He Turned Me into a Newt

Gingrich to Make It Official: He's 'Exploring' Presidential Bid

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is taking the first formal steps toward launching a presidential campaign.

No surprise to Blaspheme's readers. We've been reporting that he's been hanging out in Iowa... a lot.

A senior Republican official confirmed the news, first reported by ABC.

Legally, Gingrich does not need to form a committee to begin the "exploratory" phase of a presidential campaign. The Federal Election Commission requires only that he begin tracking his donations and report them when he forms a full-fledged presidential committee.

To all you folks out there yelling and screaming and jumping on chairs - I seriously doubt that candidate Gingrich has a chance at the nomination. He has more baggage than an the Orlando Airport carousel. What with his family values kind of not-parallel with the rest of the party image.

Between the hard-core Republicans and hard-core Progressives who absolutely hate Newt, he's nothing more than a potential punching bag on the debate stage, and to this author, may very well may be a wringer.

Now that said -- he'd be a PERFECT Veep candidate for the GOP!

Great Art

I "discovered" the Polish artist Rysunek satyryczny Pawła Kuczyńskiego the other day.
His work reminds me of Garry Larson or even Gahan Wilson - two of the greats.

Visit his other work

Hideout in Rockford

Marathon Pundit: Rockford IL tourism video with Rick Nielsen: "Are you a state Senator from Wisconsin?"

After gaining some infamy a couple of weeks ago when 14 Democratic members of the Wisconsin state Senate encamped there, the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is having fun with it--by producing a video in which passerbys are asked, "Are you a state Senator from Wisconsin?"

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, a Rockford native,appears in it.

Gun Buy Back OutBid

In an interesting twist, an Austin TX gun buy-back program, the police have been out bid!

"About 40 gun buyers, both independent and otherwise, stood in front of the Austin Police Gun Buyback Event offering CASH for the guns they were about to turn in to the city for food cards. As people rolled up, we approached them with our offers, and paid them hard cash after inspecting the guns to make sure they were operable. (the Police were unbelievably cooperative in the process)"

The author goes on to mention that he got a 9 mm for a fraction of the cost.

Meanwhile, DETROIT GUN ‘BUY BACK’ MAY HELP SOME KILLERS ESCAPE JUSTICE

And this... Sheriff resells criminals’ guns: a look at how murder weapons end up back on the street

Original Source.

Thought you Blasphemer's would be interested in the story.

A Quick Note from Libya

Thank's, but we got this. Stay the hell out.