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 [...]

I’ll preface this with a reminder of what President Obama said about Egypt in February of last year: “Obviously, there is still a lot of work to be done in Egypt itself,” Obama said in the wake of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and the takeover of government by the army. “What we have [...]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Obama’s brother George is about to get a lucrative, US taxpayer funded job as a cattle-driver at a dude ranch: Kenyan businesses lately are increasingly becoming recipients of U.S. government largesse, as the Obama Administration, among pursuing other endeavors, aims to expand “livestock-related economic opportunities” in that nation. Although [...]

“Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” – Clarence W. Hall ***** Happy Easter to everybody! Today I’ll be spending time with family, and hopefully you all get a chance to do the same. Later today we’ll come back here to the family compound and try to locate [...]

***** BBC2 is airing a show entitled “Modern Spies.” One of the episodes alleges that the Russian spy Anna Chapman had her sights set on an Obama cabinet member: Another revelation in the series is the real reason why the FBI swooped on Russian spy Anna Chapman in 2010. Top officials feared the glamorous Russian [...]

The headline of the day comes to us courtesy of the ever-observant New York Times: ***** ***** Nothing gets by these people! (h/t Atlas)

Wow, let it never be said that President Obama doesn’t choose ambassadors that share his (mis)management style: Candidate Barack Obama promised to end the time-honored American practice of appointing ambassadors who have no experience in foreign policy, but President Obama has completely ignored that promise, appointing fundraisers to dozens of ambassadorships all over the world. [...]

Social, political and diplomatic blunders are nothing new to the Obama administration, but at least they’re making money on this one. What’s wrong with the picture on this Obama St. Patrick’s Day t-shirt? The answer: The e-mail from the Obama campaign found the right target: Dave Hunt, lifelong Democrat from Upper Manhattan and owner of [...]

RNC chairman Reince Priebus compared President Obama to Captain Schettino of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. On a Debbie Wasserman Schultz “inflammatory remarks” scale of 1 to 10, that rates about a 1.5, but DWS nevertheless wants you to believe it’s the most offensive thing she’s heard since the last time she asked an completely [...]

Maritime history is full of examples of brave leadership in the face of deadly conditions at sea. This is not one of them: Before he tripped and fell into the life boat, the crew declared “women and children first,” at which point the Captain also tripped and fell into a dress, wig and pumps, and [...]

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