Assortment

Eleven-year-old girl shoots cougar that was stalking her brother. Elsewhere, a York County, South Carolina deputy sheriff shoots 70-year-old man who was pulling a cane out of his truck. Another good example of why only cops should carry guns.

In re: the first story above, MSNBC offers some typically stupid advice.

Dear Harry Reid: You are hereby invited to take your hypocrisy and insert it into an orifice unreachable by photons.

Hey, you know who’s to blame for ObamaCare’s Epic Fail? C’mon, this is a no-brainer! Republican governors.

Maybe this somewhat balances out the Kevin-Rudd-in-America horror: Tim Blair has once again graced our shores with his always-welcome presence, and he immediately embarked upon a wild adventure in the snow-covered wastes of the American northwest. Kind of like a Jack London story, except with laughs. (H/T: C.P.)

White people still making Spike Lee nervous.



(Image gratefully lifted from Moonbattery)

Tit for tat

We've all read about some of the outrageous actions taken by banks over the last several years in the wake of the decline in the housing market: banks foreclosing on mortgages that weren't delinquent, even a few cases where banks foreclosed on homes which weren't mortgaged at all. Well, one Florida couple whose home was wrongfully foreclosed pushed back in a truly unique fashion: they essentially foreclosed on the bank.

The Florida incident arose when the bank foreclosed on Warren and Maureen Nyerges of Golden Gate Estates in Naples. This surprised the Nyerges, since they had no mortgage--not with BofA or with anybody else. They had paid cash for their home in 2009.

Warren Nyerges made phone calls to the bank to try to get them to desist. "I talked to branch managers, I called anyone who would listen to me," he told the Naples News. "I wrote a certified letter to the [bank] president. No response, nothing." Finally he hired an attorney. Two months later, the foreclosure had been dismissed.

Nyerges then sought to recover his attorney's fees, and got a judgment against the bank. Five more months passed: more phone calls, more letters; no payment. Nyerges went back to court and got a writ of execution, which gave him permission to seize bank assets in payment for his judgment.

On June 3, Nyerges, two sheriff's deputies and a moving truck showed up at the local BofA branch. The deputies informed the manager that he could either pay the Nyerges' legal fees— $2,500—or the movers would start taking away the bank's furniture and cash. The manager, after conferring with his superiors, gave the deputies a check.

Bravo Mr. and Mrs. Nyerges! Well played.

Happy Feet Friday

Big Walter Horton lays down some Grade-A foot-stompin' harmonica boogie.

Dartmouth faces new challenge

Remember how I said that, with respect to the political left, the fringe now constitutes most of the carpet? Dartmouth offers another example in the form of a gaggle of self-professed victim groups trying to extort special privileges.

…a bunch of students who refer to themselves as "Concerned Asian, Black, Latin@, Native, Undocumented, Queer, and Differently-Abled students" wrote a letter to administrators at Dartmouth to threaten "physical action" if the administrators do not respond to their list of demands.

Among their many interesting demands is one I find completely baffling: “Incorporate into each department at LEAST one queer studies class.” Really? Literally “each” department? Is there such a thing as queer physics? Queer math? Perhaps non-Euclidian geometry fills the bill.

Slow Joe Biden: It’s all about the hate

Joe Biden, in a speech at a Black History Month event, attributed voter ID laws to “hatred”.

Well, in a way, you’re right, Einstein. Those of us who support voter ID laws hate voter fraud, we hate the Democratic Party’s support of voter fraud, and we hate the negative impact that dishonest elections have on democracy. And by the way, it’s not that hard to find evidence of voter fraud.

As an experiment in more restrictive gun control…

…maybe we should prohibit ATF personnel from carrying guns.

ATF agents have lost track of dozens of government-issued guns, after stashing them under the front seats in their cars, in glove compartments or simply leaving them on top of their vehicles and driving away…

Not to worry. They’ll probably turn up in Mexico, eventually.

Ok, how did this happen?

Kevin Rudd's been named a senior fellow at Harvard University.

Seriously, mates, this is NOT funny. Get him out of here.

In the great tradition of the Democrats’ abuse of power

Rep. Gary Peters is trying to silence a cancer patient who made an ad critical of ObamaCare (and of Peters, who voted for the thing and is currently running for a Senate seat).

Scratch a "progressive", find a fascist.

A blow to the Dingell-Barry axis

John Dingell, a liberal Michigan Democrat who has not so much served in Congress as taken root there, has announced his retirement after 58 freakin’ years.

This living fossil – elected in 1955, the year I was born - has been a staunch ally of the Obama administration, and his departure from a Congress that he now finds “obnoxious” (i.e., no longer the unchallenged preserve of bipartisan statists) deprives the president of one of his most reliable Mamelukes. However, it looks as if his wife of 38 years may have a go at the job, which would keep this rotten borough safely in the family (Dingell pretty much inherited the job from his father, a –surprise! – New Deal Democrat).

Happy trails, John, and may you live long enough to become hopelessly entangled in the coils of the Affordable Care Act which you so strongly supported (although I imagine that after 58 years of political “service”, and the opportunities for the acquisition of booty deriving therefrom, plus marriage to a wealthy former auto industry executive, you will be spared the inconvenience you foisted on so many of your unfortunate fellow citizens).

It’s probably due to the jaded crabbiness that sometimes comes with age, but increasingly I find myself thinking wistfully how pleasant it would be if more of these high-profile departures of the gravediggers of American liberty featured handcuffs and leg irons, and perhaps –just every now and then – a rope and a trap-door.

George Soros' millions keep showing up in the most interesting places

Two journalism schools that benefited from donations made by left-wing billionaire George Soros were working with the FCC in setting up the latter's controversial "surveys" of news outlets. The project has since been dropped (for now), but, ominously, not because of an outcry from the mainstream media, which appears more than happy to continue serving as the Obama administration's collective stenographer.

By the way, in connection with the FCC's original plan to poke around news and editorial decision-making in the nations media outlets - which many think would have focused on radio, where conservatives dominate news/talk programming - someone on a local morning radio talk show (sorry, can't remember who it was) said that "Obama makes Nixon look like Ron Paul". Yes. Yes he does.

Might as well grab "elephant graveyard" while they're at it

"GOP obtains new web domain".

Piers Morgan?

Why, last I heard he had a one-way ticket on the Loser Bus to Oblivionville.

Monday movie

The double-cross scene from Asphalt Jungle.

Sunday funnies

Solid dietary advice from the eminent Chinese physician, Pok Ho.

Does anybody actually buy the weird stuff models wear? Take this woman's hat, for example...

Cleaning woman sees through the contemporary art racket.

The U.S. men's hockey team loss to Canada was tragic. No, really (H/T: Captain Heinrichs).

My guess is this'll turn out to be a recipe for meatloaf

"600 year old mystery manuscript decoded by University of Bedfordshire professor".

Paco!

Hipper and more cutting edge than ever!

I mean, I've got a profile similar to that of David Wise: married, kids, regular church-goer. If that qualifies as an "alternative lifestyle" in the modern context, then I'm practically a hippie.

Peace, man!

Happy Feet Friday

I'm a big fan of the TV series, Justified, and there's a character on there called Rodney "Hot Rod" Dunham, played by Mickey Jones. I'd seen him before somewhere, but I couldn't recollect where. So I thunk and I thunk, and it finally came to me: he was one of the K&B Construction guys who appeared from time to time on the Home Improvement comedy series, most notably as the drummer in the jam session spots, in which the folks from K&B used tools and equipment to create some very exciting music (ably assisted by a fellow playing one hell of a mean harmonica).

Here's the K&B band in its first appearance on the show:


Bonus video clip! The K&B band in its final appearance on the show, with a performance of Burning Down the House:

The phenomenon of the smart dumbass

Tom Steyer, one of the Democrats’ fattest fat cats, serves as a good example of how one can be very sharp at some things – like getting good grades in top-notch schools and making lots of money – yet still be blind to huge swaths of reality. Although whether this is proof of involuntary limited dumbassery or one or more mental/emotional pathologies is not really clear to me. Perhaps it all boils down to the difference between intellectual quotient and wisdom (or character and the lack thereof).

Deaf...

...and dumb. Very, very dumb: "Police Beat, Stun Deaf Man After Confusing Sign Language With Threatening Gestures".

Elsewhere, evidence that those who enforce the law aren't necessarily legal experts.

Clown shortage?

Really?

Somehow I’m finding this hard to believe.

The last good Democratic president

Mr. G. resurrects Grover Cleveland's second inaugural address.

Obama - and our country - would have benefited mightily if he had only listened to Grover.

And of course when it comes to truly great presidents...


Lifted from Ace of Spades

Monday movie

A Canadian sergeant provides some informal training in hand-to-hand combat to a loutish G.I. in this scene from The Devil's Brigade.

Sunday funnies

Looking for love on the internet: you're doin' it wrong.

Really, the absolutely perfect Valentine's Day gift.

Quite possibly the best excuse ever given to a cop by an underage driver (H/T: The PJ Tatler).

The zany world of misheard lyrics.

Democrat constituencies.

Click on the pics below to enlarge...





Today's Chuck Norris fact: When Chuck Norris is in Rome, the Romans do as Chuck Norris does.

Yeah, what now?

Commenter and blogger Veeshir delves into a subject that I find interesting, troubling - and perhaps promising: what exactly does Connecticut plan to do with its tens of thousands of brand new felons, otherwise known as citizens who refuse to register their so-called "assault rifles"?

I believe we are rapidly approaching a time when ordinary people are going to be dragged into legal crises of the government's making, and the choice is going to be civil disobedience or serfdom. Hell, we're already there. Question is, are we the frog in the slowly-heating pot of water, or are we the grizzly that's just taken a BB shot on the snout?

I agree

If the Republican Party is to have a future at all, it'll be people like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee who will lead it. Otherwise, the GOP will be joining the Whigs in the dustbin of American politics. The juggernaut of progressivism isn't going to be stopped by a couple of squirt guns like Boehner and McConnell.

I've got a nominee

"The U.S. State Department plans to create an Arctic ambassador position to highlight the growing importance of that region."

You know who's got the inside track...


Congratulations on your appointment, Al! Don't forget to take a can of polar bear repellant.

Happy Valentine's Day!

The Paco Command Center is presently blanketed under a foot of snow, and the Yankee government, which was closed yesterday, is offering employees liberal leave today (i.e., you can use your annual leave without prior permission). I guess I ought to be makin' with the snow shovel.

Elsewhere, the federal government continues to suppress the spirit of private enterprise: "FAA Grounds Valentine’s Flower Delivery Drone".

Update: Regular readers of this blog are familiar with my stories about J. Packington Paco III, captain of industry and scourge of the nanny state, more familiarly known as "J.P." I always lead off with a photo of Sydney Greenstreet, whose girth and elegant attire make him look like a cartoon of Capital.

Well, this morning Mrs. Paco and I were watching a movie we hadn't seen before - Some Way with Women - a romantic comedy from 1947 starring Greenstreet, Dane Clark and Martha Vickers. In this film, Sydney Greenstreet portrays an automobile industry tycoon familiarly known as...J.P. I found the coincidence delightful.

Update II: Modern Valentine's Day sentiment...



Update III: Ah, what a cute couple!



Update IV: The greatest valentine of all time (courtesy of JeffS) -

Fig leaves optional

"Church allows nude worship".

Pastor Allen Parker says the idea is to 'equalise' everybody in front of God."

Ummm m'yeah, reverend, but the congregation won't be "equalized" in front of each other, if you know what I mean. Could lead to pride and envy (and distracting hilarity).

H/T: Our roving theologian, Captain Heinrichs

Happy Feet Friday

Chu Berry and Hot Lips Page turn out a scorching plate entitled Blowin’ Up a Breeze.

You've got to hand it to the Canadians

They know how to do the Olympics (H/T: Captain Heinrichs).

As Popeye Doyle said in The French Connection II…

“I’d rather be a lamp post in New York than the president of France.”

Incidentally, who was minding the teleprompter yesterday? One wonders what “Big Al” De Tocqueville would have to say about Obama’s exercise of extra-constitutional power (well, he might say something like this).

Also from the Dept. of You Can Dress the Guy Up But You Can’t Take Him Anywhere, there’s this tone-deaf comment that Barry made at Monticello:

America’s president — heir to the world’s greatest document of freedom ever drawn up by man — strode across the hallowed grounds of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. With his hands clasped behind his back as a fuehrer surveying his troops or his kingdom [or Paris in June of 1940 – Paco], he told a gaggle of onlookers, “That’s the good thing about being president. I can do whatever I want.”

It may have been a lame attempt at despot humor. But it fell terribly flat and reveals a shocking unawareness of himself and what so many American people think of him. As if nobody in the White House grasps what a plague this president has been on our Constitution. He simply ignores laws he doesn’t like, rewrites others more to his liking and shows complete disdain for the two branches of government designed precisely to keep the president in check.

You said it, brother. Thank God for the heroic Establishment Republican Resistance, and its leading maquisards maquitards, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell!

ObamaCare descends into farce

"Obamacare meets The Onion".

Of course, just because something's farcical doesn't mean it can't also be tyrannical: "FIRMS MUST SWEAR OBAMACARE NOT A FACTOR IN FIRINGS".

The damage is already done...

...but still, better late than never, I suppose. The worst Attorney General in modern times - perhaps ever - says he will step down later this year.

Shirley Temple, RiP

The most popular child actor of them all has passed away at age 85.

Here's one of her dance scenes with the late, great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

2nd amendment advocacy = terrorism

“Documents from an Ohio National Guard (ONG) training drill conducted last January reveal the details of a mock disaster where Second Amendment supporters with 'anti-government' opinions were portrayed as domestic terrorists.”

But of course! Just like the Boston Marathon. Or 9/11.

“Portsmouth Chief of Police Bill Raisin told NBC 3 WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia that the drill accurately represented ‘the reality of the world we live in,’ adding that such training ‘helps us all be prepared.’”

Hey, why stop there? You know what else mirrors reality? The zombie apocalypse. Also space aliens. And triffids. And don’t forget the long-running BBQ wars (vinegar-based vs. tomato); that violence could spill over into Ohio at any time.

Free-speech absolutist

I think that I would read Mark Steyn with pleasure on any subject – from aardvarks to zithers – but his passionate essays in defense of free speech truly stir the mind and heart. He is our Cato the Younger, tenacious and incorruptible, tirelessly revealing the evil at the center of authoritarian progressivism; however, unlike the somber Cato, he adds a heaping measure of humor to his criticisms, which makes him a refreshingly happy warrior – one who is not likely to succumb to the despair that ultimately overwhelmed the Roman politician.

Here he writes:

It takes all sorts to make a world and I've met a lot of them over the years, and I can stand pretty much anything anyone says about anything — until someone says to me, "You can't say that." At which point my inclination is to punch his lights out. I do this not just because I'm a violent psychopath with a hair-trigger temper, but to make the important point that in societies where you're not free to speak your mind — to argue and debate — the only way to express disagreement is through violence.

As is well known, Mark Steyn is the target of a lawsuit filed by the absurd climate alarmist, Michael Mann. Steyn cried “fiddlesticks!” to Mann’s hockey stick, and the Nobel non-laureate, rather than debating Steyn, is seeking to shut him up. If we possessed a justice system in this country that did not, in effect, serve as the equivalent of the Lawyers’ Full Employment Act, I believe Mann would have been summarily ordered to take his hockey stick and go home a long time ago. Alas, we now live in a world where legal procedures represent, not so much a decision tree, as a decision kudzu vine, so God alone knows what the ultimate verdict will be, or even whether one will be reached in our lifetimes. One doesn’t have to be omniscient, though, to imagine the expense involved, so you can help Mark out by shopping at his online bookstore.

The new Democrat symbol

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Darleen Click at Protein Wisdom opines on the progressives’ absurd new take on the concept of work (which is not really a new take, just more pronounced, lately, because of the need to find excuses for Obama’s job-killing policies and programs).

Southern fried blitzkrieg

Did you know that Bill Clinton once worried about getting reelected because of, among other things, southern “Nazis”?

Much, much more from the “Hillary Papers” at the The Washington Free Beacon. Yes, it’s news about the old days, but it underscores the single-minded pursuit of power by someone who may yet be president. Consider it background material for the more relevant context of her performance in recent years (which ranges from undistinguished to fatally incompetent).

My short take: if you think the Democrats are a ruthless bunch of power junkies now, just wait until Hillary gets elected. You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. It’ll be a combustible mixture of narcissistic power-mongering and a hopelessly wrongheaded ideological worldview. God help us if all the Republicans have to offer is the McConnell/Boehner Axis of Accommodation.

Oh, and I guess we can all breathe a sigh of relief that retired General David Petraeus never succumbed to the lure of a potential Republican presidential candidacy: “[Hillary Clinton would] make a tremendous president”. Dude, try not to leave a hickie on her backside, ok?

Monday movie

Painless Potter gets some last minute tips before a shoot-out.

Sunday funnies

McGruff the Crime Dog: "Take a bite out of crime. OUCH!"

Outstanding bumper sticker.

Arch-villain Bane endorses Obama.

Looks like the "selfie" originated decades ago.

Hey, don't miss this Olympic event. It's a gas!

Don't see these around much anymore:

Warning!

Looks like the U.S. Postal Service isn’t taking any more attitude from your dog.

Update - Jonah, in the comments: "I would advise the postal service to have their ammo delivered by FedEx to avoid it being delivered to their neighbor's mailbox."

Democrats and the Rolling Stones gambit

What Democrats are really trying to accomplish with ObamaCare.

Who’s the leading conservative politician in the world today?

It’s difficult to argue with Samuel Gregg’s assertion that it’s Australia’s PM, Tony Abbott.

Elected prime minister in September last year, Abbott is in many respects the left’s nightmare come true. For one thing, he’s a practicing Catholic, who, though he doesn’t draw attention to his faith, is generally associated in people’s minds with the Church’s conservative wing. Among other brickbats, that’s earned him (rather sectarian) epithets such as the “mad monk.”

At the same time, Abbott possesses — like his political mentor, Australia’s most successful modern conservative politician, John Howard — the common touch. In private and public, he comes across as rather normal and unpretentious. In Australian politics, that will take you a very, very long way. But Abbott is unique insofar as he combines an ability to communicate with ordinary people with being that rarity among conservative politicians: someone genuinely interested in ideas.

Tony Abbott, Christie/Boehner/McConnell. Compare and contrast.

Happy Feet Friday

Red Nicols and his Five Pennies go in for some of those Backroom Blues.

Strict gun-control states shooting themselves in the foot

“Beretta announced last week it was becoming the latest gun maker to expand beyond the borders of its home state following passage of tougher gun laws. Instead of building in Maryland, which adopted stiff new regulations last year, Beretta is putting up a new manufacturing and research facility in the Nashville, Tenn. suburb of Gallatin.”

Let’s see how many jobs Maryland’s gun-phobia creates; for that matter, let’s see how well the smug assumption of tougher gun control=fewer violent crimes works out.

Elsewhere, Chicago leads the way in the weenie-fication of America.

Administrators at a school in the South Suburbs of Chicago are up in arms over a state law (House Bill 0183) that requires schools to post small signs announcing that guns cannot be carried in schools.

Some school officials aren’t happy about the stickers because they contain a very basic image of a gun [emphasis mine – Paco].

“It is bothersome to have to post a sticker of a gun that says, ‘Hey, folks, leave your guns at home,’” Theresa Nolan, principal of Tinley Park High School, told the SouthtownStar.

Nolan stressed that she is very concerned with “safety and security” and concerned that, somehow, someone could wrongly interpret an image of a gun emblazoned with the universal sign for prohibiting something.

“I think the general public will be alarmed by it and wonder if people have been allowed to bring guns to school in the past,” Nolan also fretted.

She said she would prefer “something more subtle.”

How about a big happy face with the words, “Arms are for hugging"?

One of the headless chickens speaks out

The irrepressible Lord Monkton issues a challenge to His Royal Horse-face, Prince Charles.

You got your science and economics wrong. And you were rude as well. And you took sides in politics. Constitutionally, that’s a no-no. Thronewise, mate, you’ve blown it.

On the other hand, we Brits are sport-mad. So here is option 2. I am going to give you a sporting second chance, Charlie, baby.

You see, squire, you are no longer above politics. You’ve toppled off your gilded perch and now you’re in it up to your once-regal neck. So, to get you used to the idea of debating on equal terms with your fellow countrymen, I’m going to give you a once-in-a-reign opportunity to win back your Throne in a debate about the climate. The motion: “Global warming is a global crisis.” You say it is. I say it isn’t.

Read on, and be glad that the era of the absolute power of kings is long gone (now all we have to worry about is the absolute power of presidents).

Israelis mock John Kerry

And how!

Obama has a pen and a phone...

...and a thumb that he sticks in the eye of normal citizens every chance he gets: "Obama Nominates Cop Killer Advocate to Head DOJ Civil Rights Division".

So Barry searched the land over, looking high and low, poring over the resumes of hundreds of qualified civil rights attorneys, and this is the guy he chose? Obama isn't so much the president of the United States as he is the narcissistic, abusive, control freak in a dysfunctional relationship. Isn't there some way we can get a restraining order against this creep?

Update: Looks like this clown got his formative training on the street; Sesame Street, that is:

"When he was 4 or 5, a friend noticed an ad seeking children to audition for Sesame Street. Adegbile landed the job and played the part of Debo, a child of the Sesame Street neighborhood, until high school.

"(Friend Ryan) Haygood said (Adegbile) had 'fond memories of Grover and Cookie Monster' and of meeting Ray Charles during a guest appearance by the singer."

Debo Adegbile and friends engage in a little social justice.

Some (typically) good points from Thomas Sowell on immigration

Subtitle: Why are Republicans such idiots?

The latest bright idea among Republicans inside the Beltway is a new version of amnesty that is virtually certain to lose votes among the Republican base and is unlikely to gain many votes among the Hispanics the Republican leadership is courting.

Exactly what I’ve been thinking; it’s a “lose-lose” proposition. Dr. Sowell continues:

Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them. One of the big problems that those who are pushing “comprehensive immigration reform” want solved is how to help people who came here illegally and are now “living in the shadows” as a result.

What about embezzlers or burglars who are “living in the shadows” in fear that someone will discover their crimes? Why not “reform” the laws against embezzlement or burglary, so that such people can also come out of the shadows?

Comprehensive immigration reform is rumored to be dead this year, but I say beware of spray-tanned weepers and suave, blue-eyed smilers; they may be obtuse when it comes to the ability to understand great principles, but they frequently possess a low form of animal cunning that serves them well in hornswoggling their colleagues.

Elsewhere, Victor Davis Hanson shouts, “Look out, below!”

Let a thousand idiots bloom

Karl Marx, John Kerry, Piers Morgan, Prince Charles…I’m beginning to wonder if history isn’t primarily just a roll call of morons.

John McCain: "Here!"

Hillary Clinton: "Yo!"

Joe Biden: "Pheasant!"

Update -

Chris Matthews: "Me! Me! What about ME?"

Oh, yes, can't forget about Chris Matthews. The latest noise to issue forth from his larynx is a whine that congressional Republicans are engaging in a form of "second-term birtherism":

[Obama] was illegitimately elected, now he’s behaving illegitimately,” Matthews said on Friday. “They want to put an asterisk next to this guy..."

Ok, Chris, how about if we just put an asterisk next to you?


Chris Matthews*

* Dumbass

(Yeah, I know. It's just gelding the filly, but there it is).

Hey, you Democrats enabled this monster

"The formidable campaign apparatus that has sprung up to support a possible 2016 presidential bid by Hillary Clinton is rattling some Democrats, sparking concerns that it could suppress competition for the party nomination and siphon money from candidates running in the midterm elections this fall."

It all puts me in mind of something...

Cats!

"Cat gives owner bubonic plague".

After accidentally being bit by his cat, Paul Gaylord is lucky to be alive. His cat had infected Gaylord with the plague.

Accidentally. Uh-huh.

Assortment

The U.S. Air Farce.

Hey, you know all those traffic problems the Atlanta area suffered from last week? You probably thought snow had something to do with it. Nuh-uh. It was racism.

Oh, and asking Obama a few pointed questions is racist, too.

Michael Bloomberg has (unfortunately) found something to fill up the idle hours of his day.

Kevin Williamson: “Progressivism Kills”. A sample: “This is the endgame of welfare economics: What good is Medicaid if there are no doctors? What good are food stamps where there is no food? What good are ‘free’ schools if you’re so afraid to send your children there that you feel it prudent to arm them first?”

And by the way, there’s more than just a touch of cynicism in the Democratic Party’s embrace of the progressive worldview.

“You say that as if it were a bad thing.” (H/T: Mr. G).

Probably a reasonable bet: “Sen. Inhofe: Benghazi Will ‘Go Down in History as the Greatest Cover-up’”.

Jim Treacher observes a traumatic and frustrating anniversary (at least the State Dept. hasn’t come back to finish the job - yet).

That right there was a mighty close call.

It's always about Obama. Always.

Monday movie

Humphrey Bogart is a tough prosecutor in The Enforcer.

Poster of the day

Hey, who's up for a groundhog hunt?

"Punxsutawney Phil, a famed U.S. groundhog with an even more famous shadow, emerged from his burrow on Sunday and predicted six more weeks of winter, much to the chagrin of those hoping for an early spring."

Although we really can't blame Phil. I blame Al Gore; enough with the fight against global warming, already!

Congrats to the Seattle Seahawks

Man, what a blow-out! Of course, I didn't have a dog in this fight (What else? I'm a Lions fan).



H/T to Protein Wisdom for the image.

Sunday funnies

Man rides to his own funeral on a Harley-Davidson.

Turkish SWAT team Fail.

Beer delivery service thwarted (for now).

Cow suicide bombers?

Be on the lookout for muppet; considered armed and dangerous.

To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. - Steve Hovley (Former American Major League Baseball Outfielder)

Bob Hope in a funny scene from My Favorite Spy.