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• Saturday nutpick-a-palooza: Gitmo is like BEENGHAAAAAAAZZZZEEE

  snark may be above‽ (-9.50; -7.03)‽ eState4Column5©2013 "I’m not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be" - Barack Obama 04/27/2013 Just doing my part to piss off right wing nuts, one smart ass comment at a time. Warning - some snark may be 19 m ago from Daily Kos Read more »

• Obamacare’s Other Surprise

  to the debate about President Obama’s health care plan, some critics argue that Obamacare is going to need Obamacare — because it’s going to be a “train wreck.” Obama officials insist they’re wrong. We’ll just have to wait and see whether the Affordable Care 23 m ago from The New York Times Read more »

• Can 44 Subtract 43 From the Equation?

  plays every few minutes at his library, I couldn’t find any photos of Osama or acknowledgment of Bush’s failure to catch him. Obama’s library will have a wing for that feat. You could fill an entire other library with what’s not in W.’s. Cheney and Rummy have 33 m ago from The New York Times Read more »

• Jon Stewart to Bill O'Reilly: Do Obama scandals give you joy or sexual arousal? (video)

  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Jon Stewart says that the "Department of Justice over reached". He wanted to know if all of Obama's scandals give Bill O'Reilly "joy or sexual arousal". www.breitbart.com 05-25-13 Screen Name (or blank if anonymous) Real Name 37 m ago from Talk Entertainment Read more »

• McClatchy: "Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings"

  “senior operational leaders of al Qaida and associated forces” plotting imminent violent attacks against the United States. But Obama dropped that wording Thursday, making no reference at all to senior operational leaders. While saying that the United States 42 m ago from Corrente Read more »

• Obama Administration Refuses to Label London Attack as Terrorism

  in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act. We will defeat violent extremism by standing together. In stark contrast, the Obama Administration's response has been to avoid calling the attack terrorism, let alone terrorism motivated by a radical Islamic 44 m ago from Rantburg Read more »

• Eric Holder WAS aware that FOX News reporter was to be snooped on after being labeled 'co-conspirator' in leak probe

  considering he himself was involved in the decision to monitor the reporter's communication with sources. First Amendment: Barack Obama, on May 23 at the National Defense University, has been criticized for his administration's alleged infringement on the 56 m ago from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Political Cartoon Review

  of both political parties at the end of the election. Patrick Chappatte in the “International Herald Tribune” drew the political cartoon “Four More Years!! …of Gridlock” (see Fig. 1) which shows the feelings of both parties after President Obama... 12:43 PM from Term Paper Warehouse  Read more »

• The New THOMA$ REPORT: What A Damn Fool Thing to Do!

  is delegating Eric Holder to “investigate” –Eric Holder. What do you think he will find, “investigating”—himself? Does Obama REALLY think ANYBODY will believe Holder’s “findings?” That’s like asking a five-year-old if he “got into the chocolate” and having 12:40 PM from Town Hall Read more »

• ‘Obama committing war crimes’

  target militants, though most such attacks have resulted in civilian casualties. AR/HGH/SL A political analyst tells Press TV that US President Barack Obama is committing war crimes by defending his administration's use of drones in a number of countries. 12:35 PM from Press TV Read more »

• The President’s Speech

  presidents who subordinate the defense of the homeland to paper edicts by bloodless international civil servants. When President Obama says that he believes in a commonsense interpretation of the law that is consistent with an unyielding determination to protect 12:19 PM from The American Interest Read more »

• MSNBC Guest Skewers White House: They Have This Attitude They Don’t Have To Answer Questions From Journalists

  “Doesn’t happen a lot here,” Perry said. The panel agreed that for all the Obama Administration’s transparency shortcomings, Obama’s speech on Thursday led the way toward putting a timetable on the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and increasing oversight 12:06 PM from Mediaite.com Read more »

• Irony Alert: Barack Obama, world’s greatest gun salesman

  United States is the most heavily armed nation in world history, and it seems we have President Barack Obama to thank for it. Before you ask: we’re not talking about the U.S. military, we’re talking about the firearms owned by the general population. The National 12:01 PM from Sister Toldjah Read more »

• The Entire Globe is a Battlefield for Pentagon

  — Forget it; the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is not becoming more “democratic” – or even transparent. US President Barack Obama now pledges to transfer the responsibility of the shadow Drone Wars from the CIA to the Pentagon – so the US Congress is able to 11:54 AM from Dissident Voice Read more »

• Fox's Ed Henry: Colleagues Cheered Me On When I Grilled Bush Administration - They Don't Now

  the late Tony Snow when he was working for CNN, his colleagues cheered him on in private. "Then when I was at Fox covering the Obama administration," he told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, "it can get a little bit lonely sometimes" (video follows 11:54 AM from Newsbusters Read more »

• US defense chief Chuck Hagel tells West Point grads to stamp out sexual assault in military

  at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. A day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel’s message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of sexual 11:30 AM from Daily Freeman Read more »

• Jon Stewart on the sincerety of Obama’s National Security speech

  about the administration from the actions it says it won’t take, but does.” That’s good writing, but notice something more subtle. Obama in the quote above put the blame on the nation for “our” behavior. Stewart puts the blame back on the administration’s 11:18 AM from AMERICAblog Read more »

• Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan

  identify signs of radicalization and partner with law enforcement when an individual is drifting toward violence," President Barack Obama said Thursday in his counterterrorism speech at National Defense University. In Boston, the Muslim community handled the 11:14 AM from AZ Central.com Read more »

• Obama rebalances his course on war

  speech in Oslo eight days later in which he made the case for just wars as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. In each instance, Obama articulated challenges and policy choices while expressing his desire to strike the right balance between living up to the 11:14 AM from The Washington Post Read more »

• Obama tries again to nominate top lawyer on embattled labor relations board

  faces hurdles in winning confirmation of nominees to the agency’s five-seat board. On Wednesday, a Senate committee approved Obama’s five nominees. But the nominees are expected to face more challenges during a final vote in the Democrat-controlled Senate. 11:14 AM from FOX News Read more »

• Personal to all those writing about Obama's speech on terror war

  only way to really understand what Obama means when he says something is to watch what he does. - Sam Smith You can catch editor Sam most Monday nights at 8 pm eastern on the Mark Thompson show, Channel 127, Sirius XM Your editor has been a musician for many 11:12 AM from City Desk Read more »

• The Week in Pictures: Summer Sequel Edition

  without spoilers, so I’ll just say it is as unimaginative as a Washington scandal involving political influence at a bureaucracy. But the Obama scandals do give rise to some good movie poster parodies, which is a good place to start our Week in Pictures. 11:10 AM from Power Line Read more »

• Pakistanis, activists remain skeptical on drones

  “Now with all this talk of deaths and names, pictures and stories coming out, it is becoming politically too risky. Therefore Obama has decided to be rather careful.” On Pakistan’s front lines, in the volatile tribal areas where most of the missiles fired 11:05 AM from MSNBC Read more »

• Rogue President Obama: Defending the Indefensible

  at UCLA, is the father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. It was… US president Barack Obama’s attempts to reach out to Muslims have been an “utter failure” given his broken promises on several issues including closing 10:56 AM from Global Research Read more »

• Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan

  connected the suspected bombers to a violent interpretation of Islam. This type of outreach has been a cornerstone of the Obama administration's counterterrorism strategy. The goal is to prevent homegrown terrorist attacks by forming trusting relationships 10:36 AM from KMOV Read more »