Thanksgiving NFL open thread
Three turkeys for Turkey Day. Happy Thanksgiving to all Hot Air readers! I hope that you are all enjoying this North American tradition going back almost four full centuries with friends and family....
View ArticleThe Palin Fish Massacre of Aught Ten
Want to go clubbing tonight? As any long time reader will tell you, I’ve never been one of the adoring fans of the Wasilla Wildcat. In fact, I wouldn’t even qualify as a foot soldier in the Palinista...
View ArticleAnnals of the food chain, political version
Shellacking prevented. A few food-related tasty items on Thanksgiving Day, Obama thought pardoning a turkey prevented a shellacking. While he claims he doesn’t think about Sarah Palin, whose daughter...
View ArticleVideo: A Thanksgiving tribute to property rights
Aw. Holiday fun from Reason TV. Come for the silly Python-esque pronunciations of colonial English, stay for the history lesson about America’s very first experiment with socialism. Just one question:...
View ArticleObama: Hey, let’s have a very bipartisan Thanksgiving
"It’s not about left or right. It’s about us." Season’s greetings from the man who once responded to Republican concerns about the stimulus with the words “I won.” If he’s talking here about a payroll...
View ArticleA Nation Rejoices: Michelle Obama Okays Thanksgiving Pie
Thank You, Ma'am. May We Have Whipped Topping, Too? As you gathered with family and friends for Thanksgiving, you may have run into a dilemma. Traditionally, the dinner feast ends with an array of...
View ArticleBreakthrough: Peace talks begin to settle bitter longstanding conflict
Anger. A Thanksgiving treat to cleanse the palate as you contemplate your third helping of turkey. No, the conflict here isn’t between North and South Korea or Israel and Palestine (although the makers...
View ArticleAn Obama Family Anti-Obesity Thanksgiving Dinner
Imagine if they weren't eating healthy Too many appetizers to bother listing. Kick-off the main event with: Turkey And then some Ham And a choice of stuffings: Cornbread Stuffing or Oyster Stuffing Or...
View ArticleQuotes of the day
Gaffes. “Sarah Palin’s choosing sides in the conflict between North and South Korea–and picking Kim Jong Il? “Couldn’t be. But there she is on Glenn Beck’s radio show saying just that: ‘This speaks to...
View ArticleThanksgiving leftovers from late-night
What about the vegetarian cousin? Letterman: Walmarts opened this Thanksgiving at midnight. It’s a real stampede. People get stomped. It’s like a Rand Raul rally. Fallon: Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade!...
View ArticleElection Law to Rahm: No Mayor’s Race for You?
Come on...it's Chicago! When Rahm Emanuel resigned as President Obama’s Chief of Staff, everyone and his brother assumed he did so to assume the Mayoralty of Chicago. However, if a certain Chicago...
View ArticleTaxing Your Way to the Poor House
Still smokin! File this one under, “you can’t tax your way out of bad economic policy.” It’s no secret that New York – once upon a time one of the economic powerhouses of the Unites States – has fallen...
View ArticleNew GM ad: Hey, thanks for that taxpayer bailout, America
Sappy. If they’re willing to sink to this level of manipulative schmaltz now, I can’t wait to see what the thank-you ads will look like after their next bailout in a few years. A newborn foal...
View ArticleAmericans Really Excited About New GOP Majority
Feel the Hope! It’s rare to find a poll which highlights the somewhat less than optimistic nature of the electorate these days quite as much as this latest one from Rasmussen. For reasons which are...
View ArticleVideo: American Exceptionalism
What -- and why -- we believe. Bill Whittle concludes his excellent “What We Believe” video series for Declaration Entertainment with a look at American exceptionalism, and why it remains a powerful...
View ArticleJohn Bolton on North Korean threats: Whatever
Escalation. A reminder from the ‘Stache that this morning’s saber-rattling about the U.S. naval exercises planned for Sunday is much ado about nothing — provided that we don’t end up appeasing them by...
View ArticleThe obligatory “Obama elbowed in the face during pick-up game” post
Shellacking. First he gets pounded in the midterms, then Kim Jong-il starts shelling South Korea, now he’s getting flagrantly fouled while shooting hoops with friends and family. What’s next? John...
View ArticleHey, Warren, put all your money where your mouth is
An extravagant proposal. Every so often Warren Buffett goes on TV and calls for higher taxes. This from the guy who’s paid, according to Forbes, perhaps less than $10 million in taxes, a tiny...
View Article“The View” on TSA: National Opt Out Day is sort of an act of terrorism, isn’t...
"Maybe this is a little far-fetched." So says Whoopi (with Hasselbeck in agreement) because, after all, long lines at security checkpoints could theoretically “cripple air traffic.” I suppose that’s...
View ArticleSandra Bernhard: Bristol Palin is such a hooker
PDS. On the Joy Behar Show, the joyless ensemble of “comedian” Sandra Bernhard, The Daily Beast’s Rebecca Dana, and Behar declared dancing dead because of Bristol Palin’s appearance on Dancing with the...
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