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Anthony Weiner Is Running For Mayor Of New York

Doug Johnson — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:08:31 +0000

Last we saw Anthony Weiner he was retreating with his “manhood” tucked away in embarrassment as his Twitter sexting scandal led to his early exit from Congress and a long trip to wife Huma Abedin’s doghouse. Politicker reports he’s attempting to get back into politics: He’s in. After weeks of speculation, disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner [...]

Politico’s Thrush Politicizes Oklahoma Tornado

Warner Todd Huston — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:21 +0000

The destructive tornado that destroyed the quiet town of Moore, Oklahoma on the afternoon of May 20 was only a few hours gone, the devastation had yet to be measured, and the dead barely counted much less mourned and laid to rest before Politico’s Glenn Thrush felt it was already time to politicize the event [...]

CNN’s Crowley Admits Obama Didn’t Call Benghazi a Terror Attack

Warner Todd Huston — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:43 +0000

On the May 19 broadcast of CNN’s State of the Union, host Candy Crowley said that Obama was late in identifying the attacks in Benghazi as terrorism quite contrary to what she said during the Presidential debates late last year. As Crowley questioned White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer, she pressed him on whether or not [...]

Salafi Jihadism and US Grand Strategy Part III – The Avenging Angels

DJ Drummond — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:51 +0000

War is a terrible thing. Even when it is just and properly executed, war means death and destruction. Worse, many brilliant and experienced warriors have observed that wars never follow the original plan. Worse still, the politicians who plan and begin wars, and who are responsible for explaining the reasons and need for support [...]

Death Toll In Killer Moore, Oklahoma Tornado Keeps Rising

Doug Johnson — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:19:15 +0000

CNN is reporting that the death toll from today’s massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma is now at least 91. That’s 40 more dead than they had been previously reported, with scores of people – many of them children – still missing. Here is the earlier report: Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) — Rescue workers raced against time [...]

Liberal Laughing that ‘Conservatives’ Were Targeted by Oklahoma Tornado Today

Warner Todd Huston — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:41:03 +0000

Lizz Winstead is a producer and co-creator of the Daily Show, the left-wing comedy show hosted by Jon Stewart on Comedy Network. After this destructive and tragic tornado whipped through Moore, Oklahoma today, she thought it was hilarious that “conservatives” were killed there. In typical scumbag, liberal manner Lizz Winstead took to Twitter to say: [...]

Piers Morgan: This IRS Thing is ‘Vaguely Tyrannical Behavior by the Government’

Warner Todd Huston — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:29 +0000

CNN’s chief anti-gun zealot Piers Morgan may have been loathe to admit it, but this IRS scandal seems to validate some of his detractor’s distrust of government. During his evening show on May 16, Morgan’s guest was magician Penn Jillette and the discussion turned to the admission by the Internal Revenue Service that it had [...]

Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Kevin — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:54:05 +0000

This week’s Weekend Caption Contest™ was another smashing success. The assignment this week was to caption the following picture: Here are the winning entries: 1) (Rodney Dill) – “Oh man…. The price of gas has really gone up.” 2) (fustian24) – “Sad to realize that with the Obama economy, this is your best chance at [...]

Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

Warner Todd Huston — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:41:44 +0000

On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After all, the President of the United States of America has used his bully pulpit to [...]

Was the 2013 ‘Photo of the Year’ a Photoshopped Fake?

Warner Todd Huston — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:47 +0000

At the beginning of the year the World Press Photo of the year was awarded to Swedish photog Paul Hansen whose photo “Gaza Burial” took top honors. But only weeks passed before some in the industry began to wonder if the photo had been manipulated in photoshop. Some even said that it was a composite [...]

As Gangs Flourish, Displaying Historical Firearms Illegal in Chicago Museums

Warner Todd Huston — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:54:56 +0000

Outside of Chicago’s museums gangs are killing each other at an alarming rate. But due to Chicago’s strict gun ban policies, inside those museums curators are not allowed to display historical firearms. In fact, in some cases the museums are not even allowed to store their collections inside the city limits. The matter has become [...]

Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™

Kevin — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:50 +0000

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Enter your best caption for the following picture: Winners will be announced Monday morning. Update: Winners announced. Click the link to read the winning entries. The contest is now closed.

New State Dept. Spokesperson Gets Slammed Over Benghazi

Warner Todd Huston — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:19:39 +0000

It has been 8 months since the terrorist attacks on our facilities in Benghazi, Libya, attacks that ended up killing four Americans including our ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. Still we haven’t had a concrete explanation about this incident and new State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki didn’t do anything to alleviate that state of affairs [...]

Eric Holder Doesn’t Know

Dan Karipides — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:18:47 +0000

I haven’t had the energy to post on the recent run of scandals rocking the Obama administration. This is mainly due to the fact that I don’t have any faith that the administration will actually be rocked by them in the long term. The media may be angry now, probably over the AP issue and [...]

The U.S. Marshal Service Has Lost Over 10% Of The Terrorists In The Witness Protection Program

Doug Johnson — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:28:14 +0000

CNN’s Jake Tapper has details on the Obama administration scandal of the day, this one based off of yet another Inspector General report. The U.S. Marshal Service had been “unable to locate” two former participants in the federal Witness Security Program “identified as known or suspected terrorists,” states the public summary of an interim Justice [...]