A Political Glimpse from Ireland

Midweek roundup!

Gordon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:21:57 +0000

Via Cynthia Yockey, the Soviet version of LOLCats: ROLCats.

Commissar Markov has long been a loyal party member, but I fear his growing influence in state policy. Perhaps it is time to cash in a favor from my friends at the Kremlin.

FEMA Concentration Camps: There’s one near you! Via Insty. According to the document, the one in Alaska will hold 2 million people. I’m not sure how they plan to get 2 million people to Alaska, but if they do, this one is fully staffed and ready.

I know soooo many lefties who dearly hope they were on the list.

The “Obamacare” justification is based on false information. Bruce Kessler at Maggie’s Farm. This is pretty typical behavior for the Obama Administration: talking about one thing (beautifully) while doing something entirely different.

Gateway Pundit: 50 Days that Changed the World. He doesn’t mean for the better.

Air Pelosi! Nonstop flights, nonstop demands, nonstop extra taxpayer money. Nothing’s too good for the princess royal!

Since he’s not watching the stock market, what exactly does President Obama do all day? Ernie Mannix at Big Hollywood knows. (Via Joy)

Buck does naughty postcards!

Jim Cramer jousts, Joe Scarborough roasts Jon Stewart. Stewart deserves it. And Neoneocon explains Cramer’s puzzlement.

A boy and his first rifle. DKAT.

Ten toxic topics that should not be discussed on the internet. From the House of Eratosthenes. Rush Limbaugh isn’t one of them.

Ann Coulter is a national treasure

Gordon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:07:06 +0000

Ann Coulter, from anncoulter.com

An email interview question from the New York Times:

*Do you consider yourself as speaking for the conservative movement, or just someone who has attracted many conservative fans? Something else?

Coulter’s reply was all capital letters to distinguish it from the questions:

I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL AMERICANS WHO THINK NEWSPAPER EDITORS WHO PRINT THE DETAILS OF TOP-SECRET ANTI-TERRORIST INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PROGRAMS ON PAGE ONE IN WARTIME SHOULD BE EXECUTED FOR TREASON.

A hat tip to Ace.

An ATM that charges more when you’re drunk

Gordon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:50:21 +0000

Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports on a new ATM machine for bars. The new machine allows the bar owner to raise the transaction fee late at night, when customers have had a few, and want more. Depending on the contract with the servicing company, the bar owner keeps the transaction fee, or splits it with the servicing company. Fees have been reported as high as AU $5.50 (US $3.50).

The company supplying these machines, iCash, is marketing them exclusively for Austraila and New Zeeland for the moment. But you can bet they’ll be showing up in other countries soon.

I did check with Marty, the manager at Keegan’s Irish Pub, which is the only Irish pub endorsed by APGFI. Marty says the machine at Keegan’s charges a $2.50 fee, while machines at most other downtown watering holes charge $3. The fee doesn’t change if you’ve had too many pints of Guinness.

Keegan's Irish Pub

Things you don’t say to your wife

Gordon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:58:19 +0000

Via Dee from Kansas City. She has her own podcast. I’m nowhere near that ambitious.

You’ve lost that loving feeling

Gordon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:22:03 +0000

Warren Buffet is unhappy with his chosen One. Kaus wonders why the media is underplaying the story.

“Obama is a great pretender. He repeatedly says he is doing things that he isn’t, trusting his powerful rhetoric to obscure the difference.” Robert J. Samuelson of the Washington Post “Like many smart people, he believes he can talk his way around problems.”

Reuters expresses doubt over Obama’s plan to reach out to the Taliban. ‘”Moderate Taliban’ is like ‘moderate killer’. Is there such a thing?”, asked writer and analyst Qaseem Akhgar.’

Congressional Democrats starting to doubt the Agenda. Via Instapundit.

Hot Air catches Chris Matthews starting to scratch that annoying leg of his.