The New York Times reports that a massive explosion at an Iranian missile-testing site was a “major setback” for the country’s missile program, at least according to unnamed but surprisingly loquacious “American and Israeli intelligence officials and missile technology experts,” the kind of guys who usually don’t talk much to reporters, but who on this…
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The Barack Obama Chinese-American Naval Full Employment Act of 2012
Last week President Obama traveled to the quasi-god-forsaken site of Darwin, Australia to twist the tail of the Chinese dragon by announcing that 2,500 U.S. Marines would now be spending time in Australia. “As a Pacific nation, the United States will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future,” the…
Murder most foul: Obama hath murdered Anwar al-Awlaki and America’s conscience
The more I read about America’s latest triumph, the murder of Anwar al-Awlaki, the more depressed I get. Obama appears to be very proud of his murder—a murder of his very own, so to speak, since it was the Obama Administration that added Anwar to Uncle Sam’s hit list. Also killed were Samir Khan, a…
The Wall Street Bourbons—still disgusting after all these years
In a little piece on the Billionaire Boy’s Club that keeps pushing the vaporware candidacy of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the New York Times gives a glimpse into the mindset of the Wall Street princes: they’re pissed at the President! Why? Well, it’s all because of “Mr. Obama’s fiscal profligacy and harsh attacks on…
Sure feels like ’55 to me
I’m Dr. Drew, and yes, I am a pain in the ass. That’s my reaction to a recent “School of Thought” column in Time Magazine, which I should totally stop reading. The topic is “Off to College,” and columnist Andy Rotherham* very unwisely turns things over to Dr. Drew Pinsky, a previously unknown to me…
David Brooks is off today? No, not really. David Brooks is off every day
In this morning’s column, Paul Krugman takes dead aim at the unnamed idiots who believe that Democrats and Republicans are equally to blame for the slow, or not so slow, moving economic disaster rumbling towards us. He is, most obviously, attacking two dudes with whom he shares space on the New York Times editorial page,…
Pakistan gets mad: Let’s hope they stay that way
According to the New York Times, Pakistan is telling the CIA to butt out and basically stop killing people whenever it feels the need to pump up the body count. The breach between the CIA and its Pakistani counterpart, Inter Services Intelligence—as described by the Times, at least—is so massive and so embarrassing that, one…
Ba-da-bing, Alessandra! Ba-da-fucking-bing!
Over at the New York Times—yeah, the New York Times!—Alessandra Stanley definitely finds the funny in a generally disapproving review of the new Showtime series, “Gigolo,” which I have just learned how to spell. “Gigolo” is a reality show that shows us gigolos getting it on with their clients, including one Las Vegas lad named…
Just bury me in a Pringles can, and I’ll be satisfied
The New York Times, giving fervent release to what appears to be a long-pent desire, seizes the moment to tell us a whole lot about Pringles potato “crisps.”
Robert M. Gates, totally full of it. Totally.
“Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned on Thursday that North Korea was within five years of being able to target the continental United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile, and said that, combined with its expanding nuclear program, the country “is becoming a direct threat to the United States,” today’s New York Times reports. According…