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Assad's family caught trying to escape the country, returned to Damascus
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Home Front: Politix
New Emails Suggest Eric Holder Perjured Himself
Posted by: Mike Ramsey || 01/30/2012 15:02 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It is reasonable to assume that December 16 or 17, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was briefed by his deputy chief of staff that Terry was killed with a walked gun from Operation Fast and Furious. Considering the potential damage the brewing scandal could cause, Wilkinson would have been grossly negligent if he did not make informing the attorney general a priority.

Nixon proved that the coverup is by far the worst crime. Idiots.

There are three rules when you make a mistake.

  1. Admit it
  2. Fix it
  3. Don't repeat it
Posted by: Mike Ramsey || 01/30/2012 16:31 Comments || Top||

#2  When I read about F & F and the cover-up to it, I have to remind myself that Washington and the government is not our country. The country and its people are basically good despite being lied to by Washington and being hosed left and right--mostly by the left.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/30/2012 17:44 Comments || Top||

#3  well, a lot will depend on Mr. wilkinson's under oath testimony

he could say, "I briefed him and I have contemporaneous notes."

or, he could say, "I was so upset I don't remember."

or something else
Posted by: Lord Garth || 01/30/2012 21:28 Comments || Top||

#4  I for one will not be swayed by Holderphobic comments. He is a national treasure.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/30/2012 22:22 Comments || Top||

#5  ..or, he could say, "I was so upset I don't remember."

Cause impeccable recall is the standard established by the Scooter Libby prosecution. Anyone take bets on - One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/30/2012 22:31 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Queen Michelle Closes Madison Avenue for $50K Shopping Spree
British lingerie label Agent Provocateur has seen annual sales jump by more than 12 per cent in a year which also saw First Lady Michelle Obama joining their list of elite customers.

Mrs Obama, is said to have spent $50,000 (£31,794) in the one shopping trip to the boutique which closed down part of Madison Avenue when she visited with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah.

Ya know, if this was a Republican the news medias would be trumpeting it from the heights and show it as a rich elite that is out of touch with the common man who is hurting.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/30/2012 10:01 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm having a great deal of difficulty with the mental images this article conjures.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 01/30/2012 12:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Put me down for Not Interested in seeing the Wookie in a teddy.
Posted by: Hellfish || 01/30/2012 12:10 Comments || Top||

#3  lol hellfish
Posted by: chris || 01/30/2012 12:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Madison Ave was closed for the safety of the public, lest they inadvertantly suffer a glimpse of, as hellfish said, "the Wookie in a teddy."
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/30/2012 12:46 Comments || Top||

#5  $50,000.00 worth of underoos. I guess those Obama's really are in touch with the 'common man'.

And that's Queen Michelle Antoinette you cad!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 01/30/2012 13:03 Comments || Top||

#6  The White House has strongly denied this report, FWIW.
Posted by: lotp || 01/30/2012 13:33 Comments || Top||

#7  With all the parties and spending they are loved with the Washington incrowd types. This is big business. The last thing Washington wants are people of faith or peanut farmers.
Posted by: Dale || 01/30/2012 18:07 Comments || Top||

#8  "The White House has strongly denied this report, FWIW."

If it's this White House, it's not worth much, lotp.
Posted by: Barbara || 01/30/2012 19:09 Comments || Top||

#9  Sniff, sniff, nice to see being FLOTUS hasn't killed or altered all of Michelle's spirit, ala "le Chic".

Now iff only she could hold up a Firebomb/
Molotov + Protest Sign.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/30/2012 20:05 Comments || Top||


-Election 2012
Gingrich endorsed by Cain
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich
...former Speaker of the House, author of the Contract with America. Gingrich gave the country welfare reform and a balanced budget and the Publicans a landslide House victory in 1994. On the downside, he has a roving eye and a loose fly, he's opinionated, and he's abrasive despite his ability to work with the other side of the political aisle...
won the endorsement of Herman Cain
...the personable but seemingly horny former Godfather's Pizza CEO who coulda been a contenda...
on Saturday, the only black candidate who took part in the Republican race.

"It is time for conservatives and Republicans to refocus their attention on the ultimate mission of defeating President B.O.," Mr Cain said, introducing Gingrich at a Republican dinner in West Palm Beach, Florida. "I believe Speaker Gingrich is the bold leader we need to accomplish this mission."

Both Mr Gingrich and Mr Cain, a former pizza magnate, hail from the southern state of Georgia and they have known each other for years.

Mr Cain dropped out of the race in December, after several women accused him of improper sexual advances.

Meanwhile,
...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell...
with only two days left before a crucial Florida primary, US Republican presidential candidates square off on television talk shows Sunday, trying to secure support from key constituencies and filling the airwaves with hard-hitting campaign ads.

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul scheduled TV appearances today while frontrunner Mitt Romney
...whose real first name is actually, no kidding, Willard, was governor of Massachussetts and is currently the front-runner for president on the Publican ticket. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's foot is in an ideological bucket because of Romneycare, a state-level experiment that should have been a warning against Obamacare if anyone had been paying attention. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field...
tried to kill off top rival Gingrich's campaign by unleashing a campaign ad state-wide. Mr Romney -- leading handily in the polls -- sought to sweep away the largest obstacle to him winning the party nomination, hitting Gingrich over past ethics violations and dramatically calling into question his integrity.

After a feisty debate performance on Thursday, Mr Romney is in the ascendancy in Florida with just three days to go before Tuesday's primary. According to poll averages, the former governor of Massachusetts and multimillionaire venture capitalist leads in the sprawling Sunshine state with 39 per cent against 31 per cent for Mr Gingrich, the former House of Representatives speaker.
Posted by: Fred || 01/30/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They have a lot in common in the philandering department. Billy Jeff Clinton ought to endorse him too.
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/30/2012 19:00 Comments || Top||


Florida's Rep Allen West Torches Obama, Reid, Pelosi - "Leave the USA!"
Posted by: Chenter Barnsmell9450 || 01/30/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I read some remarks elsewhere that they have heard a speech elsewhere that reminded them of Rep. West's speech. It was an effective podium pounder and the crowd loved it.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 01/30/2012 8:34 Comments || Top||

#2  He should call it "equality by handicapping". Make sure people understand it's by holding back those who can to sate the feelings of those who won't.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 01/30/2012 9:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Alan West at his best, ticking off the liberals and the Congressional Black Caucus. Like the cross to vampires. A great American.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/30/2012 13:43 Comments || Top||

#4  One of the comments:

Allen West...One helluva American! The thought of Obama, Reid, Pelosi and Goat woman huddled at the North Pole huddled around their statue of Marx, warms my heart.
Posted by: gorb || 01/30/2012 16:27 Comments || Top||

#5  I hear they are plying the redistricting game. Tring to get West out.
Posted by: Dale || 01/30/2012 17:59 Comments || Top||

#6  I thought the district he won was a pretty strongly Democratic district in the first place.
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/30/2012 19:02 Comments || Top||

#7  The creep he beat is trying to take it back. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara || 01/30/2012 19:07 Comments || Top||

#8  Grayson. MSNBC's favorite Cro-Magnon liberal
Posted by: Frank G || 01/30/2012 19:17 Comments || Top||

#9  The trunk establishment may regret this after they see some of his commentaries on Fox News.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 01/30/2012 19:39 Comments || Top||

#10  I'll just say, "Maybe they + Other(s)" can all come to GUAM" ....

Oh, wait ...

I'll just leave the above "as is" + say nothing more - for now.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/30/2012 19:55 Comments || Top||

#11  Maybe West can be drafted; much better than anybody out there formally running now.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 01/30/2012 23:09 Comments || Top||

#12  Congressman West needs a good deal more experience before he'll be ready for that, USN, Ret. He is still only in his first term in office.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/30/2012 23:32 Comments || Top||


Reuters laments Marco Rubio 'fiasco'
Posted by: Mike Ramsey || 01/30/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Laments, yes; apology, no...
Posted by: Raj || 01/30/2012 1:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Unfortunately to much of our media... Hearst is their icon.
Posted by: Water Modem || 01/30/2012 2:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Al-Rooters hit piece backfires.
Posted by: Frank G || 01/30/2012 8:05 Comments || Top||

#4  The vast layers of 'professional journalists' fact checkers and editors lament getting caught.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/30/2012 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Nobody likes an inept propagandist.

I guess that all we can do is thank Reuters for being so transparent.
Posted by: Mike Ramsey || 01/30/2012 9:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Many of the main stream urinalists should be sued both for masquerading as journalists and malpractice. Unless of course their practice is propaganda, in which case, they do it fairly well except when the lies become too obvious.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/30/2012 17:06 Comments || Top||

#7  It's one thing to mistake a guy being in the life insurance business when he was in the property and casualty business.
But if you report he was in the construction business all his life...you have nothing to which you can report as having misinterpreted. Either you made it up or somebody gave you really, really wrong information.
And--analogy alert--if you report with outrage that the guy was in the construction business for forty years without qualifying for even one license (which, of course, he would not, being in the insurance business), you really ought to check it out.
IMO, this is a faked-up, made-up hit piece with the presumption that either they won't get busted, or if they do, much of the target market will not find out.
You can't say a guy has trouble with his student loan if there is no, none, nadd, nothing, information to that end. It has to be made up.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 01/30/2012 18:19 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2012-01-30
  Assad's family caught trying to escape the country, returned to Damascus
Sun 2012-01-29
  Nigerian military kills 11 militants in northeast
Sat 2012-01-28
  UN loses count on Syria killings
Fri 2012-01-27
  Sectarian clashes kill at least 22 in Yemen
Thu 2012-01-26
  Woman Dead as Bombs, Bullets Rain on Nigeria Police Station
Wed 2012-01-25
  SEALS Spring Two, Bag Nine
Tue 2012-01-24
  EU imposes sanctions on Iran oil
Mon 2012-01-23
  U.S. aircraft carrier goes through Strait of Hormuz without incident
Sun 2012-01-22
  Syrian Forces Kill More than 50 Civilian as Dissidents Clash with Troops
Sat 2012-01-21
  Terror attacks in Kano, Nigeria, kill at least 162
Fri 2012-01-20
  Aslam Awan of Abbottabad Dronezapped
Thu 2012-01-19
  Bangladesh army says plot to topple government foiled
Wed 2012-01-18
  Syria 'absolutely rejects' calls for Arab troops
Tue 2012-01-17
  Kenyan jets bomb Al-Shabaab bases
Mon 2012-01-16
  Kenya Arrests 29 Ugandans 'Headed to Somalia to Fight'


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