This Is Dirty Harry’s Place …what are you doing here?

An elementary school in Pennsylvania will provide counseling sessions to 100 third-grade students to explain why a male classmate will soon begin wearing female clothing and taking a female name.

The “social transition” exercise was initiated by the boy’s parents, who approached school administrators and asked for help in having their child’s new female identity find acceptance among his peers.  

When 17-year-old Rand Abdel-Qader was seen on the streets of Basra chatting with a British soldier, her father and two brothers choked her to death.

If I had realized what she would become, I would have killed her the instant her mother delivered her. Death was the least she deserved. That girl humiliated me in front of my family and friends. Speaking with a foreign soldier, she lost what is the most precious thing for any woman. I have only two boys from now on. That girl was the mistake of my life. I know God is blessing me for what I did.  

Remarkably (or perhaps not), this animal was released from police custody, as they found no fault in his actions.

Greg Gutfeld, host of Fox’s Red Eye, had — per the usual — an excellent reading on a New York Times article that suggested violence could be treated like a virus.

Last weekend, the New York Times suggested that violence is an infection, something you catch like herpes or Two and a Half Men. It made me so sick to my stomach, I wanted to stab a shopkeeper in the neck. The writer focused only on gang crime, as opposed to other types, like shoplifting or houseboy dismemberment — suggesting that if gang murder spreads like an infectious disease, then it should be treated like one.    

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A white college janitor is found guilty of “racial harassment” by the school’s Affirmative Action Office for reading an anti-Ku Klux Klan book in the campus library.

Al Sharpton owes $365,558 in New York City income tax, $931,397 in unpaid federal income tax and his for-profit company, Rev. Al Communications, owes New York state another $175,962 in delinquent tax. 

Zachary Feinstein hasn’t played basketball since the third grade, but he’s declaring for the NBA Draft. 

21-year-old R&B singer, Mario, thanked the troops for being “the real brave ones” after he and his partner were eliminated from Dancing With The Stars this week.

Hat Tip: The Ugly American for the video link. 

Code Pink has enlisted the use of witchcraft to “[do] rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re going to end the war.” 

A three-year-old Florida boy has never gone to sleep because of a rare medical condition.  

I’ll take Johnny Knoxville over this guy’s border shenanigans any day. 

Our fearless leader, Dirty Harry, had a recent post at Libertas that got me thinking:

There are “deal breaker” films.  Films that, in your opinion, are so obviously great or horrid that you have difficulty remaining close with someone if you learn he or she feels differently.

There are many movies Mrs. Firefly likes more than I, and vice versa.  And our dislikes are not identical.  HOWEVER, there are a handful of movies that resonate so specifically with me that if Mrs. Firefly (or a friend I consider close) did not feel the same about that movie it would make me question our compatibility.  I liked “Wedding Crashers,” she didn’t.  No big deal.  She liked “Oceans Eleven” I thought it blew chunks.  No big deal.  Neither film, for us, is “one of those movies.”

And, oddly, “deal breaker” movies are not necessarily my favorite movies.  “Rocky” and “Duck Soup” are two of my favorite films yet it doesn’t bother me in the least that Mrs. Firefly is not a fan.  She loves “The Sound of Music;” I’d rather have a root canal.  Despite our personal appreciation of those three films neither is a ”deal breaker” movie for us.

So, what movie(s) do you use as a quick barometer of whether someone really shares your tastes?  This can be based on a like, or dislike. 

I’ll get you started…

Like: “Cinema Paradisso”, Dislike: “Forrest Gump”

God help us. Note: NSFW 

An eighth-grade basketball phenom doesn’t know which high-school he’ll be attending, but he’s made a college commitment.  

Bernie Ward, a well-known liberal talk radio host in San Francisco, has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography.

They love those guys in the hoosegow, no?

It’s too bad the principal wasn’t a cracker-ass-cracker, as that would of made this a potentially much more explosive situation. 

I sent this clip to DH a few weeks back for consideration on Libertas, but he just laughed, tightened my choke chain and bellowed down: “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.”

Hope you enjoy it more than he did.

A Duluth, Minnesota man is suing the owners of a dog he struck and killed for damage done to his car.

The owners of the dog are countersuing for the time they’ll have to take off from work for court appearances and the cost of replacing Fester, the newly deceased miniature pinscher.

DHP court is in session and I find for the plaintiff — I think. If the plaintiff would be the dude whose car got jacked up.   

A South African woman has turned her car into a billboard documenting her husband’s infidelities.

Paging Joey Greco. 

Sorry for the dearth of posts, but I’ve taken a shower and am feeling reinvigorated.  

Obviously, I don’t watch American Idol on Sunday’s because it doesn’t air on the weekend, unless I TIVO it, which I often do, but I hear they are down to the final three contestants and I’m prepared to predict how this will play out based on these photos alone.

First and foremost, I’m operating — perhaps incorrectly — under the presumption that a sizable portion of those who vote early, often and most ferociously are young girls. With that in mind…

The girl will go next because women hate each other I suspect that these aforementioned teen and pre-teen girls are crushing mighty hard on one of the two remaining guys.

That leaves the two pasty-faced d-bags dudes and I predict the winner will be the kid on the right, as he appears to be the youngest, which would put him squarely in the voting bloc demo of the young ladies.

Richcrest out.  

An alleged Christian media watchdog group is boycotting Starbucks over its new “topless” logo (seen above), calling the design “inappropriate” and saying the company might as well change their name to “Slutbucks.”

Personally, I’d of gone with Starwhores, Mochahookers or Cocoawenches,  but I’m not the one running what appears to be an awesome conspiracy theory website.

Hat Tip: aris p

A 10-year-old Idaho girl that was raped and impregnated by a 37-year-old illegal alien has given birth.

Twice this year Idaho lawmakers have killed tougher illegal alien legislation.   

Cobra Commander says: “Yes, we shall.”

Students for Life, a pro-life group, had their display vandalized by a student government member, despite having been granted permission to use the location from university officials.  

A new Harley-Davidson ad says: Screw the economy. Let’s ride. 

Photos from a man who discovered a pit bull in his engine.  

Froylan Camelo is considering a lawsuit after a teacher threw his Mexican flag in the trash.

I said, ‘What’s the problem?’ Camelo, speaking in Spanish, told The Time-News of Twin Falls. He said, ‘The problem is that we are in the United States and not in Mexico.’      

The teacher says he took the flag because he was afraid “white kids” might harm the 16-year-old.  

Cindy Crawford wants you to start drinking from a $20 reusable water bottle, rather than those wasteful plastic ones that she takes to the beach.  

An Atlanta artist is producing actual “race cards.”  

Can I blame my back taxes on global warming — er, cooling — er, climate change?

Another contributory factor to the location of shark attacks could be global warming and rising sea temperatures. ‘You’ll find that some species will begin to appear in places they didn’t in the past with some regularity,’ he said.

But the ocean’s are cooling — or is that the fault of the robots:

Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren’t quite understanding what their robots are telling them.

Green =  The New Red

Hillary Clinton has 48% of the delegates, 47% of the popular vote, a helluva an argument left to make over the Florida and Michigan primaries, and upcoming states like West Virginia where she’s ahead by 20-plus points.

Why would she drop out? 

Obama will not have the magic 2025 going into the convention and hasn’t proven capable of winning the all-important white, working-class states, or white, working-class voters. And still…

The punditocracy calls her dead.

My money remains on Obama winning the nomination and the presidency, but to call Hillary toast is absurd. She’s a Clinton with many cards left to play. She will play them and an “Anything Can Happen Day” may well loom on the horizon.

If I go out in a hale gunfire (as per the prophesy), one can only hope it’s at the hands of a fashion conscious assassin. 

That’s Michelle Obama, First Lady in-wait, talking about Bill Clinton.

She’d be such a breath of hot fresh air over that sexless wallflower Laura Bush, no?  

Obama Denounces but Still Has the Wrong Recipe

A few weeks ago during the Pennsylvania primary Barack Obama asked the WWE if they could “smell what Barack is cookin?” So Barack Obama is angry at Jeremiah Wrights’ “destructive” comments. Obama does not agree with his pastor of 20 years is finally offended because his comments don’t reflect HIS “values and beliefs.” Does anyone smell what Obama’s cooking? Only now that Mr. Wright is showing “disrespect” to Barack Obama and his campaign is Obama angry.  Not until Obama is personally offended is he angry enough to come out and renounce his minister. Well, it is a day late and a dollar short as Terry McMillan’s books suggests.
 
Again, Obama has made Mr. Wright’s comments all about him. Jeremiah Wright’s comments aren’t just offensive to Obama but they are disrespectful to America and her people. As someone who is campaigning to be the leader of the American people, Obama certainly doesn’t think much about us. Obama would have been well served to make this condemning speech of Mr. Wright when American people were disturbed by his first tongue lashing of hate and racism. Obama’s anger should have been directing at Wright for offending and disrespecting us as citizens and as a country. [Read more →]

If animal rights lawyers get their way, suits could be brought directly on behalf of animals.  

This shouldn’t be funny — and it isn’t. It’s hilarious. Enjoy early retirement.  

Iraqi Armed Forces are really coming together.  

Why am I not the least bit surprised that this happened in California. 

If you’re white and named Dale Stevens, you’re probably not the leader of a sovereign Indian tribe.  

A substitute teacher in a magical land made of butter has been dismissed for practicing wizardry.

Once again I’ll stick my neck out and pontificate in advance.  If I get any of this wrong, and I never do, you can pounce on me tomorrow.  Hillary will win Indiana by more than 5% and less than 10%.  Barack will win North Carolina by more than 8% and less than 12%.  Indiana has 11 electoral votes, North Carolina 15.

This site (http://www.electoral-vote.com/) has updated its map and it reveals the nightmare Howard Dean wakes up to tomorrow:

Dean doesn’t have a candidate who can beat McCain in the red states and he’s got the blue states sewn up.  So, what Howard Dean is doing tonight is looking at those pink and brown states and trying to decide what happens to them in November based on who his candidate is.  AND who his candidate’s V.P. choice is…  It will be interesting to see what Dean does.  I predict he will abdicate his duties just as he has throughout the campaign.  The real story that the media has missed is how badly Howard Dean has been performing as the Chairman of the Democratic party.  His continued inability to effectively manage his party will further damage his party before the July convention.  A Chairperson is supposed to lead and manage both candidates to ensure that the best interests of the party are served.  Howard Dean is a gosh awful leader and a great deal of the chaos we have seen in the past few months is due to the vacuum his lack of leadership creates.

Hey, it’s Barack Obama’s old buddy, Bill Ayers, standing on an American flag. 

Jeremiah Wright makes perfect sense to Rosie O’Donnell.  

How do you get the N-word and “neighborhood” mixed up? 

Stephen King thinks that the troops are stupid.

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Note: NSFW 

I’ve seen Tina live three-times now and it’s like watching a force of nature. I’ve also seen Springsteen, Sinatra, Petty, Bennett, Seger, The Rolling Stones, Clapton, Stevie Nicks… and many, many others. There’s nothing like Tina. Not even close.

Good news. She’s gonna tour again. Nearing 70, I suggest you go. Trust me, she’ll be great. This is a classy woman who wouldn’t do this unless she was sure she could give the audience her all.

I was all kinds of wrong about Grand Theft Auto IV. 

There are few words in the English language I ever felt would come out of my mouth in the following order: Hillary Clinton has earned my respect. Yes, I’m as surprised as you are because other than I want to have sex with a man, those words were a close second.

My disagreements with Hillary remain as firm as ever, but she no longer comes off as the smug, brittle, carpetbagger who feels entitled to the presidency. In fact, should she win, she’ll have earned it. Every bit of it.

My disagreements with Hillary remain, but the Hillary we see now is I think the real one. What else could it be? She’s a terrible actor. And I like this woman. She’s funny, tough as a hickory knot, and was as endearing as hell with that coffee machine. I liked the woman who gave it to O’Reilly as well she took it. She’s sharp as a tack and ready to rumble.

And I think this is who she really is. I think with nothing to lose she dropped all the horseshit and emerged a real fighter who’s …well, kinda likable.

Other than policy differences, whereas Obama scares me to death, I’d be very comfortable with Hillary in the White House. The war is my number one issue and she will wage it regardless of what she’s saying in the primary. She can probably win it too.

And I must confess, it feels good to say this about Hillary. Often, I wonder if I’m not an ideologue, unwilling to change and alter opinions, the very thing I accuse the left of being. Well, maybe this proves I’m not.  

And I’m an American before I’m a conservative or a Republican. Yes, I desperately want McCain to win. Yes, I think McCain has a much better chance of beating Obama than Hillary (in fact, I’d bet Hillary kicks McCain’s ass), but I am so shaken by the idea of Obama in the White House that for my country I’m rooting for Hillary to win the primary so Obama is eliminated forever. My wish may well lose McCain the presidency, but my love of country overrides that fear. In fact, should Hillary win the primary, I’ll already feel as though the worst part of the election’s over and we’ve dodged a bullet.

So, for the first time, with utter sincerity … Go, Hillary!