May

4

Somebody at NATO Needs a Geography Lesson

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One of the geography whizzes in the Obama administration must have had a hand in producing a new video from NATO promoting the upcoming summit in the host city, because Chicago is billed as the capital of Illinois: “More than 60 heads of state and government will meet to discuss crucial matters of security and [...]

Apr

17

How the Mighty Have Fallen: John Edwards Now Getting Hair Done at… Supercuts

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Welcome to the second America, Mr. Edwards. From the New York Post: Disgraced former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, reviled for his costy coifs on the campaign trail, now places his strands in the hands of the pros at Supercuts. Edwards, who in his political heydey went to stylist Joseph Torrenueva, whose Beverly Hills [...]

Dec

9

Former Obama Economic Adviser and MF Global CEO: I Don’t Know Where the Money Is

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Here’s are some brief portions of Jon Corzine’s testimony to a congressional committee yesterday about the MF Global collapse and the “missing” $1.2 billion. I’d expect nothing less than “I don’t know where the money is” coming from one of the economic gurus of the era of Hope & Change. It’s a miracle he was [...]

Nov

15

Rick Perry: Throw Insider Trading Members of Congress in Jail

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Alternate MSNBC headline: Rick Perry Presidency Would Worsen Problem of Prison Overcrowding: ***** Perry’s talking about this — possible insider trading involving members of Congress from both parties — which isn’t as bad if members of Congress do it, because they write the laws. Nancy sure did a good job of draining that swamp, didn’t [...]

Nov

2

Big 3 Networks Conveniently Forget to Mention Jon Corzine’s Party Affiliation

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Yesterday at Michelle M’s place I mentioned MF Global’s bankruptcy (the “MF” stands for “where’d all the MF’in money go?”). The company currently can’t account for $700 million and has admitted to using client money to cover company losses — a big no-no in the securities biz. If Obama was a Republican we might have [...]

Oct

27

Rep. Joe Walsh Has ‘Fast & Furious’ Pegged

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Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ocky Mountain Way) has called on Attorney General Holder to resign over Fast & Furious (don’t hold your breath, Joe). Walsh sure seems to have a bead on what Fast & Furious was designed to accomplish: Walsh added that Holder needs to explain to the American people what role he had in [...]

Oct

25

The John Murtha Legacy Just Keeps Getting Better

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As you read this try and keep in mind that this is a guy who was honored by having a Navy ship named after him. Last week’s release of FBI documents finally put in writing what nobody had ever said on the record: The FBI suspected that former Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and lobbyists close [...]

Oct

4

What Other Briefings is Eric Holder Not Reading? Update: House GOP Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate Holder

Filed Under Corruption, Law, Politics | 13 Comments

To get quickly up to speed on the latest on Fast & Furious: –Earlier this year, Attorney General Eric Holder told a congressional committee he’d only “heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” –CBS has documents that show Holder was informed in 2010. –Holder now says he mis-understood [...]

Sep

29

Green Con Jobs Update: More Obama Supporters Put in Positions Where They Could Help Themselves to Taxpayer Money

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This Frank Drebin picture is going to get quite a workout in the coming months, so get used to it: We’ve known previously that “clean energy” projects involving Obama’s campaign donors and even Nancy Pelosi’s brother in law have received huge government loans to start companies that even many in the administration knew would do [...]

Sep

28

The 6 Degrees of Separation in the Latest Billion Dollar Government Loan for a Solar Company

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Finish investigating the Solyndra debacle before continuing to shell out billions in taxpayer loans for “clean energy” startups? Eh, what for? The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar projects. The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer, received a [...]

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