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Illinois Taxpayers Lose Super Bowl

Posted on | February 3, 2014 | 5 Comments

If you thought the Broncos sucked — and, wow, they were atrocious Sunday — check out this stupid TV ad:

Illinois taxpayers spent $127,000 to air that idiotic ad on the Chicago Fox affiliate during the Super Bowl:

Things are not well in the Land of Lincoln.
Illinois taxpayers are burdened by $7 billion in unpaid bills and over $100 billion in pension debt.

But, hey, they now have the amusement of watching their former senator screwing up America in pretty much the same way.

And the Bears are even worse than the Broncos.

 

Category: Football

This Should Not Be Necessary

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 19 Comments

Headline at Patterico:

No, Extending Unemployment Benefits
Does Not “Create Jobs”

The basic economics of this should be obvious — it’s simple common sense — but ignorance of basic economics is rampant and common sense is increasingly rare, and so Patterico feels obliged to rebut this fallacy promoted by You Know Who:

“Voting for extending unemployment insurance helps people and creates jobs,” Obama said. “Voting against it doesn’t.”
It’s about time we took on this silly notion that paying people not to work causes more people to work . . .

Read the whole thing. It makes my head hurt even to think that such fathomless stupidity is possible, and the fact that Obama got elected twice — because a majority of Americans are apparently brain-damaged — fills me with existential horror.

 

Category: Economics

#OccupyResoluteDesk Gives O’Reilly 10 Mins Of Variations On ‘Shut Up, Peasant’

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

Breitbart embeds the video. Bill (love him or not) gives BHO the hardest 10 minutes of interviewing he’s had in 5 years of the running cock-up he calls his administration. Highly recommended.

Barack: you’re a no-talent rodeo clown. Hats off to your slick efforts to sell a pile of crap as competence. Nobody who’s sober, and has two brain cells, believes anything you say, irrespective of topic.

Category: Barack Obama

Rule 5 Sunday: All Hail The Superb Owl!

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 13 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Well, are you?

As a fancier of the strigiformes family, especially Bubo scandiacus, I was glad to hear that there was going to be a huge national celebration…oh, wait, it’s the NFL championship? Football? Never mind. I’m sure there will be some linkagery of cheerleaders below, if you appreciate that sort of thing. Other links may not be safe for work, so exercise discretion in your clicking.

Laughing Conservative kicks off with Ariel Rebel, followed by Goodstuff who is celebrating the Year of the Horse by celebrating Ursula Andress. Speaking of cheerleaders, Fishersville Mike favors the Seattle Sea-gals. Ninety Miles From Tyranny serves up Morning Mistress, Hot Pick of the Late Night, and Girls With Guns. Animal Magnetism has Rule 5 Friday and something summery for Saturday, while Blackmailers Don’t Shoot tips us to Anastasia Ashley. First Street Journal sticks to the ladies in uniform; this week, it’s Russia’s militia* women of the MVD (Interior Ministry).

EBL’s herd of heifers this week includes Renee Ellmers, Zooey Deschanel, a guide to watering holes for Seattle & Denver fans in NYC with suitable (sic) cheerleader pix, Amanda Knox, Anna Kendricks, the Manning brothers’ backup dancers, and the Sea Gals’ Alicia Quaco.

Wine Women and Politics serves up red hotness, Babe Of The Day, Saturday Sweet Things, Blondes Are Beautiful, and the Friday Special, which comes with side orders of pulchritude and hotness.

A View From The Beach brings us Gal Gadot, I Take Back Everything Bad I Ever Said About Hollywood, Slackers!, Taylor Swift Attacked At Grammys, Breakfast With A Twist, Obamacare Schadenfreude – The Post-SOTU Whiteout Edition, A Bottle Bill For Maryland?, Science Solving The Great Mysteries One At A Time, “Baby Baby”, “Across The Great Divide”, Frog Prince Drops First Frogette, and Sweet 16/Never Been Kissed.

Soylent Siberia beings with Overnighty Jugs, Your Morning Coffee Creamer, Monday Motivationer Spassfabrik, I Think I Have A Winner, Tuesday Titillation, Afternooner Sideboob Awesome, Humpday Hawtness, And That’s Why I Failed Calculus, Falconsword Fursday Camila, Overnighty Linky Love, Corset Cantina, T-GIF Friday Awesome, Overnighty Fur, and Weekender Shoes.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Olga Kent, his vintage babe is Janis Carter, Sex In Advertising is provided by Frederick’s of Hollywood,  and of course there’s the obligatory cheerleader, this time from the Pro Bowl. At Dustbury, it’s Zooey and Brooke Banker.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next Sunday’s Rule 5 roundup is midnight on Saturday, February 8.
*”Militia” in Russia translates to “police” in English.


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Category: Rule 5

Amanda Bynes Returns to Sanity?

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 19 Comments

When the former Nickelodeon starlet had a very public nervous breakdown last year, I feared the worst. The prognosis for chronic schizophrenia — which is what the reported symptoms suggested — is not encouraging. The farther the disorder progresses before the patient gets treatment, the less likely recovery is, and by the time a judge ordered Amanda Bynes into treatment, she was completely bonkers. So it is surprisingly good news that she may be getting better:

According to some recent photos, the star has been undergoing treatments to remove the angel wings tattooed on her arm. . . .
The decision to remove her tattoo is likely coming as part of Bynes’ post–rehab lifestyle change. The actress was released from rehab in early December after undergoing four months of treatment for mental illness. Since her release, Bynes has taken big steps to put her life on a positive track.
Soon after rehab, Bynes debuted healthy long blond hair that reminded the world of her pre-Twitter meltdown days. This month, the 27–year–old has enrolled in fashion school to kickstart a new career direction.

Most people take sanity for granted, but if you’ve ever known someone who went nuts, you thank God for every sane day.

 

Category: Celebrities

The Needle and the Spoon

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 46 Comments

I’ve seen a lot of people
Who thought they were cool,
But then again, Lord,
I’ve seen a lot of fools . . .
Don’t mess with the needle or a spoon
Or any trip to the moon.
It’ll take you away.

When I was a long-haired freak back in the 1970s, everybody knew heroin was a bad drug. There are no “recreational” heroin users, and a junkie will sell his soul to get another taste of slow-motion suicide. Somebody forgot to warn Philip Seymour Hoffman:

Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose late Sunday morning in his New York City apartment, a law-enforcement official said.
The New York Police Department is investigating, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is working to determine the exact cause of death. The official said Mr. Hoffman, 46 years old, was found dead at his apartment on Bethune Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
The actor was found in the bathroom of his fourth floor apartment in the Pickwick House around 11:15 a.m. by screenwriter David Katz, who called 911, the official said.

TMZ reports that he was found with a needle in his arm.

 

Category: Celebrities

FMJRA 2.0: Waiting For The Superb Owl

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Rule 5 Monday

Mass Murderer Also Gay Pedophile?

Obama Endorses Feminist Folly

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14

Ted Cruz: Media Acting as ‘Palace Guard’ to Protect Obama in IRS Scandal UPDATE: Tom Perez Fails to Provide Information on Bosserman’s Appointment

Prosecutor: Teachers Would Not Help Investigate Predator Who Molested Boy

In The Mailbox, 01.27.14

SOTU Response From A Veteran: NO!

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.31.14

Famous Gay Rights Activist Now Also Famous for Child Pornography Habits

So I Guess @PaulWaldman1’s Basic Message Is: ‘Vote Democrat, You Sluts!’

UPDATE: Two Victims Identified in Columbia Mall Shooting Near Baltimore

Those Grapes? Totally Sour!

Hateful @SarahKSilverman Mocks Christianity in Pro-Abortion Video

Feminists Lie: Why @WendyDavisTexas’s Dishonest Personal Narrative Matters

Carts and Horses, Causes and Effects

FMJRA 2.0: A Few Minutes After Trancefer

Remember Alicia Gray?

Maryland Mall Shooter: Tea Party Extremist? No — Teen Skateboarder

Woman Sold Her Kids for Sex

Because @EWErickson Is Right

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.28.14

‘Mr. Kimberlin’s Fantastic Allegations’

From Child Abuse to Child Pornography: ‘Our Society Is Quick to Judge’

How Bad Is Stephen Glass? ‘Morally Unfit to Be a Lawyer in California’!

Perhaps @TomKludt Could Explain Why Killing Babies Is Such a Good Thing

Police: Ex-Teacher Tonya Drueppel, 33, Had Sex With 13-Year-Old ‘Girlfriend’

Mark Steyn vs. a Thin-Skinned Bully

Brett Kimberlin Lies Again

Save the Planet, F*** the Children?

We Need Cassone To Rock @CPACnews

Exhibit B: Among ‘Scores of Death Threats’ Alleged by Brett Kimberlin …

Top linkers this week:

  1. Rick’s Rants (31)
  2. Dead Citizens Rights Society (22, includes 1 DeRP)
  3. Regular Right Guy (11)
  4. Batshit Crazy News (8, including EBL)
  5. Political Rift (6)
  6. (tied) A View From The Beach and Blackmailers Don’t Shoot (5)

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery, especially those folks who helped make Rule 5 Monday the top post for this week! At last, we can retire and give up this life of crime.
Deadline to submit links for next week’s FMJRA is noon on Saturday, February 8.

Category: FMJRA Award

‘A Genius in France,’ IYKWIMAITYD

Posted on | February 2, 2014 | 23 Comments

When the rape case against Roman Polanski made headlines a few years ago, the film director’s defenders commonly made the argument that he shouldn’t be judged by his crime because, after all, he was considered a genius in France. As a euphemistic synonym for “celebrity pervert,” A Genius in France applies equally to Woody Allen:

Allen’s defenders correctly note that he denies the allegations, has never been convicted and should be presumed innocent. People weighed in on all sides, but one person who hasn’t been heard out is Dylan Farrow, 28, the writer and artist whom Allen was accused of molesting. . . .
Dylan writes:

That he got away with what he did to me haunted me as I grew up. I was stricken with guilt that I had allowed him to be near other little girls. I was terrified of being touched by men. I developed an eating disorder. I began cutting myself.
That torment was made worse by Hollywood. All but a precious few (my heroes) turned a blind eye. Most found it easier to accept the ambiguity, to say, “who can say what happened,” to pretend that nothing was wrong.

A Memeorandum thread with more commentary by Ann Althouse, Scared Monkeys, Dan Riehl and Tom Maguire at Just One Minute.

Nicholas Kristof should be careful. He might get sued for defamation by A Genius in France. Lot of that going around, y’know.

 

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