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CPAC: Maybe I Should Not Have Sucker-Punched Bruce Carroll Like That

Posted on | March 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

by Smitty

Bruce Carroll of Gay Patriot is really a great chap.

Whether or not he primaries Lindsey Graham, Bruce has my respect and well-wishes. The last question is from the end of the “10 Questions” set, and was actually the first one I came up with. If it had been warmer, and I knew Bruce better, I should have liked to give him the full treatment. But this was good.

Category: CPAC

CPAC: Turned Out Pete Ingemi Hadn’t Heard Of A ’10 Questions’ Interview

Posted on | March 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

Nobody interviews people like Pete, Da Tech Guy: nobody. So, if you can’t compete, enjoy a little revenge, as they say amidst the rubble in the Eastern Mediterranean.

This is done in the style of The Chaser’s War on Everything, especially their 10 Questions.
Here is my interview:

  1. Can the GOP capture the left-handed, undocumented, transsexual plumber with Restless Leg Syndrome vote in 2014?
  2. Rachel Maddow, or Tokyo Rose?
  3. Is Kim Kardashian pregnant with Mojo Nixon’s two-headed love child?
  4. Should the new Pope weaponize Campus Crusade for Christ with Bop Guns, conquer China, and score some takeout?
  5. What is the capitol of Bulungi?
  6. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
  7. Cutting a jack on the turn-up in cribbage: is that ‘his nibs’ or ‘his nobs’?
  8. What can be done to fix Saturday Night Live?
  9. Ashley Judd? [tilt head, puff cheeks]
  10. Have you felt oppressed here at CPAC, based upon your status as a Cherokee female?

Pete is such a champ that I am very close to feeling some remorse for abusing him this way.

Bonus Chaser: Vote for the Greens!

Category: CPAC, Da Tech Guy

To Allen West At CPAC2013: ‘Is The Base Too Strident In Criticism Of Boehner?’

Posted on | March 15, 2013 | 17 Comments

by Smitty

Pete “Da Tech Guy” Ingemi and I enjoyed dinner with Allen West and his gracious wife last night at CPAC. You possibly could’ve, too, if you were at CPAC, and on the email list for Next Generation TV, which you should do right now.

What a great American. Looking forward to hearing this lion roar in 2014.

Update: more on the evening from Da Tech Guy.

Category: Allen West, CPAC

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 03.15.13

Posted on | March 15, 2013 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama’s Israel Visit Criticized As “Maintenance Trip”

"Plan? What plan?"

“Plan? What plan?”

Grauniad miffed at lack of new peace initiative


Scientists Confirm Higgs Boson Discovery
Subatomic particle seen at CERN last year proved to be “God particle”


Senator Rob Portman Comes Out For Gay Marriage After Son Comes Out As Gay
Changes longtime stance on subject



POLITICS
Miami Grand Jury Investigating Senator Menendez (D-NJ)

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

Senator Robert Menendez

Examining the Melgen connection


Obama’s Approval Drops As Budget Cut Stalemate Drags On

Justice Dept. To Probe Cleveland Police For Excessive Use Of Force


Florida Gambling Arrests May Close Veterans Shelter

Obama On Drone Secrecy: At Least I’m Not Dick Cheney

Rick Perry At CPAC: GOP Should Nominate Conservatives For President

LA To Replace Pickup Shot Up In Dorner Manhunt

Senate Democrats Join Push To Eliminate Obama’s Illegal Immigrant Advocate

Michigan Judge Blocks ObamaCare’s Contraception Mandate



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Rises On Weaker Dollar, U.S. Jobs Report: NYMEX $93.21, Brent $109.40
Jobless Claims Drop For Third Straight Week
Stocks Could Hit New High With US Data On A Roll
JP MOrgan Misled Investors, Dodged Regulators, Senate Report Says
AEG, Owner Of LA Kings, Off The Market
Fed To Stick With Stimulus Despite Debate Over Risks
Citadel To Sell Remaining Stake In E*Trade
Dynegy Buying Five Illinois Power Plants From Ameren
Police Accuse Reuters Hack Of Helping Anonymous Hack Tribune Company
Apple Now Selling Refurbed 4th-Gen iPad, iPad Mini
Facebook To Finally Add Hashtags, WSJ Says
HTC Crashes Samsung’s Party
BlackBerry Z10 Coming To Verizon March 28
Netflix Kicks Off $100K Cloud Prize Competition
Mozilla Unveils Firefox Simulator 3.0
Microsoft Surface Pro Sales Cannibalizing Surface RT
US Video Game Sales Dropped 25% Last Month



SPORTS
Team USA Falls To Dominican Republic 3-1

Missed yesterday's game with back strain from carrying team in previous game

Missed yesterday’s game with back strain from carrying team in previous game

U.S. faces elimination against Puerto Rico tonight

NHL’s New Map A Done Deal

Blazers Send Knicks To Third Straight Loss

Blackhawks Beat Blue Jackets In Shootout, 2-1

Tuck Rule Could Be Eliminated As Part Of Proposed NFL Rule Changes

Jets 3, Rangers 1


Orange, Hoyas, Irish Advance In Big East

Penguins Beat Leafs For 7th In A Row

NFL Flagged For Sex Questions

Ovechkin Reaches 700 As Caps Edge Canes 3-2

Duncan Turns Back Clock Against Mavericks

Rendon Among Seven Nationals Sent Down To Minors



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
It’s David Bowie vs. Jon Bon Jovi For #1 Atop Next Week’s Billboard 200

Bowie & Bon Jovi

Bowie & Bon Jovi

Bowie’s The Next Day would be his first #1 album ever

Colin Trevorrow To Helm “Jurassic Park 4”

Charlie Sheen: Please Deliver Dog Sh*t To Daughter’s Former School

Seth Gordon, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis To Reunite For “One Night On The Hudson”

Prosecutors Slam Door On Plea Deal With Lindsay Lohan, Prepare For Trial

Nicki Minaj Arrives Late For “American Idol”: Contestants React

Miley Cyrus “Terrified” Of Losing Liam Hemsworth

Bieber Apologizes For Mocking LiLo’s Financial Woes

Rapper Lil Wayne Hospitalized With Seizures



FOREIGNERS
Steven Seagal Joins Vladimir Putin For Photo Op
Obama Tells Israeli TV US Won’t Allow Iran To Build Nukes
EU Leaders To Clash Over Austerity At Summit As Unemployment Accelerates
Pope Francis Eschews Trappings Of Papcy On First Day In Office
Dead Pigs Show Dark Side Of PRC Food Industry
South Africa Encourages Zimbabwe To Support Saturday’s Referendum
53 Indian Fishermen Detained BY Sri Lanka Navy
Italy’s Parliament Convenes, Seeking A Way Out Of Electoral Gridlock



BLOGS & STUFF
Breitbart: Caddell Blows Lid Off CPAC With Blistering Attack On “Racketeering” GOP Consultants
Valley Of The Shadow: Sequestration, Democrats, And Fight Club
The Looking Spoon: Feinstein Has To Say She’s Not A Sixth Grader Because She’s Not As Smart As One
Power Line: Diane Feinstein – More Than A Sixth Grader, Less Than A Senator Doing Her Duty
Jay Nordlinger: That Old Piece Of Parchment
Bryan Preston: Senator Ted Cruz Brings Up Constitution In Senate Debate On Gun Ban, Annoys Feinstein (Video)
American Power: Heated Exchange At Gun Ban Hearing – “I Am Not A Sixth Grader”
Weasel Zippers: Reuters Deputy Social Media Director Indicted For Helping Anonymous Hack Tribune Compnay
Jawa Report: Ha-Ha! Reuters Editor Indicted For Helping Cyber Terrorists
Viking Pundit: The (Fiscal) Reality-Based Community
Legal Insurrection: The “Reality-Based Community” Meets Fiscal Reality On Entitlements
Allahpundit: Dick Morris Tells CPAC It’s Time For GOP To Give Up On Roe V. Wade
NewsBusters: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Leaving Prime Time For Weekends
NRO Media Blog: MSNBC Moves The Deck Chairs
Jammie Wearing Fools: Low-Rated MSNBC Hack “Special Ed” Schultz Jettisoned To Saturday Graveyard Slot
AmSpecBlog: Boston Phoenix Turns To Ash
Lonely Conservative: Rand Paul’s CPAC Speech (Video)
Protein Wisdom: Boehner Says GOP A Minority Party


Deadline for submitting links for tomorrow’s FMJRA is midnight tonight.


Category: Live at Five

Shark Tank Catches A ‘Racial’ Altercation In Real Time

Posted on | March 14, 2013 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

This video by The Shark Tank catches Yid with Lid and Greg Thrasher

Thrasher posts today, presumably in response:

One of the truths I have learned from my activism in the area of civil rights is the ability to evolve pass[sic] seeking racial parity and equity with the majority society . I now understand that it is critical to evolve beyond a sense of validation and affirmation . My maturation must take me to a place where I elevate my personhood and begin to become an architect to create a life which encompasses more than parity but a higher state of existence. A platform where my quest is no longer limited by parity and equality but an attitude that elevates my personhood. A life full of life…..

Look, we have to be about meritocracy and equality of opportunity. The GOP had a couple dozen black nominees in 2010. We need to ask, when anyone plays the race card, “What are the exit criteria? When has ‘enough’ been done? How can you satisfy me that we haven’t already done ‘enough’, and now we’re over-achieving?”

Category: Racism, Yid With Lid

Senator Rand Paul At CPAC Live Blog #StandWithRand

Posted on | March 14, 2013 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

13:36 Metallic “Enter Sandman” bumper music.

13:37 I get 10 minutes. I brought 13 hours of material. I have a message for POTUS:

13:37 No one person gets to decide guilt or innocence. My question was whether Presidential power has limits.

13:38 President Obama signed an indefinite detention bill, for all he says he has no intention. Good intentions are not enough.

13:38 The oath of office says “I WILL,” not “I intend”. Mr. President, good intentions are not enough.

13:40 Montesquieu wrote that there can be no liberty without separation of powers. Our Bill of Rights make us exceptional.

13:41 To those who say it’s no big deal, tell that to the survivors of those who dropped life and limb in its defense.

13:42 Reagan: “As government grows, freedom contracts.”

13:43 The President believes we can keep adding to the debt. The President has it exactly backwards.

13:44 Look at how ridiculous politicians have behaved over the sequester. Only in Washington can a $7Tr increase in spending be called a cut.

13:44 President cuts tours at the White House, but finds $250Mil for Egypt. I say “Not one penny more to countries. . .”

13:46 What about the $3Mil we spend to study monkeys on meth? What about the $300K for the robot squirrel?

13:48 You can’t protect the 2nd Amendment if you don’t protect the 4th Amendment. We need to jealously guard all of our liberties.

13:49 The FaceBook generation can detect hypocrisy. They don’t want leaders who sell them a lot of crap.

13:50 There is nothing conservative about bailing out Wall Street.

13:50 The Republican party has to change by going forward to the timeless principles of our Constitution.

13:51 This month, proposing a 5 year balanced budget. No Dept. of Ed., devolve power to States, cut corporate tax in half, 17% personal income tax, and cutting regs. that strangle business.

13:52 We need to show up on the South side of Chicago and shouts at the top of our lungs: we are the party of jobs and entry into the middle class.

13:54 The GOP has grown old and moss-covered. I don’t think I need to name any names. If we’re going to have a GOP that can win, then, liberty must be the backbone.

13:55 I will ask everyone who values liberty to

STAND WITH ME

.

Category: Uncategorized

Senator Marco Rubio At CPAC Liveblog

Posted on | March 14, 2013 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

13:17 Ran three years ago, came to CPAC, when my chances of winning were equal to winning at a Papal Conclave.

13:19 Have the people changed? No. The world around us has changed due to technology, impacting people.

13:20 People are worried about man-made crises they see coming from DC.

13:21 Who is fighting for the hard-working people of this country? That is our challenge and opportunity as conservative leaders. Our hard-working, middle class makes us strong and exceptional. It sets us apart from the world.

13:22 Infighting amongst conservatives is foolish. There has to be a home for people who believe in limited government. We have to have respect. Just because I believe states should be able to define marriage does not make me a bigot. Just because I believe life begins at conception does not make me . . .

13:25 We need a balance between a strong defense and over-extended military policy.

13:26 Every parent in America should have the opportunity to send their child to the school of their choice. Trade schools.

13:27 The breakdown of the family is a problem, that the government should talk about, but should be solved via the community.

13:28 We need health care reform that is market-centric. The education debt bubble hurts. I graduate with $100 large in debt that I paid off via my book, available on Amazon. It is a major problem.

13:30 [Drinks water]

13:30 “The China Dream,” is a book by a Colonel, is that China should eclipse the U.S. in world leadership. There is a nation trying to supplant us, while we’re bickering.

13:31 China:
– No free internet access.
– No habeas corpus.
– Forcible repatriation.
– Forced labor.
What we have in the U.S. is different, special, historic. We have the real chance in the U.S.

13:33 Critics of Rubio will say:
– Drank too much water.
– No new ideas. WE DON’T NEED NEW IDEAS. We have what works. The world copies us.

Category: CPAC

CPAC Update: Finally Connected

Posted on | March 14, 2013 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

The National Harbor venue is a real plus up. Tea Party News Network is fronting the WiFi, which is great, since somehow my 4G services aren’t working here (!!?!). Much more spacious. The exhibit floor does not feel like a sauna.

Norquist’s panel “AAA America: Could a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment Save America From Congress?” is highly Constitutional, sober, and well-worth publicizing. I’ll have to locate it online later and update this post. Panelists include:

You want to know why I’m here? Stuff like this.

Category: CPAC
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