Over at NRO, Michael Walsh comments on the much mocked "Life of Julia" slideshow rolled out yesterday by the Obama 2012 campaign.?He writes: "Julia" appears to have no males in her life -- certainly not a husband when, at 31, she "decides to have a child" after disporting herself sexually, consequence-free in previous years, thanks to the wonders of Obamacare. (Where did "Zachary" come from - a test tube?) Indeed, one must wonder if Julia has a Winston in her life. But then again that's so 1984. Julia is the proverbial fish who has no need for a bike. Although I'm sure Julia has had her daily dose of the two minutes despise shouting at some guy named Goldstein only to find herself at peace upon seeing President Obama as he calms Oceania.
View original post here: Does Julia Have a Winston in Her Life?New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera tore?the ACL ?in his right knee?yesterday while trying to catch a glide ball during practice in Kansas City prior to last night's game against the Royals. Rivera could be out for the rest of the season, possibly a career ending injury. Let's just say right off the bat that this is the largest challenge the Yankees have faced in more than 15 years. Rivera has been the Yankees closer since 1997. The Yankees have missed one post-season in his entire huge league career. Rivera has 608 career saves , the most in MLB history. The 42-year ancient Panamanian has been his usual self. At the time of the injury, he was 1-1 with a 2.16 ERA and five saves. Needless to say, who will the Yankees place out there in the ninth? Rafael Soriano did save 45 games for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2010. Soriano struggled in 2011 and although he has pitched better in 2012 his walk totals are a small scary (six walks in nine innings). Being the closer might be shot in the arm he needs. David Robertson has pitched well as an eighth inning set up man but is untested as a closer. Then again Rivera pitched well as an eighth inning set up man but was untested as a closer after John Wetteland went to Texas after the 1996 season. Robertson hasn't given up a run in 11 innings pitched this season and has 18 strikeouts to boot. But eighth inning success doesn't always translate into the ninth and Robertson is an unknown quantity in the ninth as is Phil Hughes who has struggled to regain his form of 2010 when he won 18 games. Hughes has had success in the bullpen as an eighth inning set up man during the Yankees World Series championship season of 2009. The dark horse in all of this is Joba Chamberlain who dislocated his right ankle while jumping on a trampoline late in spring training. He just got place on the 60-Day Disabled List but could be back late in the season. If Soriano, Robertson and Hughes don't pan out and they don't trade for a closer then Chamberlain is an option. In the grand scheme of things, losing Mariano Rivera is terrible for baseball. He is a class act on and off the field and even Red Sox fans cheer for him . That would never happen with Jeter or A-Rod. Mariano Rivera is in a league of his own and it would be shame if this was the way his storied career finished.
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Marathon Pundit has compiled some of the most revealing photos from the Occupy May Day event, which the lamestream media won't print because they don't want to reveal how radical the protesters really are. Brilliant commentary accompany the photos. Click here for the post .
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Although the national unemployment rate fell to 8.1% for the month of April, the decline is due not to job growth but declining participation in the labor market. Simply place a critical mass of people have given up looking for work. Consequently, labor market participation is now at its lowest level in more than thirty years with only 63.6% of the adults in the workforce. Some stimulus plot. It's no wonder that President Obama is dancing on Osama's watery grave and telling people Romney wouldn't have called the tune. He is a song and dance man. But song and dance men know how to use smoke and mirrors. It's up to Mitt Romney to make sure this smoke doesn't get into the eyes of the electorate and find a clear way to tell people that Obama hasn't done the job he was elected to do.
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Responding to Obama’s poorly devised football-spiking Bin Laden ad , the group Veterans for a Stronger America produced this superb ad: Fantastic ad — a group of veterans glorifying the sacrifices of those who really carry out the overseas contingency operations War on Terror, while using Obama’s own words against him. It doesn’t get more effective at making a point than this.
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Veterans Group Targets Obama
