Category Archives: Current Affairs

Washington Post Inadvertently Makes A Good Point On Susan Rice Talking Points

Instead of running a “we’re thankful for…” editorial Thursday, something positive, the Washington Post editorial board attempted some tushy covering for Team Obama and Susan Rice The GOP’s bizarre attack on Susan Rice SINCE THE Senate is solely responsible for the confirmation of Cabinet officers, it’s not often that members of the House of Representatives […]

Petition Petitions White House To Shut Down White House Petition Website

As Instapundit would say “Heh!” Shut down White House petitions, since they never get a sincere response, few read them, & they are ultimately worthless Since the White House never actually responds to any petitions in sincerity (like letting the one man whose job it is to oppose marijuana to respond to the marijuana legalization […]

White House Acknowledges Israel Has A Right To Defend Itself

This is surely going to make Obama’s Israel loathing base unhappy (ABC) The White House on Saturday defended Israel’s right to defend itself against attack and decide how to respond to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, blaming the ruling Islamic militant Hamas group for starting the conflict. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Petraeus Testimony: Someone Changed CIA Talking Points Memo

Surprise! (Fox News) Former CIA Director David Petraeus stoked the controversy over the Obama administration’s handling of the Libya terror attack, testifying Friday that references to “Al Qaeda involvement” were stripped from his agency’s original talking points — while other intelligence officials were unable to say who changed the memo, according to a top lawmaker […]

SEIU Considering Thanksgiving Eve Walkout At LAX

Will they? Won’t they? Is this another threat by a union to get what they want? (CBS LA) Employees at Los Angeles International Airport were considering plans Friday to walk off the job ahead on what is traditionally the busiest traveling day of the year. But, hey, they really, really care or something. A coalition […]

Horror: Hostess Files For Bankruptcy, Shutters Business

Nanny Bloomberg is probably a happy nanny today as Hostess brings Halloween to mid-November (WRAL) Hostess Brands Inc. filed for bankruptcy early Friday, announcing it has shuttered operations and ended production of the snack cakes and breads known to generations of Americans. The Texas-based company said in a statement on its website that it will […]

Testy Obama: “Come At Me, Bro!”

NMP Obama answered some pathetic questions earlier today, but, mostly bloviated (I kinda told you he would in a morning post), and we get (RCP) “As I said before, she made an appearance at the request of the White House in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to […]

Secede Petitions Cover All 50 States, Over 660K Signatures

To answer the question right up front, no, this is most likely not a serious movement to secede. Certainly not in deep blue states like Brokeifornia (10,036 at time of writing), NY (12,806), and Massachusetts (107), among others. Most of the petitions are carbon copies of all the others. Heck, it took 5 minutes for […]

White House Inundated With Secession Petitions

If you’ll remember, Team Obama created a website, using White House resources and it’s URL, as a “new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country.” They “created We the People because we want to hear from you. If a petition gets enough support, White […]

FBI Whistle Blower Spoke To Eric Cantor Two Weeks Ago Regarding Petraeus

Starting off, Politico offers 6 lingering questions regarding the resignation of David Petraeus, which includes 1. Why resign now? The Obama administration’s first sex scandal exploded just three days after the president was reelected at the end of a hard-fought campaign and just days before Petraeus was scheduled to appear at a congressional hearing about […]

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