Open Thread: Electric Cars Failing Worldwide

Today's starter topic: Despite billions of dollars in taxpayer corporate welfare, electric vehicles are failing to sell everywhere, not just in this country. The results worldwide are showing that Obama's subsidies for vehicles no one wants are failing even more than you'd think:
NB Staff
January 27th, 2012 10:45 AM

NYT Quotes 'Retired Cuban Leader' Castro on 'Idiocy' of GOP Field, 'Ha

Who cares what an unelected dictator thinks about the U.S. presidential campaign? Well, New York Times reporters do. Michael Shear and Trip Gabriel were in Miami following the campaign in the runup to next Tuesday’s Florida primary and quoted Fidel Castro in Thursday’s “Candidates Scramble to Win Hispanic Voters in Florida.” They even suggested the dictator (who they merely called “the…
Clay Waters
January 27th, 2012 8:40 AM

Daily Kos: Conservatives Should Leave Obama's America, Move to Somalia

Liberals have always cartooned conservatives as the ones who would say "America, love it or leave it." But with Barack Obama in the White House, they want the Obama critics to go back to Africa. Or at least that's what "Hunter" wrote on the Daily Kos on Wednesday night. "This won't be a particularly insightful post, mainly because I'm just tired of these people and wish they would go away, or…
Tim Graham
January 27th, 2012 7:43 AM

WaPo's Josh White Can't Figure Out 'Motive' of Jihadist Military Site

Would someone please buy the Washington Post's Josh White a clue? He can't seem to get a handle on the "motive" for the actions of Yonathan Melaku (actually, I think White is pretending). Melaku has just pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to 25 years in jail. Authorities say he vandalized military grave markers, shot at the Pentagon and military museums, and was working on an improvised…
Tom Blumer
January 27th, 2012 1:23 AM

New MSNBC Anchor Likens Obama-Brewer Face Off to 1957 Integration Conf

The unhinged hysteria being displayed by the liberal media over a picture of President Obama and Arizona's Republican governor Jan Brewer supposedly in a heated exchange has become laughable. On Thursday's The Last Word, newly promoted MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris-Perry told host Lawrence O'Donnell that this photo reminded her of "the still photograph that was captured in 1957 in Little Rock,…
Noel Sheppard
January 27th, 2012 1:00 AM

As New-Home Sales Wraps 'Worst Ever' Year, AP's Kravitz Is 'Unfazed

Today's report by Derek Kravitz at the Associated Press (also known to yours truly as the Administration's Press) covering the Census Bureau's December and full-year 2011 new-home sales release put a smiley-face on the "worst ever" year (the AP headline's term) in the category. I like the adjective used at Sweetness & Light's related blog post to describe Kravitz's crud: "unfazed." The AP…
Tom Blumer
January 26th, 2012 11:57 PM

Jeopardy Contestants Can't Identify Picture of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow

The folks at MSNBC aren't going to be happy about this. During Thursday's televised game show Jeopardy, none of the contestants could identify Rachel Maddow even when a picture of her was shown to them (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 26th, 2012 10:52 PM

Appalled Schieffer Blasts ‘Vulgar’ and ‘Rude’ Brewer: ‘We

A question we’ve never posed and likely no one outside of CBS News has ever considered: “We wondered what Bob Schieffer thinks of all of this?” Yet that’s how CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Thursday night cued up Schieffer to take up CBS air time to convey his personal disgust with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for supposedly failing to show the proper respect to President Barack Obama…
Brent Baker
January 26th, 2012 8:26 PM

Defaults? Depend on it

More regulation, fewer jobs and less money mean more defaults, large and small.
Dan Kennedy
January 26th, 2012 8:13 PM

'Don't Believe The Liberal Media!' Sign On CNN

It seems deliciously fitting that on the day the founder and President of the Media Research Center Brent Bozell formally unveiled our national "Tell the Truth! 2012" campaign, a "Don't Believe The Liberal Media!" sign appeared on CNN. This took place on Erin Burnett's Republican presidential pre-debate show from Florida (video follows with absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 26th, 2012 8:01 PM

Maddow Morphs Into Romney, 'Fires' PolitiFact for Poor Services

Once again, this is a problem only when a conservative does it. When it's a liberal, fire away -- with relish! (video after page break)
Jack Coleman
January 26th, 2012 6:37 PM

M-BS-NBC: Matthews Claims Unemployment Rate Lower Than When Obama Took

MSNBC's Chris Matthews claimed Thursday that the unemployment rate is lower now than when Barack Obama took office. Such was said during a contentious Hardball discussion with Republican Arizona Congressman Trent Franks (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 26th, 2012 6:35 PM

A Presidential Rerun

Summertime is usually when TV networks air repeats of shows we've already seen. In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, the president got a five-month jump on the summer season by re-running a class-envy video he has broadcast more times than local stations have shown episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show." Instead of a credible assessment of the state of the union, which is not good,…
Cal Thomas
January 26th, 2012 6:32 PM

I Am The Lorax! I Speak for the ... Kids

Universal responds to change.org petition to make environmental movie more preachy.
Iris Somberg
January 26th, 2012 6:27 PM