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Pole Position: Phoning It In Insufficient

Posted on | May 31, 2012 | 21 Comments

by Smitty

HotAir reports that our perpetually potted President may have some difficulty getting the Polish feathers unruffled with the standard Choom-Ba-Yah approach to diplomacy.

Everybody seems to think that this is just some minor gaff. However, when you consider

some amount of Polish trepidation about the distant sound of diesel bus engines from the easterly direction is perhaps understandable.

This blog prays for Poland, which seems to have among the more wretched geo-political positions of our day. One can’t hold forth much hope that Barack Obama will change his callous ways. But maybe he will, given sufficient blowback.

Category: Barack Obama, Poland

Asking The ‘Hahrd’ Questions

Posted on | May 31, 2012 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

Julie Borowski at the mighty Freedom Works:

Last week, the audit the Fed movement received good news that House Republican leaders plan to hold a vote on a full audit bill in July. Introduced by none other than Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), the Federal Reserve Transparency Act would require frequent thorough audits of the Fed and has already garnered 227 cosponsors ranging from Justin Amash to Dennis Kucinich.

Of course, Harry “Wait, if that’s my thumb, what have I been sucking for three years–OMG! A budget!” Reid probably will be as obstructive as ever to doing his job. If Reid was any less effective, he’d be the Prime Minister of Greece. Or do I mean more effective? Relative effectiveness measures are tricky down around the limit as effectiveness goes to absolute, total, cretinous zero.

Nevertheless, this vote could be an important marker in the overall effort to reveal the depths of the corruption of our system. So it’s well worth supporting in the face of the lack of immediate result.

Category: End The Fed

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.31.12

Posted on | May 31, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Six Dead In Seattle Cafe Murder/Suicide

Investigators remove evidence from Cafe Racer, where the killings started

Disgruntled killer was frequent customer of cafe; killed self when cornered by Seattle PD

UN Observers Report Finding 13 Slaughtered By Assad Forces
Rebels give Assad 48 hours to comply with Annan plan
Related: Syrian diplomats expelled by US, allies

Edwards Trial: Still No Verdict After Eight Days
Judge releases alternate jurors



POLITICS
Former Justice Stevens Gets Crotchety Over Citizens United Decision

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens

Hasn’t stopped kvetching since writing dissent

Oops: Fox News Says Obama Video Not Authorized

Obama Ally Artur Davis Will Join GOP


NY MTA Settles Suit With Employees, Won’t Require Agency Logo On Religious Headgear

House To Vote On Sex-Selection Abortion Ban

California Senate Passes Ban On Gay-To-Straight Therapy

Romney Holds “Most Successful California Event Ever”, Gets Endorsements From Former Secretaries Of State Rice, Shultz



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
WTI Sinks Below $90 On Soft Economy, Eurozone Concerns: NYMEX $87.90, Brent $103.47
RIM’s Value Sinks As Blackberries Edged Out
Spain’s Economic Problems Intensify
Market Fears Drive Treasuries To 66-Year Low
Gold Poised For Worst Monthly Run In 13 Years
Short Sales Drive 1Q Jump In Home Sales
Indian Economic Growth Only 5.3%, Lowest Since 2008; Rupee Also Falls To Historic Low vs. Dollar
Moody’s Set To Downgrade Key European Banks
NYC Controller Says HP Fleeced City For $163 Million
Why The Death Of Windows Live May Save Microsoft
Google Fuels Local Search With Zagat Reviews
Microsoft Offers Office 365 Build Tailored For Government
Special Edition Of “Doom 3” Coming This Fall
D10: How Zynga Plays In The Mobile Gaming Market
iPod Of Thermostats Now On Sale At Apple Stores



SPORTS
Rajon Rondo Gives His Best – And It’s Not Enough

Paul Pierce pressures LeBron James

Celtics fall to Heat 115-111 in Game 2 (OT)

Kings Draw First Blood, Beat Devils 2-1 In OT

League-Owned Hornets Get First Pick In NBA Draft – Was The Fix In?

Kershaw, Dodgers Lose Game And Matt Kemp Too

Yankees End Angels’ Win Streak At Eight

Mets’ Bullpen Fails In 10-6 Loss To Phillies

Wang Goes Limp In Return To Rotation, Fish Complete Sweep With 5-3 Win



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jessica Simpson “So Excited” About $4 Million Weight Watchers Deal

Not Meghan McCain

Planning on regaining pre-pregnancy body within a year

Mary-Kate Olsen Dating Olivier Sarkozy

Matthew Fox: I Never Beat Any Women

Adam Levine Explains His Promiscuity


Ashton & Demi Are Not Reuniting

Justin Bieber Fans Cause Norwegian Cops To Threaten State Of Emergency

Cringeworthy: Kathie Lee Gifford Asks Martin Short About His (Dead) Wife

TV Producers Not Laughing At Unfunny “Family Guy” Emmy Mailer

Tim Daly Not Returning To “Private Practice” For Season 6



FOREIGNERS
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Gets 50 Years For War Crimes
Voting Underway In Eire On Fiscal Treaty Referendum
Barak, PA Trade Barbs On Unilateral Withdrawal
Assange Given 14 Days To Challenge Extradition Ruling
Canada Launches Manhunt For Porn Actor Who Mailed Body Parts
PRC Detains Hundreds In Tibet Over Self-Immolation Protests
Polish PM Condemns Obama’s “Polish Death Camp” Apology As Insufficient



BLOGS & STUFF
Nice Deb: It Must Be Good Because Media Matters Is Spitting Mad
Wizbang: NYC, Where You Can Drink 23 Hours A Day, But Soon You won’t Be Able To Buy a 24-Ounce Coke
WyBlog: No, THOSE Polish Death Camps
Phil Klein: Poll Gives Walker 7-Point Lead In Recall Election
Conservatory: Accused Of Cooking Milawukee Crime Stats, Barrett Accuses Walker Of Cooking BLS Jobs Numbers
John McCormack: Barrett Can’t Name Any Schools Hurt By Walker’s Collective Bargaining Reforms
AmSpecBlog: About Those Jewish Friends Of Obama’s
The Lid: “Rabbi Obama” And The Shame Brought By Leaders Of Conservative Judaism
William Kristol: Barack Obama – Friend Of Jews, Scholar Of Judaism
Legal Insurrection: Elizabeth Warren’s Biggest Whopper Of Them All
Breitbart.com: Cherokee Group – Warren Statement On Heritage “Virtually Spit In Our Faces”
American Thinker: Rather Scoops Chavez Health Report?
Moe Lane: Please Let It Be Known For The Record…
Weasel Zippers: WaPo/ABC Poll – Obama’s Popularity Edge Over Romney Drops Considerably
Power Line: E.J. Dionne’s Self-Refuting Shot At Mitt Romney
Protein Wisdom: If You Thought Coal Was Dirty…
Ed Driscoll: Team Romney Not Gonna Play Repudiation Game

Category: Live at Five

Choom-ba-yah My Lord, Choom-ba-yah

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

Delightfully over-the-top:

via Bluegrass Pundit

Category: Barack Obama, humor

Donald Douglas Doubles Down;
Brett Kimblerlin, Perhaps, Will Frown

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 8 Comments

by Smitty

American Power, living up to its name, pays a visit to the Congressman’s office. I’d do the same, except my Congresstool, ‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran, is more likely to wonder why people are picking on poor wee Brett, assuming Moran can be pulled away from day trading.

Those living in districts with halfway useful Representatives are encouraged to follow Douglas’s lead.

Update: more at That Mr. G Guy, who gages my opinion of Moran accurately.

Update II: still more at The Camp of the Saints.

Category: American Power

A Hint About Stacy’s Undisclosed Location

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty

McCain’s Undisclosed Location has been quiet all day. I’m blaming satellite downlink problems.

Category: humor

Mike Bost: Best Rant Since Santelli?

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 9 Comments

by Smitty

Three years ago, Rick Santelli went on this now famous tear:

Via the Blaze, Illinois Rep. Mike Bost lays down a similar marker for the ages:

For the most part, blowing your cool is a Bad Thing. But every now and then, lifting the relief valve is necessary and proper.

Category: Illinois, Video

Growing Up

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Victor Davis Hanson has another excellent essay on the situation in Europe. Read the whole thing. But let us focus on the Germany/Greece dichotomy.

In other words, it is as illogical as it is common for the wayward debtor to blame the thrifty creditor for his dilemma. The Germans now are in the impossible situation of being told they did something wrong by doing things mostly right. They retire too late and caused others to retire too early; they saved too much money so others had to borrow too much; they built too many things that others wanted; they acted too much like parents and so made others too much like children.
Right now the continent’s psychological problem is not that southern Europeans cannot pay the northerners back, but that they are often arguing that they should not have to pay them, as if those who lent are more to blame than those who borrowed. The Germans rightly know that if they were just to write off the debt, such magnanimity would only lead to the same disaster in another five years, as the southern Mediterraneans cited such largess as proof that the Germans were guilty all along of mercantilism and therefore finally evened up with their moral betters. For Germans, this serial blackmail is of course an impossible situation. Would you wish to be lectured by your poorer brother-in-law on why he should not have to pay your $1,000 loan back, as he critiqued your oh-so-conventional workaholic habits?

What comes to mind is the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. Let’s compare and contrast: Read more

Category: Ann Althouse, Greece, World's Youngest Blogger
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