Forget Canadian healthcare. What we really need is Libyan healthcare.

Thanks to the miracle that is Libya’s healthcare system, the Lockerbie bomber is alive and well.

al-Megrahi in the hospital: A staged photo op if there ever was one

Remember the tragic tale of the Lockerbie bomber? The poor chap was diagnosed with advanced terminal prostate cancer, freed from prison in Scotland and allowed to return to live out his few, final days in Libya. We were told in the gravest of tones that he had but three months to live.

But thanks to the miracle that is Libya’s healthcare system, the Lockerbie bomber is alive and well.

The UK Daily Mail has the inspirational story:

… six months later, Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi is still living–and doing it in the lap of luxury.

Yesterday, his elderly father even held out the prospect of him beating the prostate cancer that doctors said would kill him by last Christmas…

Megrahi, 57, no longer receives hospital treatment after ending a course of chemotherapy.

Last night, the British cancer specialist who gave the three-month prognosis was forced to defend his prediction.

He insisted that Megrahi remained gravely ill and was not expected to live much longer.

Call us cynical, but we thnk we’ll be reading this same story a year from now. And we still won’t know the real reason this murderer was released to live in Libyan luxury.

Source: Daily Mail UK

World’s richest man thinks ObamaCare is a big ol’
waste of money

Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of President Obama’s strongest supporters, thinks the current health-care bill should be ditched in favor of a new plan that focuses on “cost, cost, cost.”

Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of President Obama’s strongest supporters, thinks the current health-care bill should be ditched in favor of a new plan that focuses on “cost, cost, cost.”

Buffett accuses Obama of “dream[ing] up 2,000 pages of other things.”

“I believe in insuring more people, ” Buffett said, “but I don’t believe in insuring more people until you address … the cost aspect of this.”

“I don’t care what Warren Buffett thinks about healthcare,” Vice President Biden said, “But I have to admit that I love that Margaritaville song. ”

Pelosi in denial, thinks she’ll still be Speaker of the House next year

Yeah, we know it’s dangerous to get too cocky and we know nothing is for sure in politics and we know November is a looooong way off, but damn, but would anything make you happier than seeing Princess Pelosi reduced to minority leader?

Yeah, we know it’s dangerous to get too cocky and we know nothing is for sure in politics and we know November is a looooong way off, but damn, but would anything make you happier than seeing Princess Pelosi reduced to minority leader?

In the meantime, here are some quotes from the Princess from Sunday’s State of the Union on CNN:

“The Democrats will retain the majority in the House of Representatives.”

“I’m not yielding one grain of sand, we’re fighting for every seat.”

“So Democrats are ready. We’re confident of that – what we have done for the American people. We have to get out there. We’ve been working hard, now we have to go out. We said we were going to do certain things, we did them. Now we have to go talk about what we have done.”

You know, there is nothing more entertaining than the Democrats’ conceit that they just haven’t done a good enough job explaining what they’ve done.

So explain away, honey, explain away.

Highlight of the Olympics: William Shatner explains why he’s proud to be Canadian.

William Shatner is one very funny man, as demonstrated by his speech at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics.

William Shatner is one very funny man, as demonstrated by his speech at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics.

Maybe one of our readers in the Great White North can explain the Canadianisms in the clip that make no sense to Americans. Such as:

“And the words, (what does he say in French)?”

“Our healthcare system covers (what???), Aaaaye!”

“I’m proud of loooooooo!” (What the hell does “loooooooo” mean?)

What does it all mean, Andy Canuck? Maybe even WesInMT can explain it (Montana’s pretty close to Canada, isnt it?)

The cover-up is worse than the crime: Five European countries want to ban the burka

It looks as if Europeans are finally waking up to the threat posed to Western civilization by the Islamification of their societies. Either that or they just think Muslim chicks are hot.

When societies collide: The Bikini vs. the burkini

It looks as if Europeans are finally waking up to the threat posed to Western civilization by the Islamification of their societies. Either that or they just think Muslim chicks are hot.

The Financial Times unveils the details:

More than half of voters in four other major European states back a push by France’s Nicolas Sarkozy to ban women from wearing the burka, according to an opinion poll for the Financial Times.

As Mr Sarkozy presses ahead with plans to ban the wearing of the burka in public places, the FT’s latest Harris poll shows the move is not just strongly supported in France, but wins enthusiastic backing in the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany.

The poll shows some 70 per cent of respondents in France said they supported plans to forbid the wearing of the garment which covers the female body from head to toe. There was similar sentiment in Spain and Italy, where 65 per cent and 63 per cent respectively favoured a ban.

We also favor banning the burka. Of course, our position may be influenced by our belief that topless beaches are France’s greatest contribution to Western culture.

Source: Financial Times

First deaths attributed directly to global warming

A seven-month-old girl miraculously survived alone for three days after one of her parents shot her in the chest – apparently as part of a bizarre murder-suicide pact blamed on global warming.

Thumbs up, Loteros! If global warming won’t kill people, darn it, they’ll just have to kill themselves.

Our alternate headline for this story was “Al Gore involved in murder-suicide pact.”

The New York Daily News reports the truly tragic result of global warming hysteria:

A seven-month-old girl miraculously survived alone for three days after one of her parents shot her in the chest – apparently as part of a bizarre murder-suicide pact blamed on global warming.

The baby was discovered with a bullet casing in her chest and covered with blood by police in the Argentinean city of Goya, near the bodies of her parents and 2-year-old brother, the Latin American Herald reported Saturday.

Police broke into the home after neighbors complained of a stench coming from the house. The boy was found with a gunshot wound in his back, while his parents died from gunshot wounds to the chest.

The parents, 56-year-old Francisco Lotero and 23-year-old Miriam Coletti, are believed to have been spurred by their fears about global climate change, London’s Telegraph reported.

A letter was found on a table expressing the couple’s anger at the government for not responding to the environmental crisis.

As a result of these tragic and truly needless deaths, we can no longer say Teddy Kennedy’s car has killed more people than global warming has.

So we bid a fond farewell to Lotero family and a great bumper sticker.

Source: New York Daily News

NBC insiders say Olbermann is in trouble. Big trouble.

According to NBC insiders, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann may have worn out his welcome with network bigwigs. What took them so long?

According to NBC insiders, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann may have worn out his welcome with network bigwigs. What took them so long?

Capitol Hill Blue reports the incident that caused this man-made human resources disaster:

Olbermann, who fancies himself as a cross between news legend Edward R. Murrow and Howard Beale, the mad prophet newsman of the black comedy movie “Network,” went after former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams Wednesday night, claiming Abrams had been fired and had a grudge against the network.

The tirade left NBC executives red-faced because Abrams, a lawyer, is still employed by NBC as a news analyst on legal issues.

Olbermann castigated Abrams in a new segment of his show “The Countdown Hall of Shame,” which replaced the tired “Worst Persons in the World Segment” that had turned into a nightly tirade against Fox News personalities Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.

Obermann named the media website Mediaite — founded by Abrams — as runner up in the Hall of Shame Category because it reported on the Tea Party calling Obermann out for his claim that the grassroots movement lacked diversity when MSNBC anchors are mostly whitebread.

Said Olbermann:

Perhaps the reason that Mediaite took a Tea Party’s word for it is that this is the same site of a fired MSNBC employee. And in his attempt to implant his bitterness toward this place, to plug or weave it into his website, he has wigged out. He would like us to sweep his failure under the rug as if it were a bald-faced lie, or there will be hell to pay.

It appears that NBC execs have never actually watched Olbermann’s show. If they had, they would simply shrug this off knowing full well that being 180 degrees away from the truth is pretty common on their network from 9-10 pm EST.

A much more likely reason for the state of unease among NBC execs might be Olbermanns rapidly dwindling audience, which now routinely numbers under 1,000,000 viewers per night.

After all, network executives aren’t offended by liars. But they are highly offended by liars with small audiences.

Source: CapitolHillBlue.com

Fox News attracts nearly as many ObamaCare Summit viewers as other four news networks combined

Fox News Channel drew the most viewers during the health care summit, by far.

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for the left to explain Fox News’ dominance every time new ratings come out. The most recent spin seems to boil down to, “Oh, #%$@.”

MediaBistro.com reports the ObamaCare Summit ratings rout:

Fox News Channel drew the most viewers during yesterday’s health care summit, by far. During the summit hours (9:45am-5:30pmET), FNC drew more Total Viewers and A25-54 demo viewers than CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and HLN combined.

FNC, which did not interrupt the feed from the summit’s start until the 1pm lunch break, drew its most viewers in the 11amET hour, as did MSNBC. CNN drew the most in the 4pmET hour.

CNN, which had the second most viewers, was up +98% against its year-to-date average for the 10am-5:30pmET hours. MSNBC was up +75% and FNC was up +45%.

The White House says 3.9 million users streamed the summit at its website.

(Note: MSNBC only carried the summit until 2pm, and HLN and CNBC did not carry it in full).

The left contends that only stupid Republicans watch Fox News. But they’re going to need a new argument since that one now leads to the inescapable conclusion that the country has more Republicans than Democrats.

Source: MediaBistro.com

October 16, 2009: Moscow mayor promises a winter without snow.
February 23, 2010: Never mind

Remember back in October when the mayor of Moscow proudly announced that Russia had learned to control the weather and that no snow would fall in Moscow this winter?

Remember back in October when the mayor of Moscow proudly announced that Russia had learned to control the weather and that no snow would fall in Moscow this winter?

Here’s how Time Magazine told the wintery tale:

Pigs still can’t fly, but this winter, the mayor of Moscow promises to keep it from snowing. For just a few million dollars, the mayor’s office will hire the Russian Air Force to spray a fine chemical mist over the clouds before they reach the capital, forcing them to dump their snow outside the city. Authorities say this will be a boon for Moscow, which is typically covered with a blanket of snow from November to March. Road crews won’t need to constantly clear the streets, and traffic — and quality of life — will undoubtedly improve.

As the BBC reports, that was then, this is now:

Thousands of snow-clearing machines have been working to dig the Russian capital Moscow out of a record-breaking fall of 63cm (nearly 25 inches).

After a weekend of heavy snow showers, the regional weather centre announced that the previous record of 62cm, set in 1966, had been broken.

…In all, about 15,000 snow-clearing machines were deployed in the city of about 10.5 million people, backed by 8,500 dump trucks and about 5,500 street-sweeping personnel.

Quick. Someone check to see if Al Gore has been in Moscow. This has all the signs of the Gore Effect.

Source: Time Magazine, BBC

Rick Sanchez doesn’t know how long a meter is

Rick Sanchez isn’t the worst ideologue on CNN, but day in and day out, he is the most annoying and uninformed.

Rick Sanchez isn’t the worst ideologue on CNN, but day in and day out, he is the most annoying and uninformed.

Here he interrupts a discussion of the potential size of a tidal wave in Hawaii by asking, “By the way, nine meters in English is?”

Either he doesn’t know how long a meter is or he thinks you don’t know.

Lesson to be learned: Don’t go using that fancy, new Euro-speak on Rick Sanchez.

Source: NewsBusters.org

Nancy Pelosi runs the most honest, ethical congress in history. Just ask her.

The woman who promised to “drain the swamp” run the most honest, ethical House in history seems to be remarkably uninterested and uninformed about Charlie Rangel’s ethics…uhhhh…issues.

The woman who promised to “drain the swamp” run the most honest, ethical House in history seems to be remarkably uninterested and uninformed about Charlie Rangel’s ethics…uhhhh…issues.

Pelosi also suffered temporary amnesia regarding ethics issues suffered by other members of her Team Left: Carolyn Kilpatrick, Bennie Thompson, Donald Payne, Donna Christensen, William Jefferson, Barney Frank, John Murtha, Maxine Waters, Sanford Bishop, Jesse Jackson Jr, Allan Mollohan, Pete Visclosky, Sanford Bishop and California’s corruptocrat sisters, Linda and Loretta Sanchez.

Nancy, honey, you can’t drain the swamp when you’re wallowing in it.

Now this is what the ObamaCare summit should have sounded like

All that phony civility on display at the ObamaCare Summit was boring. And horribly insincere. Here’s how it should have looked and sounded. It doesn’t look like European MP Nigel Farage cares much for the Belgian President of the European Parliament.

All that phony civility on display at the ObamaCare Summit was boring. And horribly insincere. Here’s how it should have looked and sounded.

It doesn’t look like European MP Nigel Farage cares much for the Belgian President of the European Parliament.

“…I don’t want to be rude – but, you know, really, you have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask … the question that I want to ask is: Who are you? I’d never heard of you. Nobody in Europe has ever heard of you. I would like to ask you, president, who voted for you?”

And it goes downhill from there.

Source: Jonah Goldberg, National Review

Obama inadvertently reveals that he doesn’t understand how insurance works

Obama inadvertently reveals that he doesn’t understand how insurance works. This is a teachable moment.

The President is fond of what he calls teachable moments. So what have we been taught by this video clip?

1. If you want to be covered when you get rear-ended, purchase collision and comprehensive insurance, not just the legally-required, minimum liability policy.

2. If you get rear-ended, it’s probably the other guy’s fault so you should call his insurance company, not your own.

3. Just because you graduate from Harvard doesn’t mean you know how the real world works.

And that, friends, is what you call a teachable moment. Just not the kind the President intended.

Source: HotAir.com

The Edge still can’t build what he was hoping for

David Evans wants to build a home on the soaring landscape above Malibu beach. It’s got all the correct environmental bells and whistles, too.

No Irish rockers allowed. The Edge finds out that sustainability just means sustaining views of rich leftists.

David Evans, aka the Edge, is the guitar player for Irish rock band U2, the most eco- and politically-correct band in history. U2 defined politically-correct standards of rock and roll.

Now the Edge wants to build a home on the soaring landscape above Malibu beach. It’s got all the correct environmental bells and whistles, too, the Edge says.

“We just had this dream of building a house that was in perfect harmony with these hills,” Mr. Evans said. “We see it as something that could be a bench mark of sustainability.”

But in the ever exacting bite of karma, a group of green eco-warriors are fighting the Edge’s new home. The Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy and the rich folks who live below are trying to stop the project, which includes, Gaia forbid, a road.

Maybe sustainability and environmental awareness are now just code words that help rich people keep the Irish out of their neighborhoods.

Source: New York Times

– Written by Sven Waring, DotPenn.com

ABC News to lay off hundreds, calls it a transformation. Like Custer called the Little Bighorn a transformation.

ABC News said Tuesday that it plans to substantially cut its staff as part of a “fundamental transformation” of the news division at the Walt Disney-owned US television network.

Hundreds are losing their jobs, but don't worry because Diane Sawyer is keeping hers

These are dark days for the mainstream media. Or, more properly, these are dark days for the people who work in the mainstream media.

AFP reports the latest layoff news:

ABC News said Tuesday that it plans to substantially cut its staff as part of a “fundamental transformation” of the news division at the Walt Disney-owned US television network.

ABC News president David Westin, in an email to ABC News employees, said all news department staffers would receive buyout offers in the next few days.

“The response to this voluntary program will determine the extent to which we will need to make further reductions,” he said.

Westin did not say how many jobs the company was seeking to eliminate but he said the restructuring of the news operation to take advantage of digital technology will result in “substantially fewer” people on staff at ABC News.

The Los Angeles Times, citing unidentified newsroom employees, said the network was looking to cut as many as 300 jobs, or around 20 percent of its total staff of around 1,400. The New York Times put the figure at up to 400.

Diane Sawyer didn’t get laid off, did she? No? She’s still safe? OK, then all is still right with the world.

Source: AFP

Al Gore shows up at Apple shareholder meeting, becomes a laughingstock

At an Apple shareholder meeting, Al Gore “has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted,” Sheldon said, referring to Gore’s views on global warming.

A billion dollars in the bank and he's still the fat kid who gets picked on by all the cool kids

$1,000,000 to the first reader who can tell us what’s wrong with that headline. Oh, sorry, time’s up.

The answer is, Al Gore didn’t become a laughingstock at the Apple meeting. The guy’s always been a laughingstock.

CNET reports the continuing disintegration of the Gore lore:

The presence of one of the world’s pre-eminent environmentalists at Apple’s shareholder meeting Thursday was the subject of much of the morning’s pointed discussion.

As expected, Apple’s attitude on environmental and sustainability issues was one of the main concerns of the stockholders present Thursday, followed closely by the company’s immense pile of cash. But early harsh comments about former Vice President Al Gore’s record set the tone.

Gore was seated in the first row, along with his six fellow board members, in Apple’s Town Hall auditorium as several stockholders took turns either bashing or praising his high-profile views on climate change.

At the first opportunity for audience participation just several minutes into the proceeding, a longtime and well-known Apple (AAPL) shareholder–some would say gadfly–who introduced himself as Sheldon, stood at the microphone and urged against Gore’s re-election to the board. Gore “has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted,” Sheldon said, referring to Gore’s views on global warming. “If his advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn’t need to be re-elected.”

While this attitude might crush the spirit of lesser men, it is not expected to bother Gore. Not being elected is nothing new to him.

Source: CNET

Quote of the Day: Nancy Pelosi

“Bipartisanship is a two-way street,” Princess Pelosi said. “A bill can be bipartisan without bipartisan votes.”

“Bipartisanship is a two-way street,” Princess Pelosi said. “A bill can be bipartisan without bipartisan votes.”

What the hell is wrong with the people of San Francisco who keep electing this dim bulb?

Source: TheHill.com

Obama picks his nose on national television

Turns out The Greatest President In History human after all. He puts his pants on one leg at a time and picks his nose one finger at a time.

He’s digging for gold. Picking a winner. Drilling for oil. Exploring the cave. Call it what you want, but as far as we’re concerned this was the highlight of the ObamaCare Summit.

Turns out The Greatest President In History human after all. He puts his pants on one leg at a time and picks his nose one finger at a time.

Sure, it’s a cheap shot, but we do it just to annoy those liberals who still think he’s Captain Perfect.

Anyone could have made the same mistake. After all, they all look alike and have that negro dialect

Mirror UK: “The picture of Randy Jackson shows the judge from American Idol and not Randy Jackson the brother of Michael.”

Imagine the chagrin suffered by Mirror UK when they had to print the following retraction after a photo mix-up:

“The picture of Randy Jackson shows the judge from American Idol and not Randy Jackson the brother of Michael.”

We’re pretty sure that’s American Idol’s Randy Jackson on the left. But to tell the truth, we’re not positive that’s Michael Jackson’s brother on right.

Our hearts go out to Michael’s parents. First they had to identify the body of their dead son, now they may be called in to identify the body of one who’s still alive.

Source: Mirror UK via RegretTheError.com

Chris Matthews predicts the end of the Democrat party

Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews are discussing the ObamaCare Summit.
She said, “You’re asking the House members to vote on something on the bet that the Senate will follow through.”

“It’s more than a bet,” Matthews replied, “because if the Senate doesn’t do it, it’s the end of the Democratic Party.”

Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews are discussing the ObamaCare Summit.
She said, “You’re asking the House members to vote on something on the bet that the Senate will follow through.”

“It’s more than a bet,” Matthews replied, “because if the Senate doesn’t do it, it’s the end of the Democratic Party.”

Oh, my god, we’re not embarrassed to admit that we have tingles running up our legs.

Source: NewsBusters.org

The pseudo-science is settled! New hockey stick graph shows unprecedented rise in global warming skeptics

Here’s the most accurate global warming graph ever constructed. Ever. Congrats to Zombie over at Pajamas Media for sharing the results of this peer-reviewed scientific study. It was peer-reviewed, wasn’t it?

Here’s the most accurate global warming graph ever constructed. Ever. (CLICK TO ENLARGE.) Congrats to Zombie over at Pajamas Media for sharing the results of this peer-reviewed scientific study. It was peer-reviewed, wasn’t it?

Source: Pajamas Media

Joe Biden tells the American people what
he thinks he thinks

After watching him perform his duties as Vice President for 13 months, I think I think Joe Biden is A, B, C or D.

After watching him perform his duties as Vice President for 13 months, I think I think Joe Biden is:

A. A moron
B. A halfwit
C. A knucklehead
D. All of the above

We think it’s D. At least we think we think it’s D.

Heresy! Rep. Paul Ryan says Washington doesn’t have all the answers

You could almost hear the collective gasp of horror that came from Democrats in the room. And if were not mistaken, Nancy Pelosi came down with a bad case of the vapors.

Republican Paul Ryan told the ObamaCare Summit that Washington doesn’t have all the answers.

You could almost hear the collective gasp of horror that came from Democrats in the room. And if were not mistaken, Nancy Pelosi came down with a bad case of the vapors.

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