Archive | February, 2010
Obama Keeps Reporters Away From Dalai Lama Event
This is what happens when Washington goes on spending sprees and borrows a ton of money from China, and our president is afraid of the international community. Apparently the president of the United States can’t even meet openly with an exiled religious leader driven out of his home by Communists. Unsettling. WASHINGTON (AP) – For [...]
WaPo Columnist Labels Austin Pilot A Tea Partier
18. February 2010
Inevitable. Joseph Stack was angry at the Internal Revenue Service, and he took his rage out on it by slamming his single-engine plane into the Echelon Building in Austin, Texas. We now know this thanks to the rather clear (as rants go) suicide note Stack left behind. There’s no information yet on whether he was [...]
NTSB: Austin Plane Crash Was Intentional
18. February 2010
But not terrorism. The guy who crashed his single-prop plane into the building previously burned his home down. And this is supposedly his suicide note. It may be horrible, but both sides of the political aisle look to blame the other for the violent psychopath. Neither side will be able to fully blame the other [...]
Surprise: Jobless Claims, Inflation Jump
18. February 2010
In which Reuters reverts back to its favorite word for bad economic news: “unexpectedly”. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 31,000 to 473,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. That compared to market expectations for 430,000. Unemployment won’t be back down to a pre-recession level for years. And instability caused by the climbing deficit, [...]
Breaking: Plane Hits Building In Austin, TX
18. February 2010
Just across the networks. It appears to have been a small plane, and FOX News says the building is part of the complex containing the offices for the FBI. Reports indicate multiple individuals are unaccounted for at this point. Reports initially came in as a two-alarm fire for the seven story building. There are fires [...]
Tiger Woods to Speak on Friday
17. February 2010
With media admittance limited, according to his agent. Really, what is there to say? I doubt he’s going to reveal any new information or deny old reports, so it’ll be a Washington/Hollywood classic. I’m sorry I let my family, friends, and fans down. I wasn’t raised this way. I have a sexual addiction for which [...]
Biden: The Stimulus Package? Totally Worth It
17. February 2010
It’s the anniversary of the $800 billion+ stimulus legislation fuck up, so this is the line the administration has been repeating all day. The legislation was supposed to restart the American economy, create millions of jobs, and keep unemployment below 8%. So clearly 9.7% unemployment, continued economic failing, and millions of lost jobs are indicative [...]
Send White House Tweet, End Up in Federal Archives
16. February 2010
Have you sent a message to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ Twitter account? Probably not. But if you have, your message will end up recorded and archived by the federal government. Seriously. Some who were quick to welcome White House press secretary Robert Gibbs to Twitter last Saturday are now having second thoughts. They [...]
Breaking: Top Taliban Leader Captured By American, Pakistani Forces
15. February 2010
American and Pakistani intelligence forces have captured Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s top military commander, and are now interrogating him. On the scale of one to ten, ten being the largest fish, this guy’s an eight or nine in the Taliban. Oh, and where was he captured? Karachi, Pakistan. Shocker, I know. The commander, [...]
A Republican Opportunity in Indiana
15. February 2010
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) was already facing an uphill re-election battle as a willing incumbent of a tax-and-spend liberal Congress. But Democrats still had some hope running an incumbent, hoping the “devil you know” strategy would work. Today, the hope is gone. Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this year, a decision that [...]
19. February 2010
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