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CURRENT EVENTS SPICED WITH HUMOR
1/3/13
Muslim Brotherhood 'infiltrated Obama Administration'
An Egyptian magazine claims there is Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the Obama administration at the highest level. The magazine names Rashad Hussain, Arif Alikhan, Salam al-Marayati; Imam Mohamed Magid, president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); and Eboo Patel. Since June 2009, when Obama invited the then-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to his appeasement speech in Cairo, his 'subversive support of the Islamic supremacist organization has wreaked havoc on freedom-loving peoples the world over,' alleges Pamela Geller. Read more.
Barack Obama's Diary: Munchies
That's my phone ringing...Daggone! That was Valerie Jarrett saying that John Boehner will stay on as Speaker and that he has vowed not to participate in any more private discussions with me and will only negotiate through normal open channels. So, no more mind games with which to freak him out. This going to make deficit ceiling negotiations much more difficult. No matter, it's time for a round of golf with my island buddies.
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
The Academy of Dung Beetles' Award is being rolled towards a Maryland school that suspended a 6-year-old boy for forming his fingers into the shape of a gun and saying: "Pow!" More here.
1/2/13
Breaking: Boehner 'to quit'
John Meyer at CNS News reports: " I have confirmed with a group of Congressmen that House Speaker John Boehner will not be reelected Speaker tomorrow. He will either resign or be forced out..." More here.
Al Jazeera buys into the US
Al Jazeera, the pan-Arab news organiztion, is to take over Current TV, the low-rated cable channel. Al Jazeera plans to start an English-language channel, which will be available in more than 40 million homes, with newscasts emanating from both New York and Doha, Qatar. Laughing Conservative recently followed al Jazeera's British channel for a few days and, ironically, found it more balanced and less agenda-driven than MSNBC is in the US. More here
Why it was OK to question Hillary's concussion
An unexpected and refreshing view in The Washington Post of Hillary Clinton's "concussion":
"Head injuries are no joke, but the backlash against those who initially questioned whether Hillary Clinton’s concussion was for real, seems like an overreaction, too; you don’t have to be hateful to have wondered if she really had the flu and fell down right before she was supposed to testify about the security situation at our [Benghazi] consulate..." Read it all.
[Thanks: BJS]
"Head injuries are no joke, but the backlash against those who initially questioned whether Hillary Clinton’s concussion was for real, seems like an overreaction, too; you don’t have to be hateful to have wondered if she really had the flu and fell down right before she was supposed to testify about the security situation at our [Benghazi] consulate..." Read it all.
[Thanks: BJS]
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