I think the NASA story is actually a pretty big deal, because it symbolizes a much larger problem with Obama in particular and liberalism generally. As I argue in column today , Bolden’s stunningly stupid statement reinforces the sense that the Obama White House has an ideological script that it is determined to follow no matter what the facts may be. As hordes of pundits and politicians have already observed ad nauseum, the Democratic leadership is more determined to exploit crises than fix them; it is more fixated on ideological victories than it is on governance. The absurdity of NASA’s bizarre mission creep is simply a hilarious example …
Apparently the only jobs the massive “stimulus” may have saved, at least temporarily, were government jobs. Now, even those are in jeopardy as state and local governments are forced to deal with the reality of their fiscal situation : Up to 400,000 workers could lose jobs in the next year as states, counties and cities grapple with lower revenue and less federal funding, says Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s…
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This week comedian Ragan Fox ventured into the abortion-for-laughs arena. Fox is a “gay poet and performance artist,” according to Wikipedia , most well known for his Sirius Radio podcast, Fox and the City . CBS announced on June 30 that Fox will soon do a stint on its reality show, Big Brother 12 . WiredUpdate.com described Fox’s most recent podcast …
This week comedian Ragan Fox ventured into the abortion-for-laughs arena. Fox is a “gay poet and performance artist,” according to Wikipedia , most well known for his Sirius Radio podcast, Fox and the City . CBS announced on June 30 that Fox will soon do a stint on its reality show, Big Brother 12 . WiredUpdate.com described Fox’s most recent podcast ( Warning: PG-13 ): Today we are going to highlight even more disturbing “jokes” that Ragan has written and performed within the same podcast…. Ragan begins by saying he adores singer/songwriter Courtney Love and he’s excited for the release of her new album. He then takes the conversation to a dark place…
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This is better than Rick Santelli’s rant. Here is a successful businessman giving us the reality of the situation.
Once again today on Uncommon Knowledge , Mark Steyn and Rob Long listen to Reagan’s 1964 speech, “A Time For Choosing.” The Gipper, relevant even now. Ronald Reagan: You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness. Mark Steyn: What Reagan saw is that a great power has to rise to the challenges that history imposes on it. And …
The Defense Department’s Michele Flournoy and Ashton B. Carter argue here that missile defense is essential and that the Obama administration is not negotiating with Russia to limit our options. Investigative reporter Bill Gertz suggests here that the reality is rather different. By the way, my column on NRO today argues that it will not be possible to “contain” a nuclear-armed Iran.
Okay, earlier we were speculating about the “giant shears” BP used to cut that pipe this morning. And I even wondered if they might need to contract with a giant squid to operate a pair of scissors 5,000 feet under water. Alas, the reality seems more prosaic. TPM Reader MS sends in a video of what one of these things looks like — albeit, in this case a hydraulic shears being used on land. Video after the jump … Go to 4:20 in to see what it looks like … BP – Scissors – Business –
There’s a bunch of edifying new articles in the Israeli press this morning about the Flotilla incident earlier this week. But I think the most apt may be Gideon Levy’s column in today’s Ha’aretz , not because it sheds any new particular light on the raid itself but because of what it says about the big picture which is basically that Netanyahu’s vision of Israel living in an ‘everybody’s…
