Nincompoopery Poll

(Nincompoopery — and worse — abounds! This edition of "Nincompoopery" offers specific links, and readers have the option of taking a poll as to which story they find the most outrageous. Discussion available in the comments section)

Links to read:

ONE: Michelle O’s menu ‘financial disaster,’ school district says

TWO: Feds spend $200K to uncover why Wikipedia seems to be sexist

THREE: "Appalling" Military Directive Elevates Rights of Muslims Over Christians; Reeks of Political Correctness

FOUR: Inquiry by C.I.A. Affirms It Spied on Senate Panel

FIVE: $7,060,259,674,497.51--Federal Debt Up $7 Trillion Under Obama


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Nincompoopery Poll

(Nincompoopery — and worse — abounds! This edition of "Nincompoopery" offers specific links, and readers have the option of taking a poll as to which story they find the most outrageous. Discussion available in the comments section)

Links to read:

ONE: With nation’s school lunches fundamentally transformed, Michelle O eyes ‘talking shopping carts’

TWO: Obama Regime: We Are Not Going To Tell Americans Where Illegal Immigrants Are Being Sent To and White House Hid Huge Spike Of Families Crossing Border

THREE: WH: We've ‘Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community’

FOUR: Philadelphia mosque leaders try to cut off man's hand

FIVE: Elizabeth Warren's 11 Commandments of Progressivism


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Nincompoopery Poll

(Nincompoopery — and worse — abounds! This edition of "Nincompoopery" offers five links, and readers have the option of taking a poll as to which story they find the most outrageous. Discussion available in the comments section. Restrict any discussion to the topics listed below)

Links to read:

ONE: EPA claims it has the power to garnish wages without court approval

TWO: Wash. school district complies with Michelle O’s lunch rules and bans birthday cupcakes

THREE: Forecasters Slash Second-Quarter Growth Forecasts

FOUR: Virginia County Official Wants to Know Whereabouts of Undocumented Immigrant Criminals

FIVE: Smallpox vials, decades old, found in storage room at NIH campus in Bethesda


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Nincompoopery Poll

(Nincompoopery — and worse — abounds! This edition of "Nincompoopery" offers five links, and readers have the option of taking a poll as to which story they find the most outrageous. Discussion available in the comments section)

Links to read:

ONE: [Portland, Oregon] Reservoir flushed [for the second time in less than three years] because of urinating teen

TWO: Fuels from corn waste not better than gas

THREE: Senator: Non-English Speakers Qualify for Disability Benefits More Quickly

FOUR: 14-Year-Old Girl [in the UK] Accused of Being Antisocial After Building Fort, Picnicking in the Woods

FIVE: DNC Uses Michelle Obama’s “Mother’s Day Card” As Fundraising Ploy

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Nincompoopery — And Worse

(Weekend roundup post.   For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS in the Urban Dictionary. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more possibly added as the weekend progresses):

Today in the Obamanation [a must-read]

Islamic law is adopted by British legal chiefs: Solicitors told how to draw up Sharia-style wills penalising widows and non-believers

[North London] Doctor Accused of Female Genital Mutilation At Taxpayer Funded Hospital

Iraq: Muslim cleric who stood against terrorism is gunned down

New Mexico Muslima Sues Planet Fitness for Headgear Safety Rules

Health insurance premiums up 39% to 56% under Obamacare, reach $2,604 a month in California

Nincompoopery — And Worse

(Weekend roundup post.   For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS in the Urban Dictionary. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more possibly added as the weekend progresses):

Bombshell that Shocks Precisely No One: Pakistanis Knew Osama bin Laden Lived a Few Hundred Yards from Military Academy

It’s clearly now acceptable to study zombies seriously

‘Suffocating pressure’: Former ThinkProgress writer describes White House ‘censorship’

Nincompoopery — And Worse

(Weekend roundup post.   For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS in the Urban Dictionary. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more possibly added as the weekend progresses):

Lunches seized from kids in debt at Salt Lake City elementary: School officials cite unpaid balances on students’ meal accounts

What Obama Ignored About The 'Lowest Unemployment Rate In Over 5 Years'

Fed budget bill comes to $3M per word

Nincompoopery — And Worse

(Weekend roundup post.   For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS in the Urban Dictionary. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more possibly added as the weekend progresses):

Here's Where President Obama Is Going on Vacation

Car boarding ferry falls into river in Va.

First Lady: Barack's Working to Free Americans from 'Any Form of Public Assistance'

Data Centers in US Double Since 2011

Say "Goodbye!" to the principles of federalism

Ponder This

The words of Ammianus Marcellinus (325/330–after 391):

In consequence of this state of things, the few houses that were formerly famed for devotion to serious pursuits now teem with the sports of sluggish indolence, re-echoing to the sound of singing and the tinkling of flutes and lyres. In short, in place of the philosopher the singer is called in, and in place of the orator the teacher of stagecraft, and while the libraries are shut up forever like tombs, water-organs are manufactured and lyres as large as carriages, and flutes and instruments heavy for gesticulating actors.

At last we have reached such a state of baseness...

Read more HERE.

I recently encountered the words of Ammianus Marcellinus in the following context — in a letter to the editor of the Washington Post:

Quotation Of The Day

Actually a series of quotations (hat tip to Mike's America):

“Obama’s been virtually absent from the legislative process” of replacing his sequester, reports Politico. After getting the $600 billion in tax hikes he wanted last month (with no spending cuts), “there has been no discernible effort by the White House to work on a bill that might pass.”

“The Obama administration seems to be spending far more time warning of the consequences of the sequester — and blaming Republicans for it — than engaging in actual negotiations that would prevent it,” says ABC News.

“The president hasn’t actually come up with a proposal to avert sequestration,” says David Brooks in the New York Times, “let alone one that is politically plausible.”

“Tuesday's event had the feeling of a campaign commercial that went too far to be believed,” says the Los Angeles Times.

Politico says calls to GOP leaders were “perfunctory,” meant to “inoculate” the president from criticism that he’s campaigning instead of urging Senate Democrats to follow the House and pass legislation replacing his sequester. Their headline asks, “Is President Obama overplaying sequester hand?”

Meanwhile, this morning the mainstream media are so thrilled that Michelle Obama appeared at yesterday's Oscar Awards and, a day or so earlier, danced with Jimmy Fallon.

Nincompoopery

(Weekend roundup post.   For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS in the Urban Dictionary. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more possibly added as the weekend progresses):

The Burgeoning Costs Of Regulations

Harry Reid: “I’ve Shed Tears” Over Obama’s Picture

MSNBC’s Touré: We Need Obama ‘To Save Us From The Gun Epidemic’

The Food Police

For whatever reason, Michelle Obama's comment to Gabby Douglas rubbed me the wrong way even if the comment was made in a joking way (from Newsbusters):