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Sunday, July 06, 2008

British Government To Begin Crackdown On Food Waste

It’s the equivalent of the government telling you to clean your plate because there are starving people in Africa. The Government is to launch a campaign to stamp out Britain’s…...

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Secret World Bank Report Blames Rising Fuel Prices On Biofuels

Interesting... Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning…...

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Most Americans Think Free Trade Is Bad

Of course, just because the whimsical opinion of the masses right now is that free trade is bad for our economy doesn’t mean it’s true. According to the CNN/Opinion Research…...

Monday, June 30, 2008

Iran’s First Lady

Pathetic, no? ...

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Eurocrats Ripping off their Taxpayers

This is an hilarious video of European members of parliament lined up with their suitcases to sign in to work at 7am so they get paid for the first day…...

Monday, June 23, 2008

Obama Facing Criticism Of His Proposed Iran Diplomacy From…Europe

Yes.  Europe of all places. And here you thought the international community was already in the bag for Obama. European officials are increasingly concerned that Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign pledge…...

Friday, June 20, 2008

Great Britain Denies Entry To Martha Stuart

Because she’s a criminal, though I can’t imagine how anyone could consider Stuart a threat to public safety. Meanwhile, the British taxpayers are giving welfare and housing subsidies to an…...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Twelve-Year-Old Girl Gets Court-Appointed Lawyer To Sue Her Dad Over Grounding

And she wins, of course, with the court overturning the father’s decision to ground her. A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl’s grounding, overturning her father’s punishment for disobeying…...

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Washington Post: Why Are Democrats Joining Iran In Opposing Long-Term US/Iraq Relations?

A good question: [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s desire for a long-term US/Iraq alliance] would seem to be an obvious U.S. gain in what, according to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)…...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Guardian Newspaper: Iraq Surge Worked, Al Qaeda Is All But Defeated

That’s right, this comes from the Guardian (not exactly a bastion of Bush administration sympathies or pro-Iraq war attitudes): Evidence of al-Qaida’s problems in Iraq is weighty and convincing. It…...

Why Is The President Apologizing?

After seven years of cowboy, is it really a good idea for Bush to go soft on foreign policy now? [Bush] recently told the London Times he regrets the tough…...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

A Surge Of Optimism

In Iraq... ...

Sunday, June 08, 2008

We Should Ban Trucks

Ever wonder if it’s the criminal or the weapon? TOKYO - A man plowed into shoppers with a truck Sunday and then stabbed 17 people within minutes, killing at least…...

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

More News of the Failure of Communized Medicine In the UK

Do you ever hear of positive cases of health care (rather than empty promises by the left) when it comes to socialized medicine? Difficult cases are “falling by the wayside”…...

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Brits Considering Bold New Weapon In The War Against Terrorism: Mental Health Counseling

After all, why should we treat terrorists like thuggish, murderous criminals when we could treat them as victims in need of entitlements? Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that a ‘fresh…...

Friday, May 30, 2008

International Community Praises Progress In Iraq

The article doesn’t mention any praise for America specifically for making this progress in Iraq possible - though that doesn’t mean it wasn’t there - but even barring that who…...

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Fidel Castro Joins Hamas In Endorsing Barack Obama

Barack Obama: The Candidate of Choice for Brutal Communist Dictators! Next up...Hugo Chavez? ...

United Nations Has Become The World’s Foremost Source For Rape, Pederasty

Yet, strangely, this story never seems to get as much media attention as the Catholic priest sex scandals did.  Or even as much attention as the abuses by US personnel…...

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

UN Comes To Cyclone-Stricken Myanmar’s Rescue With…Condoms?

Your tax dollars hard at work: Bangkok - The United Nations will send nearly a quarter of a million condoms into cyclone-hit Myanmar to help needy survivors with no access…...

Obama: McCain Is “Obsessed” With Ahmadinejad And Iran

Personally, I’d say one of Obama’s biggest problems is that he’s not obsessed enough with Iran and all the other threats facing this country. Obama added that his views on…...

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Media Cites International “Critics” Who Call Bush “An Appeaser”

After all the “appeaser” flak Obama...er...claimed for himself last week the media is out to show the world who the real appeaser is.  And they’ve got the proof from a…...

Friday, May 16, 2008

Obama Self-Identifies Himself As The Appeaser In Question

Ed Morrissey has an interesting point about Obama’s reaction to President Bush’s comments about appeasement in Israel.  Obama has been talking about it as if it were a “political attack”…...

Afghani Plane Hijacker Now Working At Heathrow Airport For British Airways

Not only that, but he’s also living rent-free in West London on the taxpayer dole. One of the nine Afghans who won the right to live in Britain after hijacking…...

Thursday, May 15, 2008

If You’re Going To Invoke Neville Chamberlain It’s Best To Know A Little Something About The Guy

I’m just sayin’… I suppose this little gotcha moment will have Mr. Obama-Makes-Me-Tingle-In-My-Pants and the rest of the Obama disciples thinking this exonerates their messiah, but really is this guy’s…...

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Most Impressive Person I’ve Never Heard Of

Died yesterday. As an employee of Warsaw’s Social Welfare Department, Sendler had a permit to enter the Ghetto to check for typhus and other infectious diseases. She used that to…...

Sunday, May 11, 2008

The British Don’t Want Higher Taxes In The Name Of Saving The Planet

I’m not very surprised. Setting aside all the alarmism about global warming, I think we can all agree that we want to live in a clean environment.  None of us…...

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Today’s Unfortunate Acronym

Heh: ...

Monday, April 28, 2008

Feed Your Prius, Starve A Peasant

The indispensable Mark Steyn. ...

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Male Stripper In Britain Prosecuted For Carrying Night Stick

Because a billy club is an “offensive weapon.” Three judges have ruled that a male stripper who dresses as a policeman can use a real truncheon in his act. Stuart…...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Prosecuting Al Gore For Crimes Against Humanity?

Bbbuut...he invented the internet! ...

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