March 5, 2009 – 8:51 am
No unicorns visible in the British press corp: Iain Martin President Barack Obama just plain rude to Britain. Don’t call us in future. Why couldn’t President Obama have put on more of a show for his British guests? He looked like he simply couldn’t be bothered. Number 10 may be content that they just about […]
March 5, 2009 – 8:39 am
Well, well, well, here’s an investigation that most Democrats, such as Barney Frank, will not want Sens. Bryon Dorgan (D-N.D.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are calling for a congressional investigation into how we got into the economic crisis. “[The American people] want to know how we got into this ditch – the worst economic crisis […]
March 4, 2009 – 5:27 pm
From the “Good Move, Slick!” files President Barack Obama’s proposed cap-and-trade system on greenhouse gas emissions is a giant economic dagger aimed at the nation’s heartland — particularly Michigan. It is a multibillion-dollar tax hike on everything that Michigan does, including making things, driving cars and burning coal. The president is asking for a system […]
March 4, 2009 – 8:09 am
Because we all need a break from politics now and then, and, seriously, how fun is it to read and write “wombat poo?” A north-west Tasmanian company is launching a product made from wombat poo. Creative Paper attracted worldwide interest for its ‘roo-poo’ paper in 2005. Darren Simpson from Creative Paper says the paper is […]
March 4, 2009 – 8:02 am
The Grey Lady does the job (somewhat) in breaking down who is losing their job and where What does the worst recession in a generation look like? It is both deep and broad. Every state in the country, with the exception of a band stretching from the Dakotas down to Texas, is now shedding jobs […]
March 3, 2009 – 8:53 pm
It’s yet another pompous logo from Obama The Devine Miss M wanted photoshops. My pleasure
March 3, 2009 – 7:00 pm
The seas are going down, unicorns are breakin’ pine scented wind, and heart shaped flowers are blooming President Obama said Tuesday that the country already is “seeing shovels hit the ground” on the first infrastructure repair project funded through the Transportation Department’s share of the $787 billion stimulus bill. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, “The […]
March 3, 2009 – 8:56 am
Say what? I thought the seas would go down, everyone would love us, and unicorns would travel the lands buying everyone a Coke. OK, Pepsi, since that is apparently the official hopeNchange soft drink: Clinton says U.S. diplomacy unlikely to end Iran nuclear program The Obama administration has already concluded that a diplomatic overture to […]
March 3, 2009 – 8:50 am
Here’s Obama’s Dow since the passage of the “stimulus” bill (via Insty) And while that has been going on Since the presidency changed hands less than six weeks ago, a burst of entertaining has taken hold of the iconic, white-columned home of America’s head of state. Much of it comes on Wednesdays. The stately East […]
March 2, 2009 – 2:16 pm
Their next magazine cover In the March 9, 2009 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, March 2), “Radical Islam is A Fact of Life. How To Live With it” Fareed Zakaria makes the case for why the West needs to adopt a more sophisticated strategy toward Radical Islam. Plus: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman […]
