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Times Square suspect due in court after top lawyer objects
The chief suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing was to appear Tuesday in federal court in New York for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago, officials said. Faisal Shahzad “is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court at an undetermined time later today,” the US…
Angry Obama denounces oil companies’ ‘ridiculous spectacle’
US allowed drilling without required permits, court filing states WASHINGTON — A visibly angered President Barack Obama hit out at oil companies Friday for trying to avoid blame over a massive slick, and vowed an all-out effort to stop the leak pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. “I will not…
Obama: GOP wants keys back after driving US ‘into the ditch’
President Barack Obama is ripping into his Republican opponents, accusing them of refusing to help rebuild America after having “created the mess” and driving the economy “into the ditch.” Obama told a Democratic fundraising event in New York late Thursday that despite one of the busiest and most accomplished legislative…
More post-racial America: Talladega Speedway goon sports ‘No Niggers in NASCAR’ T-shirt
As we’ve been told over and over by some clueless talking heads in the MSM after the election of Barack Obama, we’ve entered post-racial America. I don’t know what paradise they are living in or what heavy drugs they are taking, but I’ve not seen evidence that electing a black…
Pentagon expanding Guantánamo-like prison in Afghanistan
As President Barack Obama prepares to shutter the infamous US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, he appears to be supporting the expansion of another secretive prison in Afghanistan — at a pricetag of some $10 to $25 million. In a little-noticed filing Wednesday, the US Army announced it is soliciting…
Colbert makes a point of not talking about Kagan’s sexuality
Blogs on the left and the right have questioned the sexuality of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick with hopes that the mainstream media would pick up the issue. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert was tempted to fall into the trap Tuesday but instead made a point of repeatedly not talking…
US troops executing prisoners in Afghanistan, journalist says
The journalist who helped break the story that detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were being tortured by their US jailers told an audience at a journalism conference last month that American soldiers are now executing prisoners in Afghanistan. New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh also revealed that the…
The Crazies
“It’s not about Republicans, Democrats or independents, it’s about getting people back to the Constitution, cutting the size of the federal government.” That line comes from William Temple, the dude who dresses up in late-18th century garb and carries a musket around at Tea Party Singles’ Nights or whatever it…
Circles: Islamic Agents Of Evil
UPDATE FROM COMMENTS: From commenter Moopaw, a letter to MDA employees: To all MDA employees, There are references on the Drudge Report and other media outlets to a ‘new’ MDA logo. In fact, the official MDA seal has not been changed or replaced. There is a different logo on the…
CNN Poll: Majority Don’t Think President Deserves Second Term
Who’s surprised at this news? Probably all of the people who keep telling us that they’d be satisfied to wait through the end of a second term for pro-LGBT legislation (or just insert your long-ignored progressive cause here) to be passed and signed by President Obama. Do you think Barack…
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