**Written by Doug Powers Turbo Tax Tim is reportedly thinking about abandoning ship: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he’s considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress to raise the national debt limit, according to three people familiar with the matter. Geithner hasn’t […]

**Written by Doug Powers Six year old girls? Check. 95-year-old wheelchair-bound women in adult diapers? Check. Nigerian men with no ID carrying multiple expired boarding passes not in their own names? Ch… wait, where’d he go? CBS New York: CBS News has confirmed that authorities are looking into a shocking security breach that took place […]

Slackers!

Good morning, readers. It’s 11:30am here in London and that massive, multi-union strike I told you about the other day is now underway. My family had planned to visit Westminster today, but it’s off the table now. I get enough of the Big Labor mob scene back in the States. No need to expose the […]

**Written by Doug Powers When Illinois Senator Dick Durbin looks at a crowd of Tea Partying American citizens, he sees extremists and a bunch of fringe wackos who don’t speak for America. When he looks at a roomful of illegal aliens he sees the future of America, and maybe even the next US president: (CNSNews.com) […]

**Written by Doug Powers Before signing the stimulus bill (aka “Porkulus”) in February of 2009, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said that, even though the president probably hadn’t read the entire 1,079 bill cover-to-cover, he knew it was okay to sign because he had “a team of the best legislative and economic experts […]

One-third unaffected

Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti *** AmeriCorps’s favorite scandal-plagued mayor by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, FOTO (Friend of the Obamas) A prominent Democratic politician who had been banned from receiving federal aid three years ago over fraud charges is once again raking in government funds from the very same program […]

You know what I always say: It never ends. The Cartoon Jihad of the Religion of Perpetual Outrage never ends. Our latest conflagration has Egyptian (of course) sharia-enforcers (dubbed “conservatives” by BBC dhimmis) in a frenzy over a Coptic Christian businessman’s tweet of what they consider a lewd photo. The offending photo was…a joke image […]

**Written by Doug Powers On Monday we talked about the HHS plan to employ “mystery shoppers” to pose as patients looking for primary care doctors to help determine which doctors turn away patients with government health plans that pay lower reimbursement rates. Somehow this was supposed to help solve a doctor shortage, because in DC, […]

I’m in London on vacation with family, but will be filing my regular Wednesday and Friday columns and blogging when the sloooow Internet connections allow. There’s much tension here as three-quarters of a million public union workers prepare to strike on Thursday. Featured above is one of countless posters littering the streets — I snapped […]

**Written by Doug Powers A few days ago I wrote about Time magazine editor Richard Stengel’s cover piece entitled “One Document, Under Seige” in which Stengel seemed to reluctantly conclude that the Constitution does matter, just not as much as we think it does (though it always matters when Time needs to hide behind it). […]

Selling point?

**Written by Doug Powers So it’s settled: Quoting Elvis before your verdict is announced won’t ward off a conviction: CHICAGO (AP) — A jury convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday of nearly all the corruption charges against him, including that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Blagojevich […]

**Written by Doug Powers A while back I got an email urging me to donate at least $5 to President Obama’s re-election campaign, and if so I’d be registered to win a dinner with him — which isn’t bad since that’s something that usually costs in the $38,500 range. Sure, the dinner is a fundraiser, […]

“Yes, that’s my car outside with a Republican bumper sticker. Why do you ask?”

**Written by Doug Powers Here in Michigan it was one of the best evening’s of the year so far… about 70, clear and mild. Perfect conditions for an overnight thread as the fire dies down and the last of the smores is being consumed (suggestion: try a Reese’s peanut butter cup in place of the […]

**Written by Doug Powers When I heard Wallace ask Michele Bachmann if she’s a flake I cringed a little, and I’m not surprised Wallace ended up apologizing. (Update: Apology not accepted?) You know, when I think of political figures who have made questionable statements and embarrassing gaffes in the past few days, Michele Bachmann isn’t […]

Odds of recovery: Medium

**Written by Doug Powers The Palins will be in Iowa next week for the premiere of The Undefeated. It’s not known yet if they’ll be flying to Pella, Iowa, or driving in on the lawless “rolling menace” that makes reporters flee for their lives like Tokyoites from Godzilla. Let the “is she or isn’t she” […]

Only patriotic spending binges can save us now!

**Written by Doug Powers Just last week, President Obama said that automation (ATMs, airport kiosks, etc) is killing jobs. (Pop a Dramamine because you’re about to take yet another abrupt 180° turn) This week a key ingredient in job creation is… automation: Need help defusing a bomb, mowing a lawn or scraping old paint? President […]

The DREAM Act mob is on the march again — and this time they have a prominent left-wing journalist leading the charge. My syndicated column below spotlights the serial law-breaking of former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas, who is now an illegal alien activist clamoring for amnesty with the backing of the radical Tides […]

**Written by Doug Powers In the past several months, Time Magazine Editor Richard Stengel has answered and asked the same question, in that order. From the Daily Caller: On Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Time magazine editor Richard Stengel presented the cover of his new July 4 issue, which features the U.S. Constitution going through […]

Abdul-Latif I’m posting the FBI affidavit filed today in the case of the Seattle jihad plot against our military. Keep track of how many media outlets pass up Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh’s Muslim monikers for their whitewashed Western names. (see here for today’s post on both the D.C. and Seattle Muslim suspects). Takeaway […]