Nigeria And the Case of NWA Flight 253

Amazing. Seems that every time the left in this country builds up a little momentum in the department of telling us how we’re not in danger from terrorism, one of these stories pops up.

ROMULUS, Mich. -AP- An attempted terrorist

The House passed one version of Obamacare, and the Senate seems intent on  passing a totally different version.    Will Mrs. Pelosi have the House roll over and endorse Dirty Harry Reid’s bill?  Maybe not.   The chair of the House Rules

It is called disparate impact,  Lisa Richwine:

WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) – In the rush to fund a U.S. healthcare overhaul, Botox injections to smooth wrinkles will not be taxed, but visiting a tanning salon will be.

Plastic

Snark of the Day, Bill Kristol, video:

Hat tip: Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit.

Ron Bailey at Reason:

Given the array of government energy mandates and billions in subsidies poured into cleantech, there is no doubt that those sectors will see increased jobs. The effect on overall employment is far less clear. Cleantech energy

The Bitsblog website of the day, dedicatecd to making sport of Alan Grayson,  is MyCnngressManIsNuts.com.    Not only does Grayson’s elevator not get to the penthouse, it doesn’t get out of the basement.

Hat tip:   William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

The time has come for Barack Obama to have his teleprompter reprogrammed with some fresh material.

Glenn Thrush, Politico:

COPENHAGEN — A visibly angry Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday, declaring that the

Ok Keith Olbermann is an arrogant ass, but even an ass can have his day.   Olbermann goes off against Harry Reid health care mandate, albeit for the wrong reasons:

Olbermann is right that the a health care mandate is illegal.

SEIU does not accept that this monumental effort – that this reform that is so necessary to the health and wellbeing

If the Democrats are stupid enough to trust Dirty Harry Reid to write the plan for one seventh our our economy, a plan that nobody likes and most oppose, the

Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being

Back at you, Barack Obama, Dirty Harry Reid and Mrs. Pelosi.

Hat tip:  Kathryn Jean Lopze, National Review.

Some parishioners in the Church of Obama discovered last week that their spiritual leader is a false prophet.

Dana Milbank: Washington Post.

We shall fight in the air, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, we shall fight in the hills — for 18 months. Then we start packing for home.

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.

Hat tip: Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit.