When is a juicy cinematic corruption scandal not a juicy cinematic corruption scandal?
When it’s about a Democrat.
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It’s Obamacare deadline day—sort of
And here are statistics about it—sort of. You can find the articles nearly everywhere in the MSM on the success of the six million signups. Or enrollments. Or somethings. How many have paid or will pay, how many are well … Continue reading →
Gas prices: getting a foot in the door?
Looking at the high gas prices at the pumps the other day, I had the usual and obvious thought, “When Bush was president the press blamed it all on him, and now that Obama’s president you hear the sound of … Continue reading →
Reporter James Risen…
…calls the Obama administration “the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation.” The impetus for his statement was this situation: …[Risen] is fighting an order that he testify in the trial of Jeffrey … Continue reading →
This is what we’re up against: the WaPo and truth
Last Thursday the WaPo published the usual takedown of the nefarious Koch brothers, purporting to show that “biggest lease holder in the northern Alberta oil sands” is a Koch brothers holding, and that they would be a big beneficiary of … Continue reading →
Rand Paul speaks at Berkeley
And it seems to go rather well: Delivering a rare speech for a Republican at this bastion of liberalism, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday was given multiple standing ovations by the left-wing audience after railing against government surveillance and … Continue reading →
Does the White House get news conference questions in advance?
Maybe, although Carney has denied it. It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if it happened. And Carney’s disclaimer is more or less irrelevant; he has no credibility left. However, it hardly matters if they get the questions ahead or not, because … Continue reading →
Blah-blah-blahing about the unidentified debris in the southern Indian Ocean
When I turned off my computer late last night, it was only a fairly short while after the Australians had announced they were speeding to look at some debris located by satellite many many miles off their southwestern coast (and … Continue reading →
Maureen Dowd…
…probably should not venture into the world of Yiddish. Oy, vey! It will only give her tsuris instead of nachas. Note to MoDo: not all “kve” words are alike.
Continue reading →Bounces off me and sticks to you
The title of this post comes from an obnoxious children’s rhyme we used to recite whenever someone called us a bad name and we wanted to deflect the charge more effectively than with “Sticks and stones may break my bones, … Continue reading →
How it works when you’re Pravda
Before I get into the details of this, let me just state that the NY Times knows exactly what it’s doing. You may think the manipulation and/or lies of the editors are transparent, but not for a lot of its … Continue reading →
Playing to the cheap seats
Interesting article by David Weigel in Slate: Romney was right. Why was Obama wrong? Because, I think, he was willfully blurring the distinction between “geopolitical” and other sorts of threats. He was playing to the cheap seats. Voters do not … Continue reading →