There\’s an old joke about an American in Paris who asks a French guy “do you speak German”? The French guy answers “No monsieur”. The American says “You\’re welcome”. Inadvertently, I am sure, President Obama gave us his version of this joke on Friday, while speaking at a fundraiser in Rhode Island. According to Daniel...
Apropos of nothing political… Did you know that people in Japan are being warned to stockpile toilet paper? It seems that most toilet paper is produced in an area of the country which is prone to earthquake eruptions (come to think of it, “eruptions” of a sort are why most toilet paper is needed). So there is always the possibility that one such eruption would put those...
The greatest of great thanks to our children (the best ones on the planet, it should be noted) for giving us a unique experience last night with their anniversary present of dinner at Blue Hill At Stone Barns. This “farm to table” restaurant is truly one of a kind. Over a three hour period we had something like 14-15 courses – not the...
I urge you to sit down before reading this, and not to be ingesting food or drink. As noted in Tony Lee\’s article at breitbart.com, the Federal Government has agreed to allow the repatriation of Mexicans who have “voluntarily deported themselves from the United States (as opposed to the government deporting them, which the law says should happen to just about every illegal)...
From Al Gore\’s lecture, upon accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in “educating” us about Global Warming: “LastSeptember 21, as the Northern Hemisphere tilted away from the sun,scientists reported with unprecedented distress that the North Polarice cap is “falling off a cliff.” One study estimated thatit could be completely gone during summer in less...
While we\’re on the subject of what is and isn\’t news….. It is now three weeks since Michael Brown was shot and killed by Police Officer Darren Wilson. -Why can we not see Michael Brown\’s juvenile record? Why is Missouri being sued to make it public since, once he is dead, there no longer is a privacy issue preventing its being made available? Why...
Remember the Yazidi? They are a small sect (estimated at less than a million followers) who mostly live in the Kurdish part of Iraq – or maybe lived would be more accurate. Do you remember that tens of thousands of them had fled up a mountain, and were besieged by ISIS murderers? That they had no food and water. Do you remember what a big story this was – until Barack Obama...
A potential national incident may have been averted – and by just 24 hours. Tonight, President and Ms. Obama will be guests at the wedding of Sam Kass – Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy and Let\’s Move Executive Director, so you have to know he\’s a favorite of Michelle – and MSNBC host Alex Wagner. The wedding will be...
This editorial appeared in yesterday\’s edition of the Washington Post. I usually excerpt material of this nature and comment on it afterwards. But in this one instance, I am posting the entire piece with no subsequent commentary at all. Because it doesn\’t require any. With great respect for what it took for an Obama-supporting enterprise like the Post to...
Sometimes I think one of those brain-eating amoebas has somehow gotten inside the head of former Republican congressperson/current MSNBC morning show host Joe Scarborough, and every now and then decides to take a bite. My latest suspicions were aroused because of his “analysis” (if you can call it that) of President Obama\’s startling admission that he has no...
Nero famously fiddled while Rome burned. President Obama doesn\’t play the fiddle, but he\’s definitely got some Nero in him. Here, drawn from Justin Sink\’s article at the hill.com, are a few of the things he said yesterday at a DNC barbeque: “Ican see why a lot of folks are troubled….Theworld\’s always been messy…We\’re just noticing now in...
Let\’s start with the fact that I do not know if this is true. Saying it again: I do not know if this is true. That said, Charles C. Johnson, of something called “Got News”, claims to have solid information that Michael Brown, as a juvenile, was arrested in a case involving second-degree murder – and is suing for release of Brown\’s...
We\’ve all heard the one about the kid who kills his parents, and then pleads for mercy because he\’s an orphan. Here is the political version – courtesy of this except from Jonathan Weisman and Jennifer Steinhauer\’s article in today\’s New York Times: AHouse Republican-led investigation of the 2012 terrorist attack on anAmerican diplomatic compound in Benghazi...
Is it just me, or does the ISIS flag… …look a little like an English version of “all Jews SOS”? I\’m sure it means something in Arabic that I don\’t like, but, bizarrely, it looks like it is saying something in English I don\’t like either.
What ever possessed Acura to put out a commercial which features the Sid Vicious version of “My Way”? It is intrusive – so intrusive that it overwhelms any attention to the car…which is what it presumably is trying to get me interested in. It is obnoxious. It is cacophonous. And it is a true turn-off – as in I turn off the...
