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One less porker.

Rep. John Murtha Dies at 77
Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a powerful and controversial force in congressional spending on defense, died Monday at age 77.
Don’t expect me to grieve for a renowned porker and a man who railroads innocent Marines.



Awwww…..

I thought of killing myself, says climate scandal professor Phil Jones - Times Online
THE scientist at the centre of the “climategate” email scandal has revealed that he was so traumatised by the global backlash against him that he contemplated suicide.
Poor guy. I think we’re supposed to feel sorry for him. Of course, […]



I Don’t See the Problem Here

Instapundit » Blog Archive » MORE ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENTS: Dem. Ill. lt. gov. candidate exits race amid furor. “The pawn broker a…
MORE ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENTS: Dem. Ill. lt. gov. candidate exits race amid furor. “The pawn broker and owner of a cleaning supplies company won the nomination Tuesday. Since then, it has become widely know that he […]



Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

FOXNews.com - Specter Wins Pennsylvania Democratic Party Backing for Senate Primary Bid
In the latest polls out of The Keystone State, Specter has a comfortable lead over Sestak, but trails his potential general election rival, former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey.
When Specter switched to the Democratic Party last spring, he cited an uphill battle in winning the […]



High school dance or prison camp?

Educators issue rules covering grinding, other dance offenses

Note: they want all purses and bags left in vehicles making it easier for the local gang to steal everything you have. Items may be left in the cafeteria but with no security.
Update: to clarify for some people. the image on Smoking gun was larger than management likes […]



Yawn

Instapundit » Blog Archive » REVOLVING DOOR ALERT: Washington Post’s Thomson the 14th Journalist to Join Obama Administration….
REVOLVING DOOR ALERT: Washington Post’s Thomson the 14th Journalist to Join Obama Administration.

These rats are so dumb they jump to a sinking ship.



News From Oakland, CA

Vallejo Public Works Employee Assaulted And Robbed By Teens - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
VALLEJO, Calif. — A Vallejo Department of Public Works employee was assaulted and robbed Monday after he confronted a juvenile who threw something at the backhoe he was driving.
Police said the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 600 block […]



The California Socialist Reich

Hot Air » Blog Archive » California legislature attacks the biggest issue it can handle
State lawmakers are taking aim at what some of them see as a menace to California’s environment: free parking.
There is too much of it, the legislators say, and it encourages people to drive instead of taking the bus, walking or riding […]



Research paper shenanigans.

The open letter to the major scientific journals claims that “papers that are scientifically flawed or comprise only modest technical increments often attract undue profile. At the same time publication of truly original findings may be delayed or rejected”.
Sound like Climatology? It’s not. Stem cell papers blocked
Professor Lovell-Badge said: “It’s turning things into a […]



Deficit Leadership.

The new winner in deficits? The Won. 2010 budget deficit to hit record $1.56 trillion Uninformative article more complete.
Reporting from Washington - President Obama today will propose a $3.8-trillion federal budget that includes a $100-billion jobs package, more education spending and higher taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year.

Up them energy taxes and […]



Step Right This Way, Sir….

Terrorists ‘plan attack on Britain with bombs INSIDE their bodies’ to foil new airport scanners | Mail Online
Seems to me that if the bomb is inside their bodies, then it is probably detonated by radio waves. So we just march everybody through a short, bomb-proof tunnel, and bathe them with a full spectrum of […]



Tar, Feathers, Etc.

CAP to NY: “Drop Dead” - Jonah Goldberg - The Corner on National Review Online
Some Democrats want Obama to be even more forceful, including on the importance of civilian trials for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged 9/11 plotters. “Obama and the Department of Justice need to get out there and push back very clearly […]



Brooks - The Obama Mini-Me

Op-Ed Columnist - The Perot Option - NYTimes.com
If you get a deficit-reduction deal, you break through the polarized rigidities that encrust everything else. You wipe clean the special-interest barnacles that encrust the tax code. You force the country to think in 30-year increments and deliver a blow to the tyranny of the news cycle. You […]



We’re the Government, and We’re Here to Fark You

Justice Dept.: President Obama’s administration may take action on BCS - NCAA Football - SI.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review.
It’s a good […]



British Justice.

Trio jailed for photographed rape How dumb can you get?
Three men who raped a 16-year-old girl as the attack was photographed on a mobile phone have been sent to a young offenders institute.
Should have been a maximum security penitentiary.
Bolton Crown Court heard the victim went to an address in Rochdale after receiving a […]



The Wimps of Wall Street

Stunned Wall Street Firms Don’t Want War With Obama (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
Some Wall Street executives are seething over what they see as a political attack by the president after the Democratic Party lost the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, according to interviews with a half-dozen people who work for or […]



If You Can’t Say Something Good…

Noted Commie propagandist and junk historian Howard Zinn has died.



Another Dream World Heard From…

Kinda sick fun - watching Valerie Jarrett on Meet The (De)Press(ed) trying to explicate how The Obamanation & Co. “…turned the economy around…” in the last twelve months!
Nice “deer-in-the-headlights” empty-headed look she had on her pan at several junctures, especially when she was vainly striving to explain just what The Won intended to actually do […]



laws we don’t need no stinking laws

Even in defeat they are still bound and determined that what they do is right.
It is vital, he said, to determine whether school officials can enforce student conduct in the area immediately surrounding campuses.
They cannot help themselves.



Stewart skewers Olbermann

Big Hollywood-VIDEO: Jon Stewart Destroys Keith Olbermann
Check out the comments Olbermann has made, on air, about Michelle Malkin. Talk about sexist and promoting violence against women.



Project much?

Behold the Face of the Tolerant Left: Keith Olbermann, Unplugged and Unhinged
Olbermann proves once again that he is a self-hating Raaaaacist. As well as repeating lies as fact and insulting the fastest growing political movement.
BTW. Don’t watch the videos for at least 30 minutes after eating.



Poor babies.

Five US terror accused in Pakistan allege torture
Five US citizens being held in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan say they have been tortured in custody.
They made the allegations in comments shouted to reporters as they were being driven from court in eastern Pakistan.
What, they expect a Third World country […]



Disgusting

Lynch mobs turn on looters amid Haiti aid crisis - Times Online
“I’m just here to help,” said an officer from the Pentagon’s Southern Command. He did not know how. Nor did any of his subordinates, dozing in the shadow of a hangar where Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, met UN officials and her own […]



Lamebrained Luddite Losers

Science project prompts SD school evacuation
Students were evacuated from Millennial Tech Magnet Middle School in the Chollas View neighborhood Friday afternoon after an 11-year-old student brought a personal science project that he had been making at home to school, authorities said. …
Luque said the project was made of an empty half-liter Gatorade bottle with some […]



The Brits are paying these guys?

Met Office’s debate over longer-term forecasts
The Met Office has now admitted to BBC News that its annual global mean forecast predicted temperatures higher than actual temperatures for nine years out of the last 10.
This “warming bias” is very small - just 0.05C. And the Met Office points out that the variance between the forecast and […]



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