Tag Archives: Doom

Benghazi, Obama and the Surreal Expectations of the Progressive Left

Ace has a post up relating to the Benghazi disaster, starting with a sharp tweet: As @johnekdahl puts it: It was decided from the first moments that this wasn’t terrorism, because it would be politically harmful if it were terrorism. … Continue reading

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Obama: Fundamentally Unserious or Deliberately Incompetent?

I never liked candidate Barack Obama and didn’t vote for him for President. But on his inauguration day, when he ended his speech, I stood and I clapped because I love my country and I hoped that Obama’s rhetoric would … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts

So… Egypt was an ally under Mubarak. But Mubarak had to be removed because Arab Spring. Now Egypt isn’t an ally under Morsi, who we helped bring into power. Great job, Obama! Meanwhile, as the Arab World burns, the Obama … Continue reading

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Chipmunk Haiku

Arab world explodes. First Amendment under siege. This will not end well.

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A World Gone Insane

Over the last week or so, news has come out of Pakistan that a Christian girl has been arrested under blasphemy laws for desecrating a Koran. There have been conflicting reports that the girl has downs syndrome and that she … Continue reading

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California: Going Full Retard

In the movie Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey Jr.’s character is discussing method acting and a recent role of Ben Stiller’s character when he suggests: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks to your … Continue reading

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California Doom: A Perfect Storm Of Fail

The hostile business climate in California continues to force business out of the state. From the Daily Caller: “Part of [moving operations to Texas] was the cost of doing business in California,” Ronald Mittelstaedt, CEO of Waste Connections, told CBS … Continue reading

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Just Do The Math

Ending the Bush tax cuts for incomes over $250K will bring in an estimated $850 billion over 10 years. That’s a lot of money. There’s just one little problem. $85B a year doesn’t mean much when paying on a trillion … Continue reading

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This Is Why We’re Doomed (Updated)

Since Chick-fil-A ownership made the politically incorrect statement regarding support of traditional marriage they’ve been under fire. But there’s a serious problem. It’s one thing to stop patronizing an establishment because you, as an individual, don’t like their politics. Vote … Continue reading

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A Planet In Collapse

Matt Nesto has a video and brief article up over at Yahoo! Finance that sets a dark tone for the short-term future of the world economy: “Around the world, the single narrative of collapse has taken hold,” says Ed Dempsey, … Continue reading

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California: Falling Apart At The Seams

In 2006, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB32, “The California Global Warming Solutions Act” into law. IVN.com posts: Successful passage of the law effectively turned the state into one of the most stringent regulators of green house gas emissions … Continue reading

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Chart-Fu: Friday Two-for-One

First up, I’m sure you recognize the Obama Stimulus chart. Let’s see the latest update from AEI: And then there’s the chart comparing the Public and Private sectors, courtesy Heritage.org. Remember the President said the Private Sector is “Doing fine”:

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Breaking: Banks Under Attack Worldwide

Pat Dollard has posted that Sky News is reporting: Sixty million euro has been stolen from bank accounts in a massive cyber bank raid after fraudsters raided dozens of financial institutions around the world. According to a joint report by … Continue reading

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California Doom: The First Domino Falls in Stockton

The LA Times is reporting that the City of Stockton is preparing to file for bankruptcy. This Gold Rush-era port city, an epicenter of California’s agricultural exports, will become the nation’s largest city to seek protection under the U.S. bankruptcy … Continue reading

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Forbes: America’s Best Places to Start a Company

Sometimes, “I told you so” just doesn’t cut it. Look at California: Overall small business friendliness: F Friendliness of licensing regulations: F Friendliness of environmental regulations: D Friendliness of zoning regulations: D Publicity of training programs: C- Publicity of networking … Continue reading

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Disaster: Philly Fed Report Collapses to -16.6

From Business Insider earlier this morning: The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Report is one of the most widely-watched regional Fed economic surveys there is. -snip- analysts are expecting a 0.0 reading, which would actually be an improvement from the -5.8 reading … Continue reading

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Califonia’s Balanced Budget is a Catastrophic Economic Tsunami

In 2010, to help motivate our Legislators, Californians voted to dock legislative pay when the State’s budget is not passed on time. We should have known our slimy representatives would find a shameful, selfish and inevitably destructive way to game … Continue reading

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Embracing Mediocrity

From the “You Can’t make This Up” Department, Time Magazine has a shameless piece working breathlessly to remove any remaining stigma associated with adults who live with their parents in an article titled, “Being 30 and Living With Your Parents … Continue reading

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Has the World Gone Mad? (Updated)

First we hear about a naked homeless man eating the face of another naked homeless man in Miami. Now there’s 43-year-old Wayne Carter in Hackensack who stabs himself and throws pieces of his own skin and intestines at officers attempting … Continue reading

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