Balloon Boy to Wolfe Blitzer: “We did it for the show”

Sounds like another Wife Swap encore is in order for this clever family. Either that, or a visit by Child Protection Services.

Yesterday in our story “Publicity stunt or coincidence? Balloon Boy has a video called “I’m Not Pussified,” we suggested that the story was a publicity stunt. But trying to be sensitive to the family, just in case we were wrong, we posed this as a question rather than a charge. Well, we were right. Just listen to not-so-crafty-after-all little co-conspirator Falcon cause his parents Richard and Mayumi to freeze in shock as he tells CNN’s Wolfe Blitzer that “We did this for a show.”

Sounds like another Wife Swap encore is in order for this clever family. Either that, or a visit by Child Protection Services.

Update: Here’s a clip of Wolfe Blitzer coming back to Falcon’s comment, gently asking for clarification. We’re no body language experts, but we’d say he knows he was busted big time. Given Wolfe’s performance on Celebrity Jeopardy last month, we’re lucky he even picked up on the slip.

Deciding vote on Obama Nobel Peace Prize cast by radical Socialist and KGB informer

Although it was originally reported that President Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after a unanimous vote, the final tally was actually a much close 3-2 vote.

Thorbjørn Jaglan, leader of Socialist International, KGB dupe, Barack Obama voter
Thorbjørn Jaglan, leader of Socialist International, KGB dupe, Barack Obama voter

Although it was originally reported that President Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after a unanimous vote, the final tally was actually a much close 3-2 vote.

The Conservative Party’s Kaci Kullmann Five and the Socialist Left’s Aagot Valle voted no.

The swing vote that broke the 2-2 tie and awarded the Nobel to Obama was cast by committee Chairman Thorbjørn Jaglan, President of the Storting.

Wikipedia (yeah, we know the problems with Wikipedia, but we’re quoting it anyway) says, “Since 1999, Jagland is also one of several vice presidents of the Socialist International. Jagland stated that the left wing in Norway does not use Socialist International enough. From 2000 to 2006, he chaired the Socialist International Committee on the Middle East, and he has outspokenly opposed the perceived presence of islamophobia in Western societies.”

They also said, “…a former Soviet spy described Jagland as a friendly politician during the 1970s and 80s. Jagland said he held diplomatic talks with the Soviet unions and that all the conversations were innocent exchanges between them.[14] He was classified as a ’confidential contact’ by the Committee for State Security (KGB).“

Well, surely, you say, President Obama can’t be held responsible if some foreign socialist wants to give him a multimillion dollar award. It’s not like he named a socialist to his administration or anything.

Not so fast.

E&E News reports that Carol Browner was also an official of the Socialist International until forced to resign due to negative publicity surrounding her appointment as Obama’s Climate Czar.

So now we know who thinks Obama deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. And we know whom Obama appoints to key positions.

So the only remaining question is how anyone could possibly believe this guy’s not a socialist.

Source: Andrew Bolt, Wikipedia

Snow piling up, so is anti-global warming evidence

The headlines once again show that the earth is not warming, and cliamte change is the biggest hoax in history.

snowstorm Rockies game snowed out!
Source: ESPN.com via Drudge

Antarctic Ice Melt at Lowest Levels in Satellite Era

Source: World Climate Report

What happened to global warming?
Source: BBC

How freezing temperatures are starting to shatter climate change theory
Source: Daily Mail UK

Western Montana cold breaks records
Source: KTVQ-TV

Austria: Earliest snowfall in history set to break records
Source: Austrian Times via Drudge

October Cold Snap Sets 82-Year Record
Source: CBS2Chicago.com

FORECASTS BLOWN: ’09 Atlantic hurricane season quietest in decade
Source: Reuters

And so it begins: Fox Business Network gets first ratings win over CNBC thanks to Imus

Irrascable, almost unwatchable curmudgeon Don Imus has helped the Fox Business Network rack up its first ratings triumph over arch rival CNBC.

If there was ever been a face made for radio, it's the one belonging to Don Imus.
If there was ever been a face made for radio, it's the one belonging to Don Imus.

Irrascable, almost unwatchable curmudgeon Don Imus has helped the Fox Business Network rack up its first ratings triumph over arch rival CNBC.

Imus’ radio show, a simulcast of his radio show, averaged 148,000 viewers a day for the week of October 5. That allowed FBN to eke out its first narrow victory over CNBC since FBN fired up its transmitter two years ago.

The New York Daily News reports:

Imus retained about 75% of his audience for the period, and helped propel Fox Business to its highest overall ratings for a week.

Imus’ total viewership on Fox was several times the average of his last simulcast, on the RFD network, and a little less than half the number he averaged when he was on MSNBC.

Fox Business News or Joe Kernan and crew at CNBC? Joe Kernan and crew at CNBC or Fox Business News. We just can’t decide.

We admit it. We’re torn between two lovers, feelin’ like a fool. Lovin’ both of you is breakin’ all the rules.

Sorry, we momentarily channeled Maureen McGovern and her 1976 hit.

Source: New York Daily News

White House Communications Director’s favorite philosopher killed 70,000,000 people

“The guy responsible for more deaths than any other 20th Century leader is her favorite philosopher,” Glenn Beck raged. “How can that man be your favorite anything?

“The guy responsible for more deaths than any other 20th Century leader is her favorite philosopher,” Glenn Beck raged. “How can that man be your favorite anything? He killed 70 million people. That would be like me saying to you, “Hah. You know who my favorite political philosopher is? Adolf Hitler. Have you read Mein Kampf?”

By this time tomorrow, Keith Olbermann will name Glenn Beck the World’s Worst Person and quote him as saying that Adolf Hitler is his favorite philosopher.

Publicity stunt or coincidence? Balloon Boy has a video called “I’m Not Pussified”

Is it just us or does anyone else smell a big fat publicity stunt here? C’mon, the family’s already been on Wife Swap, the cheesiest show on television, twice.

Is it just us or does anyone else smell a big fat publicity stunt here?

C’mon, the family’s already been on Wife Swap, the cheesiest show on television, twice. Falcon Heene (yes, that’s Balloon Boy’s real name) has a music video called “I’m Not Pussified.” And now he’s supposedly gone up in a runaway balloon shaped like a flying saucer.

If this isn’t a publicity stunt, young Balloon Boy has lead a very eventful six years.

Update: Balloon Boy to Wolfe Blitzer: “We did it for the show”

Top 13 ugliest, oddest and strangest-looking world leaders

A website called HottestHeadsOfState.com has been getting a lot of attention this week. It’s tough to argue with their assessment that Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine, is the hottest world leader. But what about the ugliest and oddest?

A website called HottestHeadsOfState.com has been getting a lot of attention this week. It’s tough to argue with their assessment that Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine, is the hottest world leader.

While most people were ogling Yulia and her male cohorts in the top ten, we immediately went to the other end of the list to find the ugliest, the oddest and the most hideous heads of state.

It’s a far more interesting list.

azerbaijan aliyevIlham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan. Does he remind anyone else of the guy who played the high school principal in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off (the one who later got arrested for possession of child porn)?

algeria ouyahia11Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria. Geraldo Rivera’s Arab uncle.

barbados thompsonDavid Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados. Holy crap. His moustache is the same size as his eyebrows.

Continue reading “Top 13 ugliest, oddest and strangest-looking world leaders”

Video: John Murtha demonstrates the difference between democracy and Democrats

John “Earmark” Murtha is the poster boy for corruption in Washington, DC. And this video demonstrates that he is quite willing to ignore Republicans, common courtesy and the Constitution.

John “Earmark” Murtha is the poster boy for corruption in Washington, DC. And this video demonstrates that he is quite willing to ignore Republicans, common courtesy and the Constitution.

Source: Jammie Wearing Fool

Ronald Reagan explains economics to White House reporter

In this short clip White House reporter Sam Donaldson asks Ronald Reagan if he bears any responsibility for the ballooning deficit.

In this short clip White House reporter Sam Donaldson asks Ronald Reagan if he bears any responsibility for the ballooning deficit. The answer is hilarious. Ronald Reagan at his ad libbing best.

Sadly, Reagan’s answer is just as valid today.

Now you can drain your bladder and fill your gas tank simultaneously

The new Mazda CX-7 4WD uses a special liquid similar to human urine to reduce emissions. The special compound, which goes by the name AdBlue.

The Mazda CX-7, a car that runs on pee, is the perfect car for Washington, DC, a city that runs on bullshit
The Mazda CX-7, a car that runs on pee, is the perfect car for Washington, DC, a city that runs on bullshit

Perhaps that’s not a scientifically accurate description, but it’s close enough for blogging purposes.

The new Mazda CX-7 4WD uses a special liquid similar to human urine to reduce emissions. The special compound, which goes by the name AdBlue, is 1/3 urea and 2/3 demineralized water.

The technology, which is common in Europe and Australia’s trucking industry, is called selective catalyst reduction. Without getting over our heads in scientific jargon, it injects AdBlue into the car’s exhaust system and renders NOx emissions harmless.

According to The Age Australia, “Regulatory authorities in Europe and the United States are planning to introduce strict new limits on diesel emissions in the future, which will eventually make the urea-based systems mandatory equipment on all cars.”

We’re not that impressed with a car that runs on pee. We’d be a lot more excited if they could develop a car that runs on bullshit.

Hell, in that case Al Gore could put OPEC out of business all by himself.

Source: The Age Australia

You’re going to die of swine flu this winter. Just like thousands of Aussies did.

Our friends down under have just come out of the Southern Hemisphere’s winter with the swine flu raging through the nation, decimating its people and destroying its economy everywhere…

The last living Australian takes a stroll on the beach before dying of swine flu
The last living Australian takes a stroll on the beach before dying of swine flu

Our friends down under have just come out of the Southern Hemisphere’s winter with the swine flu raging through the nation, decimating its people and destroying its economy everywhere from the Opera House to the Outback.

Or not.

The predictions had been that the swine flu would kill thousands, maybe tens of thousands of Aussies.

Back in April, the World Health Organization said “all humanity is under threat.”

Aussie Health Minister Nicola Roxon said flu could kill 6000 Aussies this flu season and put 80,000 in hospital. And that’s out of a total population of just 20 million.

Professor Raina MacIntyre, a member of the Government’s influenza advisory group, anticipated an even higher toll.

“If you look at deaths that are directly related to influenza and also to pneumonia, which is the most common complication of influenza,” she said, “we could be looking at anything in the ball park of 10,000 deaths, 10,000 to 20,000 deaths.”

None of it happened.

The actual number of Aussies who died from swine flu?

A mere 185.

As Aussie blogger Andrew Bolt said, “Add swine flu now to a notorious list of other great scare campaigns: bird flu, SARS, acid rain, the Y2K bug, Chernobyl, genetically modified food, impending famines … Oh, and global warming. “

Expect equally devastating results during our upcoming flu season.

Source: Andrew Bolt

Quote of the Day: Obama’s priorities

Why squander your presidency on trying to turn an economically moribund feudal backwater into a functioning nation state when you can turn a functioning nation state into an economically moribund feudal backwater?

mark-steyn “Obama’s priorities lie not in the Hindu Kush but in America: Why squander your presidency on trying to turn an economically moribund feudal backwater into a functioning nation state when you can turn a functioning nation state into an economically moribund feudal backwater?”

– Mark Steyn

Source: Orange County Register

“Capitalism” (with a capital “C”) proves that capitalism (with a lower case “c”) works

Michael Moore may hate capitalism, but he’s learned a valuable lesson by making Capitalism. That is, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

Hey, Michael, how’s the box office for your latest movie?
Hey, Michael, how’s the box office for your latest movie?

Michael Moore may hate capitalism, but he’s learned a valuable lesson by making Capitalism. That is, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Or its Hollywood corollary, you can lead a whore to water, but you can’t make her drink. But we digress.

What Moore has learned is that no one wants to see a film that calls for the destruction of a system that made it possible for that film to be made.

The total box office for “Capitalism” dropped 39% this weekend despite playing in an additional 33 theaters. This weekend’s total box office was a mere $2,700,000 and the total two week take is just $9,095,000.

Think about it this way: At $10 per ticket, that means only 270,000 people saw “Capitalism” this weekend. That works out to 271 people per theater. Figure three showings per day Friday, Saturday and Sunday, that means a sad, sad average of 30 people paid to see each showing of Capitalism.

Of course, this is Hollywood. So a documentary that’s full of lies and distortions that no one want to see, well, that’s surefire Oscar material.

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Good news! The United States isn’t the only country committing national suicide

The Land Down Under has an illegal immigrant named Abdul Benbrika. He’s been cheating Australia’s welfare system for 19 years. And plotting jihad against the Aussies the entire time.

The Land Down Under has an illegal immigrant named Abdul Benbrika. He’s been cheating Australia’s welfare system for 19 years. And plotting jihad against the Aussies the entire time.

It’s not bureaucracy, it’s bureaucrazy.

Wake the hell up, America.

Source: LiveLeak.com

Please sit before reading this: NY Times says Obama should accept Nobel on behalf of American military

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times thinks Obama should accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the American military. Hey, wait. Is this April 1?

Ssssssh! Don't tell any of Thomas Friedman's liberal friends that he supports the American military
Ssssssh! Don't tell any of Thomas Friedman's liberal friends that he supports the American military

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times thinks Obama should accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the American military.

Hey, wait. Is this April 1? Nope. Just checked the calendar and it’s October 14. The only other option is that Friedman has had an extremely rare moment of clarity.

What follows are words you never thought you’d see from Friedman and/or the Times:

Let me begin by thanking the Nobel committee for awarding me this prize, the highest award to which any statesman can aspire. As I said on the day it was announced, ‘I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize.’ Therefore, upon reflection, I cannot accept this award on my behalf at all.

But I will accept it on behalf of the most important peacekeepers in the world for the last century — the men and women of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

I will accept this award on behalf of the American soldiers who landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi fascism. I will accept this award on behalf of the American soldiers and sailors who fought on the high seas and forlorn islands in the Pacific to free East Asia from Japanese tyranny in the Second World War.

… Until the words of Isaiah are made true and lasting — and nations never again lift up swords against nations and never learn war anymore — we will need peacekeepers. Lord knows, ours are not perfect, and I have already moved to remedy inexcusable excesses we’ve perpetrated in the war on terrorism.

But have no doubt, those are the exception. If you want to see the true essence of America, visit any U.S. military outpost in Iraq or Afghanistan. You will meet young men and women of every race and religion who work together as one, far from their families, motivated chiefly by their mission to keep the peace and expand the borders of freedom.

So for all these reasons — and so you understand that I will never hesitate to call on American soldiers where necessary to take the field against the enemies of peace, tolerance and liberty — I accept this peace prize on behalf of the men and women of the U.S. military: the world’s most important peacekeepers.

Thomas Friggin’ Friedman supports the U. S. military? Proof positive that there is a God.

Source: New York Times

NBC cancels series before it deserves it, Obama gets Nobel prize before deserving it. It’s just that kind of day.

It was a very weird, but very consistent day. At the same time NBC has cancelled “Southland” before it ever aired, Barack Obama was given a Nobel Peace Prize prior to accomplishing anything to deserve it.

Southland didn't deserve what it got. Neither did Barack Obama.
Southland didn't deserve what it got. Neither did Barack Obama.

It was a very weird, but very consistent day. At the same time NBC has cancelled “Southland” before it ever aired, Barack Obama was given a Nobel Peace Prize prior to accomplishing anything to deserve it.

Jay Leno’s comment on the cancellation story was, “NBC’s ratings aren’t so hot. In fact — and this is true — this week the network canceled the show ‘Southland’ before it even came back on the air. Next thing you know they’ll be canceling shows before writers can even think of them.”

Had Leno done a Nobel Peace Prize version it would have said, “Barack Obama’s approval ratings aren’t so hot. In fact – and this is true – today the Nobel committee gave the President the Nobel Peace Prize before he’s actually accomplished anything. Next thing you know they’ll be giving Presidents awards before they’re even elected.”

What’s that? Obama was nominated two weeks prior to his inauguration? So the prize couldn’t possibly be based on anything he’s done? Hmmmm.

Congratulations, President Obama. We’re sure you’re proud to be take your place alongside other peaceful men like Yassar Arafat.

Source: Live Feed

Al Gore proves he has all the answers. Unless you ask him a question.

Al Gore showed up a global warming conference in Wisconsin. Unfortunately for the former Veep, so did Phelim McAleer, who has just produced a documentary that exposes all the lies contained in Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore showed up a global warming conference in Wisconsin. Unfortunately for the former Veep, so did Phelim McAleer, who has just produced a documentary that exposes all the lies contained in Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.

When Gore tries to deflect and disengage, McAleer has the temerity to challenge him with follow-up questions. Why, the nerve of that cheeky little Limey.

So the organizers did what any self-respecting global warming fanatic would do – they cut off McAleer’s microphone.

Not Evil Just Wrong, McAleer’s documentary, premieres on October 18. We’re sure he’d welcome you and Al Gore to show up and ask questions.

Source: National Review

CNN on the outside looking in, reports on White House dispute with Fox News

Just try, if you can, to imagine the chagrin suffered by CNN when it has to report a story about Fox News. Even worse, imagine its complete humiliation when it has to stage group discussions about Fox.

Just try, if you can, to imagine the chagrin suffered by CNN when it has to report a story about Fox News. Even worse, imagine its complete humiliation when it has to stage group discussions about Fox.

For example, when the White House declares Fox News to be the enemy. Then imagine the entire panel agreeing with David Gergen and saying that Obama’s attack on Fox News “is a risky strategy and it’s not one I would advocate.”

Luckily, CNN’s embarrassment will be minimized by the fact that no one saw the discussion because all the network’s former viewers now watch Fox.

Source: HotAir.com

CNN “fact check” becomes butt of joke on Twitter

What was CNN thinking when they did a “fact check” on a Saturday Night Live skit that criticized President Obama? What were they thinking?

Toonces the driving cat doesn’t wear a seatbelt!
Toonces the driving cat doesn’t wear a seatbelt!

What was CNN thinking when they did a “fact check” on a Saturday Night Live skit that criticized President Obama? What were they thinking?

The so-called news network’s absurd “fact check” of a comedy skit has deservedly become the butt of an on-going joke on Twitter.

The basic idea? If CNN is going to fact check the President Obama skit, they must be fact checking other SNL skits, too.

For example:

@DefiantKembro ‘El Nino’ is not Spanish for “the Nino” #CNNFactCheck

@EnasYorl “Wayne’s World” was not really a public access cable show. #CNNfactcheck

@ArielAkiva The superfans were not actually having heart attacks. #cnnfactcheck

@thecomeback After checking every river in America, we have not been able to find a motivational speaker living in a van. #CNNfactcheck

@jeffdobbs: Over half of Saturday Night Live is NOT ON SATURDAY NIGHT for Eastern time zone. Outrage. #CNNFactCheck

@jkfecke In fact, Blue Öyster Cult never included a cowbell player named Gene Frenkle–the musician didn’t exist. #CNNFactCheck

@mikehassinger: This just in: “Toonces the driving cat” not real cat, can’t even DRIVE! #CNNFactCheck

This is citizen journalism at its finest. OK, second finest after a certain smartass political commentary site that modesty prohibits us from mentioning.

Source: Examiner.com

Ralph Nader has written a novel. Exactly the kind of wacky novel you’d expect Ralph Nader to write.

Nader’s unintentionally hilarious novel is called “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” No. Seriously. That’s what it’s called. And it’s everything you could hope for from perennial presidential candidate and left wing lunatic.

Who buys this crap? Nader's novel is currently #488 on Amazon's list of bestselling books.
Who buys this crap? Nader's novel is currently #488 on Amazon's list of bestselling books.

Nader’s unintentionally hilarious novel is called “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” No. Seriously. That’s what it’s called. And it’s everything you could hope for from perennial presidential candidate and left wing lunatic.

First of all, it’s long. 736 ponderous pages long. And it’s all about super-rich lefties banding together to save the world by turning America into a European-style welfare state. (May we suggest that you read it now, while it’s still fiction.)

Here’s how the Wall Street Journal reviews this instant classic:

Here, for instance, is an actual passage from “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”: “As promised, Ted Turner and Phil Donahue had put their heads together to brainstorm about a mascot for the group’s efforts. Ted’s thoughts naturally ran along avian lines, and it wasn’t long before they hit on the idea of a parrot. . . . Patriotic Polly hit the airwaves in fifteen-second spots shown on thousands of stations, and it was an immediate smash.”

The parrot, see, appears on TV and squawks, “Get up! Don’t let America down!” Then there’s an email address for viewers to use to join the movement to redirect America. Which the viewers do, and off we go.

Because that’s what it takes, really, to get America to agree with you, according to Ralph Nader: a parrot, a couple of TV spots, some billionaire’s cash. Why so easy? The premise of the novel is that ordinary people love Ralph Nader’s politics. They all agree with his progressive, left-wing agenda—even though, for some reason, they didn’t vote for him, in huge numbers, in two presidential elections. But with a little Hollywood pixie dust and some community-organizing money, the entire grocery list of left-wing causes from 1960 to 2009 can be enacted. The whole story is presented with such sweet earnestness that it almost seems mean to laugh at it. Almost.

Ahhhh, we’ve missed you, Ralphie. Presidential elections just don’t come around often enough for us to get our fix of Naderisms.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Stop global warming by scaring the hell out of children

The British government is upset that voters aren’t buying into the global warming scam. It’s solution? Scare the hell out of British children.

The British government is upset that voters aren’t buying into the global warming scam. It’s solution? Scare the hell out of British children.

Source: Tim Blair

Don’t ask, don’t tell? Democrat congressman tells Republican to “Stick it up your ass.”

Missouri Democrat Ike Skelton, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, must have missed his fellow Democrats’ demand for decorum on the floor of the House.
Obviously thinking his microphone had been turned off, he turned to Missouri Republican Todd Akin and said “stick it up your ass.”

Missouri Democrat Ike Skelton, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, must have missed his fellow Democrats’ demand for decorum on the floor of the House.

Obviously thinking his microphone had been turned off, he turned to Missouri Republican Todd Akin and said “stick it up your ass.”

We can only hope that Skelton chooses not to demonstrate why Missouri is called “the Show Me State.”

Source: Huffington Post

Bill Maher wants to be taken seriously. Seriously.

Bill Maher wants President Obama to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” regulations just to drive the right wing crazy.

bill-maher Bill Maher wants President Obama to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” regulations just to drive the right wing crazy.

But who are we to paraphrase Maher’s brilliance. Let’s have him explain it in his own words:

“Because here’s the thing about today’s conservatives: They’re not bright. They can’t keep a lot of ideas in their head at once. And by ‘a lot’ I mean ‘two.’ If we can get them all worked up about fighting the gay menace, it will siphon away all that crazy, right wing, town-hall energy from all the other big issues they’ve been fighting.”

Then Bill went what we politely refer to as totally off the deep end.

“Health care and the environment are complicated, but it’s not hard to keep track of the places that God allows you to put your pee-pee. I mean, you can count those places on one hand. And that hand isn’t something you should be using either. A year ago, if you had asked your average wing-nut neighbor what he thought about health care reform, he would have shrugged his shoulders and gone right back to eating his Moon Pie. But he’s pissed-off about it now, why? Because it’s in their nature to be pissed-off. They have a pre-existing condition called the Conniption Fits. The tea-baggers have taught us all an important lesson in modern politics: If you want to be taken seriously, act like a fucking loony-tune.”

Under the circumstances, Bill, we take you very, very seriously.

Source: HuffingtonPost.com

– Written by Patrick Michael

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