Jun
30
This Liberal Isn’t Fonda McCain
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Hot on the heels of Wesley Clark saying about John McCain, “I don’t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president” (it isn’t a disqualification either), we have Democrat strategist and attorney (today’s redundancy is sponsored by Valvoline) John Aravosis writing the following about McCain: Yes, we [...]
Jun
30
The French Military Really Bleu It This Time
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The French military has finally attacked something. Unfortunately, the country they attacked was France: PARIS, France (AP) — A military shooting demonstration in southeast France on Sunday left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said. The military shooters immediately surrendered to themselves, of course. I’m no [...]
Jun
30
Monday’s Column: A Supreme-ly Important Election
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Today’s column at WorldNetDaily is about this year’s election, specifically as it pertains to the makeup of the Supreme Court. The country is just one liberal judge away from a moron majority of activist leftists who will tear the Constitution to bits — or worse. Give a read to “Constitutional toilet paper” for the scary [...]
Jun
29
New Market Trend: Short-Selling Fat People
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If you’re into investment markets, here’s the next great thing: Merck & Co, Nike and General Mills are among 15 health-care and consumer products companies best positioned to profit from an effort to combat the growing obesity epidemic, Credit Suisse analysts said in a report on Thursday. Globally, 1.8 billion people were obese or overweight [...]
Jun
28
Porker of the Month Winner, and Runner-Up
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Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has honored Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd (CROOKED) with their “Porker of the Month” award. Coming in a close second for the “Porker of the Month” trophy was the guy who played Mini-Me in the Austin Powers (no relation) movies. Here’s why. Eeeeee!
Jun
27
Traumatic Reminder of a Tragedy
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Just over eight years ago, a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas skidded off the runway at Burbank, through a metal blast wall, across a four-lane street and came to rest near a gas station. This photo, along with the caption, serves as a stark reminder of what it was like that day: (h/t some [...]
Jun
27
Obama’s Word Association Test
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A host on the Fox Business Channel had on as a guest Barack Obama. During the interview, Obama was given a word association test. The only word the interviewer didn’t throw into the mix was “Jesus.” I’m just curious if the way the media has treated Obama would have caused him to instinctively answer, “What?” [...]
Jun
27
Ted on Guns
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Ted Nugent has a fine column at Human Events on the importance of the Supreme Court’s striking down of the DC gun ban: DC Gun Ban Blown Away In honor of the occasion, here’s the title cut from Nugent’s 1986 album, “Little Miss Dangerous,” which I’d like to dedicate — for very different reasons than [...]
Jun
26
Of Course Obama’s Birth Certificate is Fake!
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In an attempt to dispel any rumors that Barack Obama was not born in the United States, his campaign released his birth certificate to the Daily Kos and put it on their own anti-smear site. Israel Insider has some interesting info on why that document is most likely a fake. This includes comparisons to other [...]
Jun
26
SCOTUS Gun Ruling Prediction
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule today on whether or not Washington DC’s ban on handguns violates the Second Amendment. SCOTUS is on a liberal roll, so don’t expect anything but the usual “the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by the French” type decision. I’ll write a brief update on this when the decision is [...]