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Will Donald Trump’s Hair Style Challenge That Of Willard Mitt?

Posted on | February 2, 2012 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

Oh, bring it, Donald; I, for one, contend there is insufficient buffoonery in American politics today. If any can mitigate the excess of ‘sobriety’, it’s you:

I will be making a major announcement tomorrow (Thursday, February 2) at 12:30 pm at Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada

Actually, given that I’m relatively unhappy with all of the candidates, Donald making some waves sounds fine.

Call it a reverse Cloward-Piven: I’m contending that the only way to break the current Ruling Class grip on things is to drive it all to 11, in the full Spinal Tap fashion. There isn’t a thing wrong with us that the metaphorical equivalent of a few more shots of Jose C. cannot fix. Let us puke out the decades of Progressive idiocy in full technicolor glory, and re-emerge fully purged and ready to take an adult view of matters.

I salute you, Donald, and whatever species of varmint crouches upon your cranium.

A later post, also at Alan Colmes, claims Trump will endorse Gingrich. But wait: why isn’t the uber-capitalist Trump endorsing Mitt? Could the Donald have Bain damage? Hahaha–THUMP [Ow, Stacy, I thought we were cutting down on the physical abuse around here!]

Category: Celebrities

I’m 9.5 On Julie Borowski’s 10 Reasons To End The Fed

Posted on | February 2, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty

I don’t fully agree with #8, “The Federal Reserve is Unconstitutional”. The Federal Reserve Act followed the usual course of legislation, and was signed into law by Woodrow “Effing” Wilson. In my opinion, the Federal Reserve urinates all over the spirit of the Constitution, for reasons Julie well and truly elaborates.

However, just as it’s not explicitly illegal to sit down with a case of whiskey and drink yourself to death, I wouldn’t argue that the Federal Reserve is strictly un-Constitutional. Plenty of other nonsense afoot today is, but Bicycle Pump Ben is not.

Category: End The Fed

While I Was on My Way Home, Apparently, Everybody Went Crazy

Posted on | February 2, 2012 | 50 Comments

Wednesday was one of those Hell Days that remind me why people told me I was crazy for even trying to cover the presidential campaign in such an improvisational low-budget manner.

The cheapest modes of transportation are seldom the most convenient. But I’ll spare you the nerve-wracking details of why I was in transit (and thus offline) for more than 12 hours, except for the few minutes it took to dash off a single blog post.

However, during a frantic day of desperate haste, there were certain moments of serenity. I was racing from Tampa toward Jacksonville in the rented Impala and talking on the phone to my editor at The American Spectator when I heard the rented GPS unit (an extra $10.99 a day) say: “Re-calculating.”

“Uh-oh,” I told my editor. “I think I just missed my exit.”

And I was unfortunately right. The GPS “re-calculated” that I should drive to another exit 17 miles north, but before I got that far, there was an exit with a billboard promising the joys of “Jim’s BBQ,” and I was hungry, so I got off at that exit instead. My nerves were so jangled at that point, I needed some time to get my head together anyway. Service at Jim’s BBQ was kind of slow, but while I waited for my order, I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette and enjoy the Florida sun.

Within a few minutes, the order was ready and I got back in the car with my sandwich, chips and large sweet tea, happy to discover that the GPS had once more re-calculated to determine that this exit would do just fine — just drive eight miles east on Marion County Road 318.

What a lovely drive it was. If you didn’t know better, you’d think that some clever landscape architect had designed the scenery along County Road 318. Live oaks draped with Spanish moss shaded the route, overarching the road in a picturesque canopy. If a busload of Japanese tourists had taken this scenic byway, they’d have shot 437 gigabytes of photos and videos in the 10 minutes it took to drive from Jim’s BBQ to the crossroads town of Hawthorne.

By the time I turned left and headed north on U.S. 301, I’d finished my sandwich and was in a much mellower mood, sipping my sweet tea, and searched the radio dial until I found an Ocala talk radio station. Rush Limbaugh was talking about the ginned-up media furor over something semi-stupid Mitt Romney said on CNN:

“I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair , I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich…. I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.”

OK, semi-stupid, but politicians say much stupider things every day. And Rush explained that people were trying to turn this into The Greatest Gaffe Ever. It wasn’t until many hours later that I got home and saw the ginormous Memeorandum aggregation showing how many people were hyperventilating themselves into a coma over this, among them Erick Erickson:

The National Review’s Candidate
Won’t Stop Digging

Yeah, wow. Candidates who say stupid stuff on TV? I could name three reasons why nobody should ever support such a candidate, but . . . oops. And there was also this news:

BREAKING NEWS: Trump to Endorse
Newt Gingrich Tomorrow

How many influential conservatives now supporting Newt have previously denounced Donald Trump as a scurrilous, untrustworthy, publicity-seeking fraud? The number is certainly larger than zero, but we will now be expected to forget about those earlier denunciations and instead pretend that Trump’s endorsement is the Good Housekeeping Seal of Conservative Approval.

As I continued checking the headlines, the news just kept getting crazier and crazier:

The Newt Gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the Florida Republican presidential primary based on the Republican National Committee’s own rules which state that no contest can be winner-take-all prior to April 1, 2012.

Does anybody else remember how, in 2000, we all hated Florida Democrats for trying to change the rules of the election after the election was over?

Then there was Ann Coulter praising RomneyCare’s individual mandate — the same kind of individual mandate that conservatives are demanding that the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional.

But it isn’t just politicians and pundits who have succumbed to this mass psychosis. Everybody’s gone crazy all of a sudden, so that there was this headline:

Accused teacher’s behavior was
reported decades ago, students say

Crazy, right? And also this:

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Detectives in Cumberland County have charged a Greensboro doctor with seeking sex from someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
Vijaya-Prakash Boggala is charged with felony solicitation of a child by computer to commit unlawful sex acts.
A spokeswoman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says the 31-year-old doctor was wearing hospital scrubs when he was arrested Tuesday in Fayetteville parking lot where he had arranged to meet an underage girl. Authorities say that person was an undercover sheriff’s deputy whom he met on Internet.

This guy is smart enough to get a medical degree, but apparently too stupid to know that every “teenage girl” on the Internet is either (a) an undercover cop, or (b) Chris Hansen of Dateline NBC.

That’s crazy, but not nearly as crazy as the rumor that Smitty told me. I’d arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, with about a half-hour to change planes for Washington, and was waiting for my next flight when Smitty called to say that he got an e-mail saying that CPAC — the annual conservative conference in D.C. that I’ve been covering every year since the late 1990s — had decided to set up a “credentialing” process where you have to apply in advance merely to be allowed to cover it.

“What? Are you kidding me?” I said. “The folks at CPAC are my friends. I’ve been doing this gig for years. They love my coverage. All I do is show up and they give me credentials — carte blanche, wherever I want to go, whatever I want to do. Somebody must be pulling your leg.”

“No, I think this is official,” Smitty said, and recounted a bizarre tale about how CPAC had decided to outsource the credentialing process to some non-profit outfit, which had been granted authority to decide who was permitted inside the so-called “Bloggers Lounge.” And so, according to the rumor Smitty heard, unless you filled out an application and submitted it by a certain deadline, you wouldn’t be allowed to cover the conference.

“But Smitty,” I said, “that’s completely insane. Do you have any idea what a public-relations nightmare they’d be dealing with if, for example, they tried to ban Andrew Breitbart from CPAC because he didn’t submit his application on time? It’s silly. Who told you this crazy stuff?”

Then he told me. But it’s so crazy you wouldn’t believe it if I told you.

Anyway, I’m going to CPAC, and all my friends at CPAC will be happy to see me, and if anybody tries to “ban” me from anything, don’t worry: You can always find me in the lobby bar, or wherever the cool private parties are happening.

Category: CPAC

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.02.12

Posted on | February 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Soccer Riot In Egypt Kills 74, Army Blamed

Medical personnel carry a wounded soccer fan at Port Said Stadium

Thousands injured, protests over lack of security quickly turn political

Does Defiant Gingrich Help Or Hurt GOP’s Chances?
No congratulations for Romney, and no surrender from the former speaker




Facebook Sets Historic IPO
Potential $10 Billion offering would dwarf Google’s



POLITICS
Romney Surges In Swing State Polls

Mitt Romney

Former governor outraises Obama in Massachusetts

Washington State Senate Approves Gay Marriage Bill

Parents Of Slain Border Patrol Agent Sue Justice Department

Mississippi Supreme Court To Rule On Barbour Pardons

White House Proposes Aid For Underwater Homeowners

Filmmaker Without Media Credentials Arrested At Congressional Hearing



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Stocks Rise As Manufacturing Data Raise Optimism About Economy
AMR Confronts $1 Billion Question After Job Cuts
Tokyo Exchange Glitch Halts Some Trading
Chrysler, Koreans Push U.S. Sales; Honda Posts Surprise Gain
Asian Stocks Unsteady On Mixed PRC Data
Oil Hovers Below $98 Amid Mixed U.S. Demand Signs
Gold Prices Build On January’s 11% Rally
Apple Loses Bid To Ban Samsung Phone, Tablet
RIM Blackberry 10 Image Leaks
Microsoft Snipes At Google On Privacy
Antitrust Panel Probing Verizon Wireless/Comcast Deal



SPORTS
Ali’s Legendary Trainer Angelo Dundee Dies, 90

Muhammad Ali and Angelo Dundee, 1962

A figure of integrity in a sport that often lacked it

Big Lead, Chance For Big Win Ends In Frustration: Spurs 99, Rockets 91

Reimer Stops 25 Shots As Leafs Blank Pens 1-0

Callahan Lifts Rangers Over Sabres In Shootout, 1-0

Ducks Score First But Dallas Scores Most: Stars 6, Ducks 2

Panthers In First After 4-2 Defeat Of Caps

Blazers Hand Bobcats 10th Straight Loss, 112-68

Westbrook Helps Thunder Hold Off Mavs

“Spot-Fixer” Mohammed Aamer Released From Jail; Will Appeal Ban From Cricket

Nationals v. Lannan: Arbitration Decision Expected Today



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Inside Demi’s Dangerous Desperation To Stay Young And Skinny

This week's Pimple Magazine cover

Insecurity led to drug-fueled breakdown

“Soul Train” Creator Don Cornelius Dead In Apparent Suicide

Gwyneth Paltrow Shows Some Skin In Harper’s Bazaar


Nine Untold Secrets Of The High Stakes “Hunger Games”

Taran Noah Smith Of “Home Improvement” Busted For DUI, Drug Possession


Joan Rivers Gets Stoned, Can’t Drive Home – And Has It All Filmed For Her Reality Show

Snooki Says She’s Not Pregnant – OR Fat!

Katy Perry In Talks With Paramount For 3D Movie



FOREIGNERS
Russia Holds Firm Against Military Intervention In Syria
Over 200 Rescued As Ferry Sinks Off New Guinea
Allies Plan To Give Afghans Lead Role In 2013
Jihadis Plead Guilty In London Stock Exchange Bomb Plot
Wills Off To Falklands As Argentina Fumes
Boko Haram Spokesman Arrested By Nigerian Secret Service
Sudanese Rebels Put Pressure On PRC
Rival Militias Fight In Libyan Capital



BLOGS & STUFF
Jonah Goldberg: What Is Wrong With This Guy?
Michelle Malkin: BlunderMitt – Let Them Eat Food Stamps
Gateway Pundit: Donald Trump To Endorse Newt Gingrich
Allahpundit: Gingrich To Challenge Florida “Winner Take All” Rule, Demand Proportional Delegate Apportionment
Legal Insurrection: Apathy Will Be The Legacy Of Romney’s Carpet Bombing
Dean Esmay: Romney Wins Florida, But Did Gingrich Truly Lose?
Weasel Zippers: Rep Jackie Speier (D-Cal) Blasts Komen Foundation For Dropping Planned Parenthood
Riehl World View: Ann Coulter’s Laughably Weak Attempt To Defend RomneyCare
Shot In The Dark: Gurgling You Can Believe In
Power Line: Obama Cruising For A Historic Defeat…Or Maybe A Tie?
Rod Dreher: Actually, It Won’t Be 1972
Daily Pundit: Big Changes On The Horizon
American Power: Taliban Ready To Seize Power In Afghanistan After NATO Pulls Out
Ted Olson: Obama’s Enemies List
Hit & Run: The Interns Are Revolting!


SOTD: Only God Knows Why

Category: Live at Five

Notorious Right-Winger Promotes Hateful Racist Stereotypes

Posted on | February 1, 2012 | 3 Comments

What kind of bigoted hatemonger would dare to promote the stereotype that African-Americans enjoy dressing up in colorful clothing and engaging in outrageous dancing to simplistic songs with pulsating rhythms? That man’s name would be the late, great Don Cornelius:

Pamela Geller pays tribute to the entertainment impressario whose weekly TV program was the Fabulous Funkadelic School of Super-Smooth Moves where all the kids learned to dance back in the day.

R.I.P., Brother Don.

Category: Atlas Shrugs, Culture, Music, Racism, Video

California Broke, Blames Redmond, Threatens #Occupy Road Trip In The Name Of ‘Fairness’

Posted on | February 1, 2012 | 7 Comments

by Smitty

The state of California woke up in a gutter after a two-week bender, to discover that there isn’t enough room left on the plastic to make it to the end of the fiscal year.

“It’s not fair,” said California. “2011 really sucked, and so I partied a little bit over the MLK weekend. Is that really so wrong?

Oh, it’s February? No waaaay! How could all that time have been slipping, slipping, slipping. . .into the future? It’s that evil Bill Gates’ fault: I heard there was a Windows bug that, like, let’s some dude in Bulgaronia hack your computer’s clock, and stuff.

Killer idea, man–road trip! We can go #OccupyRedmond, and show that evil Bill Gates that we’re not putting up with his 1% software oppression.

It’s really not fair that those little computer dweebs who sat at their keyboards all day have managed to bogart all the money, anyway. They should be fair and share.”

Then Oregon said to California: “You know, there sure are a lot of Second Amendment fanatics with an amount of ammunition that some might consider excessive living in the woods here. Not to dissuade you, mind, but I just thought you might find the data point helpful as you consider your options.”

via Gateway Pundit

Category: California, Gateway Pundit, humor

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran Can’t Differentiate Between Allen West And A Hyena; Thinks That Barack Obama Is The Lion King

Posted on | February 1, 2012 | 17 Comments

by Smitty

Must see video that I can’t embed. Hard to tell when on Tuesday this was shot, but the possibility of immediately after a hydraulic lunch comes to mind*:

“People like Mr. [Allen] West, and Governor Brewer and so on, particularly Mr. West, is not only not representative of the African-American community or of the Republican Party, let alone of the American public. So what he says really is of little or no consequence, but it’s unfortunate,” Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) said about Rep. Allen West telling liberal leaders to “get the hell” out of the country.
“He just seems clueless not that he has climbed abroad ship. He’s climbed this ladder of opportunity that was constructed by so many of his ancestors’ sweat, sacrifice, blood, you know they did everything they could for his generation to be successful. But now that he’s climbed abroad ship, instead of reaching down and steadying the ladder, he wants to push it off. ‘I’m up here. If you’re not with me, too bad.’ And President Obama, fortunately, is the kind of guy that says ‘I was very fortunate to get where I am and I’m going to spend my life trying to steady that ladder of opportunity by reducing college tuition and training our workers, trying to get a decent job for everybody. Making sure that while I’m African-American, it really doesn’t matter. What matters is my commitment to public service, my love for this country and I’m going to leave a constructive legacy,'” he said.
Moran says that Obama “doesn’t engage in this nonsense” and calls him our “Lion King” while comparing his Republican detractors to “hyenas.”

Update: now in moving pictures, courtesy of American Glob!

Patrick Murray for Congress

Previous/More Antics:

via email from Patrick Murray.

*Didn’t realize that was a sailor idiom.

Category: Jim Moran, Patrick Murray

When A Conversation You’ve Had Comes Out Of A Different Mouth

Posted on | February 1, 2012 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

A lot of this sort of talk in the air of late:

“Then came 2011,” Rebecca says, and her mood clouds. “It felt like every time I turned around, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell were selling us out, hanging our Tea Party freshmen out to dry, and doing it for no apparent reason.”
She’s unsure why this is. “Are they idiots, or just the worst chess/poker players ever? Every time they have an opportunity to limit government, reduce taxes, etc. they blow it.”

Dad and I were speculating on the reasons:

  • Boehner and McConnell share half a testicle between them–unlikely.
  • The 2010 election was merely a restraining order; they just haven’t got enough horsepower to go beyond delaying actions–maybe.
  • They’re a brace of Ruling Class Overlords trying to surf the Tea Party energy without, you know, listening–likely.
  • The situation with the debt is so far down the Greece-ie slope that they can’t get their minds around altertatives–plausible.
  • Whatever those two jokers are doing, they are doing an utterly suck-tacular job of communicating the strategy to the American people–ding ding ding!!!

via Daily Pundit

Category: Republicans, Tea Party
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