ROSETTA SPACECRAFT captures breathtaking comet views.

More pictures at the link.

OBAMA TO LATINOS: I'm not that into you.

At the end of the day, President Obama sees Hispanics as raw numbers: new voters who he thinks will give his party future victories. But to make sure all those potential votes support big government, he must make sure that he adds to their numbers without improving their lot.

People who are independent of government largesse don't vote for Democrats.

TRANSPARENCY: Obama's chief ad agency lands $5.7 million CFPB [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Elizabeth Warren's baby)] contract that has produced no ads. Given the Friday 'publication' date and Tuesday response date, I don't think there can be any question that (a) the CFPB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Obama Inc., and (b) this is a pass-through to Obama Inc.'s slush fund.

LIBERAL FASCISM laid bare in one tweet.

The ends justify the means....

BIG DATA, BIG RESPONSIBILITY: Who will protect our personal information?

According to the report “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values” issued by U.S. president Barack Obama’s administration in May 2014, personal data management may be better off in the hands of academia.

You have got to be kidding; I wouldn't trust academia to clean out my cats' litter box, much less trust them with personal information. But then none of the choices is appealing; academia is just the 'least untrustworthy'.

NOT YET, but the time is getting closer....

INSTAPUNDIT on the 13th anniversary of 9/11.

DEMOCRATS MOVE to partially repeal the First Amendment. "[I]t seems that there is no depth to which the Democratic Party will not sink."

It reminds me of the question "What is the difference between a politician and a catfish?" Answer: "One is a scum-sucking bottom feeder; the other is a fish." In this case the scum-sucking bottom feeders are Democrats.

LIBERALS EAGERLY put women at risk because of politics: "[T]he principal principle of liberal feminism is that every woman has the inalienable right to be a disposable sex toy for some horny progressive politician."

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Back to bad schools.

My solutions? (a) get rid of teacher unions, (b) get rid of licensing and certifications, and (c) return complete control of schools to the localities they're part of. Oh, and (d) put a strict upper limit on non-teaching staff.

ONCE MORE: Climate science is political science.

DON'T BUY MY CARS: I can't afford to sell them to you.

I think I may have posted something similar a month or two back, but it's worth reposting just to remind one of the ill effects of government regulation on the marketplace: it's about control, stupid.

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIRST-GRADER?

My wife got it instantly. But then she taught 4th-5th graders.

NO VIRGINS FOR YOU: ISIS fighters terrified of death at hands of female PKK warriors. I'd suggest an appropriate punishment for captured ISIS terrorists would be to simply disarm them and turn them over to the women....

OBAMA: "I should have anticipated the 'optics'." It's not about optics; it's about compassion, and respect, and ... human decency.

None of which are apparent in this President.

STACY MCCAIN delves into the 'feminist lesbian heteronormative patriarchy'. His perfectly rational response:

Perhaps a couple of weeks of therapeutic sessions could help me overcome my resentment of pretentious snobs and Ivy League assholes, except that my resentment of them is entirely rational. These snobs and assholes are determined to destroy everything good and decent in American life, and every honest and intelligent citizen ought to be fighting to stop them, while there is still anything in this country worth fighting to save.

Read it all. But a fair warning: it's long and packed densely with progressive left idiots saying really stupid things....

PRESIDENTIAL LEGACIES:

MITT ROMNEY: "I don’t know if you can see reality from a fairway." Obama is more than adequate evidence that you can't.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (Socialist-VT) introduces proposal for new wealth tax. Notice it's a tax on other people's money. It's always about other peoples money.

IT'S OKAY TO PUNCH BACK:

So I went to confession at St Mathias on Saturday evening before Mass and started with the usual… “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been 4 weeks since my last confession. Last night, I beat the crap out of an Obama supporter.”

The Priest responds, “My son, I’m here to forgive your sins, not to discuss your community service.”

From my email.