Wednesday, June 23, 2010

An Inconvenient Masseuse

The National Enquirer appears to have a police report that makes Al Gore look very weird indeed:

AL GORE has been accused of sexually attacking a masseuse in Portland, Oregon - and is named in the official police report about the alleged assault, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively!

The bombshell story will appear in the new issue of The ENQUIRER and will include the secret police documents, a photo of the woman making the stunning charges and will reveal the shocking details about the pants she saved as evidence!

Our investigative team uncovered the amazing story just weeks after the former Vice President announced that he and wife TIPPER were ending their 40-year marriage - amidst reports she suspected her husband was involved with "a gorgeous massage therapist."

We have verified the 62-year-old former VP was in Portland at the time of the alleged incident - Oct. 24, 2006 - and we saw the $540 massage bill.

No criminal charges were brought against Gore, but the Portland police prepared a document marked "Confidential Special Report" - which records the explosive allegations of "unwanted sexual contact" by Al Gore "at a local upscale hotel."

The ENQUIRER is withholding the name of the 54-year-old woman making the stunning accusations because she is potentially a sex-crime victim...

If acquitted of the charges, rumor has it that Gore's next career move may be a prime-time show on CNN, possibly in the slot after Eliot Spitzer's new program.


Update: Jammie wonders whether former Clinton crony David Kendall still works for the Enquirer.

Larwyn's Linx: Four State Election Results -- a Tuesday Full of Awesome

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Nation

Four State Election Results: Malkin
A Tuesday Full of Awesome: RWN
Missouri: the next health care battle: GWP

Harry and Nancy's Last Stand: PJM
Maverick: Obama told me the same thing he told Kyl: Ace
Whether he likes it or not, Obama must command: Barone

Economy

Dems craft rules to keep lobbyist cash flowing: Carney
HAMP fails: more foreclosures on the way: Insider
Public Interest Group vs. McDonald's: Patterico

The Chart the NEA doesn't want you to see: BigGovt
Enemy at the Gates: Belmont Club
Maywood, CA fires all employees: Mish

Climate & Energy

Ken Salazar gets an ass-kicking: Malkin
Obama Doubles Down: Hot Air
The Smart Grid Trojan Horse: AT

The Spill Commission and the Missing Experts: AT
Obama’s energy secretary in 2007: BP is going to help save the world or something: Hot Air

Media

Fish Wrap – 'Hey, Pass The Unemployment Extension All Ready!': RWN
When Pragmatists Attack: Protein Wisdom
The Failed Frontal Assault of Fareed Zakaria: Ledeen

Paul Krugman: Two Economists in One: AT
Trib: Those Poor Muslims Forced to Sell Pork Rinds in Chicago: RWN
Was Today The Dawning Of The Day Of The Court?: Hindenblog

World

Gaza Opulence: AT
Suppose Turkey Transfers U.S. Technology and Tactics to Iran and Syria: JINSA
Make The Lie Big, Make It Simple, Keep Saying It And Eventually They Will Believe it: Jawa

Jimmy Carter Upset That SCOTUS Ruling Means He Can’t Pal Around With Terrorists Anymore: Newsreal
Ted Kennedy's KGB Correspondence: AmSpec
Foreclosed-on CT Dad is Muslim Soldier: S&L

SciTech

I came under the knife and back again - with tips for you.: Divine Ripples
Amazing Hubble Video Reveals Bubbles and Baby Stars: TAB
Preparing for iPhone 4 Launch Day: CNet

Cornucopia

Officially our best-ever cease and desist letter ever: Blurgh
Obama replaced Churchill bust in Oval Office with picture of himself walking on water: GWP
The World Cup is Racist!: GGDF

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

General McChrystal Rumored to Have Resigned, But Not Before He Unleashed His Robotic Insect Warriors to Humiliate the President

Amid the uproar over his Rolling Stone interview, Gen. Stanley McChrystal is rumored to have tendered his resignation, but not before he sought a measure of revenge by landing a tiny robotic drone on the President's face during a speaking event.

When asked to comment on the incident, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs simply responded, "Buzz off."

Rumors that Rahm Emanuel had a hand in orchestrating the insect invasion could not be confirmed at press time.


Update: What it probably feels like....


Hat tip: Drudge.

Refrigerator Magnet o' the Day


Via: Rants & Refinements.

Four Border Stories Guaranteed to Make Your Blood Boil

For your consideration:

All-Out War: Arizona police officers receive death threats from Mexican cartel: "A Mexican drug cartel has threatened Nogales police officers, saying they will be targeted for retribution if they conduct off-duty busts... Nogales Police Chief Jeffrey Kirkham told the Nogales International late last week that the threats stemmed from an incident approximately two weeks ago, when off-duty officers surprised marijuana smugglers while riding horseback in an unincorporated border area east of town. The officers seized part of the drug load, and the smugglers were able to flee back into Mexico with the other part."

With 20% underemployment, the Obama Labor Department helpfully informs illegal aliens they have a right to good wages: A public service announcement shows Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis stating, "You work hard, and you have the right to be paid fairly. I’m U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and it is a serious problem in this country when

workers are not being paid every cent they have earned. Remember, every worker in America has a right to be paid fairly, whether documented or not. So call us, it is free and confidential..."

Mexican Gangs Maintain Permanent Lookout Bases in Hills of Arizona: "Mexican drug cartels have set up shop on American soil, maintaining lookout bases in strategic locations in the hills of southern Arizona from which their scouts can monitor every move made by law enforcement officials, federal agents tell Fox News... The scouts are supplied by drivers who bring them food, water, batteries for radios -- all the items they need to stay in the wilderness for a long time... “To say that this area is out of control is an understatement," said an agent who patrols the area and asked not to be named. "We (federal border agents), as well as the Pima County Sheriff Office and the Bureau of Land Management, can attest to that.”

Senators Challenge Pres. Obama on Rumors of Executive Order Amnesty: "Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens. Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight Senators addressed a letter to the President asking for answers to questions about a plan that would allow DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to provide an amnesty if they can't secure enough votes for a bill in the Senate... The letter that was sent to Pres. Obama earlier today asks the President for clarification on the use of deferred action or parole for illegal aliens. The executive actions are typically used in special cases and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but if 60 votes can't be secured in the Senate to pass a mass Amnesty, the Administration may use the discretionary actions as an alternative..."

This administration is completely out-of-control. An environmental catastrophe continues to unfold in the gulf and less than one percent of the nation's clean-up resources have been deployed after two months. Drugs and humans are smuggled into Arizona through corridors controlled by elements of the Mexican government, who are in bed with the drug cartels. Police officers are killed and threatened by illegals.

How does the President react? He threatens to sign an executive order to legalize millions of new voters -- most of whom will align with the Democrat Party -- and he unleashes a public service campaign assuring illegals that their jobs are safe and their wages should be fair.

Meanwhile, the real citizens of this country suffer through a relentless economic disaster, with 20% underemployment and the country's next generation trillions in hock.

But don't worry, folks: he's historic.


Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!

Florida Senator LeMieux Blasts Obama Administration: "Where Are the Skimmers?" 60 Days After Gulf Disaster, Only 20 of 2,000 Are Deployed!

Florida GOP Sen. George LeMieux took the Senate floor yesterday to blast the Obama administration's pathetic management of the Gulf oil disaster.

Mr. President, I just want to make some brief remarks this afternoon concerning the ongoing tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and the Deepwater Horizon response.

61 days ago is when the tragedy started. We are here 61 days later, we still have this tremendous pouring of oil from the bottom of the sea floor into the Gulf of Mexico.

In fact, the amount of oil that is coming into the gulf now equals the size of the Exxon Valdez oil spill every 2 1/2 days.

And yet while this oil continues to gush and while we have hope that the containment dome will capture more and more of this oil as it comes from the bottom of the ocean, we are still seeing a weak, at best, response from the federal government in trying to keep this oil from coming ashore.

Last week -- a week ago tomorrow, I met with the President of the United States and Admiral Allen in Pensacola.

At that time, I raised the issue of skimmers. Why are there so few skimmers in the Gulf of Mexico? Why were there only at that time 32 skimmers off the coast of Florida?

The President and Admiral Allen told me that they were making every effort they could to get more skimmers to the gulf and that they were welcoming foreign skimmers, skimmers from foreign countries come coming to our country to aid in the effort.

I told them at that time that there was a State Department report stating that 21 instances of help have been made and they were refused. Come to find out through discussions with my office that there are still offers and there have been offers from foreign countries and ports for skimmers and that, in fact, those skimmers were refused.

And I'll come to the floor tomorrow to talk about that in more detail. But the state of affairs is that there are only now 20 skimmers off the coast of Florida for.
When there were 32 last week, there are now just 20.

While there are 2,000 skimmers available in the United States alone. That number comes from Admiral Allen.

I spoke to Admiral Allen last week, along with my colleague from Alabama, senator sessions, and we said, where are the skimmers?

I showed him information like I have here today which is the Deepwater Horizon response report from the incident command in the state of Florida.

Then it showed 20 skimmers.

Today it still shows 20 skimmers.

And I asked him to reconcile this for me. If we're asking for all these skimmers, if we're calling for all of them to come here, where are they?

The response is anemic, at best.

So, Mr. President, today I've sent a letter to Admiral Allen asking for an inventory of the 2,000 skimmers that he has said are available in the United States of America.

Now, when I talked to the President and Admiral Allen about this last week, they said, look, some of these skimmers are not available because we may need them for an oil spill. Well, we have an oil spill.

And just because they may be required to stand on watch somewhere in case an oil spill happens someplace else, that's like saying to the people in Pensacola, your home is on fire but we can't send the fire engine because there may be a fire someplace else.

It doesn't make any sense.

So, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that this letter be offered into the record.

What the hell is going on?

Where are the skimmers? Why were foreign offers of skimmers refused? And is anyone in the legacy media reporting this outrageous mismanagement?


Hat tips: MP and Free Republic. Image: Sacramentoo Bee.

Larwyn's Linx: Executive Temperament in Evidence -- Chris Christie

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Nation

Executive Temperament in Evidence: Chris Christie: BigGovt
Obama's thuggery useless in fighting spill: Barone
So Why Does the Border Never Get Secured?: RWN

Crist leading by 11%?: JIP
Skeez Grayson Runs Fake Tea-Party Candidate: GWP
Barack and Bureaucracy: AT

Economy

How Far Nevada Has Fallen: RWN
Docs Refuse Medicare Patients at Record High: BlogProf
Obama announces 'Dad fund': Malkin

The Emperors Have No Doc Fix: LegalIns
Solis: Illegal Aliens Deserve Fair Pay: Proctor
Jobs Apartheid: Public vs. Private Sector Shock: BlogProf

Climate & Energy

The Jones Act Waiver: Patterico
Pelosi: Climate Change Legislation a 'Moral' Issue: CNS
Pelosi’s lame blame game: No ‘burrowed-in’ Bush appointees oversaw Deepwater Horizon: WashExam

Media

MSNBC Host Admits to Using White House Talking Points: AnBlkCon
McChrystal “Unimpressed” With Obama and His “10 Minute Photo Ops”: GWP
Border Disorder: Latest Violence Shows Why We Need to Get Serious About Immigration: PJM

Kagan Says Bork Hearings Were Best Thing That Happened to Constitutional Democracy…: GWP
Expecting Less From Our Black Children: BlkInformant
‘First, Do No Harm’: A Plea to the FTC: PJM

World

Iran Cannot Be Contained: Commentary
Supreme Court upholds bar on 'humanitarian' support for terrorist groups: Babbin
Mad and Madder: AT

Revealed: Photo of Obama’s Radical Mentor Chucking Rocks at Israeli Soldiers: GWP
On Doing God's Work: Goldseek
Gold reclaims currency status as global system unravels: Telegraph

SciTech

Emotional Immodesty on Facebook: First Thoughts
Photos: Oil Spill Hits 60th Day: SacBee
Note To Self: No More Pissing Women Off: Riehl

Cornucopia

Missouri man's incendiary sign on U.S. 71 draws fire: KC
Child Safety Hints: Hatless
Bombshell Study: Stupid Women Go After Rich Men: JWF

Images: Nate Beeler.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: J.D. Hayworth for U.S. Senate

QOTD: "In 1936, during the Cable Street riots, the British Union of Fascists jeered at London Jews, “Go back to Palestine!”, “Palestine” being in those days the designation for the Jewish homeland. Last week, Helen Thomas, the doyenne of the White House press corps, jeered at today’s Jews, “Get the hell out of Palestine,” “Palestine” being now the designation for the land illegally occupied by the Jewish apartheid state. “Go home,” advised Miss Thomas, “to Poland and Germany.” Wherever a Jew is, whatever a Jew is, he should be something else somewhere else. And then he can be hated for that, too.

North Korea sinks a South Korean ship; hundreds of thousands of people die in the Sudan; millions die in the Congo. But 10 men die at the hands of Israeli commandos and it dominates the news day in, day out for weeks, with UN resolutions, international investigations, calls for boycotts, and every Western prime minister and foreign minister expected to rise in parliament and express the outrage of the international community. Odd. But why?" -- Mark Steyn


Monday, June 21, 2010

Recognize any of these 'community organizers' from the Los Angeles Lakers' Celebration Riots? If so, the LAPD Would Like You to Email Them

If you recognize any of these fine, upstanding young community activists, the Los Angeles Police Department would like to hear from you. The aftermath of the Lakers' victory over the Celtics turned ugly with the usual spate of arson and mayhem.




































Update: Shayne observes, "Those darn Teabaggers. I had no idea they were in Los Angeles!"

The Impeachment Chronicles

In increasingly respectable circles -- i.e., not this blog -- and on a more frequent basis, politicos and pundits are bandying about the I-word. No, not the I-word that President Obama won't use (Islam), but impeachment itself. Consider:

• At the invaluable American Thinker, attorney Raymond Richman asks, "Is Obama's BP shakedown an impeachable offense?" Richman is incredulous that Obama "insist[ed] that his own personal organization take over the job of paying claims" and that such an organization will operate "without any law, legal controls, or binding rules to guide it on how and how much those injured materially by the oil spill (and whom among them) will be paid"

Richman argues that the President has, through explicit ("ass-kicking") and implicit threats, forced BP to agree to the slush, I mean, escrow fund and that such an action is "beyond the powers of his office." He terms these actions fascist, Chavez-like, and that ultimately they represent an impeachable offense.

• Rep. Darrell Issa of California believes that the White House job offer to Joe Sestak is clearly illegal and "could lead to the impeachment of President Obama". Issa called upon the Justice Department to name a special prosecutor but, as expected, Attorney General Eric Holder has refused.

• Rep. John Kyl of Arizona has stated that President Obama told him privately that he will not secure the border, because Republicans would then have no reason to support "comprehensive immigration reform" (amnesty for illegals). Were this allegation proven true, the President would be violating one of his clearest requirements under the Constitution. Would a "dereliction of duty" charge or even an "accessory" status for crimes committed by illegals be possible?

• Few of President Obama's appointees are as controversial as Eric Holder. Holder appears to be the most unvarnished political operative to occupy the Attorney General's office since John N. Mitchell under Richard Nixon (the first A.G. to be convicted of illegal activities). Among Holder's outrageous decisions, none is as blatantly partisan as his decision to drop charges against the New Black Panther members caught on videotape harrassing voters at a Philadelphia polling station. Furthermore, the aftermath of these activities are also clouded in controversy as those officials charged with preserving the rights of voters are stonewalled at every turn. Could Holder and/or Obama be held accountable for a clear failure to discharge their duties?

Should the President be impeached? If so, on what grounds?

There are, after all, so many offenses and affronts against the American people that it seems difficult to choose.


Seven Frightening Images from the Deepwater Oil Spill

Alex Kearns posted this image and commentary on her blog earlier:

A researcher captured this image. A discarded flag (or one that has fallen from one of the many vessels in the area) rests on the ocean floor amid the oil and the bodies of dead crabs.

A two-inch layer of submerged oil is coating portions of the Gulf seafloor off the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge: a week after a smothering layer of floating crude washed ashore there. This scenario is being played out all along the Gulf shoreline.

Collecting in pockets and troughs in waist-deep water, the underwater oil is looser and stickier than the tarballs that cover the beach. The consistency is more like a thick liquid, albeit one made up of thousands of small globs. Unlike tarballs, which can often be picked up out of the water without staining the fingers, the submerged oil stains everything that it touches. If you passed your hand through the material it would emerge covered in oily smears.

There are a number of patches of submerged oil 40 to 100 feet off the beach, apparently collecting along rip currents and sandbars. The carcasses of sand fleas, speckled crabs, ghost crabs, and leopard crabs are spread throughout the oil, a thick layer of the material caking the bodies of the larger crabs - their claws looking as if they been turned into clubs made of oil.

And Washington's Blog raises an excellent question:

It's the largest environmental disaster in U.S. - and possibly world - history... But do you know exactly where it is? Could you point to a map and show where the oil rig sank?

Do you know what the topography of the surrounding area is?

Hint: If you think it's flat seafloor - as implied by BPs drawings - you'd be wrong (the spill site is actually located within a giant canyon system, rather than on flat ground).

...Some oil industry professionals are worried that a landslide at the spill site could make the oil spill much worse by carrying away the blowout preventer, riser and all other equipment. While I have no idea how likely it is that a landslide could occur before the well is capped, it is true that:


(1) The spill site is located in a steep canyon, as discussed above;

(2) There are hundreds of feet of loose mud and muck on top of the sea floor in this area; and

(3) Many deepwater, oil-rich areas within the Gulf are tectonically active.

Meanwhile, the President continues campaigning, golfing, undermining border security, bankrupting the country and -- to put it bluntly -- doing everything except what the American people expect of a Commander-in-Chief.


Hat tips: Washington's Blog and Alex Kearns.