Archive | November, 2011
Iran Admits Being Hit with Stuxnet II as Head of Missile Development Dies in Massive Explosion
“Massive” being an entirely appropriate adjective based on the amateur video shot of the aftermath from a distance. I’ve posted that video at the end of this post. But first, the story behind it: Brigadier General Hassan Moghaddam was said to be “responsible for industrial research aimed at ensuring self-sufficiency of the Revolutionary Guards’ armaments”, [...]
PPP: Gingrich Now the Republican Frontrunner
14. November 2011
Wow. Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP’s national polling. He’s at 28% to 25% for Herman Cain and 18% for Mitt Romney. The rest of the Republican field is increasingly looking like a bunch of also rans: Rick Perry is at 6%, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5%, Jon Huntsman at 3%, [...]
Poll: Gingrich Pulls into Second Place, Cain Drops to Third
14. November 2011
November is Newt Awareness Month. According to a CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday, 24% of Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP say Romney is their most likely choice for their party’s presidential nominee with Gingrich at 22%. Romney’s two-point advantage is well within the survey’s sampling error. Gingrich was at just 14% in [...]
Penn State Still Selling Sandusky’s Book in Bookstore
12. November 2011
The name of his book? Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story. Not a joke. Copies of Jerry Sandusky‘s autobiography “Touched” were still available for purchase in The Penn State Bookstore as of mid-afternoon Friday. Sandusky, Penn State’s former defensive coordinator, is charged with sexually abusing eight children. In the wake of the Sandusky investigation, the university’s [...]
Ouch: Americans Prefer Netanyahu to Obama
12. November 2011
Bibi 2012. Let’s do this. President Obama’s hot-miked conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that he is frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — but Americans might be more frustrated with Obama than they are irritated by Netanyahu. “A poll conducted by the group Greenberg Quinlan Rosner found that 52.3 percent of Americans [...]
Kagan Celebrated the Passage of ObamaCare
12. November 2011
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who will be reviewing the constitutionality of ObamaCare next year, celebrated the legislation’s passage back in March 2010, emails reveal. She served as Solicitor General during the time when the law passed, but she has insisted no recusal is necessary because she never expressed views on the law. Yeah, well: [...]
Obama Granted Nearly Half-Billion Dollar, No-Bid Contract to Top Donor
12. November 2011
From a vaccine no one is sure will actually work. Over the last year, the Obama administration has aggressively pushed a $433-million plan to buy an experimental smallpox drug, despite uncertainty over whether it is needed or will work. Senior officials have taken unusual steps to secure the contract for New York-based Siga Technologies Inc., [...]
Breaking: Shots Fired at White House
11. November 2011
I’m seeing it from multiple sources including a reporter for NBC4 in Washington, Think Progress, and some others. Here’s what’s being reported right now: Someone with an AK-47 assault rifle fired several shots at the White House before fleeing. The vehicle has Idaho plates but may be stolen. Parts of Constitution Avenue have been shut [...]
Republicans: You want “infrastructure” spending? Fund it by opening up ANWR
11. November 2011
House Republicans have a new proposal out today: If Democrats really want costly “infrastructure” spending that badly, why not fund it by opening up ANWR for exploration? It would bring in revenue, help get America off the foreign oil addiction, create jobs, and build that infrastructure we hear so much about. It’s a win-win-win-win. Democrats, [...]
New York Times: Let’s abandon our allies to save money
11. November 2011
Good Lord. There are dozens of initiatives President Obama could undertake to strengthen our economic security. Here is one: He should enter into closed-door negotiations with Chinese leaders to write off the $1.14 trillion of American debt currently held by China in exchange for a deal to end American military assistance and arms sales to [...]
14. November 2011
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