January 17, 2009

Obama=Lincoln? Does that mean Civil War?

By Patrick Cleburne on January 17, 2009 at 11:23pm

A stunning amount of nonsense is being spewed by the MSM about the similarities between President-elect Obama and Abraham Lincoln. The simultaneous eruption of these stories in so many places clearly indicates that the Obama publicists have been at work. Consider this credulous gushing from The Washington Times (which once upon a time would have known better):

"Psycho" Gang Member

By James Fulford on January 17, 2009 at 4:50pm

One of the accused in the case mentioned below is Richard Bordelon, a member of the Canoga Park Alabama Gang whose "gang name" is "Psycho." How crazy do you have to be to get that nickname in a gang of violent killers?

Canoga Park Alabama Gang Is Not The Klan

By James Fulford on January 17, 2009 at 2:41pm

Laurence Auster points to this story, which he says "gives so little information it hardly ranks as a news story."[TV station says black man was murdered for racial reasons, without giving race of the perpetrators]

Racial motivation in Canoga Park murder?
Thursday, January 15, 2009

By Miriam Hernandez

Why Don't They Call Them "Venereal Diseases" Anymore?

By Steve Sailer on January 17, 2009 at 1:32pm

A professor at the Yale Medical School named Sydney Spiesel writes in Slate:

The Captain and the Magician

By Steve Sailer on January 17, 2009 at 1:32pm

With the world celebrating the calm heroism of Capt. Chesley Sullenberger who piloted his powerless jetliner into a safe landing in the Hudson River near Times Square, I wanted to recall the 1991 story of a less admirable captain of a sinking ship and the magician who took command after he fled. From People:

Steve Sailer Interview 9PM Central Time

By James Fulford on January 17, 2009 at 5:11am

Steve Sailer will be on The Political Cesspool with James Edwards at 9:00 PM Central Time and Midnight Central Time. You can listen live here, and if you miss it, the shows are archived here.

Calderon Meets Obama, Bids Farewell to Bush

By Allan Wall on January 17, 2009 at 3:05am

On a recent trip to Washington, Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush (on January 13th) and President-Elect Barack Obama (on January 12th).
The article Obama Planea Reunir a Familias de Migrantes [El Universal, By Sergio Jimenez, January 14th, 2009] reports that:

The president-elect of the United States, Barack Obama, promised president Felipe Calderon to achieve a comprehensive migratory reform that would include family unification.

Saturday Forum

January 17, 2009

A New York Editor And Vietnam War Vet Wonders If Victor Davis Hanson Is "Bloodthirsty"; etc.

From: Thomas McCarthy (e-mail him)