Oct

31

‘Happy Halloween’ Open Thread — Plus ‘How to Turn Trick-or-Treaters Into Conservatives’ Video

Filed Under Humor, Politics | 19 Comments

Only one of my three kids is still young enough to go trick-or-treating, and time is running out on that. So I’ll be out tonight with him enjoying one of the final go-rounds on the free candy trail — possibly confiscating a candy bar here and there for “safety check” purposes. If you have a [...]

Oct

31

Gingrich: US Senator Told Me at Least 2 Networks Have NSA Emails Ordering ‘Stand Down’ on Benghazi Rescue

Filed Under Media, Nat'l Security, Politics | 11 Comments

President Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joe Biden met as the Benghazi attack unfolded. Presumably a decision or two other than “I think I’ll go to Vegas now” was made and some directives were given. Fast forward to last night: On Tuesday night’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on the Fox News [...]

Oct

30

Noted Climatologist Asks ‘Fellow Republicans’: Think Climate Change is Real Now?

Filed Under Global Warming, Politics, Science & Nature | 114 Comments

Make sure you don’t have a mouthful of your favorite beverage of choice before reading the part referring to Meghan McCain as a “political analyst.” That’s like calling Chelsea Clinton a “seasoned news reporter.” From The Hill: Political analyst Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), is challenging widespread GOP skepticism about climate change [...]

Oct

30

Retired Chief of US Pacific Fleet: Ignoring Pleas for Assistance From Those Under Attack in Benghazi ‘Incomprehensible and Un-American’

Filed Under Nat'l Security, Politics, War | 15 Comments

Retired Adm. James A. Lyons, who was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, wrote an op-ed about the Benghazi attack that appeared in the Washington Times. It’s pretty condemning. Here’s a portion: The Obama national security team, including CIA, DNI, State Department and the Pentagon, watched and listened to the assault but did [...]

Oct

29

New York Times presidential endorsements over the years

Filed Under Media, Politics | 24 Comments

I was reading a list of all the New York Times presidential endorsements over the years. The last Republican the New York Times endorsed was Eisenhower in 1956. This means they’ve endorsed Carter twice, Mondale and Dukakis once each, and of course Obama twice now. Under each choice is a couple of sentences justifying the [...]

Oct

29

Video: Kids Sing About What Failed D-Bags Their Parents are if They Vote for Romney or Something

Filed Under Politics | 26 Comments

The latest creepy “brainwashed kids singing” video is out. The “get out and vote” video, produced by the Goodby Silverstein & Partners ad agency (of “Got Milk?” fame), smacks of “Mmm Mmm Mmm” except with slicker production values and laced with doom and gloom instead of the “Dear Leader will save us” hypnotic optimism of [...]

Oct

27

Benghazi: How Did Obama Not Know?

Filed Under Nat'l Security, Politics | 30 Comments

Somebody in the Obama administration made the decision not to send help to rescue Ambassador Stevens and three others who were targeted in a terrorist attack in Benghazi last month. President Obama, after being pressed by a reporter about who denied requests for help during the attack, said “we’re still finding out exactly what happened.” [...]

Oct

26

Joe Biden’s Gaffe of the Day

Filed Under Politics | 14 Comments

For those of you keeping score at home, this means that Romney and Ryan have given over $4 billion in tax cuts to each of 120,000 families: “But you can’t erase what you’ve already done, they’ve voted to extend tax cuts for the very wealthy, giving a $500 trillion dollar tax-cut to 120,000 families.” Literally! [...]

Oct

26

Once Again, Joe Biden Makes Us Proud

Filed Under Nat'l Security, Politics, War | 27 Comments

Joe Biden is often just a goofball circus clown side attraction and we have a lot of fun at his expense, but sometimes he’s an outright embarrassment: The father of one of the former Navy SEALs killed in the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya says President Barack Obama wouldn’t even look [...]

Oct

25

Ted Turner — Still Insane After All These Years

Filed Under Business, Moonbats, War | 13 Comments

Eco-lunatic and enviro-hypocrite Ted Turner is still doing his stuff, but these comments during a discussion about more soldiers dying from suicides than in combat is even more twisted than his usual fare: Appearing on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight on Wednesday’s evening, CNN founder Ted Turner said it is “good” that more U.S. soldiers are [...]

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