Mideast Media Sampler – 05/14/2013 – The Syria Puzzle
1) Syria considerations Last week former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller wrote Syria is not Iraq. The gist of his argument is that he trusts President Obama but shouldn’t have...
View ArticleEric Holder recused himself from AP phone subpoena issuance, and from...
Eric Holder just ended a press conference. As previously reported by Fox News: Attorney General Eric Holder is recusing himself from the investigation into leaks made to The Associated Press, Fox News...
View ArticleSweet Irony: Obama admin obsession with Tea Party comes back to bite it
Hollywood couldn’t have scripted it better: A rebel group of engaged activists, derided and harassed by authorities, becomes the obsession of a powerful political machine, leading to the demise of …...
View ArticleGosnell gets life sentence, no death penalty
Just breaking. Convicted Pa. Abortion Doctor Gets Life in Prison: A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his...
View ArticleWas Jake Tapper played by White House through selective leak of just one email?
Jake Tapper reports that the White House is disputing that the Benghazi talking points were edited in the way ABC News and The Weekly Standard presented them, leading to charges that the emails were...
View ArticleI said the same thing as Jon Stewart, but for different reasons
When Jon Stewart is good, he’s really good. And he’s really good in this clip about IRS targeting of the Tea Party and the AP phone records. I found myself shouting the same bleeped out words, but for...
View ArticleComplete copy of Treasury Report on IRS targeting of Tea Party and conservatives
The full Inspector General report was released tonight. I’d be interested in what you find that we don’t already know. Treasury Report IRS Tea Party Targeting 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 7...
View ArticleCapitalist Fox
From longtime reader and frequent photographer Ulises: Non-coexist bumper sticker … In Owings Mills, MD… 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 7 votes, 5.00 avg. rating (98% score)
View ArticleHating Breitbart producers provide opportunity to “adopt a liberal member of...
The producers of the Andrew Breitbart documentary “Hating Breitbart,” have found a unique way to further ensconce the Happy Warrior into the minds of his detractors: send them a copy of their movie....
View ArticleEmily Miller uncovers D.C. AG “dirty tricks” in withholding David Gregory docs
I wrote on Monday about the lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of Legal Insurrection seeking documents withheld by the District of Columbia Office of Attorney General (OAG) and Metropolitan...
View Article@SodaStreamUSA response to Limbaugh boycott: “We continue to advertise”
SodaStream is an Israeli company which makes a really cool and really popular product, essentially a make your own soda at home device. I plan on getting one. Its U.S. division is SodaStreamUSA. This...
View ArticleNews Roundup on IRS Scandal: Lawsuit Alleges IRS Improperly Seized 60 Million...
With so much news breaking on the IRS scandal in the wake of recent revelations that the agency unfairly targeted conservative groups, we’ve rounded up links to some of the most relevant coverage on...
View ArticleLive House Judiciary Committee Hearing: Tense Moments During AG Eric Holder...
The House Judiciary Committee has been conducting a hearing this afternoon to receive testimony from Attorney General Eric Holder on a variety of topics. Given the recent developments with both the...
View ArticleJust Released: More than 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails (Update – Stephen...
This just in from CNN’s Jake Tapper: The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with...
View ArticleIRS Acting Commissioner Resigns Amidst Scandal
In a press conference just moments ago, President Obama announced: “Today, Treasury Secretary Lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS...
View ArticleGreed still is good
From LukeHandCool: If I’d had a can of spray paint, I’d have added, “Milton Friedman and I are so happy to hear this! Thank you! Uncle Milton is smiling in his grave!” I took this picture of Occupied...
View ArticleMy Tea Party group’s futile attempt to get IRS tax-exempt status
The news dam has broken, and a deluge of stories from conservative citizen groups of horrendous dealings with the Internal Revenue Service is now spilling out. I would like to share the background on...
View ArticleBenghazi emails show Obama admin knew talking points were misleading
The spin from Obama supporters remains trying to pin the blame for the scrubbing of the White House talking points on Benghazi onto the CIA. But that analysis does not hold for at least two reasons....
View Article“He’s continually saying something that’s demonstrably false”
Obama’s claim he called Benghazi an ‘act of terrorism’ : The quote in the title comes at 2:35 of the video below: I added a video to a @youtube playlist youtu.be/Kzf5XfMdADM?a Kirsten Powers To...
View ArticleIsraeli counter-warning
The Assad regime has been warning that it will retaliate for Israel hitting missiles destined for Hezbollah, including by opening a terrorist front on the Golan Heights. Israel has a counter-warning....
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