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[Guest post by DRJ]
Tonight President and Mrs. Obama are hosting the Prime Minister of India and his wife at their first White House state dinner. Reports say 338 celebrities and leaders from India and the United States will dine and be entertained in a lavish pavilion tent with [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
A blogger wonders whether unemployment will be President Obama’s Katrina, the event that exposed “critical weaknesses in the priorities and competence of the Bush administration.” But it’s not just any blogger, it’s a Huffington Post blogger. In fact, it’s Arianna Huffington herself:
“Which makes one wonder: what [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
The U.S. government never sleeps but apparently neither does BigGovernment:
“ACORN’s San Diego office isn’t the only place its been careless with sensitive documents. Late last year, ACORN abandoned an office in Oklahoma. In its haste to vacate the office–and skip out on the landlord’s claim of [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
In a press conference with India’s Prime Minister Singh today, President Obama said he will soon announce his Afghanistan policy — the current one, not the March 2009 “comprehensive” policy — and that he intends to “finish the job.”
[Guest post by DRJ]
Is Carly Fiorina playing the gender card when she says she has a better chance to beat California Senator Barbara Boxer than her GOP primary opponent Chuck DeVore because she’s a woman?
“Asked why she is a better candidate than her Republican primary opponent Assemblyman Chuck [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
As noted in this post, Patterico appeared on last night’s KFI broadcast guest-hosted by Andrew Breitbart. This was the same broadcast in which Breitbart introduced Derrick Roach, a California private investigator who reportedly discovered thousands of pages of ACORN documents trashed by the San Diego [...]
[Posted by Karl]
Before Saturday’s Senate vote to proceed to debate on HarryCare, the Senate GOP pointed to a Congressional Research Service study showing that 97% of bills subject to a cloture vote to begin debate ultimately pass. In reality, over time, cloture motions have been increasing and spreading [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
No, this isn’t a post about Captain Chesley Sullenberger, although the title would fit. Instead, this post involves whether President Obama is finally ready to make a decision on Afghanistan after his 9th war council (*) strategy meeting:
“President Obama may make up his mind [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
It appears the Obama Administration has been less than candid about the firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. Byron York at the Washington Examiner has the details:
“Other than board chairman Alan Solomont, the Democratic mega-donor and Obama supporter who originally told the White House of [...]
[Guest post by Jack Dunphy]
The Los Angeles Times reports on a woman who was murdered by her estranged boyfriend as two LAPD officers sat in their car outside her apartment. Once alerted to the attack, the officers went to the apartment but a metal security door prevented them from [...]
Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, and five other suspects will be sent to military commissions, an Obama administration official said Friday.
The official said Attorney [...]
[Posted by Karl]
With Sen. Maj. Ldr. Harry Reid planning to bring ObamaCare to the floor next week, where do things stand? It depends who you ask. James Pethokoukis writes:
Just talked to a very insightful Capitol Hill Watcher who doesn’t think Harry Reid has the votes in the Senate to [...]
This Friday the 13th won’t be just another day in a Swiss jail for Roman Polanski. By then the director will have sat behind bars, awaiting extradition to Los Angeles, for 48 full days — a significant figure for legal numerologists.
Not only is it a longer period of [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
According to the Denver Post, the balloon boy’s parents will enter guilty pleas tomorrow morning:
“Heene will plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, and Larimer County prosecutors have “stipulated to a sentence of probation,” attorney David Lane said in a media release.
Heene and his [...]
Big news, folks. Breitbart confronted some ACORN protestors and came back with a post that closes with this tease:
As we headed back to our cars, Gary H. was shaking. I asked if he was OK. He said he had to play me the audio of one of the protesters [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
President George W. Bush was the butt of endless criticism after Hurricane Katrina because he did not take charge of the disaster and travel to Louisiana, opting instead for a flyover on his return to Washington. So I’m sure Democrats will appreciate the irony of Virginia [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Salt water, a pelican, a cell phone, and a $2M Bugatti Veyron:
“The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.”
– DRJ
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An Army CID spokesman announced today that murder charges have been filed against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan:
“Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in connection with last week’s shootings at Fort Hood, Chris Grey, a spokesman with the Army’s Criminal [...]
[Guest post by Jack Dunphy]
If a bus had hit a patch of ice and skidded off a highway, resulting in the death of 13 people and injuries to dozens more, that would have been a “tragedy” as the term was once commonly understood.
But when a member of the enemy, even [...]
The Washington Post has a story titled ‘Scozzafava’ turns into epithet with the offensive deck headline: “It’s a Grand Old Purging as moderate’s ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction.”
Actually, the Republican dysfunction was supporting this turncoat — someone who, the article makes it sound, endorsed the Democrat because she was emotionally [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
President Barack Obama made a surprise video appearance at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
“In the message beamed into celebrations at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, once on the border between East and West Berlin, Obama told cheering crowds: “Even in the face of [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Beltway snipers terrorized the Washington DC-Virginia area in September and October 2002. John Allen Williams aka John Allen Muhammad was convicted of capital murder in November 2003 and sentenced to death in March 2004. His teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, was also convicted of [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan reportedly told senior Army physicians at Fort Hood Walter Reed that Muslim troops should be released as conscientious objectors:
“As a senior-year psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Maj. Nidal M. Hasan was supposed to make a presentation on a medical [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Multiple sources report Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be tried in a military court. In addition, from the same Houston Chronicle link, Hasan has reportedly refused official interviews and requested an attorney. His family has hired John P. Galligan, a Texas lawyer with experience in [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert in a November 5, 2009, game with Brigham Young:
Lambert has been suspended indefinitely, but she’s sorry:
“I am deeply and wholeheartedly regretful for my actions,” Lambert said in a statement. “I let my emotions get the best of me in [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Ed Morrissey at Hot Air links to an ABC News report that “the FBI knew that Major Nidal Hasan had attempted to contact al-Qaeda and its associates months before Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, killing 13 people.” But it’s not clear whether [...]
A Valour IT update from Cassandra at Villainous Company:
Tomorrow is the Marine Corps Birthday. One of the traditions we keep to in the Corps is the Commandant’s Birthday message – it is played at every Marine Corps Ball and at any place where Marines gather all over the world. [...]
[Posted by Karl]
Folks from Allahpundit to Robert Reich are noticing the same thing:
Obama’s focus on health care when the economy is still so fragile and unemployment moving toward double digits could make it appear that the administration has its priorities confused. While affordable health care is important to [...]
So, did anything important happen yesterday? Let’s mosey over to the L.A. Times web site for the latest. Here’s their top headline as of 11:12 p.m. last night:
Ah, so the Big News is that Democrats won victories in California and New York!!!!1!1!!
(And, oh [...]
[Posted by Karl]
Weekends are the news graveyard, as anyone who has witnessed a Friday doc dump knows. Accordingly, I thought it would be useful to briefly round up some of the lesser-noted ObamaCare coverage folks may have missed over the past few days.
On Friday, James C. Capretta noted that [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
William A. Jacobson at Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion is relieved Frank Rich hasn’t forgotten Bush Derangement Syndrome:
“I’ve been waiting patiently, armed with foresight that one of these days Bush Derangement Syndrome would work its way into the Balloon Boy hoax story (no links on the story, if [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Every low income telephone program I’ve seen requires recipients to pay something for their landline service, although often at reduced rates, but this Gateway Pundit post suggests the government is giving away free cell phones and airtime:
“SafeLink Wireless is proud to offer Lifeline Service, [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Yankees lead the series 3-2 and can end it tonight with a win over the Angels. It’s scoreless in the bottom of the 2nd .
UPDATE: Yankees won 5-2.
– DRJ
[...]In re-researching the ACORN scandal for my letter to Nick Goldberg, I ran across something interesting that I had missed before. Apparently, Giles and O’Keefe went to ACORN in Los Angeles — and an L.A. Times columnist implies they got kicked out.
By contrast, Breitbart says they didn’t get kicked out [...]
[Guest post by Jack Dunphy]
An anti-gang task force in South Los Angeles Thursday morning bagged 47 of the 74 wanted suspects. Over at Pajamas Media, I offer a theory on why more weren’t captured: They knew the cops were coming. You won’t believe why.
–Jack Dunphy
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The first criminal proceeding in the Texas FLDS case begins with jury selection Monday in Eldorado, Texas:
“Texas prosecutors allege that Raymond Merril Jessop broke the law by having sex with an underage girl he married in a ceremony blessed by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Via Barry Rubin at Rubin Reports, Friday was the 26th anniversary of the Beirut Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 American troops including 220 Marines. The attack was orchestrated by Iran and Syrian-backed Hezbollah. Like Rubin, Ed Driscoll is not impressed with how [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Some well-known musicians want to know what music was played at Guantanamo:
“A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music – including theirs – was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
Here’s a link to today’s scores. Florida and Mississippi State are tied at 13 in the 3rd quarter and the Tennessee-Alabama game was exciting, wasn’t it?
– DRJ
UPDATE on Top 25 upsets:
#8 Miami lost to Clemson. #21 Texas Tech lost to Texas A&M. #25 Oklahoma beat #24 Kansas.The [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
I’ve heard and read that ObamaCare will be like mandatory car insurance. I know such pundits don’t literally believe in “Cadillac” health care but this approach glosses over real differences between how car insurance and the Democrats’ proposed health insurance will work.
Unlike ObamaCare’s anticipated mandates, not everyone [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
First Hillary claimed she had been named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the now famous mountain climber, despite the fact that she was born more than 6 years before he gained fame for climbing Mt. Everest. Then it was her exaggerated claims of importance in negotiating [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Obama Administration’s most recent excuse for not sending more troops to Afghanistan is that they need proof the Afghan government will be a good partner:
“In Sunday talk show interviews, [Obama Chief of Staff Rahm] Emanuel did not answer directly when asked whether Obama would wait [...]
[Posted by Karl]
As the Democrats’ attempted government takeover of the US healthcare system moves into the back rooms for a bit, it seems like a moment to take a step back from the trees and look at the forest.
Bob Laszewski (who reminded me of how important the CBO would [...]
When your opponent/enemy does bad things to you/your group, when it is morally acceptable for you/your group to do the same thing back to your opponent/enemy?
Let me give you two concrete examples:
A man punches you. Is it morally right to punch him back? A suicide bomber kills an innocent child in [...]The wife is camping with my daughter, and my son is in bed. I don’t feel like reading or working right now.
The usual instructions: You see the chat window below? Look at the bottom. Enter your name or pseudonym in the top window. Enter your comment in the second window, [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
CNS News reports Obama Science Czar John Holdren once advocated America and other nations should force TV and radio stations to promote population control and environmental issues:
“The FCC might be empowered to require that networks donate time for ads to awaken people to the population-resource-environment crisis,” [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Larimer County, Colorado, Sheriff’s office interviewed the parents of 6-year-old Falcon Henne, the flying saucer balloon boy, for several hours today and then announced it is preparing search warrants and charges in the case.
Meanwhile, Gawker claims Henne discussed with a former assistant a plan [...]
Patterico, DRJ, Karl, Jack Dunphy
