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July 2011

The day is young, but I think this one by Jazz Shaw is going to be hard to top: Looks like it's time for @iowahawkblog to man up....

Mitch McConnell had it right a couple of weeks ago when he made the following statement: A “real solution” to U.S. fiscal problems isn’t possible as long as President Barack Obama remains in office, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, heightening the rhetoric surrounding the...

Wait? He hasn't waited, you say, he's declared and raising more money than anyone else.  He's simply playing the role of presumptive nominee, which explains his seemingly low-key public strategy.  Let other lesser contenders gain TV face time for now, the primaries are a long way off. But as reported...

I guess. Thanks to reader Cat who sent this photo and message: Not political but funny--turnabout is fair play I suppose?  Instead of nekkid lady mudflaps we get nekkid trucker on minivan!!! ...

This actually is good news.  It gives Boehner a chance to reconfigure his plan to give confidence that there really will be $1.2 trillion in cuts. Via National Journal, the CBO scored the plan as written at only $850 billion in savings: House Speaker John Boehner’s debt-ceiling...

These statements by Norway's Ambassador to Israel are deeply troubling, particularly at this time (via Israel Matzav): Norway's ambassador to Israel drew distinctions between the Oslo and Utoeya massacres and Palestinian terrorism. Svein Sevje said in an Israeli newspaper interview Tuesday that while the Norwergian bomb and...

Because they have no where to go, and will hold their noses, lean forward, and give the lever a pull (or more likely, push a button). So I discount the ultimate importance of this report that Obama is losing his base: With the 2012 presidential election just...

Here's the analysis by James Pethokoukoukis (via @irishspy): Now is not time to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Neither the Reid budget plan nor the Boehner budget plan packs the fiscal wallop of Cut, Cap and Balance. But significant progress on cutting...

The past several days have seen a feeding frenzy by the mainstream media and left-blogosphere trying to blame Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer for the murder of dozens of innocents in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik.  It was a horrific crime which deserves universal condemnation. The...

I don't usually post bumper sticker photos that have appeared elsewhere, but this one was sent by blog friend Bruce at Where Are My Keys and seems particularly ironic in light of Obama's speech last night. Which of the world's great religions depicted on this version of...

Or is it a press conference, not that there's much of a difference. Via NY Times: President Obama, continuing to make use of his unique White House bully pulpit, will address the nation on Monday night on the “stalemate over avoiding default and the best approach to...

Charles Gasparino, writing in The NY Post: Obama's crew loves chaos What a crazy thought.  Never crossed my mind....

While journalists at mainstream media publications regularly tout their professionalism and lack of bias, the people who consume their services see the bias for what it is: Likely voters hold a dismal view of the news media, generally regarding reporters as biased, unethical and too close...

So badly that he still claims to be willing to veto any debt bill which does not extend the debt limit beyond the 2012 elections: Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he is working on a plan to raise the debt limit by $2.7 trillion,...

but not a "golden calf." Or am I misreading this? What means it, says you? Thanks to reader Linda who spotted this message Sunday in The Tennessean. ...

I always liked this line from the 1987 movie Wall Street, by character Lou Mannheim played by Hal Holbrook: Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss Seems...

Thanks to reader Robert, who writes: I saw this and thought of your blog. I'm just guessing, but I don't think he's a fan of the President. Spotted in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Republic, Missouri. ...