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Not too brrrrrrright: Students are freezing in $40,000 solar powered classroom

Eco-campaigners who built a classroom powered by the sun have been taught a valuable lesson – there is not enough sun in North London to sufficiently heat their building.

Just one quick question before we get to the meat of this story: Are you aware of an eco-project – any eco-project anywhere in the world – that actually works and doesn’t require massive government subsidies? This one certainly doesn’t qualify.

solar-powered-classroom — Learning is difficult in this British eco-classroom because the teacher's lectures are drowned out by the chattering of the students' teeth

The Daily Mail UK reports the chilling details:

Eco-campaigners who built a classroom powered by the sun believed they were paving the way for the future. Instead they have been taught a valuable lesson – there is not enough sun in North London to sufficiently heat their building. The much feted zero-carbon Living Ark classroom was opened three months ago to great fanfare.

It boasts laudable green credentials and is made from sustainable wood, sheep’s wool and soil. The roof is made of mud and grass and it has its own ‘rain pod’ and solar panels. But there is snag – its solar panels only provide enough energy to power a few lightbulbs. As a result the classroom is bitterly cold and uninhabitable for lessons.

Parents have branded it ‘useless’, an ‘expensive piece of wood’ and a ‘great idea for the Caribbean’.

The Living Ark was built at Muswell Hill Primary School, North London, at the cost of £25,000.

If we could merely harness the hot air expelled by Al Gore and his band of global warming acolytes, the classroom would be so damn hot that the little British tykes would have to strip down to their skivvies. Which would, of course, present a whole different set of problems.

Source: Daily Mail UK

“I cain’t quit you!” Chart proves that government employees are overpaid

Are government employees overpaid? If you listen to the union goons, the answer is a resounding no. If you take even a cursory glance at this chart, the answer is an even more resounding yes.

Daniel J. Mitchell has an interesting analysis that will help you pick a side in the dispute:

..the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, and this “JOLTS” data includes a measure of how often workers voluntarily leave job, and we can examine this data for different parts of the workforce.

Every labor economist, right or left, will agree that higher “quit rates” are much more likely in sectors that are underpaid and lower levels are much more likely in sectors where compensation is generous.

Not surprisingly, this data shows state and local bureaucrats are living on Easy Street. As the chart illustrates, private sector workers are more than three times as likely to quit their jobs.

If we were betting men, we’d bet that private sector workers are also three times as likely to be fired from their jobs. At least three times as likely. Maybe more like ten times.

Source: Daniel J. Mitchell

New Hawaii Governor says the tax hike the people don’t want is “the people’s will”

Libs seem to be completely flummoxed by the tax revolt that’s going on in this country. Take new Democrat Governor Neil Abercrombie, for example.

Libs seem to be completely flummoxed by the tax revolt that’s going on in this country. Take new Democrat Governor Neil Abercrombie, for example. Much like the ~~Kenyan~~ Hawaiian boy he knew who grew up to be President, Abercrombie’s solution to soaring debt is more spending and higher taxes.

abercrombie-obama — Two peas, one pod: The solution to debt is more spending and higher taxes

The Hawaii Free Press has the taxing tale from the Aloha State:

After campaigning on a promise not to raise taxes and specifically not to raise the GE [General Excise] Tax, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie this week has promised to sign any GE Tax hike approved by the Legislature. Abercrombie says it is up to the legislature to decide “if some want to benefit at the expense of others.” And he is blaming the public for not rallying behind his proposed pension tax and Medicare Part B cuts without which he says “every body’s taxes will go sky-high”.

A recently released Democrat-run People’s Pulse poll shows 68% oppose GE Tax hike—including 49% who “strongly oppose” a GE Tax hike. But the news of Abercrombie’s latest broken campaign promise is drawing the slimmest media attention.

Christina M, a Hawaii resident who sent us this tip, said it best:

Does this remind you of anyone in particular? Maybe his “best friend” the President? At least that is what Ambercrombie keeps saying every chance he gets.

This is the same guy who promised to find Obama’s birth certificate, then admitted it probably didn’t exist.

This guy, within 5 seconds of being governor, released $30Mil that the last gov had in savings so that furlough Fridays would end. Then, not 8 weeks later, was asking the legislature for money because now the state can’t pay its bills. He also wants to raise taxes on alcohol 50% and taxes on non-diet sugary soft drinks by like 10 or 15%!

Pray for me, I have to live in this state with this liberal whack-job!

H/T: Christina M

Source: Hawaii Free Press

President Obama says stimulus helped states manage their budgets. Is that what it was supposed to do?

We’re morons because we thought the purpose of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act was to stimulate the economy, to finance all those shovel ready projects and to keep unemployment from going over 8%.

We’re morons, which, of course, comes as no surprise to anyone who reads IHTM on a regular basis.

But in this particular case, we’re morons because we thought the purpose of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act was to stimulate the economy, to finance all those shovel ready projects and to keep unemployment from going over 8%.

Looks like we were, oh, so wrong. Here’s what President Obama told the nation’s governors on Monday:

“As the Recovery Act funds that saw through many states over the last two years are phasing out and it is undeniable that the Recovery Act helped every single state represented in this room manage your budgets, whether you admit it or not. You face some very tough choices at this point on everything from schools to prisons to pensions.”

In other words, the Recovery Act supplied crack to the addicts, but now the pusher man has run out of crack.

At least that’s the way we interpret what he said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-UeCkwZ8BU

Applications now being accepted for the IHTM Virgin Bodyguard Squad

So to follow the outstanding example set by Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, we’ve decided it would be wise to hire our own squad of IHateTheMedia.com Virgin Bodyguards.

We’ve seen video of those union goons roughing up conservatives in Madison. And we’ve had our own fair share of death threats lately.

So to follow the outstanding example set by Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, we’ve decided it would be wise to hire our own squad of IHateTheMedia.com Virgin Bodyguards.

IHTM-virgin-bodyguards — A few of the IHTM Virgin Bodyguards line up for morning inspection

We don’t know what it’s like in Libya, but finding virgins in a college town like San Luis Obispo, California is a lot more difficult than we expected. So, unfortunately, we’ve fallen considerably short of our original hiring goals.

Since we’ve already given you 15 little known facts about Muammar Gaddafis’ Virgin Bodyguard Squad, here are top 12 little known facts about the IHTM Virgin Bodyguard Squad.

12. All virgins who are martyred in the line of duty are guaranteed IHTM t-shirts in the afterlife.

11. To ensure maximum proficiency, hand-to-hand combat is practiced in a vat of oil.

10. Since IHTM is strictly halal, squad members are always expected to hide the salami.

9. Sexual harassment seminars are conducted 24/7 at IHTM headquarters.

8. To assure that they’re not hiding any weapons, the Administrator and the Editor insist on being frisked at least twice a day.

oil-wrestling — See Little Known Fact #11

7. Some sneaky devil keeps pulling the Cavity Search Alarm.

6. 78% of the IHTM Virgin Bodyguards dated Keith Olbermann immediately prior to making the decision to remain virgins.

5. We had to kick one virgin off the squad when we found out she was majoring in Journalism.

4. None of our Virgin Bodyguards are allowed to fly or engage in any activities that could bring them into contact with the TSA. For obvious reasons.

3. Interestingly, two of the IHTM Virgin Bodyguards had to resign for violating the terms of their employment. On the same day. And they roomed together. Like we said, interesting.

2. Charlie Sheen has already offered the virgins more money than we can afford. Bastard!

1. Since we began hiring our Virgin Bodyguards, the biggest threats we’ve received have come from Mrs. Editor and Mrs. Administrator.

Orrin Hatch describes ObamaCare in words we didn’t know he knew

Goodness gracious sakes alive. Good golly. Gee willikers. And holy friggin’ moly. That Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is a real garbage mouth when it comes to describing ObamaCare.

TheHill.com reports on a recent Hatch speech:

During at an appearance at an event sponsored by the Utah State University College Republicans, Hatch was asked whether he thought the nation’s healthcare system needs serious reforms. He acknowledged that states have different problems when it comes to healthcare, but called the federal law Democrats passed last year a “dumb-ass program” that will not solve them.

“Every state has different demographics, every state has different problems,” Hatch said, according to a Utah Statesman report published Monday. “It’s good to allow them to work out their own problems rather than a one-size-fits-all federal government, dumb-ass program. It really is an awful piece of crap.”

“Dumb-ass, awful piece of crap.” Too damn funny. And, unfortunately, too damn accurate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiP5JbCWEWk

Source: TheHill.com

Eric Holder says Black Panther voter intimidation case demeans his people

To tell the truth, when we heard that Attorney General Eric Holder had uttered the phrase “my people,” we kind of hoped that he was talking about average Americans.

To tell the truth, when we heard that Attorney General Eric Holder had uttered the phrase “my people,” we kind of hoped that he was talking about average Americans. Or justice department attorneys. Or socialists. Or even guys who look like guys who starred in the old Barney Miller TV show.

No such luck. The man sworn to protect and defend the Constitution was talking about black people.

Politico reports Holder’s rather racist rant:

Attorney General Eric Holder finally got fed up Tuesday with claims that the Justice Department went easy in a voting rights case against members of the New Black Panther Party because they are African American.

Holder’s frustration over the criticism became evident during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing as Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) accused the Justice Department of failing to cooperate with a Civil Rights Commission investigation into the handling of the 2008 incident in which Black Panthers in intimidating outfits and wielding a club stood outside a polling place in Philadelphia.

The Attorney General seemed to take personal offense at a comment Culberson read in which former Democratic activist Bartle Bull called the incident the most serious act of voter intimidation he had witnessed in his career.

“Think about that,” Holder said. “When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, and to compare what people were subjected to there to what happened in Philadelphia—which was inappropriate, certainly that…to describe it in those terms I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line, who risked all, for my people,” said Holder, who is black.

Lord, set my people free. And when we say “my people,” we’re talking about moron bloggers. And guys who sit around in their underwear making smartass politic comments. And, oh yeah, outraged Americans.

Source: Politico

Volt revolt: Consumer Reports says GM’s electric car “doesn’t really make a lot of sense”

Government Motors says the Chevy Volt is the future. But if that the case, it’s not a future Consumer Reports is looking forward to.

The latest issue of the highly respected magazine shines the harsh glare of reality on the electric Chevrolet:

volt-obama — "A Volt buying scheme?" the President sputtered. "I thought you said a vote buying scheme."

“When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn’t particularly efficient as an electric vehicle and it’s not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy,” said David Champion, the senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center at a meeting with reporters here. “This is going to be a tough sell to the average consumer.”

… The magazine has put about 2,500 miles on its Volt. It paid $48,700, including a $5,000 markup by a Chevy dealer.

Champion noted the Volt is about twice as expensive as a Prius.

He was said the five hour time to recharge the Volt was “annoying” and was also critical of the power of the Volt heating system.

“You have seat heaters, which keep your body warm, but your feet get cold and your hands get cold,” Champion said.

You know you have a problem when the best word you can pull from a review is “annoying.”

Source: The Detroit News

Going down is the leading cause of cancer rates going up

Some headlines just beg to be written. This is one of those cases. It was like a big ol’ hanging curveball, just waiting to be pounded out of the park.

The Daily Caller has the details:

American scientists now say that oral cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV) has become more prevalent in the U.S. than oral cancer caused by tobacco.

We wouldn't be surprised if the Obama administration uses this as an excuse to tax sex

Maura Gillison, a cancer researcher at Ohio State University told reporters Sunday at an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting that scientists have found a 225 percent increase in the number of oral cancer cases in the U.S. during the last three decades.

“When you compare people who have an oral infection or not … the single greatest factor is the number of partners on whom the person has performed oral sex,” said Gillson, adding that studies have shown that people who have performed oral sex on more than six partners have an eight times greater risk of developing head or neck cancer than their perhaps less promiscuous peers.

In the last two decades, incidents of oral cancer in the U.S. from HPV have doubled. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that half of all sexually active Americans will get HPV throughout the course of their lifetime.

HPV has gotten attention in recent years for causing cervical cancer in women, with some states mandating and gynecologists recommending Gardasil and Cervarix to their patients as preventative vaccines. With this troubling data, however, researchers are advising boys and men to get vaccinated as well.

This story is hard to swallow.

(Please accept our apologies for that closing line. Our mothers would be ashamed. Of course, our mothers were often ashamed even before we started IHateTheMedia.com, so just imagine how they must feel now. Again, we apologize.)

Source: Daily Caller

Raaacists: Texas group offers college scholarships to white men only

We’re just not smart enough to figure out what racism is anymore. All we know is that only white people can be guilty of it.

In an era when black students voluntarily segregate themselves into blacks only fraternities and sororities, form black student unions, and are the beneficiaries of scholarships reserved for blacks only, and none of that is considered racism, we’re just not smart enough to figure out what racism is anymore. All we know is that only white people can be guilty of it.

whites-only-sign — Congratulations! You've just won a scholarship!

Some Texas students have noted the same phenomenon and decided to do something about it.

Reuters has the details:

Members of a new Texas association are starting a college scholarship program for a group of students they say do not have as many scholarship options as others — white men.

Colby Bohannan, a student at Texas State University in San Marcos, and some friends have formed the non-profit Former Majority Association for Equality, which will provide the scholarships. The idea was that there are many scholarships geared toward helping minorities and women attend college, and there are also scholarships for people from certain religions or from certain families. But Bohannan thought his demographic group was missing.

“We know that we’re going to be receiving some vicious attacks, from people claiming that we are racists, or promoting some bigotry-filled agenda,” Bohannan said on Thursday.

Starting this summer, the association plans to provide as many as five $500 scholarships to deserving white men who have at least a 3.0 grade point average, Bohannan said.

“Our aim is actually just to help students,” he said. “We are not trying to jump on any political agenda or bandwagon.”

… To qualify for the group’s scholarship, applicants have to be able to prove that they are at least 25 percent Caucasian,” Bohannan said.

“We’re not looking for blond-haired, blue-eyed, stereotypical white males,” he said. “My feeling is that if you can say you’re 25 percent Caucasian, you’re Caucasian enough for us.”

Stand by the phone, guys. You should be hearing from the ACLU any minute now.

Source: Reuters

Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift on the McLaughlin Group “Since when does Scott Walker represent the people?”

This week the panel consisted of Pat Buchanan, Monica Crowley, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post and Eleanor Clift, who uttered one of the more remarkable lines EVER about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

Much to our surprise, the McLaughlin Group is still on the air. We really thought it had ended its run sometime back in the 90s. But, no, it grinds on, irrelevant as ever.

Buchanan: You’ve got to stop the, they call it collective bargaining. It is collusive bargaining. What you’ve got is a union puts enormous amounts of money in, they get their buddy in the governor’s chair, then they get together, they cut a deal, give them a sweetheart contract and give it to the taxpayers. What this Governor Walker is saying, “Those days are over. We’ve got somebody representing the people now, and this is going to be an adversary proceeding between you folks and us.”

Capehart: None of these deals are over unless you’re police or firefighters

Clift: Since when does Scott Walker represent the people? He’s representing…

Buchanan and Crowley: (Together) He got elected!

Clift: …the money interests that helped him get elected including…

McLaughlin: Let her finish.

Clift: …including lots of money from the Koch brothers.

Eleanor Clift puts the red in red herring. She demonstrates that Newsweek wasn’t even worth the $1 Sidney Harmon paid for it.

H/T: NewsBusters.org

ABC’s Christiane Amanpour interviews Muammar Gadhafi, not invited to join his virgin bodyguard squad

ABC’s Christiane Amanpour landed an interview with Libya’s lunatic Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (or Gadhafi, as ABC spells it) and learned a little something about love.

ABC, obviously, has the details:

I interviewed Col. Moammar Gadhafi this evening, when he told me he could not step down because he is not a president or king, and denied there were demonstrations against him anywhere in Libya.  

“My people love me. They would die for me,” he said.

We conducted the interview at a restaurant in the Corniche, a coastal road on Tripoli’s Mediterranean coast. Gadhafi, dressed in a brown-orange robe, drove up in a small convoy of sedans, got out and greeted us. He said he wanted to get the truth out, and he spent more than an hour with us trying to put forth his side of the story for us.

Libya’s longtime leader laughed when I asked him whether he would step down in response to calls against violence by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama. He invited the United Nations and any other organization to come to Libya and do a “fact finding mission” and questioned how they could freeze assets, impose sanctions and implement a travel ban based purely on media reports.

There you have it. Muammar hates the media.

Maybe he’s not such a bad guy after all.

Source: ABC News

“They’re voting to take away my chemo”

Here we thought those Wisconsin Republicans were trying to keep the state from bankruptcy. But it turns out those dastardly sons of bitches are actually trying to kill liberals by taking away their chemo.

Well, you learn something every day. Here we thought those Wisconsin Republicans were trying to keep the state from bankruptcy. But it turns out those dastardly sons of bitches are actually trying to kill liberals by taking away their chemo.

She may be right, because she definitely appears to be under the influence of some chemicals.

FBI files: Teddy Kennedy was exactly what you always thought he was

New FBI documents have been revealed that prove something conservatives have always known: Teddy Kennedy was a vile, perverted traitor who was willing – eager, in fact – to sell out his country to foreign leftists.

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained previously redacted material from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file of the late Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, who died in August 2009 from brain cancer. Judicial Watch obtained the records pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit originally filed on June 9, 2010 (Judicial Watch v. FBI (Case No. 10-963)).
The documents include a December 28, 1961, State Department memo describing a tour of several Latin American countries taken by then-Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County Kennedy. This document as it was originally made public was almost completely redacted. After an initial challenge by Judicial Watch, a version with fewer redactions was released. Judicial Watch continued to argue that the blackouts were baseless and, after six more months, the FBI relented. Among the statements previously withheld but now made available to Judicial Watch:

“While Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night’s activities.”

“[I]n each country Kennedy insisted on interviewing ‘the angry young men’ of the country. He wanted to meet with communists and others who had left-wing views. . . . Ambassador Freeman, Bogota, said the first person whom Kennedy wanted to meet was Lauchlin Currie.” (The document subsequently identifies Currie as a person who “had been mentioned in Washington investigations of Soviet spy rings.”)

“[I]n Mexico Kennedy asked Ambassador Mann that certain left-wingers be invited to the Embassy residence where interviews could be held. Mann took the strong position that he would not invite such people and stated that if any such interviews were to be conducted, all arrangements should be made by Kennedy himself.”

Add these stories to the declassified Soviet revelations that Teddy had volunteered to work with the U.S.S.R. to undermine President Reagan and the final portrait of Kennedy is what might be called horribly unflattering.

So please fix yourself Teddy’s favorite drink, a Chivas and soda and join us in this toast:

May you burn in hell, you perverted old traitor.

Source: JudicialWatch.org

Top 15 Little-Known Facts About Muammar Gaddafi’s Virgin Female Bodyguards

While lots of world leaders find themselves surrounded by beautiful women, Gaddafi puts his in uniform and calls them his Virgin Bodyguard Squad.

It’s no secret that Muammar Gaddafi is nuttier than the proverbial fruitcake. The way he dresses and the things he says just aren’t what anyone would call normal. And while lots of world leaders find themselves surrounded by beautiful women, Gaddafi puts his in uniform and calls them his Virgin Bodyguard Squad.

IHateTheMedia.com’s team of crack reporters ferreted out these fifteen little known and undoubtedly untrue facts about the Virgin Bodyguards:

gaddafis-virgin-bodyguards — Muammar Gaddafi's vaunted Virgin Bodyguard Squad

15. The captain of the squad is solely responsible for the grooming and trimming of Muammar’s ’70s-era porn actor ‘stache.

14. Turn-over is rapid in the Virgin Bodyguard Squad, especially after those late-night drinking binges at Muammar’s palace.

13. Last year, a group of Virgin Assassins attempted to kill Gaddafi, but the Virgin Bodyguard Squad gave each assassin an atomic wedgie, defusing the hostile situation.

12. One of the oldest members of the Virgin Bodyguards was tossed out of the squad recently when it was discovered that she was a virgin because she was just really ugly.

11. All Virgin Bodyguard Squad members must complete rigorous training in Jiu-Jitsu, Tang Soo Do, Judo and lap dancing.

10. When the squad’s religious leader is selected each year, she must personally prove to Gaddafi that she’s ready to assume the missionary position.

gaddafi virgin bodyguards — Is Muammar Gaddafi crazy? Hmmmm. We're not so sure.

9. Particularly good virgin bodyguards are kept on the team even after being labeled “virgin-ish.”

8. The phrase “Look at the bazookas on that one” has multiple meanings in Gaddafi’s inner circle.

7. The prize for winning Guard of the Month is two nights with Muammar (the losers get three nights).

6. Transsexuals DO have a place in Islam!

5. The mandatory midnight pillow fights frequently end up in the E.R.

4. Rule #28 of the Guard Code requires that each virgin must have the ability to touch her nose with her tongue.

3. Those aren’t DD breasts, it’s body armor 🙁

2. During a recent Scrabble game, the Virgins discovered a previously-unknown 15th way to spell “Gaddafi.”

And the number one little known fact about Muammar Gaddafi’s Virgin Bodyguard Squad:

1. They are ALL liars.

Call the Guinness Book: Rahm Emanuel mayoral team sets record for fastest ethics charge

Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor on Tuesday, appointed his transition team on Thursday and an ethics violation forced his co-chair to resign on Friday.

Our heartiest congratulations go out to Rahm Emanuel and his Chicago mayoral transition team for a new Chicago corruption land speed record.

He was elected mayor on Tuesday, appointed his transition team on Thursday and an ethics violation forced his co-chair to resign on Friday.

judy-erwin-chicago — Awww, too bad Judy Erwin had to resign. She sure looks like she'd be a lot of fun.

The Chicago Tribune tells the sad tale:

A veteran politician Rahm Emanuel named to his mayoral transition team resigned her high-level state job last summer and paid a fine for conducting political business on state time, according to a newly filed ethics report.

Judy Erwin, a co-chair of Emanuel’s mayoral campaign, said late Friday night that she would resign her new post on his transition team after the Tribune contacted her and the campaign. She said she hadn’t informed Emanuel of the ethics violation.

Erwin, the former executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, admitted using her office e-mail and phone while working on a campaign committee for presidential candidate Barack Obama, using staff resources to plan her trip to the 2008 Democratic National Convention and engaging in campaign fundraising activity while on the job, the state’s Executive Ethics Commission ruled in a decision filed Feb. 16…

In an interview with the Tribune, Erwin said she got careless while she was very busy at work, cooperated with investigators and hoped her 30 years of history in state government would outweigh the ruling.

“I’m not corrupt, I’m just careless.” Isn’t that the same one-size-fits-all Democrat excuse Tim Geithner and Charlie Rangel used when they didn’t pay their taxes?

Source: Chicago Tribune

Noted California climate expert says it’s getting colder, not warmer

Okay, he’s not really a scientist per se, but he does have a solid reputation for predicting the weather. Meet Mojave Max, a 34-year-old desert tortoise who lives in Palm Desert, California.

max-the-desert-tortoise — Noted California climate expert says says global warming has slowed to a crawl

When Max stops hibernating and crawls out of his burrow, that’s considered by locals to be the end of winter. They even have an annual contest where people try to guess when it will happen.

Thing is, Max is waking up later and later each year. Historically he rubs the sleep out of his eyes and comes out of hibernation by February 15, but this year he waited until the 22nd. Last year he barely beat the deadline, crawling out on the 13th wearing ear muffs and a look of regret on his face, but two years ago he waited until the 24th.

Seems Max is trying to tell us something: “Baby, it’s cold outside.”

Three days later weather forecasters predicted snowfall in San Francisco for the first time in 35 years. So Mojave Max knows what’s he doing.

Somebody get this guy a job at the IPCC.

– Written by J.P. Travis of JPAttitude.com

Sources: KPSP-TV, DesertTortoise.gov

Symbolism lost on liberals: New York politicians want “sexist” statue removed

Once again, America’s intellectually superior liberals, the same people who laud so-called art like “Piss Christ” and rave about the genius of Robert Mapplethorpe’s “Self Portrait with Whip Up Ass,” are horrified by a one hundred year old “sexist” statue in Queens, New York.

Once again, America’s intellectually superior liberals, the same people who laud so-called art like “Piss Christ” and rave about the genius of Robert Mapplethorpe’s “Self Portrait with Whip Up Ass,” are demonstrating their hypocrisy. Now they’re horrified by a one hundred year old “sexist” statue in Queens, New York.

queens statue sexist — Don't look now, but if this statue is sexist, so is Queens, the name of the borough in which it's located

The New York Daily News reports the stupidity:

A controversial Queens statue, featured as an “Eyesore Next Door” in the Daily News, should be sold through an online classifieds site, according to a group of elected officials.

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner said the city should ditch the statue, “Triumph of Civic Virtue,” because it is “sexist.”

Some community leaders have tried for years to get the city to pay for the restoration of the decaying statue.

Weiner and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Jackson Heights) — who want to sell the statue on craigslist to raise funds — said it is offensive because it depicts a nude man stepping on two women.

The statue, crafted more than 100 years ago, is supposed to depict civic virtue, triumphant over the twin sirens of vice and corruption

Aha! No wonder the liberals are hate this statue. It symbolizes triumph over corruption and they see that as a personal attack.

Source: New York Daily News

New Racism Alert: MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says it’s racist to talk about Obama’s “union bosses”

Silly us. We thought it was an accepted fact that Barack Obama and the Democrat Party are in the pocket of the labor unions. But, no, it turns out that the mere mention of that corrupt relationship is now racist, too.

It’s a damn good thing we have the Liberal Racism Army out there defining, alphabetizing and categorizing everything that now qualifies as racism, because it would be absolutely impossible to keep track of them all otherwise.

“The Republican party is saying that the president of the United States has bosses, that the union bosses this president around, the unions boss him around. Does that sound to you like they are consciously or subconsciously deliver the racist message that of course, of course a black man can’t be the real boss.”

Yes, of course, Lawrence, it’s racism. But then, what isn’t?

Highly intelligent union thug chairs sophisticated discussion of Tea Party members’ lack of education

In reality, this short video is an angry, ignorant union thug screaming at the top of his lungs about those stupid, damn Tea Partiers.

Maybe we exaggerated the highly intelligent part. And maybe we stretched the truth when called it a sophisticated discussion.

In reality, this short video is an angry, ignorant union thug screaming at the top of his lungs about those stupid, damn Tea Partiers.

But it is amusing to see someone this ignorant calling someone else ignorant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu67KPNg_iM

Is it Muammar or is it Michael?

Take our little test. Here are twelve photos – some of Muammar, some of Michael. We’ve blurred the faces and any other details that would give you a clue as to which is which.

As you may have noticed, Muammar Gaddafi has been in the news lately. A lot. And every time he shows up in public he’s wearing another outrageous outfit.

Who does this guy remind us of, we wondered to ourselves. Who? And then it hit us.

Michael Jackson.

Yes, the Dictator of Libya dresses just like the King of Pop. To put it another way, Colonel Gaddafi is Captain Eo. On top of that, they both have the same general build, the same stringy black hair, and somewhere in the middle of Michael’s color change, they had the same complexion. But what’s crazy is that they have the same sense of fashion. If that’s what it can be called.

So take our little test. Here are twelve photos – some of Muammar, some of Michael. We’ve blurred the faces and any other details that would give you a clue as to which is which.

See how many you can correctly identify based on their choice of clothing.

Photo #1: Is it Muammar or Michael?

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Big news: Now you can win a chance to meet Obama

Step right up and you could win. Just hand over five smackers and you could win a trip to Boston, a rubber chicken dinner and a photo of yourself with President Obama.

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, step right up and you could win. Just hand over five smackers and you could win a trip to Boston, a rubber chicken dinner and a photo of yourself with President Obama. All courtesy of the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee.

barack-obama-joe-biden — Imagine yourself standing there instead of Joe Biden

We know it’s true because we got this email from the DCCC:

Just wanted to make sure you saw Leader Pelosi’s message about your chance to meet President Obama on March 8th.

If you’re chosen as our lucky winner, not only will you get the chance to meet the President, but you’ll get to have your picture taken with him too.

Contribute $5 or more today and you will be automatically entered for a chance to win a trip to Boston (airfare and hotel included). If you win, you and a friend will attend a dinner with President Obama on March 8th and get your picture taken with him.

Help us show continued grassroots strength for President Obama’s agenda. If you’re our lucky winner, you’ll get to meet the President and get your picture taken with him to keep for all time.

Thanks,

Robby Mook
DCCC Executive Director

It ain’t exactly Super Lotto or the Readers Clearinghouse Sweepstake, but on the other hand, it’ll only set you back five dollars. Seriously, just five dollars? That’s all the Democrats think it’s worth for a chance to meet the most powerful man in the world after Simon Cowell?

If you’re not in a hurry to meet Obama, hold on. We’re pretty sure the tickets will only be $2 by this time next year.

Bill Clinton pisses off Al Gore, says “Too much ethanol could lead to food riots”

Bill Clinton has finally figured out that diverting corn to ethanol reduces the amount of corn available for food and drives up prices.

Al Gore loves ethanol. In fact, on the Al Gore Love-O-Meter, ethanol ranks just ahead of pork ribs and happy ending massages. And while Bill Clinton is equally fond of both guilty pleasures, he has finally figured out that diverting corn to ethanol reduces the amount of corn available for food and drives up prices.

So we’re pretty confident that Gore is not happy with Clinton’s comments. Not happy at all.

The Associated Press has details of Clinton’s corny comments:

Former President Bill Clinton is warning farmers not to use so much corn for ethanol fuel that it raises food prices and causes riots in other countries.

Clinton told farmers and Agriculture Department employees that he believes producing biofuels such as corn-based ethanol is important for reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil. But he says farmers also should look beyond domestic production and consider the needs of developing countries.

Clinton spoke Thursday at the department’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. His foundation has worked to develop agribusiness in African countries such as Malawi and Rwanda.

Al Gore just called to correct this story. He said he likes pork ribs much more than ethanol.

Source: Associated Press

2010: More civilians killed in one Mexican town than in all of Afghanistan

There were 3,111 civilians murdered in the city of Juarez in 2010 and 2,421 in the entire country of Afghanistan.

But…but…but how could that be? There’s a war going on in Afghanistan and the good people living along the Mexican border lead peaceful, Mayberry-ish lives. At least that’s what we thought Janet Napolitano said.

ciudad-juarez-murder — People in Ciudad Juarez dream of living in a nice, peaceful place like Afghanistan

CNSNews has the stunning details:

There were 3,111 civilians murdered in the city of Juarez in 2010 and 2,421 in the entire country of Afghanistan.

On a per capita basis, a civilian was 30 times more likely to be murdered last year in Juarez, where there are 1,328,017 inhabitants according to Mexico’s 2010 census, than in Afghanistan, where there are 29,121,286 people according to the CIA World Factbook.

The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan was compiled by the Congressional Research Service and published in a CRS report released on Feb. 3. The number of civilians killed in Juarez was compiled by Molly Molloy, a research librarian at New Mexico State University who maintains a count of murders Juarez and published it on the Frontera List Web site. Molloy’s work on civilian murders in Juarez was also referenced in a recent CRS report on Mexican drug cartels.

Much of the violence in Juárez is sparked by drug trafficking organizations battling over one of the major smuggling corridors into the United States.

Murder? Drugs? Trafficking? Smuggling? Corridors into the United States?

Hah! We laugh at such nonsense. Surely, if any of this was true, Janet Napolitano would have long ago rushed troops to the border.

Source: CNSNews.com

Tales of the inexplicable: Shirley Sherrod honored by a Republican

Shirley Sherrod just got an award in Georgia for suffering through the ordeal of her USDA firing. From a Republican state senator.

You can’t make this stuff up. In the words of ghambrick, who tipped us to this story, “She just got an award in Georgia for suffering through the ordeal of her USDA firing. From a Republican state senator. I’m not kidding.”

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the details:

Shirley Sherrod, who lost her federal job last year in a mistaken furor over supposed racism, was honored Tuesday in Atlanta.

State Sen. Robert Brown, R-Macon, gave Sherrod the Hosie Miller Courage Award. The new award was named in honor of Sherrod’s father, who was a farmer and community leader in Georgia’s Baker County.

“In making this award to Shirley Sherrod for her display of courage, integrity and commitment to justice during the ordeal she endured at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and throughout her life’s work, a very high bar is established for future awards,” Brown said.

Sherrod was forced from her job after a conservative blogger posted a video of part of a talk she gave telling a story about how, years ago, she was offended by a white farmer’s attitude when he asked her to help him avoid losing his farm. She said she considered not helping him. The video left out the rest of her speech, in which she said she overcame her own emotions to help the man. She was accused of racism before the full story came out. She is suing the blogger.

In the spirit of bipartisanship, we’d also like to honor Shirley Sherrod.

Shirley, may you get everything you deserve.

(And feel free to interpret that any way you want.)

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

H/T: GHambrick

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