All in the Family

From the New York Post:

Sen. Charles Schumer’s brother-in-law was quietly nominated this month to a federal judgeship in New Jersey — a move that has some in the Garden State crying political foul, The Post has learned. Kevin McNulty, who is married to Schumer’s sister, Fran, was named to the US District Court by the White House late on Friday, Dec. 16. According to a boilerplate quote, President Obama believes McNulty is a “distinguished individual” who “will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.”... ...What no one mentioned is that McNulty, 57, was the last-minute choice of Lautenberg, who had been leaning toward other candidates until surprisingly submitting McNulty’s name to the White House. Lautenberg and his aides have given no public explanation for the decision to go with McNulty even though the latter had never been publicly touted as a contender for the job, which carries life tenure and a $174,000-a-year salary.

Nothing to see here, folks, move along now.

Day of Infamy

December 7, 1941: the battleship the USS Arizona burns in the grim aftermath of the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. More than two thousand four hundred Americans died in the attack, seventy years ago today.

Semper Fi

236 years ago today the Continental Congress authorized the formation of the United States Marine Corps, making it the oldest branch of the service in America.

Happy birthday you magnificent jarheads.


Thanks to Jane Novak of The Jawa Report for the video.

To Still A Mockingturd

Partisan political operative J. Edgar Allred holds a presser with her client, a woman alleging sexual harassment by African American Presidential candidate Herman Cain. Here's the gist:

“I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella.”

Cheesehead U. Admin All Wee-wee'd Up Over Sci-Fi Poster

From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education:

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26, 2011—A professor has been censored twice, reported to the "threat assessment team," and threatened with criminal charges because of satirical postings on his office door. Campus police at the University of Wisconsin–Stout (UWS) censored theater professor James Miller's poster depicting a quotation from actor Nathan Fillion's character in the television series Firefly, and the police chief threatened Miller with criminal charges for disorderly conduct. After UWS censored his second poster, which stated, "Warning: Fascism," Miller came to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.

One suspects that the virulent reaction from UWS is based more upon the underlying pro-capitalist, anti-big government theme of the excellent but, alas, short-lived, series Firefly.

The Mark of a Coward

After a few paragraphs of vile liberal spew about how evil America has become since the 9/11 atrocities perpetrated by maniacal Muslim fundamentalists, unterwimp Paul Krugman of the New York Times ends his post with this:

I’m not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious reasons.

Krugman, you slimy, gutless assbiscuit.

Unforgotten, Unforgiven

Théoden: So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?
Aragorn: Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them.

Independence Day, 2011

Have a great Fourth of July!



For our lefties: have a fruitful, somber contemplation of the many peoples that the American capitalist plutocracy has deliberately oppressed to enrich the coffers of the wealthy elite, while keeping the bourgeoisie ignorant and complacent. Or something.