June 15, 2011 - Pensito

Latter Day Saint

June 15, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Mitt Romney thinks there’s no harm in
Acting like a necktie-free Prince Charmin’.
But those of the Granite State
Say in the wake of the debate,
“Necktie or not, he’s still Mormon!”

Most Voters Don’t Like Weiner

June 15, 2011 Buck Banks

70%

Of voters nationally have an unfavorable opinion of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) compared to just 8% with a positive one, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. Interestingly, 66% of men but just 55% of women think that Weiner needs to resign from office.

Schwarzenegger Housekeeper Breaks Her Silence

June 15, 2011 Buck Banks

He’s a good man and I know he’s suffering too. He loves Maria. I hope with time they work things out.

— Mildred Baena, the housekeeper with whom former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a child, told Hello magazine that Maria Shriver “had started to put two and two together when she heard whispers in the household” that her 13-year-old son looked like the governor.

DeMint Claims Obama Believes Americans are ‘Stupid’

June 15, 2011 Buck Banks

We’ve fallen for this Obama trick to negotiate in secret with this Biden group which is only to kill time until we create a crisis on August first.

— Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), to Laura Ingraham, asserting the debt ceiling negotiations are only killing time in order to create a debt crisis in early August. He added that Obama “believes Americans are stupid” because “he can do one thing and say another and expect people to believe it.”

Christie ‘Certain’ He’s Not Running for Prez

June 15, 2011 Buck Banks

I’m 100 percent certain I’m not going to run.

— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), in an interview with Piers Morgan, on a possible 2012 presidential bid.

Most Lawmakers’ Votes Contributed to the Federal Deficit

June 15, 2011 Buck Banks

75%

Of lawmakers currently serving in Congress voted for at least one — and in most cases more than one — of three policies that contributed to one-third of the $12.7 trillion swing from projected surpluses to real debt: President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and President Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill, according to the Washington Post.

Day: June 15, 2011

Latter Day Saint

Most Voters Don’t Like Weiner

70%

Of voters nationally have an unfavorable opinion of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) compared to just 8% with a positive one, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. Interestingly, 66% of men but just 55% of women think that Weiner needs to resign from office.

Schwarzenegger Housekeeper Breaks Her Silence

He’s a good man and I know he’s suffering too. He loves Maria. I hope with time they work things out.

— Mildred Baena, the housekeeper with whom former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a child, told Hello magazine that Maria Shriver “had started to put two and two together when she heard whispers in the household” that her 13-year-old son looked like the governor.

DeMint Claims Obama Believes Americans are ‘Stupid’

We’ve fallen for this Obama trick to negotiate in secret with this Biden group which is only to kill time until we create a crisis on August first.

— Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), to Laura Ingraham, asserting the debt ceiling negotiations are only killing time in order to create a debt crisis in early August. He added that Obama “believes Americans are stupid” because “he can do one thing and say another and expect people to believe it.”

Christie ‘Certain’ He’s Not Running for Prez

I’m 100 percent certain I’m not going to run.

— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), in an interview with Piers Morgan, on a possible 2012 presidential bid.

Most Lawmakers’ Votes Contributed to the Federal Deficit

75%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%