[Via Hot Air]
A 1997 Fordham Law Review piece described her as Harvard Law School’s “first woman of color,” based, according to the notes at the bottom of the story, on a “telephone interview with Michael Chmura, News Director, Harvard Law

[Via Hot Air]
A 1997 Fordham Law Review piece described her as Harvard Law School’s “first woman of color,” based, according to the notes at the bottom of the story, on a “telephone interview with Michael Chmura, News Director, Harvard Law

Bike. Gravity. Narrow, winding stairs.
[YouTube direct link] (Viewer #282,132)
“I think it’s still incomplete. We’ve still got work to do.” – Barack Obama
Obama 2012: Why stop just because you’ve reached the bottom?
* Looks like we may have another debt ceiling fight. The Republicans want some spending cuts so we can at least pretend we’re one day going to take on all the debt we have, while Obama just wants to spend and spend without any limits. Well, maybe there can be a compromise. Republicans will raise the debt ceiling with the only requirement being that Obama sign a letter stating, “I am not a serious person and have no intentions of righting the American economy and debt and only care about political power. I am a failure as president and as a human being. The reason dogs have been mysteriously disappearing form local neighborhoods is me.” How about that? That at least makes sure we’re all on the same page.
* Obama’s budget failed in the Senate, 99-0, because Obama is a useless, silly person. The Democrats, in fact, didn’t have one vote for any budget as they are all useless, silly people. I guess any rational budget would just highlight what a huge mess they’ve made of things. In fact, Harry Reid’s current plan to deal with things is to go completely senile so everything seems fine. It’s working pretty well, actually.
* Well, this whole Warren Elizabeth “faux-cahontos” thing has become a mummer’s farce. It really looks like she is in fact no parts Cherokee though apparently Harvard claimed the pasty white Warren as their law school’s first woman of color. Liberals are such hypocritical jokes about race. I really think she’s going to have to change her political slogan from its current “Give me back my land, pale-faces!”
* A Super PAC is considering bringing up Jeremiah Wright. Democrats are already freaking out. You can go after Romney on a bullying incident from 50 years ago or how he once treated a dog, but talking about Obama’s crazed racist pastor who was his main spiritual influence is out of bounds. I think a good point with Wright and Bill Ayers is that Obama has a history of being around awful people and keeping silent to help himself politically.
Still, I’m not sure it’s worth focusing on this. Usually you bring up the personal stuff about a candidate to say he’s going to do a bad job when in office. For Obama, the fact that he’s going to do a bad job has now been proven by him unfortunately trying to do the job. We probably should mainly focus on that because the Democrats will love any distraction away from it.
* Bipartisan funny – Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Cory Booker made a video together:
I have to say, Booker is quickly becoming my favorite Democrat.
* So we had movies based on amusement park rides and now, with Battleship, we’re down to movies based on board games. Where do we go down from there? Movies based on elementary concepts?
“I got it — Sand… the Movie! Everyone knows what sand is; it’s got great name recognition.”
My hope is that one day someone at home on his computer will be able to make a movie just as easily as one can write a novel. We’ll have an artistic Renaissance when Hollywood is out of the picture. It’s like what happened to journalism when people like me were able to join in because of the internet — i.e., the most awesome thing ever!
You don’t teach the GOP a lesson by sitting out the election. You do that by using a one-armed man.
Ow! That guy nose-butted my fist!
Anyone who uses the phrase “epistemic closure” non-ironically has drank so much Kool-Aid he probably has diabetes.
I rate the universe two Pinocchios.
The scariest part of parenting is when your child is old enough to write a tell-all.
I’m almost certain I’m a professional writer.
“D4.”
“But sir…”
“I SAID D4, DAMMIT!” -dialogue from Battleship, I assume
If Hollywood ever wants a really awesome screenplay, just send me a million dollars.
Obama 2012: Everyone gets a mulligan.
My goal is to one day appear on FOX News yelling at liberals. LIBERALS!!! ::shakes fist::
Without us engineers, science would just sit around in books being boring.
Ok, Moon Nukers, you’ve got your colors and you’re feeling all juiced up, so obviously it’s time to ride into someone else’s territory and pick a fight.
You know, just because we can.
Trouble is, we need a rival gang to be our enemy.
So… who needs a whuppin’?
I mean, obviously the Dog Eaters

but who else?
[High Praise! to Seanmahair]
Obama’s claim to have improved dozens of historical events doesn’t stop with presidential activity.
The man’s been EVERYWHERE!
Gump-tastic!
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[High Praise! to Seanmahair for the inspiration]
You’ve heard by now of President Obama noting the accomplishments of previous Presidents, then adding a note about how he one-upped them.
Yeah… those are (no pun intended) incomplete.
Turns out it’s really quite simple to correct, so I don’t know why the White House web masted didn’t do this already.
Here are some examples, with my quick-fix in bold:
* President John F. Kennedy famously suggested the American people: “Ask what you can do for your country.” In 1961, the Peace Corps was created, facilitating service among citizens working toward peace in developing countries. In 2011, President Obama celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps with a Presidential Proclamation. And then he went golfing.
* Continuing his work as a lifelong public service, Clinton created the Clinton Foundation in 2001 to improve global health, education, economies and environments. Affectionately calling him “Do-Gooder-in-Chief”, President Obama has worked with Clinton to make buildings in our country more efficient-announcing a $4 billion investment in energy efficiency upgrades for commercial buildings. And then he went golfing.
* President Barack Obama awarded George H.W. Bush the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, for his commitment to service and ability to inspire volunteerism throughout the country, encouraging citizens to be “a thousand points of light.” And then he went golfing.
You’re welcome, Mr. President.
WASHINGTON (AP) – After a Newsweek article declared President Obama to be “the first gay President”, Barack Obama admitted that, although not gay himself, he did have a great-great-great-grandfather who was gay, and said that he’s proud of where he came from.
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“You know, I’m proud of my gay heritage,” Obama said during an interview on CNN. “I’m proud of my family. People have looked into my college records, my law school records, every job I’ve ever had, and if they had been able to find those records, and if I’d ever held a job, they would’ve seen that I’ve succeded because I do my work. I work hard. Being a Fractionally Homosexual-American had nothing to do with it.”
“Although I’m certainly entitled to numerous perks & privileges due to my status as 1/32 gay,” continued the President,” I’ve gotten as far as I have only because of my own merits.”
“I’m extremely proud of the fact that I was elected the first barely-measurably gay president of the Harvard Law Review,” said Obama. “Most people think that I was elected because I was black, and – because I filled a color-quota – got away with never actually writing anything longer than a shopping list, while I frittered my days away chasing composite women – who totally existed. But because of my infinitesimal portion of fifth-hand gayness, I had to work hard all the time by occasionally introducing Critical Race Theorists at protest rallies.”
But despite the President’s well-justified unblushing admiration of his remotely ancestral leaning-toward-the-lavender, he insisted that the whole issue was a “political distraction” cooked up by his Republican opponent.
“What really matters to hard-working, middle-class Americans,” concluded the President, “is whether, while working at Bain Capital, Mitt Romney committed acts of vampirism. Did he sparkle? Did he climb trees really fast while seducing teenage girls? The voting public needs answers.”
* Obama, who previously gave himself a “solid B+” has now downgraded his grade to “incomplete” while speaking to the harpies on The View. You can just imagine him pleading to his professor, “Please don’t give me an F! Give me an incomplete instead! My dog ate my homework and then I ate the dog!”
I’m pretty sure the presidency is pass/fail anyway. He’ll get his grade in November.
* The Obama administration has charged CBS and the New York Times with bias. You’d think they’d keep quiet about that bias, but they’re actually claiming it was against them in that recent, devastating poll. Of course, this follows a pattern for Obama of trying to whine his way out of problems. “Wah! We are super popular! That poll is just mean and you’re stupid!” It’s pretty annoying, but the whining will turn to sweet music when it’s them complaining about how they lost.
“Wah! People didn’t vote for us despite how great we are because they’re racist!”
“Whatever, Rosa Parks. Here’s your bags; get out.”
* Romney has likened Obama’s rapid increasing of our debt to a prairie fire. I guess that works as analogy.
CITIZEN: “Oh no! This prairie fire is spreading rapidly! We have to do something!”
OBAMA: “I know: We’ll burn our way out of it. Let me get my flamethrower.”
CITIZEN: “That’s a horrible idea!”
OBAMA: “SHUT UP! YOU’RE STUPID AND I’M SMART!”
CITIZEN: “Gah! You’ve made things much worse! What a complete and utter failure!”
OBAMA: “It’s an incomplete.”
* Breaking News: Chris Matthews is pretty stupid. He’s one of those people extremely insecure about his intelligence — and for good reason — and so he often lashes out at others, especially Palin, to make himself feel smarter. He often mused about how bad Palin would do on Jeopardy!, and then he went on it himself and was a complete boob. Because he’s dumb.
I really don’t know how this dim bulb got on TV in the first place. They should make a show co-hosted by him and Biden where they just let them rant on the news for a half-hour and then award one of them at the end for who said the dumbest thing that night. It will be a tough, exciting competition!
* So the Ron Paul campaign ended. Yeah, I didn’t know it was still going on either. His views just weren’t popular. It ends up that people hate gold and love the Fed. Also, they’re not particularly enamored by cranks and their overenthusiastic crank supporters. Well, there’s always 2016 to… waste money on a pointless campaign that only pesters people. Seems like his politics would be more at place in a road show. He could travel town to town and have some hapless neocon for him to debate and easily defeat — it would be like the Harlem Globetrotters. Something to consider.
I thought I saw Obama hanging out with Socrates and Billy the Kid at the mall. #ObamaInHistory
Tried to hold a beer summit between Jesus and the Pharisees. #ObamaInHistory
Tried to fund high-speed aqueducts. #ObamaInHistory
With the help of Christopher Columbus, he saved or created America. #ObamaInHistory
Obama sent a recorded message to the troops at D-Day reminding them of what a political risk this was for him. #ObamaInHistory
For months now, Obama’s reelection chances on Intrade have hovered around 60% with little movement. Wonder what will finally cause a change.
Sesame Street needs government funding because the letter K and the number 7 don’t give out as much sponsorship money as they used to.
The name of the MSNBC host is Chris Matthews? Why did I think it was “Mongo”?
I’ve been feeling this urge to click my mouse over and over. Maybe I should get Diablo III.
“I Killed Bin Laden: The New Obama Memoir (Now with Accomplishments!)”
What Spanish reading proficiency do I need to play Diablo?
When did “you need to spend less than you take in” become an ideology?
Back in the day, if the Israelis and the Palestinian had only worked together, Yasser Arafat could have won a Ringo Starr lookalike contest.
“Obama: The First Eunuch President”
I like warm soft blankets and the cat likes warm soft blankets but the difference is I don’t vomit on them.
I tolerate the cats so my wife will let me have a dog.
A dog is like a gun: You have to have one to be an American.
A dog is like a gun: You feel safer with one lying around the house.
A dog is like a gun: They don’t like the mail man.
I don’t know where I’m going with this.
If I can make one unbiased observation, I think the main difference between the right and left is that we’re awesome and they’re horrible.
I’ve got “jump away from an explosion” on my bucket list. Maybe I should do that one last.
Preview of Brown/Warren debate: “Prove you’re an Indian; dance and make it rain!”
California’s new brilliant plan to save itself: They’re switching to the Euro.
The Lord of the Rings would have benefited from some midi-chlorians type explanation of how a ring can make you invisible.
I would be the first angry bird president.
Been reading Game of Thrones and now I have a strong desire to work the phrase “mummer’s farce” into everyday conversation.
I didn’t notice the resemblance myself, but Hunter of Atomic Monkey Action Squad [High Praise!] did.
Then I saw them side-by-side:

Apparently a murderous communist thug iconic image wasn’t offensive enough, so Newsweek decided to mock Christianity, instead.
[High Praise! to Spacemonkey]
Sadly, this is not a parody. This is direct from Newsweek’s Tumblr page.
Ah, our favorite nwktumblr feature is back: the also-rans! These are the alternate versions of our ‘First Gay President’ Newsweek cover that were left on the cutting room floor.
Which one’s your favorite? Your tumblrs are really digging Oliver Munday’s #2, but also like the simplicity #6 (the quote over white) brings to the table.
This is MY favorite:

Why?
Because Obama refers to himself 5 times in one sentence, reminding us all yet again what a friggin’ narcissist the guy is.
And the collection as a whole serves to remind us that Newsweek is so drunken-frat-boy-at-a-toddler’s-birthday-party out-of-touch that they thought the “gaylo” cover they finally ran with was the cream of the crop.
[High Praise! to Les of Brick Moon]

Nice touch with the dog silhouettes.
I should probably mention that Les does this sort of work professionally (as well as voice-overs & animations), so if you’re in need of that sort of service (or know someone who is), go tap Les on the shoulder.
[High Praise! to The Irritable Pundit]
You just know that Obama’s minions searched high & low for a real-life Julia before settling on a badly-drawn cartoon composite to represent America’s ultimate Ward of the State.
Who were those rejects? The Irritable Pundit offers their profiles:
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