Is Israel a Banana Republic?
American Thinker Blog 
11/20 12:01 am
is the State of Israel a banana republic? The Israeli Left seems to think so....

Obama is a roll of the dice on Israel
American Thinker Blog 
11/20 12:00 am
Obama's move to the center on Middle East Issues looks like a head fake in the light of what has transpired since the election....

Obama Vows to Destroy Coal Industry As Quickly As Possible
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/19 10:53 pm
In his first post election speech covering the myth of global warming, Chairman Obama pledged to work quickly to inact programs that will cause electricity prices to skyrocket and will destroy the coal industry: “Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all,” Obama said. “Delay is no longer an option. Denial is ...

How Obama Won the Election
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/19 10:14 pm
I meant to put this on yesterday, but with everything on my plate and my lack of computer facetime, I forgot. Sorry John Ziegler paid Zogby polls to talk with Obama voters and gave them all the same 12 question survey to gauge their knowledge of the current political world. The following video is a series ...

Obama Taps Tom Daschle for Health and Human Services Secretary, Daschle Worked for Health Care Lobby
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/19 10:00 pm
Tom Daschle has been yanked from the ash heap of history and appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services, pending a guaranteed Congressional approval: Daschle accepted the offer, according to two Democratic sources close to Daschle and with intimate knowledge of the decision. Daschle had been a longtime adviser on Obama’s campaign and served as a ...

Auto Execs Just Don’t Get It
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/19 8:40 pm
“There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand, saying that they’re going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses,” Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Democrat from New York told the chief executive officers of the “Big 3″ ...

Why Al-Zawahri Would Fail as a Liberal Talk Host
Pajamas Media 
11/19 6:55 pm
Al-Qaeda's No. 2 may be a heck of a terrorist — but he wouldn't succeed on radio....

Daily roundup
The Point 
11/19 5:43 pm
"Honoring 'a Baby No One Loved'" "Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor" "In a New Climate, Former Weatherman Bill Ayers Speaks" "Some Abortion Foes Shifting Focus from Ban to Reduction" (via The Corner) "Social Conservatives as Scapegoats" "My Body Image,......

CA-04: Tom McClintock Still in the Lead
Friends of ATR 
11/19 5:06 pm
It appears that Taxpayer Protection Pledge signer Tom McClintock's lead against Charlie Brown (D) remains steady. State Senator McClintock (R) is facing Charlie Brown (D) in an attempt to replace retiring Rep. John Doolittle in California's 4th Congressional seat. Election officials are still counting absentee and provisional votes to determine the official winner.Here's a statement from McClintock's blog discussing the current situation:The latest batch from Nevada County dropped us by 60 votes, partially offset by a 30-vote gain out of El Dorado County, leaving us with a lead of 592 today. ...

Ear to the Ground - State News Roundup
Friends of ATR 
11/19 4:29 pm
A plan, that included taxes on health insurors, proposed by Governor Patterson of New York, which would have closed the $1.5 billion gap of frivolous overspending, has fallen apart due to lack of support from the state legislature.Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee has ruled out raising the gas tax to fund road construction and repair.Project Right Choice, an Arkansas anti-drug group, is seeking to raise alcohol taxes by 5%.Two legislative committees in Connecticut have approved spending $6.8 million on smoking prevention despite $3.3 billion in overspending.Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour pro...

We’re Broke, So Let’s Give Our Money to Foreigners
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/19 4:24 pm
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress, but then I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain Given the talk of President-elect Obama’s possible selection of Sen. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State in his new administration, the likelihood of “change” is growing more distant by the hour. The Obama administration ...

Celebrity worship, medieval style
The Point 
11/19 4:21 pm
I'm reading a gem of a book called No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice by Judith Martin (yes, that Judith Martin), who displays both an unbridled enthusiasm and a surprisingly wicked wit about the city she adores.......

Some CA Legislators Skip Town During Special Session
Friends of ATR 
11/19 1:39 pm
Here’s a story that goes into the “Seriously?” file. In the midst of a special session to address California’s budget crisis, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today that a number of lawmakers have left the country.The state is already $11.2 billion in the red for the current fiscal year yet rather than finding ways to trim the budget to within the state's means, many of these MIA legislators are actually on “fact finding missions” to learn how to spend even more taxpayers dollars on things like dams and high speed rail.One might think the chair of the senate budget committee wo...

Obama’s One-Stop Shop for Foreign Policy Advisers
Pajamas Media 
11/19 1:15 pm
Will the president-elect select a group of experts who blame America for the world's problems?...

From the horse’s mouth
The Point 
11/19 1:01 pm
Why it's difficult for atheism to work as a "cohesive movement": "A pastor can say to his flock, 'All rise,' and everyone rises. But try that in an atheist meeting," said Marvin Straus, co-founder of an atheist group in Boulder,......

Attic Lights : “Late Night Sunshine” Video
Perfect Porridge — Music, Minneapolis, Mutiny 
11/19 10:46 am
. Here’s the video for “Late Night Sunshine” off Attic Lights‘ debut LP, Friday Night Lights. From the press release: The ten-track album, recorded in Glasgow in the Autumn of 2007 with local man about town and drummer with local heroes Teenage Fanclub Francis Macdonald at the helm, also features luscious string arrangements courtesy of Bjorn Yttling of ...

Wednesday Hero
Hooah Wife and friends 
11/19 10:32 am
Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody 55 years old from Fort Belvoir, Virginia...

The Disease of Modernity
The Point 
11/19 10:28 am
This week, the radio program RadioLab featured "Choice" as its session theme. Did you know that it's extremely hard to make a reasoned choice while simultaneously recounting a 7-digit number? I didn't either. Amongst these fascinating bits of information about......

Al-Qaeda Message Condemns Obama - al Zawahiri
Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News 
11/19 9:33 am
The second-in-command of Islamic militant network al-Qaeda has hit out at US President-elect Barack Obama. In a message purportedly from Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda deputy called Mr Obama a “house negro” - a demeaning term implying ......

Your Personal Psalm 23
The Point 
11/19 9:10 am
Several years ago, I invited members of a Bible study I was conducting to compose their own version of Psalm 23. I recently ran across one that I wrote, and thought I would share it with you. It's a wonderful......

The Point Radio: World's Heaviest Man Finds Love
The Point 
11/19 7:00 am
What would you do for love?... Click play above to listen. “After Losing 500 Pounds, Man Getting Married,” MSNBC, 2 October 2008. Jim Moore, “World’s Fattest Man Manuel Uribe Has Lost Over 500 Pounds and Counting on a Low-Carb Diet,”......

Morning Coffee -- News Roundup 11-19-08
The Minority Report 
11/19 5:13 am
A quick look at news from around the world for Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008. Barcelona, Spain Proving the value of Adult stem cell research, a 30-year-old Barcelona woman has become the first person to receive a whole organ transplant from an organ grown from her own cells. Professor Paolo Macchiarini and a team of doctors at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona transplanted a trachea grown from her own Adult Stem Cells, into Claudia Castillo last June, but the procedure is just now being reported in the medical journal Lancet.Castillo suffered from tuberculosis which left her with a ruined trachea ...

When that MBA's only a mirage
Pink Slip 
11/19 5:07 am
Of course, MGM Mirage's ex-CEO is claiming that his bogus MBA from USC has nothing to do with his resignation. But I took four years of Latin - you can look it up on my Notre Dame Academy transcript - and just because post hoc ergo propter hoc is a logical fallacy doesn't mean it can't be true that when something happens on the heels of something else, there's some causation at work. If you missed the news (which I saw in the WSJ Online, in an article by Keith Winstein and Tamara Audi - it may require a subscription to access), J. Terrence Lanni stepped down after The Journal started sniffing...

Bill Ayers’ Never-Ending Rehabilitation Publicity Tour
Pajamas Media 
11/19 3:44 am
”I was not a terrorist. I was never a terrorist.” And that's not all......

The Peter Pan Myth: The Real Reason Men Won’t Settle Down
Pajamas Media 
11/19 3:36 am
The question isn't "Why aren't more men getting married before age 30?" It's "Why are any?"...

Concealed Carry Permits Go ‘Poof!’ in California
Pajamas Media 
11/19 3:30 am
A new Orange County sheriff demonstrates just how precarious the right to carry is in certain states....

Maritime Terrorism - Threat Grows As Somali Pirates Seize Sirius Star Super-tanker
Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News 
11/19 3:04 am
Pirates seize oil tanker off East Africa coast In their most brazen raid yet, suspected Somali pirates operating deep in open waters have seized an oil tanker as long as an aircraft carrier, the U.S. military ......

Sadr Takes Aim at New U.S.-Iraq Agreement
Pajamas Media 
11/19 3:00 am
The document is signed but its future is uncertain....

Obama’s health care reform: road to single payer serfdom?
Independence Institute: Patient Power 
11/19 3:00 am
Will Obama’s proposal for a nation-wide mandate for guaranteed issue insurance decimate insurance companies to the point that government will have to “save the day” with a single-payer monopoly that Obama really wants?  Consider this from the Associated Press: Barack Obama’s campaign promise should prove irresistible to the millions of uninsured: guaranteed access to affordable health ...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hillary?
Pajamas Media 
11/19 3:00 am
Obama practices the fine art of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer....

Joy Behar: “Homeschool Kids Are Demented.”
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/19 2:57 am
On the liberal, woman-centered daytime talk show “The View,” Joy Behar called homeschool children “demented.” Let the video load and skip ahead to around the 7:00 mark: “A lot of those kids are demented…” Here are a few of the “demented” children who were homeschooled: Twelve year-old Bryceson Harvey, winner of “the 14th annual ‘Can ...

Bremerton Ferry Shut Down After Threat
Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News 
11/19 2:21 am
A man who overheard two men talking at a 7-Eleven about a terrorist threat on a ferry made an anonymous 911 call and shut down the Bremerton ferry dock Tuesday afternoon, a State Patrol spokeswoman ......

Gay Isn’t The New Black
Rett Hatcher & Company 
11/19 1:00 am
The argument that gays use to justify redifining the most critical thing to our society is a very bad one…Further yourself by reading this… The likening of the movement for same-sex marriage to the black civil rights struggle is a primary argument of pro same-sex marriage groups. This comparison is a major part of the moral ...

The Quest for Conservatism 2.0
Pajamas Media 
11/19 12:52 am
Pajamas TV begins its exploration of the future of conservatism with Michelle Malkin, Glenn Reynolds, Governor Mike Huckabee and others. Four PM Pacific....

PJM Political: Now On Sirius XM—Now On Saturday!
Pajamas Media 
11/19 12:08 am
The Sirius XM satellite radio merger allows Pajamas Media’s PJM Political to be heard on multiple platforms—and multiple times: Beginning Saturday, November 22, PJM Political moves to its new day, and can now be heard on both XM channel #130 and Sirius #110 at 7:00 AM eastern, 1:00 PM eastern and 7:00 PM eastern. As ...

Making sure voters distinguish between Democrats and Republicans
The Minority Report 
11/18 7:54 pm
By Mike DeVine, legal editor Exit polls from Election Day 2008 showed that a majority of voters trusted democrats more than republicans to cut taxes, despite nearly all of world history. There is no excuse for this or course, especially since Proposition 13 in California more than 25 years ago, but one thing I too often notice in conservative blogs is the failure of the author to identify the villainous democrat political actor as being member of the Democratic Party early in the story or not at all. Gamecock never fails to do so. In fact, I consider identifying the Democratic Party as t...

The United Zombies of Obamaland
Liberty’s Apothecary 
11/18 6:34 pm
 With a tip of the hat to the blogsite America’s Right, take a look at this video.  The clip was assembled by John Ziegler, a writer and producer who has put together a documentary entitled “Media Malpractice,” which he discusses at his Web site, “HowObamaGotElected.com.”  The video is almost as good as the one of the ...

Liftoff
Fiat Lux - It's Latin for "Let there be light" 
11/18 5:55 pm
A little earlier today, in the Adobe MAX Day 2 keynote, was the formal launch of Adobe Groups, the project that’s been eating my life these past 4 months or so. I’m exhausted and thrilled and really proud of what the team and the user group community has in Groups. More than 400 groups and 2000 ...

Daily roundup
The Point 
11/18 5:33 pm
"The Abandoned Children of Nebraska" "Love in the Time of Darwinism" (note: profanity and vulgarity; one suggestive cartoon image) "A Giddy Sense of Boosterism" "A glimpse of the future..." "Wall Street Lays Another Egg" "Outpouring Tests Russian Leader" "Queen Sofia......

Buy a book for a Christmas gift & help Valour-IT
Hooah Wife and friends 
11/18 5:32 pm
Best-Selling Authors Provide Autographed Books to Support Project Valour-IT Seven noted authors have stepped up to support Project Valour-IT by donating autographed books for auction, and more are anticipated to join them. The books are being auctioned on eBay to help raise money to help Soldier’s Angels provide adaptive laptops to wounded or disabled service ...

A 5 AM Call And An Early Start To Another Long Week.
ALL AMERICAN BLOGGER 
11/18 5:04 pm
At about 4 this morning I was awoken by my son. He was crying because he uncovered himself and was cold. Covering him up I looked at the clock. “Yes!! Still 2 hours to sleep” I thought. Climbing back in bed I thought about this week and how hectic and long it will ...

How Do You Say No To Good Things?
http://www.rhettsmith.com/ 
11/18 4:38 pm
I came across this Tweet from Anne Jackson today, and it resonated with me a lot. Learning to say no to good things. It’s always hard, but it’s necessary. I’ve been losing focus lately. I know we all have lots of good things on our plate. We have lots of great opportunities to get ...

’Boston Legal’s’ Take on Abortion
The Point 
11/18 4:37 pm
I don't watch Boston Legal, but I understand from this article that they recently did a show about abortion that offered a more balanced view than one usually sees on TV. Did anyone catch this episode? Any comments if you......

Wanted: cheap bunker, 2-4 year lease
Snark Patrol 
11/18 4:11 pm
How can I properly panic if what I'm panicking about keeps *changing*? I thought the one measly plus to this election was I wouldn't have to look at another Clinton (male or female) in high office again -- and now rumors swirl that Hillary could be Secretary of State? How many wars does Obama want to start? When I think of Mrs. Clinton the word "diplomatic" never crosses my mind. Now, if we had a cabinet-level position of "Mongol Warlord" she'd head the list. I can SO see her with the severed heads of her enemies dangling from her saddlebow....

Ear to the Ground - State News Roundup
Friends of ATR 
11/18 2:26 pm
A recent poll in New York State has proven what ATR has always been saying - voters don't want tax hikes! The Siena Research Institute found that 75 percent of registered voters want spending cuts instead of tax increases (which are favored by 10 percent) or borrowing (9 percent) to address the state's budget gap. This poll should send a clear message to NY Governor David Paterson - no new taxes!!!But in neighboring New Jersey, lawmakers just don't seem to get it, proposing even more government spending, including business subsidies and welfare increases, and rejecting proposals to stimulate t...

Let’s Pay Attention To National Security Issues
The Point 
11/18 2:14 pm
Thanks to Rick Santorum, now a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, for his alert to an insightful piece (written before the election, but still relevant and important) in the Wall Street Journal by Frederick Kagan about what......

Former Obama opponent now suing to prove President-elect's citizenship
The Minority Report 
11/18 2:09 pm
President-elect Barack Obama and former Ambassador Alan Keyes have history. When Sen Ryan of Illinois was forced to step down from his re-election bid due to sensational revelations about his sex life, Ambassador Keyes was recruited by the Illinois Republican Party to try to save that seat from Barack Obama. His bid failed.Keyes, a Republican Presidential Candidate in both 2000 and 2008, eventually ran as the American Independent Party candidate. Now, Keyes and the American Independent Party have filed suit in California to prevent that state from casting its Electoral College votes for Pres...

Huckabee and Do The Right Thing
Rett Hatcher & Company 
11/18 1:37 pm
Excellent book…Must read if you care about politics or the future of this nation…Bought my copy early this morning and have been pouring over it…I’ll leave you with my favorite quote in the entire book so far… “What’s the point of keeping the Terrorists at bay in the Middle East if we can’t keep decline and ...

Becoming An E-Mail Power User - Gmail Part 5
PCMech - Computers and Technology for Normal People 
11/18 1:20 pm
This series is dedicated to specific e-mail providers on the internet. In this installment, the service provider concentrated on will be Google’s Gmail. Gmail, launched in March 2004, has grown to be one of the most-used free e-mail services on the internet. While it doesn’t have a large of a userbase as Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail, it’s still a force to be reckoned with. Please Login or Register to read the rest of this article. Gold/Silver Membership required. Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle....

The Bad Eliots - “Cat’s Meow (Give It To Me Now)” Video
Perfect Porridge — Music, Minneapolis, Mutiny 
11/18 12:39 pm
I’m told The Bad Eliots‘ new video for “Cat’s Meow (Give It To Me Now)” was made popular by the Snapple commercials, which I’ve never seen....

Return to Conscience
The Minority Report 
11/18 12:07 pm
Promoted by Steven- by Lance Thompson The recent election left the Republicans out in the cold. Some have recommended that the GOP chase the Democrats and their votes leftward across the political spectrum. Others believe we should return to the core principles of conservatism, and stand up for the issues which once defined us. But what are those principles? Where is the source? Is there an ancient conservative manifesto buried deep under some Revolutionary War monument, awaiting discovery by intrepid archaeologists? There may be, but we don’t need an archaeologist to unearth the foun...

’Bible thumpers’ takes on a whole new meaning
The Point 
11/18 12:03 pm
A group called Justice House of Prayer San Francisco was attacked by gay activists while doing sidewalk witnessing. From a report (with video) sent to Karen Hall: . . . They started getting violent and started shoving us. We just......

Maybe cops and dogs don't mix so well
Disloyal Opposition 
11/18 11:23 am
Twice in recent days, police officers have gunned down family pets in incidents where the animals posed little or no clear threat to humans. The killings raise serious questions about law enforcement attitudes toward the use of force, law enforcement attitudes toward the general population and the potential for violent confrontations between police and the people they are supposed to protect. In Park Forest, Illinois, police investigating a burglary entered the yard of the Walker family with a police dog in tow. Princess, the Walker's German shepherd-pit bull mix, apparently smelled the police...

Don’t miss this Michael Yon post
Hooah Wife and friends 
11/18 11:21 am
Here h/t Red Stick Rant...

Oil Shale Reserves Opened to Exploration
Friends of ATR 
11/18 11:20 am
The Bush administration, taking advantage of its final days, issued regulations yesterday opening up two million acres of public land in the western United States to oil shale exploration.Congressional Democrats allowed the ban on domestic oil exploration to lapse in September due in large part to political pressure created by $4/gallon gas. The price of oil has since fallen, the election is over, and environmental groups are looking to cash in on their campaign investments in Democrat lawmakers.Pelosi and other top Democrats have already indicated an intention to impede utilization of domest...

Stuff Christians will REALLY like
The Point 
11/18 11:10 am
Congratulations to Jon Acuff on the news that Zondervan will be publishing the book version of his beloved website Stuff Christians Like! It'll be a long wait till 2010, but I know it will be worth it. And I know......

Happy 30th Birthday Ethanol Mandates...now get a real job and get out!
Friends of ATR 
11/18 11:02 am
Today is the 30th birthday of government driven ethanol mandates - so Happy Birthday inefficiency and command-and-control energy policies! I for one will be celebrating this at a press conference at the National Press Club as part of a Food Before Fuel campaign. First, let's a take a moment to examine this situation. The government wants people to use cleaner fuels - ok, nothing wrong with that. Simply create a market where all types of energy can compete (wind, solar, water, electric, coal, gas, ethanol, etc.) and let the consumers and the free market decide. The most optimal market choice wi...