The Colossus of Rhodey

• Watcher's Council winners

  First place in the Council category was Wolf Howling with Obama Fails His First Test As Commander In Chief. First place in the non-Council category was Gateway Pundit with Fistgate II: High School Students Given “Fisting Kits” At Kevin Jennings’... [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Hube

• Irony

  Asian students to file federal civil rights complaint against Philly School District. Superintendent Arlene Ackerman still doesn't get it: She "announced new security measures and diversity programs" and said "We're not going to continue to make this an Asian vs...." [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by Hube

• *Sigh* Another expensive scifi lecture

  Looks like I won't be standing in line for James Cameron's "Avatar": Set in 2154, “Avatar” is a thinly disguised, heavy-handed and simplistic sci-fi fantasy/allegory critical of America from our founding straight through to the Iraq War. Sam Worthington is...' [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 8:40am EST
  by Hube

• No questions! Just accept what we say, dammit!

  UN climate dude sics security on an "inconvenient questioner." Remember: Just ACCEPT MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING. DO NOT QUESTION IT. If you do, there must be something psychologically wrong with you. Hmm ... this type of idea was tried before, I... [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:09pm EST
  by Hube

• Isn't this what liberals want, after all?

  Headline: Struggling? Maybe you should get a federal job. Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time -- in pay and hiring -- during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector, according to a USA... [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  by Hube

• Why they're in last place, perpetually

  The complete and utter joke that is Keith Olbermann: He calls for the firing of an ABC reporter for "selective editing," then for "proof" of his allegations he shows ... a selectively edited clip!! This douche has called for the... [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  by Hube

• Heh

  44% of Americans would like to see George W. Bush back as president.... [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:01pm EST
  by Hube

• Just don't call it a "hate crime!" part 3

  See if you can find the term "hate crime" in this Philly Inquirer article about the ongoing travails of Asians students at South Philly High. And perhaps the most troubling aspect of this whole mess is this: Staff members who... [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 4:54pm EST
  by Hube

• Profiles in leftist double-speak

  Nancy Unwilling at her virtually undecipherable blog Delaware Way: Well, color me astonished: Ted Kaufman did not side with gender equality in health care yesterday. What other nasty surprises might be in store from the Junior Senator from Delaware? Now,... [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:53pm EST
  by Hube

• Douche of the Day

  ... goes to Donny Douche, er, uh, Deutsch: DONNY DEUTSCH: I'm still trying to understand why the analogies he's made are wrong. Obviously, the issue here is that any great change throughout history has the naysayers saying "it's not time,...'" [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  by Hube

• Just don't call it a "hate crime"! part 2

  Philly.com news story about the Asian students in Philly schools who're so tired of being harassed and attacked that they've boycotted classes: Fifty Asian students who fear for their safety today boycotted South Philadelphia High, where after dismissal others said... [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  by Hube

• A word from the Angry Left

  Via the Newsbusters e-mail tipline, which goes out to all contributors and not just myself: No, I don't have a story tip, but I do have a bit of advice to your movement. You claim to bust the most liberal...' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:35pm EST
  by Hube

• Laugher of the Day: NPR concerned over bias at Fox News

  'Ya just gotta laugh: Executives at National Public Radio recently asked the network’s top political correspondent, Mara Liasson, to reconsider her regular appearances on Fox News because of what they perceived as the network’s political bias, two sources familiar with...' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:23pm EST
  by Hube

• Watcher's Council winners

  First place in the Council category was Mere Rhetoric with Leaked Global Warming Docs: “Publicity Machine” Used To Manipulate Journalists And Intimidate Scientists. First place in the non-Council category was Victor Davis Hanson with Dithering And Trashing America. Full results... [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 11:47am EST
  by Hube

• Stereotypes are bad -- except if you wanna criticize Tiger Woods

  Unbelievable article by the AP's Jesse Washington yesterday which utilizes some of the most base stereotypes of African-Americans one can imagine: Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods' troubles — the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil...' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 11:42am EST
  by Hube

• Al Gore: Fraud, Scaredy Cat

  So writes AWR Hawkins: ... Gore is as blind to his own hypocrisy as he is to reality. And he apparently doesn’t want to take the risk of being corrected. He has refused to engage in an honest debate about... [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  by Hube

• The A.P. -- Climategate? What Climategate?

  Check out this AP article via the Washington Post. All about the big Copenhagen climate summit; nary one word about Climategate. Absolutely amazing. Meanwhile, here's what you do when people ask about the "uncomfortable" Climategate topic: Call them an "a**hole."... [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 4:05pm EST
  by Hube

• Yep, I did hear right

  The Messiah -- using a racially insensitive term? At a town hall in Allentown, PA today, Pres. Obama said he is seeking to regulate health insurance companies to make sure that people don't get "gypped." gyp Slang vb gyps, gypping,...' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by Hube

• "Hard right"

  George Stephanpoulos: "Lou Dobbs Now Too Soft for Hard Right Immigration Group." The "hard right" immigration group is question is ALIPAC -- Americans for Legal Immigration. Notice the word "legal" in there. Since when did supporting legal immigration and speaking... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 11:20am EST
  by Hube

• Wow! Impressive!!

  MSNBC.com headline on page at this moment: Wow! All CAPS! Inflation "only" 10%! Everyone rejoice!... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:47am EST
  by Hube

• Just don't call it a "hate crime"!

  From the News Journal: 26 Asian students attacked at Philly high school. A number of Asian students at South Philadelphia High School are staying home after some say they were targeted for attack. A counselor at the Chinatown Development Corporation... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:32am EST
  by Hube

• Heh

  Two Academy members want Al Gore to give his Oscar back. UPDATE: The secretive and data-manipulating scientists are being "Swiftboated!"... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:54am EST
  by Hube

• Watcher's Council nominations

  Soccer Dad - The Warming Concensus The Razor - ClimateGate Shows the Importance of the Amateur Scientist Joshuapundit- Obama – The War President And The Speech Right Truth - It’s All About The Boobs Bookworm Room - The incoherence emanating... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:33pm EST
  by Hube

• Idiocy personified

  But waddya expect??... [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:26pm EST
  by Hube

• The "kindred spirit" argument

  Unstable Mental State at the LGOMB posts about how a member of the Ugandan Parliament -- who's a member of the religious group “The Family” -- is sponsoring a bill there "under which any person 'convicted of gay sex is...'" [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:20pm EST
  by Hube

• Willful ignorance

  Environmentalists just don't care about Climategate. No matter what. It really is a religion to these 'bats.... [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:53pm EST
  by Hube

• Libs no longer worried about "Willie Horton"

  ... and the supposed racism he invokes. That's because now it's a Republican [former] governor -- Mike Huckabee -- who commuted the sentence of killer Maurice Clemmons. (See also here, among many other MSM stories.) I wonder if the MSM... [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:49pm EST
  by Hube

• Oooooh yeeeaaaah

  'Nuff said:...' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:19pm EST
  by Hube

• America: "Love it or leave it"

  Hey, isn't that supposed to be a phrase of the [overly patriotic] reactionary right? Not anymore! It's also Kent Conrad's (D-North Dakota) new mantra: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told CNSNews.com that civilian courts are well-suited to prosecute al Qaeda terrorists...' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:24pm EST
  by Hube

• Well tanks for nuttin'!

  The BBC says that a full inquiry into "Climategate's" [hacked] e-mails will be underway soon. Which is nice, considering that the Beeb apparently had some of the e-mails a month ago -- and didn't report a blessed thing. Not a... [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  by Hube

• Sunday morning hilarity

  Since our local channel 57 doesn't carry the 11:00am "Three Stooges" anymore, here's the second half of one of my favorite episodes, where minutes 3:00 to 4:06 absolutely kill me:...' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:51am EST
  by Hube

• DE blogroll updates

  Man. Steve Newton of DE Libertarian has closed up shop; now Brian Shields of The Mourning Constitution is doing same. These two have joined other noted First State bloggers Mike Matthews, Dana Garrett and lastly, fellow libertarian Shirley Vandever. The... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:42am EST
  by Hube

• The Messiah knew the state dinner crashers!

  It's been widely reported that a non-invited couple made it through Secret Service security and got to meet The Messiah at a state dinner the other night. Yeah, even the MSM noted it! But will they note this: The couple... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:14am EST
  by Hube

• But Copenhagen is still on!!

  Unbelievable, considering that Climategate just gets "better and better." Now, according to the Times of London, it seems global warming advocate "scientists" have admitted to ditching temperature data: SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:58am EST
  by Hube

• Watcher's Council winners

  First place in the Council category was The Razor with Obama The Weak Horse. First place in the non-Council category was The Strata-Sphere with Alarmist hide truth about (lack of ) global warming. Full results are here.... [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:35am EST
  by Hube

• The MSM "Climategate" blackout continues ...

  ... but there's no shortage -- still -- of pro global warming yarns. Here's the AP via MSNBC: "Much less stable ice for polar bears, expert says; Survey by ship finds satellite data about thicker Arctic ice was wrong." Hmmm.... [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:09am EST
  by Hube

• I'm sure they're really shakin' in their boots

  MSNBC headline: 25 countries tell Iran to mothball nuke program.... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 8:23pm EST
  by Hube

• Clairvoyant

  Author Michael Crichton warned us about "Climategate" four years ago.... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:53am EST
  by Hube

• Why hate crimes legislation is a joke

  I understand and even agree with the legislation's rationale; however, the problem is that they are selectively enforced. Latest case in point: Denver police should be applauded for apparently breaking up a ring of thugs who were attacking mostly white... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:06am EST
  by Hube

• Happy happy!

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:59pm EST
  by Hube

• MSM maintains its total irresponsibility on climate change

  MSNBC.com headline: U.S. sets climate target ahead of summit; Obama to take goal of 17 percent emissions cut to Copenhagen talks. Not. One. Word. On. Climategate. But it does include an oft-repeated biased whopper about the Kyoto Protocols: But others... [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by Hube

• Another Delaware blogger vamooses

  ... and in this case, the best, in my opinion.... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:37am EST
  by Hube

• You'd think this would be HUGE news!

  Alas, no way. Fortunately, the New Media allows your average joe to force the MSM to not forget about it. Looks like Climategate will be like the ACORN story -- the MSM will wait and wait and wait, hoping in... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Hube

• Note to a. price over at the Local Gaggle of Moonbat Bloggers

  You were wrong. Dead wrong. But, of course, no one will expect you to apologize now for your usual moonbat rantings given the facts. Because you are a moonbat, after all. UPDATE: Here are some others who owe apologies.... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:40pm EST
  by Hube

• Are you kidding me??

  Via Fox News (h/t to The Corner): Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:27pm EST
  by Hube

• Proof the NY Times is a highly biased

  Ed Driscoll nails the Times. And how.... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  by Hube

• I'm sure this still won't dissuade our friend

  ... Perry the Energizer Rabbit, that is, from his dogmatic belief that man-made global warming is a settled matter ... a done debate. In one e-mail, the center's director, Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann and questions... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:06pm EST
  by Hube

• Once again -- why schools of education are wastes of time

  This time (well, again) if you don't adopt a particular political/social view, you're not worthy of becoming an educator in Minnesota: Do you believe in the American dream -- the idea that in this country, hardworking people of every race,... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:09pm EST
  by Hube

• Your MSM at work for you!

  NBC's Andrea Mitchell ambushes Sarah Palin with the [infamous] Newsweek cover. Just take a gander at the scowl on Mitchell's face. A picture is worth a thousand words, goes the cliché?... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:58pm EST
  by Hube

• Isn't that nice!

  Headline from The Hill: "McCaskill still working toward goal of reading the healthcare bill." Wonder if we'll see a headline soon in the NY Times, WaPo or USA Today that reads as follows: "Americans still working toward goal of arriving...'" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  by Hube