A blog hosted by the Center for American Progress, headed by top Obama ally John Podesta, is blasting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its tangential ties to the Egyptian government while ignoring the extensive lobbying activities of John’s brother Tony Podesta for the Egyptian government. (more)
There are no words. (more)
Wind: 20 MPH.
Top cart speed: 50 MPH. (more)
From the uploader: (more)
From the uploader: (more)
If you want a big change in a major way, it appears you must vote for Alvin Greene, according to a new rap video released by MC GRASSROOTS and the REAL AMERICANS. ‘I say Alvin, you say Greene — Alvin, GREENE!’ (more)
The same Taiwanese news guys who animated the Al Gore sex poodlemassage incident and the Tiger Woods-gets-golf-clubbed-by-his-wife kerfuffle have finally lent their talents to this video re-enactment of the iPhone 4 saga, from start to finish. It’s all here: Apple taking its place as the world’s most ‘evil’ tech company, the destruction of a Gizmodo editor’s door, Steve Jobs’ reality distortion field, Consumer Reports’ destruction of said distortion field, the Foxconn factory working conditions, the bumper case pseudo-fix, and even some super subtle humor (‘iCrap for sale!’). (more)
Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee — who once famously asked where she could find photos of the American flag that Neil Armstrong planted on Mars — yesterday insisted, in stark defiance of basic facts of history, that “today we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace.” She went on to implicitly blame Republicans for this, but Gateway Pundit points out that the incident was far from the dumbest thing Jackson Lee did yesterday. The congresswoman also linked the Tea Party to the KKK in a talk with the NAACP: (more)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A YouTube video of Israeli soldiers dancing on a deserted street in Hebron has gone viral and may result in disciplinary action. (more)
(Note that Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a keeper in its entirety.) (more)
Eaton Center in Toronto was closed as the G20 riots in Toronto intensified. BUT WHY?! WHY WAS IT CLOSED? THAT IS THE QUESTION. (more)
Rick Santelli says you can quote Rick Santelli on this. (more)
“Outsider? A lobbyist is as inside Washington as it gets?” says a voiceover from the latest advertisement that Arizona Sen. John McCain is running against rival J.D. Hayworth. Via Hot Air’s Allahpundit: (more)
DETROIT (AP) — Armando Galarraga squeezed the ball in his mitt, stepped on first base with his right foot and was ready to celebrate the first perfect game in Detroit Tigers’ history. (more)
YouTube’s insight of the week comes courtesy of user mf863722: (more)
Says the uploader, without hint of irony (or mention of what happens when the airbag deploys): (more)
Speaking last Friday to the new graduates of the University of Tennessee, former vice president Al Gore opted to screw ‘inspiring the next generation’ and instead enumerated all of the doomsday scenarios that will probably materialize and result in the utter destruction of the once-beautiful world that will soon become theirs alone. From the mortgage crisis to oil spills to global warming to the failures of flood insurance, Gore left few topics untouched and even fewer graduates unshaken. (more)
