Singer Mary J. Blige wants President Barack Obama to have “another chance,” as if being Commander in Chief comes with a do-over card. Blige, chatting with CNN talker Piers Morgan earlier this week, discussed her music career before the conversation
From BusinessInsider: The House Financial Services Committee canceled a scheduled “mark-up” of a bill to ban congressional insider trading last night, amid concerns that the committee’s chairman, Spencer Bachus, was moving forward with the bill to take the heat off
Yesterday, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson broke a major story that pretty much confirmed that the ATF gunwalking operation known as Fast and Furious was, at least in part, designed to create an atmosphere where new gun control laws
Politico‘s Ben Smith writes today that Media Matters for America (MMfA) and the Center for American Progress (CAP), both “core institutions” of the Democratic Party, are pushing anti-Israel policies and downplaying the threat of a nuclear Iran. By promoting views
– The other day the New Wonkette was salivating over hidden meanings in Gingrich’s office gewgaws; now the NYT is poring over Gingrich’s 1971 dissertation. Yes, really. Mr. Gingrich would be our first president with a Ph.D. since Woodrow Wilson.
To anyone paying attention, the so-called Birther, or birth certificate controversy, surrounding those misguided rumors that questioned whether or not President Obama had been born in this country, was a controversy both Obama and his MSM allies loved and maliciously
Progressives, the vultures of tragedy, aren’t above exploiting it for a political purpose. (See the funeral of Paul Wellstone, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the Tucson shooting.) Cartoonist Pat Oliphant is no exception: his latest attention-seeking panel compares Republicans to child rapists.
The self-control displayed by Herman Cain’s closest staff was Amazing. As the candidate approached the podium on Saturday afternoon half of the pundits were predicting he would drop out, while remainder said he was staying . As for me, I
When it comes to left-wingers disguising themselves as objective journalists, Politico is the worst. When the publication first came online, we all liked them. The coverage was fair and the editors and staff seemed to understand that the online world
The millisecond the new HBO comedy “Veep” was announced conservatives figured it would be yet another slam against Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin. After all, Tina Fey’s impersonation of the former Vice Presidential candidate helped derail the McCain/Palin ticket, and celebrities
—– Last week, after the Romney campaign released its first ad attacking our failed president’s failed leadership of his failed economy, you would’ve thought the former Massachusetts Governor closed the ad with, “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve of eating
Today’s opening snark courtesy of Journolister Dave Weigel from his Slate perch: Big Government breaks the news that Bill Ayers hosted a fundraiser for Barack Obama; well, this was broken by Ben Smith in 2007, but still. I call it
The Daily Caller pulled a Politico last night and published opposition material from a disgruntled candidate as a legitimate story, replete with “anonymous sources.” The story was to be a hit on Missouri 2nd congressional candidate Ann Wagner and the
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts is expected to announce his retirement from Congress on Monday, closing out a career of more than three decades capped by passage last year of legislation imposing new regulations on Wall
Michele Bachmann was the first GOP presidential candidate to demand Eric Holder’s resignation. Last Monday Rick Perry published an op-ed in The Washington Times demanding Mr. Holder’s resignation and yesterday morning Jon Huntsman also remarked that Mr. Holder should resign,
“The national media, which lens a little to the left I could argue …” That explains these polls: Pew: Public opinion of media never worse The Hill Poll: Most voters see media as biased and unethical Poll: By 2-to-1, Nets
Politico has published a Thanksgiving list for both Democrats and Republicans, naming five things for which each party should be thankful. Andrew Breitbart and Big Government make the Republican list for Weinergate. However, it turns out that two of the
Politico writes today that both parties have much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving holiday. For Democrats: Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, Ohio’s SB 5 referendum, Operation Neptune Spear (which killed Osama bin Laden), Kentucky governor Steve Beshear, and House
This past weekend the Washington Post published a hit piece on the grand opening of a museum in Georgia dedicated to the birthplace of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The paper was desperate to make some grand conspiracy, some
[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets112111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss calls for Obama not to seek reelection, the striking amount of American’s
– Blowing apart the meme that free speech is being suppressed due to journalist arrests: Put together by Josh Stearns, this document has been a great resource to track journalists working on Occupy Wall Street stories around the country who’ve
Somebody missed the boat. But when you’re so full of your own arrogance and assume no one would dare leave port without you, those things tend to happen. While MSNBC, CBS News, “Daily Beast/Newsweek” and others have done superb work
It’s not fair … nobody told Barack Obama being an effective leader would be so darn hard! Comedienne Chelsea Handler thinks the president couldn’t have known what to expect when he rode the HopeNChange Express all the way to the
From Politico: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested Friday that unions took over the Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday. “A vast percentage of the people were union members protesting — some private unions and then some municipal unions —
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Obama’s Australia announcement considered a ‘betrayal’ by China * MF Global bankruptcy begins to claim victims * Barnhardt Capital Management closes because of MF Global outcome * News site ‘Politico’ approves fraud by
