January 18, 2010 Breaking News

18. January 2010 by Glenn.

Quote of the Day:“When we see what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen, this is the response, this is what happens, you know what I’m sayin’?”            Danny Glover, Hollywood actor and climate twit referring to Haiti’s earthquake           

You may hear about Pat Robertson’s comment but I bet you won’t hear this bandied about in the media.  They protect their own idiots.  Observations:Today is Blue Monday; officially the most miserable day of the year.  Everyday since last January 20^th has been “Blue Monday”.             

Have you noticed that Obama hasn’t held a press conference since July?He has given dozens of speeches and answered a few questions when with foreign leaders, but overall, the press has been cut out of directly questioning the president for the past 6 months.  This is all about controlling the press and using other channels to get information out without putting the president into a position where he might be asked embarrassing questions.           

Take my word for it folks.  The new strategy is to follow the successful one that got him elected.  Control all information and how it is disseminated;   And he has done a very good job of letting out only the information that he wants us to have and none of it he doesn’t want us to have. 

More trouble in Wonderland.  Nineteen states have now notified the 4^th grade class that they want the same deal on Medicaid as the “Mad Hatter” of the senate cut with Nebraska; and if they don’t get it, they will sue.

Sometime ago I did a little math that indicated that in order to keep the health care bill within rational bounds, the 4th grade class planned to push an estimated $1.7 TRILLION in additional Medicaid costs onto the states.  As I pointed out, that would mean that the cost to taxpayers would be about $3.4 TRILLION over a 10-year period (without inflation).

Haiti is on everyone’s mind as the 4^th grade class works into the wee hours to perfect their witch’s brew of economic poisoning for America.   

I did note on a film clip that big guys were beating hell out of little guys and taking their survivor supplies.  I think the dems call that “Liberal Natural Selection”.            The U.N. also ordered out a 65 member Belgian Medical team from a hospital because of serious security concerns, leaving the seriously injured patients to fend for themselves overnight. 

And if things weren’t bad enough already, the leading House Democrat on military policy, Rep. Ike Skelton, said Friday that he opposes repealing the law that bans openly gay people from serving in the military.  A leader in crafting the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy 17 years ago, under Bill Clinton, he says he is not personally for changing the bill.  Changing the bill in the middle of two wars could cause some serious problems, he believes.  Word has it that Obama is now eying D.C. for the Gitmo trials rather than New York City. 

Not sure why the change except New Yorkers might have taken it as a personal slap in the face; or maybe he just wants it close so he can protect and manage the fellow muslims.  I wouldn’t worry too much about this happening.  As soon as someone in the 4^th grade class realizes that the trial may draw the terrorists to D.C., it’s a good bet that they will change the venue again. 

European governments reacted coolly on Friday to Washington’s call for others to follow its example and impose a levy on banks. 

Apparently, Europe doesn’t much care for Obama’s brand of Marxism.  Especially when it will be counter-productive in the economy and hit the citizens even harder, as the banks will just pass on the higher cost to us through increased fees.           

 And if things weren’t bad enough already, now the global warming freeze may have damaged up to 30% of Florida’s Crops! Strawberry growers reportedly pumped so much water over their plants to encase them in ice to protect them from freezing that sink holes have been appearing.           

And if things weren’t bad enough in Venezuela already,  Chavez has fired the head of his energy department, who,  in a desperate effort to keep a complete crash of the power grid from being  the only monument to Chavez’s political and managerial skills, had instituted four hour rolling blackouts across the country. And if things weren’t bad enough in China already, A rising number of Chinese provinces are preparing to introduce power rationing as electricity supplies lag behind demand amid harsh winter weather.  The government is urging coal and gas suppliers to increase shipments.  Reportedly, coal stocks at power plants that produce 80% of China’s power are at a seventeen month low.           

Let’s see.  Freeze to death-Burn coal.  What a conundrum!            GLOBAL WARMING, INDEED           

And if that isn’t enough to convince you that we are experiencing global warming, late last week, 26 patients in a psychiatric hospital in Havana froze to death overnight in Cuba where low temps hit 38 degrees.           

The stock market took its largest drop so far this year, Friday.  J.P. Morgan–Chase’s stock dropped, even with the announcement that they has recorded a 4 – fold increase in earnings for the fourth quarter last year of $300 + billion.  The dampening effect apparently came from Chase’s announcement that they may not see a break in increasing loan losses due to continuing foreclosures this year.  Wall Street’s top lobbying group has now hired a top supreme court litigator to study the possibility of mounting a constitutional challenge to Obama’s new bank tax.           

So, it’s not bad enough that they are wasting literally generations worth of tax dollars, but now they are going to end up wasting more defending constitutional challenges.  Folks.  If we don’t stop these guys now, it could very well be your kids that pick you up and dump you off at my Soylent Green factory for your inaction on these issues!           

Today is the 20^th anniversary of the arrest of the former mayor of the Peoples Republic of D.C., Marion Berry for possession of nose candy.  He was later convicted of a misdemeanor.             

However, the poor guy that went through the wrong security door by mistake at JFK, leading to an evacuation of one terminal, is now facing several felony charges that could give him up to 7 years in prison. 

And if things weren’t bad enough in America, already:Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.  That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities. That supermajority is at risk as the Massachusetts race has tightened.   

These dipsticks are really spooked about the Massachusetts’s race.  If the dems lose in Massachusetts now, it will be like discovering that your mother only gave you conditional love all of these years.   Using the so-called “nuclear option” in an improper setting could really backfire on the dems.  Keep this in mind when you write your congersfolk.  Make using the nuclear option a really ugly and dangerous thing for the dems.    

Headline of the Day:Eye test that spots Alzheimer’s 20 years before symptoms:  Middle aged could be screened at routine opticians visit            London Mail  

I’m not sure I want to know.  Aww Geez article of the Day: 

TELEGRAPH U.K. :  The floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members of the weight loss programme who were gathered for a meeting…  Luckily, all of the dieters escaped uninjured and managed to move the scales to the corridor, which was not damaged in the accident, and were able to complete their weekly weigh in.  The cause of the floor’s collapse remains under investigation. 

Well, duuuhh!

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song:

BOSTON (AP) - His health care bill at stake, President Barack Obama plans a trip to Massachusetts to campaign for endangered Senate Democratic candidate Martha Coakley amid release of a poll showing an edge for the Republican Party in the race to fill a Senate seat Democrats have held for over a half-century. 

The dems are also staging a Hurricane Katrina style political aid program to rush assets into the state to bolster Coakley.
 

Dems look at bypassing Senate health care vote:
BOSTON (AP) - A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action.   The likeliest scenario would require persuading House Democrats to accept a bill the Senate passed last month, despite their objections to several parts.  
 

They are so desperate for anything that might be a facsimile of a victory, regardless how bad it is or how useless, is just stunning.  Their disregard for the welfare of the American people is truly breathtaking. 

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