Various news outlets are reporting that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will appoint Rep. Tim Scott to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jim DeMint, who is resigning to become president of the Heritage Foundation. Gov. Haley is expected to announce the appointment at noon Monday. Mr. Scott will be the only African-American in the […]
Madman Kills 26 at Connecicut Elementary School
I’m reluctant to write about the act of evil visited on my neighbors in Newtown yesterday… To be honest I’m a bit numb, and still trying to make sense of senselessness. I live a little more than 10 miles from the Sandy Hook Elementary School where a madman went on murderous rampage that left 20 […]
Obama Campaign Officially Jumps the Shark
Wow, just wow. I think it’s safe to say President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has officially jumped the shark. I don’t know what else to say about their newly released ad featuring actress Lena Dunham comparing voting to losing her virginity: President Obama’s campaign is out with an eyebrow-raising new ad targeting young voters in […]
12 Year Old Girl Thwarts Home Invasion
From KWTV, News 9 Oklahoma: News9.com – Oklahoma City, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports | BRYAN COUNTY, Oklahoma – A 12-year-old girl took matters into her own hands during a home invasion in southeast Oklahoma. It happened on Wednesday when the girl was home alone. She told police a stranger rang the doorbell, […]
Saturday Serenade: Love and Theft – Angel Eyes
I’m not sure what happened, but when I woke up this morning I discovered that the server that hosts thing site was down. Sorry about that, my web host is working on it and should have everything back to normal shortly. Anyway, I have things to do this weekend that don’t involve sitting in front […]
Video: Lara Logan’s Keynote Speech at the 2012 BGA Annual Luncheon
Lara Logan of CBS News delivered a chilling warning to American policy makers and the American people during her keynote address to the Better Government Associations annual luncheon on Tuesday, October 2, 2012: Lara Logan, a correspondent for CBS’ “60 Minutes,” delivered a provocative speech to about 1,100 influentials from government, politics, media, and the […]
Mila Kunis: Idiot — Part Deux
It’s a good thing Esquire Magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive, Mila Kunis, can get by on her looks because she clearly not a deep thinker: In her interview with Esquire‘s Ross McCammon, Mila doesn’t talk about dating — Ashton Kutcher’s name doesn’t come up. But she doesn’t shy away from getting political. “The way that Republicans […]
Saturday Serenade: The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jump Jive An’ Wail
After digging though the September jobs numbers I need palette cleanser, so without further ado I give you The Brian Setzer Orchestra performing “Jump Jive An’ Wail” Crank it up and if you don’t feel like dancing before it’s over, seek medical attention. 😀
A Quick Note On The Septmeber Jobs Report
Like most of you I’m still trying to make sense of yesterday’s jobs report from the BLS — Bureau of Labor Statistics… They’re contradictory, something just doesn’t smell right about them but, I can’t put my finger on what it is. I’m not inclined to believe the conspiracy theories simple because as James Sherk explains […]
New Yorker Cover to Feature Empty Chair
Just how bad was President Barack Obama’s performance in the first presidential debate? This bad: Ouch, score one for Clint Eastwood. There’s no denying now that his presentation at the Republican National Convention, which was widely panned as the incoherent ramblings of a senile old man, has resonated in the public consciousness exactly as he […]
Debate Recap — A Drubbing in Denver
As I watched the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney last night I kept hearing Howard Cosell’s voice in the back of my mind… “Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier!” I expected Mitt Romney to fair pretty well in a head to head debate with Barack Obama, I was […]
Saturday Serenade: Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders Cover Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”
I have to confess, I hate this song… but I love this video (in fact I can’t hear “Call me maybe” without thinking of it). Anyway, the story goes like this… while the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders were shooting their 2013 Swimsuit Calendar in the Dominican Republic. They decided to have a little fun film their […]
Pat Caddell: The Media is Threatening Future of This Country
Gallup recently released a poll showing just 8% of Americans have a great deal of trust in the media, you don’t have to look any farther than the recent terrorist attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya to understand why. A few reporters like Eli Lake at Newsweek have doggedly pursued the story and […]
Video: ‘I Don’t Want a Politician Leading This Nation, I Want a President’
Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Retired) the former commander of the USS Cole (DDG-67) joined Neil Cavuto on Your World earlier today and offered some sharp criticism of President Barack Obama’s and his handling of the Iranian nuclear threat: Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com “One time a year, the president has an opportunity to gather […]
GDP Collapse Shows U.S. Economy in Danger of Slipping Back into Recession
Ouch, the government today released its final estimate of U.S. economic activity in the second quarter, and the news isn’t good, GDP was revised downward to 1.3% from the initial estimate of 1.7%: The fragile state of the US’s economic recovery was thrown into focus once more Thursday as the government announced growth was slowing […]