On Wednesday Eric Holder testified before Congress about the Justice Department’s wiretapping of Associated Press reporters’ phones. I’m not sure “testify” is the proper term. Holder showed up, didn’t say anything for four hours and called it a day. He has recused himself from any further involvement in the whole wiretapping business. Not that he actually has that whole recusing business in writing or anything, or if he does, the document is in the same place his Fast and Furious records are kept. And those are locked up tighter than the maker of that crummy Islamic video. This from “The Most Transparent Administration in History.” Yes, as transparent as a milkshake.   Read the rest of this entry »

Where, oh where to begin on Benghazi? Let’s start with Jay Carney. During his recent performances at White House press briefings he appears to be doing the political version of Stop, Drop and Roll. I used to think Jay Carney was a reasonably intelligent man. Not that I ever much agreed with him, but I didn’t picture him as a dunce. Now it’s hard to consider him as much else. Why do I say this? Just ask him. Nearly every question posed to him by the White House press corps (alternatively known as the White House “steno pool”) are met with responses like “I dunno”, I have no knowledge”, “We’ll look into that”, and, of course, “Huh?”   Read the rest of this entry »

During President Obama’s recent press conference he stated that Gitmo is used as a recruitment tool for extremists. This is not a new theme for him and it harkens back to repeated claims he made during the 2008 election. But is Gitmo really used as a recruiting tool? It’s not as if al Qaeda had much trouble recruiting jihadists before the Gitmo detention center opened. Blind loyalty to a fascist-religious cause requires no great recruitment effort. The Spanish Inquisition had them lining up at the door.   Read the rest of this entry »

Many folks seem to be searching for any reason other than they were radical Islamic terrorists to explain the latest episode of, well, radical Islamic terrorism. Time magazine wondered if Tamerlan’s boxing career may have caused him to blow up Americans. This explanation would only be plausible if the intended target was Don King.   Read the rest of this entry »

Good old MSNBC. The cable network that manages ratings that are barely above those of the Shoelace Channel, managed to stir up a little noise recently with one of their promotional ads. For those who are unfamiliar with MSNBC’s marketing campaign, “Lean Forward” (and really, who would be?), the ads feature various network hosts talking about something that makes no sense (much like regular MSNBC programming). For example, one ad features host Rachel Maddow standing on top of the Hoover Dam talking about how America doesn’t have small things in its future, it has big things. Clearly she was talking about food stamp enrollment (big and getting way bigger), the White House entertainment budget (Sequester? What sequester?), or the national debt (much too large to fit inside the Hoover Dam). She couldn’t have been talking about things like dams. There isn’t a liberal this side of Martha’s Vineyard that wouldn’t be lining up to sue everybody at the slightest hint of a Hoover Dam-sized project. And Rachel, you’re on top of the Hoover Dam, don’t lean forward too much, it’s a long way down.   Read the rest of this entry »

Many scribes already have or soon will incorporate the oft repeated phrase “Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it." Yet, I don’t think that applies here. The economic crisis isn’t history, it’s an hour ago. It’s not like being an adult and not placing your hand on a hot stove because you recall doing that as a very young child. It hurt and you burned your hand. Rather, it’s putting your hand on a hot stove, realizing that it hurt and you burned your hand, yet immediately telling yourself, “That stove is really hot, I think I burned my hand so I’d better touch it again.”   Read the rest of this entry »

These are exciting times for the European country of Cyprus; the country is broke, its banks have no money and many depositors will have less money when the banks reopen – whenever that is. The tiny island of Cyprus is about the size of the Kennedy compound but, we understand, with much better manners. European officials agreed over the weekend to a bailout deal that would keep the Cyprus financial system afloat, kind of, and the country in the Eurozone, sort of. That bailout and a 32 ounce soda will get you a visit from Mayor Bloomberg’s calorie cops, but that’s another story entirely.   Read the rest of this entry »

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg just can’t leave bad enough alone. Not content to ban large sodas, trans fats, baby formulas and certain pain medications in hospitals, he continues to find ever more items to add to his Banned in New York list. As readers may know, I have lampooned Mayor Bloomberg’s battle against large sodas in the past. Now it’s time once again to look and see what’s next on his hit list – and it’s a really big list.   Read the rest of this entry »

There is one study, however, we hope does not come under the budget knife. According to the Daily Mail Online, MIT researchers are working on a new “alcohol busting” drug that can sober one up in mere seconds. The story says that researchers have developed a cocktail (get it?) of alcohol metabolizing enzymes that speedily reduces blood alcohol levels. Tests have been conducted where intoxicated mice were injected with nanocapsules containing two enzymes. The results, the researchers indicate, have been quite sobering. (Um, I’ll handle the jokes around here.)   Read the rest of this entry »

Some thoughts on recent newsworthy events of the past few days:

The United States Postal Service recently announced that in a few months it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays. It is estimated the move will shave about $2 billion …

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