Category Archives: Current Affairs

Shutdown Theater: NSA Spying Essential, Oversight Not

Buried in the technology section of the Washington Post writer Andrea Peterson finds something interesting While the National Security Agency (NSA) has largely escaped the government shutdown, the panel investigating NSA spying practices has effectively been frozen. Politico reports that as of Friday, the five-member Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies lost its staff […]

Shutdown Theater: Man Fined For Jogging At National Park

Perhaps someone could remind Obama and the Spite House exactly who owns these parks (via Jammie Wearing Fools) (Philly.com) A marathoner says he was fined $100 for running in Valley Forge National Historical Park during the government shutdown. John Bell, 56, said he parked his car on Sunday in a remote parking lot, not one […]

Shutdown Theater: DOJ Takes Down Amber Alert Website

Remember, one park ranger told the Washington Times that “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can”. We’ve seen this time and time again during Shutdown Theater. Now, the Obama/Holder highly politicized, partisan, and unequal justice DOJ goes a step further (NBC LA) Instead of showing critical missing children bulletins, […]

Shutdown Theater: Blue Ridge Inn Forced To Close

Nowhere is safe from Obama’s hissy fit (USA Today) At a spot 5,000 feet above sea level and 20 miles from the nearest town, an innkeeper decided Friday to defy the federal government and reopen his lodge. That stand lasted about two hours as National Park Service rangers blocked the entrances to the privately run […]

Bummer: Over 93% Of EPA Staff Considered “Non-Essential”

Kinda tells you how far they’ve gone from the core mission, eh? (via Junk Science) (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take one of the biggest hits of any federal agency if the government shuts down this week, operating with under 7 percent of its employees, according to guidance issued by the agency. Among […]

Arizona Gov’t, Businesses Fight To Re-open Grand Canyon

However, Obama’s Department Of Making Americans Feel The Pain have said “nope” (Fox News) With the partial suspension of U.S. government services showing no signs of ending, tourists will continue to be turned away from the Grand Canyon, despite a push by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and local businesses to reopen the state’s signature national […]

Dems Walk Out On Benghazi Hearings Featuring Parents Of Killed Americans

Can you imagine the outrage in the NY Times, Washington Post, CBS, NBC, ABC, et all had Republicans pulled this? (Townhall) During the second portion of a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing about Benghazi Thursday on Capitol Hill, the majority of Democrats on the Committee left the room and refused to listen to the […]

Obama Makes Impassioned Plea For Doing Something In Syria Despite No Direct U.S. Security Threat

I was eminently impressed that the speech actually started on time. I was unimpressed that he decided to make his plea from the same spot in which Joe Biden proclaimed that passing Obamacare was a “big f’ing deal“. Trotting down the red carpet to discuss potential military action and a serious international issue just doesn’t […]

Assad Said To Accept Russian Plan To Turn Over Chemical Weapons

Alternate title: Vlad PWNS Barack. Somehow, I don’t think Vladimir Putin will be particularly please when Obama attempts to take credit for this plan. Which we know Obama will attempt, probably during his address tonight (Fox News) Syria’s foreign minister said Tuesday his government has accepted a Russian proposal to turn over control of its […]

Support For Syrian Strikes Dropping Fast

One really has to wonder what the strategy from Team Obama is. They’ve sent UN Ambassador Samantha Power to talk to…the ultra far left Center For American Progress. They’re sending, outrageously, Susan “It’s The Video” Rice to Capital Hill to argue for strikes on September 11th. Sec Of State Kerry makes comments like Syria facing […]

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