Archive | January, 2011
Iraqi Immigrant on Trial for Killing Daughter For Becoming Too Westernized
An Iraqi immigrant to the United States is on trial in Phoenix for allegedly murdering his daughter, who he believed had become too westernized. It’s the latest example of a Muslim honor killing in the United States. Prosecutors say it was an “honor killing” because the defendant thought his daughter had become too westernized. 20-year-old [...]
Obama’s 2011 Deficit Hits Record High: $1.5 Trillion
26. January 2011
The latest estimate from the Congressional Budget Office is that the 2011 budget deficit will come to a record-level of $1.5 trillion.
And the 2011 designated survivor is…
25. January 2011
God forbid something happens and everyone in the Capitol Building is killed, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will become the next president of the United States. That’s because he has been chosen as the “designated survivor” for this year’s State of the Union.
Obama’s Entire SOTU Speech Leaked
25. January 2011
It’s a mixture of flourishing rhetoric, promises he’ll never keep, propaganda, and policies not based in reality. It’s really long. I mean, really long. Like “Leo Tolstoy would’ve written a shorter speech” long. Obama calls for ending tax subsidies for oil companies…in order to give them to “green” energy companies. He says “nonpartisan economists” have [...]
Ouch: MSNBC’s Ratings Up After Olbermann Departure
25. January 2011
Like Allahpundit, my first thought was something along the lines of this bump being an oddity because people were tuning in out of curiosity. It was, after all, the first show since Olbermann’s departure. Lots of people were bound to tune in to see what would happen now. But wait. Because this isn’t the first [...]
We Still Have Elections to Win This Year
25. January 2011
Just because the midterms are over and the presidential election is more than a year away doesn’t mean we’re done with consequential elections until next year. Several states hold their state-level and local elections in off-years. And those are just as important to win as congressional counterparts. Here’s a list of major elections this year. [...]
Home Prices Fall Again, Few Intend to Buy Homes
25. January 2011
A mixture of bad economic news is suppressing the stock market today. First, disappointing earnings from blue chips like 3M and Johnson & Johnson caused investors to retreat from the 12,000 mark they appeared to be rapidly approaching. The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P are all down at least a half-percent as I write this. Second, [...]
Good News: UN Human Rights Expert is 9/11 Truther, Too
25. January 2011
I can’t tell you how pleased I am to have my tax dollars going to such a fine, upstanding organization as the United Nations. It’s a place where “human rights experts” are 9/11 Truthers and countries like Cuba and China can lecture the United States on respecting basic human dignity. Such a fantastic group of [...]
Surprise: Rahm Emanuel Back on the Ballot
25. January 2011
The Illinois Supreme Court, which is an elected organization by the way, has granted an injunction that will stop the elections board from printing ballots without Rahm Emanuel’s name. The court will now consider a request to throw out the lower court’s decision to disqualify Emanuel. Why was Emanuel disqualified? Because the law says he [...]
Obama Didn’t Meet Half-Dozen Cabinet Members for Two Years
25. January 2011
John Heileman of New York Magazine reports that Barack Obama didn’t meet or speak to about a half-dozen cabinet members in his first two years in office. The more pointed variant of this critique was directed specifically at Obama. Unlike 42—who loved to stay up late, jabbing at the speed dial, spending countless hours gabbing [...]
26. January 2011
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