. To each and every one of you, I wish you a Happy and Wonderful Thanksgiving! . -mario ___ To receive email notifications of new posts from MarioPiperniDotCom, click on Subscribe. . Read Full Story

Fox News does this on such a regular basis that we hardly notice anymore. . . Let me take a slant different than what you’ll read on most liberal blogs. I’m not going to slam Perino here.  Yes, she’s a typical delusional conservative but I don’t think she’s an idiot.  She’s quite aware of 9/11. What she most probably meant to say was that under President Bush, there had been no attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. It’s sort of 9/11 being the point from wh... Read Full Story

Ed Begley Jr. gets it perfectly right here. . Watch the latest business video at <a href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com/” mce_href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com/”>FOXBusiness.com</a> . What makes me laugh about the position held by climate change deniers is their claim that global warming is a hoax which somehow has hundreds of thousands of scientists and government officials from around the world working in un... Read Full Story

. You know it’s just a matter of time before they cart Beck away to the funny house. . ___ To receive email notifications of new posts from MarioPiperniDotCom, click on Subscribe. . Read Full Story

A wonderful video with some amazing stats. . . Off to the beach for a walk and some reading. Open thread. ___ To receive email notifications of new posts from MarioPiperniDotCom, click on Subscribe. . Read Full Story

. Here is exactly why I think Sarah Palin is a worthless pile of crap. “There’s been a lack of acknowledgment by our president in understanding what it is that the American military provides in terms of, obviously, the safety, the security of our country,” Palin said during an interview with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren. “I want him to acknowledge the sacrifices that these individual men and women — our sons, our daughters, our moms, our dads, our brothers and sisters — are providing this c... Read Full Story

. Ok, I think I know how to get conservative support for the Dems health care bills.  Reps have been in a frenzy over “socialized” medicine…it’s going to bring on the end of civilization as we know it, blah, blah, blah.  Whatever. But, I’m thinking, what if we can show them that socialized medicine has a few benefits which can really really help these guys out? I give you Cuba! Cuba has announced that it is offering government-funded penile implants free of char... Read Full Story

. Who says there’s no common sense in Tennessee? A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars. The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with permits to pack their pistols in places serving alcohol, providing the establishments made more than half their profits from food. Nashville Judge Claudia Bonnyman said the law was “fraught with ambiguity” and ruled in favor of a suit brought by restaurant owne... Read Full Story

. It appears a decision has been made on Afghanistan. President Obama has conducted a final meeting on his military review for Afghanistan, administration officials said, and he is planning to explain his decision in an address to the nation next Tuesday. “After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision, and he will announce that decision within days,” Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said Tuesday morning. ... Read Full Story

. Matthew Dowd, a former Bush strategist, makes the case that while not likely, a President Palin (I just shuddered at the sight of those last two words side by side) is a possibility. Polls show that Palin’s favorability numbers are a mirror image of those of Obama. She is respected and loved by the Republican base, while Democrats despise her. Granted, independent voters have significant reservations about her capability to be president, and this would be a hurdle in the general elec... Read Full Story