Ahmadinejad and Obama:
It isn’t enough that Obama has already signaled in numerous ways his readiness to embark on a path of appeasement. Oh, no. Ahmadinejad wants Obama to signal to the world Iran’s hegemony. And this after Iran has been at war with the United States for decades, beginning with the hostage crisis.
Get the Jews:
The Media Guardian today reports that the (toothless) Press Complaints Commission is now investigating the Sun’s worthless front page story that Muslims were drawing up a ‘hit-list’ of prominent Jews. Both Tim Ireland at Bloggerheads and the people at Ummah.com say the evidence points to the “anti-terror expert” Glen Jenvey himself pretending to be a nutjob.
Terrorists Target Jews Sugar, Winehouse and Ronson: Blair Outraged
“President Barack Obama has signed an executive order officially banning torture in the United States. You know what that means? ABC may be forced to cancel ‘The View’.”
Make your list…
The Obamas are too perfect for jokes. But ther supporters. Well…
Transcript is up. And it’s not quite as I remember it, but pretty darn close:
KING: OK, is this administration going to be hard for the comics to have fun with?
BEHAR: Yes. And all I can say is thank you for Joe Biden, because he is going to always give us some laughs. He’ll say something crazy and out there, and it will be fun. And Sarah Palin, you know, we can always rely on her to come back and give us some material. But it is really not easy to make fun of the Obamas, because they’re really — they’re kind of really perfect, aren’t they?
Thanks to John from Powerline who tracked down the transcript while I was healing from a headache.
Gay Patriot is one of the millions not laughing…
A Heap Of Trouble. NSFW:
Raw shit and other heath tonics. Althouse remembers:
George Carlin said it decades ago:
The Hudson River was loaded with raw sewage. That’s right, we swam in raw sewage. You know, to cool off. And back then the big fear was polio. Thousands of kids every year were dying of polio. But you know what, in my neighborhood, nobody ever got polio. No one. Ever. You know why? BECAUSE WE SWAM IN RAW SEWAGE. It strengthened our immune system. The polio never had a chance. We were tempered in raw shit. What are you going to do when some super virus comes along that turns your vital organs into liquid shit? I’ll tell you what you’re gonna do. You’re gonna get sick and you’re gonna die and you’re gonna deserve it because you’re fuckin’ weak and you have a fuckin’ weak immune system.
Which is why so many people live in London…
(Explanation here)
I Pledge Not To See Anything With Ashton Kutcher In It - so help me God…
Steven Goddard:
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) is a government funded organization with the following scientifically neutral mission statement on their home page “The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) helps organisations to adapt to inevitable climate change. While it’s essential to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of past emissions will continue to be felt for decades.“
On their headline messages page they have a list of global warming predictions and supporting evidence. In this article we will examine some of their claims and evidence.Claim: Summers will continue to get hotter and drier…
He investigates…
Alissa Rubin visits a province that was formerly loyal to cleric Moktada al-Sadr:
The young men here are optimistic and most striking, say they are thinking seriously about voting for the Dawa party led by Mr. Maliki. The elections on Saturday will bring a new provincial council to power, the rough equivalent of a state legislature in the United States . The young men say he brought security and jobs. People hope that if his party gains power, he will bring more of both…Their enthusiasm is all the more surprising because this neighborhood was loyal to anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr, whose militia Mr. Maliki strove to defang.
Dalai Lams, Mr Bush. Mr Bush, Dalai Lama:
How to tackle terrorism? “Prevention.” So, does he advocate the let’s engage terrorism and terrorists policy of the new US administration by talking to Iran, Hamas, Shining Path or even the Chinese Communists? He didn’t exactly say that but he
left the audience stunned when he said “I love President George W Bush.” He went on to add how he and the US President instantly struck a chord in their first meeting unlike politicians who take a while to develop close ties.
And cash…
Funny?
Andrew Bolt sees what Hamas wants:
It strikes me that the Hamas benefits from the same Pavlovian response of the Left that so many Islamist terrorists, especially in Iraq, have found so useful. The Left says nothing when these extremists kill Jews or Americans or even other Muslims, but it then savagely attacks the inevitable attempts of Israel or the US to defend their citizens and friends.
Which is why Hamas will keep killing.
Would Hamas give a rat’s arse what The Left thought? It would just alter the narrative…
Jim Downey’s plan for economic groiwht etc etc. etc…
Let’s see, so far we’ve handed over how many hundreds of billions to “banks” of one sort or another? And here’s a list off the top of my head how they went and spent the money:
- Bonuses to the top managers for doing such a great job (in getting the bailout money?)
- Special Spa retreats for top managers to discuss how next to screw taxpayers
- Ordering new custom corporate jets
- Paying dividends to stockholders
- Organizing donations to political action committees to help defeat union legislation
- Acquiring *other* banks and businesses
- Advertising/PR campaigns about how they need to raise fees/rates for all credit-card holders
- Anything except making loans as intended by the bailout money to keep credit markets functioning
And a pension. You’ve gotta have a pension…
As TB says:
Damn it!
This site is turning into an obit page! But tribute must be paid to James Brady, a tabloid legend who wrote for Page Six, New York, Parade, Forbes and many other publications, and edited The Star. He was a writer who, like Neal Travis, added class to the operation and gave gossip a good name. The last time we saw him was at Steve Dunleavy’s farewell bash. He was 80 when he died on Monday.
They don’t make them like that any more…
Work for the state, says DK - join the herd:
If I were the Tories, I wouldn’t get too complacent about winning the next election: NuLabour has built a massive client electorate. All that they need to do is convince people that the Tories are going to cut public spending massively and people will vote Labour in droves. I am no fan of Cameron and his merry w**kers, but the idea of another Labour term fills me with horror.
Work for the state or be born rich. Hmmm. Choices…
That charity appeal for Gaza:
I didn’t feel the scenes of destruction implied the Israelis were trigger-happy, and the commentary, cloying though it may have been, avoided being drawn into the question of who was to blame for causing the conflict. If the Beeb had doubts about whether the aid would be channeled to the people who need it, then I’d understand why the ad was shelved. But to pretend that the appeal somehow compromises the Corporation’s impartiality makes no sense…
The BBC is looking for a role - and it’s decided on TV Nanny…
The Places We Live looks at the slums of the world.
No. Liverpool is not featured. Yet.
The Places We Live - via Kottke and Corey
A reader writes:
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