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The latest ATF boondoggle

Townhall’s Katie Pavlich reminds us of the old joke about how the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store not a federal agency. However, the latest ATF whopper in Wisconsin proves they aren't even capable of doing that properly.

A store calling itself Fearless Distributing opened early last year on an out-of-the-way street in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, offering designer clothes, athletic shoes, jewelry and drug paraphernalia.

Those working behind the counter, however, weren't interested in selling anything.

They were undercover agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms running a storefront sting aimed at busting criminal operations in the city by purchasing drugs and guns from felons.

Instead of busting any major dealers or taking down a gang it resulted in a string of mistakes and failures, including an ATF military-style machine gun landing on the streets of Milwaukee.

Also, the agency had $35,000 in merchandise stolen from its store.

When the 10-month operation was shut down after the burglary, agents and Milwaukee police officers who participated in the sting cleared out the store but left behind a sensitive document that listed names, vehicles and phone numbers of undercover agents.

And the agency remains locked in a battle with the building's owner, who says he is owed about $15,000 because of utility bills, holes in the walls, broken doors and damage from an overflowing toilet.

More here.

Homeland Security says fight mass murders with scissors

At the link below Homeland Security has this advice:

Is your workplace getting shot up by a crazed gunman?

No problem — just grab a pair of scissors and fight back!

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Al Gore faces tough questions on his book tour

On the defensive

Mr. Al Bore ... er ... make that Gore ... is facing tough questions on a tour to promote his new book, “The Future.”

Gore is finding he is no longer a media darling.

Although Gore has been selective in which outlets he appears on to promote his new book they haven’t treated the former vice president with kid gloves as shown in the video above.

From “Today” to “Morning Joe” to “Late Show with David Letterman” to “The Daily Show,” Gore has come under attack by his interviewers for his decision to sell Current TV to Al Jazeera.

Barack Obama's uncle facing deportation

Onyango Obama (pictured) is the half-brother of the president's late father. He has lived in the US illegally since arriving from Kenya as a teenage student and is now facing deportation. He is now 68 years old.

His status emerged after his 2011 drunken driving arrest in Framingham, Massachusetts.

When he was arrested, he told police he would “call the White House”, before being charged with drunk-driving.

A judge continued that case for a year without a finding after Mr Obama acknowledged prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him.

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Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld doesn’t dig Michelle Obama’s new bangs

“I love Michelle Obama,” Lagerfeld said before insisting that her new 'do makes her look like a news anchor.

After being shown before-and-after pictures of the first lady's hair, Lagerfeld said, "I don't understand why she changed her hair."

Proof that Lagerfeld actually does have eyes under his ever-present smoked glasses.

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Report: Obama operatives show media how to sell ObamaCare

The media is getting help from team Obama on how to report about Obamacare the "correct" way.

To achieve that goal, Obama operatives are setting up propaganda symposiums for journalists and giving large cash donations to journalism associations to help spread Obama's word.

This Obamacare propaganda campaign seriously blurs the line between government and "journalism" and seems to be a blatant attempt by team Obama to write the media's Obamacare stories for them.

Something such as ObamaCare that is really non-saleable as well as non-sustainable will need all the help it can get.

If ObamaCare was a good product the Obama administration would’t need to illegally bribe journalists to make the 2,000 page law seem workable.

The full story here.

The President loves to shoot

MIT professor: give Windows 8 to someone you hate

Someone else hates 8. This time it is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as reported at the link below.

Professor Philip Greenspun said last December, Windows 8 is a Christmas gift for 'someone you hate'.

The ZDNet article, however, says that not all of the professors critiques are valid. In some cases he's just screaming into the wind.

More here.

Airbag for your computer?

What was the point of Obama’s immigration speech in Vegas?

From a report at the first link below:

I know the president likes the sound of his own voice, but, really, what was the point of his immigration speech in Las Vegas? He didn’t deal with any of the hard issues — like guestworkers or spousal immigration rights for homosexual couples or how many millions more people a year he wants to admit — and just regurgitated the usual boilerplate about how we’re a nation of immigrants and our system is broken, etc.

Maybe he just wanted to see Las Vegas again. Or maybe he is just addicted to his luxurious flights on Air Force One.

The writer supects that Schumer called the White House and asked if they could please schedule a speech for Obama on immigration, then leak that, so he could tell his Republican co-conspirators that they had to hurry and beat Obama so they didn’t look like they were playing catch-up.

So, having announced there was going to be a speech, the Obama administration had to follow through, but they had nothing new to say so they just hit F11 on their keyboard for the stock amnesty speech.

Where were the environmentalists who should have been protesting that the Vegas immigration speech cost more than $500 per word?

Then again maybe the trip was to give Obama’s DC backers time to find a Camp David skeet shooting photo.

Link here and here.