Liberal pundit Ed Schultz told his viewers (and listeners) yesterday that now is “no time for bipartisanship.” No, Obama should appoint a “liberal to the Supreme Court,” the spokesman for the far-left said.
Crooks and Liars reports:
From the Ed Show May 1, 2009. Ed Schultz’s “Op-Ed” on President Obama’s choice for David Souter’s replacement on the Supreme Court. Ed’s got this one right.| MORE ›
Confirmed cases of swine flu jumped by more than 65 percent Saturday with the World Health Organization reporting 615 people in 15 countries infected with the virus commonly known as swine flu.
The organization had reported 367 cases on Friday. The jump in cases was due to ongoing testing of a backlog of specimens in Mexico, the WHO said.
The most cases were in Mexico, where 397 people were infected and 16 deaths were attributed to the virus, according to the WHO.| MORE ›
Australia announces it will do something Europe should have done years, nay decades ago already: invest in its military.
Australia plans to buy 100 state-of-the-art U.S. jet fighters and double the size of its modest submarine fleet in a bid to keep pace with an Asian military buildup.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, announcing the plan on board the HMAS Stuart in Sydney Harbour on Saturday, said Australia’s military must be prepared for any situation.| MORE ›
Oh no. President Obama says he puts empathy, intelligence and independence before ideology: nice try, but we all know that especially “empathy” is a key word for liberal.| MORE ›
The New York Times the Caucus blog has some shocking – shocking I tells ya! – news: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may endorse a Democratic candidate for governor.
I know, it blew me away as well.| MORE ›
Hot Air notices the publication of a poll showing that 67% of Catholics approve of the job President Obama is currently doing. The conservative blog’s AllahPundit argues that this once again shows that many Catholics do not adhere to the Church’s basic teachings. Catholic readers of HA respond angrily to the poll, arguing that these ‘Catholics’ who approve of Obama are not Catholics at all.
The reason: Obama’s stance on abortion.| MORE ›
New York Governor David Paterson’s racial discrimination cost his state’s taxpayers $300.000.
Shortly after becoming NY senate minority leaders in 2003, Paterson fired the white senate photographer – action first filed in 2005 by Joseph Maioriello, 56 – because he wanted to hire a black staffer. Instead of accepting this kind of disrimination, Maioriello decided to fight. He filed action in 2005 and sought $1.5 million in damages.| MORE ›
Conservative blogger and columnist offers his fellow Republicans some advise: play dirty, just like liberals have done for years.
When I was in college, I studied Southern Long Fist Kung Fu for more than a year and my teacher told me something that I never forgot. He said that when you’re being attacked, the aggressor sets the rules and if you want to survive, you have to play by those rules.| MORE ›
Remember the DHS report about ‘right-wing extremism’ and the threat ‘right-wingers’ posed? You know, the one that forced Janet Napolitano – who heads the DHS – to issue an apology for insulting tens of millions of patriotic Americans?
Well, the department’s geniuses wrote another memo:
The Department of Homeland Security set off a firestorm earlier this month when a memo surfaced that warned of right-wing extremists.| MORE ›
Or so says Mark Halperin about the vacancy for the US Supreme Court. He also asks some good (and some silly) questions.
Politico adds that Republicans are already targeting three likely candidates:
A conservative politico likely to work on the coming judicial nomination battle sends over a memo circulating on the right, which targets three likely Obama nominees: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Judge Diane Wood, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan.| MORE ›
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