Marizela Perez turns 19 today. Happy Birthday, Emem! As you know, my beloved cousin has been missing nearly two months. Her parents, family, and friends continue to search Seattle and beyond. Strangers near and far are working on the case. Praying. Hoping. Pushing. But there have been no new leads since the last time I […]

“Give him enough rope…”

**Written by Doug Powers Imagine for a moment that Donald Trump is elected president next year. Sure, there would be plenty of stimulus work for the construction industry what with the new giant “TRUMP” sign that would be put up over the White House, but, as The Donald demonstrated in Las Vegas last week, think […]

**Written by Doug Powers If you want to make a few extra bucks, put a Groucho glasses vending machine outside Paul Ryan’s townhalls. Just a hunch. From USA Today: GREENFIELD, Wis. — At the last of four events on Rep. Paul Ryan’s “listening tour” of his district Thursday, he called on a man in the […]

“Climate Pollution Deniers.” Shorter Think Progress headline via VerumSerum: “Tornadoes bring death, justice to climate deniers.” Of course. Never mind the facts: US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south. “If […]

My column today spotlights the latest attempt by the Left to use campaign finance disclosure as a weapon to intimidate and silence political opponents. Both Big Labor and open-borders forces have scheduled their usual May Day protests this weekend, with a special emphasis on Wisconsin and GOP Gov. Scott Walker. Be careful out there. And […]

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President Obama is getting serious about border security and immigration. Rilly. Rilly. Serious. He’s called in the heavyweights to help him forge a policy breakthrough. The heavyweights include night-time soap opera actress Eva Longoria and other ethnic starlets: President Barack Obama is enlisting Hispanic celebrities, including actresses Eva Longoria, America Ferrera and Rosario Dawson, today […]

**Written by Doug Powers It’s time once again for a story about “leading academics” who do little else except prove why they shouldn’t be referred to as “leading academics.” As the UN debates human rights for “Mother Earth” and all its plants, animals and terrain, others are trying to prepare the world for how animals […]

The death toll from the Southern twisters that struck yesterday is nearing 200. Alabama officials have asked President Obama to expedite help: Gov. Robert Bentley requested that President Barrack Obama expedite a catastrophic disaster declaration to assist with recovery efforts across Alabama. Related Links: This morning there were 131 confirmed deaths in 16 state counties […]

Disgruntled and weary from holding up the debt ceiling?

News out of the Windy City tonight: Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George has at long last suspended prog nutball Rev. Michael Pfleger. Pardon my language, but it’s about damned time. The Chicago Tribune reports: “Citing what he called threats from the Rev. Michael Pfleger to leave the church, Cardinal Francis George has removed the outspoken priest […]

Over the last two and a half years, I’ve taken a lot of heat from birthers right here in my own blog comments section, on the radio, and in my e-mail box for warning about the lurch into fringe conspiracism — a penchant shared by Trig Truthers, 9/11 Truthers, and birthers. Flashback December 2008: The […]

Whatever happened to the Mad Maxine Waters ethics trial? Today’s column answers the question. Meanwhile, the minority-owned bank Waters lobbied for — OneUnited — is now under scrutiny from the Treasury Department for skipping TARP aid repayments. Mm, mm, mm. Heckuva job, Congresswoman Bank on OneUnited. Maxine Waters: Swamp Queen by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate […]

**Written by Doug Powers It’s a start: President Obama is finally saying “drill baby drill.” If the story stopped right there I’d give him this week’s Sarah Palin Awakenings award. The problem is that Obama is calling on every oil producing nation with the exception of the United States to increase the supply in a […]

Well, how did this happen, hmmm? The Wisconsin GOP reports that Democrats in the Dairy State are “using a fraudulent tactic to harass and intimidate constituents who favor recalling Democrat Senator Dave Hansen of Green Bay.” Somehow, calls are being placed in the name of “Bay Care Aurora” — a local hospital — by left-wing […]

Remember those misdirected death threats from unhinged anti-Koch addicts that Doug Powers spotlighted last week? Refresher here. Well, government-sponsored National Public Radio — erstwhile guardians of civility — apparently found the death-threat misdirection amusing. A segment last Friday on NPR’s Morning Edition made light of the plight of Iowa businessman Dutch Koch — no relation […]

**Written by Doug Powers From Politico by way of Weasel Zippers: In addition to 420 seconds in heaven, well-behaved reporters will even get their very own autographed halo to take home. It’s like the Burger King kids crown except covered in Hope & Change instead of fry grease and ketchup (**Disclaimer: Heaven & halo offer […]

1980s Death Row cop-killer Mumia abu Jamal, darling of the progressive Left, will get yet another day in court: A U.S. appeals court is awarding death-row activist Mumia Abu-Jamal a new sentencing hearing in the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Tuesday’s ruling is the latest in the former Black Panther’s long-running legal saga. […]

Krugman vs. Krugman Not that you needed any more evidence that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is a flip-flopping charlatan, but here’s the latest. Today, he assails GOP proposals to raise the Medicare age and, by extension, the Social Security retirement age. (My column on the subject from earlier this month is here.) Krugman […]

“Safe!”

**Written by Doug Powers Just in from CNN: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday he will not run for president in 2012. “I will not be a candidate for president next year,” Barbour, a Republican, said in a statement. “This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for […]

Uncertainty will reign as Obamacare litigants slog it out in court. Just in from the Supreme Court, there will be no fast track granted to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on his state’s constitutional challenge to the federal health care takeover: The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia’s attorney general to depart from […]

**Written by Doug Powers The administration that acted in contempt by ignoring a judge’s order to lift the Gulf drilling moratorium will be looking for illegalities in rising oil and gas prices. Whew! Help is finally on the way! CBS News’ Mark Knoller: A nickel says somebody from the SEIU and/or AFL-CIO ends up on […]