Moe Lane sees an interesting month of July ahead.
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AP: Zelaya accused of drug ties.
Or who knows? Maybe Z is getting set up by O, Miami Vice-style.
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WSJ Law Blog: Is McCain-Feingold Going the Way of the Dodo?
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…and you like Kogi BBQ, you may like their t-shirts, too. Very clever.
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Ed Driscoll: “[T]he gap between candidate Obama’s fluid, high tech 21st presidential campaign and his mid-20th century command economy-era polices is enormous.”
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John Romano: Climate Change Republicans.
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Anne Thompson anticipates trouble for Johnny Depp’s new vehicle.
UPDATE: Time’s Richard Corliss doesn’t like it.
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Must corruption ooze out of everything Washington’s current Political Class touches?
GE (MSNBC‘s corporate parent) “has quietly become the biggest beneficiary of one of the government’s key rescue programs for banks” thanks to loophole in the applicable law. Nice, appearance of impropriety, eh? That’s the same GE that is drooling for a big healthcare records contract if Obamacare becomes law.
But wait! There’s more: turns out that Obama’s Hope for Homeowners program, the much maligned bail-out for homeowners facing foreclosure, is attracting the investigatory attention of the Department of Justice.
Makes you wonder how much wrongdoing is going on, but perhaps a more appropriate question is who will sniff out the wrongdoing? That’s the money question right now given that the federal government is waging war against its own watchdogs: Inspectors General.
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Jim Treacher: “Our society deserves Perez Hilton”.
UPDATE: Andrew Breitbart: The Rise and Fall of Perez Hilton.
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WSJ: “The new DVR service would work by storing a viewer’s recordings in computers housed at the cable operator, rather than in a box attached to the viewer’s TV set, making it easier and cheaper for cable and phone companies to offer a recording service. The court said Monday it wouldn’t disturb a federal appeals court ruling that the technology doesn’t violate copyright laws.”
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STRATFOR: “[T]he real struggle in Iran has not yet been settled, nor was it ever about the liberalization of the regime. Rather, it has been about the role of the clergy — particularly the old-guard clergy — in Iranian life, and the future of particular personalities among this clergy
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Funny, Obama now makes decisions about Honduran law.
I don’t remember learning the Executive Branch had such powers. And I just graduated from law school recently. Or maybe Jim Treacher is right and it’s all about a lack of ice cream.
UPDATE: WSJ: Honduras defends its democracy. Castro and Hillary object.
MORE: Ace: “What, me meddle?”
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Would you watch a little bit of Showtime previews through the SocialVibe widget on the left sidebar? Every time you watch, Showtime makes a donation to help children’s hospitals through the Children’s Miracle Network.
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It must suck when an argument you disagree with makes sense. After all, the Nazis during WWII hated special needs individuals as much as they hated gays, Jews, and other minorities. The shoe fits. Let’s face it.
And “Nazi” may be a big word to throw around, but if I’ve learned anything in 15 years of media marketing experience it’s that you need to grab the audience’s attention and hold it. Why? Because it works. And it works even better when you back it up with a sensible argument, as I did.
It’d be interesting to read someone’s argument for why eliciting expressions of hate and mockery against a special needs child is not Nazi-like. But if instead all you can do is gripe about me getting results, then you’re better off using your time to Photoshop fascist propaganda.
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The Transformers sequel: The Worst-reviewed $400 million hit?
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WaPo: Supremes reverse high-profile decision by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Related: Andrew Malcolm: An “opening for Republican critics”.
MORE: Via Instapundit: “Although there is a sharp 5-4 divide among the justices, not a single justice thought that Judge Sotomayor acted correctly in granting summary judgment for the City of New Haven.”
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LAT: Obama’s curiously close labor friendship. “SEIU chief Andy Stern says he visits the White House weekly”.
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R.S. McCain: “Despite the shocking news from Iran…for a solid week Grassley’s investigation of the fired inspectors general produced extensive news coverage”.
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At Anne Thompson’s.
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The Anchoress: An idol, not an icon.
Couldn’t agree more…
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I dunno. They both attract eugenics advocates?
Legal Insurrection: Wonkette goes after Trig Palin…again!
Why does Wonkette find the need to rally against a special needs child like this? An even better question: does she the author watch Triumph of the Will to get her his jollies? Does she think the camp inmates in Schindler’s List
are the villains?
Just askin’…
UPDATE: Related content at American Power.
MORE: Ed Driscoll points out Ana Marie Cox doesn’t write for Wonkette anymore. It was Ken Layne who wrote the Wonkette post in question. I’m sorry I directed my snark at her. Plus, the irony of it all.
ANOTHER ONE: Getting results. Of course I know how to write a good headline. I have 15 years experience in media, after all. But even if I didn’t use the term “Nazis”, the parallels between the obsession of some Lefties with eugenics and the Third Reich would remain. In the meantime, the headline has been attention grabbing, as intended! The bottom line is the shoe fits.
MORE: Related: Conservative Lesbian: The fear of losing the Down-Syndrome Boogey-Fetus (via The Other McCain). No accusations of Nazism from these folks, but then again, I didn’t accuse anyone of being a Nazi either. I noted parallels to Nazi eugenics on the Wonkette post. But hey, if the shoe fits…
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Reuters: Zelaya says U.S. helped thwart coup against him. Oh, so interfering in Honduras’s affairs is ok, but the Iranian uprising was just too much of a hot potato, eh?
Looks like the White House is trying not to offend Chavez AND the Ayatollahs. Doesn’t it?
How about trying not to offend the American people with cheap lines like this one?
UPDATE: Related content at American Power.
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A tale of two journalistic standards. Why did the NYT omit completely the one detail this Time story highlights on its headline?
Bias or incompetence? Don’t they teach journalists to get the what, who, where and how of a story anymore?
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“Incredibly, the mainstream media is trying to position “The Hurt Locker” as politically neutral. The mainstream media are dense…This is a left-wing film.”
Too bad. I might still see it, as long as it’s entertaining and doesn’t insult my intelligence…
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As expected, the Transformers sequel open huge, worldwide. Ticket sales are off the charts.
The Proposal, The Hangover, Up, and newcomer My Sister’s Keeper round out the Top 5.
Figures and some analysis here.
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Probably not right now. Reuters: “Argentines cast ballots in congressional elections on Sunday and are expected to throw out allies of President Cristina Fernandez in a rejection of her interventionist economic policies…”
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Given that the “Climate Change” bill results in a tax on all Americans regardless of income, one has to answer that question with a big “yes”, although the White House would rather that you don’t look at it that way.
UPDATE: Hmm. A little candor for once: George Stephanopoulos: “White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won’t rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike.”
MORE: But not for labor union members? I see how it is now. The politically connected score, the rest of us get screwed.
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Michelle Malkin wants you to remember the 8 GOP congressmen who voted for Cap and Tax.
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Certainly not among the world’s most urgent concerns anymore (I wonder why): WSJ: The Climate Change Climate Change.
Related: Gateway Pundit: Polar Bear Populations Booming.
Not that you will ever hear any of this from the government.
UPDATE: Related content at the London Telegraph: Polar bear expert barred by global warmists.
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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sure seems to have learned a lot from Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Of course, you won’t know that if you follow the story on the AP, where the prevailing view seems to be that tyranny is the people’s God-given right.
Funny how Obama’s reaction sounds so much like his reaction to the Iranian crackdown from last week. I figured he’d be incensed at seeing one of Chavez’s buddies removed from power. Do note, however, he didn’t wait 5 days to say something…
UPDATE: That was easy. If only Venezuela had been so lucky…
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A special report, at NTC.
You don’t want to miss it. The plot thickens!
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AP: Obama says the Energy Tax Bill (aka as Cap and Tax) “would cost the average American about the price of a postage stamp per day.”
Who knew so much economic destruction could be derived from such a tiny, little thing?
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…the crazies start to come out: is that a squirrel in your cleavage, Ma’m?
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Obama’s new detention policy: “Bushism on steroids”. What about the Kos Kids? Think of the Kos Kids, Mr. President!
I wonder: can Olbermann name Obama “Worst Person in the World”? Without short-circuiting, that is…
Well, not like we didn’t see this coming months ago. In fact, it’s almost like Obama is Cheney’s sleeper agent or something.
Ha! I’m kidding, of course. That could never happen…right?
Right?
Of course it can’t. Don’t be afraid, Lefties. We know Obama could never be secretly doing Cheney’s bidding because Cheney is way more sympathetic to gay rights than Obama is. Duh!
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MRI is giving it a 92%. And MRI’s survey methodology is a little more on target than most…
Anyway, Kathryn Bigelow has chops. Everybody knows that. Sure, Point Break
sucked; but Near Dark
sure didn’t. And I remember Blue Steel
being good, too.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Hurt Locker is that it’s an Iraq War movie which supposedly doesn’t blow (no pun intended). It’s in limited release starting today.
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American Power: Obama to hold terror detainees indefinitely.
MORE: “Dick Cheney will be so pleased…” Ha!
