A. Doesn’t this headline say it all? B. No @*%$, Sherlock.
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Secret Service Party: The Pre-Planning is the Freak Out
The worst news yet about the Secret Service prostitution scandal is that it was pre-planned. It was bad enough that it happened, but in the grand scheme of life unsurprising. People are fallible and anything semi-spontaneous can happen when human nature and tequila are mixed. Trust me. But it now appears that the Colombian sex and booze fest […]
Read the rest of this entry »For Wisconsin Watchers
It looks like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is gaining strength in the union-led recall effort. The latest polling numbers show that, if the election were held today, Governor Walker would win fairly handily. That’s a substantial improvement over polling from a couple of weeks ago. Jonathan Tobin of Commentary has an interesting piece out today arguing […]
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A New England grandmother used to say of her dogs, without a trace of irony, “they’re good little bitches.” It was all my brothers and sisters and I could do not to leap from a window to muffle our laughter. Now, we learn of this poor, 800-year-old Austrian town that is considering changing its name. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Leave Panetta Alone
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is under fire for the expense of his weekend trips from Washington, DC to his home in California. They have totaled in excess of $800,000. Mr. Panetta is from California. His family lives there. And as Defense Secretary, is he required to travel on military jets where he has full access to military […]
Read the rest of this entry »Greedsters Occupy Occupier’s Non-Occupational Gains
The yesterday’s-news Occupy Wall Street movement is calling for a national labor strike on May Day, the International Communist Party holiday. But how will it pay to advertise its day of inertia without the $500,000 in donations that seem to have been stolen by OCW leaders opposed to greed? That’s right, much of OWS’s money is missing […]
Read the rest of this entry »Pres. Obama Back Underwater
President Obama’s job approval rating is now back under water, according to today’s Real Clear Politics average of national polls. The President had managed to catch a breath of air in recent weeks, as the at-times nasty Republican primary raged on, but gas prices and angry rhetoric have pressed the President’s numbers back down under. […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Glimpse of Bad Andrew
Not a stellar morning for Governor Cuomo. Ben Smith of Buzzfeed reports that his office has compiled a hit dossier on at least one of New York State’s top political reporters, Liz Benjamin of YNN. Mr. Cuomo’s office reportedly brought the document to Ms. Benjamin’s bosses, not in a good way presumably. Mr. Cuomo’s press […]
Read the rest of this entry »Steyn Afire
There’s no one better today than Mark Steyn when he gets really cooking. And this morning he’s afire with thoughts on President Obama’s so-called Buffet Rule and other inanities. A couple of gems: On President Obama’s rhetorical obliques In the end, free societies get the governments they deserve. So, if the American people wish to […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Non-Presidency
The best summation I’ve read of where a lot of us think the Obama presidency is.
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