1.) Romney and Perry square off — You know that episode of Star Trek where the Good Kirk and the Evil Kirk are battling it out on the bridge of the Enterprise? That’s kind of what Romney vs. Perry looked like at the GOP debate last night, although opinions vary on which one is which. This time they picked out different ties, at least. TheDC’s Amanda Carey reports: “Nine Republican presidential candidates squared off in Orlando, Florida Thursday night. Once again, the back-and-forth between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stole the show. The two frontrunners went after each other numerous times during the two-hour debate; Romney and Perry took turns accusing the other of flip-flopping or being too moderate on key issues. On Social Security, Perry assured viewers that he would not transition administration of the program to the states. Romney pounced on that statement, accusing Perry of flip-flopping on Social Security — a program Romney called a ‘job for the federal government.’ Perry, in turn, accused Romney of changing his position on education, and supporting President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top program. Romney fired back, ‘Nice try.'” Good comeback, Mitt. Oh, and the other seven candidates said stuff too.
2.) Axelrod catches Solyndramnesia — First Rahm Emanuel said, “Solyndra? What’s that?” Now he’s joined by fellow charmer and political mastermind David Axelrod. TheDC’s C.J. Ciaramella reports: “Former Obama adviser David Axelrod joined the growing list of administration officials with a case of amnesia about bankrupt solar company Solyndra. Speaking to Chicago radio station WLS, Axelrod — now working on Obama’s re-election campaign — said he knew nothing about, or anyone associated with, Solyndra. The solar company received a $535 million loan from the Department of Energy (DOE) only to go bankrupt in August. It has since been raided by the FBI and come under the microscope of federal investigators. ‘I don’t know anybody associated with Solyndra and I know nothing about the project,’ Axelrod told the radio station Thursday. ‘Now look, we have seeded clean-energy technology projects all over this country,’ Axelrod continued. ‘Many of them are very promising. Many of them are already showing success. And the fact is, when you invest in a large number of projects, some of them are not going to perform as they should. This was one of those cases.'” And when you don’t “invest” in a large number of projects, you don’t waste billions of taxpayer dollars. But if Axelrod wants to convince us he’s merely incompetent instead of actively trying to destroy the country, he’s doing fine.
3.) North Korea stinks — You know who’s doing really great these days? North Korea. TheDC’s Jamie Weinstein reports: “Monumental news comes out of North Korea as the brutish Communist regime announces the release of two new propaganda posters to try to confuse their long-suffering subjects into believing that things are actually going swimmingly in the Hermit Kingdom. ‘New posters have been produced in the DPRK to help more splendidly spruce up Pyongyang and hasten the harvest this year,’ reports NKNews.org, a North Korea news aggregation site, drawing from North Korea’s state run media. The first poster carries the caption ‘Let’s develop Pyongyang, the capital city of revolution, into a world-class city!’ and depicts a North Korean man smiling as fellow citizens garden amidst the Pyongyang backdrop. The other poster carries the caption ‘Let us all go for harvesting!’ and features a smiling North Korean man, well, harvesting joyously. The pictures stand in stark contrast to actual ordinary life in North Korea, well-recognized to be among of the must oppressive and closed regimes in the world.” Which is something to remember as America spirals down the drain with Obama crouching over it, twirling the stopper around his finger. At least we’re not North Korea. Hey, that’d make a great campaign slogan… Obama 2012: Hey, At Least He’s Not Kim Jong Il!
4.) The Book of Labash — And on that note, this week Matt Labash answers a very important question: Is Obama the Antichrist? “I will admit that at first blush, the pro-Antichrist crowd has some compelling arguments. If you count how many letters are in Barack (6 letters) Hussein (7 letters) Obama’s (5 letters) name, they add up to 18. And how many times is 18 divisible by 3? Six times. I.E. — 666 — the Mark of the Beast. Likewise, who hasn’t heard the rumor that Obama slyly and subtly closed the National Prayer Breakfast with ‘in the name of the Son of Perdition, the Serpent of Old, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit we pray, amen.’ (If WorldNetDaily hasn’t reported it yet, give them time. They will.) But as an amateur biblical scholar, I don’t base verdicts on hearsay and numerology. I base them on cold hard prophecy…” And what’s the verdict? The answer may or may not shock you.
5.) The Scrivenator — What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of their women, and then get some geek to write it all down in a book and slap your face and name on the cover. ABC News: “Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally ready to tell his story — at least most of it. Schwarzenegger, 64, is writing a memoir for release in October 2012, according to a statement from Simon & Schuster, the book’s publisher. Tentatively titled, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, the book will discuss the recent breakup of his marriage to Maria Shriver, his childhood in Austria and his careers in bodybuilding, film and politics. Some things will not be in the book, however. ‘This book will not be a tell-all,’ a source told People magazine.” That title’s gotta go. It should be called Journal All the Way, or maybe I’ll Quill You Last.
6.) Today’s words of wisdom from Alec Baldwin’s Twitter feed — “Troy Davis is still dead. The gulf, still contaminated. Fukushima, still radioactive. Iraq, war. #wecraveignorancesowecanshoplikeamericans”
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