Remember that great youth movement for Obama — the young supporters, first-time voters, mostly college kids?  Well, they fucked up!  They trusted him!  “Obama’s Balloon: Federal Student Loan Debt Up 517% in 5 Years”: Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the cumulative outstanding balance on federal direct student loans has jumped 517.4 percent. The balance owed as of the end of May was $739,641,000,000.00. That is an

Emotionalist Rousseauvian gibberish once again tries to lay claim to art. “Metropolitan Opera romanticizes one NYer’s murder” : In 1985, New Yorker Leon Klinghoffer, 69, and his wife Marilyn took a cruise to celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary. Leon never came back: Four members of the Palestine Liberation Front hijacked the Achille Lauro, shot him in the head and threw him overboard in his wheelchair. Starting in October, The Metropolitan Opera

In this case, we have Colorado Governor Hickenlooper attempting to rewrite legislative history and walk himself back toward the practical “moderate” pro-business label he relies upon to bullshit his way through election cycles.  Only something happened on the way to the forum… “Gov. Hickenlooper’s attempt to charm Colorado sheriffs backfires”: Gov. John Hickenlooper ignited a political firestorm with his comments Friday to Colorado’s sheriffs, saying he was unaware they wanted

Obama, without Congressional approval (naturally), has sent 250 or so troops to Iraq to help “train” the beleaguered victims of the terrorists overtaking the country he all but abandoned. Which is, of course, nothing more than a move to placate critics and create a veneer of concern over the disintegration of Iraq and the ascension of an Islamist caliphate, beginning with its own nation state. Then it’s off to golf