Thursday, June 30, 2011

Glenn Beck’s Last Episode on Fox News

Glenn Beck signed off for the last time from his Fox News show today, but there is no way that it will be the last time we see him.

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Gmail to Get a New Look, Plus Extra Protection From Scammers

The first part is interesting with increased usability always a plus. The second part is extremely important with the growing importance of digital accounts it is essential to keep them secure. That means added vigilance in avoiding scams.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/preview-of-gmails-new-look.html

"We get a lot of great feedback about how Gmail helps you be more efficient, keep in touch with family and friends, and get work done. We’ve saved you from forgetting attachments and made sure that you got the right Bob. Over the years, adding countless features to Gmail has made it an increasingly powerful communication hub, but along the way the interface has also become more cluttered and complex.

That’s one of the reasons we’re embarking on a series of interface updates to help strip out unnecessary clutter and make Gmail as beautiful as it is powerful. This is part of a Google-wide effort to bring you an experience that’s more focused, elastic, and effortless across all of our products. The changes are not going to happen all at once. We know that you love and care about Gmail as much as we do, and we’ll be working on these upgrades gradually over the next few months to allow plenty of time to understand and incorporate your feedback into the evolving design.

We’re kicking things off with two new themes for you to try out as a sort of sneak peek at what we’re up to. Starting today, you’ll see the “Preview” and “Preview (Dense)” themes in the Themes tab in Gmail Settings. Why two themes? Our new interface will eventually expand dynamically to accommodate different screen sizes and user preferences, but until then you can pick the information density that you prefer.
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http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/protect-yourself-from-scams-by-knowing.html

"Phishing messages are a form of spam that attempt to deceive recipients in order to gain access to their personal information. Starting today, Gmail will automatically display more information about the origin of certain messages you receive so you can be better informed and protect yourself from getting tricked. If someone fakes a message from a sender that you trust, like your bank, you can more easily see that the message is not really from where it says it’s from.

Whenever you receive a message from someone who isn’t already in your Gmail contacts, the header will now show the sender’s email address like this:



Websites sometimes send emails on behalf of someone, like when your friend Mike sends you an article from abc.com using one of the site’s “Share this story” links. Gmail will now show this information more prominently:



Gmail will also automatically detect suspicious messages and display a warning when it looks like someone may have spoofed a Gmail address (we do this by evaluating the message’s authentication data).



If you determine that an email is a phishing attempt, please let us know by reporting it (you can always do this by clicking the down arrow next to “Reply” at the top-right of the message and selecting “Report phishing”).

To learn more about how to avoid phishing scams, check out these previous posts:

How to steer clear of money scams

How to avoid getting hooked

Ensuring your information is safe online

Fighting phishing with eBay and PayPal

New in Labs: The super-trustworthy, anti-phishing key
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Seabreacher X

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Holder Drops Most of The Investigations of CIA Interrogators

In a word, good...

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/30/holder-finally-drops-investigations-of-cia-interrogators

"Not quite all of them — two cases involving the actual death of a detainee will still be pursued, which is as it should be — but more than 100 involving less significant incidents will be cashiered. This probe was one of the last vestiges of the original Obama counterterror agenda. He banned enhanced interrogation and gave the order to close Gitmo on day two of his administration; a few weeks later, he opened the door to prosecuting Bush-era CIA interrogators. Fast-forward two years and not only is Gitmo still open, he’s now the guy who sent SEALs to shoot Bin Laden in the face, who’s pounded jihadis with drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Yemen, who’s marked Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, for death, and who’s running a war in Libya that’s not only unauthorized by Congress but illegal according to Pentagon lawyers and his own OLC chief. Under those circumstances, how absurd would it have been for Eric Holder to start dragging CIA agents into court over waterboarding, let alone lesser coercive techniques like belly slaps or stress positions? It would have angered hawks by punishing guys who were acting zealously to prevent further attacks, and it would have angered doves who’d be forced to revisit O’s own Bush-on-steroids counterterror record. So, bye-bye prosecutions."

Sarkozy (French President) Attacked While Shaking Hands on a Rope Line

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Man Given Ticket For Giving Another Driver The Middle Finger

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Why The Left's Global Warming Agenda is Flat Out Wrong

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Halperin Suspended From MSNBC For Characterizing Obama "as a Dick"

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"MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin was suspended on Thursday by the cable network after he called President Obama “a dick” on a popular morning show and then quickly apologized.

“I thought he was a kind of a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is an editor at large for Time, said on “Morning Joe,” referring to the president’s conduct during his press conference.
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Slow Motion Firework Explosions

With the Fourth of July coming up remember to have a good time; but be sure to have all of your fingers still attached to your hand when the fifth rolls around.

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The Unseen War on American Farms

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Andrew Klavan: Why Do Blacks Vote For Democrats?

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Obama's News Conference on The Debt Ceiling Negotiations

Opting for class warfare instead of solution; not the most helpful or productive move.

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Medvedev (Russian President) Has Some Car Troubles, Almost Runs Down a Crowd

Breaking issue; forgot or failure?

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Do Women Need Planned Parenthood?

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Obama Ignored Military's Advice on Afghanistan

Obama's job title as President includes a 'Commander and Chief' provision. Still, there are advisers for a reason and a President with no military experience would be wise to listed to seasoned generals. This also catches the White House in a lie.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/general-reveals-obama-ignored-militarys-advice-afghanistan_575902.html

"Lieutenant General John Allen told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the Afghanistan decision President Obama announced last week was not among the range of options the military provided to the commander in chief. Allen’s testimony directly contradicts claims from senior Obama administration officials from a background briefing before the president’s announcement.

In response to questioning from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Allen testified that Obama’s decision on the pace and size of Afghanistan withdrawals was “a more aggressive option than that which was presented.”

Graham pressed him. “My question is: Was that a option?”

Allen: “It was not.”

Allen's claim, which came under oath, contradicts the line the White House had been providing reporters over the past week—that Obama simply chose one option among several presented by General David Petraeus.
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Appeals Court Upholds Individual Mandate in ObamaCare

It is the highest court yet to make a decision, and they came down in favor of ObamaCare. Ultimately it matters little as this matter will be decided in the Supreme Court unless undone by Congress beforehand (which is unlikely.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/appeals-court-upholds-health-care-laws-individual-mandate/2011/06/29/AGXR6RrH_story.html

"A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the most contentious provision of the health-care overhaul law, ruling that Congress can require Americans to carry insurance coverage.

In backing the individual mandate, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati became the first appellate court to rule on President Obama’s signature domestic initiative. The decision also marked the first time a Republican-appointed judge has sided with the administration in evaluating the law’s constitutionality.
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RSA Animate - Choice, The Critique

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Federalism in Education Made Simple

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Obama's Announcement to Tax Jet Owners And Scare Tax Payers

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Chris Christie (R) ... Huggable

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77-Year-Old Army Veteran Being Sued For Using a Flag Pole to Fly The American Flag in Ohio

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Bachmann (R) Makes Her 2012 Presidential Run Official

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Blagojevich Convicted on 17 of 20 Counts

Guess that seat was not as 'bleeping golden' as he thought.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-blagojevich-jurors-going-into-their-10th-day-20110627,0,620170.story

"Saying he was "stunned," Rod Blagojevich was uncharacteristically tight-lipped today after a jury convicted him on 17 of 20 counts of corruption against him.

Holding his wife’s hand, Blagojevich spoke in a somber tone to a crush of reporters in the federal courthouse. "Patti and I obviously are very disappointed in the outcome. I, frankly, am stunned. There's not much left to say other than we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them and try to sort things out. And I'm sure we'll be seeing you.”
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The jury took multiple votes at times during the 10 days of deliberations. It convicted Blagojevich on all 11 counts on the sale of theU.S. Senate and all three counts on the shakedowns of Children’s Memorial Hospital and a racetrack executive.

The jury acquitted him on one count and deadlocked on a second count accusing him of shaking down a construction executive. It also deadlocked on the one count alleging Blagojevich shook down then-U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel.
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Shark Jumps Over Surfer

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ICC Issues an Arrest Warrant For Gadhafi And Son

Isn't that just dandy; now it is not a war under the auspices of a Nato Action but a police matter under the ICC. What ever happened to that 'limited timed, limited scoped, kinetic military action' that would 'last days not weeks'

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_international_court_libya

"The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and his intelligence chief for crimes against humanity in the early days of their struggle to cling to power.

Judges announced Monday that Gadhafi is wanted for orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12 days of an uprising to topple him from power after more than four decades, and for trying to cover up the alleged crimes.
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Promote Federalism And Replicate The Success of Welfare Reform With Medicaid Block Grants

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The Truth About Fracking

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Yikes! ObamaCare Putting The Middle Class on Health Care Program Intended For The Poor

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Physical Confrontation Among Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices?

There is something clearly wrong with Supreme Court justices 'duking out' their differences of opinion. It is hard to know exactly what happened yet, but it sounds like someone may be on their way out.

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-stupidevil-was-bill-luederss-attack.html

"Yesterday morning, I first read the story written by Bill Lueders — of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism — saying that "Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly grabbed fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley around the neck in an argument in her chambers earlier this month."
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Later in the day, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel came out with an article that revealed more complexity to the allegations. I wrote about that post last night, noting the account of "a source" who had spoken to "several" of the justices who witnessed the incident (there were "[a]t least five"), and said that Prosser "put his hands around" Bradley's neck, without "exert[ing] any pressure," which Bradley "described as a chokehold."

The Journal Sentinel then cites "another source" that said "that Bradley attacked Prosser." Here we get the first allegation that Bradely "charged him with fists raised" and that Prosser "put his hands in a defensive posture," blocking her, resulting in hand-neck contact.
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Obama's Terrible Mistake

If this is what happens when he goes off teleprompter is it much of a wonder why he rarely does.

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2011/06/president-obamas-terrible-mistake.html

"The President addressing the 10th Mountain Division today at Fort Drum:

"First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously."

As we all know, SSG Sal Giunta, of the 173rd Airborne, was the first living recipient (2011) of the MOH who fought in Iraq/Afganistan. SFC Jared Monti, 10th Mountain Division, was KIA in Afghanistan in 2006. He was posthumously awarded the MOH by Obama in 2009.

How does the Commander-in-Chief mix these heroes up? He put that medal around Giunta's neck and he stood with Monti's parents as they grieved. These fallen heroes leave such a great legacy, and we should know all their names. The ironic part of the speech, and this comes after the announcement of the politically pressured drawdown of troops in Afghanistan, was Obama's closing remark, "Know that your Commander-in-Chief has your back."
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Rand Paul (R) About TSA - "I Think You're Clueless"

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Obama Passes DREAM ACT Through Executive Memo (After Congress Rejects)

Another end-run around Congress by Obama.

http://www.therightscoop.com/krauthammer-this-is-outright-lawlessness-from-obama-admin

"Obama is trying to use his executive powers to enforce the Dream Act even though Congress couldn’t pass the legislation. Chris Wallace lays out the details:

I.C.E has announced changes to its deportation program. Agents are now specifically urged to consider whether an illegal is studying in high school or college or is serving or did serve in the military.

Krauthammer says that this is outright lawlessness on the part of the Obama administration because they are doing the same thing with the Dream Act that they did with Cap and Trade, using the EPA to enforce it anyway. He says we have a rule of law where the Congress creates the laws and the Executive executes them.
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One-Armed Veteran Catches Foul Ball at Yankee Stadium

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The Obama Economy: Debt And Liquor, And Lots of it! Plus, Moore War?

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95 Year Old Women Forced to Remove Adult Diaper For TSA Search

Your TSA outrage story of the day...

http://www.newsherald.com/news/mother-94767-search-adult.html

"Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.

Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.

“It’s something I couldn’t imagine happening on American soil,” Weber said Friday. “Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this.”
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Weber said she did not know whether her mother had triggered an alarm during the 45 minutes they were detained.

She said her mother was first pulled aside into a glass-partitioned area and patted down. Then she was taken to another room to protect her privacy during a more extensive search, Weber said.

Weber said she sat outside the room during the search.

She said security personnel then came out and told her they would need for her mother to remove her Depends diaper because it was soiled and was impeding their search.

Weber wheeled her mother into a bathroom, removed her diaper and returned. Her mother did not have another clean diaper with her, Weber said.
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Just Say No, to The War on Drugs?

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Douglas Elmendorf (CBO Director) - "We Don't Estimate Speeches"

An apparently unintentional, yet upon reflection, extremely cutting quip at Obama and the Democrats who have still not put forth a budget and prefer broad speeches over specific plans with details.

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"This morning Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf testified before the House Budget Committee. He was asked about the proposals in Obama's April speech, and replied with what appears to be a degree of sarcasm:

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf had some harsh words for President Obama during a hearing held by the House Budget Committee on Thursday to discuss the nation's long-term fiscal outlook.

Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., asked Elmendorf whether the CBO had attempted to estimate the budgetary effects of the framework Obama outlined in April, which was based on a 12-year budget window instead of the usual 10 years.

"We don't estimate speeches," Elmendorf shot back.

So there you have it. The Democratic Party has defaulted on the most basic duty of a democratic government: it refuses to say how it intends to spend the people's money.
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'Gaydar' Real, at Least For Women?

I am comfortable with the notion that people generally, and the women in this study, can deduce with a better than random chance which men are gay and which are not. My question is if this is from some sort of self identifying among gay men (even if subconscious), there are physical traits that gay men share (not necessarily exclusively among them, but more prominent by percentile then among strait men), or if there is some feature exclusively among gays which women pick up on subconsciously.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2007337/Gaydar-Women-really-tell-sexuality-just-looking-man.html

"If a woman tells you she can spot a gay man just by looking at him, don’t dismiss her claim out of hand.

Scientists say women really do have ‘gaydar’, which helps them spot whether a man is straight or gay just by looking at his face.

And the instinct is at its strongest when she is at her most fertile and in the mood for romance.

Their findings suggest that a woman’s ability to determine whether a potential male partner is straight or gay is linked to the impulse to have children.

During the three experiments, some 40 heterosexual women were shown a set of photographs of 80 men’s faces, all with the same expression.

Researchers found women were remarkably adept in being able to spot the gay and straight men.

But in a similar experiment using photographs of gay and straight women, they were less able to differentiate.
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Garofalo And Olbermann Discuss The Tea Party

Same unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations she has been pedaling all along. Can she really believe this or is it just a publicity move?

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Upton (R) Blames EPA For Obstructing Alaska Oil Drilling

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Bachmann (R) on Israel

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New CBO Report Warns of Dire Debt Crisis. Does The White House Care?

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Friday, June 24, 2011

House Rejects Authorization of Libyan Conflict (123-295) And Rejects Defunding Bill (180-238)

The House equivalent of voting present or maintaining the status quo.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/318017.php

"Two votes today, one to support the operation and one to cut funding. Neither passed.

In something of a surprise, the House on Friday rejected a measure to cut funding for offensive operations by U.S. forces in Libya, pulling back from an effort to confront President Obama over the three month-old conflict.

That resolution failed by a vote of 180 to 238. It would not have ended the U.S. mission in Libya, but it would have cut off funding for American forces that are not engaged in support missions within the NATO-led coalition, like aerial refueling, reconnaissance, and planning. That would have meant an end to strikes on Libyan targets by unmanned U.S. drones.

Earlier Friday, the House voted to reject a resolution that would have authorized the military operation in Libya.

That vote failed, 123 to 295, with dozens of Democrats joining Republicans in voting against the resolution.

So with authorization and defunding defeated, all goes on as before.

I'm not sure how much of a surprise it was the defunding resolution vote failed. 80 Republicans voted for it and a handful more voted against it because it was too open ended. Even as poorly conceived and run this war (yes, it's a war) has been, it's just hard to imagine a majority of Republicans cutting off funds for troops in the field.
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Gay Marriage Legal in New York Following Senate Passing The Bill (33-29)

If a state is going to legalize Gay Marriage this is exactly how it should happen; not through the courts but through the legislature.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/06/24/2011-06-24_gay_marriage_legal_in_new_york_state_after_senate_passes_historic_bill_.html

"New York made history last night as the State Senate voted "aye" on gay marriage.

Senators passed the bill 33 to 29 as the normally somnolent chambers erupted in a raucous chant of "USA! USA!"
"As I have said many times, this is a very difficult issue and it will be a vote of conscience for every member of the Senate," said GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau).

New York joined Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Iowa and Washington, D.C., in legally recognizing gay marriage.
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Phillie Phanatic Nailed by a Foul Ball

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Representative Kelly (R) on Government Spending And Debt

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Shovel Ready (Ad)

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Meet The New Keith, Same as The Old Keith. Plus, Tingles' Pick of The Week

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Woman Dies of a Heart Attack at Her Funeral After Waking up in Her Coffin

You can not make this stuff up (or did they?)...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/06/24/2011-06-24_russian_woman_fagilyu_mukhametzyanov_dies_at_her_own_funeral_after_being_mistake.html

"A Russian woman died from a heart attack brought on by the shock of waking up at her own funeral.

Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, was mistakenly declared deceased by doctors, the Daily Mail reported Friday.

But she later woke up - in a coffin surrounded by sobbing relatives. She started screaming after realizing she was about to be buried alive.

Mukhametzyanov, a resident of Kazan, was rushed back to the hospital where she was declared dead -- this time for real.
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Middle Class Warfare! (Featuring Hater Hank)

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MSM Spin: Man Robs Bank For Health Care

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Obama's Address on Afghanistan

Ending a war based on an arbitrary time line instead of facts on the ground is a sure recipe for disaster.

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World's First Dog With All Four Prosthetic Legs

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"Naki'o is the world's first dog to be fitted with a complete set of four prosthetic paws, according to incrediblefeatures.com. Naki'o was barely 5 weeks old when he and his brothers and sisters were abandoned by a family fleeing their foreclosed home. Having barely survived the Nebraskan winter, all four of the dog's paws were deformed into rounded stumps after being stuck in an icy puddle.

Incrediblefeatures.com reports that Veterinary technician Christie Tomlinson "organized a fundraiser to pay for Naki’o to have his two back legs fitted with prosthetics."
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Obama Administration to End Obamacare Waivers

Without the option to be exempt from this 'super stupendous law' that for some unknown reason the supporters of want not to have it apply to them, I wonder if their support will start to shift.

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-admin-to-end-979989.html

"Removing a potential political distraction ahead of next year's elections, the Obama administration Friday announced an early end to a health care waiver program that has come under fire from congressional Republicans.

Political considerations were "absolutely not" part of the decision, said Steve Larsen, head of a section of the Health and Human Services department that oversees President Barack Obama's health care law.

Larsen said no new applications for waivers will be considered after Sept. 22. Approvals or renewals received by the deadline will be good through 2013. Starting in 2014, the main coverage provisions of the health care law will take effect, and such waivers will no longer be needed.
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Neal McCluskey: Federal Elementary And Secondary Education Intervention is a Failure

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Obama to Release 30M Barrels From US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Not a good idea...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/obama-ready-to-release-oil-from-petroleum-reserve-to-offset-mideast-turmoil-high-energy-use/2011/06/23/AGvFEJhH_story.html

"Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration said Thursday it is selling off 30 million barrels of oil from the country’s emergency reserves as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Libya.

The release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be the largest ever, amounting to half of a 60 million-barrel international infusion of oil planned for the world market over the next month.

Even so, the 30 million barrels to be sold by the United States represents less than two days’ worth of domestic oil consumption and about three days of oil imports.
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“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is an emergency lifeline to protect our nation against critical shortages in our oil supply and shouldn’t be used as a Strategic Political Reserve to boost the popularity of elected officials,” said Charles Drevna, president of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association.

The administration’s action will do little to benefit consumers while leaving the nation vulnerable to hurricanes or other natural disasters, or a foreign crisis that causes a real supply shortage, said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
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Obama's Unprecedented War Powers Claims

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New Media Puts Fork in Weiner (D): Why Isn't The MSM Doing Its Job?

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Weiner's (D) Officially Resigns

It took a few days from the announcement to make it official, but the letter is now in.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/weiner-done-boehner-gets-official-resign

"Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has now officially resigned from the House of Representatives—and House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio) has the letter to prove it.

“I hereby resign as the Member of the House of Representatives for New York’s Ninth Congressional District effective at midnight Tuesday June 21, 2011,” Weiner wrote. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Queens and Brooklyn.”

The letter, dated June 20, is addressed to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) and  Cesar Perales, New York’s Secretary of State. It is carbon-copied to Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.)
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Man Makes a Living Scouring NYC's Streets For Gold And Diamonds

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Sailor Aboard The USS Vinson, Carrier That Buried Bin Laden, Speaks Out

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New FDA Graphics For Cigarette Packs

Cigarettes may be first, but I doubt it will be the last product the government tries to discourage you from consuming in this way.

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Ranking Freedom in The 50 States

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Netroots And Hijab Flash Mob Invade RightOnline Conference

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Whittle & Klavan: Tea Party = Salvation

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Japan Builds The World's Most Powerful Supercomputer (8.16 Petaflops)

Not only is it the worlds most powerful supercomputer with enough computational speed to beat the next five combined, but it is not yet fully completed. Japan took the top spot from China which is now in second, with the United States rounding out the top three.

http://news.techworld.com/data-centre/3286946/japan-builds-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputer

"A Japanese computer has taken first place on the Top 500 supercomputer list, ending China's reign at the top after just six months. At 8.16 petaflops, the K computer is more powerful than the next five systems combined.

The K computer's performance was measured using 68,544 SPARC64 VIIIfx CPUs each with eight cores, for a total of 548,352 cores, almost twice as many as any other system on the Top500 list. The computer is still under construction, and when it enters service in November 2012 will have more than 80,000 SPARC64 VIIIfx CPUs according to its manufacturer, Fujitsu.

Japan's ascension to the top means that the Chinese Tianhe-1A supercomputer, which took the number 1 position in November last year, is now in second spot with its 2.57 petaflops. But China continues to grow the number of systems it has on the list, up from 42 to 62 systems. The change at the top also means that Jaguar, built for the US Department of Energy (DOE), is bumped down to third place.
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When complete, it is intended to run at over 10 petaflops.

This is the first time Japan has had the most powerful supercomputer since the country's Earth Simulator was surpassed by the DOE's IBM BlueGene/L and by Nasa's Columbia in November 2004.

For the first time, all of the top 10 systems achieved performance over 1 petaflop, although they are the only systems on the list that reach that level. The US has five systems in the top 10, Japan and China have two each and France has one.
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'Palin is an Idiot' (With Obama Clips)

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Is The US Economy in Worse Shape Than The Greek Economy?

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Jeffrey Miron Looks at The Effects of 40 Years of Drug Prohibition

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Johnny Jihadi: How Social Media is Being Used to Recruit Homegrown Islamic Terrorists

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Stephen Cox on Libertarian Literature And Prisons as Failed Planned Societies

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Michelle Malkin: We Can't Have McCain 2.0 For 2012

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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Stewart Debate Media Bias With Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday

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Gates Warns Congress Not to Cut Off Libya Funds as War Powers Act Deadline Hits

You remember that 'limited timed, limited scoped, kinetic military action' that would 'last days, not weeks'. Well, it has now been 90 days since the War Powers Act was triggered and Obama has still not explained the action to Congress and has not withdrawn.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110619/pl_nm/us_libya_usa

"Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Congress on Sunday not to cut off funding for U.S. military involvement in Libya and predicted that the operation targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces will "end OK."

Lawmakers question the legality of President Barack Obama's continued use of the U.S. military in Libya without the approval of Congress.

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, last week said Congress could cut funding for U.S. military involvement in Libya, ratcheting up pressure on Obama.
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The New York Times reported in its Saturday editions that Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided he had the legal authority to continue U.S. military involvement in Libya without congressional authorization.

The Times reported that key Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers concluded that the U.S. operations in Libya amounted to "hostilities." Under a U.S. law known as the War Powers Resolution, such a determination would have required Obama to end or scale back the mission after May 20, according to the Times.

That law was enacted in 1973 during the Vietnam War era.

The law prohibits U.S. armed forces from being involved in military actions for over 60 days without congressional authorization, with a 30-day pullout period. Boehner says these 90 days are up on Sunday.
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Glitter Protester Tries to Get Bachmann (R) (Fails)

Without knowing about the last few glitter attacks, a person might think the glitter was some sort of celebration the way this protester used it.

Growing trend...

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"She was “unfazed” because Lang has an aim worse than her My Little Pony philosophy. None of the glitter ever touched her, according to people at the scene, and it’s uncertain whether Bachmann even noticed Lang."

Governor Rick Perry's (R) Speech to RLC 2011

He could be a real contender...

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Faking Sea Level Data to Prove Climate Change Predictions?

What can you do when your dire predictions just are not coming true? You could alter them (again), or you could make up something up to explain why nothing happening actually proves you were right.

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/19/faking-sea-level-data

"Out in Colorado, the Sea Level Research Institute is facing increased scrutiny after it was revealed that they’ve been “adjusting” their data for a while now. (Before we get to the quotes, quick show of hands… how many of you even knew we had a “sea level research” program?)

Is climate change raising sea levels, as Al Gore has argued — or are climate scientists doctoring the data?

The University of Colorado’s Sea Level Research Group decided in May to add 0.3 millimeters — or about the thickness of a fingernail — every year to its actual measurements of sea levels, sparking criticism from experts who called it an attempt to exaggerate the effects of global warming.

“Gatekeepers of our sea level data are manufacturing a fictitious sea level rise that is not occurring,” said James M. Taylor, a lawyer who focuses on environmental issues for the Heartland Institute.

Why the revisions? Apparently they claim that it’s because of glacial isostatic adjustment. Basically it describes the gradual, slight rise of continental land masses which means that the ocean basins can hold a bit more water. (Again… who knew?)

So it looks like the institute decided to fudge the sea level data a bit to represent how high the levels would be if land wasn’t rising also. I don’t know about you, but if the major concern is ocean levels rising and swallowing up the coastlines, I’d think you’d want to measure the actual ocean levels, no?
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NBC Apologizes For Cutting "Under God" From Pledge of Allegiance Before U.S. Open

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"The move quickly drew criticism Dan Hicks said, during the broadcast of Open action:

“We began our coverage of this final round just about three hours ago and when we did it was our intent to begin the coverage of this U.S. Open Championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being held in our nation’s capital for the third time. Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we’d like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it.”
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Pawlenty (R) Gets Glitter-Attacked

A new protest trend?

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Schultz (D) - 'We Own The Economy Right Now'

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Breitbart Crashes Netroots Nation

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"He walked into the online left’s biggest event of the year and, per Weigel, was apparently set to enter the main hall knowing that every liberal there hates him with a passion. The organizers blocked him, then people started screeching accusations at him about using coke and sleeping with prostitutes. So he left. Yet somehow, in the progressive telling, it’s Breitbart who’s the coward. The saddest part, via the second vid: Actual high-fiving after he was gone to celebrate the total pwnage of … denying a guy press credentials so that he can’t confront you on your home turf."

Christie (R) - 'None of Your Business Where my Kid Goes to School'

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Petition to Ban Job Killing ATM Machines

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Obama's Bin Laden Bump Bites The Dust: 75% Believe Recession Will Worsen

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Kids Lemonade Stand At U.S. Open Fined $500 And Shut Down

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Think You're Going to Retire? Think Again.

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Crowder - Palestine Sucks! (Support Israel)

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Want a Bigger Slice of The Wealth Pie? Bake Your Own.

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Weiner (D) Resigns

It is about time. A bit of a content warning is necessary because of some heckling.

The heckling was particularly unseemly.

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Union Leader Calls Chris Christie (R) "Adolf Christie"

Keeping it real classy...

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Stop The Energy Freeze! (Ad)

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Demonic! Ann Coulter Explains How The Liberal Mob is Endangering America

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Flotilla Watch 2011: Civil Suit Could Result in Seizure of Audacity of Hope

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Obama Blames High Unemployment on The ATM And Automation

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Klavan's Economic Smackdown: Paul Ryan vs. Barack Obama

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Obama And The Jewish Vote: Could The President Lose Jewish Voters in 2012?

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

What is The Libertarian Position on Abortion?

Short answer is that there is no real 'official' position. Might I suggest a compromise.

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Iranian Official - 'We Will Use Our Missiles to Protect Other Muslim States'

The fear of a nuclear Iran is not that they will use them rationally to defend themselves. The fear is that they will actually use them (or give them to someone else to use) or use the threat as a shield to act even more belligerently while giving a free pass to their belligerent 'buddies'. Belligerence here is code for terrorism, in case you did not follow.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/iranian-official-‘we-will-use-our-missiles-to-protect-other-muslim-states’

"Last Thursday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani — while at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Indonesia — stated that Iran will use its missiles to defend other Muslim nations if threatened.

This is the first time that a high-ranking Iranian official has issued such a warning. In effect, Iran is expanding its defense strategy from protecting their own sovereignty to a “defensive umbrella” over other Islamic nations.

Larijani based his argument on what he called “the school of the late Ayatollah Khomeini,” the founder of the Islamic Republic: Muslims should possess enough defensive strength to use against other countries should one of those countries attack.
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Porn Actress - 'Weiner (D) Asked me to Lie About Our Communications'

Is asking someone to lie for you worse they lying yourself?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110615/ap_on_re_us/us_weiner_twitter_photos

"A former porn actress who exchanged emails and messages over Twitter with Rep. Anthony Weiner said Wednesday that he asked her to lie about their interactions, while a growing chorus of lawmakers pressed for his resignation as the scandal enveloping the congressman enters its third week.
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Nightclub dancer Ginger Lee is the latest in a series of women who said they received sexually charged messages from the seven-term congressman. The scandal began when Weiner posted a picture of his underwear-clad crotch on Twitter, then lied about it and said his account was hacked. Weiner acknowledged last week during a teary press conference that he had sent lewd photos and messages to about six women over three years.

Lee, from La Vergne, Tenn., said she and Weiner exchanged about 100 emails between March and June, after Lee posted a supportive statement about the congressman on her blog. He then contacted her on Twitter, Lee said. They mostly discussed politics, but he would often turn the conversation to sex, she said.

"'I have wardrobe demands too. I need to highlight my package,'" Weiner wrote Lee, in an email read aloud at the news conference by Lee's attorney, Gloria Allred.
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In an interview two weeks ago, Weiner said he had exchanged messages with Lee but didn't elaborate.

Lee said she did not send sexually suggestive messages to Weiner.

"Anytime that he would take our communications in a sexual direction, I did not reciprocate," she said.
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Pakistan Arrests CIA Bin Laden Informants

This is an intentional provocation, a slap in the face to Obama. What is the point of giving billions of dollars of aid to Pakistan if we can not trust them to so much as not hinder us capturing terrorist masterminds?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/world/asia/15policy.html

"Pakistan’s top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.

Pakistan’s top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.
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American Crossroads "Recovery Summer" (Ad)

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The Dalai Lama Walks in to a Pizza Shop...

Fail...

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Women Dives in to a Lake Following Her GPS

If your GPS is telling you to keep going, but a large body of water is in front of you, ignore the GPS.

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CNN GOP Primary Debate Summary

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Magical Realism: The Fantasy World of Barack Obama, Anthony Weiner & Lesbian Bloggers

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Obama - 'ATMs to Blame For High Unemployment'

To be fair, ATMs were an example to put the blame for unemployment on automation. Automation is just his way of blaming increased efficiency. It is not a new argument, which perhaps saw its greatest heyday at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Ultimately it is a poor argument and one that should not change many views.

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Fred Clark (D) Caught on Voice Mail Saying he Wants to Call a Women Back to 'Smack Around'

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Goodyear Blimp Catches Fire And Crashes

Unfortunately there was a fatality, the pilot who died saving the passengers.

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More at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002935/Pilot-killed-Goodyear-blimp-plunges-ground-flames-Germany.html.
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