Dec
31
Bill Clinton’s New Years Rockin’ Peeve
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Bill Clinton just can’t be too happy right now, because he’s got to spend New Years Eve with his own wife. Tonight will mark the first time in decades that Bill has dropped a ball with Hillary in the immediate vicinity in decades: The Clintons will lead hundreds of thousands of revelers in the final [...]
Dec
31
Bi-Plane, Bye Cow
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Let’s take a quick timeout for a little “Nature vs. Machine.” They say the takeoffs and landings are the most dangerous part of flying… and it certainly is for this cow. The flight proceeds normally until 41 seconds into the video, when udder disaster strikes:
Dec
30
Taxpayers Crushed Under Another Democrat’s Golden Parachute
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Good thing we bailed these guys out, eh? A former top executive at Merrill Lynch who received a $25 million golden parachute after just three months of work has purchased a $37 million Park Avenue palace. Peter Kraus, 55, paid the staggering sum for a five-bedroom co-op on New York’s posh Park Avenue after getting [...]
Dec
30
Israelis Ram Cynthia McKinney, Fmr. Congresswoman Says Jews Not Being Gentile
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It’s on! Israel is enforcing a loon blockade of the Gaza Strip: A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said. [...]
Dec
30
When the Government Makes Cars
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Via Doug Ross at Director Blue:
Dec
29
How Will You Spend the Extra Second This Year?
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The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (now there’s an office party I don’t wanna miss!) informs us that a “leap second” will be tacked on at the end of this year at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 60 seconds to account for fluctuations in the rotational speed of the earth. How will you [...]
Dec
29
‘Hope’ Goats: Oprah Duped Again
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Oprah Winfrey, talk show giant and Barack Obama groupie, has been duped again, along with a book publisher and agent. First there was James Frey, and now Herman and Roma Rosenblat, who yanked tears from the faces of many an Oprahbot with their touching tale of meeting at a Nazi concentration camp, who were then [...]
Dec
29
Monday’s Column: The Obama/Lincoln Disconnection
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A few days ago I heard yet another Obama/Lincoln comparison and finally snapped under the weight of the illogic. You can read about this breakdown in today’s column at WorldNetDaily: Abe and Mary Todd Obama. You can help spread the word by giving it a Digg here.
Dec
28
The Dark Side of the Asteroid
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a huge asteroid struck Earth while you were listening to Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky”? Wonder no more:
Dec
28
It Took Obama 11 Hours to Say ‘Let There Be Light’
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Frankly, in an emergency, I prefer my messiahs to act a little faster than this: President-elect Barack Obama’s Hawaiian vacation was darkened for 11 hours Friday night and early Saturday when a power outage enveloped the island of Oahu. To be fair, however, an Obama spokesman said it took so long for Obama to miracle [...]