Archive for the 'WTF?' Category

Ed Schultz Claims Republicans Want Voters To Die

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Media, Partisan Hacks, Republicans, Video, WTF?

Remember when I was talking about impotent rage on the left and the right in a post about Glenn Beck a couple days ago?
Well, now we’ve got an analog to that and it comes in the form of this shameful screed by one of MSNBC’s newest commentators…
The Republicans lie! They want to see you dead! [...]

September 24th, 2009 | Permalink| 19 Comments »

Birther Watch

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in WTF?

As this Technorati chart shows, discussion of the terms ‘Obama Birth Certificate‘ in the blogosphere is rising. And fast. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only blogger out there who seems interested obsessed with the Birther conspiracy movement.
But why the uptick in discussion? What are the true roots of the [...]

August 4th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Seasteading: Libertarians Taking To The Sea For Fun And Freedom

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Ideas, Libertarian, The World, WTF?

I thought it was a joke when I first heard about it, but “Seasteading” is a serious idea, it’s being backed by Milton Friedman’s grandson and they’ve apparently already raised more than a half a million dollars to realize their dream of building communities…on the sea!
Here’s more from Reason:
Patri Friedman was doing all right himself, [...]

June 9th, 2009 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

Stress Tests for Wall Street — What About the Billions in off-the-Books Toxic Assets?

By American News Project | Related entries in Bailouts, Banks, Barack, Books, Business, Congress, Corporate Business, D.C., Economic recovery, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Money, News, Obama, Politics, WTF?, Washington, geithner, recession

At the center of President Obama’s overhaul strategy for Wall Street are the “stress tests” which will be applied to all financial institutions. But how accurate will the test results be? That will depend on whether the treasury takes off-balance-sheet assets into account, experts say.
This is Danielle Ivory, reporting from the American News Project and [...]

April 6th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

What Is Wrong With Bill O’Reilly?

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in Media, WTF?

Seriously. I just don’t get it Mr. O’Reilly.
Let me see if I can follow this logic: You are alleging that Jeff Zucker of NBC News is part of a cabal of liberal meanies who are out to smear you (and other conservatives). ‘Far left bloggers’ are also part of this group of ne’er-do-wellers as well, [...]

March 24th, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

The Most Awesome Picture You Will See Today

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Comedy, WTF?

Sure, tomorrow there could be a picture more awesome than this, but today this one is grand champion.

Bringing this back around…
The young boy is AIG, the dancing lady is the GOP, the shortsless guy is Geithner and the older woman just coming into the room is the American public.
Discuss.

March 21st, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Joe The Plumber On Shooting Dissenters

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Partisan Hacks, Video, WTF?

Okay folks, I don’t care what party or political philosophy you subscribe to, but it’s time we all roundly shun this clearly fascist hack.

Here’s the transcript…
Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot ‘em. And there’d be nothing said about that, because they knew [...]

February 27th, 2009 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

ANP (VIDEO): Fed Lends Two Trillion Without Oversight

By American News Project | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Bailouts, Bloomberg, Congress, D.C., Dodd, Economic recovery, Economy, Film, Florida, United States, WTF?, Wall Street, Washington

If you thought $700 billion was a lot of money, well..
It is.
But $2 trillion is.. ridiculous.

This is Danielle Ivory from ANP.
Congress and the new administration have been focusing their attention on strengthening oversight for the Treasury’s TARP program, but meanwhile few are paying any attention to the Federal Reserve.
Since September, [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Does the Bernie Madoff doll (or action figure) trivialize his scam victims?

By Darren Garnick | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Bailouts, Corporate Business, Crazy, Culture, Disasters, Economy, WTF?

In this economy, would you pay $149.99 for a Bernie Madoff action figure?
Would your answer be influenced if you knew it was a limited edition action figure?
Herobuilders.com is no stranger to controversy, brazenly giving G.I. Joe collectors the meanest enemies possible to wage war on — Saddam, Osama, Hugo Chavez.  Without bad guys, who are [...]

January 28th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

(ANP Video) Bank CEO and TARP Recipient Says Government Bailout is Failing Community Banks

By American News Project | Related entries in Bailouts, Bush, Crazy, D.C., Economy, In The News, Maryland, Media, Money, Ron Paul, Video, WTF?

You’d think that Ron Paul, CEO of Eagle Bank, would be thrilled to receive $38 million dollars in TARP funds. But, it turns out, he’s pretty frustrated.
This is Danielle Ivory from the American News Project.
As another $350 billion goes out the door, ANP looks at one small bailed-out bank. Eagle Bank is having trouble [...]

January 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

ANP (WATCH): Congress Ignored Critical Bailout Oversight Provision—No Way to Follow the Money

By American News Project | Related entries in Bush, Business, Cartoons, Congress, D.C., Dodd, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Economy, In The News, New York, Senate, United States, Video, WTF?, Wall Street

Hi, this is Danielle Ivory from the American News Project. My colleague, Lagan Sebert, and I just published a new video on the bailout and a lack of serious oversight.
Today, Henry Paulson urged Congress to release the second half of the $700 billion of the bailout money. But no one seems know what banks [...]

December 19th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

WTF??? Reporter Throws Shoes At Bush

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Iraq, Video, WTF?

I’m sure you’ve seen this by now, but if not…it’s a must watch. If only Bush’s reaction time to our economic crisis was this quick.

Here’s more about the reporter and what he said…
“This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog,” the journalist shouted (in Arabic), Steven Lee Myers of [...]

December 14th, 2008 | Permalink| 34 Comments »

Alan Keyes Sues Obama For Proof Of Citizenship

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, California, Crazy, Keyes, Law, WTF?

Do far right conservatives really think that setting the bar so low for an Obama presidency is a wise move?
Because let’s go down the list of things that Obama has to prove: that he’s an American, he’s not a terrorist, he won’t take away people’s guns, he’s not like Hitler and that raising taxes [...]

November 15th, 2008 | Permalink| 47 Comments »

From The Department Of “ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!”

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Blogging, Bush, WTF?

This from Powerline’s John Hinderaker…
Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not.
In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson [...]

November 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 28 Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Partisan Hacks, Quotes, Republicans, WTF?

“It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force. I’m just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism [...]

November 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 25 Comments »

ANP: Philadelphia Democrats Continue to Eat their own, Treat Registered Voters as if Unregistered

By American News Project | Related entries in Elections, News, Partisan Hacks, Pennsylvania, Polls, United States, Voting, WTF?

Danielle, here!
I’m back in Philly, my home away from home, sitting in a swanky hotel lobby, facing a wall, like a crazy person, in order to borrow wireless. And I’ve just published a piece for ANP.
Here’s the scoop…
Today, registered voters in Philly found their names missing from local poll books, which are apparently [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Meet Marge Tartaglione, Philly Voting Czar

By American News Project | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Breaking News, Constitution, D.C., Democrats, Discuss, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Electoral College, General Politics, In The News, Law, Media, Pennsylvania, Republicans, United States, Voting, WTF?

Philadelphia is shaping up to be a key city in a key battleground state in this election, but machine problems and long lines may plague the polling stations and voter disenfranchisement will be a serious risk. Unfortunately for voters, the people charged with running a smooth election in Philly seem surprisingly unconcerned. Philly’s veritable election czar, Marge Tartaglione (D), in particular, shocked ANP with her comments at a recent hearing. See more videos at http://americannewsproject.com

November 1st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

This Is The October Surprise?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Video, WTF?

Audio from a radio program where Obama talked about how wealth redistribution didn’t help those who fought in the civil rights movement more?

By the way, just in case you don’t know this already, our economy has been predicated on wealth redistribution brought about by progressive taxation. And so is every other first world economy in [...]

October 27th, 2008 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

ANP: Voters Sue Pennsylvania, Election Official Scoffs

By American News Project | Related entries in 2008 Election, D.C., Democrats, Discuss, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Elections, Electoral College, Ethics, In The News, Internet, Media, News, Pennsylvania, Polls, Race, Video, Voting, WTF?

Hi, this is Danielle Ivory at the American News Project in DC. Thanks to Justin Gardner for allowing us to post story items here! We’ll start doing this regularly next week.
Just by way of introduction, the ANP is an independent non-profit video news organization in DC. We produce pieces for the web, but [...]

October 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Plot To Assassinate Obama Confirmed By Suspect

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, WTF?

I held off on posting this until there was some type of confirmation, and I honestly didn’t think it would come from one of the suspects, but this story is pretty straightforward.
From CBS 4 Denver:
DENVER (CBS4/AP) ? CBS4 has learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot to kill [...]

August 26th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »