April 2012
Michelle: A Few Thousand Votes Could Decide It |... →
First Lady Michelle Obama revealed the extent of the nervousness in President Obama’s camp over the upcoming contest with Mitt Romney, telling a group of Obama supporters in Naples, Florida that the election could be decided by a few thousand votes.
“This all could come down to those last few thousand people we register to vote,” she said, according to Naplesnews.com. “It might mean just one more...
Doug Ross @ Journal: "I'm unemployed, my wife left... →
And they say Journolist is dead? Gee, Bucky, this doesn’t appear orchestrated or anything. Via Investors Business Daily (“It’s Cool To Be In The Tank For Obama”), let’s explore the latest legacy media talking points, straight from the desk of David “Red Diaper Baby” Axelrod:
• The Washington Post, 25 April 2012: “The battle for Cool in this...
Meth Lab Explodes In Man’s Pants « CBS St. Louis →
File photo of a recreated methamphetamine lab. (Photo by TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)
OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a portable methamphetamine lab exploded in a man’s pants as he tried to run away from a state trooper during a traffic stop.
Tulsa television station KOTV reports the incident happened shortly after midnight Friday in Okmulgee County. Authorities say the...
Apple’s Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and... →
How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Global Taxes
Braeburn Capital, an Apple subsidiary in Reno, Nev., manages and invests the company’s cash. Nevada has a corporate tax rate of zero, as opposed to the 8.84 percent levied in California, where Apple has its headquarters.
RENO, Nev. — Apple, the world’s most profitable technology company, doesn’t design iPhones here. It doesn’t run AppleCare...
Portland Pounces On Groupon | The Weekly Standard →
Oregon city stopping citizens from saving money in tough times.
As Ronald Reagan famously quipped, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Portland, Oregon, though, really is here to help. The problem is that the city hasn’t created laws to benefit Portlanders—it’s created them to benefit one specific industry, at the...
WatchGot Bigotry?: CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Stars In Skit Ripping ‘Rednecks’
Monday, Soledad O’Brien’s “Starting Point” couldn’t clear 100k viewers in the coveted 25-54 demo or even a half-million total viewers.
Via Breitbart
“The Daily Show” itself came in at #23 in the cable rankings with only 1.54 million total viewers.
You think...
Swiss woman dies after attempting to live on... →
***Can’t make this stuff up!
Kazuhiro Tanda/Getty Images
The prosecutors’ office in the Swiss canton (state) of Aargau confirmed Wednesday that the woman died in the town of Wolfhalden in eastern Switzerland.
Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reports that a woman starved to death after embarking on a spiritual diet that required her to stop eating or drinking and live off sunlight...
Man clad as Afghan soldier kills U.S. coalition... →
(CNN) — A man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform killed a U.S. coalition service member, the U.S. military said Thursday. It was the latest in a string of such attacks.
The incident took place late Wednesday when the person “turned his weapon against coalition service members,” the U.S. military said. The person who opened fire was killed by coalition forces who returned...
Michelle’s Spanish Idyll Cost Taxpayers $467K |... →
Judicial Watch is reporting that Michelle’s dream excursion to the Spanish Rivera in June 2010 cost taxpayers $467,000.
From the report:
The following are highlights from the U.S. Air Force records, which indicate a total cost of $213,124.15:
According to U.S. Department of Defense’s 2010 published hourly rates, the total cost of flying Michelle Obama and her guests from Camp Andrews to...
Obama admin. let grenades walk in Fast and... →
In a shocking development in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation, documents show Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed grenade parts to walk in addition to guns.
The emails also show Obama administration officials acknowledging that they may lose track of grenades but would still be able to accomplish their original objective even if the grenades explode.
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Miami’s vice: Nearly 300 never-driven Priuses... →
This Feb. 19, 2012 photo, shows a line of 2012 Prius sedans at a Toyota dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. said Thursday, March 1, 2012, its U.S. sales rose more than 12 percent February on higher demand for fuel efficient vehicles. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
What would you do if you stumbled into a secret warehouse full of brand new...
Nugent Tells Beck About the Alaskan Hunting Trip... →
Over the past few weeks, rocker Ted Nugent has been making headlines. From his controversial speech at the National Rifle Association conference to his recent drama over hunting missteps with the U.S. government, Nugent has had a busy month. In a radio interview with Glenn Beck this morning, the musician delved into the details surrounding his recent guilty plea for illegally killing a black bear...
Doug Ross @ Journal: Ohio Governor Reacts... →
Hot on the heels of President Subprime McDowngrade’s visit to Ohio — during which he attempted to take credit for Gov. John Kasich’s stunningly successful fiscal record — comes the obvious question from a reporter. Obvious, that is, if you’re a liberal Statist hack. The governor’s reaction is priceless.
Yes. That was Kasich cracking up. Over the course of...
ATF: 70 percent of guns found in Mexico come from... →
Nearly 70 percent of all guns found in Mexico came from the U.S. over the past four years, according to data released by the federal government on Thursday. More than 68,000 of the 99,691 firearms that were recovered between 2007 and 2011, and submitted to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for trace testing, were either made in the U.S. or legally brought into the U.S....
Fox News mole Joe Muto served with search warrant,... →
In a series of tweets, the Gawker blogger who worked at Fox News until he was outed as a mole announces this morning that News Corp.’s legal threats were not just talk. Gawker COO Gaby Darbyshire told me by email that Muto remains an employee and “we will be providing him with legal support.” She also said Gawker hasn’t “been served yet” and “we don’t expect to served.”
I just got search...
Obama Schedule || April 27, 2012 – Fort Stewart,... →
9:05 am || Departs White House 10:55 am || Arrives Hinesville, Georgia 12:35 pm || Delivers remarks to troops, veterans and military families; Fort Stewart 2:05 pm || Departs Hinesville 3:45 pm ||Arrives White House 4:55 pm || Attends a fundraiser; Washington Convention Center 6:10 pm || Attends a fundraiser; private residence
Karl Rove Debuts First Electoral Map of 2012,... →
Mitt Romney has just clinched the Republican nomination, and according to GOP strategist Karl Rove, he has a lot of catching up to do. In fact, according to Rove, if the election were held today, Obama could destroy Romney by as many as 100 votes:
Rove’s map shows that for Romney, even in the event that he wins all of the as-yet undecided 82 electoral votes, he would still have to flip a state...
“Cooling Job Market Takes Toll on U.S. Confidence: Economy”
– More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week and consumer confidence declined by the most in a year, signaling that a cooling labor market may restrain household spending.
Jobless claims fell to 388,000 from a revised 389,000 the prior week that was the... 