“And get this— the Times is paying old Carlos an astounding 14% interest rate! What, was Tony Soprano not available?”
So Now They Notice
Had they interrupted the babbling about His Magnificence long enough to take a breath, the media might have noticed that He Who Need Not Explain actually stopped taking their questions* last September;
Veteran CBS newsman Bill Plante was one of the most vocal critics, questioning the White House’s handling of Wednesday night’s second swearing in – which was covered by just a four-reporter print pool that didn’t include a news photographer or TV correspondent.
He also asked new press secretary Robert Gibbs why ABC, which paid millions to host the DC Neighborhood Ball, was granted the only inauguration day interview with President Obama – a move he equated to “pay to play.”
Asked how he could reconcile a strict ban on lobbyists in his administration with a Deputy Defense Secretary nominee who lobbied for Raytheon, Obama interrupted with a knowing smile on his face.
“Ahh, see,” he said, “I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can’t end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I’m going to get grilled every time I come down here.”
Related – Must be Truth To Power Day
Y2Kyoto: The End Of Civilization As We Know It
Largely unnoticed during end of civilization as we know it.
Secondary finding: Americans still take George W. Bush’s word over that of Al Gore’s.
h/t Ed S.
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Thursday night wild-card show, here is Murray Head performing One Night in Bangkok from the musical Chess (1984, 4:19).
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
Take Me, Obama
Quivering thighs at The Province;
Rapt eyes shone as Obama spoke with stunning eloquence of re-building America. When the president delivered perhaps his most impressive rhetorical offering, telling the world’s tyrants, “We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist,” many in the audience gasped audibly at the sheer power of his language.
I haven’t seen a group of people wearing their fervour so completely, and so uniformly, since a guy I used to work with brought me to visit his weird sex cult in California.
But maybe Obama, unlike the cult leader in the purple house, really deserves this worship.
The Lucky-X-Chromosome Senator For New York
And to think that Caroline Kennedy was in line for a mere Senate seat when she had the qualifications to be Treasury Secretary.
The War On Terror Is Over
“It’s payback time for those who ever thought it should have begun.”
The Left knows how to pluck out the thorns in its side. The Sison saga provides a glimpse into how the hard left enforces consensus and how it defends those who impose consensus. Geert Wilders basic problem is that he is spitting in the face of the professed consensus of “progressives”. And like all other “deniers”, Wilders will pay.
You don’t need to agree with Wilders or like him to ask yourself: ‘if they can do this to Wilders, can they do this to me? Am I safe?’
Maybe we were never safe; and maybe the best thing about the Wilders case is how it destroys the complacent assumption that fairness is automatic. The struggle to keep justice untainted by politics is never-ending.
Ezra, on Holland’s national suicide note
You can follow the Wilders persecution at the International Free Press Society.
Ladyblog Awards
SDA is nominated under “conservative politics. (One vote per person.)
Bush Derangement Syndrome Post-Mortem: If Bush Is Hitler
How did the black guy get elected?
Moral preeners please note that the “magic moment” in history “closing a chapter on one of the darkest aspects” of America’s past occurred on George W. Bush’s watch.
Discuss.
Poodles Are German
No, really, they are.
The Mob On The Mall (Give Or Take A Million)
Four, three, two… Newsbusters;
ASU journalism professor Stephen Doig took it to the satellite image to get an accurate count of the crowd. His tally, after even accounting for those still in route to the event: 800,000. Now let’s look at how the working Obamalists portrayed that to the public.
Moneyrunner catches the Washington Post quoting a statistic taken from a source that used the Washington Post as the source.
Reader Tips
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your amusement, we present Robbie Fulks singing Cigarette State.
The thread is open for your Reader Tips.
New Democrats: Standing Up For The Poor Man’s Timothy McVeigh
“New Democrat Citizenship and Immigration Critic Olivia Chow calls on the Minister of Immigration and Minister of Public Safety to allow educational theorist, Bill Ayers entry into Canada.
Flashback to NDP MP Pat Martin – “Winnipeg NDP MP Pat Martin said the [Westboro Baptist Church] should be “sent packing,” and should not try to show up in Winnipeg “for their own safety.”
Say what you like about the Phelps “family”, but so far they haven’t blown anything up.
Harper Gov’t Still Failing To Protect Children
A new United Nations report on the plight of children confirms what many Canadians already know – the Conservative government of Stephen Harper is content to let children fend for themselves, Liberal Social Development Critic Ruby Dhalla said today.
A high-ranking human rights worker with ties to the United Nations was nabbed at Kennedy Airport Tuesday with kiddie porn in his suitcase, officials said.
Y2Kyoto: There Was An Old Greenie Who Swallowed A Cat
Imagine that! She swallowed a cat….
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(h/t Shayne)
Still Hope For The Youth Of America
Ratings for “American Idol – Presidential Edition” lag behind original.
The Moment Just After The Planet Began To Heal
Juxtapose!
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Other groups pitching the Dragons for “stimulus” cash included the auto sector (represented by former CAW union head Buzz Hargrove), post-secondary students, manufacturers and municipalities for infrastructure funding, and the Suzuki Foundation for “green” spending.
Watch the CTF in action pitching the Dragons on EI premium harmonization, a higher Basic Personal Exemption, and lower, flatter income taxes for Canadians.
This special edition of the Dragons’ Den will air in two-parts on Wednesday, January 21st and Friday, January 23rd during the second half of CBC’s The National News.
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Tuesday night vintage media show and to all those who hope that the President of the United States of America, whomever he or she may be (or in this case, Mr. Obama), won’t be lead in a diabolical direction, here is the silent film version of Faust as directed by F. W. Murnau (1926, 1¾ hours, and there is an English “closed caption” button to the lower right of the viewing window).
| 21:53 | Satan | You have summoned me! |
| 22:43 | Faust | Be gone from me, Satan! |
| 23:22 | Satan | One day! Try it! Just one trial day! |
| 24:28 | Faust | Can you help the hungry and the sick? |
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.