You, Yes You!

Go read my post over at RWN.

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Iran to Russia: Give us our missiles, you dickheads!

You've either got to be really fucking stupid, really fucking clever, or really fucking insane to throw this kind of rhetoric around when you're Iran, and the object of your tirade is friggin' Russia.  Protip to crazyass Iranian generals:  Don't give this kind of shit to a nation with enough nuclear warheads to turn your entire nation into a lifeless glowing green parking lot for being late on their missile delivery, especially if you're buying your missiles from the friggin' Russians.

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FDA messes with Moron Lifestyle

So alcohol is ok.  Caffeine is ok.  And people have been mixing them for seemingly forever in Rum & Coke, Irish Coffee, and, more recently, Red Bull & Vodka.

But companies had better not add caffeine to their adult beverage products, or the FDA will be on them like white on rice.

(via Slashdot)

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Another Algore Speech, Another Bout Of Silliness

Listen Al, maybe you should just realize that your line of bullshit just isn'tr as popular as it used to be, especially with this story.

"This is the most dangerous crisis we've ever faced," Gore said of climate change. He spoke over a chorus of boos from protesters, who were monitored by at least a dozen uniformed city police officers.

Many of the protesters were with the groups Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow and South Florida Tea Party, the latter of which feels that Gore's views will eventually lead to increased taxes and flawed business legislation.

The protesters carried drums, bullhorns and posters. One read "Practice what you preach," accusing Gore of not living a green lifestyle. Another poster read "The masses follow the asses," depicting the protesters' opinion that Gore's message is not backed by scientific evidence.

Gore, meanwhile, in his presentation laid out data that he said was compiled by the world's leading scientists and supports the theory of global warming. The speech carried much of the same content and rhythm as Gore's Oscar-winning 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which turned him into a leading international voice on the issue of climate change.

Haha! Way to Speak Truth To Power, folks!

Oh, and I love how the rest of the world seems to have figured out that maybe, just maybe, we should hold off on destroying the world economy.

World leaders meeting in Singapore have decided to punt on reaching any firm agreement at next month’s global warming conference in Copenhagen.

The decision represents a huge setback to the Obama administration’s goal of passing a cap and trade bill this year, which conversely is great news for virtually every company in America that has been worried about the higher cost of doing business that would come from the enactment of such legislation.

Common Sense: 2, GAIA Bullshit: 0

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You're a better man than he is.

Gooooo India!
Obama throws the Dalai Lama under the bus, India let's him poke China in the eye.
China is an empire and they hate it when it's pointed out. The Dalai Lama in particular chaps their asses.

So India "let" him travel to a region of India near Tibet and the Chinese were not happy (yay!)

China has repeatedly criticized his weeklong visit to the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing also claims as its territory.

So Peking also wants to claim more Indian territory?
China and India are disputing a bunch of territory and India ain't backing down. They have a billion people and nukes too thank you very much.

You have to love India's response to China
India has responded to China's demands to call off the trip by saying the Dalai Lama, ... was an honored guest and free to visit any part of the country.

Unlike your commie slave-hole.
Good for India.
It's an AP article so there has to be a few howlingly funny stupidities, this one takes the cake
U.S. officials say they expect President Barack Obama to discuss Tibet with Chinese President Hu Jintao on a visit to Beijing next week, along with issues of freedom of speech and religion and strengthened rule of law.

Okay, that's funny.
Unless they mean Obama is going to ask the Chinese for pointers on those issues I guess.

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This is why Murdoch is going to buying the NY Times building soon

The cover of yesterday's NY Post.  And, yes, it's real and it's spectacular.

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President ObamaBean Set To Destroy The Airline Industry

Holy Fucking The Neighbor's Gardener With A Stingray! Team Obama wants to "save" the Airline Industry. And, of course, the usual band of dickfisting idiots arrives on the scene just in time to guarantee this will be a bigger clusterfuck than the time I tried to get out of the All You Can Eat Sushi Bar with my dignity and waistline intact.

{Transportation Secretary Ray}LaHood told reporters he has met twice with Lawrence Summers, the top White House economic adviser, about helping airlines equip planes for NextGen.

Implementing NextGen — which is expected to reduce airport congestion, fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions — is a priority for the White House, LaHood said. But he offered no clue whether aid might be forthcoming.

Airlines have suffered repeated shocks in recent years, including the 9/11 terror attacks, the SARS virus, volatile oil prices and the current economic downturn. They offered fewer seats to passengers, measured by available seats and distance traveled, in the first quarter of this year than any other first quarter in more than a decade. They have shed more than 158,000 full-time jobs since employment peaked in 2001 and lost an estimated $30 billion to $60 billion in recent years. Thirteen airlines have filed for bankruptcy in the past two years.

The deregulation of airlines in 1978 has helped lower air fares consumers, but other trends have raised concerns about whether airlines are offsetting low fares at the expense of safety. Most large airlines are outsourcing the majority of their major aircraft maintenance and repairs, including to overseas repair shops. They are also farming out domestic, short-haul trips to regional airlines that hire less experienced pilots at lower wages.

Ed Wytkind, president of the AFL-CIO's transportation trades department, said he doesn't expect the Obama administration to attempt a return to the kind of regulation that existed before 1978 where the government set fares and routes. But he said he'd like the government to tighten requirements for new, low-cost airlines seeking to enter the marketplace.

My message to those idiots who wish to "save" the airlines by ruining them:


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I got a letter from the NRSC on Saturday...

...I opened it, and read it.  It said they were suckers.  They wanted me to donate to their coffers or whatever, picture me giving a damn, I said "NEVAR!"

I actually got a "Republican Strategy Ballot" from them, coupled with a letter from Orrin Hatch, which asked me to fill out the survey and donate somewhere between ten and a thousand bucks.  I signed the ballot, but didn't bother to answer any of the questions.  Instead, I broke out a Sharpie and wrote "NO MORE MONEY FOR RINOS LIKE ARLEN SPECTER" on it, and dropped it in a mailbox.

I'm still enjoying the endorphins that my brain subsequently released.

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Groovy, man

(Via scottw)

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To prove I do love you windowlickers

Here.

Haz palette cleanser.  Below the fold for reasons that will be obvious.
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I'm going to break my own rule here

I'm not all that comfortable with the slams on Michelle Obama's appearance.  I understand the point of it and I even agree about going after the press about the fawning worship and the desperate need to make her Jackie O.  But I'm not comfortable with it at all, there's a tenor to much of it that bothers me.

And then she shows up in public like this:


 
Epic Fail called and said "Dude, even I wouldn't do that!"

Who the hell is giving her fashion advice?  Seriously, her stylist must hate her with an utter fucking passion.  There is not a single damn thing that's right about that, from her hair (wtf) to the color (yellow is hard to pull off for anyone and it is not flattering for her) to the belt.  (What.  The.  Ever.  Loving.  Fuck.)

She might not be my favorite person but that's just fucking painful to see. 

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After the jump

The title refers to something Patterico has pointed out that MSM organizations like the Los Angeles Times use again and again when they want to smear conservaitves or help liberals on any given issue. Namely, if something cuts both ways but actually helps the former or hurts the latter, they bury it in the back pages, where people aren't likely to bother to read, having skimmed the front page and come to their conclusion from the information contained there.

But it ain't just the print media that does this. Witness Politico.com painting GOP Senators as pro-rapist on the front page...

When Al Franken ran for the Senate last year, the former “Saturday Night Live” star had to reassure skeptics that the fierce partisan attacks he lobbed at Republicans as an author and radio host wouldn’t define his style as a legislator.

But because of one of his first pieces of legislation, Democrats now have their most brazen attack line of the emerging 2010 campaign season: that Republicans are insensitive to rape victims.

The charge stems from a Franken-sponsored amendment that would prohibit the Department of Defense from contracting with companies that require employees to resolve workplace complaints — including complaints of sexual assault — through private arbitration rather than the courts.

Thirty Senate Republicans voted against the amendment, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, liberal commentators and state Democratic Party chairs have been merciless.

Angry letters denouncing Republican senators have appeared in newspapers from Tennessee to Idaho. Unflattering videos of senators trying to explain their votes have gone viral on the Internet, including one of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) swatting away a hand-held video camera held by a liberal blogger questioning his vote against the amendment.

...before going on to mention some inconvenient truths (so to speak) on page two, after the jump:

“I think the whole purpose of that amendment in my opinion was to create a vote which they could use to attack Republicans,” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who was himself confronted by a liberal blogger with a video camera questioning his vote. “And if you look at it, it was the Obama Defense Department position that we were supporting. And so that to me, really takes a lot of the winds of the sails of the political argument.”

The Pentagon did, in fact, oppose the Franken amendment, saying it could lead to the “debarment” of existing and future defense contractors and arguing that, at the time it enters into contracts, the Department of Defense may not be in the position to know about the specifics of contractors’ arrangements with employees.

In light of the Pentagon’s opposition, it’s possible Franken’s amendment will be stripped or diluted by Democrats on the House-Senate conference committee. Several Senate conferees told POLITICO that it was far from clear whether the language will ultimately survive — which could provide some cover for GOP senators who now find themselves under attack

So, the Obama DOD opposes this, too, and the GOP senators voted the way that they did to support that position, but that wasn't something you felt compelled to mention on the front page? Gee, I wonder why not.

I like that language there at the end, too, where the fact that this could be killed by both Democrats and Republicans "could provide some cover" for the Republicans, rather than exposing the Democrats as the rank political opportunists that they really are.

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Are Leftists Turning On Their Own?

Not even a week after the Stupak Amendment became part of the Pelosicare bill, the left really is in a froth against Christians. It has become so bad, the "enlightened" ones are blaming Christianity for the housing crisis.

Ironically, many mainline Protestant groups, as well as the Catholic Church, worked hand in glove with groups such as ACORN to help provide low incoming housing for people in need. And this is how they are repaid? I hate to laugh at people of faith, especially many people of my own denomination, but how do many of the "devout" feel now that their former associates have turned on them in the name of political expediency?

Sorry, folks. You were too naive to understand what cozying up to a bunch of snakes like the Democrat Party would result in. Now you see.

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Remember When Dubya Was Accused Of Cronyism?

Yeah. Glad those dark days are over. I just couldn't imagine Team Obama deliberately trying to use their positions of power to enrich their buddies and cover their tracks.

Good times. Good times.

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Channeling my Inner Eddie

So I'm reading yet another lamentation on the state of our "special relationship" with the UK, and bemoaning how our president has treated our faithful allies so poorly, and you know what I'm thinking?

Fuck the British.

Fuck the Europeans.

Fuck 'em all.

I've lived in Europe since early 2004.  You can't imagine how shitty these people are about us.  For five years I've listened to how stupid my countrymen are, what a bunch of dark-ages christanist racist pigs we are, and how we've got the most psychotic, stupid, fucked-up leader in the history of world leaders.

Well, guess what we did?  After eight years of being told what a bunch of dickheads we are, we elected somebody we thought Europe (and the world) would approve of.

Turns out he's a narcissistic prick who gets off talking about himself who'll let them all be butchered by Islamists or pushed around by resurgent communists who can't tell his ass from a hole in the ground, but at least he's not from Texas.  Whew!

It's time for the rest of the world to grow the fuck up already.  The president of the United States is there to take care of the US, not the rest of the world.  The real problem here is jealousy, but let's be honest with each other:  if you don't want the US throwing its weight around, try beefing up your military instead of squandering your GDP on more giveaway social programs.

If Obama teaches the rest of the world to get its act together and stop counting on the US to wipe their asses for every little thing, then he'll at least have done one thing right for foreign affairs.  It'll suck that he did it so spectacularly poorly, but still, we'll take what victories we can get.

The world loves the UN because it puts a veneer of responsiblity on their venal selfishness.  They hate the US because unlike them we sometimes get involved in other countries directly and lean on them to change shit.  It's so much more comfortable to just pass another anti-Israel resolution and then go to lunch than to get your boots dirty trying to force barbarians to stop raping women and allow due process under law to all citizens.

But we're willing to do that hard work, so long as while we do it we don't have to listen to the rest of the world bitch and moan and bellyache about how we're so stupid and ignorant and we do everything wrong.

Or at least, we were until we elected their A-number-one boyfriend, who they signalled us was just perfect and the dreamiest hunk they've ever seen.

Well, don't worry.  I'm sure he'll still respect them in the morning.

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Never Mind The Subject Of My Column, Let's get Back To The Creased Pants!

Being a glutton for punishment, I decided to peruse the latest article from David Brooks, and it was an unremarkably workmanlike essay about Sen. Joh Thune (R-SD). All in all, it was a positive write up of the Junior Senator from South Dakota that would have passed me by, save this barely relevant pivot from a Thune essay to a Teen Beat praise of the Creased Pants Of Awesomeness.

Republican pros are attracted to Thune because he could rally the hard-core conservatives without scaring away the suburbanites. His weakness is that he’s never really worked outside of government, and he’s almost never shown a maverick side.

At the moment, Republicans are riding an emotional wave. Karl Rove had a piece in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal that captures the mood: Obama is being defined as a liberal. Independents are fleeing. The political tide is shifting.

That overstates things. Obama remains the most talented political figure of the age {so much so, he is helping the not Obama crowd swell like David Brooks's naughty parts when he sees Obama's pants-ed}. After health care passes {?-ed}, he will pivot and pick some fights with his own party over spending {yeah. Because he has fought tooth and nail with his own party so far-ed} He’ll solidify his standing with independents {how so? By his sheer awesomeness?-ed}, and if the economy recovers {wow. More optimism in Obama than the economy. Way to go, David!-ed}, he could go into his re-election with as much momentum as Ronald Reagan enjoyed in 1984 {or he could go into 2012 with the momentum of noted statesmen Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and Herbert Hoover-ed}.

Republicans are still going to have to do root-and-branch renovation if they hope to provide compelling answers to issues like middle-class economic anxiety {oh tell us, wise one, what those answers are-ed}. But in the meantime, people like Thune offer Republicans a way to connect fiscal discipline with traditional small-town values, a way to tap into rising populism in a manner that is optimistic, uplifting and nice.

Sheesh. If Brooks had merely mentioned that Obama needed to do X,Y,  and Z, that would be one thing. But Brooksie is doing a lot of assuming and wishing about things over which he has no control over, and Obama has no clue how to handle. And if the temple of Obama crumbles, what will David do with himself?

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Looks like we're not the only ones missing Dubya

From Hillbuzz:

We hope someday to be able to thank George W. and Laura in person for all they’ve done, and continue to do.  They didn’t have to head to Ft. Hood.  That was not their responsibility.

The Obamas should have done that.

But didn’t.

Wouldn’t.

Thank goodness George W. is still on his watch, with wonderful Laura at his side.

(via @colocelt)

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This is how our CinC honors our veterans

His Highness doesn't recognize that he's not even fit to lick dogshit off our veterans' boots.



(via AtlasShrugs)

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Hasan paralyzed from the waist down

Is it wrong that my first reaction to the news that the Ft. Hood jihadi piece of trash being paralyzed was this and this?

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Aaaaaaand the media OUTRAGE begins in...

...3...2...oh, right, never.

I used to like it whan Banana Republic was just a store at the mall.

(Thanks to porknbeasn at The H2.)

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