Drudge Report ran the headline: “OBAMA SIGNS MASSIVE NEW GOV’T REGULATIONS — AT REAGAN BUILDING!”

The Drudge link lead to the following story: Obama signs sweeping financial overhaul into law.

It’s another day in Obama’s America and the president signed one more bill filled with hundreds of new regulations and thousands of unintended consequences: The Financial “Reform” Act.

The AP called the “law the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression…”

And so it is. But the main takeaway I got from the story was contained in Drudge’s original headline: adding over 2000 pages of job- and business-killing regulations at the Reagan Building, which was named for the president who did the most to free America from the shackles of Big Government in the last 80 years.

Obama has a nasty habit of lording it over his opponents. The “I won” remark and taunting the Tea Party after he finished ramming ObamaCare down Americans’ throats–over their protests–are just two more that readily come to mind.

But Americans are a forgiving lot. The current president better hope that they continue.

Otherwise, he’ll be eating many of his mocking, taunting remarks come January 2011.

[Originally posted at DBKP: Mel Gibson Girlfriend: New Radar Mel Gibson Rant Audio Tape, Photos of Battered Oksana Next?

Based on Radar’s latest Mel Gibson girlfriend rant audiotape, Mel Gibson might want to grab a few hundred cartons of Snickers bars and head to his 5400 acre, $15 million private Fiji Island.

In the latest Mel Gibson girlfriend rant tape released by Radar, an extremely furious Mel Gibson, via a phone call, tells his ex-girlfriend Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva:

“I’ll put you in a f **kin rose garden you c**t! You understand that? Because I’m capable of it. You understand that?

Due to copyright infringement here’s the link to Radar and the latest Mel Gibson girlfriend rant tape.

Listening to the tape, there’s no doubt Mel Gibson is currently probably frothing at the mouth at Radar, the source who has been doling out Mel Gibson rant quotes since July 1st then posted an audiotape copy of the first Mel Gibson rant tape on July 9th. Today, Radar fired off a another salvo at Mel Gibson, posting a second audio tape which included Mel threatening to bury Oksana in his rose garden.

On July 6th, Radar reported a source close to Oksana had seen photos of a battered Oksana after Mel allegedly beat her up in a January 6 incident at Mel Gibson’s Malibu mansion.

Radar:

Grigorieva received two black eyes and had two front teeth knocked out, the source, familiar with the case has told RadarOnline.com.

“You can see Oksana’s two main front teeth were broken and there are bruises all over her face,” said the pal, who has seen the photos.

“They will come out eventually and she is prepared to use them in their court case.”

We’re wondering, when will the photos “come out”, and, who will they come out to? We’re also wondering, and, most likely Mel’s attorneys, how Radar got the Mel Gibson rant tapes, tapes which a judge purportedly sealed on June 22nd?

On June 26, TMZ reported a judge had sealed the Mel Gibson rant tapes during a restraining order hearing held on June 22nd.

TMZ:

A week ago Friday, Mel’s representatives got a call from Oksana’s lawyer, saying Oksana would not allow Mel to spend time with Lucia on Father’s Day … something to which she had already agreed.

According to sources, at noon on Monday, Oksana’s lawyer called Mel’s rep and said she got a restraining order against him to stay 100 yards from her and couldn’t even see Lucia until a hearing in July.

The next day, Mel’s lawyer went to the judge and got the restraining order modified, allowing him to see Lucia — just like it was agreed before.

During the hearing, it came out that Oksana had secretly taped arguments she had with Mel. The judge ordered the tapes sealed and also ordered Oksana not to talk publicly about the recordings.

And, we’re told, the judge was extremely unhappy with Oksana’s lawyer for not revealing that there had been a mediated custody agreement in place.

Despite the judge’s order, on July 1st, Radar reported they’d heard the recordings and posted a couple of quotes including Mel telling Oksana:

And there is more than one disgusting outburst from Mel. RadarOnline.com has listened to the hate-fuelled rants the Braveheart star unleashed during fights with Oksana as their relationship unraveled.

“You’re an embarrassment to me,” Mel tells her at one point.

“You look like a f***ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault.”

After Radar fired off the first salvo of Mel Gibson racist rants quotes on July 1st, Radar published a series of articles releasing more quotes from the Mel Gibson rant tapes until July 9th, when Radar released a partial copy of the tape. Today, Radar released a second audio recording segment of Mel Gibson rants.

On July 7th, Radar reported Oksana wasn’t the source of the Mel Gibson rant tapes. One day earlier, Radar reported EXCLUSIVE: Photos Will Show Oksana With Black Eyes And Broken Teeth From Mel, Friend Says.

Chances are, Radar may have already seen the photos, and, have a copy of the photos. Radar could be waiting to release this particular bit of news after they’ve released the audio tapes, which Radar may have more Mad Mel rants set to be released at a later date.

The Snickers bar is for Mel, cause Mel’s career isn’t going anywhere for a while….

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[Originally published at DBKP: The Bachelorette Ali: Did Frank Prank ABC and Ali for Future Showbiz Career?]

Was Frank Neuschaefer on The Bachelorette: Ali looking for love or showbiz exposure? Since Frank isn’t talking and ABC doesn’t use lie detector tests on contestants, chances are the answer will remain in reality tvland.

In a recent Star Magazine article, Star reported Frank’s Bachelorette claim, Frank realized he was “still in love” with his ex-girlfriend Nicole Caruso, 23, was a ruse. According to Star, Frank and Nicole made a secret pact with Frank appearing on The Bachelorette for showbiz exposure for a career in screenwriting.

Star:

“Frank wants a screenwriting career, and he assured her that he was only going on The Bachelorette for the show business exposure,” a friend of Nicole tells Star. “This whole business about Frank wistfully longing for a former girlfriend seems like a sham. He and Nicole were rock-solid when he left for the show, and I believe they still are. He never had any interest in Ali.”

According to Reality Steve, the guy who has been the spoiler thorn in ABC’s The Bachelor and Bachelorette series, ABC pulled some editing shenanigans with the Tahiti episode, Frank, and his ex-girlfriend.

Reality Steve:

Our 3rd major storyline this season happens on the overnight dates. First there was the Kasey tattoo, then in Turkey Justin’s girlfriend calls to warn Ali, and now this. Frank eliminates himself in Tahiti after telling Ali he’s still in love with his ex-girlfriend back home. This happens before they spend the night together, and there is no rose ceremony. However, here’s the information that I’ve been gathering over the past week or so that I can now reveal. Since I haven’t seen the episode obviously and how it will play out, I’m guessing that after Frank leaves Tahiti, they will then show footage of Frank and his ex-girlfriend getting back together in Chicago. It’s not gonna be a phone call because they already did that with the Justin storyline. ABC will show footage of Frank meeting up with his ex-girlfriend Nicole and them getting back together. However, what ABC won’t show you is this footage was actually shot after Ali left Chicago for Frank’s hometown date but BEFORE he went to Tahiti. I can’t imagine the show will show Frank and his girlfriend getting back together before the overnight date episode, since that would essentially ruin the surprise of why he’s leaving. People would expect it at that point. Maybe they’ll show him contemplating it, talking about it with a producer, etc. I don’t know. I just know that he shot footage with his ex-girlfriend before leaving for Tahiti where they get back together.

Reality Steve posted the Frank info on May 11th.

For spoilers on who Ali gives the final rose see
The Bachelorette Ali, Final Rose Spoiler Shocker: Chris L or Roberto, the Next ABC The Bachelor?

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EVERYBODY DANCE!

A commenter at Don Surber’s on the post, Manchin dumps on Obamanomics, makes an astute political prediction.

From gk1 says:

Look for the democrats to start walking the cat back with “The Stimulus was never meant to create jobs, just to fight off a DEPRESSION!” I am already hearing this nonsense from Barbara Boxer out here in the in bay area. Not even the brain dead liberals out here are buying it. They have a huge problem on their hands.

Sounds like a most reasonable prediction to me.

Being at odds with the facts and history has never stopped the Democrats–or their Mainstream Media cronies–before.

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In 2008, the Army informed Mike Murburg his 20-yr-old son died after being bitten by a water moccasin during a Green Beret exercise held near Ft. Bragg. The Army showed Murburg a photo of A 39-inch moccasin that allegedly bit his son. On Thursday, four top Army Generals flew to Florida by private jet to the small community of Darby to apologize to Mike Mulberg for his son’s death. Along with the apologies, the generals informed Murburg the cause of son’s death has been officially classified by the Army as “What We May Never Know”. What the Army did know after several investigations?

Murburg’s son was never bitten by a snake. That the Army pathologist who handled Murburg’s son’s case, based his findings on a couple of “theories”.

St. Petersburg Times:

DADE CITY — Four of the Army’s top officers left the Pentagon on a jet Thursday morning and headed to Florida to tell a grieving man they were sorry.

The generals — Peter Chiarelli, vice chief of staff; Colleen L. McGuire, provost marshal general and the Army’s highest ranking military police officer; John F. Mulholland Jr., commander of Special Forces; and Eric B. Schoomaker, the Army’s surgeon general — arrived at Mike Murburg’s rural, 5-acre ranch in the tiny community of Darby in full uniform. Murburg, drenched in sweat, worked outside on his tractor until they showed up. He showered quickly, but did not dress up.

According to the SPTimes, Murburg, a lawyer, was initially informed by the Army his 20-year-old son Norman “Ehren” Murburg III died after being bitten by a 39-inch water moccasin. The Army showed Murburg a photo of the snake. Murburg didn’t buy the story, believing his son, who grew up hunting and fishing, “knew about snakes”.

Two years later after several investigations, the Army discovered the snake bite as the official cause of death wasn’t based on any forensic testing on Murburg’s son’s body and that Murburg’s son died during a heat wave during the summer. Despite several investigations, the Army currently lists Murburg’s son’s cause of death in the “”What We May Never Know” section of a report.

Top Army generals fly to Pasco to apologize to soldier’s grieving father

A century after Mark Twain’s death, Twain finally gets his wish to have the unadulterated and uncensored version of his autobiography published a hundred years after Mark Twain died.

The University of California will publish in November the first of three volumes of Mark Twain’s 500,000 word autobiography. According to Larry Rother of the New York Times, the fourth publishing of Mark Twain’s autobiography is unique in that it will be the first time Twain’s memoir will appear in its original form and, that it was Mark Twain, in 1906, who played a hand in the century long censorship of his autobiography.

Star Tribune:

“From the first, second, third and fourth editions all sound and sane expressions of opinion must be left out,” Twain instructed them in 1906. “There may be a market for that kind of wares a century from now. There is no hurry. Wait and see.”

Rother:

Versions of the autobiography have been published in 1924, 1940 and 1959. But the original editor, Albert Bigelow Paine, was a stickler for propriety, cutting entire sections he thought offensive; his successors imposed a chronological cradle-to-grave narrative that Twain had specifically rejected, altered his distinctive punctuation, struck additional material they considered uninteresting and generally bowed to the desire of Twain’s daughter Clara, who died in 1962, to protect her father’s image.

Twain’s opposition to incipient imperialism and U.S. military intervention in Cuba and the Philippines, for example, were well known even in his own time. But the uncensored autobiography makes it clear that those feelings ran very deep and includes remarks that, if made today in the context of Iraq or Afghanistan, would probably lead the right wing to question the patriotism of this most American of American writers.

He is unsparing about the plutocrats and Wall Street luminaries of his day, who he argued had destroyed the innate generosity of Americans and replaced it with greed and selfishness.

For Mark Twain fans, Rother’s article is a fascinating read. For more see Mark Twain uncensored, a century after his death.

Another interesting read on Mark Twain, an article posted by the site Lisa’s History Room, of Mark Twain’s love of writing, and smoking, in his favorite bed. The bed which Mark Twain died in in 1910.

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NOW YOU TOO CAN IMITATE SOVIET-ERA METHODS in JOURNALISM in THREE EASY STEPS

Politico demonstrates that the Soviet Union, though it ceased to exist 20 years ago, left a legacy to which the Left-heavy site can refer.

1- Politico’s Alex Isenstadt pens a post at Lefty political site, Politico: “Bombastic West rakes In cash”.

2- Within 7 hours, Paul at Powerline, calls out Politico on Isenstadt’s use of Name-calling as journalism.

Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt fails to explain why he considers West bombastic. Instead, he notes that West has been endorsed by Sarah Palin and that a speech he gave at Tea Party event has received two million views on YouTube. Enough said, if you’re a leftist writing for leftists.

I heard West speak back in January. I found his talk compelling, patriotic and at times fiery, but not bombastic. In any case, there were no Greek pillars on the stage.

Affixing judgmental adjectives to candidates strikes me as a ground-breaking development in poltical reporting. Until now, the liberal MSM has been slightly more subtle. But these are desperate political times for the left, and readers can no longer be trusted to draw their own conclusions no matter how far a reporter leads them.

3- When last checking Politico–voila!–Isenstadt’s headline had changed to the more neutral, “West rakes in cash.”

While it’s a good thing that Politico exercised some journalistic standards–even in hindsight–there was no “Update,” “Correction” or “Notes” added to the post to show that the headline had changed. Just a light touch of the digital airbrush and later readers are none the wiser that it took a post from a large conservative blog to move Politico/Isenstadt to rectify their bias.

The post at Powerline is the only proof that Soviet-style journalism took place at Politico–all in three easy steps!

Regardless, one would hope that Politico (maybe Isenstadt doesn’t do his own headlines?!?) will thoughtfully pause before their next auto-Prog headline appears.

Just another day and more hi-jinks from the Mainstream Media: Digital Division.

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