Monthly Archives: April 2009

Aside: Hawkins On Obama’s First 100 Days

Right Wing News: 20 Great Moments From Obama’s First 100 Days!

Hillary Says US Ready To Lead On Ruining Economies For Fake Issue

And she is not worried about letting those pesky human rights issues get in the way, either, as we already know After eight years largely on the sidelines of the international policy debate on climate change, the United States is prepared to lead negotiations toward a new global warming treaty, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham […]

Five Democrats Arrested For Crossing Police Line

Imagine what the outcry would be if it was five Republicans. I wouldn’t have had to run across the story by accident Five members of Congress and three activists were arrestedon civil disobedience charges in front of the Sudanese Embassy on Monday for protesting “crimes against humanity” in Darfur. The congress members crossed a yellow […]

Faith Fighter: A Game That Offends Everyone, But Mostly Muslims

The game has been out for a year, yet, all of a sudden, some folks are getting offended Religious groups are calling for a ban on an online game where holy figures such as Jesus and the prophet Muhammad fight to the death. Critics say the free Faith Fighter game is ‘deeply provocative’ and ‘disrespectful’ […]

Junior Mayoral Aid Reprimanded For Air Force One Photo-op

The context As secret missions go, this one was a flop. On Monday morning, one of the 747s used to ferry around the U.S. president was dispatched to the Statue of Liberty, escorted by a fighter jet. Assignment: Get some fresh glamour shots of the plane. The Air Force said the flight needed to remain […]

Obama Administration Silent On Real Torture In UAE

If anything shows that the whole torture case is a political debate, meant simply to go after Bush, mostly because the Left is deranged and cannot MoveOn, this does Following an ABC News investigation last night that showed a Royal Sheikh from the United Arab Emirates mercilessly torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods […]

Fox Replaces Obama Show With Lie To Me

Poetic justice to the extreme For the first time since Barack Obama took office, a major broadcast network is refusing to grant the president’s request for primetime coverage. Fox (Broadcasting) has issued a statement saying it will air regular programming (Lie to Me) Wednesday night instead of Obama’s 100-day news conference. Insert your own LOL. Fox […]

President Photo-op’s Backup Plane Freaks Out Manhattan

Looks like a terrifying day in New York City, even by their standards Updated, 11:59 a.m. | An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures. But a lack […]

An AGW Conundrum: Plants Do Better With Dirty Skies

Hmm, what to do, what to do Plants absorbed carbon dioxide more efficiently under the polluted skies of recent decades than they would have done in a cleaner atmosphere, according to new findings published this week in Nature. The results of the study have important implications for efforts to combat future climate change which are […]

You Extreme Right Wing Extremists Are Just Too Extremist

Or so thinks the Politico, which proves that the Left just doesn’t get what Conservatism is about, and also shows that the “GOP elite” do not get it, either. You can see it in the headline, In GOP base, a ‘rebellion brewing’, the problem being that Conservatives do not see our politics, which you can […]

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