Jim Antle draws our attention to a Magellan poll done in New Hampshire following Monday night's GOP debate which gives Mitt Romney a thirty-one point lead over Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Larry Flynt Makes Weiner a Job Offer
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt has offered fromer New York Congressman Anthony Weiner a job.
Weiner probably won't take him up on the offer. But who else would want to hire him?
Weiner probably won't take him up on the offer. But who else would want to hire him?
Vancouver Riots: Did "Left-Wing Loons" Cause Them?
Last night, I saw Bill O'Reilly assert that "left-wing loons" were responsible for the riots which took place in Vancouver on Wednesday night after the Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins. He also likened what occurred in Vancouver to violence in Greece which has been taking place on an ongoing basis over austerity measures introduced by their government.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Break Up The Pittsburgh Pirates
Last November, I wrote that Clint Hurdle had accepted "the worst job in America" when he was hired to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates. I stated, "It's a job even Mike Rowe wouldn't want."
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Bruins Win!!!
Tonight, the Boston Bruins have won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Why Romney Won't Be Nominated
Ross Kaminsky makes the case that Mitt Romney's chances of winning the Republican nomination have improved as a result of his performance in Monday night's GOP Presidential Debate in New Hampshire.
I am not convinced this will come to pass. Why? Two words:
South Carolina
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
I am not convinced this will come to pass. Why? Two words:
South Carolina
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Carl Gardner, R.I.P.
Carl Gardner, lead singer of The Coasters, passed away on June 12th due to complications from congestive heart failure and vascular dementia. He was 83.
To read the rest of this obituary, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this obituary, please check out The American Spectator.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
When The Residents Are Away......
With the closing of California highway 405 for repairs, the mayor of Los Angeles is suggesting that residents evacuate the region to avoid being stuck in their homes.
But with that area of the country infamous for its gang violence, do authorities intend to assure homeowners that during their absences steps will be taken to prevent their property from being looted or to prevent squatters from seizing homes outright?
The road is no doubt in need of repair.
Social planners are also no doubt looking at this as an experiment to see if denying infrastructure access could serve as a viable strategy to voluntarily depopulate an area authorities no longer want contaminated by human habitation.
But with that area of the country infamous for its gang violence, do authorities intend to assure homeowners that during their absences steps will be taken to prevent their property from being looted or to prevent squatters from seizing homes outright?
The road is no doubt in need of repair.
Social planners are also no doubt looking at this as an experiment to see if denying infrastructure access could serve as a viable strategy to voluntarily depopulate an area authorities no longer want contaminated by human habitation.
RightOnline Sees Overwhelming Demand from Grassroots for Sneak Peek of Palin Movie, The Undefeated
Controversial Palin film to be viewed by hundreds at RightOnline
ARLINGTON, Va., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to overwhelming demand from its free-market grassroots activists for a sneak peek of the controversial new film, The Undefeated, Americans for Prosperity Foundation's RightOnline Conference will move the showing of the movie to the 1,000-seat main ballroom during RightOnline on Friday, June 17th at 9 p.m. CDT. The Undefeated is an independently produced feature film about Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. RightOnline is a conservative technology activism conference that runs opposite the left-wing Netroots Nation Convention.
"Sarah Palin is one of the most talked about political figures by pundits, but the overwhelming demand for viewing this film proves that she strikes a high profile with grassroots activists on the center-Right as well," said Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity and President of Americans for Prosperity Foundation. "We're pleased to be able to offer this excusive screening to attendees of AFP Foundation's RightOnline Conference this Friday, and give hundreds of free-market activists a peek at the real story behind Palin's political career. This film also underscores the importance of social media—that is, to step around the mainstream media in order to provide a unbiased look at political issues and personalities."
Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon and produced by Victory Film Group co- founder Glenn Bracken Evans and Dan Fleutte, The Undefeated was independently financed by Victory Film Group and its partners. The movie features a wealth of rare and never-before-seen footage, as well as exclusive interviews with Alaska lawmakers who offer fresh perspective on Palin's time in office. It features commentary from prominent conservatives such as Mark Levin, Andrew Breitbartand Tammy Bruce.
The Undefeated will premiere in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina in late June and early July, and the film is slated for a nationwide theatrical release beginning July 15 through exclusively at select AMC theatres. Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., a full-service theatrical distributor specializing in digital cinema, is managing the theatrical release and ARC Entertainment has taken on worldwide distribution responsibilities for the project.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation), the premiere free-market grassroots organization, will hold its 4th annual RightOnline Conference in Minneapolis, MN on June 17-18, 2011. The event will feature a powerful lineup of speakers, including HotAir.com founder and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin, Breitbart.com founder Andrew Breitbart, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Congressman John Kline, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and businessman Herman Cain.
As in previous years, RightOnline will counter the left-wing Netroots Nation Conference, also being held in Minneapolis, Minn., by bringing together free-market activists from across the country to learn how to boost their online presence and influence public policy debates on the local, state, and national level.
Click here for a comprehensive list of confirmed speakers. For more information and to register, please visit http://rightonline.com/. Discounts for students, seniors, and family are available.
RightOnline is a project of Americans for Prosperity Foundation. Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP Foundation believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP Foundation educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP Foundation has more than 1.7 million members, including members in all 50 states, and 31 state chapters and affiliates. More than 85,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial investment in AFP Foundation and Americans for Prosperity.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP Foundation believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP Foundation educates citizens on restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP Foundation has more than 1.7 million members, including members in all 50 states, and 31 state chapters and affiliates. More than 85,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial investment in AFP Foundation and its related organization, Americans for Prosperity. For more information, visit http://www.americansforprosperityfoundation.com/.
SOURCE Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Against the odds, right leads online
Great article from AFP/Right Online's social media genius Erik Telford (who has been called the 2nd worst person in the world by Keith Olbermann) on how the right is now head of the left when it comes to online activism. Some excerpts -
The love affair between the tech giants and the big-government left can be traced not only to Silicon Valley’s geographical proximity to San Francisco but also to the two groups’ shared agenda. President Obama’s stated goal of having the FCC regulate the Internet will ensure that bandwidth-heavy websites will not have to pay for the billions of dollars in investments that private broadband companies made. Of course, money from the technology industry flows freely into Democratic coffers. Yet somehow the right is more than holding its own in the online activism arena.
Tea Party groups are using technology created largely by left-wingers at Harvard and Stanford to denounce — and often defeat — the very shibboleths of establishment liberalism that these institutions stand for. Republican members of Congress are better than their Democratic counterparts at using Facebook and Twitter to inform and motivate their constituents. Ironically, the most adept new media maven among congressional Democrats, Anthony Weiner, was more interested in using these tools for, shall we say, personal gratification than to advance his political ideas. His career is now effectively over — thanks to conservative online activists who would not let the Weinergate story die.
Read the rest of the article in The Daily Caller
The love affair between the tech giants and the big-government left can be traced not only to Silicon Valley’s geographical proximity to San Francisco but also to the two groups’ shared agenda. President Obama’s stated goal of having the FCC regulate the Internet will ensure that bandwidth-heavy websites will not have to pay for the billions of dollars in investments that private broadband companies made. Of course, money from the technology industry flows freely into Democratic coffers. Yet somehow the right is more than holding its own in the online activism arena.
Tea Party groups are using technology created largely by left-wingers at Harvard and Stanford to denounce — and often defeat — the very shibboleths of establishment liberalism that these institutions stand for. Republican members of Congress are better than their Democratic counterparts at using Facebook and Twitter to inform and motivate their constituents. Ironically, the most adept new media maven among congressional Democrats, Anthony Weiner, was more interested in using these tools for, shall we say, personal gratification than to advance his political ideas. His career is now effectively over — thanks to conservative online activists who would not let the Weinergate story die.
Read the rest of the article in The Daily Caller
Monday, June 13, 2011
Throwaway Lines Reveal Potential Future Trends
One of the most intriguing lines from the Doctor Who midseason finale was "The Papal mainframe herself."
This conjectures that at some distant point in the future the Pope might be an artificial intelligence construed to be a female.
The idea sounds ludicrous.
However, wilder notions are often considered at Transhumanist conferences and symposia (often at taxpayer expense).
This conjectures that at some distant point in the future the Pope might be an artificial intelligence construed to be a female.
The idea sounds ludicrous.
However, wilder notions are often considered at Transhumanist conferences and symposia (often at taxpayer expense).
Harold Camping Suffers Stroke
The radio minister that insisted the Rapture would transpire in late May has suffered a stroke.
A spokesman for the 89 year old Camping warns that, if the head of Family Radio returns to the airwaves, his voice is likely to be slurred.
How is that appreciably different from how Camping has always sounded?
A spokesman for the 89 year old Camping warns that, if the head of Family Radio returns to the airwaves, his voice is likely to be slurred.
How is that appreciably different from how Camping has always sounded?
A Cheesy Question for Cain
Jim Antle's piece on Herman Cain in which he characterizes the Georgia Republican's foreign policy as "the pizza doctrine" has whetted my appetite with a question.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Mavs Win 1st NBA Title
The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat 105-95 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to win their first 1st NBA Title.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Alzheimer's Claims Two World Series Heroes
Alzheimer's claimed the lives of two men who shone brightly in World Series play on consecutive days earlier this week.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Romney, Rudy & Abortion
I realize that many conservatives consider Rudy Giuliani unpalatable because of his pro-choice position on abortion.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Thoughts on Debbie Downer
I think Debbie Wasserman-Schultz owes Anthony Weiner some flowers. If not for his ongoing saga, the focus would have shone far more brightly on the DNC Chair. Yes, she has been tagged Debbie Downer. But it only scratches the surface.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
A Changing of the Bobs in Oakland
Today, the Oakland Athletics have fired manager Bob Geren and have replaced him with Bob Melvin.
I guess you could call it a changing of the Bobs.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
I guess you could call it a changing of the Bobs.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Does Obama Equal Dinkins?
Over at The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol tells us that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is planning another run for the White House.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
A Gretzky Who Plays Baseball?
Normally a seventh round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs wouldn't merit a great deal of attention. but when you are the son of the greatest hockey player to ever don skates well people are going to sit up and take notice.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Monday, June 6, 2011
I Still Revere Palin
A couple of days ago, I provided my take on the liberal media's reaction to the Sarah Palin/Paul Revere situation.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Weiner Gets It Off His Chest
I guess confession is good for the soul. But I am not sure if he ever lives this down.
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