Laurie Garrett, the Pulitzer-prize winning ebola expert, told the dwindling but still existent viewers of Ronan Farrow\’s show on (where else?) MSNBC the steps that must be taken to prevent ebola from spreading in the United States. Here is part of what she had to say about ebola on Melissa Harris-Perry\’s MSNBC show just two months ago (but use the link I\’ve provided...
Greg Orman is the “independent” candidate to unseat Republican Pat Roberts and become Kansas\’s new U. S. Senator. He has just launched a new TV ad, which you can see by clicking here. Part of its dialogue is as follows: “Ifyou listen to Pat Roberts and his Washington buddies, they\’ll tellyou that President Obama and Harry Reid are the reason...
Apropos of nothing political…. ….this picture might even be real. Regardless of whether it is or it isn\’t, I have to admit I laughed when I saw it. As black humor goes, it\’s right up at the top of the food chain: Uh, Jerry…about those Halloween decorations you got that great sale price on…. Ok, back to politics. Where good legislation and...
You can\’t say the bombing of ISIS targets has had no success. It has proven two facts, beyond the shadow of a doubt, to anyone who did not know them already: 1) when you bomb an enemy with no air force you can hit anything you want at any time you want to hit it, but 2) when an enemy has boots on the ground and you don\’t, all the bombing in the world will...
Let\’s start with an easy one: Do you think this information – excerpted from Stephanie Armour\’s article at the Wall Street Journal – is newsworthy? Hundredsof thousands of Americans face a Tuesday deadline to verify theirincome and are at risk of losing or having to pay back their federalhealth-insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Theneed for...
Julia Pierson is the person in charge of a secret service that allowed two different people who had no business anywhere near the White House to get inside – not a few feet beyond the fence, not on the lawn, but IN THE WHITE HOUSE. One of them ran through the green room, among other places, before being stopped. Another actually rode in an elevator with the President. I am no...
As regular readers may recall, about two months ago I blogged about being “unfriended” on facebook by former Major League baseball player, then announcer, now independent movie producer Billy Sample. You would need a pretty good memory to do so, because I never mentioned him again afterwards. Losing a facebook friend is not exactly a seminal experience in my life. The...
In case you are into cable news ratings (and even if you aren\’t), here are the latest data: Third-Quarter2014 Primetime Averages FNC:1,797,000 viewers, up 12 percent (313,000 adults 25-54, up 12percent)CNN: 555,000 viewers, up 2 percent (186,000 adults 25-54,up 4 percent)MSNBC: 557,000 viewers, down 2 percent (150 adults25-54, down 21 percent)HLN: 352,000 viewers, down 4 percent...
Today\’s quote comes to us from Marie Harf, the Obama spokesperson whose most recognizable quality is that she talks to us with a sing-song quality reminiscent of a 10th grader reciting her oral mid-term exam. Here is how she tried to explain away President Obama\’s gross negligence regarding the intelligence information he ignored for all this time, and his lamer-than-lame...
It\’s bad enough that George Clooney married an Israel-hater from an Israel-hating family. But did he have to spend the equivalent of $13,000,000 to do it? From Nick Squires\’ article at London\’s Daily Telegraph: GeorgeClooney\’s four-day wedding celebrations in Venice, which involvedpool-side cocktail parties, dinners in five-star hotels and a lavishwedding reception on...
How big a liar is Barack Obama? Here are the first three paragraphs of Peter Baker and Eric Schmitt\’s page 1 article in this morning\’s (usually Obama-loving) New York Times: Bylate last year, classified American intelligence reports painted anincreasingly ominous picture of a growing threat from Sunniextremists in Syria,according to senior intelligence and military...
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I am staunchly in favor of full gay rights, including marriage. To me, it is a simple issue of personal freedom – along with the fact that no one\’s sexual orientation is anyone\’s business but their own. That said, however, the following story absolutely disgusts me. Here it is, via excerpts from Kelsey Harkness\’s...
I watched a few minutes of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski\’s “Morning Joe” show today. Based on its heavily Democrat and leftward lean, I never expect much in the way of informed conversation from this show – that doesn\’t happen when one side predominates. But on any given day, you never know. I stopped watching while Scarborough...
A week and a half has passed since I wrote that “I do not bet on political campaigns. But if I did, I would lay odds on Mr. Roberts returning to the senate for a fourth term.” At that time, two relatively fresh polls had Roberts\’ competition, the Democrat-running-as-an-independent Greg Orman, up by 6% (Fox) and 5% (Rasmussen) respectively….which looked good for...
Here is Mr. Obama\’s explanation of why, since he became President, terrorism – which he has told us for years was “virtually decimated”, just a “jayvee squad”, and other similar kiss-off descriptions – has, in actuality, become stronger by far than it ever was in the past: “[Directorof National Intelligence James Clapper] has acknowledged...
