TNR hammers Sully for his anti-Semitism

Moronbloggers have known this about Sully for ages, but this TNR guy does an excellent takedown, even if it is from a liberal perspective.

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Leave It To The O-Bots To Listen To The Public

Especially when it comes to oil drilling and the jobs that will follow.

In April of 2009, during a discussion about offshore exploration in San Francisco, Salazar said that President Obama directed him to “to make sure that we have an open and transparent government” and that “these are not decisions that are going to be made behind closed doors.” Salazar went on to say that President Obama wanted to make sure that DOI was “maximizing the opportunity for the public to give us guidance on what it is that they want to do.”

Yet, more than four months after the comment period ended, the Department of the Interior has failed to make any public announcement about the results, even though sources have told American Solutions for months the comments show a 2-1 advantage in support of offshore drilling.

It took American Solutions almost four months and the power of the Freedom of Information Act to finally uncover indirect confirmation that, out of over 530,000 comments submitted, pro-drilling comments outnumbered anti-drilling comments by a 2-1 margin.

In an email dated October 27, 2009, Liz Birnbaum, director of the Minerals Management Service, informs other Interior officials that a preliminary tabulation of the results of the comment period had not yet gone to Secretary Salazar, adding “{so} the Secretary can honestly say in response to any questions that he’s {sic} has not yet seen the analysis of the comments – staff is still working on it. I did, however, confirm to him the 2-1 split that these guys {at American Solutions}are emphasizing.”

Yaknow, I get the feeling Obama and his crew really don not care how the people feel about oil drilling and jobs. But that's just me.

 

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Notes from #PA12

Some developing info on the Murtha seat to bring people up to speed:

There will be a special election to fill the vacancy.  This special election is almost certainly going to be held on the same day as the spring primary election, May 18th.  Candidates for the special election will be chosen by the parties, NY23-style. 

Because the special election is held coincident with the primary, voters will be voting both for the interim Congressman and also for the nominees for the November election -- voting for two elections for the same Congressional seat.  Nothing precludes the party-nominated interim candidate from seeking the primary nomination, so one candidate might be on the ballot twice.

Previously declared Republican candidates for the seat are Bill Russell (Army vet, 2008 challenger) and Tim Burns (businessman).  Other primary candidates may now emerge as well.  The petition period to get on the primary ballot in PA is Feb 16 to March 9.

Some other potential GOP candidates (either for the interim position, or I suppose for the "real" full-term election) might be:
- Jeff Pyle (State Rep.)
- Diana Irey (County commissioner and 2006 candidate)
- Mark Pasquerilla (business owner, hotels; regionally recognized last name)

A lot of eyes are probably on Russell.  He has demonstrated massive fundraising ability, though unfortunately it has been done through the inefficient direct-mail process, and he's not actually sitting on a ton of cash right now.  Some are out there exaggerating how "close" Russell came to unseating Murtha in 2008.  The vote was Murtha 57.9% to Russell 42.2%, a difference of 15.7%.  In my book, that's pretty bad, though in fairness it was a marginal improvement over Irey in 2006, and it was done in the worst possible environment for GOP candidates.  The "close" claim comes from one or two polls (iirc, media polls) that had the race at high single digits a few weeks out from the election.  If you want to call that "close", then go ahead, but I wouldn't.

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Not so bright

Okay, so Megan McCardle compares Dems being obstructionist on social security to Republicans being obstructionist on health care.

Ummmm, no.
The Dems had spent much of the previous years talking about how social security was doomed and yet, when Bush wanted to do something they freaked out. They also really didn't offer any other solutions. They just wanted to stop Bush. They bleated about how evil Bush was going to link it to the stock market (which is obviously much worse than the pyramic scheme it currently is) without offering their own plan.

The GOP has been offering ideas on health care only to be told to go screw. Now that Obama is in trouble he needs some GOP cover so now he wants help.
I can never figure out why she gets links. It must be her economics posts, I don't read those, her political posts are usually equally silly.
H/T, I forget. I saw it a couple places before I clicked because I usually find her posts to be less than persuasive.

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Fuck you Captain America! (?)

Via the Jawas, we see this link to Right Wing News about Captain USO...errrr...Captain America.
Some blog nobody reads commented about how he's embarassed about the American flag.
Now? He's opining on how the Tea Parties are racist. A black superhero is thinking about infiltrating but...
Quote
"I don't exactly see a black man from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks,

And no, Falcon is not talking about getting a job at CNN or MSNBC.
Quote from RWN
After this we find that the Captain's plan is to send the black man into a redneck bar to pretend to be a black man working for the IRS and to get everyone all mad

So, Captain America is NBC in disguise?
Double fuck you.

I never really was all that into comic books, I just read my brother's, but this pisses me off.
Next up, the Haunted Tank will listen to J.E.B. Stuart and start running down black folks outside tea party events.

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Damn you Gorequemada! (shakes fist)

Okay, so DC had a freaking blizzard (pics below the fold of the view out of my window 3 days later) and the Federal Gov't has been closed for two days.
Yes, they closed yesterday and today. Yesterday I agreed with, too many people didn't have power and the roads were really, really bad.
Today? It would just be a pain in the neck. Although, the buses still aren't running regularly and most streets are still just packed snow. But that's another shitload of money down the chute.
But that's not the point.
Another blizzard is on the way. Possibly another 10-20 inches.
And why? Why are we the target of every snow cloud out there?
MoFo global warmmongering bastids!
The blizzard (s) is delaying their pronouncement
“More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about virtually all aspects of their lives,” the release says.

Fuck you. You know? Fuck you.
Global worming pics below the fold.
more...

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A thought experiment

Okay, let's imagine the most angry, hateful MSM reaction to the Tea Party movement. Is it sneering? Is it condescending? Is it everything you thought it would be from a liberal douchebag like Joe Queenan?

Oh yeah, and then some.

I've got one word for you, Joe..."November."

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It's hard out there for a climate scientist fraud

Phil Jones, one of the main douchebags at the center of the Climategate scandal apparently considered committing suicide over the whole thing. He's been getting some nasty emails urging him to do just that, and while I disapprove of that sort of shit, I had forgotten about this little detail from the leaked emails between Jones and his asshole colleagues...

In another email, the death of a leading climate change sceptic is described as "cheering news".

What goes around comes around, fuckstick.

Oh, and...

Prof Jones said he was knocked sideways by the worldwide outrage that followed the leaking of the emails.

No, he was knocked sideways (and, I hope, fucked sideways) by the leaking of the emails because it exposed him and his buddies as some of the biggest, most expensive frauds in recent history.

Oh, and watch the widdle baby cry some more...

“I am just a scientist. I have no training in PR or dealing with crises," he said.

Um, first of all, you're emphatically not a scientist. A scientist starts with a hypothesis and looks for data to confirm that. He or she doesn't make shit up to confirm that hypothesis. And a scientist certainly doesn't collude with colleagues to hide evidence or fudge data that contradicts his hypothesis. Who does that? Fucking liars and cheats, that's who.

Oh, and you don't know anything about crises? What the fuck have you been peddling throughout your entire dishonest career? You fucking took a made-up crisis and turned it into a goldmine of international research grant money, and now that you've been exposed as a fucking phony, we're supposed to feel some sympathy for you?

I hope you don't commit suicide, mostly because I'd rather see you in prison.

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Chris Matthews Has His Priorities In Order

Twelve minutes bashing Sarah Palin? Twelve. Fucking. Minutes? Oh, and nice to see your feminine cattiness coming through with that "balloon head" reference.

Ugh. Fuck him. Fuck him with a tetanus laden bag of clyster pipes soaked in the the fuckbarrel of fucking fury and festering fuck. Fuck him for his sexism, idiocy, and fucking fuckheadedness. Fuck his jealousy and rage for having a handful of shitty books that nobody ever bought, and a show nobody watches, while this "balloon head" has a mega ass kicking book, speaking, and TV gig. And fuck him for being so stupid, I feel compelled to mention it.

That is all.

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Green Police

Mike D. asks, "Where the hell is the dpud thread on the freakin Green Police commercial!?!"

Right here.


It was about 2 seconds into the song when I said to my friends, "The 'green police' come into my house and start fucking with me and I'll fucking shoot every one of them in the fucking FACE."

From there, my confidence that there would be epic bloodshed should some group of hippie cock-gobblers try to arrest me for using a fucking plastic grocery bag increased steadily.

Just to be clear, enviro-nazis, if you try to force me to be "green" I will force you to bleed severely from one to many holes in your torso and genital region.  You can pry my Styrofoam take out container from my cold dead hands.  Of course, if I were a betting man I'd bet that your hands would be cold and dead long before mine.

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Translation

Quoth the Head Mad Mullah
...Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers during this week's 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

Let me translate

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John Murtha Has Died

He was 77

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Is Arlen Specter Losing His Marbles?

I saw this a few days ago, but held off posting it, since the claims made by this guy are a bit dicey, and he is a lefty more upset that a declining Specter spells a Toomey victory. And the thought of kicking a man who is apparently in decline kinda bothered me.

But, I slept on it, and said, "Fuck It! Let's air it!" I mean, how many shady to downright phony allegations of health/mental condition/sexual proclivities/etc. have the lefties used over the years in an effort to defeat a candidate, sway a vote, or impact a policy paper? In that case, why can't we use unscripted video clips against them as well, especially when a big time lefty utters something this interesting?

Look… Does anyone think Specter makes the mistake he made with Bachmann 5 or 10 years ago? 5 or 10 years ago, does he awkwardly climb up on the stage while his primary opponent is being interviewed at an event ? At least Kanye West was drunk!

Dementia isn’t something you wake up with one morning. It’s not something that comes upon you suddenly… It’s a progressive affliction.

The problem for Specter and Pennsylvanian’s {sic-ed}trying to decide who to support in the primary is that the decision is one they’ll be saddled with for six years (assuming Specter can beat Toomey). If Specter is showing signs of dementia today, they are pretty mild. He’s still capable of campaigning, legislating and, in general, doing what he needs to do to be relevant today. The problem is he can do all that with 95% of the capacity he had 5 years ago. But next year where will he be? 92%? 90%? 80%?

So, enjoy this guy, Democrats. He's your problem now.

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Quick! Someone needs a fainting couch!

Oh dear heavens. So the president of NOW is now having a hissy fit over the Tebow ads because they glorify violence against women.

For anyone who didn't see the ads, one of them shows Tim tackling his mom.  It's cute and funny and all about a football player horsing around with his mom.  It is aggressively stupid to even intimate otherwise.

Credit where credit is due, there are those on the pro-abortion side who are all "yeah that's crazycakes":

Really, being unable to differentiate between a happy family having fun and OH NOES ABUSE is not something which commends a person's intelligence and wit.

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Oh where to begin

There's so much Epic Fail in this I'm almost at a loss. Note I said almost.

The White House's response to the stink about Mirandizing the Christmas Day bomber? Well, well, the Republicans KNEW! IT'S THEIR FAULT TOO! ELEVENTY!

Let us go through the Fail about this.

1.  Saying in FBI custody =/= knowing that he was going to be treated as a normal criminal and not a terrorist. 
2.  What were the Republicans supposed to do?  Say unmirandize him?  Deciding to put someone under the protections of the criminal justice system is kind of like being a little pregnant.  Either you have the rights or you don't.
3.  To belabor this point, The Won won.  He's in charge of policy.  The Republicans can (and should) bitch about it, but the Republicans aren't in charge.
4.  What are we, six?  Last I knew but Moooooooooooooooooooom Timmy did it tooooooooooooooooooooooo was not an acceptable excuse.
5.  Do I look that stupid to believe that the Republicans are at fault for not, idefk, storming the castle, hauling him out by his hair and flying him to Cuba in one of Cheney's black helicopters?  Because that's the implication I'm getting.

I understand wanting to deflect the blowback on this.  But this is aggressively stupid. 

That poor chicken. 

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Mwahahahaaaaa

This is funny as hell.

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Color me a little skeptical

The Daily Mail is reporting that a US Soldier stationed at Ft. Lewis has been accused of waterboarding his 4 year old daughter because she couldn't recite the alphabet.

The link they attempt to draw is that his service made him do it -

Police have not revealed Tabor's military service, but his base is home to units that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I'm a little skeptical. First, I haven't heard this reported on local news so I kind of doubt the story in general. Second, Parents abuse kids everyday and it has nothing to do with military service so this is a cheap shot at the military.

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Oh My God, This must be stopped! Captain America is to be a USO performer

director Joe Johnston and the team at Marvel Studios have a plan for "The First Avenger: Captain America," which is due in Summer 2011: They've added a new wrinkle to the classic mythology to explain why a scientifically enhanced super-soldier would venture out in the WWII battlefields in a costume that leans a bit heavy on the old Betsy Ross imagery.

"The costume is a flag, but the way we're getting around that is we have Steve Rogers forced into the USO circuit. After he's made into this super-soldier, they decide they can't send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He's the only one and they can't make more. So they say, 'You're going to be in this USO show' and they give him a flag suit. He can't wait to get out of it."

source

 You have to be fucking kidding me! What kind of fucktard even dreams this shit up?

This demands a boycott! Tell your friends make it clear that we want Captain America as he was meant to be a Soldier by Christ. Not a USO performer. (Not that there is anything wrong with the USO but come on...).

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The Zero Rupee Note

Frustrated people in India are paying bribes... with worthless fake currency.

Behold, the zero rupee note:



I have no idea what sort of group the 5th Pillar is, and their website seems to be hosed at the moment, so don't count this as an endorsement.

From the World Bank blog:

Fed up with requests for bribes and equipped with a zero rupee note, the old lady handed the note to the official. He was stunned. Remarkably, the official stood up from his seat, offered her a chair, offered her tea and gave her the title she had been seeking for the last year and a half to obtain without success.

Culture is a bitch, because this makes no sense to me, but I'm glad it seems to work.  Hopefully some sort of tipping point against official corruption is being reached.  Shame and fear are powerful social weapons.

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Since we all know the commercials are the best part

Someone brought up the Terry Tate, Office Linebacker ads on the Super Bowl open thread at the Head Moron's. Those are awesome. Particularly this one:

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