“’That was a mistake,’ Palin says of the Obama bow. [...] Read the rest »
Tag Archives: Hot Air
The Ed Morrissey Show: Andrew Malcolm, Brian Johnson, John Ziegler
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we have a great show for you! [...] Read the rest »
Hell freezes over: ACORN employee refuses to aid and abet underaged prostitution
Life imitates South Park once again, my friends, as a plucky young lad and his “employee” approach ACORN for assistance, only to find that their particular “community” can’t be organized. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Crowder goes to Gitmo
I knew the smart-ass would end up there someday. [...] Read the rest »
AP shocka: Support for ObamaCare craters when trade-offs are mentioned
Yeah, it turns out people aren’t as hungry when they find out the free lunch isn’t free. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Palin on Oprah
People want to talk about it, so here’s your thread. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Obama’s teleprompter malfunctions during family dinner
It’s not that hard, SNL. [...] Read the rest »
Huckabee: If KSM gets off, the Democratic Party is finished
I was saying this myself last week, but the more I think about it, the more I doubt it. [...] Read the rest »
New UN report: Er, Iran might have more secret nuclear sites
After fully seven years of nuclear hide and seek, suddenly Iran has a credibility problem. [...] Read the rest »
Examiner analysis: More than 10% of stimulus jobs are phony
A follow-up to Ed’s post on Michigan this morning reminding us once again that if you start with a garbage indicator like jobs “created or saved,” you’re bound to end up with garbage data. [...] Read the rest »
Politics Daily: How Palin could win the nomination
She told Oprah that it’s “not on my radar screen right now,” but … [...] Read the rest »
Video: San Diego TV station says Porkulus created … one job
The continuing exposure of Porkulus Job Fables goes to San Diego, which used a Barbara Boxer appearance hailing job creation in the area. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Hillary’s less-than-enthusiastic endorsement on KSM trial; Update: Paterson disavows decision
Give Hillary Clinton credit for attempting to be a team player on Meet the Press yesterday, but it doesn’t appear that her heart was in this effort. [...] Read the rest »
The Ed Morrissey Show: Kevin McCullough, Christopher & Howe
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kevin McCullough joins us again to discuss the intersection of faith and politics. [...] Read the rest »
Jim Moran: Daniel Pearl’s family is un-American
That’s certainly the conclusion one can draw from two stories over the last couple of days. Rep. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Maybe the dumbest football decision ever
How dumb was the decision by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to go for a fourth down on his own 28 … [...] Read the rest »
Bailed-out GM to spend millions … overseas
The government dumped tens of billions of dollars into General Motors, and then dictated a “political bankruptcy” that trampled the rights of senior creditors in order to cut a sweetheart deal for the Obama administration’s union pals. Americans expected to see that pay off in broader investment and job creation, and that’s precisely what GM has in mind … [...] Read the rest »
Bailed-out GM to spend millions … overseas
The government dumped tens of billions of dollars into General Motors, and then dictated a “political bankruptcy” that trampled the rights of senior creditors in order to cut a sweetheart deal for the Obama administration’s union pals. Americans expected to see that pay off in broader investment and job creation, and that’s precisely what GM has in mind … [...] Read the rest »
HA exclusive: ATR, AWF demand probe of SEIU’s Stern for illegal lobbying
At 9 am ET today, Americans for Tax Reform and the Alliance for Worker Freedom will deliver a letter to both chambers of Congress and to US Attorney Channing Phillips in Washington DC, demanding a federal investigation of Andrew Stern, president of the SEIU. They will claim that Stern, who stopped registering as a federal lobbyist in 2007, has continued his lobbying efforts. They claim to have compiled evidence of Stern’s lobbying from the recently released White House visitor logs, media reports — and Stern’s own Twitter feed, in what has to be a first for the social networking service. [...] Read the rest »
HA exclusive: ATR, AWF demand probe of SEIU’s Stern for illegal lobbying
At 9 am ET today, Americans for Tax Reform and the Alliance for Worker Freedom will deliver a letter to both chambers of Congress and to US Attorney Channing Phillips in Washington DC, demanding a federal investigation of Andrew Stern, president of the SEIU. They will claim that Stern, who stopped registering as a federal lobbyist in 2007, has continued his lobbying efforts. They claim to have compiled evidence of Stern’s lobbying from the recently released White House visitor logs, media reports — and Stern’s own Twitter feed, in what has to be a first for the social networking service. [...] Read the rest »
Quotes of the day
“The book tour starts this week, and I look forward to it! [...] Read the rest »
Japan expert to ABC: Yes, Obama’s bow made him look like an idiot
So much of an idiot, in fact, that according to Tapper’s source, at least one Japanese paper isn’t running the photo out of embarrassment. [...] Read the rest »
Video: “Avatar” trailer
Via Ace, the gripping tale of an American soldier who falls in love with a native woman, joins her tribe, and then wages war against the encroaching Yankee oppressor. [...] Read the rest »
Video: “Avatar” trailer
Via Ace, the gripping tale of an American soldier who falls in love with a native woman, joins her tribe, and then wages war against the encroaching Yankee oppressor. [...] Read the rest »
Update on Windows 7
On Friday, I was asked on Twitter for an update on my migration to Windows 7, and I thought a few people might be curious as to how my home systems are working. I have now upgraded both of my machines to Win7 Ultimate, after deciding to see whether it would improve my performance any further to use the upper-end version of the new operating system. Both my laptop and desktop machines are dual-core Intels, with the desktop being a less robust system than my Dell Studio laptop. However, both systems have been remarkably stable after the upgrades, and the only problems I’ve seen on either are tendencies for Firefox to crash — which was happening on Vista before the upgrade as well. [...] Read the rest »
Video: 46 handshakes, one bow
It didn’t take too long for the Left to defend Barack Obama’s bow to Emperor Akihito yesterday by claiming that the President was merely showing cultural sensitivity to the Japanese emperor by deeply bowing. There’s a couple of problems with that argument. First, American Presidents do not bow to monarchs, or at least they didn’t through the first 43 Presidents and the 220 years they served as the US head of state. [...] Read the rest »
Obama to meet with Burma leaders?
The US has maintained a policy of isolating the military junta of Burma for decades, refusing to use the junta’s name for the country (Myanmar) as a symbolic rejection of their authority. Earlier this year, however, the Obama administration announced that they had undertaken a review of that policy, and was widely expected to broaden diplomatic contacts with the regime. Sen. [...] Read the rest »
NFL week 10 open thread
The Pittsburgh Steelers have the Cincinnati Bengals as their guests this week in their most significant game of the season. Both teams are 6-2, and technically tied for the division lead — but the Bengals own the tiebreaker, having beaten the Steelers earlier in the season. However, the Steelers have improved on both sides of the ball over the last few weeks, and dominated Denver on the road in an impressive 28-10 win. Cincinnati played well against Baltimore to win 17-7, but they have yet to dominate. It will surprise no one that I’m picking the Steelers to win this game at home, taking the division lead and nullifying the Bengals’ tiebreaker advantage. I’ll predict a 28-17 win, with at least one defensive or special-teams TD. [...] Read the rest »
Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
It’s time once again to choose the Obamateurism of the Week — and this week, our friend Chris Muir should take a bow for his new OOTD graphics! One has to wonder who Obama will blame for these follies, especially since he doesn’t seem too shy about airing poor performances in the family. Of course, Obama still could confuse this award with another, or simply not show up at all. [...] Read the rest »
Quotes of the day
“All in all, Ms. [...] Read the rest »
The obligatory “Newsweek dumps all over Palin” post
People on Twitter are nudging me to write about it, but what is there to say? [...] Read the rest »
Shea-Porter puts the mandate in health-insurance mandates
The common joke about statism is that it makes all allowable behavior mandatory — and bans everything else. [...] Read the rest »
Flashback: Obama pretty happy about KSM getting a “full military trial”
The latest trip down memory lane from Naked Emperor News and a new entry in the database of things that Obama thought were a good idea before January 20 of this year (see also “winning in Afghanistan”). [...] Read the rest »
Obama to Congress: Back off the Hasan probe
In the aftermath of the massacre at Fort Hood and the deaths of fourteen people, some members of Congress demanded investigations into why the Army and the FBI failed to identify and stop Major Nidal Malik Hasan before he had an opportunity to commit mass murder. Some of the revelations from Hasan’s past, including communications with an al-Qaeda recruiter in Yemen, have Rep. [...] Read the rest »
NARN, The Show Trial Edition!
The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our eight-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 9 am CT. [...] Read the rest »
Quotes of the day
“Please spare us talk of the ‘rule of law.’ If that was the primary consideration, the U.S. [...] Read the rest »
Radar: More Carrie Prejean videos?
Such is the level of indignation on the right at the left’s nastiness towards her and those who might abet it that I got yelled at by a friend last night for posting this. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Glenn Beck devotes entire show to black conservatives
A brilliant idea, although I hope the participants know that they’re now fair game for “progressive” blackface photoshops mocking them as traitors to their race. [...] Read the rest »
Top McCain aide: Palin’s lying about what happened with Couric
You’ll be pleased to know that this comes on the same day that Maverick revealed he received a signed copy of “Going Rogue” in the mail. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Obama ducks question on whether U.S. should have nuked Hiroshima
Why bother answering? [...] Read the rest »
Gingrich: The RNC’s preparing a new Contract With America, sort of
Actually, he says Steele’s working on a statement of “first principles” which might serve as the seed for a new Contract-type platform. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Giuliani goes nuclear on Obama over KSM’s trial
On a day when prominent Republicans are piling on, this one obviously carries a little extra weight. [...] Read the rest »
Bush AG Mukasey rips Obama over KSM decision
No word yet from the Cheneys. [...] Read the rest »
Obama: We’re totally cutting the deficit, um, next year
A very special message from the same guy who wants you to believe that universal health care will be “deficit-neutral.” [...] Read the rest »
Video: MSNBC uses faked photos to goof on Palin, of course
Skip ahead to 1:00 and then 2:00 if you can’t stomach the whole clip. [...] Read the rest »
Napolitano: Hey, 2010 will be a good year for an immigration debate
Showing the kind of political instincts that have driven the Obama administration’s poll numbers into negative territory already, Janet Napolitano declared that she expects Congress to take up comprehensive immigration reform … [...] Read the rest »
The Ed Morrissey Show Week in Review with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson!
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we’ll take a look at the past week with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show. [...] Read the rest »
October deficit bigger than expected
What better way to kick off Barack Obama’s first full budget year as President than with a deficit that exceeded the White House’s own projections as well as analysts’ expectations? The federal government busted the budget worse than last October by $20 billion with a deficit of $176.36 billion for the month. That used to be considered a decent deficit target … [...] Read the rest »
US to seize mosques, skyscraper tied to Iran
The US has long barred Iran from conducting any business in this country, ever since the sacking of our embassy in Tehran and kidnapping of its personnel for 444 days. However, the US suspects that Iran has used a front company, Alavi, to acquire hundreds of millions in assets in the US, including a New York City skyscraper and four mosques. The federal government has filed to seize these assets, which appears to indicate that the outstretched hand will contain … [...] Read the rest »
KSM, 4 other 9/11 figures to be tried in NYC
The Obama administration will send five of the 9/11 plotters to New York City to face a criminal trial for their part in the terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people. [...] Read the rest »
Obamateurism of the Day
Barack Obama demanded and received $787 billion in stimulus spending to keep unemployment below … [...] Read the rest »
Quotes of the day
“In theory, a charismatic paranoiac like Beck is the poster boy for this dystopian future. [...] Read the rest »
Meghan McCain: Of course conservative women face a double standard
C’mon, you know I had to post it. [...] Read the rest »
Treasury Department now accepting donations to help pay off national debt
Actually, they’ve always accepted them, but Reuters thought that with the debt creeping up on $8 trillion, America could do with a reminder. [...] Read the rest »
Politico: RNC’s health insurance plan covers abortion
I wonder how this story happened. [...] Read the rest »
Palin: McCain’s campaign charged me for my own vetting; McCain aide: No we didn’t; Update: She wasn’t billed for vetting, says campaign lawyer
Thus was the first shot fired in the Great McCain/Palin War of ‘09, my friends. [...] Read the rest »
Oh my: Marco Rubio named keynote speaker at CPAC
An easy pick in one sense, a provocative choice in another. [...] Read the rest »
Akaka: I’m not aware of any constitutional power that lets us force you to buy health insurance
Another amazing clip from CNS. [...] Read the rest »
Video: The obligatory “Carrie Prejean melts down on Larry King” clip
Yeah, I know, almost all of you have seen it already. [...] Read the rest »
Confirmed: Hasan had abbreviation for “Soldier of Allah” on … his business card
Breaking news from ABC and WaPo, in case you missed it on the boss’s site, er, three days ago. [...] Read the rest »
Oprah to Palin: Is Levi Johnston invited for Thanksgiving dinner?
Two hors d’oeuvres to whet your appetite for next week’s entree, the first touching on the Katie Couric trainwreck interview and the second on America’s favorite schwanz-flapping teen parasite. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Hannity apologizes for creative editing
I scolded Fox for its creative editing yesterday; it’s only fair to show Sean Hannity doing the right thing and apologizing for it last night. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Obama announces a “jobs summit”
Perhaps stung by the elections last week, Barack Obama has decided to call a “jobs summit” to address the rising levels of unemployment that his stimulus package has failed to arrest. [...] Read the rest »
Pelosi: Jail time “very fair” for failing to buy your patriotic ObamaCare coverage
It’s very fair to send people who disregard the federal mandate to buy health insurance to prison, Nancy Pelosi says, because otherwise they’ll assault citizens … [...] Read the rest »
The Ed Morrissey Show: Kerry Picket
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kerry Picket of the Washington Times joins us to discuss the latest news from inside the Beltway. [...] Read the rest »
Breaking: Hasan wired money to Pakistan?
This would appear to indicate that Nidal Hasan was something other than a loner who cracked under the strain of vicarious PTSD. The man who made a $90,000 annual salary but lived like a pauper may have sent money to Pakistan, according to Rep. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Bolton blasts Obama’s delay on Afghanistan
After the news broke last night that Barack Obama had rejected all of the options presented to him on how to proceed in Afghanistan, John Bolton blasted Obama for failing to provide leadership on the issue. [...] Read the rest »
Quotes of the day
“I never lost consciousness, and I refused to.” [...] Read the rest »
Palin hints to Oprah: I might consider a talk show
The great convergence hath come to pass, my friends. [...] Read the rest »
Video: Lou Dobbs quits CNN
Verrrrry curious. [...] Read the rest »
