has been gathering steam for the past seven months, now about to erupt with full force. Few reputations will emerge unscathed, Obama’s presidency will be crippled, Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 candidacy will be destroyed — and perhaps some new heroes will be born.” Well, good riddance to bad rubbish.

China is censoring jokes about its propaganda machine’s penis-shaped HQ. That’s why it’s called a “dictatorship.”

“Israel rockets” hit Damascus military site. Israel had no comment but “unnamed US-based Israeli officials confirmed Israel had launched an air strike inside Syria…” Say, here’s some good news: “As an element of conflict it has more characteristics of a beginning rather than an end.”

San Jose State University Meteorology decides burning books they don’t agree with is better than reading them. The 19th-century German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine once wrote “Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people” – sounds like a tool of Big Oil or something.

One of the Benghazi whisteblowers is Gregory N. Hicks, Ambassador Stevens’ deputy at the time of the attacks. “At the time of Stevens’s death, Hicks became the highest-ranking American diplomat in Libya.” This fella puts it best: “Barack Obama is bloody lucky he’s a Democrat, because if he were a Republican, he’d be in deep trouble right now, close to the brink of extinction. Only his increasingly pathetic loyal media claque can save him. It will be interesting to see if they do so at the expense of their own reputations.”

Clarence Thomas: Obama “approved by the elites” because he says what they “expect from a black person”. Interesting way to put it.

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Part-time Nation: Was the April jobs report really the Obamacare jobs report? We heard one CNBC talking head speculate today that the increase in jobs was due to restaurants and similar businesses cutting employees’ hours back in order to get out from under ObamaCare and then having to hire more part-timers to take up the slack. We shall see.

Benghazi whistleblowers’ lawyer says Obama, Kerry aware that State Dept is obstructing the investigation. “The president then says he doesn’t know anything,” Toensing noted, “but did you notice the word ‘notion’? He had thought about that ahead of time, and was minimizing it. The ‘notion’ about people being stopped. You don’t use that word, it doesn’t just fall out of your mouth.” Obama? Thinking? Kerry? Sentient? It is kind of a stretch, given their records….

Carney: “Benghazi happened a long time ago”. Intersting… when Obama wants to avoid talking about something, yesterday is “a long time ago” but when he wants to blame somebody for something (like his predecessor), five years ago is still current. [H/T RKae.]

“Obamacare” poll finds 42% of Americans unaware it’s law. “Four in ten Americans (42%) are unaware that the ACA [Affordable Care Act] is still the law of the land,” the report says, “including 12 percent who believe the law has been repealed by Congress, 7 percent who believe it has been overturned by the Supreme Court and 23 percent who say they don’t know enough to say what the status of the law is.” Yep, this is gonna work like a charm.

Lingerie firm launches women’s underwear for men. This just goes to show you… no matter how bad things are, they can still get worse.

Dem House resolution warns climate change could push women to “transactional sex”. Or, to put it another way, global warming causes prostitution. Interesting that nebulous weather changes force women into “transactional sex” but losing their jobs thanks to ObamaNomics apparently doesn’t.

Threats against Benghazi whistleblowers alleged. “It’s frightening, and they’re doing some very despicable threats to people,” she said. “Not ‘we’re going to kill you,’ or not ‘we’re going to prosecute you tomorrow,’ but they’re taking career people and making them well aware that their careers will be over [if they cooperate with congressional investigators].” Well, it is the most transparent administration evah… just not in the way they want you to think.

Class Warfare for Republicans. “No one expects the Republicans to turn socialist, but they can reap benefits from anger over the crony capitalism that has become emblematic of the Obama era. Wall Street and its more popular West Coast counterparts, the venture capital ‘community,’ consistently game the political system and, usually, succeed.” Not to mention the Hollyweirds. Crony capitalism is not capitalism, its nearest kin is more likely fascism than anything else.

Federal grant for studying… duck genitals. “If nobody else will provide funding to study the secrets of duck genitals, does the government have a moral obligation to do it?” Why, will the ducks not procreate if some bureaucrat doesn’t “study” them? It’s only $385K but if you add up all the duck genital-type items in the Federal budget, you’ll probably come up to big money.

Piece of a 9/11 plane found in an alley near Ground Zero. NYPD “reports that they have discovered a 5-foot-long piece of airplane debris stamped with a clearly visible Boeing identification wedged into a narrow alley between an apartment building and the proposed Ground Zero mosque site — apparently from one of the jets used by the terrorists on 9/11.”

Holder calls amnesty a “civil right”. “Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country is essential. The way we treat our friends and neighbors who are undocumented – by creating a mechanism for them to earn citizenship and move out of the shadows – transcends the issue of immigration status. This is a matter of civil and human rights.” There is such a mechanism, jackass – it’s called “US immigration law”. It defines the procedure for coming into the US legally, obtaining residency status and citizenship. This fool is calling for a mechanism to allow people who violated that law to get a free pass.

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Obama observes moment of silence for Boston victims. A private moment of silence with no one else there save for the official WH photographer (otherwise, you couldn’t see the pic and know he was having a private moment of silence, would you?) “This is just…odd.” Yep.

Dems on Capitol Hill retreat from ObamaCare exemption – Dems getting nervous about Obamacare? “According to the NYT report, the White House has finally started to realize that employers will cut hours in order to avoid the costs of ObamaCare, but apparently have no idea how to address it…” Just add that to the list of things this WH has no f–king idea about how to address.

“It wasn’t blood… it was PAINT”: Boston bombers’ defiant mother launches bizarre defense of her “framed” sons. And here’s a shock for you… mom’s also on the terror watch list.

Fracking is safe, scientists say. “Instead of fact-based and intelligent discussions, unfortunately those issues tend to get caught up in those no-fracking bumper stickers. It has become a cause celebre.” Not to mention America’s #1 source of scientific information: movies.

World richest man Carlos Slim cited for profiting from phones for poor. “Slim’s TracFone Wireless Inc. received about a quarter of the funds from the U.S. government’s Lifeline program, according to the latest figures. Today, a House subcommittee asked why the program, paid for by fees charged to U.S. phone subscribers, tripled in cost since 2008.” Well, he contributes to the right people – it’s for the poor – and besides, shut up.

Gangs and politicians in Chicago: an unholy alliance. “The paradox is that Chicago’s struggle to combat street gangs is being undermined by its own elected officials. And the alliances between lawmakers and lawbreakers raise a troubling question: Who actually rules the neighborhoods—our public servants or the gangs?” Well, the mere fact that someone has to ask this question is not a good sign…

“Red line” – US says Syria used chemical weapons. “…officials also said more definitive proof was needed and the U.S. was not ready to escalate its involvement in Syria beyond non-lethal aid, despite President Barack Obama’s repeated public assertions that Syria’s use of chemical weapons, or the transfer of its stockpiles to a terrorist group, would cross a ‘red line’.” Well, you put your foot in it, champ…. not Syria, your mouth.