Report: Rubio to endorse on “Hannity” tonight; Update: Yep, Romney

Drudge has busted out the red font for the occasion, which I guess makes this officially “news.” I wonder who it’ll be. The guy who just fired his campaign manager and started laying off staffers? The guy who struggles to win among electorates that aren’t heavily evangelical and who may well end up dropping his own home state? Or the guy with a prohibitive lead in delegates, who won Rubio’s home state in a landslide, and who’s...

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Video: Obama message to Planned Parenthood supporters oddly silent about key Planned Parenthood service

Via the boss emeritus’s new Twitter aggregator Twitchy. I hate to say it but after watching this I think there might be something to the DNC’s “war on women” message. It’s inexplicable that the GOP wants to yank federal funding for this excellent health organization that provides cancer screenings and contraception and apparently nothing else. Can anyone blame the left for having a screeching, frothing-at-the-mouth fit whenever...

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The Ed Morrissey Show: Gov. Mitt Romney, Duane Patterson, Week in Review

posted at 1:21 pm on March 23, 2012 by Ed MorrisseyToday, on the Ed Morrissey Show (special time: 2:45 pm ET), Governor Mitt Romney will join us for a few minutes as he campaigns in Louisiana.  I’ll ask him about Rick Santorum’s comments, the two-year anniversary of ObamaCare, how he will engage the conservative base, and perhaps a little on foreign policy, if we have the time.After, we’ll take a look at the past week with...

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Obama team gaming out open support for gay marriage among top Democrats?

Greg Sargent gets the leak from a Democratic strategist in the loop on what could best be described as focus-group testing to change Barack Obama’s stated values system.  In the 2008 campaign, Obama opposed gay marriage while supporting civil unions and decrying discrimination, a rather safe position even in the Democratic Party.  No one really believed it, though, and almost ever since taking office Obama and his team...

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No ObamaCare anniversary celebration for Obama

posted at 12:10 pm on March 21, 2012 by Ed MorrisseyIn just two days, Barack Obama will celebrate the two-year anniversary of his signature legislative achievement as President — ObamaCare. Or rather, he won’t celebrate it.  In fact, according to The Hill, the White House won’t even bother defending the bill against its critics in the days leading up to the Supreme Court review of ObamaCare:    President Obama...

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Obama fundraising 28% off 2008 pace

posted at 9:50 am on March 21, 2012 by Ed MorrisseyYesterday I noted that the latest fundraising numbers for Barack Obama came to $45 million, but that combined his fundraising with that of the DNC.   Politico breaks it down further to find that the actual total money raised for Obama by three different committees in February comes to $39.4 million — far off of the pace of his 2008 fundraising:    Barack...

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Royal Thai Air Force to Drop Water to Help Ease Haze

CHIANGRAI TIMES – In Chiang Rai, the smog problem was also very serious, with the amount of small dust particles touching 431.6 micrograms per cubic metre of air.Chiang Rai Governor Thanin Supasan said the provincial government was now securing the help of the Royal Thai Air Force in combating the smog.“Two RTAF planes will be deployed to sprinkle water in the sky over Chiang Rai so as to ease the problem,” he said.Water-sprinkling...

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Thailand to Strengthen Trade with Canada

CHIANGRAI TIMES – Thailand is planning a major pitch to open free trade talks with Canada this week, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper begins his second Asia trip in three months.Thailand will sweeten its offer by positioning itself as a comfortable and safe entry point from which Canada could make further inroads throughout South Asia — raising the potential of a broader trade deal with the region’s emerging, 10-country bloc,...

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Chalerm wants Drug Smugglers Executed Faster

CHIANGRAI TIMES – Presiding over a press conference yesterday to announce the seizure in Chiang Rai of 2.5 million ya ba tablets and 50 kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”, worth Bt800 million, Deputy Premier Chalerm Yoobamrung vowed to change the law to ensure that drug dealers who are sentenced to death are executed within 30 days of the final verdict in their cases.Chalerm also warned hospitals and pharmacists not to supply...

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Red Bull Co-Founder Dies

CHIANGRAI TIMES – Billionaire Chaleo Yoovidhya, the co-founder of energy drink Red Bull and the second richest man in Thailand, died Saturday at the age of 89, a company spokeswoman said.Chaleo was Thailand’s second richest man, with a fortune of $5 billion last year according to business magazine Forbes, having fallen from the top spot on its annual list which he held in 2009.According to local reports he was born into a poor...

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Ford plant opens in Sihanoukville

A Ford assembly plant in Preah Sihanouk province will supply Cambodia’s limited but growing car market, the American carmaker’s local representative RMA Cambodia announced yesterday.The US$3 million investment, wholly owned by RMA, has a capacity of up to 6,000 vehicles per year, and is expected to drop the domestic price of the Ford Everest model by up to 25 per cent, according to RMA CEO Rami Sharaf.Initial production figures,...

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Duch: Leaders had final say

In this second day on the stand this week, former S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, yesterday described a regime marked by a rigid top-down hierarchy.Duch, who is testifying in the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Case 002 against three surviving senior leaders of the regime, said little if anything could be done without a superior’s direct orders.“For example, one time, a cadre arrested someone (without orders), and then he too...

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Cambodia sells off national park for city-sized pleasure resorts

The Cambodian government has handed over nearly 20 percent of Botum Sakor National Park to a Chinese real-estate firm building a massive casino and resorts in the middle of pristine rainforest, reports Reuters. The city-sized resorts, costing $3.8 billion, will include a 64 kilometers highway, an airport, hotels, and golf courses. Botum Sakur is home to a number of endangered species including the pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)."Cambodia is giving away 36,000 hectares to a...

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Myanmar president starts state visit to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) - Myanmar President U Thein Sein arrived here on Wednesday afternoon for a two-day state visit to boost bilateral ties.At the Phnom Penh International Airport, U Thein Sein was greeted by Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Royal Palace Kong Sam Ol and Tourism Minister Thong Khon.U Thein Sein's visit was made at the invitation of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, according to a press release from...

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Tom Hanks, Robert DeNiro kinda sorta apologize even though it wasn’t really their fault, you know

posted at 9:40 pm on March 20, 2012 by AllahpunditA little late-evening closure for you on two of the more heavily trafficked items of the day. All we need now is for Chris Rock to hug it out with Jason Mattera and the triangle of celebrity healing will be complete.Here’s Hanks’s statement, via the Daily Caller. One lingering question: What the hell was Glenn Frey doing co-hosting a fundraiser that was swank enough to land Tom...

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Too dumb to check: Bloomberg blocks food donations for homeless due to … salt and fat content

posted at 8:50 pm on March 20, 2012 by AllahpunditI really did think it was too dumb to check. I saw this column in the Post yesterday and passed on blogging it because I figured it’d turn out to be an exaggeration. Nope. That’s what I get for giving the benefit of the doubt to a guy who worries about people on food stamps buying sugary drinks.You might die cold and hungry on the streets of New York, my friends, but at least you...

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Outrageous outrage: “I don’t care what the unemployment rate is going to be,” says Santorum

The clip comes from Team Mitt, which has taken enough cheap shots from the Democrats and media quoting Romney out of context (most infamously when he said he liked being able to fire people) that apparently it felt it was justified pulling this edit on Santorum. The full quote, conveniently omitted here:    “We need a candidate who’s going to be a fighter for freedom. Who’s going to get up and make that the central...

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Bristol Palin to Obama: When should I expect your call?

posted at 1:20 pm on March 19, 2012 by Tina KorbeLike her mother, Bristol Palin has been on the receiving end of incredibly cruel criticisms. The negativity has run the gamut from passing remarks about a lack of intelligence to hateful indictments of the mistakes she’s made (and earnestly attempted to rectify). But perhaps no one has been more unkind to the Palins than Barack Obama’s million-dollar man, Bill Maher. Maher’s mean-spirited,...

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New documents: ATF had “Fast & Furious” prime suspect in custody in 2010 — and let him go

posted at 7:45 pm on March 19, 2012 by AllahpunditHe told them he was in contact with Mexican cartel members at the time, too. But he promised them — cross his heart and hope to die — that he would help them with their imbecilic gunrunning operation if they let him go. Which they did. And of course, they never heard from him again.If that sounds insane to you, I’d gently suggest that perhaps you need a bit more brainwashing.   ...

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Flashback to 2007: Romney made pornography an issue in a campaign ad

If it was obligatory to highlight Rick Santorum’s pledge to crack down on Internet pornography as president, then it should be equally obligatory to highlight Mitt Romney’s public position on porn in 2007.    While running for president last cycle, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2007 cut a campaign ad called “Ocean,” where he vowed to “clean up the water in which our kids are swimming.”   ...

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Tennessee bill would direct state Health Department to post a report of every abortion

posted at 5:25 pm on March 19, 2012 by Tina KorbeUnder consideration in the state legislature of Tennessee right now is a bill — the Life Defense Act of 2012 — that would direct the state Health Department to post a report of every abortion. Not surprisingly, the bill has already become a source of controversy:    The reports must include the “identification of the physician who performed the abortion and the physician’s...

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ทำยังไง? ให้ โปรโมชั่นความรักไม่มีวันหมด

เมื่อ เวลาผ่านเลยไปจากวันเป็นเดือน จากเดือนเป็นปี ความหวานที่เคยมีให้กันในตอนแรกอาจจะลดลงไปบ้าง อย่างที่ใครต่อใครเขาเรียกกันว่า “หมดช่วงโปรโมชั่น” ถ้าเรารู้อย่างนี้แล้วต้องทำยังไงหละ … อย่าอายที่จะ “บอกรัก” ลองบอกรักกันวันละครั้งดูสิคะ อย่างน้อยก็เป็นสิ่งที่ทำให้เขาคนนั้นรู้ว่า เรายังคิดถึงเขาเสมอไม่เคยเปลี่ยนอย่าหงุดหงิดไปกับเรื่องเล็กๆ ... สาวๆ จำไว้ว่าบางทีเราก็อย่าไปใส่ใจกับเรื่องเล็กๆ น้อยๆ จนทำให้เป็นประเด็นทะเลาะกัน เช่น...

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ร้อนๆแบบนี้กินไอติม แล้วมาทายนิสัยจากไอติมที่ชอบกัน

หน้าร้อนแบบนี้ หนุ่มๆสาวๆคงคอแห้งเพราะอากาศที่ร้อนสุดๆกันแน่นอน ก็ต้องหาของหวานมากระแทกปากให้คลายร้อนกัน แต่!รู้ป่าวว่าไอติมที่เราชอบกินนั้น มันบ่งบอกว่าเรานั้นเป็นคนนิสัยยังไงได้นะ ไม่เชื่อลองดู …ช็อกโกแล๊ตแสดงถึง เป็นคนขี้เหงา จิตใจไม่ค่อยเข้มแข็ง อ่อนไหวง่าย ชอบเก็ยเรื่องอดีตมาคิดอยู่เสมอๆ เตร่งครัดและยึดมั่นในขนบธรรมเนียมประเพณีต่างๆช็อกโกแล๊ตชิปเป้นคนที่แก้ไขปัญหาเฉพาะหน้าได้ดี เอาตัวรอดยามขับขันได้ดี แก้ไขเรื่องราวร้ายๆให้กลายเป็นดีได้เก่ง...

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Don’t be too disappointed, but … George Clooney doesn’t plan to run for office

posted at 7:30 pm on March 18, 2012 by Tina KorbeYesterday evening, as I was browsing the Internet, I found myself absentmindedly clicking through a slideshow of “Supermodels: Then and Now.” What can I say? I like fashion, the intriguing artistry and aggravating arrogance behind it. I also really like slide shows, with their wordless imagery and quippy captions. At the end of a long day of reading, slide shows are relaxing.My...

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“National Defense Resources Preparedness” executive order: Power grab or mere update?

posted at 10:30 am on March 18, 2012 by Ed MorrisseyWe’re getting a lot of e-mail this weekend about an executive order issued on Friday afternoon by President Obama titled “National Defense Resources Preparedness.”  While the timing of the EO is curious — why send it out on a Friday afternoon when an administration is usually trying to sneak bad news past the media? — the general impact of it is negligible.  This EO...

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