March 13, 2012
— Gabriel Malor Happy Tuesday. Your starter news items:
Lockdown London
The 2012 Olympics will be the biggest and most expensive British security operation since WWII.
Missed over the weekend at NRO: how Obama is choking U.S. oil production and raising the price of gasoline.
"These guys donÂ’t have a sense of the average folks out there . . . They donÂ’t know what it means to be middle class." -- VP Biden at a minimum $10,000 per couple dinner.
Despite all of the AP's and the NYT's negative press on it, yet another poll finds a majority of New York voters supports the NYPD's Muslim surveillance program. “People think the cops do a good job.”
The LAX bomb plotter (you may remember him as the "Millennium Bomber") was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by a liberal judge with an axe to grind about the War on Terrorism. Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit overturned the sentence as too lenient. He will almost certainly be resentenced to something in the guidelines range of 65 years to life.
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Posted by: Steven Chu at March 13, 2012 02:55 AM (KI/Ch)
Posted by: Vic at March 13, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Mr Pink at March 13, 2012 03:04 AM (kTUSr)
Posted by: Lars Groteballen at March 13, 2012 03:06 AM (F57lC)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 13, 2012 03:16 AM (Gc/Qi)
FEMA denies tornado aid ...
"...
Looking at the destruction in his southern Illinois town, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg couldn't understand why federal officials turned down a plea to financially help local homeowners. Nearly a hundred homes are now piles of debris, destroyed by last month's deadly tornado.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency decided over the weekend that homeowners' insurance, local charities and state funds could cover those costs. The storm ripped through the town and surrounding Saline County on Feb. 29, destroying 98 homes and severely damaging 31 others. Seven people were killed..."
and again crickets...
Posted by: spypeach at March 13, 2012 03:16 AM (hyUyU)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for LIfe at March 13, 2012 07:04 AM (OWjjx)
The stupid fuck will probably act like he could be playing in the game and ignorant cock gobbler Clark Kellogg won't tell him to STFU. I've read somewhere that Nantz is a conservative so he'll be vomiting off camera.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 13, 2012 03:17 AM (C3Cds)
We use TIDE because it WORKS. Yeah, I noticed it's almost $11 a 52/load bottle. $6/32 loads.
So.. I can trade for Tina? LOL
Posted by: sickinmass at March 13, 2012 03:18 AM (bcNec)
More, it's just produced in spite of, rather than because of, the government, i.e. on private land.
Posted by: pep at March 13, 2012 03:19 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 13, 2012 03:20 AM (Gc/Qi)
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Posted by: Vic at March 13, 2012 06:56 AM (YdQQY)
It's probably being used in making drugs somehow. Soon enough Tide will become another item that they hide behind the shelves with the cough syrup and porn that you'll have to have a valid ID in order to buy.
Posted by: Robert is still here?!? at March 13, 2012 03:21 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 13, 2012 03:22 AM (Gc/Qi)
Ol' Slow Joe speaks at a $10K per couple dinner about the "middle class?" That's more money than I've made in the past two years.
And Happy Birfday, mugiwara.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy with talent on loan from SMOD at March 13, 2012 03:25 AM (d0Tfm)
Obama's secret plan to deal with a catastrophic U.S. debt crisis:
http://tinyurl.com/83yrjz6
It's not very long but I can't really excerpt it. Just read it and weep.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 03:26 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 13, 2012 03:28 AM (mFxQX)
The president likes to say that America is producing more oil than ever before, but thatÂ’s due entirely to shale oil (e.g., fracking) and oil sands. The boom in production from private sources is currently shielding the administration from the political consequences of taking such a huge amount of oil off the market
Am I missing something?
Posted by: pep at March 13, 2012 03:28 AM (YXmuI)
This is why Tide detergent is becoming a monetary unit. Tach Cheat Timmy said flat out he wanted to devalue the dollar by 25%. He achieved that long ago.
Posted by: Vic at March 13, 2012 03:32 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: McLovin at March 13, 2012 03:34 AM (j0IcY)
More gloom and doom:
Gone are the days when civilizations perished from vice. Today they go bankrupt for a surfeit of virtue. If the subprime mortgage crisis was rooted in the quest for affordable housing, the curtain now rises on a scene laid waste by the student debt bomb. The Washington Post’s headline reads: Student loans seen as potential ‘next debt bomb’ for U.S. economy.
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Student loan debt is now $704 billion bigger than total US credit card debt. Families which believed they were investing in the future find themselves facing eviction tomorrow. Aged parents who cosigned loans are losing their homes to the childrenÂ’s unpaid educational debt. The educational debt crisis comes at a time when the President wants to keep kids in school longer and make a college degree the equivalent of a right. How is the public purse gong to resolve the contradiction between these two diametrically opposed goals? The answer is simple. The President, like a mighty Titan, will lend students money when nobody else will.
The Christian Science Monitor writes “President Obama has said he will help ease student loan debt, claiming he doesn’t even need Congress to do it. It seems the Education Department has the cash to back him up.” Which is just wow. Since when has the Department of Education had $704 billion dollars more funds that credit card debt without the authority of Congress?
http://tinyurl.com/7ek8nll
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 03:35 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: mugiwara at March 13, 2012 03:36 AM (KI/Ch)
Posted by: Red Shirt at March 13, 2012 03:38 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Case at March 13, 2012 03:39 AM (FKGw9)
Posted by: Zeus at March 13, 2012 03:40 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: McLovin at March 13, 2012 03:40 AM (j0IcY)
Part of the dirty little secret about student loans is that people are 'going back to school' so they can qualify for the loans from the gubmint, but actually using the dough for living expenses.
Then of course the gubmint can forgive those loans if you work in 'community service' for a set period of time. It's a way to build another dependent class and that whole army of volunteers "just as well trained" as our military.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 13, 2012 03:43 AM (ccXZP)
Flotilla includes historic ships, barge with church bells, Royyal Barge, boats from Dunkirk evacuation, other historic ships, etc.
Largest assemblage of watercraft on Thames since 1666 for James' coronation.
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 13, 2012 03:43 AM (GoIUi)
Only in Philly:
The most sought-after elected office in Philadelphia isn't mayor, City Council, sheriff, or state representative.
It's Traffic Court judge.
Thirteen candidates ran for one seat on the bench in 2011. In 2007, 15 people scrambled for three open spots.
The post does not require a law license, and none of the Traffic Court judges has one. It pays $89,000 and is likely a job for life.
To win requires support from the city's Democratic ward organization, money from the region's construction trades, and luck. Candidates who secure the top spot on the ballot - it is awarded by lottery - are almost guaranteed a seat on the bench.
http://tinyurl.com/7tvmyvp
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 03:44 AM (7+pP9)
This is how college kids are living in swank apartments, getting nails done and buying iPhones and iPads, and graduating with 100 grand of debt.
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 13, 2012 03:45 AM (GoIUi)
The answer to our fiscal problems brought on by the SCOAMF and his band of Merry Marxists is simple: vote every single one of the out of orifice and vote in people who can at least do basic math, cut spending to 2006 levels immediately, and stop all forms of QE.
The Federal government is like a leech on our economy. Unless it is drastically reduced in size, it will grow ever larger and eventually kill the host.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy with talent on loan from SMOD at March 13, 2012 03:46 AM (d0Tfm)
Swimming pool operators around the region are waiting to see whether their facilities comply with new federal regulations that go into effect March 15.
The new rules involve an interpretation of the Americans With Disabilities Act and whether a permanently affixed lift must be in place at each publicly accessible body of water, which includes all indoor and outdoor swimming pools and spas.
http://tinyurl.com/7gdo787
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 13, 2012 03:48 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: McLovin at March 13, 2012 03:48 AM (j0IcY)
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 13, 2012 03:49 AM (GoIUi)
I saw a show about booze on the History Channel that featured a restaurant that made its own rum. After bottling it, they had to sell it to the state, who then taxed it and sold it back to the restaurant. Stupid, right?
It looks like Pennsylvania has grown some smarts:
PITTSBURGH - A new state law allows small whiskey distilleries to give samples to visitors and sell bottles directly to the public, and that's big news for Wigle Whiskey.
The distillery, which opened Friday, is named after Philip Wigle, who burned down the home of a federal tax collector in the 1790s and helped lead the Whiskey Rebellion, a test of George Washington's presidency.
The rebels objected to one of the first federal taxes - on distilled spirits.
"We were Kentucky before Kentucky," said Eric Meyer, one of an extended clan that's trying to bring back a once-flourishing Pennsylvania tradition. Wigle is one of five active distilleries in the state.
http://tinyurl.com/6utanyf
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 03:53 AM (7+pP9)
Why haven't the Republicans even made a token noise about repealing it?
Posted by: Vic at March 13, 2012 03:53 AM (YdQQY)
Patrick Ewing has officially retired, this time for real.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at March 13, 2012 03:55 AM (BvdQo)
Posted by: McLovin at March 13, 2012 03:57 AM (j0IcY)
Posted by: Vic at March 13, 2012 03:57 AM (YdQQY)
Because:
"Today, Republican's have said they want to take wheelchairs away from crippled orphans. News at 11"
is why.
Posted by: GMan at March 13, 2012 03:58 AM (sxq57)
Posted by: Lars Groteballen at March 13, 2012 03:58 AM (MNNfa)
I smell an occupooper:
SOMEONE WAS out to offend just about everyone in Chester County, it seems.
In an act that managed to be both unpatriotic and sacrilegious, an American flag was stolen from the West Grove Presbyterian Church, burned and left in a puddle sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, State Police said.
The church, on West Evergreen Street in West Grove, has flown an American flag on its sign out front for quite some time, said church Pastor Charlie Gross, who noted that the flag was there when he came on board a year ago.
"This church is very patriotic," said Gross, who retired from the Delaware Air National Guard as a lieutenant colonel after 24 years of service.
http://tinyurl.com/7xq3yve
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 03:58 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Mitt is the Shit! at March 13, 2012 04:00 AM (VyPkJ)
Posted by: Vic at March 13, 2012 04:00 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: McLovin at March 13, 2012 04:00 AM (j0IcY)
Mitt Romney is urging Utah voters to support a well-known, establishment-friendly GOP candidate who is fighting a tea party-fueled challenge: Orrin Hatch. The longtime Utah senator is in a primary battle with former state legislator Dan Liljenquist, who's hoping to mimic Sen. Mike Lee's path to the U.S. Senate by unseating a veteran incumbent.
It's a Politico piece so no linky from me.
I get to vote today, hooray, 4 votes for Noot in MS from our family. I didn't give him any money though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 13, 2012 04:05 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: toby928© at March 13, 2012 04:06 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: pep at March 13, 2012 04:09 AM (YXmuI)
Depends upon how he wins the delegates (significant % or marginally better 1-2%).
If anointed will he immediately turn his negative ads towards Obama, or start the slide left to compromise with his democrat "friends" across the aisle?
Will he be able to attack Obamacare or just tell us he can run it better with just a few "tweaks" because, after all, health care is an important national priority best managed by real experts, not individuals?
In the end ABO >> ABR, but the Mittster is not the be-all end-all for me.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 13, 2012 04:16 AM (i3+c5)
From Wiki:
The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in 1789, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who sold their grain in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to pay off the national debt.
On the western frontier, protesters used violence and intimidation to prevent federal officials from collecting the tax. Resistance came to a climax in July 1794, when a U.S. marshal arrived in western Pennsylvania to serve writs to distillers who had not paid the excise. The alarm was raised, and more than 500 armed men attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
So it looks like The Whiskey Rebellion did start in Pennsylvania. I wonder where Vic thought where "the west" was in President Washington's time.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 04:17 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Truman North at March 13, 2012 04:17 AM (I2LwF)
So yes, ABO pep.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 13, 2012 04:19 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Blaster at March 13, 2012 04:20 AM (Fw2Gg)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 04:20 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: NC Ref at March 13, 2012 04:22 AM (/izg2)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 13, 2012 04:25 AM (DiqH3)
re: the alleged Afghan shooter
I do not believe it. Period. I do not believe this is an American. I do not believe there was a massacre at all.
The story started out that "someone" did it. Then "someone in an American uniform" did it. Then it was "An American" did it. Then it was "An American who had a brain injury" did it. Next thing you hear, it'll be a "Tea Party Activist" did it.
Remember Haditha? They strung up seven heroes over a massacre that never happened. Held them for years. If not for an inspired defense, they would have spent their lives in the brig over a big fat nothing-- in furtherance of the Democrats' goal of destroying Booooosh.
I smell a big rat-- the same rat I smelled at Haditha, at Abu Gharib, at Duke over the fake rape charges.
I want to go on record now and say that there is likely no truth to any of this, except the Revolutionary Truth, told by revolutionaries here and abroad, for the purpose of destroying the military and America.
Posted by: Truman North at March 13, 2012 04:25 AM (I2LwF)
From the WSJ:
One business story these days is how companies are crashing the debt markets to raise money at today's bargain rates. The same goes for the world's biggest borrower, Uncle Sam, which is also quietly benefitting from historically low interest rates that cannot last. The latter deserves more attention because the next President and Congress are likely to be stuck paying the bill when rates inevitably rise.
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First, a couple facts: the U.S. Treasury currently has $10.7 trillion in outstanding publicly-held debt, and more than $8 trillion of it must be repaid within the next seven years. More than $5 trillion falls due within the next 36 months.
http://tinyurl.com/7dhvqb9
If Barky gets reelected all tax brackets will inevitably rise and in addition we'll get a VAT
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 04:26 AM (7+pP9)
Why haven't the Republicans even made a token noise about repealing it?
Because Bush "41" gifted this retarded law to American people.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 13, 2012 04:27 AM (6BgmB)
It was a split decision. This will be his 3rd resentencing btw, with the other 2 sentences deemed to low.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 13, 2012 04:27 AM (ccXZP)
Hi Morons
The soldier who shot the innocent civilians was said to have a brain injury. Troops have been killing themselves due to TSD. Also, Why are military psychiatrists not identifying PTSD in our troops?
Posted by: stu at March 13, 2012 04:28 AM (uhPd1)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 13, 2012 04:29 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: stu at March 13, 2012 04:30 AM (uhPd1)
Posted by: Libra at March 13, 2012 04:31 AM (kd8U8)
I realize that this is crap because the denial is almost certainly purely politically motivated, but I find it hard to gin up any outrage over a Government agency not being willing to spend my grand-children's money.
Homeowners insurance, local (and not-so-local) charities, and the State should be the ones paying to clean up the mess. Not some guy in Walla Walla.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 13, 2012 04:31 AM (8y9MW)
I don't think I've seen this story listed: Crime Boss Holder's "Justice" Dept. is blocking Texas' Voter Identification Law saying it disproportionately affects Hispanics. Sanctioned corruption is what it is.
Posted by: dogfish at March 13, 2012 04:32 AM (N2yhW)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 13, 2012 04:32 AM (Gc/Qi)
Posted by: madamemayhem at March 13, 2012 04:33 AM (jQu++)
There's a shit-ton of lakes and ponds on city, county, state, and federal land. They're all going to be closed.
Hope none of you were planning on going on fishing for the next, oh, the rest of your lives.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 13, 2012 04:33 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at March 13, 2012 04:33 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Jean at March 13, 2012 04:33 AM (Mpktm)
Has this already been addressed here? Did I miss it?
We must keep the peasants away from his Eminence...This is how the Republic dies...too much?
Posted by: Paladin at March 13, 2012 04:34 AM (+Wvn3)
Posted by: Jean at March 13, 2012 04:36 AM (Mpktm)
Posted by: nevergiveup at March 13, 2012 04:38 AM (i6RpT)
That depends. If you're a white male, between the ages of ~22 & 65, the answer is "neither" unless you fall into some victim category (drug addict, for example) in which case: food stamps.
Otherwise, mostly food stamps, unless you're in some double-victim class, in which case: a job.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 13, 2012 04:38 AM (8y9MW)
I hate to say it, but the only way is going to be a war.
Posted by: Alex at March 13, 2012 04:39 AM (XzxB+)
Posted by: stu at March 13, 2012 04:39 AM (uhPd1)
Posted by: nevergiveup at March 13, 2012 04:39 AM (i6RpT)
65 to life?
This is a would be mass murderer.
Why is the Fry Daddy off the table??? If ever there was a justification for capital punishment it's terrorism via mass murder.
Posted by: Mr Obvious at March 13, 2012 04:44 AM (2uovW)
Why is the Fry Daddy off the table???
Because he didn't actually commit the bombing. I'm not a huge fan of convicting someone for "planning" a crime in the first place (since, as creatures with free will, even the badguys have the ability to say 'no' at the last minute and walk away), but granted that we do need to take preventative steps to ensure our safety, I don't see any justification for the death-penalty for an "attempt."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 13, 2012 04:47 AM (8y9MW)
Who says that they aren't? PTS, however, is hard to identify, especially if the soldier in question doesn't tell anyone that they are having issues.
Posted by: Alex at March 13, 2012 04:48 AM (XzxB+)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan on Sunday was treated for traumatic brain injury after being in a vehicle that rolled over in Iraq in 2010, a U.S. official said on Monday.
.....can someone explain to me why he was still on active duty.....in a war zone?
Posted by: Tami at March 13, 2012 04:48 AM (X6akg)
Yeah, I heard about this on the Radio today.
So... to get "revenge" on the US for a Soldier allegedly (yep, I'm on the side of "we need more facts") killing 16 civilians, the Taliban is killing Afghanis. Is it just me, or does that fail the logic test?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 13, 2012 04:50 AM (8y9MW)
If he completed his treatment and the docs found him fit for duty, why not?
Posted by: Alex at March 13, 2012 04:51 AM (XzxB+)
No one is going to hire you--on the books, off the books, skilled, unskilled, legal business, criminal business--unless you can do something useful for them. Even businesses/individuals that hire mentally disabled people out of charity or tax incentives (and I'm not ragging on them, that's a good thing) are getting their floors mopped or their widgets sorted.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 13, 2012 04:59 AM (ZKzrr)
HealtherRadish...What about government employees? lol.Are they ALL useful? lol
Posted by: stu at March 13, 2012 05:03 AM (uhPd1)
@113
He wasn't in the planning stages, he was in the execution phase. The explosives had already been acquired and it was sheer gut instinct on the Border Agent's part that prevented this attack.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 13, 2012 05:05 AM (FEqS6)
The ADA should have been repealed long ago. It has gone far past where it was intended and has become one of the worst laws ever enacted.
Why haven't the Republicans even made a token noise about repealing it?
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ADA was signed by Poppy Bush, that compromiser with Teddy K, and that worked out swell for Poppy, didn't it?
Do you remember the hysterica by the Dems in Congress when the GOP brought up welfare reform in 1996?
Well killing the ADA would be that times 40,000.
There isn't a single R that could stand up to that...
Posted by: Jay at March 13, 2012 05:06 AM (3LaGb)
Posted by: Alex at March 13, 2012 08:51 AM (XzxB+)
Posted by: Tami at March 13, 2012 05:08 AM (X6akg)
Regulation Nation: New study finds ObamaÂ’s regs cost $46 billion a year
Some 10,215 new federal regulations from the Obama administration are costing consumers, businesses and the economy overall $46 billion annually, more than five times the regulatory price tag of former President Bush in his first three years in office. Worse: just implementing those regulations had a one-time additional cost of $11 billion, according to a Heritage Foundation analysis provided to Washington Secrets.
Ironically, Bush instituted more regulations, 10,674, but they cost just $8.1 billion annually, said the Heritage report, titled “Red Tape Rising: Obama and Regulation at the Three Year Mark.” It will be released Tuesday.
The analysis backs ups complaints from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups that the presidentÂ’s regulations are stalling the economy and employment growth.
http://tinyurl.com/752wqse
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 05:08 AM (7+pP9)
If you go to the liberal ESPN site and check out the comments on the "Obama and Cameron will attend First Four", you'll see that ESPN's viewers aren't as enamored with the Dribbler 'n Chef as the casters are.
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I saw the CBS Selection show was hyping that they'll get a sit down with Obama at the final 4.
Yeah, Obama! So busy fixing the economy!
Posted by: Jay at March 13, 2012 05:10 AM (3LaGb)
A message from Verum Serum:
Moving On and I Hope YouÂ’ll Join Me
John on March 12, 2012 at 1:02 am
My friend Scott and I started Verum Serum back in 2005. I donÂ’t think we were completely sure why we were doing it or what we hoped to accomplish. We both liked the idea of having a voice in things. In the early days we didnÂ’t know anyone. I would write blind introductions to bloggers I liked. A few were kind enough to reply.
We also didnÂ’t have any readers. I remember early on being happy to get 100 hits in a day. It took us about a year to get our first 100K. And then things slowly started to pick up.
In 2008, I made a new friend (via the blog) who turned out to be one of the most talented bloggers IÂ’ve ever met. For around four years now, Morgen and I have been working to make VS not just another news blog but one that would really make a difference. IÂ’m proud of what weÂ’ve accomplished in that regard.
It was that success that led to a job offer which IÂ’ve accepted. Starting today, IÂ’m very pleased to say IÂ’ll be going to work for Breitbart.com. If youÂ’ve liked what I did here at VS, I hope youÂ’ll join me over there at Breitbart.com. (My twitter handle will remain the same, @verumserum, so thatÂ’s one little bit of continuity.) IÂ’ll still be writing about foreign affairs, media bias, and the occasional movie review, plus whatever else catches my attention. ItÂ’s going to be fun. ThereÂ’s nothing better than getting paid to do what you love.
VS itself wonÂ’t disappear. ThereÂ’s some real history here both political and personal. Over 8,600 posts and 32k comments which represent a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. (ItÂ’s hard to say how many unique visitors the site has had because we switched stat counters several times but itÂ’s around 5 million.) I find that pretty amazing considering where we started. But six and a half years later, itÂ’s time to move on. The blog will remain, but in a state of suspended animation.
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=39207
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 05:15 AM (7+pP9)
It seems to me this is the simplest SCOAMF/MFM/dem media complex lie to debunk with conveniently the most broadly interested and attentive audience.
For this marxist liar to take credit for increased oil production, while doing all that he can to snuff it out, and promoting the fallacy that increased drilling isn't a solution, is a series of fat pitches right over the plate for any GOP candidate to smash over the fence.
The Holder F and F story IS important and compelling but more complicated far easier to cover up for the less aware.
Posted by: ontherocks at March 13, 2012 05:19 AM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 13, 2012 09:15 AM (7+pP9)
He's good....glad he's joining the Breitbart team.
Posted by: Tami at March 13, 2012 05:23 AM (X6akg)
http://tinyurl.com/6vynm7o (via malkin)
Posted by: disgusted at March 13, 2012 05:28 AM (oZfic)
Who needs oil when you have algae!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 13, 2012 05:28 AM (1Jaio)
Credit where credit is due.
Posted by: sf at March 13, 2012 05:30 AM (bJsQe)
Democrats pander to the middle class, all while democrat policies and their constant conveyer belt punitive regulation legislation push the average middle class family and individual --down and out.
With democrats, only the rich connected Jane Fonda types count.
Posted by: rectal exam at March 13, 2012 05:45 AM (O7ksG)
Democrats pander to the middle class, all while democrat policies and their constant conveyer-belt punitive regulation legislation push the average middle class family and individual -- down and out.
With democrats, only the rich connected Jane Fonda types count.
Posted by: rectal exam at March 13, 2012 05:47 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 13, 2012 08:47 AM (8y9MW)
Errr.. what??? His INTENT was plain. Because he's not able to get the job done we give him a lesser penalty? I don't see the justification for NOT having the death penalty.
Posted by: Reactionary at March 13, 2012 05:47 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: stu at March 13, 2012 08:39 AM (uhPd1)
Actually, Clinton should get very little credit. It took a Republican congress to get a balanced budget. Clinton was less of a d-bag than obie, but only because he was limited in what he could get done. I wish he'd spent MORE time with interns, and less time doing presidential work.
Also, the surplus was not entirely positive. Balance is fine, but for the government to hoard up the nation's wealth is just as bad as over-spending it.
Posted by: Reactionary at March 13, 2012 05:52 AM (xUM1Q)
Why haven't the Republicans even made a token noise about repealing it?
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IN 1996, the GOP nominee Bob Dole touted the passage of the ADA as one of his proudest achievements.
IN 2012, the GOP nominee will once again have as his greatest achievement the passage of a big-government solution to a non-existent problem that, upon implementation, is more expensive, more burdensome and more intrusive than the problem ever was.
Some things never change . . . .
Posted by: Jimmuy at March 13, 2012 05:54 AM (ckATf)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, rip andrew at March 13, 2012 06:08 AM (Ho2rs)
On the western frontier,...
western Pennsylvania...
wonder where Vic thought where "the west" was in President Washington's time..
He was posting/speaking historically, Pittsburgh was still the western frontier then. The Alleghenies don't seem like a big deal driving a 200+ HP car on the Interstates. When an HP came from 1 horse hauling 1 wagon load of perishable low profit corn vs. a few jugs from da Burg to Philly was a big deal. There's remnant canals all over PA. They just finished re-cutting the Turnpike into longer gentler turns East of
http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ Allegheny_ Mountain_Tunnel
Posted by: DaveA at March 13, 2012 06:16 AM (CQnSk)
7Cop tasers nine year old boy twice. Don't tase me bro he screams. But not to worry, I'm sure there is a lawyer in the wings out there ready to punish the tax payers of this small community.
Cop tasers 9 yr old, 5'8" 200-250 lb 'boy'.
Posted by: Jack at March 13, 2012 06:20 AM (zKFOT)
Ten thousand bucks? Chump change. That wouldn't even pay for a week of Moochelle's estrogen shots.
Yes, I denounce myself.
And happy birthday, mugiwara!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Clitoris at March 13, 2012 06:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Gerry at March 13, 2012 06:21 AM (z6bDh)
Posted by: Greg at March 13, 2012 06:42 AM (J3Ovp)
Exactly what I was thinking.
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Posted by: Greg at March 13, 2012 10:42 AM (J3Ovp)
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Amazing what raising the price of gas 20% will do for retail sales isn't it?
Posted by: robtr at March 13, 2012 06:51 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at March 13, 2012 06:52 AM (WUWb9)
The Dow is up half a percent at the start of the trading day? **squeal**
Will you come back and be all emo on some day when the Dow is down by half a percent?
Posted by: fluffy at March 13, 2012 06:57 AM (vRSeu)
The goals of bureaucrats are different from the goals of businesses, but yeah: their hiring managers found something useful about them and that's why they got the job. "Useful" could be their race, gender, or social connections ("Hey, my wife's nephew needs a job; I'll throw you an earmark.").
Whether or not the bureaucracies are useful/efficient/necessary, that's another thing.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 13, 2012 06:58 AM (ZKzrr)
NEW YORK (AP) The Commerce Department said Tuesday morning that retail sales rose 1.1 percent last month, the biggest gain in five months.
Some of the gain reflected higher gas prices1.1% = skyrocketing? Mostly due to higher gas prices. Try again.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 13, 2012 06:59 AM (1Jaio)
"So... to get "revenge" on the US for a Soldier allegedly (yep, I'm on the side of "we need more facts") killing 16 civilians, the Taliban is killing Afghanis. Is it just me, or does that fail the logic test?"
That is totally logical if indeed you are the result of hundreds of years of Islamic inbreeding.
Posted by: Shibumi at March 13, 2012 07:05 AM (z63Tr)
Great economic news out this morning. Retails sales skyrocketed and the stock market is rising again.
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And here I thought Wall Street was composed of greedy, unethical bankers who are profiting from the pillage of the little guy's pensions.
Apparently not. I love watching you leftists sqeual about the Dow...
Posted by: Jay at March 13, 2012 07:10 AM (3LaGb)
I am willing to give myself the credit for chasing him off by mocking him.
Posted by: fluffy at March 13, 2012 07:15 AM (vRSeu)
CBS Poll (your favorite!)
80% polled not better off than 4 years ago
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/85113774
Cue sad trombone! AND SCENE
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 13, 2012 07:21 AM (NCyJy)
The HTML has been turned off completely no matter what browser you use. You can only get b-oldface, u-nderline, s-trike and i-talic by manually typing the code using [brackets] around the code letter. And don't forget your [[b]/close bracket either!]
If you want to hot link something, you can use your sock puppet's URL: "window" but it rejects YouTube videos, image file types and tinyurl links. Also, you'll have to type the http:// manually to make the link's URL hot linked.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 13, 2012 07:38 AM (6RnvM)
Good Old Slow Joe Biden--always good for unintended Comedy Gold!
Somewhere in Delaware a village has lost its idiot.
Posted by: Comanche Voter at March 13, 2012 08:51 AM (3ESDJ)
I am regularly left wanting whenever The Blaze reports on anything military / technological in nature. The majority of what they report on with regards to U.S. acquisitions is given a tone of "too expensive, not good enough," while what they report on with regards to foreign acquistions are "oh man this thing is so awesome we won't stand a chance!"
And the comments do little to change this assessment.
It's a little....how shall I say....WND'y...
I'm at a point where I only read the headlines of Blaze stories, and if I want the rest of the story, will go find it on Drudge. "Doing my own research," as Glenn would say.
PS: Yes, the new fighter from China is a heap of fail.
Posted by: reason at March 13, 2012 10:37 AM (kC3nL)
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