A handful of Republicans are pursuing the biggest scandal in American history, but guess what: House Speaker Boehner isn't one of them, and that puts him on par with Democrats like Jim Costa, who think "Issa and Holder should sit down and work it out." West Virginia Democrat Nick Rahall wants Holder to turn over the subpoenaed documents but is "not ready to go as far as contempt yet, no. Not yet." Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana explained why he thinks Boehner, along with Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.)...
Americans Elect has thrown in the towel for this round. The group had intended to nominate and get on the Presidential ballot in all 50 states a so-called centrist candidate through an internet convention balloting process that was to begin on May 15th,. Politico reports that the party has qualified for 27 state ballots, evidencing a strong organizing effort, but that: its complicated online nominating process had failed to generate sufficient interest to push any of the candidates who had declared an interest...
The government's desperate effort to collect outsized environmental fines as a result of the BP oil spill took a major blow when former BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix finally got his day in court Monday May14th. He is still the only person to have been arrested as a result of the BP oil spill. The complaint against him was that he recently deleted 300 text messages from his phone relating to the oil flow rate during the top kill operation in late May...
My post of a few days back, "What it's like to be a conservative professor," sparked some of the most touching emails I've ever received. I had no idea what a chord the piece would strike with people across the country. Even more touching was how many people had to look me up on the internet to get my email address. I wanted to clarify a few things about the piece, in case people took away the wrong idea: 1. It is...
The monitors said by telephone that they were safe - they were under the "protection" of the Free Syrian Army who attacked the convoy and killed 21. None of the monitors were injured. Reuters: Each side blamed the other for the attack in Khan Sheikhoun in northern Idlib province. Some rebel and opposition sources put the death toll from the attack as high as 66. Pro-government Addounia TV said gunmen had opened fire on the monitors, but did not mention casualties. The monitor...
Are you tired of living through a daily/weekly media diet of shock and awe? Do you feel like you're living within the pages of The National Enquirer? Have you found yourself questioning, is anything private anymore, or, do they really think we're that stupid? This "in your face" agenda and mentality being practiced by certain members of our society, and all too gleefully supported with alacrity by the national media, is starting to wear very thin, at least with me. Think about it. Election year...
Each year, Palestinians commemorate with raucous protests their "Naqba" -- a presumed "catastrophe" due to the founding of Israel. One people celebrates its anniversary, the other hangs on to its sense of victimhood. In its May 15 edition, the New York Times, takes due note of the Palestinian "Naqba," which occurred this year just as Palestinian prisoners ended a nearly-month-long hunger strike that sought more favorable treatment while in Israeli detention. Here's how Jerusalem correspondent Isabel Kershner puts it: "The two sides had...
The RINO Hour of Power is back! Two of the most famous RINO's on the web - Jazz Shaw and Rick Moran - are ready to rock your political world with their unique blend of humor, wit, and sharp analysis. Joining Jazz and Rick will be Libertarian presidential candidate and former governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson. The panel will discuss the 2012 presidential race and the shortcomings of the two major candidates. Listen live at 8:00 PM eastern time. A podcast will...
Giving in - finally - to the inevitable, GOP gadfly Rep. Ron Paul has ended his campaign to win the Republican nomination for president. Washington Times: Rep. Ron Paul's campaign conceded Tuesday that Mr. Paul probably cannot win enough delegates to be the Republican presidential nominee, though it said it still will try to play a major role at August's convention in shaping the GOP's rules and platform going forward. A day after the Texas congressman told supporters he is scaling down his...
Socialist Francois Hollande was sworn in as President of France today and almost immediately jetted off to Berlin for a quick meet and greet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Reuters: New French President Francois Hollande called for a European pact for growth to balance out German-driven austerity measures in his inaugural address on Tuesday, hours before taking his challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Sworn in with all the pomp of the French Republic, Hollande won support from Germany's opposition Social Democrats...
With markets tanking all over the world as a result of the growing probability that Greece will be forced to leave the euro zone, Greek President Karolos Papoulias gave up on his efforts to get the major parties to form a government and issued a call for new elections to be held next month. Reuters: He did not immediately give the date for the new vote, but elections rules suggest it will be in mid June. A caretaker government would be formed on...
After a We Ask America poll came out over the weekend showing GOP Governor Scott Walker with a 9 point lead over Democrat Tom Barrett in the recall election scheduled for next month, Democrats in Wisconsin appear to be angry at the national party for not supporting their efforts more vigorously. Washington Post: Top Wisconsin Democrats are furious with the national party -- and the Democratic National Committee in particular -- for refusing their request for a major investment in the battle to...
First, the irony of ironies. Obama excoriates Romney's record at the private equity firm and then calmly attends a fundraiser put on for him by...private equity firms. Breathtaking. But then, there's a slight problem with his attack ad. Robert Costa: As Katrina reports, Mitt Romney left Bain Capital in 1999 to manage the Winter Olympics, two years before GST Steel declared bankruptcy. But that hasn't stopped President Obama from blaming him for the company's 2001 collapse. In a new Obama campaign video, ex-steel...
The latest CBS/New York Times poll gives Mitt Romney a 3 point lead over President Obama, 46-43%. But it also shows that most Americans see right through Obama's "evolution" on gay marriage and peg it for what it is; a crass politically calculated move. New York Times: Most Americans suspect that President Obama was motivated by politics, not policy, when he declared his support for same-sex marriage, according to a new poll released on Monday, suggesting that the unplanned way it was announced...
A survey of 1,000 Likely Voters nationwide conducted on May 10-11, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports has revealed the following key findings: 63% total-80% of Republicans and 62% of Independents, but only (or even?) 46% of Democrats-believe there is a conflict between Islamdom and Western civilization. What the report terms the "Political Class"-a group held in low esteem by "Mainstream Voters"-remains "evenly divided on the question," and "more supportive of U.S. efforts to encourage democracy in the Islamic world," compared to the Mainstream. However,...
It may be a firing offense to criticize the standards and practices in black studies if you are part of the higher education industry, but district attorneys are not subject to the fashions of academic life. North Carolina, a scandal is vrewing at the flagship campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Jane Stancill of the Raleigh News and Observer reports: Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jim Woodall has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct a separate probe of UNC-Chapel...
An Emmy award-winning filmmaker has decided he cannot stay silent in the face of a massive cover-up by the media complex and the Obama administration.The magnitude of the government's involvement in Operation Fast and Furious has roused documentarian Michael J. McNulty to stand up and call out the bad guys. Attorney General Eric Holder will figure prominently in McNulty's feature length documentary, "Blood On Their Hands." McNulty was already familiar with Holder. In an interview on Breitbart.com McNulty stated, "Eric's been busy in the cover up business...
"Leader of the free world "has been popping up from disparate sources referring to Barack Obama. Michelle Obama used it on the quiz show Jeopardy just last week. No, she was not a contestant. Her husband's re-election campaign purchased categories on the popular program. Michele read questions recorded on camera concerning her association with the campaign to combat obesity. Joe Biden followed the next evening touting auto companies bailed out by the Obama "stimulus." (Yes Jeopardy fans, the show sells product sponsorships for...
In 2004, armed security contractors working in Iraq were ambushed. Their bodies were brutally desecrated and hung from a bridge. This incident became known as the Fallujah incident. All the operators I know swore to themselves, "never again." Never again will any operator allow such a horrific incident like what occurred on March 31st 2004 take place. Blackwater operatives along with the majority of defense contractors and many military special operators bonded together making an unofficial pact. Politicians, soon after the infamous "bridge...
Professor Sergio Itzhak Minerbi was a senior lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University and Professor in the Department of Political Science at Haifa University. His scholarly research has focused upon the relations between the Catholic Church and the Jews. He also served as an Israeli diplomat within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assuming many ambassadorial positions. Professor Minerbi is the author of numerous books, including The Vatican and Zionism (1990) and, most recently, The Eichmann Trial Diary: A Chronicle...
There is a deep sickness in parts of the green movement, an utter hatred of humanity as despoilers of a natural order. Usually, this is somewhat hidden, though obvious if one goes looking. Sometimes, however, a prominent greenie will let something slip out that gives away the game. So it is with Prince Philip of the UK, aka The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen's royal consort. His Royal Highness is The President Emeritus of WWF and past President from 1981-1996, sterling credentials in the green...
The Health and Human Services Department has issued guidelines to private insurance companies on the disbursement of rebate checks to consumers. Along with a check, HHS is ordering the companies to inform consumers that the money is coming to them courtesy of President Obama and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Fox News: Health-insurance companies must tell customers who get a premium rebate this summer that the check is the result of the Obama administration's health-care law, according to federal guidelines released Friday. The...
Even for the drug gangs, this seems a little over the top. Reuters: The mutilated corpses of 43 men and 6 women, whose hands and feet had also been cut off, were found in a pile on a highway in the municipality of Cadereyta Jimenez in the early hours of Sunday, officials from the state of Nuevo Leon said. "What's complicating the identification of all the people was that they were all headless," said Jorge Domene, the Nuevo Leon government's spokesman for public...
Rep. Charles Rangle (D-NY), the 22-term congressman censured for massive ethics violations in the House in 2010, faces an uphill battle in the June 26 New York primary to keep his seat. McClatchy: At 81, Rangel is seeking his 22nd term in the U.S. House of Representatives. But he's suffering from a bad back, which kept him out of Washington for nearly three months this year, and a potentially bad break from a congressional reapportionment that makes his district more Hispanic than African-American....
Human Rights Watch is claiming 72 civilians died, including 44 women and children, in NATO air strikes last year. NATO says they "deeply regret" civilian casualties but that they took extraordinary care in limiting "collateral damage." Reuters: In a report based on investigations at bombing sites during and after the conflict, the New York-based HRW said NATO strikes killed 20 women and 24 children. It called on the alliance to compensate civilian victims and investigate attacks that may have been unlawful. "Attacks are...
The definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results. Not surprisingly, this thoguht first appeared in the Basic Text of Narcotics Anonymous, in 1981. Even less surprisingly, the hard left mandarins that rule the State of California have ignored this sensible advice and continue to express a junkie's craving for building a high-speed rail line in the Central Valley. Cost estimates for the entire rail system range from $65 billion to $137 billion. Planned completion...
Days after arch-competitor TIME magazine garnered oodles of buzz over its mommy porn cover, struggling Newsweek opted for calling President Obama the First Gay President in a cover story that is generating even more chatter. The big question is: will this help or hurt Obama's campaign? Rasmussen has been reporting a growing lead for Romney ever since Obama announced his new belief and intention to not do anything official to promote gay marriage, leaving it to the states. Conservative commentary has mostly celebrated...
Simply because Greece defaults on its debt doesn't necessarily mean it will immediately leave the euro zone. In fact, according to this Reuters article, there is no mechanism in the EU charter that would allow member states to force another to leave. In short, Greece would have to opt out on its own - something that 80% of the country (at least in opinion polls) says they don't want to do. Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is the relevant piece of legislation...
This McClatchy article on the perks and bloated salaries of union leaders is just the tip of the iceberg. I daresay if rank and file members knew how their bosses live high off the hog on their dues, resentment would be widespread. To wit: Life is good at the top of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers. The union, with its headquarters in Kansas City, Kan., represents about 59,000 workers in the U.S. and Canada who make...
Why not just label the media Democrats? A crucial election is coming and it is time for conservatives to play smash mouth with the Democratic media machine. The self-proclaimed objective media need to be called out and repositioned as Democrats. The New York Times Democrat (NYTD), the Washington Post Democrat (WaPoD), the Associated Press Democrat (APD), CBSD, ABCD, 60 Democratic Minutes, George Stepanoplous Democrat, David Gregory Democrat,... The Democrats enormous media advantage needs to be minimized. The premise of every interview or report...
