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Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi, who threw a shoe at President George W. Bush, gets a taste of his own sandal after a man who felt dishonored by the journalist’s actions against Bush pelted al-Zadir with a shoe during a press conference.
The chucking of the honor shoe. Next to the honor killing, it’s the most ancient of Islamic traditions.
Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi, who threw a shoe at President George W. Bush, gets a taste of his own sandal after a man who felt dishonored by the journalist’s actions against Bush pelted al-Zadir with a shoe during a press conference.
Let’s just thank Allah that there isn’t an underwear-flinging custom in the Middle East.
Source: Daily Mail UK
– Written by Sven Waring
You can’t hide this decline, either: Obama’s month-by-month approval gap. Where are those damn global warming scientists when you need them? Obama could use some of their “tricks” right about now.
Where are those damn global warming scientists when you need them? Obama could use some of their “tricks” right about now.
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On November 5 we translated the name of Ed and Nancy Kienholz’s artwork at the National Gallery, The Hoerengracht, as ‘Gentlemen’s Canal’. This should have read ‘Whore’s Canal’. We apologise for the error.
We occasionally feel almost guilty about making fun of liberal media bias. Sometimes it just seems like they do it out of stupidity rather than spite.
Here’s a very odd retraction run by the Times via RegretTheError.com:
On November 5 we translated the name of Ed and Nancy Kienholz’s artwork at the National Gallery, The Hoerengracht, as ‘Gentlemen’s Canal’. This should have read ‘Whore’s Canal’. We apologise for the error.
In the Times’ defense, they were probably thinking about Chris Matthews and got whore and gentleman confused. It could happen to anyone.
Source: RegretTheError.com
In what may be the most amazing headline of the year, AP tells us “Tiger Woods is Racist – he only cheats with White Women”. Apparently even worse than cheating on his wife was his failure to “identify himself as black” and also because of “the race of the women” he’s been involved with.
Captain James T. Kirk. Now there was a man who knew a thing or two about women. It can also be said that Kirk was not very selective and perfectly willing to cavort wildly with any alien species no matter how bizarre.
Tiger Woods? Not so much.
In what may be the most amazing headline of the year, AP tells us “Tiger Woods is Racist – he only cheats with White Women”. Apparently even worse than cheating on his wife was his failure to “identify himself as black” and also because of “the race of the women” he’s been involved with.
In an effort to convince us of the validity of this remark the article continues “If Tiger Woods had cheated on his gorgeous white wife with black women, the golfing great’s accident would have been barely a blip in the blogosphere.”
But we’re told that the African American community has never fully embraced Woods, because “The color of one’s companion has long been a major measure of ‘blackness’ — which is a big reason why the biracial Barack Obama was able to fend off early questions about his black authenticity.”
As one blogger put it “Had Barack had a white wife, I would have thought twice about voting for him.”
If all of this gives you a headache, don’t worry. In the future you will be able to emulate James T. Kirk and utilize snappy pickup lines like “Transport here often” to all races, creeds, colors and species.
Heck, there was even that really hot green women in one episode that…never mind.
Source: NewsBusters.org
– Written by Patrick Michael
Good lord, Harry. A couple more speeches like this and we’ll have to put our liberal friends on 24-hour suicide watch.
Good lord, Harry. A couple more speeches like this and we’ll have to put our liberal friends on 24-hour suicide watch. The full speech ran much longer, but the cameraman must have fallen asleep.
Source: Gateway Pundit
Here this John McCain doppelganger actually shows the gumption we never saw from the real John McCain during his lifeless presidential run.
Who is this guy and what has he done with John McCain? Here this McCain doppelganger actually shows the gumption we never saw from the real John McCain during his lifeless presidential run.
In one clip this guy actually urges AARP members to cut up their membership cards, telling them they’ve been betrayed by the organization. In the second clip the pugnacious little banty rooster goes toe-to-toe with Democrat Max Baucus on the floor of the senate.
Source: Bluegrass Pundit
Two warnings about this video: For our readers: Contains language that you may be consider objectionable. For Al Gore: Contains truths that you may consider objectionable.
Two warnings about this video:
For our readers: Contains language that you may be consider objectionable.
For Al Gore: Contains truths that you may consider objectionable.
The geniuses in the Obama administration spent billions of your tax dollars to keep Chrysler out of bankruptcy. And Chrysler has repaid your “generosity” by hiring an Italian advertising agency.
The geniuses in the Obama administration spent billions of your tax dollars to keep Chrysler out of bankruptcy. And Chrysler has repaid your “generosity” by hiring an Italian advertising agency.
As if that weren’t bad enough, they fired BBDO Detroit, their long-time American ad agency, which will now be forced to lay off hundreds of employees come January.
Well, you say, surely Armando Testa has been ordered to create some hard hitting commercials designed to drive people into Chrysler dealerships. Right?
Wrong.
Advertising Age describes the situation:
“The 30-second commercial for the sleek Chrysler 300 sedan breaks today on national TV and is very similar to a Lancia commercial from a year ago calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s pro-democracy leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who has been in and out of house arrest since 1989. Although the car is shown, it is not the focus of the commercial. A version of this latest video was initially created as part of the Lancia brand’s sponsorship of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin last month. Lancia also sponsored the event a year ago, when the first Lancia spot broke.
“We produced the TV film in honor of all those who put their lives at stake in the hopes of making the world a better place,” Mr. Francois said in a prepared statement. “For Chrysler, this is a chance to use our brand image to join with others in the fight for peace and to knock down the walls that divide us. We at Chrysler believe in doing the right thing and making a difference.”
The way we interpret Francois’ comments, he’s saying that increasing sales isn’t a priority.
Any question why these morons went bankruput?
Source: Advertising Age
Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. And she thinks the release of e-mails from East Anglia CRU should be treated as a crime. Don’t get us wrong. Boxer doesn’t think the scientific fraud is a crime. No, she thinks the release of the e-mails exposing that fraud was a crime
Babs “Call Me Senator” Boxer sure knows those laws against stealing emails and stuff.
Boxer, a California Democrat, chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. And she thinks the release of e-mails from East Anglia CRU should be treated as a crime. Don’t get us wrong. Boxer doesn’t think the scientific fraud is a crime. No, she thinks the release of the e-mails exposing that fraud was a crime.
“You call it climategate. I call it email-theft-gate,” she said. “Whatever it is, the main issue is, are we facing global warming or are we not? I’m looking at these e-mails, that, even though they were stolen, are now out in the public.”
“We may well have a hearing on this, we may not,” she continued. “We may have a briefing for senators, we may not. Part of our looking at this will be looking at a criminal activity which could have well been coordinated.
“This is a crime.”
Just to keep things in perspective, Boxer didn’t seem to think it’s a crime when Sarah Palin’s emails were stolen. And she didn’t seem to think it was a crime when the New York Times linked to them. And she didn’t seem to think it was a crime when Joe the Plumber’s personal tax records, voting record, and high school transcripts were stolen by over-zealous Obama supporters. And she didn’t seem to think it was a crime when they were posted all over the Internet.
And that’s the real crime.
Copenhagen’s prostitutes giving it away this week, scientific whores still charging big bucks
Danish Prostitutes to Offer Free Services for Copenhagen Summit Delegates
Source: Daily Contributor
Mann’s Mad Money
Source: American Spectator
ClimateGate: Follow the Money
Source: Wall Street Journal
That Michelle Obama, she’s such a trend setter. It’s little wonder that she’s known as The Most Glamorous First Lady In History. And believe it or not the FLOTUS has outdone her glamorous self again.
That Michelle Obama, she’s such a trend setter. It’s little wonder that she’s known as The Most Glamorous First Lady In History. And believe it or not the FLOTUS has outdone her glamorous self again.
New York Magazine glowingly reports, and we quote, “Michelle Obama Wore Clothes to Light the Christmas Tree.”
And for that reason alone, we are all truly thankful this holiday season.
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– Written by Patrick Michael
TV stations across America use outdoor boards to promote their local news anchors. So far, so good. Then some genius in WPMI-TV’s promotion department decided to add tweets to the station’s outdoor board. Bad mistake.
TV stations across America use outdoor boards to promote their local news anchors. So far, so good.
Then some genius in WPMI-TV’s promotion department decided to add tweets to the station’s outdoor board. Bad mistake.
The station’s general manager and news director have now been suspended for a week because of this embarrassing juxtaposition of news and advertising.
Source: National Review
Don’t try to top someone as quick witted as Red Eye’s Greg Gutfeld. You can’t help but laugh when destroys global warming believer Rob Tannenbaum with one scathing line.
The lesson to be learned here: Don’t try to top someone as quick witted as Red Eye’s Greg Gutfeld. You can’t help but laugh when destroys global warming believer Rob Tannenbaum with one scathing line.
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was convicted Tuesday of “misappropriation by a fiduciary.” That means the classy lady ripped off money meant for poor people.
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was convicted Tuesday of “misappropriation by a fiduciary.” That means the classy lady ripped off money meant for poor people.
Of course, we all know that if Dixon had been a Republican the story’s headline would have been “Republican mayor convicted of theft.” But she’s a Democrat. So the liberal media either buries that fact or completely ignores it.
The Associated Press – to its credit – mentioned it in the second paragraph of its story, but other coverage was spotty at best.
For example, ABC2news.com didn’t bother to mention Mayor Dixon’s party affiliation in its 10-paragraph story.
The New York Times finally got around to mentioning it in the 12th paragraph.
WBAL-TV mentioned it in the 22nd paragraph.
NPR’s story didn’t mention Dixon’s party affiliation.
The Baltimore Business Journal didn’t mention it at all.
And neither did NBCwashington.com.
We’re just sayin’.
This speech may truly have been unprecedented. Because it may be the first time one speech was able to piss off liberals who don’t want to fight the war and conservatives who actually want to win the war.
Way back on October 27, 2007 Candidate Obama told his supporters, “I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.”
This week, December 1, 2009, he promised to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Of course, it’ll take nine months to get them there and he also promised to begin bringing them home as soon as they all arrive.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs will undoubtedly tell us that President Obama’s actions are unprecedented, because that’s this administration’s favorite word.
But this speech may truly have been unprecedented. Because it may be the first time one speech was able to piss off liberals who don’t want to fight the war and conservatives who actually want to win the war.
And you can take that to the bank.
Source: MofoPolitics.com
And later, after the TV cameras had been turned off, President Obama made him quack like a duck. The guy is hypnotic, we tell you.
And later, after the TV cameras had been turned off, President Obama made him quack like a duck.
The guy is hypnotic, we tell you.
Source: The Big Feed
Thursday a reporter had the temerity, the nerve, the gall, to repeatedly ask Robert Gibbs what White House party planner Desiree Rogers was doing during the state dinner. Was she working at the party or was she attending the party?
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is at his best (or worst) when being dismissive of anyone daring to criticize The Greatest President In History.
Thursday a reporter had the temerity, the nerve, the gall, to repeatedly ask Gibbs what White House party planner Desiree Rogers was doing during the state dinner. Was she working at the party or was she attending the party?
A clearly perturbed Gibbs finally said “Just take a deep breath” and compared her to his children. It was over the top even for Gibbs – so condescending that the rest of the assembled press corp to let loose with an audible “Ooooh.”
Gibbs then threatened to send her to bed without dinner and cut off her allowance.
Source: Hot Air
– Written by Patrick Michael
The frightening thing is watching how quickly so many counties turned purple over the course of the last two years.
President Obama said there are no red states and there are no blue states, just purple states.
We don’t know if that’s why AmericanObserver.net used the color purple to represent the highest unemployment rate on this animated map, but it wouldn’t have been a bad idea.
The frightening thing is watching how quickly so many counties turned purple over the course of the last two years.
How’s that stimulus working out for you so far?
Source: AmericanObserver.net via The Big Feed
Let’s see, which is worse? Being compared to one of the worst American presidents of the 20th century or being compared to one of the worst British prime ministers of the 20th century?
Let’s see, which is worse? Being compared to one of the worst American presidents of the 20th century or being compared to one of the worst British prime ministers of the 20th century?
We have to think about this one for a minute or two.
OK. That’s long enough. We’ve decided it’s worse to be compared to Jimmy Carter than to Neville Chamberlain because at least the British accent sounds sophisticated, but Jimmy Carter sounds like…well…like Jimmy Carter.
Here’s another example of the left turning on Barack Obama. Chris Matthews is upset. And we like that.
Chris Matthews: Will this long deliberation, Anne Kornblut, you’ve got the tough question here to start with. Whip around here. It took three months to make this decision. Will he look smart and deliberate for having taken all this time, or will the dithering shot still being cast in by people like former Vice President Dick Cheney, is that still going to hurt?
Anne Kornblut: The gamble they’re making is that he’ll look smart and he’ll look like the anti-Bush for having thought about it for so long.
Joe Klein: The anti-Bush part is really important because Bush really needed to do a strategy re-evaluation about Iraq six months in there and he never did.
Chris Matthews: Andrea, will it look good if he takes all this time?
Andrea Kramer: I agree. I think it will look good if he takes his time, if taking his time he comes out with something that adds up. If he doesn’t then people will say you took so long and what did you deliver?
David Ignatius: The long period of analysis, very deliberative, robs this of passion. This is, he is going to be a wartime president now, and he has to sell the country on the idea that our young men and women are going to go there, fight and get killed and I think this is not…
Chris Matthews: So, too much Chamberlain and not enough Churchill.
David Ignatius: Well, too much, too much college professor.
Now we just need to put Barack Obama in one of those fancy top hats that Neville Chamberlain used to wear and the image is complete.
PhotoShop, anyone?
It’s just one of those things floating around the internet. If you’re the creator, let us know and we’ll gladly give you the credit you so richly deserve.
It’s just one of those things floating around the internet. If you’re the creator, let us know and we’ll gladly give you the credit you so richly deserve.
Sadly, Gore’s credibility peaked in 2005 and so did hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane season ended today after producing the fewest named storms in 12 years. It was the first time in three years that no hurricane struck the U.S. mainland.
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s Academy Award-winning science fiction movie, attempted to scare the bejeebers out of you by claiming that global warming would inevitably lead to increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes.
Sadly, Gore’s credibility peaked in 2005 and so did hurricanes.
As Bloomberg reported on December 1:
Atlantic Hurricane Season Has Fewest Named Storms in 12 Years
The Atlantic hurricane season ended today after producing the fewest named storms in 12 years. It was the first time in three years that no hurricane struck the U.S. mainland.
The story continued:
The calmer season was expected and reflected the development of a mid-year eastern Pacific warming pattern called El Nino, said Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, in Camp Springs, Maryland.
Unfortunately, the Insurance Journal reported a different reality: In its December (2008) forecast, the Colorado State University team predicted 14 named storms. That included seven hurricanes and three big ass major hurricanes.
Ahhh, but alas. It was not to be.
In reality, the 2009 season that ended as December began saw storms that barely qualified as storms. It featured storms that formed and dissipated so quickly that it’s almost surprising they were even noticed. We even had a couple oddball storms that formed far north of the typical hurricane track. It was the first time in several years in which no hurricanes hit the United States. And we even had a late hurricane that barely qualified as one. To sum it all up, 2009 was one of the quietest hurricane seasons in decades.
And so we simultaneously bid a fond adieu to the 2009 hurricane season and to Albert Gore’s tattered credibility.
We know there will be another hurricane season in 2010, but the return of Gore’s credibility is far less certain.
Source: Bloomberg, Insurance Journal
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, “Anderson Cooper 360,” has declined 62% in total viewers and 70% in adults 25-54 from November 2008, according to Nielsen figures.
Hey, get your mind out of the gutter, pal. We’re talking about the latest cable news ratings here.
Here’s how Business Insider tells the tale of Cooper’s precipitous decline:
The respected CNN anchor has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, “Anderson Cooper 360,” has declined 62% in total viewers and 70% in adults 25-54 from November 2008, according to Nielsen figures.
Last month, in Cooper’s time slot, Fox News’ “On the Record” attracted an average viewership of 1.9 million while “360” averaged 672,000; repeats of MSNBC’s “Countdown” and HLN’s Nancy Grace show averaged 655,000 and 458,000, respectively.
What’s the cause of Cooper’s decline? The Business Insider speculates:
So what happened? Let’s see: There’s no presidential election to ramp up ratings; there’s heavy competition from centrist CNN’s noisier rivals (see: Fox News, the No. 1 cable news channel); there’s people catching up on DVR-ed TV shows in the late evening; then there’s the loss of Lou Dobbs in the 7 p.m. anchor chair, among other possible factors.
Oddly enough, the Business Insider concludes with a decidedly unbusinesslike recommendation:
Work those blue eyes, Coop!
Our recommendation would be slightly different:
Wear a short skirt, Coop. It seems to work over at Fox.
Source: Business Insider
The good folks at Vanity Fair decided that Barack Obama should included in a survey that asked which president should be added to Mount Rushmore.
Sure, the guy’s only been president for 10 months. And sure, his approval rating is going down faster than Adam Lambert at an award show. And sure, the 2010 elections look like a disaster for his party. And sure, he’s made us look like chumps on the international stage. And sure…well…you get the idea.
Nevertheless, the good folks at Vanity Fair decided that Barack Obama should included in a survey that asked which president should be added to Mount Rushmore.
Kennedy won the vote with 29%. Reagan was second with 20%. FDR was third with 18%. But the guy described in the first paragraph of this came in fourth with 16%.
C’mon, people, at this point the Obama chia pet seems more reasonable than Mount Rushmore.
Source: VanityFair.com
This is a sad story. A very sad story, indeed. It looks like President Obama has abandoned his beloved Auntie Zeituni in her hour of greatest need.
This is a sad story. A very sad story, indeed. It looks like President Obama has abandoned his beloved Auntie Zeituni in her hour of greatest need.
The Associated Press tells the tragic tale:
President Barack Obama’s aunt buried her face in her hands and sobbed as she described her anguish over no longer having contact with him and his family after the revelation she had been living illegally for years in the United States in public housing.
Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUH’-nee awn-YAHN’-goh) told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she is troubled that her immigration woes have made her a political liability to her nephew.
Onyango, the half sister of Obama’s late father, said she has exiled herself from the family after attending Obama’s inauguration because she didn’t want to become fodder for his foes. Obama and his family have not reached out to her either, she said.
“Before, we were family. But right now, there is a lot of politics, and me, I am not interested in any politics at all,” said Onyango, whose appeal for asylum from her native Kenya is before an immigration judge in Boston.
The Obamas are her only family in the United States, she said.
“It is very sad when such a thing happens. There are people, outsiders, you know, they come in between, they divide a family,” she said last week. “It’s not easy.”
In related news, Obama has also abandoned every one of his campaign promises.
Source: Associated Press
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, also known as Client Number 9, says Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been screwing the American people for years.
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, also known as Client Number 9, says Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been screwing the American people for years.
NewsMax.org reports the sordid details of this pseudo-sex scandal:
…Spitzer cites a new report on the government bailout of AIG, issued by Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky that reveals that then-New York Fed President Geithner and others capitulated to the very banks they should have been supervising.
After Geithner intervened in AIG’s negotiations with its counterparties, which included Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and UBS, they received 100 cents for every dollar the giant insurer owed them, even though they were ready to accept much less.
Geithner’s intervention added at least $13 billion to the bailout costs, which taxpayers will ultimately pay.
“Barofsky’s report reads like a case study in failed negotiation,” Spitzer writes in Slate magazine.
“The New York Fed didn’t have the backbone to stand up to Wall Street, didn’t understand its capacity to protect taxpayers, and didn’t appreciate that its responsibility was to taxpayers.”
We think Spitzer is being a tad harsh. C’mon, Eliot, cut Geithner a little slack. The guy didn’t even know how to do his taxes. So what makes you think he capable of understanding complex financial negotiations?
Source: NewsMax.com
