…has been reduced to broadcasting his nutty conspiracy theories from Facebook. Couldn’t happen to a nicer loon.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
The Unthinkable
Hilarious. Of course, if they do that, they won’t be Obama campaign operatives with bylines any more. They’ll just be Obama campaign operatives.
Aiding Those Attacked In Benghazi
Why didn’t they?
A few days ago, I speculated that they might have been able to provide support from Sigonella. Bing West confirms it:
In the past, presidents had taken immediate actions to protect Americans. In 1984, President Reagan had ordered U.S. pilots to force an airliner carrying terrorists to land at Sigonella. Reagan had acted inside a 90-minute window while the aircraft with the terrorists was in the air. The Obama national-security team had several hours in which to move forces from Sigonella to Benghazi.
Fighter jets could have been at Benghazi in an hour; the commandos inside three hours. If the attackers were a mob, as intelligence reported, then an F18 in afterburner, roaring like a lion, would unnerve them. This procedure was applied often in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Conversely, if the attackers were terrorists, then the U.S. commandos would eliminate them. But no forces were dispatched from Sigonella.
Someone should ask him why at the debate tonight.
Science
I agree with Glenn about this experiment:
“But tampering with the environment is risky, they say, so any experiments must be carried out responsibly and transparently, with the involvement of the scientific community and proper governance.”
I’m inclined to agree, but I’d be more inclined if climate scientists had demonstrated more professional responsibility themselves.
No kidding.
Rising Prices
What do all these things have in common?
Other than electricity, they aren’t used to measure inflation. Which is little consolation to people on a fixed income, who still have to purchase them.
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems relevant to the post subject.
The Unreality Of The Past Four Years
Thoughts on the non-stop prevarication from this administration.
Want To Live Longer?
Go on a low-carb ketogenic diet.
The Russert Award?
Honoring actual objective journalists. They’re few, at least in the shrinking (thankfully) “mainstream media.”
Endangered Species
As the president said four years ago, when you’re desperate, you make the campaign about little ideas.
George McGovern
It is amazing how far to the left the party has drifted over the decades since. I don’t think my father, who died a third of a century ago would recognize it. I actually had a McGovern sticker patching up a tear in the rear window of my MGA in 1972, but I was a callow youth, slightly too young to vote. If I hadn’t been, it would have been the other vote that I regretted (the first one was for Carter in 1976 — I wised up by 1980).