Posted on February 13, 2009 by nuke
Victorian police have released a composite photo of a man wanted for questioning over the Australian brush fires that killed at least 181 people and which authorities suspect may have been started by arsonists. Police gave warning that the death toll from the fires that ravaged Victoria state last weekend could exceed 200 as fire [...]
Filed under: Australia, linkfests, Now Public, WFFOT | Tagged: arson, australian wildfires, composite photo of arsonist, marysville, nsw, victoria | 18 Comments »
Posted on February 12, 2009 by nuke
I joined a conference call this evening with Rep Greg Harper, MS 3rd. It was unsolicited, and unexpected, and I joined the call in progress about 5 minutes after the start. The topic of the call was the Stimulus Bill. According to Greg, the Dem leadership still hasn’t provided a copy of the bill for [...]
Filed under: News and politics | Tagged: BOHICA, brookhaven, conference call, foxworth, greg harper, McComb, monticello, ms 3rd, natchez, ronald reagan, stimulus-porkulus, unemployment benefits extension, wiggins | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 12, 2009 by nuke
Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Bobby DeLaughter has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment in federal court in Oxford today. Still awaiting news on former Hinds DA Ed Peters, and former Senator Trent Lott. The Scruggs II saga continues … more at folo You might remember the movie “Ghosts of Mississippi” with Whoopi Goldberg [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2009 by nuke
I haven’t been down to Buddy’s on Delaware Avenue in a while, but after reading Paul Greenberg’s piece, I might just have to make a tamale run. Enough of the New South; a longing for the old one had surfaced. As it regularly does. Come to think, is there anything older than the succession of [...]
Filed under: Mississippi, The South | Tagged: doe's eats, greenville, McComb, paul greenberg, tamales | Comments Off
Posted on February 11, 2009 by nuke
Remember Michelle Kosinski? The NBC newsbabe who, while posing in a canoe to dramatize flash floods on a city street, had two citizens walk between the camera and herself? It was live on the Today Show, and worth more than a few chuckles. Michelle is at it again. This time, she’s working the global warming [...]
Filed under: global warming hysteria, News and politics | Tagged: drive-by media, global warming hysteria, junk science, michelle kosinski, msnbc, nbc news | 8 Comments »
Posted on February 11, 2009 by nuke
Is dissent still patriotic? Blogger Dave G. is ready to find out. I think it’s time for a comeback for civil disobedience. The only thing that angers me more than the rampant elitism and corruption in our government is that apparent tolerance for it that was demonstrated most recently with the appointment of what is [...]
Filed under: Democrat Corruption, News and politics, Now Public | Tagged: geithner tax scofflaw | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 10, 2009 by nuke
This video made me chuckle. In fact, I think the democrats should put John Kerry out more often. h/t nro
Filed under: Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder | Tagged: communism, kerry on taxes, NRO | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 10, 2009 by nuke
Posted on February 9, 2009 by nuke
Here’s an interesting article to ponder with your morning coffee … Josh Gordon September 7, 2008 AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for “forest jihad” by a group of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light bushfires as a weapon of terror. US intelligence channels earlier this year identified a website calling on [...]
Filed under: Australia, multiculturalism and political correctness, News and politics | Tagged: arson, australian wildfires, domestic terrorists, forest jihad, herald sun, homegrown jihad, josh gordon, national terror alert, nsw, victoria | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 8, 2009 by nuke
Update: death toll expected to rise to 230 Residents of the southeastern Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria continue to battle major fires, as dozens have died, and homes and businesses have been lost. RSOE Alertmap reports 35 deaths so far. Kinglake and Marysville township in Victoria have reported major damage. More from [...]
Filed under: Australia, Wildfires | Tagged: abc news, australian wildfires, kinglake, maysville, new south wales, victoria | 9 Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2009 by nuke
FORT WORTH — Hundreds of people who posted their opinions of a sexual assault trial in an online forum are now the targets of a lawsuit. The authors of those comments on a Web site thought they were anonymous, but this week, a judge ruled their names should be revealed. Source: dallasnews.com The WFAA reporter [...]
Filed under: Bloggers, News and politics, Now Public, texas | 4 Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2009 by nuke
Weekend at El Nuko’s, and Spring is getting ready to bust out all over the place. The community gourd guy reports purple martins have made their annual arrival. That’s a sure sign. This morning, I saw a couple of robins in the yard, scrounging for bugs and such. That’s a sure sign. The temp on [...]
Filed under: Mississippi, Open thread, The South | Tagged: hamburgers and deer sausage, signs of spring, weekend at el nuko's | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 6, 2009 by nuke
I watched this interview on Cavuto this afternoon, as the mother of a sailor who died in the sneak attack on the Cole declined a trip to the White House to meet with President Obama. The money quote, “I voted for him, now I think I made the wrong decision.” _____ This is the World [...]
Filed under: liberal agenda, Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, linkfests, military, News and politics, obama, open trackbacks, WFFOT | Tagged: “I voted for him, now I think I made the wrong decision", Obama drops charges against Cole bomber, Remember The Cole!, The Cole | 22 Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by nuke
Buried at the end of Jen Dimascio’s coverage of Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing today was the revelation that President Obama might be required to ask for yet another exception to the rules …. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) raised a question that could pose a new problem for the new Obama administration already reeling in the [...]
Filed under: Intelligence, Northern California, obama | Tagged: cia, clinton administration, dci, hopey changey, Jen Dimascio, john deutch, leon panetta, lobbyist exception, obama administration, Politico, security exception, tom coburn, transparency | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by nuke
There isn’t a shortage of stories, or lists of stories about corrupt Republicans. The MSM is only too happy to oblige. Fine with me. I’m sick and tired of corrupt politicians. Interestingly enough, a quick google search reveals that stories about corrupt Republicans outnumber those about corrupt Democrats by 3 – 1. I don’t think [...]
Filed under: Democrat Corruption, News and politics | Tagged: abcnews, american thinker, bill corr, bill lynn, Bill Richardson, blago, boston.com, charles o'byrne, charlie rangel, culture of corruption, daily briefings, david patterson, george stehanopoulos, hilda solis, hope and change, hot air, john conyers, kwame kilpatrick, miami herald, monica conyers, msm, Nancy Killefer, nytimes, pay-to-play, Rahm Emmanuel, ron sims, sunlight foundation, tax issues, the hill, tim geithner, times union, tom daschle, washington state | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by nuke
The swamp continues to fill with tax-challenged Obama cabinet appointees. Hilda Solis, his selection for labor secretary, had her confirmation hearing delayed today by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, whose chairman is Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The committee only said in a statement that lawmakers need more time to review [...]
Filed under: Democrat Corruption, Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, News and politics, Preznit Obama | Tagged: bill corr, bill lynn, Bill Richardson, blago, chicago thug, critical mass, hilda solis tax problems, Nancy Killefer, obama cabinet appointments with tax issues, rezko, timothy geithner, tom daschle | 14 Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by nuke
AP: “No relief in sight” U.S. Department of Labor: In the week ending Jan. 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 626,000, an increase of 35,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 591,000. The report also says there are now nearly five million (4,788,000) people without jobs. The AP reports that [...]
Filed under: business and economy, News and politics | Tagged: 500 million jobless americans, 626000 jobs, dept of labor, nancy pelosi jobless claims | Comments Off
Posted on February 5, 2009 by nuke
National Review posts the top 50 outrages in the Obama porkulus plan. Since Rush is on vacation this week, and we conservatives have no one from whom to take our marching orders, the question arises: Should we expect President Obama to target NRO next? Speaking at the Department of Energy this morning, the President decided [...]
Filed under: conservatism, News and politics | Tagged: dept of energy, fear and loathing in the obamalith, Kevin Williamson, NRO, obama rhetorical skills, obama speech at DOE, porkulus, Stephen Spruiell, top 50 liberal outrages in the stimulus plan, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 4, 2009 by nuke
The 2010 Honda Fury. It ain’t your daddy’s Honda. But, I imagine you can still meet the nicest folks on one. SANTA ANA, Calif. — Honda has just introduced a motorcycle that looks about as far from a Honda as one could imagine. The 2010 Fury was unveiled at the New York International Motorcycle Show, [...]
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Posted on February 3, 2009 by no2liberals
It’s difficult to keep up with all of B-HO’s nominee confirmations and withdrawals, so I decided to take a peek at one nominee that is in the pipeline to be his Deputy Attorney General. His name is David Ogden, and you may be impressed with his record, along with his glowing qualifications for the job [...]
Filed under: liberal agenda, Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, n2l, News and politics | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 3, 2009 by nuke
500 hundred million Americans will lose their jobs if the stimulus package doesn’t pass, or so claims Nancy Pelosi. I think she must be using Million Man Math TP says the 500 million comment proves that Speaker Pelosi is as dumb as a bag of hammers. I think he probably has offended bags of hammers [...]
Filed under: Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, News and politics | Tagged: 500 million unemplyed, dumb as a box of rocks metaphors, million man math, nancy pelosi, stimulus-porkulus | 11 Comments »
Posted on February 3, 2009 by nuke
Update: Breaking News, Tom Daschle withdraws his name from HHS consideration. Developing… … more here, and here, word is, Daschle won’t be the health care czar either. – Writing at NRO, Byron York poses the key unanswered question regarding the Daschle HHS nomination, “… why it suddenly occurred to Daschle, in June 2008, that the [...]
Filed under: Democrat Corruption, News and politics, obama | Tagged: byron york, daschle canned, daschle does steve martin, daschle tax cheat, daschle withdraws, hhs, NRO, obama corruption, steve martin, tom daschle | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 2, 2009 by nuke
Ever wonder why Obama and Democrats are intent on raising your taxes? Sen Jim DeMint of South Carolina explains, “I can see why liberals don’t mind if the tax rate goes up because they’re not going to pay it anyway.” *rimshot* (It would be funny if it weren’t true.) h/t freddoso
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by nuke
Remember Joe Biden’s campaign statement which implied paying higher taxes was patriotic? “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.” Just when Timothy Geithner was about to fade from the daily news cycle, along comes HHS nominee, [...]
Filed under: Democrat Corruption, Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, News and politics, obama | Tagged: alston and bird, bill corr, bill lynn, daschle hhs, fisa, geithner treasury, glenn greenwald, linda daschle, matt stoller, obama hypocrisy, Obama on Mt. Rushmore, obama transparency, Preznit Obama, salon, telecom bill, the daily snort, timothy geithner tax scofflaw, tom daschle tax scofflaw | 1 Comment »
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