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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Obama Skips Church for Golf, Again

From the Boston Herald, the lede of the weekend: EDGARTOWN – Another Sunday, another missed opportunity for President Obama to prove to America he’s not a Muslim. But instead of attending church services at one of the dozens and dozens

Sunday Morning Sports Pages: The Rocket Speaks Out

Most of the sportswriters still can’t understand what it was that Roger Clemens might have done wrong. [youtube 4dt_sMm7R1E&feature nolink] Which is why they’re still sportswriters. On the other hand, given the current crew of thieves, crooks, liars, tax cheats,

Sweden Cancels Arrest Warrant for 'Wikileaks' Founder

Very strange. From the AP: STOCKHOLM (AP) – Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of

Report: 'Wikileaks' Founder Charged with Rape in Sweden

*** Update: Warrant withdrawn. (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose whistle-blowing website caused uproar last month with a leak of secret U.S. military files on Afghanistan, has been charged in Sweden with rape and molestation, the National Prosecutor’s Office

The Decline and Fall of the Washington Post: Sally Quinn

She was once a star reporter for the Style section. Then she made the big career move and married the boss. Today Sally Quinn is the “doyenne” of Washington, a celebrity in her own right and a fixture of the

Red Alert: Congressman Alan Grayson (D, Fla.) Blames Bush for 9/11

The preening, sneering, cocksure face of the modern Left: Rep. Alan Grayson, whose one term in Congress is about to come to a merciful, if ignominious, end when the good folks of his traditionally Republican district regain their senses this

Condition Red: Code Pink

Quite a contrast with the previous post, no? And don’t miss the big party!

Miss Him Yet?

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Quote of the Day, Courtesy of the New York Times

From today’s story, assuring America that, despite what the polls say, President Obama really truly is a Christian: The White House says Mr. Obama prays daily, sometimes in person or over the telephone with a small circle of Christian pastors.

Useful Idiot Watch: The WaPo's 'Conservative' Kathleen Parker

Kathleen Parker is an allegedly conservative columnist at the Washington Post, but if there’s any evidence she is, in fact, conservative, it’s certainly scant. About the only support for this allegation comes from liberals, who always cite her as a

Mediaite's Tommy Christopher Responds to Retracto (We Think)

For the record: Mr. Christopher informs us that he did, in fact, write his post without any assistance. Although, to be fair, we didn’t ask him to swear on George Soros’ purse strings… ———– We think maybe Tommy Christoper took

Making MSM Heads Explode On a Daily Basis: Rush Calls Prez 'Imam Obama'

Already making the leftosphere seethe and froth: [youtube ja7w08NT6fo&feature nolink] Just for the record, here’s somebody named Tommy Christopher, taking El Rushbo to task: So, let me get this straight: Rush Limbaugh tricks people into talking about the xenophobic things

Dr. Laura Schlessinger to End Her Radio Show

From CNN: Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Embattled radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced Tuesday she will not renew her contract that is up at the end of the year, telling CNN’s “Larry King Live” she wants to

JournoList Open Thread: Because We Can

With fresh examples of the intellectually absurd, ethically compromised work of the in-the-tank members of the JournoList now being made complete fun of by the rational wing of the blogosphere, it’s time for this friendly reminder to the ‘Listas and

JournoList Open Thread: Joe Klein, Time Magazine

Terrific novelist, overrated political pundit: that’s Time Magazine’s Hobbit-like Joe Klein, one of the more senior members of the kiddie-corps JournoList, and someone who should have known better than to be on it, instead of embarrassing a once-great magazine.

VJ Day Photojournalism Open Thread: Surrender, Then and Now

The Empire of Japan surrendered on Aug. 14-15, 1945, ending World War II. The formal ceremony took place aboard the battleship Missouri on Sept. 2. That was then: And this is now: Makes you proud to be a post-American, doesn’t

Black Conservatives on the John Lewis Incident

Because it really doesn’t fit the narrative. From the National Black Conservatives press conference in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 4: [youtube 0xHRk0K1nSo nolink]