Friday, December 17, 2010

A Picture That's Worth a Million Words

They can't secure the border, but they are perfectly prepared to strip-search middle-aged white men and confiscate their bottles of Listerine.

As Cato asks: "Should the TSA be able to condition air travel on you permitting someone to look at or touch your genitals?"

At least for now, the answer is "Yes".


Democrats confused, frightened over new House rule requiring each bill cite "its specific Constitutional authority"

Say, I wonder if Nancy Pelosi would approve? Oh, wait. I don't give a crap. The American people kicked her dimpled butt out of the Speaker's seat and back into Coach.

The Politico writes, disapprovingly, of a measure made necessary by a Democrat Party addicted to power, secrecy, control and lawlessness.

House Republican leaders have unveiled a new rule to require that each bill filed in the House “cite its specific constitutional authority.”

...GOP leaders have prepared a memo for all members of the new Congress and senior staff informing them that no bill may be introduced unless the sponsor has submitted for the Congressional Record a statement “citing as specifically as practicable the power or powers granted to Congress” to enact the measure. The memo included five examples of forms that sponsors could include with their legislation.

And the memo warned that any bill that is filed without the requisite “constitutional authority statement” will not be accepted by the House clerk and will be returned to the sponsor. Such a statement, House Republicans added in a Friday statement, “also demonstrates to the American people that we in Congress understand that we have an obligation under our founding document to stay within the role established therein for the legislative branch."

Is this really too much to ask?

If you're a Democrat, the answer is: "yes". Because law, logic, history and reason mean nothing. Feelings, emotion, hope, dreams, and flying unicorns must always take precedence for progressives. Which is why this country is on the precipice.


The Year We Missed Christmas

Papa B writes, "I woke up at 3AM this morning and this just came to me. I wonder if this used to happen to Walt Whitman."

It was the night after Christmas; the sun rose the next day,
Santa had vanished with his reindeer and sleigh.

There had been no Christmas, just tears and chagrin,
The cries of the children made a terrible din.

What could have caused this terrible plight?
After all, Christmas is an absolute right!

From the distance we heard a voice with a sigh,
We listened to the words... and then we knew why.

"On Nancy, On Harry, we must pass this bill,
Health Care and Stimulus must pass on the "hill".

"On Fannie, On Freddie, On Dodd and on Frank!,
Homes for everyone, there’s lots in the bank!"

"Bail out the unions and the teachers too,
They got us elected -- we must pay them their due."

"Global warming or climate change, it really matters not,
Redistributing wealth... we'll take what you got!"

"Shut down the drilling; close all the mines,
Put owners in jail with plenty of fines."

"On Card Check; On ACORN; On S.E.I.U.!
On Cloward and Piven; and Cass Sunstein too!”

"Close Gitmo because you know terrorism's dead,"
Proclaimed the AG, Eric the Red.

There’s no border problem, as everyone can see,
Just hurry up and pass a little am-nes-ty.

Will you be fondled or seen practically nude?
The TSA just laughs, taking our water and food.

"On Waxman; On Schumer; On Waters; and Rangel;
Be sure to blame Bush, Palin and Angle!"

Pillage and plunder, there’s plenty you see,
We’ll just print more cash, says Ben Ber-nan-kee.

China is laughing and Russia says Nyet.
They both have us dancing like a marionette.

North Korea and Iran are girding for war,
Thank goodness the U.N has more meetings in store.

Let's stop passing bills for those out of work,
Let's give them income for life, we know they won't shirk.

Keep increasing taxes to care for the needy,
The rich have their wealth because they are greedy.

Departments of Energy, Commerce and more,
Would we really miss them if they went out the door?

All of the Congress abstained from their duty,
When they got to D.C., it’s "pass out the booty!"

The judges make laws right from the bench;
While the bailout continues for Mr. Goodwrench

Cars must be green and burn only air.
With plenty of subsidies, isn’t that fair?

Yes to wind farms and solar, No to oil and coal,
Cap and Taxes are our ultimate goal.

"On Obama; On Clinton; On Gibbs; and on Biden;
Shovel-ready projects and streets we must widen."

Shut down talk radio, Fox, Sean and Rush,
Make the FCC the approved purveyor of mush!

The networks, the Times; the epithets they hurled,
They seem to be reporting on an alternate world.

So, why no Christmas? Why this cal-am-it-y?
No money was left for Santa you see.

When building Santa’s workshops, he went to borrow some dough;
"Our bonuses come first; the answer is NO!"

So, personal freedoms lost out to "personal rights"...
And I heard Santa say, "will someone turn out the lights?”


Larwyn's Linx: Tea Party Stops the Omnibus--But Work Remains!

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Nation

Tea Party Stops the Omnibus--But There's Still Work to Do: RWN
Bitter RINOs Participate in the Democrat Hijacking of the Country: EIB
Health judge fears 'broccoli' mandate: Politico

Health Insurance Is Neither Shoes Nor Broccoli. Good to Know!: Reason
That Pesky Constitution: PJM
Nancy Pelosi: The Girl in the Plastic Bubble: AT

Economy

Lame-duck watch: House Tax Deal Final Vote: 277-148: Malkin
Expose the Public Pension Mess: AT
Latino museum panel shovels tax dollars to political patrons: Tapscott

Obama’s 'Making Work Pay' Credit Could Hose 13M Taxpayers: RWN
DeMint: The destruction of our country may be just 10 months away: TRS
Chicago Climate Exchange = FAIL, Now Cali Tries Its Own: WUWT

Climate & Energy

Britain Could Use a Little Global Warming Right Now: AmSpec
Solar Eclipse: AT
237 Airlifted to Safety After Being Stranded Due to Global Warming: BlogProf

Media

Looks Like We’re Going to Need a Bigger Memory Hole: Driscoll
Our “Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain” Moment: Hanson
Boston Tea Party: 237th anniversary: Malkin

A Look at Al Sharpton in the Days When He Called People "You a Punk Faggot!”: Lid
Sharpton: Rush Limbaugh May Have to Attend FCC Hearings to Explain 'Racist' Remarks: NewsBusters
The Very Definition of 'Frivolous Lawsuit': Hindenblog

World

What Audiences Applaud in the Arab World: Tobin
Another 'Serbian Myth' Proves True: Organ Extraction: Atlas
The First American Prime Minister: SDA

With a Weakened America, Jordan Bows to Iran: BRubin
Canada: 13-year-old Muslim girl beaten to death amid ongoing dispute over prayers: JihadWatch
Senator Jim DeMint: The START 2 Treaty Does Limit U.S. Missile Defense: BigPeace

Royal snub for the Obamas: No wedding invite from Prince William and Kate Middleton: LAT
At this rate the cast of Jersey Shore will get invited to the White House before Liu Xiaobo's family does: WyBlog
Austrian Man Fined for Yodeling Near Muslims: BigPeace

SciTech

China Likely Behind Stuxnet Attack, Cyberwar Expert Says: Dark Reading
Diamond Buying Goes Mobile: Blue Nile's Vadon "Stunned" by iPhone App Success: Yahoo!
Americans top social networking: IBD

Cornucopia

The Playboy TRON Shoot: CBullitt (NSFW)
This Week in Quotes: RWN
The SS Man Behind the Holocaust: PJTV

Image: iOTW
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QOTD: "History is not going to be kind to liberals. With their mindless programs, they've managed to do to Black Americans what slavery, Reconstruction, and rank racism found impossible: destroy their family and work ethic." -- Walter Williams


Thursday, December 16, 2010

A Post Begging for an Illustration: National Organization of Ugly Women Sues Hooters for Serving Kids Food and Soft Drinks

First they came for your Happy Meal.

The National Organization for Women filed complaints against local Hooters restaurants Thursday, but not for exploiting its scantily clad waitresses by subjecting them to leering and groping customers.

The subject this time was Hooters' catering to children.

The restaurants in San Francisco, San Bruno, Sacramento and Orange County are classified as "adult entertainment" establishments but also serve minors, NOW's California chapter said in papers filed with police and prosecutors.

What's more, the organization said, Hooters provides child menus, high chairs and booster seats, and sells T-shirts in children's sizes that identify the wearer as a "Future Hooters Girl."

I once ordered wine in a Hooters. It came in a tiny bottle with a screw-top cap.

It was a very good month. Very.


Hat tip: Bookworm Room. Linked by: Michelle Malkin and RedState. Thanks!

DeMint wins: Reid Pulls Omnibus Spending Bill (aka 'The Friends and Family of Emanual Cleaver Enrichment Act')

Multiple sources -- including Politico ("Harry Reid pulls $1.1 trillion spending bill from floor") and The Hill ("Reid pulls back from yearlong omnibus, aims for short-term [Continuing Resolution]") -- report that Harry Reid has raised the white flag on his insane spending bill (you may know it as "The Friends and Family of Emanual Cleaver Enrichment Act").

See if you can detect the spin from The Politico, the last redoubt of former WaPo reporters who don't even try to disguise their party allegiance.

Senate Democrats abruptly pulled down an omnibus spending bill after senior Republicans – caught with their hands in the cookie jar — deserted the measure in an effort to square themselves with tea party activists and conservatives in the party.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the announcement and signaled he would substitute a short-term spending resolution for the much more detailed year-long $1.1 trillion plus measure which many in the GOP had been quietly rooting for just weeks ago...

With Washington facing a funding cutoff Saturday night, the result is a genuine fiscal crisis — at once serious and rich in political farce.

Democrats have only themselves to blame for failing to pass any of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the government...

I don't trust these Statist losers as far as I can throw 'em.

Stop everything.

Ev. Ree. Thing.

These Marxist nuts can't get the hell out of DC fast enough for me.


Obama's Death Panel Tells Seniors Suffering from Breast Cancer: Go Ahead and Die Already

Remember the recess appointment of Donald Berwick, the controversial head of Medicare and Medicaid? Just days after his appointment, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance warned that, for the first time in history, FDA-approved anti-cancer therapies might not be covered by Medicare.

Today their predictions came to pass.

And legacy media is silent. Utterly and completely silent.

On Dec. 17 the Food and Drug Administration is expected to take the radical step of revoking approval for an advanced drug in the treatment of one of the country's most deadly diseases... [and] the effects on breast cancer patients will be devastating. Some 17,500 American women are prescribed Avastin every year. Many will face shorter, more painful lives because of the FDA's decisions.

...Despite all evidence to the contrary, the advisory committee claims its recommendation had nothing to do with Avastin's cost... However, many American women are getting something priceless in return for those dollars: life and vitality. In one clinical trial, nearly 50% of patients receiving Avastin witnessed their tumors shrink. Another study found that patients receiving the drug in conjunction with chemotherapy lived "progression-free" twice as long as patients without it.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance have been vocal in their opposition to these actions. And legacy media is silent.

Shouldn't these decisions be left to the families and their doctors? Apparently not, thanks to the one-size-fits-all Obamacare program.

Worse still, this is only the beginning. Rationing and death panels are very real, despite the propaganda asserting otherwise. Berwick himself, the most powerful man in all of medical care, has plainly stated that "it's not a question of whether we will ration health care [but] whether we will ration with our eyes open."

40,000 American women die each year from breast cancer. And Avastin is often their last hope.

Now, liberals: what would you call the government bureaucrats who arbitrarily decided to stop paying for this drug? I mean, besides a "death panel"?

And this is only the beginning. Obamacare doesn't kick in for real until 2014. And legacy media is silent.


Hat tip: Memeorandum.

At least someone will have read it: GOP to 'paralyze' Senate by reading the disastrous 2,000-page, trillion-plus spending bill

The left-leaning political journal The Hill makes the tactic sound, oh, I don't know... dire? Their headline reads, "GOP will paralyze Senate floor with reading of 1,924-page spending bill".

Hey, schmucks: is it really too much to ask that our representatives read the damn bills before they vote on them?

I will assert the following: the 111th Congress will go down in history as the most rabid, radical and destructive enemies of the state ever to assume power in America.

Republicans will paralyze the Senate floor for 50 hours by forcing clerks to read every single paragraph of the 1,924-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill.

Senate clerks are expected to read the massive bill in rotating shifts around the clock — taking breaks to drink water and pop throat lozenges — to keep legislative business on track, according to a Democratic leadership aide... The bill is so long that it took the Government Printing Office two days to print it...

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the Senate Republican Steering Committee chairman, vowed not to back down... “If they bring this up, they’re going to read it. It’ll take them a day or two to read it,” DeMint said on Fox News. “Again, we’re trying to run out the clock. They should not be able to pass this kind of legislation in a lame-duck Congress.”

Senator DeMint, I'll say it again: you need to run for President in 2012.

I know you don't want the job. But neither did George Washington. And I happen to think that the men who don't want the job are among the best choices.


Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!

WSJ vs. NYT

Dan from New York:

Below, two stories from major metropolitan dailies report on the same event. One of them must be wrong and slanted to make Obama's bonehead fantasies about the Afghan war look good. See if you can tell which one.

New York Times, 12/16/2010

Afghan Report Sees July Troop Pullouts Despite Perils


A review of President Obama’s Afghanistan war strategy concludes that American forces can begin withdrawing on schedule in July, despite uneven signs of progress.

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Wall Street Journal, 12/16/2010

U.S. Puts Off Afghan Moves


A much-anticipated White House review of progress in the Afghan war will put off key decisions about the pace of pulling troops out of the country and whether changes in strategy there will be needed, U.S. officials say.

###

Larwyn's Linx: Heckua Job, Nappie -- Border Agent Murdered

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Nation

Heckuva job, Nappie--Heads to border after agent murdered: Cubachi
Crash the White House/Medicare Czar closed-door meeting: Malkin
Hero Jim DeMint: I’m just trying to run out the clock!: TRS

Congress's contempt for voters hits new high: Pundette
Deranged Tea Partier Lefty Opens Fire On School Board: NiceDeb
Why do they hate Sarah so much?: AT

Economy

List of senators with earmark count in Omnibus bill: Cubachi
Dem Wants $48B Earmark for Friend Who Works From Home: GWP
What the Right is Missing with the Card-Check Scam: RedState

Bachmann: Tax Bill Violates Article 1 of Constitution: CNS
No Deal on the Tax Deal: AT
U.S. to have Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World: Foundry

Dodd-Frank's whistleblowing gold mine: AT
Who Decides?: Belmont Club
'Public Interest' Group Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meals : JWF

Climate & Energy

Omnibus double whammy: The Dems’ lame-duck land grabs: Malkin
Scientist: Watch out for an Ice Age: HyScience
Hundreds of new cold and snow records set in the USA: WUWT

Federal Judge: Fish 'Study' Forcing Cut Off of California Water Based on Junk Science: GWP
EPA Regulations Killing Clean Energy: Foundry

Media

An Honest Question for Lefties: The Agitator
Fight of the Week: Condoleezza Rice knocks out Katie Couric in the first round: iOTW
Flex!: Mudville Gazette

Clueless bloggers attack Fox News for memo that says “show both sides” of the global warming/cooling story: WUWT
Things You Won’t Read About at Media Matters, Episode XXIV: Malkin (Powers)
The Hannity Jobs Program, Weiner's Greedy Government: AmSpec

Journalist Diversity Committee Declares Term “Illegal Immigrant” to Be “Offensive”: RWN
Gore Outraged Fox Reporters Advised to Report Both Sides of Story: WZ
Media Matters Comes Close to Having a Body Count: Verum Serum

World

Germany applies anti-Nazi laws in crackdown on Islamic supremacist groups: JihadWatch
Feds Battle Mexican Insurgent Group Gaining Foothold In D.C.: Dollard
Julian Assange and Bradley Manning: Liberal Hypocrisy On Rape And Torture: RWN

U.S. National Archives Releases Report on Hitler and Grand Mufti of Jerusalem: 'Shared Common Enemies--The Jews': WZ
China is Moving Past the US in Global Influence: BigPeace
Iraq becoming Islamic state?: JihadWatch

SciTech

Intelligence Estimate: Stuxnet Set Back Iran's Nuclear Program By Two Years: Ace
Twitter raises $200 million in funding, is worth $3.7 billion, report says: LA Times
Amazon Withstands Wikileaks Attacks: CNN Money

Cornucopia

Custer's Last Flag: iOTW
Sweeeeedes in da Noooooz: SondraK
Tired of BBQ Chips?: iOTW

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

So Simple a Caveman Can Do It: Deconstructing the Idiocy of Comparing Health Insurance to Car Insurance

In an exclusive interview with Tampa Bay Online, President Barack Obama rolled out the old liberal canard comparing health insurance to car insurance.

Think about it -- when it comes to car insurance, we wouldn't say that you can wait until you get into a car wreck and then you can go to the insurance company, say hey, I want to buy some insurance for my car. If you can't do that for car insurance, why can you do that for health insurance.

How can you wait until you get sick and then go and say I want to buy some insurance? That isn't fair and I think most people understand it isn't fair. All we've said is everybody has to get some basic insurance so that we're not paying for you when you get sick. And that helps keep everybody's cost down and it makes sure that that insurance company can't discriminate against you if you've got pre-existing conditions. It's the right thing to do, and I'm confident that the courts will uphold it.

Using Ed Morrissey's guide as a reference (and augmenting it), let's deconstruct this epic fail.

1. Drivers carry required insurance to cover damage done to others, not themselves.

2. States impose the insurance requirement, not the federal government, because states license drivers and vehicles.

3. Driving is a voluntary activity conducted on public property (roads); there is no requirement for licensing or insurance for those who drive only on their private property. People who don’t drive on public roads aren’t required to buy a license or the insurance.

4. Those who do have auto insurance only file claims when significant damage occurs.

5. Auto insurance doesn’t pay for routine maintenance, like oil changes, lube jobs, and tire rotation. That’s why auto insurance is relatively affordable.

6. Auto insurance is priced to risk. If a driver lives in a high-crime area, then the premiums will rise to cover the risks associated with theft. If they drive badly (get moving violations and accidents), premiums will go up, or in some cases, the insurer will drop the driver.

7. Policies are priced for risk according to age as well; the youngest and oldest drivers pay more due to their propensity for causing losses. Those who drive well and present a lower risk get rewarded with lower premiums. Right now, the federal government is preventing insurers in some instances from risk-pricing health insurance to impose government-approved fairness. That means we all pay more, removing the incentive to lower risk.

8. Lastly, consider Obama's claim that "when it comes to car insurance, we wouldn't say that you can wait until you get into a car wreck and then you can go to the insurance company, say hey, I want to buy some insurance for my car." -- But that's precisely what he's saying with the Democrats' "pre-existing condition" nonsense. You can walk in to any health insurer, with any condition, and expect coverage.

In short, the level of dishonesty interwoven into the Democrats' claims is stunning. Remember: you wouldn't lose your existing coverage (lie). Your premiums would go down $2,500 a year (lie). There wouldn't be any death panels who would decide permissible treatments (lie). Obamacare would reduce the deficit (lie). And no one could be denied coverage (lie).

When the history of this Republic is written -- if it survives this disastrous crew -- the Democrat Party's health care bill will go down as one of the greatest crimes against the Constitution and the American people of all time.


Hat tips: Hot Air and Mark Levin. Images: Wrecked Exotics.

Shock, Disbelief as More Indictments Issued for Obama Pal Kwame Kilpatrick and his Merry Crew of (Alleged) Money Launderers

I would use the word "pond scum" to describe the crew that raped Detroit, but that would unfairly slur innocent and productive lake algae.

[Former Detroit Mayor Kwame] Kilpatrick, who is currently in jail on other charges, was part of a 38-count, 89-page indictment that included his father Bernard Kilpatrick, city contractor Bobby Ferguson, former top Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller and former water department chief Victor Mercado. The indictment says they extorted money from municipal contractors, state and non-profit donors and engaged in bribery and extortion involving other public contracts and investments...

...the Free-Press reported that prosecutors say Ferguson kicked back at least $424,000 in cash and other items of value to the mayor and that Kilpatrick used more than $590,000 in cash derived from the conspiracy to pay his credit card bills, purchase cashier’s checks and clothing and repay loans. Bernard Kilpatrick deposited more than $600,000 in cash into his personal bank accounts, and he was charged with filing false tax returns in 2004, 2005 and 2007.

The Detroit News described the depth of the sleaze with which Kilpatrick was involved.

[Ferguson and his companies had received at least $170 million in city contracts — $109 million from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department alone — since Kwame Kilpatrick took office in 2002.

Barack Obama was one of Kilpatrick's staunchest political backers and friends. In 2007, during his presidential run, Obama called the crook "a great mayor" who was doing "an outstanding job" -- and he was "grateful to call him a friend."

If you can judge a man by his friends, Obama's choice of Kilpatrick speaks volumes. But, then again, it's not as if we needed more proof that Obama is in way, way over his head.

Hell, forget about the birth certificate: where are the freaking college transcripts?


Motivator of the Day: Black Jack Pershing Edition


"Earlier today in front of the White House -- Coptic Christians [implored] the Obama administration to take a stand against the slaughter, persecution, and oppression of Christians. We give Egypt 300 billion dollars -- hold them to account. Please join us tomorrow in D.C."


Larwyn's Linx: Neither Necessary Nor Proper

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Nation

Neither Necessary Nor Proper: LegalIns
Reid: We’ll stretch this lame-duck out until Jan. 5 if we have to: Malkin
Breyer: Wrong About Guns -- And More: RWN

Separated at Birth: No Labels and Coffee Party: NewsReal
Holder Assures Muslims of DOJ Protected Status: JudicialWatch
Breast cancer drug offers glimpse of death panels: Tapscott

Economy

The "Greedy": Already Paying Way More Taxes Than Anyone Else: RWN
Obama’s Recovery: Temporary Jobs for Everyone!: LonelyCon
DHS Confirms: Cheaper to Deport Than Letting Illegals to Stay: Dollard

Man Bites Union in L.A.: IBD
The Politics of the Blue State Bankruptcy: DollarCollapse
The Broken Window Fallacy: Division of Labour

Obama uses regulatory power to enforce Card Check: RWN
Holder/Sebelius: Fighting Obamacare Like Fighting Civil Rights: Malkin
The Thin Blue Line Vs. Deepening Red Ink in L.A.: PJM

Climate & Energy

First manatees, now baby sea turtles threatened by record cold: LCR
Dueling press releases – which is it: dead or weakened?: WUWT
Climate Change: It's the Sun, Stupid: AT

Media

Amazing: WaPo Fails to Publish Own Poll on ObamaCare's Lowest Popularity Ever: NewsBusters
5 criteria we can use to judge who is helping the GOP become "the smarter party": ConHome
ABC Poll Finds Health Care Law Is Massively Unpopular, Network Offers Scant Coverage: NewsBusters

Off With Their Heads!: Equalizer
Poll: New Low In Support For ObamaCare - 43%: BlogProf
Michael Moore Bails Out Julian Assange, Despite Total Ignorance of His Actual Views: NewsBusters

World

Guess who got Holder's briefs in a bundle?: AT
The IRS Declares Israel is a Terrorist State, So The US Constitution Can Be Ignored: Lid
Horrifying: Woman flogged publicly in Sudan while people laugh: TRS

Fed up with kidnappings and murders, Mexican town takes up vigilantism: Cubachi
Shocker: WikiLeaks Employs Holocaust Denier Who Refers to Jews as a 'Virus in Human Form': WZ
Stockholm: Extremists recruiting for Jihad in city's Grand Mosque: IIE

Punishing Moonbat Heresy I: The UN’s Defamation of Religions Resolution: RWN
Pakistan: Muslims beat evangelist into unconsciousness, set him on fire: JihadWatch
Wikileaks: Catalonia "greatest center of radical Islamist activity in the Mediterranean": IIE

SciTech

Hundreds of Banking Sites Vulnerable to RSA Security Flaw, Researcher Finds: eWeek
Realistic Masks: They're causing problems: Schneier
Lean Hogs Jump- Computerized Trading Ruining Marketplace: P&F

Cornucopia

Congress Mandates Every Citizen Buy A Gun: Hindenblog
Greatest Action Sequence of All Time: Hot Air
Army sees smart phones playing important role: Army Times

Image: Weasel Zippers, "Highway Jihad?"
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QOTD: "Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has just released an omnibus spending bill that will lock-in 2010 spending levels through the next fiscal year (ending September 30). The 1,924 page bill (pdf) contains unknown thousands of earmarks and will prevent the next Congress from making spending cuts until fiscal year 2012... ... For the first time in the history of the modern budget process, this Congress failed to even vote on a budget for next year. This Congress has forfeited their right to spend. The next Congress should be as free as possible to set spending priorities. The 111th must pass something to keep the government running, but it should do so with as short-term a continuing resolution as possible." -- The Foundry


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Israel Braces for the Obama Administration's "Peace Dividend"

Dan from New York:

IDF Launches First NBC Defense Battalion


Tevet 6, 5771, 13 December 10 By Gil Ronen

The IDF has officially launched its first battalion specifically trained for dealing with the aftermath of nuclear/biological/chemical (NBC) attacks, named Yanshuf ('Owl'). An NBC unit by the same name has existed for a long time, according to the IDF website, but it has not been recognized as a full-fledged battalion until now.

...The new battalion was officially launched last week with Yanshuf's first battalion-level exercise. Yanshuf's companies drilled scenarios in which chemical warheads hit open spaces and and urban environments. They also rehearsed cooperation with a team from the Engineering Unit for Special Operations (Yahalom)...

...IDF Ground Forces Commander, Major General Sami Turjeman congratulated the new battalion's soldiers and hinted at the reason for the unit's upgraded status: concern over a possible confrontation with Syria.

..."We are here in the southern Golan Heights," he told the soldiers. "Not far away from us, the Syrians are preparing various capabilities that we need to prepare for. Our job is not to prepare for the conventional events but for the extreme scenarios, and Yanshuf Battalion is the spearhead of the [NBC] defense element..."

* * * * * * * * *

"... in the unlikely event Obama, Mitchell and Clinton don't bring us peace," he added.


The PC Ambush of Christmas --- Illustrated

Yep, it's time for Cagle's "Taking the Christ out of Christmas Cartoon Extravaganza."

And Merry Festivus to you and yours.


San Francisco Chronicle does the impossible: it explains Nancy Pelosi

Yes, it's true: the San Francisco Chronicle has finally explained Nancy Pelosi. It reports that one of the state government's most prestigious agencies has decided to relocate from San Francisco because (and I quote) "San Francisco is just too expensive - and its workforce too dumb - for the agency to continue doing most of its business [there]."

After almost 100 years, the State Compensation Insurance Fund is pulling 755 of its 830 jobs out of town... the high cost of Bay Area living is only part of the problem, Vargen said. The agency also seems to have trouble attracting qualified workers here.

"We have to do a lot more testing to get qualified candidates," Vargen said.

For example, only half of the San Francisco applicants passed the most recent test to become workers' compensation claim adjusters - compared with the 90 percent pass rate in Eureka...

Well, if the Chronicle asserts that S.F. residents are 40% dumber than those living in the rest of the state, who am I to argue?


10 Photos That Legacy Media Won't Show You: Stockholm Suicide Bomber Detonates Himself, Caught on Security Camera

Curiously, I could only find the video of Sweden's first suicide bomber on conservative blog sites. And it turns out that something resembling a miracle saved dozens of innocent lives:

A shocking act of terror in downtown Stockholm on Saturday could have been much worse: At a press conference on Monday, Swedish authorities explained that one of the bombs detonated prematurely, narrowly avoiding what would have been a more harmful attack in an area packed with holiday shoppers. As it happened, only the suspect was killed...

...There appear to have been three bombs that went off, and police say they’re “98 percent sure” that 29-year-old Taimour al-Abdaly, an Iraqi-born resident of Sweden, was the culprit behind the attack. But he may not have worked alone. “From experience, we know that there are usually more people involved in such actions.” Al-Abdaly is a Sunni Muslim and was studying in Britain.

I'm sure -- somehow -- this is all George Bush's fault.


111th Congress flips off the American people again: unveils $1.1T omnibus spending bill to fund Obamacare and $8B in earmarks

Has any Congress ever treated the American people with the level of disrespect exhibited by the 111th? The terms "representative government" and "consent of the governed" no longer apply to the current crop of Democrats, despite a massive and historic repudiation at the polls last month.

Senate Democrats have filed a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that would fund the government through fiscal year 2011, according to Senate GOP sources.

The 1,924-page bill includes funding to implement the sweeping healthcare reform bill Congress passed earlier this year as well as additional funds for Internal Revenue Service agents...

The bill reportedly spends $8 billion on 6,000 new earmarks including, according to Fox News, critical "beaver management" programs.

This rogue Democrat Congress is an abomination. And Republicans must block this bowel movement using every available procedural tactic.


Update: Fox News reports that Jim DeMint will require the bill to be read on the Senate floor, which will consume approximately 40 hours. Well done.

Hat tips: Michelle Malkin and Memeorandum

Larwyn's Linx: Operation Buck Up--Stop DREAM Act Amnesty Now

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Nation

Operation Buck Up: Stop the DREAM Act amnesty bailout: Malkin
Breyer: Madison wrote Second Amendment to appease states: Hot Air
On the Court, Leftist Justice vs. the Rule of Law: PJM

Judge Declares Health Care Mandate Unconstitutional: LegalIns
Judge: Democrats, meet the Constitution: Malkin
O Picked A Bad Day To Be A Former Constitutional Law Prof: Riehl

Economy

Liberals Leave the Reservation: Foundry
We Must Kill Build America Bonds (BABs) Now!: Mish
NY Schools’ ‘Human Rights’ Curriculum Features Van Jones: BigGovt

The Cost of Unions: A&P Files For Bankruptcy: RedState
Income Taxes, Millionaires, and Billionaires: AT
Government Unions vs. Taxpayers: Pawlenty

Social Security and Broken Promises: PJM
Tax Cuts, Clearly Explained: AT
The Pigford Scandal: John Boyd, Et. Al., Exposed: RWN

Climate & Energy

Is America's Energy Policy Perverse?: Power Line
Obama’s EPA Goes After Coal Fired Energy: NoisyRoom
Despite Record Freeze, John Kerry Says Now's the Time to Act on Global Warming: GWP

The “Air Pod” Air-Powered Car Really Runs On Coal, Even Worse Than Electrics: RWN
Obama White House comes to the rescue of Golden Eagles by defeating wind farms and their own agenda: LCR
What frog science can teach us about global warming: WUWT

The Ethanol Juggernaut: Do Republicans Have the Will to Stop Big Government?: RedState
Obviously, Denial Of Globull Warming Is Like Denial Of Hitler: RWN
The Energy Equation: Practical Fact vs. Political Fiction: AT

Media

Can the government order you to get a haircut, hippie?: Surber
Cavuto to Chris Matthews: Cram your remarks about Chris Christie’s weight up your tingle: Hot Air
Barnett: Court Decision Against ObamaCare is a Game Changer: AmSpec

FLOTUS on Deciding What Kids Eat: “We Can’t Just Leave It Up to the Parents”: GWP
Brilliant: C.S. Lewis ‘responds’ to Richard Wolffe’s arrogance about Palin: Cubachi
Obama: Pawn or Mastermind: AT

World

Beautiful: DOJ sues Illinois school district for not honoring Sharia law: Atlas
How Important was Hitler’s Mufti?: JihadWatch
The eurozone is in bad need of an undertaker: Evans-Pritchard

Stockholm Suicide Bomber Explosion Captured on Security Video: RWN
The British Left is Panicking: AT
Miss Baghdad Beauty Pageant: Jawa

SciTech

Navy Railgun Sets New Record, Launching A Metal Bullet To Mach 7 Speeds: PopSci
Gawker Hacked: ThreatLevel
Corning's Winning App for the iPad: Barron's

The 10 Most Destructive Hacker Attacks In The Past 25 Years: Insider
The Secret Code of the 'Mona Lisa Eyes': iOTW
Billionaire Oracle CEO Wants Cash-Strapped S.F. to Pay for His America’s Cup Race: RWN

Cornucopia

Remembering Jacob Gassen: YouTube
Investing Losses: Death by Opinion: Ritholtz
Public Service Announcemament: iOTW

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