Category Archives: Current Affairs

White House Grants DOJ “Executive Privilege” On Fast And Furious Documents

Most Transparent Administration Ever! (Fox News) Rep. Darrell Issa said Wednesday that he is pressing ahead with a committee vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, despite an 11th-hour move by President Obama to exert executive privilege over the Fast and Furious documents at the heart of the dispute. The announcement […]

Good News: Yet More Leaks On Cyberwarfare

As Allahpundit, Israel Matzav, and Ace point out, this is meant to prop up Team Obama, since we already knew lots of details, but to throw some blame at Israel (Washington Post) The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed […]

Politico: Please Stop Investigating Elizabeth Warren’s BS Past

Barbara Lee (different Barbara Lee than the Senator) has penned an op-ed for The Politico entitled Fighting dirty against women. What’s dirty? The debate swirling around Elizabeth Warren’s heritage is maddening. Not because it is a sideshow to pull focus from real issues in the Massachusetts Senate race and not because negative attacks are just […]

Silly Campaign Tricks: Will Those Who Blasted Romney Blast Obama?

I linked to Proof Positive earlier in the Patriotic Pinup post regarding this story from the LA Times Like buzzing flies drawn to the center of a room, two small planes with trailing banners circled in the blue sky above Mitt Romney as he kicked off a five-day tour of small-town America at a New […]

MSNBC Wonders If A White President Would Get Interrupted During Speech

As you’re probably aware by now, The Daily Callers Neil Munro “interrupted” Obama by daring to ask him a question at the end of Obama’s statement announcing his new de facto immunity program (I’m not calling it amnesty, because the illegals in question are not being given citizenship. Yet). It was an ill timed question […]

Mitch Daniels Suggests Doing Away With Government Unions

Back when people first started to organize into unions, they did this for two main reasons: protection from harsh working conditions/bosses/companies and an honest wage for an honest days work. Of course, this was in the private sector. Shift to the public sector: now they mostly exist to fleece the American taxpayer so that the […]

Obama Admin. Says Corey Booker “Dead To Us”

On a day dedicated to preserving free speech rights, Corey Booker learned an important message: don’t you dare speak out against the Obama administration (NY Post) It’s bye-bye, Beltway for Cory Booker. Newark’s mayor, who was gunning for a spot in President Obama’s Cabinet, lost the chance after he shot his mouth off during a […]

Zombie Chatter Sweeps The Internet

And the AP is not amused. Except that it gives them a chance to write a story (NJ.com) First came Miami: the case of a naked man eating most of another man’s face. Then Maryland, a college student telling police he killed a man, then ate his heart and part of his brain. It was […]

Poland Incensed Over Obama “Polish Death Camps” Remark, Still Waiting On Apology

Here’s the Smartest President Ever® insulting yet another ally. Does the Democrat White House even bother to do any research? It’s really easy with this wonderful new invention call the Internet (ABC News) Poles and Polish-Americans expressed outrage today at President Obama’s reference earlier to “a Polish death camp” — as opposed to a Nazi […]

DHS Forced To Reveal Words They Track On-line

Having a cookout this Memorial Day? Are you serving pork? Be careful that you cook it long enough, you don’t want anyone to get attacked by salmonella. I hope it’s not delayed or cancelled due to the weather. A storm could cause problems, and cause a power outage. What’s this about? Cyber security. Perhaps even […]

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