Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Code Pink De-Motivational Poster o' the Day
Moonbattery accurately describes the scene as follows: "The phony “War on Women” meme has been pushed to the last extreme of tasteless absurdity by the unhinged commies of Code Pink."
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
My New Chris Matthews Bumper Sticker
After Newt Gingrich shredded Chris Matthews on air for his shockingly racist thought processes, Robert Stacy McCain executed the rhetorical coup de grace.
For most of you reading along, "MNSBC" is a cable channel that recycles Media Matters press releases as "hard news". Which explains why you've never heard of it.
In case you didn't realize it, the only claim Matthews has to being a journalist is that he is a partisan Democrat. Matthews never worked a day as a reporter, never covered a city council meeting or a homecoming parade. After evading the Vietnam-era military draft by enrolling in the Peace Corps, Matthews moved to Washington and worked on the staff of various congressional Democrats before unsuccessfully running for Congress as a Democrat, later joining the White House staff as a speechwriter for Democrat Jimmy Carter, then spending the Reagan years as a top aide to Democrat House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
Somehow, this ultra-political background as a partisan operative qualified Matthews for the job of Washington bureau chief for the San Francisco Chronicle. Such is the biography of the man who has been employed for the past 15 years as a "journalist" by NBC, hosting his own show on the network's little-watched MSNBC cable franchise while appearing regularly on the broadcast network during coverage of major political events.
For most of you reading along, "MNSBC" is a cable channel that recycles Media Matters press releases as "hard news". Which explains why you've never heard of it.
Larwyn's Linx: The Wages of Liberalism
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Tolerance: Facebook page advocates killing Mitt Romney: CDN
Romney/Ryan Medicare Plan Would Cost Seniors $6400: Debunked: CDN
Downsizing America: The Obama Doctrine in Action: Foundry
Romney Holds 47-46 Lead in D+9 WaPo Poll: JWF
Do the debates pose a problem for Obama?: Rubin
The Exact Opposite of Truth: RSM
Birth of a Campaign Smear: Radio Equalizer
ACORN-backed group to get bad votes counted in Ohio: WZ
U.S. Debt On Track to Hit $16 Trillion Within Week: CNS
Healthcare Expert: ObamaCare to Kill 40K Seniors a Year: RSM
Our Highway to Hell: Pelerin
Debt clock to hit $16 trillion when Obama gives his DNC speech?: Troglo
Obamanomics: Homeless man hands out resume in downtown LA: KABC
Issa Summons DOJ’s IG Horowitz to Capitol Hill for September Hearing on Fast and Furious: Nice Deb
College Students See Skyrocketing Costs for Health Insurance Thanks to Obamacare: LoneCon
Manufacturer: EPA against all fossil fuels, not just coal: BDTonline
Obama has kept his promises of hope and change: Telford
NBC Offers Correction on Astronaut Lance Armstrong: Cube
Occupy Wall Street Responds to Occupy Unmasked: MB
Skateboarding into Victimhood Superstardom: PJM
Newt Gingrich plays hardball, calls Chris Matthews out for his racism: Twitchy
Mark Levin explains the RNC rules change and why we must defeat it [Update: DEFEATED]: Scoop
A Letter from Morton Blackwell to RNC Delegates: RLC
Florida Jews Blacklisted From Obama Synagogue Campaign Event: MagNote
Israeli 'occupation' a relic of the past: ynet
Misunderstanderers of Islam Behead 17 Afghan Civilians at a Party: ABC
Why Sunni Islamism is the world’s greatest threat: BRubin
DNC’s Muslim prayer session Imam: U.S. will fall unless it ‘accepts the Islamic agenda’: FAM
Exclusive: SEAL Ad to Excoriate Obama for Bowing to Foreign Leaders: Breitbart
A Recent Case Sheds Light on the Muslim Brotherhood, but Most Republicans Ignore It: McCarthy
The Endless War: Saudi Arabia Goes on the Offensive Against Iran: OilPrice
Spain's Economic Collapse Results In Whopping 5% Deposit Outflow In July: ZH
Why Severe Heart Attacks Are Becoming Less Deadly: ABC
Google responds to Apple v. Samsung verdict: most claims 'don't relate' to 'core Android': Verge
OMG Signs Spotted in Maine: Urban Infidel
Supercat is out of the bag: Soylent (NSFW)
Image: Cops Outnumber Anarchist Marchers on Day One of RNC Protests – One Arrest
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
Nation
The Wages of Liberalism: HansonTolerance: Facebook page advocates killing Mitt Romney: CDN
Romney/Ryan Medicare Plan Would Cost Seniors $6400: Debunked: CDN
Downsizing America: The Obama Doctrine in Action: Foundry
Romney Holds 47-46 Lead in D+9 WaPo Poll: JWF
Do the debates pose a problem for Obama?: Rubin
The Exact Opposite of Truth: RSM
Birth of a Campaign Smear: Radio Equalizer
ACORN-backed group to get bad votes counted in Ohio: WZ
Economy
Starving Amidst Plenty: Sultan KnishU.S. Debt On Track to Hit $16 Trillion Within Week: CNS
Healthcare Expert: ObamaCare to Kill 40K Seniors a Year: RSM
Our Highway to Hell: Pelerin
Debt clock to hit $16 trillion when Obama gives his DNC speech?: Troglo
Obamanomics: Homeless man hands out resume in downtown LA: KABC
Scandal Central
US Justice Department to monitor Arizona elections: East ValleyIssa Summons DOJ’s IG Horowitz to Capitol Hill for September Hearing on Fast and Furious: Nice Deb
College Students See Skyrocketing Costs for Health Insurance Thanks to Obamacare: LoneCon
Climate & Energy
Arctic Ice Hits 'Record' Low!? Explaining the Arctic melting hype: DepotManufacturer: EPA against all fossil fuels, not just coal: BDTonline
Media
Romney To Politico: Do You Want Personal Appeal Or Confidence?: CoveObama has kept his promises of hope and change: Telford
NBC Offers Correction on Astronaut Lance Armstrong: Cube
Occupy Wall Street Responds to Occupy Unmasked: MB
Skateboarding into Victimhood Superstardom: PJM
Newt Gingrich plays hardball, calls Chris Matthews out for his racism: Twitchy
Mark Levin explains the RNC rules change and why we must defeat it [Update: DEFEATED]: Scoop
A Letter from Morton Blackwell to RNC Delegates: RLC
Florida Jews Blacklisted From Obama Synagogue Campaign Event: MagNote
World
Al-Qaeda Advertises on the Internet for Suicide Bombers: SentinelIsraeli 'occupation' a relic of the past: ynet
Misunderstanderers of Islam Behead 17 Afghan Civilians at a Party: ABC
Why Sunni Islamism is the world’s greatest threat: BRubin
DNC’s Muslim prayer session Imam: U.S. will fall unless it ‘accepts the Islamic agenda’: FAM
Exclusive: SEAL Ad to Excoriate Obama for Bowing to Foreign Leaders: Breitbart
A Recent Case Sheds Light on the Muslim Brotherhood, but Most Republicans Ignore It: McCarthy
The Endless War: Saudi Arabia Goes on the Offensive Against Iran: OilPrice
Spain's Economic Collapse Results In Whopping 5% Deposit Outflow In July: ZH
Sci-Tech
Analysis: How Apple overwhelmed Samsung's patent case tactics: TribWhy Severe Heart Attacks Are Becoming Less Deadly: ABC
Google responds to Apple v. Samsung verdict: most claims 'don't relate' to 'core Android': Verge
Cornucopia
If He loses He didn’t do it on his own, somebody else made that happen: MOTUSOMG Signs Spotted in Maine: Urban Infidel
Supercat is out of the bag: Soylent (NSFW)
Image: Cops Outnumber Anarchist Marchers on Day One of RNC Protests – One Arrest
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "But for the more elite and influential progressive, affluence has allowed liberal orthodoxy to evolve to its theoretical limitations. There is a reason why 90% of professors — life-long tenure, summers off, guaranteed pay raises — are liberal and 70% of small-business people are conservative. The more removed one becomes from the elemental struggle to eat one more day — and never in the history of civilization have so many been so exempt from such existential worries — the more one enjoys the luxury of pondering more cosmic issues such as extending Social Security disability payments to youths suffering from attention deficit disorder or mandating gay history in state public schools or saving the smelt." --Victor Davis Hanson
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sigh: GM idles Volt production -- again
The hits just keep on coming for GM, what with advertisements so misleading they've been banned, lawsuits for channel-stuffing, 500,000 recalls for, uhm, vehicles that catch fire, the fact that it still owes taxpayers more than $35 billion, its thousands of excess workers around the world, its need for a bigger credit line to pay off pension obligations, rapid-fire management turnover or a hemorrhaging stock price.
As Tyler Durden observes, "color us surprised:"
And don't even get me started about the Dealergate Scandal (during which the Obama administration closed dealerships based upon political motivations), a scandal later confirmed by "Auto Czar" and Obama crony Steve Rattner.
Chart: Yahoo! Finance.
As Tyler Durden observes, "color us surprised:"
GM is set to idle the plant where it assembles the Chevy Volt for four weeks - starting next month. GM will close its Detroit-Hamtramck plant from Sept 17 to Oct 15 with its 1500 staff being made aware by union reps at the end of last week. The knock-on effect is relatively obvious as the illustrious government-owned auto manufacturer notified suppliers last week and while a GM spokesperson would not confirm the planned shutdown, we couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the comment that "we continue to match supply and demand" as we note this is the second time this year that GM has throttled back on Volt production.
The Detroit-Hamtramck plant was idled from March 19 until April 16 amid swollen Volt inventories.
And don't even get me started about the Dealergate Scandal (during which the Obama administration closed dealerships based upon political motivations), a scandal later confirmed by "Auto Czar" and Obama crony Steve Rattner.
Chart: Yahoo! Finance.
Oh, my: new SEAL PAC ad blisters Obama for bowing to foreign leaders
Well, you could call it "swift-boating" -- except... there are millions and millions of incriminating images depicting President Obama's unprecedented acts of submission when greeting world leaders:
Those who need an explanation of the president's, uhm, unique habits need only catch a viewing of the movie 2016.
The controversial super PAC Special Operations for America, led by former Navy SEALs, is set to release a blistering new ad against President Obama Tuesday at the Republican National Convention.
The ad, titled “Bow to Nobody,” depicts Navy SEALs in combat situations; it then proclaims that they fight so that America will not have to bow to anybody.
Then the punch line: the infamous photo of Obama bowing to the Saudi king.
The ad is sure to provoke massive consternation on the left, which has been in a frenzy ever since Special Operations for America launched. The event at which the ad launches, “Defending Our Defenders: A Salute to the United States Military,” will feature a tribute by Congressman Louie Gohmert, former members of SEAL Team Six, Army Rangers, Gold Star parents, and a few surprise guests.
Ryan Zinke, the former Navy SEAL who started the super PAC, spoke exclusively with Breitbart News today. “The ad itself accurately portrays where this President is,” said Zinke. “It accurately portrays his core belief that America should not lead. This president is shaping America to be one of the followers, to relinquish our role as a world leader. I didn’t fight 23 years as a Navy SEAL to watch America bow to anybody.”
He continued, “It’s not just the king of Saudi Arabia. My friends from WWII that fought in the Pacific theater -- when they see the president bow to the emperor of Japan, I’ve seen veterans cry. This is about the fundamental belief in American exceptionalism, the notion that America should reign supreme. We are a country of values, and we fought hard to be exceptional, and we are.”
Those who need an explanation of the president's, uhm, unique habits need only catch a viewing of the movie 2016.
NBC Offers Correction on Astronaut Lance Armstrong
After the network's embarrassing gaffe this weekend -- identifying astronaut Neil Armstrong as singer Neil Young -- NBC has finally issued a correction:
It's all those layers and layers of fact-checking, don'cha know.
It's all those layers and layers of fact-checking, don'cha know.
Urgent Memo for the Mayor of New Orleans
Hey, schmuck: this time, before the storm hits, please remember you have half a thousand buses to evacuate your citizens who need help.
In fact, back during the Katrina days, the total was about 570 buses, if memory serves.
Remember this 2005 photo, the "Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool"?
So now you know the rest of the story.
Oh, and one more thing for you Democrat drones, sycophants and media types: stop blaming Bush, global warming, ATMs, and the Euro crisis for all the crap that's gone wrong on your watch.
Cause you sound like you-know-who. In other words, a whiny loser.
In fact, back during the Katrina days, the total was about 570 buses, if memory serves.
Remember this 2005 photo, the "Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool"?
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present The Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool. New Orleans owns about 205 school buses and 364 public transit buses.
Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool
Estimates indicate upwards of 30,000 people could have been evac'ed in one trip. That is, of course, assuming there had been sufficient planning and execution at the local level. Think about it. In a single trip, most of the folks at the Superdome and Convention Center could have been sent to Houston or other venues.
But, no, the buses sit unused and ruined in flooded parking lots, leaking a delightful concoction -- made up of diesel fuel and motor oil -- into the toxic soup soaking the city. But, hey, maybe the Left can figure out a way to blame that on President Bush, too. Along with the hurricane, global warming, Governor Blanco's deer-in-the-headlights performance, and runny catsup in the relief centers.
Thank God for the U.S. Military and for President Bush. I shudder to think what would have happened had the President not called the Governor and personally requested a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, an act called 'unprecedented':
...a mandatory evacuation was ordered Sunday for New Orleans by Mayor Ray Nagin... The mayor called the order unprecedented and said anyone who could leave the city should... Gov. Kathleen Blanco, standing beside the mayor at a news conference, said President Bush called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation for the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding...
And, yes, all pre-evacuation plans for New Orleans called for using buses and organized assistance to those who do not have private transportation. May I quote from the State of Louisiana's Emergency Operations Plan [PDF]?
Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool
The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating...
The Washington Post, no friend of the administration, is also reporting that Governor Blanco resisted a centralized command-and-control structure requested by the President on Friday. That night, the administration had sent Blanco a legal memorandum requesting a federal takeover of the New Orleans evacuation.
In other words, the administration wanted centralized command-and-control over the police, state National Guard, and related local units that report to the governor. According to the Post's report, Louisiana officials rejected the request, apparently fearing a political backlash to any de facto declaration of martial law.
So now you know the rest of the story.
Oh, and one more thing for you Democrat drones, sycophants and media types: stop blaming Bush, global warming, ATMs, and the Euro crisis for all the crap that's gone wrong on your watch.
Cause you sound like you-know-who. In other words, a whiny loser.
Larwyn's Linx: Ryan: Obama Should List Defense Cuts Or Block Them
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Hurricane disrupts Dem plans to disrupt RNC: Exam
Prelude to a Shellacking: Nice Deb
GOP Convention: No Suspense, Lots of Show: Barone
RNC protester arrested carrying a machete: Riehl
Obama's extremism on abortion: Sentinel
How to Step Away: Lileks
Obama Calls Money Shortage 'Critical': WS
Closet Opens, Charlie Crist Comes Out for Obama: Shark
Patty Murray Threatens to Take Economy Over Fiscal Cliff: FreeEnt
Harry S. Goddanged Truman, Union Buster: Ace
The War on Children: Steyn
Bank of Panther Stadium: Democrats and Transparency: RWN
GM Seeks Bigger Credit Line To Shrink Pension Obligations: Mish
DHS Redacts Quantity of Ammo Order – Issues “Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition”: MagNote
Issa asks official to testify on long-awaited 'Fast and Furious' report: Hill
A Mitt Romney most of America doesn't know: LAT
R Lee Ermey: Full Metal Jacket actor says he was fired by Geico for anti-Obama views: Inquisitr
Mike Huckabee’s petty ego gave us McCain in 08, now Akin in 12 if we let him: Riehl
More lies: Obama for America coordinator continues anti-Mormon bigotry: Twitchy
Step By Step: Hope n' Change
If the Birther Issue Comes Up In Debate: Cashill
Blame It On Bush: MB
'2016: Obama's America' Earns $6.238 Million for Weekend: NB
9/11 Again? 65,000 Saudi Arabian Students Are Here: CDN
Series of earthquakes hit Imperial Valley area; no reports of serious damages or injuries: KABC
U.S. is worried about Syrian chemical weapons... now, just where in hell did they come from...?: Winter Soldier
The DNC Embraces Radical Islam: NoisyRm
1001 Pieces of Islamist Propaganda: Fabricated Exhibit Comes to D.C.: Geller
The Next Battle for Internet Freedom Could Be Over 3D Printing: TechCrunch
5 Design Tricks Facebook Uses To Affect Your Privacy Decisions: TechCrunch
Todd Akin, Bunny Ranch Girls, Michelle…connect the dots: MOTUS
Obamanaut: Morlock Revolt
Image: ROMNEY, RYAN IN OHIO: A FIVE POINT PLAN TO INVIGORATE THE ECONOMY
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Nation
Ryan: Obama Should List Defense Cuts Or Block Them: IBDHurricane disrupts Dem plans to disrupt RNC: Exam
Prelude to a Shellacking: Nice Deb
GOP Convention: No Suspense, Lots of Show: Barone
RNC protester arrested carrying a machete: Riehl
Obama's extremism on abortion: Sentinel
How to Step Away: Lileks
Obama Calls Money Shortage 'Critical': WS
Closet Opens, Charlie Crist Comes Out for Obama: Shark
Economy
Imminent Fiscal Armaggedon Unless We Change Course: SentinelPatty Murray Threatens to Take Economy Over Fiscal Cliff: FreeEnt
Harry S. Goddanged Truman, Union Buster: Ace
The War on Children: Steyn
Bank of Panther Stadium: Democrats and Transparency: RWN
GM Seeks Bigger Credit Line To Shrink Pension Obligations: Mish
Scandal Central
Social Security Disability: Nice Program for Deadbeats: SentinelDHS Redacts Quantity of Ammo Order – Issues “Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition”: MagNote
Issa asks official to testify on long-awaited 'Fast and Furious' report: Hill
Climate & Energy
Appeals court gives EPA a tongue lashing over Clean Air Act: TimesRecordNewsMedia
Anti-Obama Documentary Elbows Into Box Office Top 10: WSJA Mitt Romney most of America doesn't know: LAT
R Lee Ermey: Full Metal Jacket actor says he was fired by Geico for anti-Obama views: Inquisitr
Mike Huckabee’s petty ego gave us McCain in 08, now Akin in 12 if we let him: Riehl
More lies: Obama for America coordinator continues anti-Mormon bigotry: Twitchy
Step By Step: Hope n' Change
If the Birther Issue Comes Up In Debate: Cashill
Blame It On Bush: MB
'2016: Obama's America' Earns $6.238 Million for Weekend: NB
World
Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood: McCarthy9/11 Again? 65,000 Saudi Arabian Students Are Here: CDN
Series of earthquakes hit Imperial Valley area; no reports of serious damages or injuries: KABC
U.S. is worried about Syrian chemical weapons... now, just where in hell did they come from...?: Winter Soldier
The DNC Embraces Radical Islam: NoisyRm
1001 Pieces of Islamist Propaganda: Fabricated Exhibit Comes to D.C.: Geller
Sci-Tech
Where Have the Users Gone?: TechCrunchThe Next Battle for Internet Freedom Could Be Over 3D Printing: TechCrunch
5 Design Tricks Facebook Uses To Affect Your Privacy Decisions: TechCrunch
Cornucopia
POTUS/TOTUS Caption Contest: MBTodd Akin, Bunny Ranch Girls, Michelle…connect the dots: MOTUS
Obamanaut: Morlock Revolt
Image: ROMNEY, RYAN IN OHIO: A FIVE POINT PLAN TO INVIGORATE THE ECONOMY
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QOTD: "None of us can know what the world will be like four years from now, but one thing can be said for certain: An American woman will still enjoy her “right to choose.” Whether one supports or opposes abortion, the practical reality is that the biggest “threat” to your “right” to one is that you might have to drive a little bit further for it. Still, one should never underestimate the peculiar lens through which “progressives” view reality: The “war” on women boils down to Sandra Fluke, a 30-year-old schoolgirl, demanding Georgetown Law should pay for its students’ contraceptives — notwithstanding that the entire cost of that four-year contraceptive bill works out to less than the first week’s paycheck of a Georgetown Law graduate’s first job (average starting salary: $160 grand per year). War is hell." --Mark Steyn, "The War on Children"
Sunday, August 26, 2012
More than 400 San Francisco city workers made over $200,000 last year, including a city mechanic who pulled down a tidy $300,000
A series of California cities have declared bankruptcy this year, due primarily to out of control wage and benefits packages negotiated by public sector unions and their Democrat cronies. While San Francisco has thus far avoided insolvency, it's well on the way there as evidenced by its embarrassingly rich pay packages for city workers:
Untangling it will require the heroism of someone like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Someone brave enough to take on the public sector unions and the Democrat government apparatus, who have formed an unholy alliance against their employers, the taxpayers themselves.
S.F. police chief highest-paid U.S. cop
...With a total pay of $321,577, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr won top honors last year among the nation's police bosses. He also happened to be the highest-paid department head in San Francisco city government...
...Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White came in second in the city salary sweepstakes at $310,458 - including $17,573 in similar pay premiums for education and training.
Jennifer Johnston, spokeswoman for the Human Resources agency, said the city has considered eliminating premium pay for higher-ups, but that without it, the bosses wouldn't be making much more than the rank-and-file.
In all, a record 401 San Francisco city workers made more than $200,000 in the past fiscal year, with overtime included.
The top earner was Assistant Fire Chief David Franklin, one of six deputies assigned to work 24-hour shifts in firehouses. He pulled down $333,490, including more than $140,000 in overtime and other pay.
...One of the real eye-catchers is the Muni electronics mechanic who ranked fifth in city government in overall pay... The mechanic, Khoa Trinh, who works on buses, light-rail vehicles and trolley cars, was paid a base salary of $106,036 - but he pulled down $163,856 in overtime and $23,478 in other extras, to boost his total earnings to $293,370.
Plenty of Muni brethren joined Trinh atop the money pile. Ten street supervisors and three mechanics earned more than $200,000 apiece last year, and all of them more than doubled their base salaries with overtime.
"It's frustrating as hell," said one Muni higher-up, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue. "It's a big black box, and I don't know how to untangle it - and I'm on the inside."
Untangling it will require the heroism of someone like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Someone brave enough to take on the public sector unions and the Democrat government apparatus, who have formed an unholy alliance against their employers, the taxpayers themselves.
White House commemorates Neil Armstrong's passing with enormous photograph of... Barack Obama
I'd like to say that I'm surprised by this, but that would be a lie.
No, only one person I know of would do that.
Just add it to the Narcissist-in-Chief's self-aggrandizement file, right after the sections that describe editing presidential biographies and modifying State Department country briefs to include unprecedented references to Dear Leader.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
When I heard Neil Armstrong had passed away, it took me a while to hit me fully. I saw people send messages of remembrance and commemoration, and decided I should do my own, to show how much respect I have for a real American hero:
Neil Armstrong represented American hope, pride and excellence. And he took us to the moon. Godspeed on your last trip through the heavens.
— el SOOPer (@SooperMexican) August 25, 2012
It is nearly literally the least I could do for someone that symbolized American greatness so thoroughly, and in so many aspects.
You know what I didn’t think to do? I didn’t think to post a picture of myself to remember Neil Armstrong. Never got into my mind that this was a good way to remember his greatness...
No, only one person I know of would do that.
Just add it to the Narcissist-in-Chief's self-aggrandizement file, right after the sections that describe editing presidential biographies and modifying State Department country briefs to include unprecedented references to Dear Leader.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Photos: the Handsome Results of Democrat Leadership
London's Daily Mail publishes 100 photographs of abandoned houses in Detroit, a city which has enjoyed half a century of unchallenged Democrat rule.
There are rumored to be 12,000 abandoned houses in the city. A quick check of Zillow reveals that you can buy many of these homes for the bargain price of... one dollar.
The results of Barack Obama's years of community organizing are eerily similar, especially when viewed from above.
Hat tip: Riehl World View.
There are rumored to be 12,000 abandoned houses in the city. A quick check of Zillow reveals that you can buy many of these homes for the bargain price of... one dollar.
The results of Barack Obama's years of community organizing are eerily similar, especially when viewed from above.
Hat tip: Riehl World View.
Nola.com: Hurricane Isaac heading west to Mississippi, Alabama border; may disappoint crazed theocrats on the Left
The outstanding track records of meteorologists notwithstanding, it would appear that Tampa and the GOP convention will be spared Hurricane Isaac's wrath.
The crazed theocrat Dana Milbank hardest hit.
The National Hurricane Center has shifted the landfall of Isaac west to Dauphin Island, Ala., with landfall at 1 a.m. Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane. NHC forecasters say Isaac will have maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and have posted a hurricane watch stretching from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Indian Pass, Fla., including lower Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes. The New Orleans metropolitan area is not included in the warning area.
But forecasters warned that confidence in the storm's long-range track forecast "is quite low, and it is too early to determine exactly where and when Isaac will make landfall along the Gulf Coast."
"Further adjustments to the track may be necessary later today," wrote Senior Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan in his 4 a.m. discussion message.
Much of southeast Louisiana remains within the "cone of uncertainty," which outlines the possible forecast track error.
The Slidell office of the National Weather Service is forecasting winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of 50 mph, for the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain on Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Along the coast, the winds are expected to reach 35 to 40 mph, with gusts to 60, and likely increasing.
The crazed theocrat Dana Milbank hardest hit.
Say, remember when Barack Obama listed his birthplace as Kenya to make himself appear more exotic and marketable to publishers?
As Jim Treacher reminds us, Obama himself was the O.B. [Original Birther]:
You can read the entire curious history of revisions to the Obama biography here:
And, if prompted, remind your liberal friends who the O.B. really is.
At some point over the next few days, until the next Election 2012 outrage crops up, a lefty may start shrieking “BIRTHER!!!” at you because Romney made an attempt at humor. If that happens, all you have to do is show the shrieking lefty this [at right]
This was the author bio Obama provided to his literary agent in 1991, and it was uncovered months ago by our friends at Breitbart.com. Obama used this bio for over 15 years, and it was revised a number of times. But he only changed it to indicate his true place of birth, Hawaii, once he decided to run for president.
He has yet to explain why he lied in the first place, but he doesn’t have to. He lied because he’s Barack Obama, and that’s what Barack Obama does.So just show that to your high-strung lib friend, and watch the cognitive dissonance reduce what’s left of his or her brain to an even less cohesive puddle of mush. Better’n anything on the TV, at least.
You can read the entire curious history of revisions to the Obama biography here:
And, if prompted, remind your liberal friends who the O.B. really is.
Larwyn's Linx: "Republican Women for Obama" Revealed as Fakes
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Lapdance of Danger, Or Big Trouble In Steamy Tampa: Ricochet
FLOTUS Still Increasing Federal Role in Parenting: Olson
Fluke Fundraising Letter Objectifies Women: Breitbart
Obama Medicare Ad: Yet Another False Claim: WS
Republican convention postponed until Tuesday: Ace
American is Better Then Birtherism: Driscoll
Obama tells another whopper: Ace
Watchdog: ACORN back with 174 rebranded affiliates: Breitbart
Obamacare preview: NHS suffers 'brain drain' of doctors: iOTW
'2016' Was Fourth-Highest Grossing Film Friday Night: NB
“The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise”: RWN
Outsourcing Attack Backfires: Beacon
FACT SHEET: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: CFP
A Second Front in Obama’s War on History: Commentary
Napolitano's ICE Chief of Staff Snared in X-Rated Scandal: Riehl
Climate High-Sticking: the Unmanly Mann: Power Line
Good Grief: Now Climate Change Is To Blame For Violent Crime: Cove
Caught out there: ‘Republican’ Obama supporter is actually a registered Democrat: Twitchy
TV station pays up after using journalist’s video without permission: Romenesko
Mitt Romney Rips Obama Protesters: Compares Them to Greek Chorus; Obama’s Record to Greek Economy: GWP
@BarackObama’s faked, yet ungrammatical (even low-rent) Birther outrage.: Moe Lane
CNN Hammers Obama for Vicious Super PAC Ad: Nice Deb
All You Have to Do Is Go: iOTW
NBC and CBS Pounce on Romney’s Birth Certificate ‘Swipe’ at Obama: ‘Was It a Joke?’: NB
NBC News Mistakenly Reports the Death of 'Astronaut Neil Young': AtlWire
MSNBC Gun Control Segment Proves No Critical Thought Required To Advocate Stricter Gun Laws: Mediate
Allen West: Barack Obama Is Serving America a Crap Sandwich With a Smile on His Face: GWP
Outgoing NYT editor: Progressivism ‘bleeds through’ the Times: Beacon
US Troops Told to “Respect Islam” in Order to Prevent “Green on Blue” Attacks: Creeping
U.N. denies plans to invade Texas: ForPol
Al-Qaeda Online Threatens Navy SEAL Involved in bin Laden Raid: Jawa
Egypt thumbs the nose at US: Asia Times
Hundreds of bodies found in Syrian town: smh
Cook's 'values' memo shows Apple has lost its soul: Register
Free WiFi Access in NYC: WSJ
Thin Skin and in the Game: MOTUS
Neil Armstrong Dead; Apollo 11 Astronaut Was First on Moon: ABC
Batman vs. Jack Reacher: JPA
Democrat Training Film: Bob Is A Racist: Glob
Best Reagan Clips from 1980 Carter debate: EnsignBay
Image: Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012: One Giant Loss for Mankind
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Nation
Republican Women for Obama Revealed as Fakes: Power LineLapdance of Danger, Or Big Trouble In Steamy Tampa: Ricochet
FLOTUS Still Increasing Federal Role in Parenting: Olson
Fluke Fundraising Letter Objectifies Women: Breitbart
Obama Medicare Ad: Yet Another False Claim: WS
Republican convention postponed until Tuesday: Ace
American is Better Then Birtherism: Driscoll
Obama tells another whopper: Ace
Watchdog: ACORN back with 174 rebranded affiliates: Breitbart
Economy
Obama's war on seniors: confiscating Social Security: WesternObamacare preview: NHS suffers 'brain drain' of doctors: iOTW
'2016' Was Fourth-Highest Grossing Film Friday Night: NB
“The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise”: RWN
Outsourcing Attack Backfires: Beacon
FACT SHEET: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: CFP
Scandal Central
Fisker Recalls Karma; EV Maker Blasted by Rival Elon Musk: NLPCA Second Front in Obama’s War on History: Commentary
Napolitano's ICE Chief of Staff Snared in X-Rated Scandal: Riehl
Climate & Energy
Germany: Food of the Decade?: MagFarmClimate High-Sticking: the Unmanly Mann: Power Line
Good Grief: Now Climate Change Is To Blame For Violent Crime: Cove
Media
Review – 2016: Obama’s America: Lady LibertyCaught out there: ‘Republican’ Obama supporter is actually a registered Democrat: Twitchy
TV station pays up after using journalist’s video without permission: Romenesko
Mitt Romney Rips Obama Protesters: Compares Them to Greek Chorus; Obama’s Record to Greek Economy: GWP
@BarackObama’s faked, yet ungrammatical (even low-rent) Birther outrage.: Moe Lane
CNN Hammers Obama for Vicious Super PAC Ad: Nice Deb
All You Have to Do Is Go: iOTW
NBC and CBS Pounce on Romney’s Birth Certificate ‘Swipe’ at Obama: ‘Was It a Joke?’: NB
NBC News Mistakenly Reports the Death of 'Astronaut Neil Young': AtlWire
MSNBC Gun Control Segment Proves No Critical Thought Required To Advocate Stricter Gun Laws: Mediate
Allen West: Barack Obama Is Serving America a Crap Sandwich With a Smile on His Face: GWP
Outgoing NYT editor: Progressivism ‘bleeds through’ the Times: Beacon
World
China Perfects Keynesian Stimulus: AceUS Troops Told to “Respect Islam” in Order to Prevent “Green on Blue” Attacks: Creeping
U.N. denies plans to invade Texas: ForPol
Al-Qaeda Online Threatens Navy SEAL Involved in bin Laden Raid: Jawa
Egypt thumbs the nose at US: Asia Times
Hundreds of bodies found in Syrian town: smh
Sci-Tech
TPP obliges U.S. to throw out privacy, free speech, due process for easier copyright enforcement: Boing BoingCook's 'values' memo shows Apple has lost its soul: Register
Free WiFi Access in NYC: WSJ
Cornucopia
Democrat Men for Romney: iOTWThin Skin and in the Game: MOTUS
Neil Armstrong Dead; Apollo 11 Astronaut Was First on Moon: ABC
Batman vs. Jack Reacher: JPA
Democrat Training Film: Bob Is A Racist: Glob
Best Reagan Clips from 1980 Carter debate: EnsignBay
Image: Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012: One Giant Loss for Mankind
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QOTD: "So, as you might have heard, Michael Mann of Climategate infamy is threatening to sue us.
...Usually, you don’t welcome a nuisance lawsuit, because it’s a nuisance. It consumes time. It costs money. But this is a different matter in light of one word: discovery. If Mann sues us, the materials we will need to mount a full defense will be extremely wide-ranging. So if he files a complaint, we will be doing more than fighting a nuisance lawsuit; we will be embarking on a journalistic project of great interest to us and our readers." --Rich Lowry, responding to threats of a lawsuit by climatard Michael Mann
Saturday, August 25, 2012
BANNED: Ads for European Chevy Volt Pulled for Misleading Viewers
Apparently GM doesn't have enough on its hands with lawsuits for channel-stuffing, 500,000 recalls for, uhm, vehicles that catch fire, the fact that it still owes taxpayers more than $35 billion, its thousands of excess workers around the world, its need for a bigger credit line to pay off its obligations, management turnover or hemorrhaging stock price.
Because now it's resorted to producing ads so misleading that they've been banned.
Somehow I don't think we'll be reading this particular story in The New York Times.
Because now it's resorted to producing ads so misleading that they've been banned.
For carbon-conscious drivers, the advert for an electric car with an impressive 360-mile range seemed too good to be true.
Unfortunately, it appears it was, as the real range of the electric batteries in the Vauxhall Ampera [Ed: the European version of the Chevy Volt] is a rather more modest 50 miles... And to go beyond that, it relies on help from a somewhat less green source – a petrol engine.
...Now the commercial has been banned for misleading motorists who want to do their bit for the environment.
...Vauxhall insisted its claims about the Ampera were genuine and that once in ‘range extender mode’, it can indeed keep going for 360 miles... However, the ‘range extender’ consists of a small petrol engine which switches on once the battery has been exhausted.
...However, in a ruling published today, the Advertising Standards Authority said the car firm should have been more upfront about the use of the petrol engine... The watchdog said: ‘We considered that throughout the ad the emphasis was on the fact that the car was being driven electrically, and that most viewers would not understand that the car was in some circumstances being powered by electricity generated with a petrol engine.
‘Because it did not clearly explain how the vehicle worked in extended range mode, we concluded that the ad was misleading.’
Somehow I don't think we'll be reading this particular story in The New York Times.
THIS: "Obama is losing"
Those inside the twin echo chambers of the Beltway and Manhattan have no freaking clue how pissed off the American people are. But they're going to find out in November, as John Nolte explains.
There's more.
And even some in vintage media appear to be sick of the lies coming from an administration orchestrating a de facto suicide of the U.S. economy
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
It's 8:21 on a Saturday morning and according to this photo snapped by Sharon Broadie, this is the size of the crowd that showed up in Powell, Ohio, (just outside of Columbus) to see Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan:
Here's a look at the line to get in...
...and another look at the crowd from another source...
And a real jaw-dropper.
Meanwhile, President FailureTeleprompter is relegated to rationalizing his lack of turnout into a "deliberate" desire for smaller, more intimate crowds. Yeah, that sounds like the Mr. Greek Column we've all come to know and grow tired of.
Meanwhile, the media refuses to report on the size of either side's crowds.
Meanwhile, across the country, the documentary film "2016" has just opened wide on over 1,000 screens and in the heart of Hollywood's biggest season hit #3 at the box office.
Meanwhile, though their Media Palace Guards assure us this is not the case, the Obama campaign's increasingly desperate and shrill campaign is acting more and more like a campaign so far behind and so in fear of losing, they feel they have nothing to lose. From "felon" to "chains" to "Mitt killed my wife" to one bald-faced lie after another, President Obama has forsaken the dignity of the office and -- should he win a second term -- all hope of bringing the country together after the kind of scorched-earth campaign only the terrified wage.
Meanwhile, the media is behaving in a manner no less shrill and desperate than their Presidential Master. When the unemployment rate increases, the media tells us that's a good thing. When the economy shrinks from 4.1 to 1.5%, the media still call it "the recovery." When an idiot in Missouri says something stupid about rape and abortion, the media launches into a week-long narrative accusing Republicans of being soft on rape.
Meanwhile, Obama supports infanticide. Romney opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest and when the mother's life is at risk. Yesterday CNN released a poll showing 62% of the American people agree with Romney and only 32% with Obama... This morning the media was still painting Romney-Ryan as the out-of-touch extremists on this issue.
Meanwhile, yesterday, Mitt Romney made a birth certificate quip and within thirty-minutes those few words received more media attention (and phony outrage) than the record number of American casualties currently mounting in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, as the clock runs down and campaign days grow more and more precious, three days ago, the Obama campaign felt it was a good use of the Vice President to send him to the supposedly safe state of Minnesota...
There's more.
And even some in vintage media appear to be sick of the lies coming from an administration orchestrating a de facto suicide of the U.S. economy
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Exclusive: Full Secret Agenda of the Democrat National Convention!
Cub Reporter Biff Spackle scoops the world with the tippity-top secret agenda for the DNC.
Hat tips: Black Quill & Ink and 2008 Agenda for Democrat National Convention.
2012 Democrat National Convention
Schedule of Events
7:00 pm OPENING FLAG BURNING
7:15 pm PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
7:20 pm Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Barack Obama
7:25 pm OPENING PRAYER - Reverend Jeremiah Wright
7:45 pm CEREMONIAL TREE HUGGING - Darryl Hannah
7:55 pm Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Darryl Hannah
8:00 pm GLOBAL WARMING OMFG!!!!!!!!! - Al Gore
8:30 pm WHY FOURTH TRIMESTER ABORTIONS MATTER - Barbara Boxer
8:55 pm Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Barbara Boxer
9:00 pm CHARGING OUR TROOPS WITH WAR CRIMES - John Kerry
9:30 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN AND MUAMMAR GADDAFI - Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon
9:55 pm INCOHERENT RAMBLING ABOUT COWBOY POETRY, ETC. - Harry Reid
10:00 pm Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Susan Sarandon
10:05 pm COLLECTION DRIVE FOR THE OSAMA BIN LADEN MEMORIAL FUND - Cher
10:30 pm FREE THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY - Sean Penn
11:00 pm OVAL OFFICE AFFAIRS - William Jefferson Clinton
11:45 pm Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Susan Sarandon's Rack
11:50 pm A PLEA FOR MASS PARDONS OF THE OCCUPY WALL STREET RAPISTS - Howard Dean
12:15 am FREE THE MINUTEMEN IN AFGHANISTAN'S PRISONS - Michael Moore
12:25 am Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Jessica Alba
12:30 am SATELLITE ADDRESS - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
12:45 am NOMINATION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - Nancy Pelosi
12:55 am Barack Obama ACCEPTS NOMINATION, GRAMMY, AND TONY AWARDS
1:15 am THE TRUE STORY: HOW I KILLED BIN LADEN - Barack Obama
1:25 am Max Baucus SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM
1:30 am CORONATION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
1:55 am Max Baucus PROPOSES A TOAST TO Mitt McRyan
2:00 am Bill Clinton asks Max Baucus to drive Hillary home.
Hat tips: Black Quill & Ink and 2008 Agenda for Democrat National Convention.
Larwyn's Linx: If anybody hates women, it’s not Republicans
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Obama’s 2nd-term Assault on U.S. Military: Loudon
The Silent Second-Term Agenda: Strassel
Obama Supporter Suggests Anti-Mormon Whisper Campaign: WZ
Not the Behavior of a Winning Campaign: RS
Oops — Looks Like That Joe Soptic Ad Backfired: Nice Deb
Romney Will Lead After Both Conventions: Morris
Obama Denies Cardinal Dolan’s Request to Pray at DNC: GWP
Romney Ryan Gaining Ground in Florida: AmSpec
Why aren’t we running as hard on Dems' support for Occupy?: LI
GM’s Government Fleet Sales and Truck Inventory Rise: NLPC
FairTax: Fire Up Our Economic Engine: FairTax
Most Unemployed Unable To Find A Comparable Job: RWN
A Teacher's Union Hits Bottom: Power Line
New documents reveal Obama administration ‘cooking the books’ to achieve record deportation numbers: DC
Goodbye, V-8s, the Engines That Could: AmSpec
EPA Levies $40,000+ Fines on Landlords Who Fail to Provide ‘EPA-Approved’ Pamphlets to Tenants: CNS
Barack Obama again jokes about his birth certificate, outrage ensues …. oh, wait: LI
Web tool flags 70 percent of Obama’s Twitter followers as fake: Twitchy
Review: “2016: Obama’s America”: RSM
Household income declines in Obama Recovery; Legacy Media Barely Notices: GayPatriot
Obama Catholic Support Cut In Half – Only 27% of Catholics Support Abortion President Today: GWP
Point And Laugh At Their Stupidity: Ace
Whose ‘War on Women™,’ Sen. McCaskill?: Powers
MSNBC Reacts To Romney Joke With Restraint, Equanimity: Ace
But since it’s the government refusing to provide life-saving health care…: Troglopundit
Islamist websites threaten Navy SEAL: iOTW
After 32,000 Years, an Ice Age Flower Blooms Again: Discover
Samsung found guilty of patent infringement, Apple awarded over $1 billion: TechRadar
Kid Rock introduces Paul Ryan at Michigan fundraiser: Twitchy
Video: Football fan totally stoked for super-duper-slo-mo: Hot Air
Image: Light filmed moving at one trillion frames per second
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Nation
If anybody hates women, it’s not the Republicans: RiehlObama’s 2nd-term Assault on U.S. Military: Loudon
The Silent Second-Term Agenda: Strassel
Obama Supporter Suggests Anti-Mormon Whisper Campaign: WZ
Not the Behavior of a Winning Campaign: RS
Oops — Looks Like That Joe Soptic Ad Backfired: Nice Deb
Romney Will Lead After Both Conventions: Morris
Obama Denies Cardinal Dolan’s Request to Pray at DNC: GWP
Romney Ryan Gaining Ground in Florida: AmSpec
Economy
Household income drops to levels below that of the recession: Q&OWhy aren’t we running as hard on Dems' support for Occupy?: LI
GM’s Government Fleet Sales and Truck Inventory Rise: NLPC
FairTax: Fire Up Our Economic Engine: FairTax
Most Unemployed Unable To Find A Comparable Job: RWN
A Teacher's Union Hits Bottom: Power Line
Scandal Central
$300MM taxpayer investment in Solyndra sold for … $90MM: Hot AirNew documents reveal Obama administration ‘cooking the books’ to achieve record deportation numbers: DC
Climate & Energy
Romney energy plan can rescue economy in first term: NoisyRmGoodbye, V-8s, the Engines That Could: AmSpec
EPA Levies $40,000+ Fines on Landlords Who Fail to Provide ‘EPA-Approved’ Pamphlets to Tenants: CNS
Media
You’ll See What We Want You to See: CatoBarack Obama again jokes about his birth certificate, outrage ensues …. oh, wait: LI
Web tool flags 70 percent of Obama’s Twitter followers as fake: Twitchy
Review: “2016: Obama’s America”: RSM
Household income declines in Obama Recovery; Legacy Media Barely Notices: GayPatriot
Obama Catholic Support Cut In Half – Only 27% of Catholics Support Abortion President Today: GWP
Point And Laugh At Their Stupidity: Ace
Whose ‘War on Women™,’ Sen. McCaskill?: Powers
MSNBC Reacts To Romney Joke With Restraint, Equanimity: Ace
World
'Rabbi for Obama' socializing with genocidal maniac, Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: BeaconBut since it’s the government refusing to provide life-saving health care…: Troglopundit
Islamist websites threaten Navy SEAL: iOTW
Sci-Tech
AtTask Raises $13 Million for SaaS That Combines Social With Traditional Project Management: CrunchAfter 32,000 Years, an Ice Age Flower Blooms Again: Discover
Samsung found guilty of patent infringement, Apple awarded over $1 billion: TechRadar
Cornucopia
Signage: How Do You Really Screw Up Something Universal? Redesign It!: AmDigestKid Rock introduces Paul Ryan at Michigan fundraiser: Twitchy
Video: Football fan totally stoked for super-duper-slo-mo: Hot Air
Image: Light filmed moving at one trillion frames per second
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QOTD: "...the fact that [Democrats are] trying to make “women’s issues” a deciding factor in this presidential race — so suddenly crucial that’s it’s ostensibly worthy of a party-switcheroo — is utterly galling. In the face of our wretched economy and all of President Obama’s failed policies across all spheres, they’re trying to scare women into thinking that those extremist Republicans want force them all back to the days of Puritanism. If that isn’t a testament to how laughably little the Democrats really have to go on this time around, I don’t know what is." --Erika Johnsen
Friday, August 24, 2012
Good news: EPA slaps landlords with $40,000 fines for failing to provide "EPA-Approved" pamphlets to tenants
But remember, they're doing it for the children:
For those familiar with the story of the involvement of Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett with the Grove Parc housing debacle, this news should prove especially ironic.

After all, Jarrett collected millions even as the housing development she ran was declared "uninhabitable" by federal inspectors and eventually condemned. Lead paint and all.
“Thinking of renting or selling a home or apartment?” asks the Environmental Protection Agency. “Make sure you disclose its lead-based paint history. Mr. Wolfe Landau did not and it cost him a $20,000 fine.”
Landau is one of the many landlords and realtors fined by the EPA for failing to provide an “EPA-approved” pamphlet to tenants seeking to rent or buy a house built before 1978... for the EPA, the non-compliance business is booming.
Juan Hernandez of Bridgeport, Conn., faces seven “Level 1” violations for failing to provide seven tenants with a copy of the “Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home” pamphlet... The EPA filed a complaint against Hernandez on March 27, detailing notifying him that the agency plans to collect $49,980 from him, which works out to $7,140 for each pamphlet he failed to distribute...
...Hernandez’s total fine for other disclosure violations, such as supplying the property’s lead history and a “Lead Warning Statement,” reached $127,150, payable to the "Treasurer of the United States of America."
The EPA says the penalties are justified because lead exposure – a concern when the paint is flaking -- can be hazardous to young children and can lead to damage to the brain and nervous system. Thus the agency requires landlords to provide information about the risks involved.
The pamphlet offers tips to “protect your family,” such as keep play areas clean, keep children from chewing window sills or other painted surfaces, and clean up paint chips immediately.
Available in six different languages, including Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic and Somali, the pamphlet is “printed with vegetable oil-based inks on recyclable paper,” it states.
For those familiar with the story of the involvement of Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett with the Grove Parc housing debacle, this news should prove especially ironic.

After all, Jarrett collected millions even as the housing development she ran was declared "uninhabitable" by federal inspectors and eventually condemned. Lead paint and all.
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