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Archive for September, 2009

Another Washington Metro FAIL

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Washington DC

A Metro employee shut down the Van Dorn Metro station last night before the last train had arrived:
Metro’s Van Dorn Street station manager met the day’s last scheduled Blue Line train at 12:32 a.m. Friday. He escorted the riders out of the station, then locked up and headed home. The only problem was that the [...]

So Bad Even The Translator Gave Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, In The News

Muammar Qaddafi’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly was too much for some people:
After struggling to turn Khadafy’s insane ramblings at the UN into English for 75 minutes, the Libyan dictator’s personal interpreter got lost in translation.
“I just can’t take it any more,” Khadafy’s interpreter shouted into the live microphone – in Arabic.
At that point, [...]

The Inevitable Birther Infomercial

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Well, you sort of knew this was coming:
A new birther infomercial running on a CBS affiliate in Texas and elsewhere around the country tells viewers a “got a birth certificate?” bumper sticker can be theirs for the low price of $30.
The 28-minute program — quite possibly the first ever birthermercial — features community access production [...]

Mark Levin Owes Ron Paul An Apology

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Individual Liberty, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Richard Posner On The Death Of Intellectual Conservatism

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Publius at Obsidian Wings brought my attention to a post by Federal Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner from back in May in which he lamented the apparent death of the intellectual tradition in American conservatism:
Until the late 1960s (when I was in my late twenties), I was barely conscious of the existence of a conservative [...]

And The Gaffe Of The Week Award Goes To…….

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Health Care Reform, Politics

Arizona Senator John Kyl:
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) argued that insurers must be required to cover basic maternity care. (In several states there are no such requirements.)
“I don’t need maternity care,” Kyl said. “So requiring that on my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will [...]

McDonnell Hits Back At Deeds On Thesis Issue

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Bob McDonnell is out with two ads hitting back at Creigh Deeds for his concentration on the issues surrounding McDonnell’s 1989 Regent University thesis.
The first calls Deeds dishonest for misrepresenting the thesis and McDonnell’s record:

The second features McDonnell’s daughter, who served in Iraq:

A Good Week In The War On Terror

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Homeland Security, In The News, War On Terror

It’s been an extraordinarily good week in the War On Terror in that there have been several arrests that appear to have broken up terror plots that were in various stages of development.
First, in Denver over the weekend two men were arrested in connection with an apparent bombing plot. At the same time police also [...]

Does This Look Like America To You ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Politics

Video from the government response to the G-20 protests in Pittsburgh:

H/T: Neal Boortz & Tommy Christopher

Yet Another Poll Proves It; David Paterson Is Finished

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Politics

Following up on the Sienna Poll, a new Rasmussen poll confirms that David Paterson would lose a General Election against all rumored Republican opponents, and would be decisively beaten by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo:
Embattled New York Governor David Paterson has opened the door to dropping out of next year’s race, as new Rasmussen [...]

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