Archive | June, 2009
Breaking: Passenger Trains Collide Outside of DC
Fox News reports that at least one person is confirmed dead with nine others injured. Local media and BNO News report that dozens of passengers remain trapped. Rescue workers are attempting to free them now. Authorities have declared the crash a mass casualty incident. More soon…
Mark Sanford Apparently Disappears Off the Map
22. June 2009
The State says he’s okey dokey literally speaking, so there’s no foul play suspected. He’s just somewhere unknown, has his communication devices turned off, he’s apparently ditched his security detail, and even his wife doesn’t know his whereabouts. First lady Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press her husband has been gone for several days and [...]
Report: Britain Evacuates Families from Embassy
22. June 2009
With the situation in Iran only appearing to get worse, the British government has decided to evacuate the families of embassy employees Tehran. London is also warning British citizens against traveling to the Islamic Republic. The Foreign Office said today it was evacuating the families of embassy staff in Iran and advised against all non-essential [...]
No Surprise: California Unemployment Hits 11.5%
19. June 2009
Just in case you thought the news couldn’t get any worse for Californians, the Department of Labor now reports that unemployment in the most populous American state has reached 11.5%. California’s unemployment rate shot up to 11.5% in May, its highest level since current record-keeping began more than three decades ago. That’s a substantial increase [...]
Surprise: Ambassador Nominees Bundled Millions for Obama
19. June 2009
Appointing political allies and campaign donors to ambassadorships is nothing new in American politics. Presidents have used the posts to reward their friends for many decades. There’s just one problem with President Obama continuing the tradition: He promised change. If all goes according to plan, Colorado businessman Vinai Thummalapally will soon be moving to a [...]
Surprise: New Obama Nominee Has Tax Problems
19. June 2009
You’d think the Obama Administration would’ve asked all of its potential nominees one simply question by now: Did you happen to pay all of the taxes you’re legally obligated to pay? You’d think it would ask that question, but apparently you’d be wrong. President Obama’s choice as chief of protocol for the State Department, a [...]
Washington Post Ditches “White House Watch” Blog
18. June 2009
Blogger Daniel Froomkin drew quite a following during the Bush years, authoring a blog for the Washington Post entitled “White House Watch“. Froomkin began assailing the Bush Administration so much that even WaPo’s own ombudsman was forced to address the extreme bias. Suddenly, however, the Washington Post has decided that it has no need for [...]
Will Tomorrow Be Iran’s Tiananmen Square?; Update
18. June 2009
I’m shamelessly stealing from Hot Air here, mostly because I had heard nothing about it until Allahpundit’s post. Normally a report from Debka would be considered about as trustworthy as a Keith Olbermann investigation into George Bush. However, other, more trustworthy sources both inside and outside of Iran are hearing the same thing. First, Michael [...]
North Korea Threatens to Launch Missile at Hawaii
18. June 2009
On the Fourth of July, naturally. So now we have the psycopahtic dictator from Pyongyang launching a long-range ballistic missile at American soil. What could go wrong? North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return [...]
Video: Gibbs Can’t Name Countries Where Single-Payer System Works
17. June 2009
Just wow. Gibbs says that “some people” in other countries probably like their single-payer system, just as many people in this country like the system we possess. President Obama’s point was to play-up the magnificence of socialized health care, not to point out that everyone has their own preferences. And apparently his own spokesman can’t [...]
22. June 2009
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