Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the Iranian capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.

Iranian authorities had promised tough action to prevent the marches, which supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been planning for days in Internet messages. Heavy police forces deployed at key points in the city ahead of the marches, and Tehran's governor vowed to smash anyone who heeded the demonstration calls.

In some places, police struck hard. Security forces chased after protesters, beating them with clubs on Valiasr Street, Tehran's biggest north-south avenue, witnesses said.

As his prompt and unconditional support for the attempted communist takeover in Honduras proves, our Dear Leader is no longer opposed to "meddling" by taking sides. Let's see how long it takes him this time to figure out whose side he's supposed to be on.

Hat tip: Cristy Li.

In a release touting an agreement between Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev over how to craft a follow-up to the START arms reduction treaty, the White House claimed the document had been signed by one "Barak Obama."

At least they didn't spell his last name Osama, which could easily happen, given the tendency of his supporters toward Freudian mix-ups.

On a tip from J.

Following a link from the Recovery Act Opportunities page at Recovery.com, we find that the Porkulus Package has produced a staggering 63 job openings.

Why, that's probably a whole government job for every 100,000 jobs that will be destroyed as the taxes Obama's spree will necessitate force businesses to shrivel up and die. Thanks, Big Government!

Rule by moonbats has produced even more job opportunities for those with politically favored skin tones. In New York:

During the first five months of this year, with the Senate under the control of its first African-American majority leader, Smith, top Democrats bemoaned the lack of minority Senate staffers.

But instead of trying to recruit new hires, they fired nearly 200 almost exclusively white workers and replaced them with a large number of minority employees, many of whom were seen by their fellow workers to be unskilled at their new jobs.

The move produced severe racial tensions, made worse by the fact that, as a high-level Democratic staffer confided, "We've been told to only hire minorities.''

Maybe our rulers are testing us, to see just what it would take to make us rebel.

On a tip from Stephana. Hat tip: The Blogprof.

That's a drop of 38 points since January 22. When Strongly Disapprove hits 100%, he will have united America as promised.

As the hype wears off, people are starting to figure out that his sacred skin tone doesn't obligate them to approve of an arrogant punk who is systematically destroying our country.

Imagine what the approval index will be if he actually gets his Tax and Charade bill through the Senate, and it produces the intended effects of launching energy costs and unemployment through the stratosphere.

Since the Moonbat Messiah is too big to fail, the people who put him in office — i.e., Big Media — will try to prop him up. With any luck, he'll drag them down with him.

On tips from Karin, mega, and blue.

Greenpeace activists were arrested Wednesday for scaling Mount Rushmore and hanging a banner next to the carved face of Abraham Lincoln urging President Barack Obama to get tough on climate change. …

"Doing what it takes to solve global warming demands real political courage," Greenpeace USA deputy campaigns director Carroll Muffett said in a statement.

Little Miss Muffett needn't worry — Comrade Obama has been eager to use the global warming hoax as a pretext to cripple the economy, putting millions more in a state of government dependency. With Big Media behind him, it will hardly take courage. No doubt she knows that; the spectacle was intended to create the impression that "the people" want Chairman Zero to consign us to economic ruin on behalf of the polar bears.

On tips from J and BURNING HOT. Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.

Akron police say they aren't ready to call it a hate crime …

But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear.

It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium. Marshall, his family and two friends were gathered outside a friend's home in South Akron.

Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by dozens of teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family.

The Marshalls, who are white, say the crowd of teens who attacked them and two friends June 27 on Girard Street numbered close to 50. The teens were all black.

Marshall spent five nights in the critical care unit with a concussion and multiple bruises to his head and eye. The construction worker is now on the line for $thousands in medical bills.

Good thing he didn't inflict any damage in return. Then he would have the added expense of defending himself from hate crime charges. As it is, "the case is not being classified as a racial hate crime."

On tips from Jacob, nancz, Viking04, and mega.

Compliments of Michelle.

A Ghanaian woman has married her dog because it has qualities she had seen only in her late father.

Emily Mabou, 29, of Aburi, married the 18-month-old dog in a ceremony attended by a traditional priest and local, curious villagers, reports the Daily Dose. …

In the ceremony, the priest warned villagers not to mock the wedding, but to "rejoice with her as she has found happiness at last".

Asked how she intends to raise children with her new husband, Ms Mabou said simply: "We will adopt."

That's how gays do it.

It would probably screw kids up less having a dog for a daddy. At least Fido won't tiptoe into their bedroom at night.

Hat tip: The Blogprof.

On a tip from TED.

On a tip from Janet.

On a tip from Michael S.

Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill yesterday when he urged political leaders to follow the example of Britain's wartime leader in the battle against climate change.

The former US Vice-President accused governments around the world of exploiting ignorance about the dangers of global warming to avoid taking difficult decisions.

Speaking in Oxford at the Smith School World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment, sponsored by The Times, Mr Gore said: "Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource."

Sorry, Prince Albert, but I'm still not taking your discredited hoax seriously. Maybe if you shrieked just a little more hysterically…

On tips from Jay Guevara, BURNING HOT, and Ghost of Vince Foster. Hat tip: The Blogprof.

According to Rasmussen, 37% strongly disapprove of the Moonbat Messiah, despite the relentless media campaign on his behalf, and the psychological ju-jitsu by which our rulers have subconsciously convinced many of us that we are "racists" if we oppose him. Strongly approve gets 32% and crumbling, leaving only 31% who haven't yet been politically polarized after a mere 6 months.

The hard left may have overplayed its hand by installing an actual communist in the White House. His demented policies could succeed at destroying America and replacing it with a half-starved socialist slave state. But if they don't, the backlash should rid us of moonbattery for generations. Maybe the Community Activist in Chief will unite us after all.

On tips from mega and blue.

Resolved, That the House of Representatives

(1) recognizes Michael Jackson as a global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises; and

(2) celebrates Michael Jackson as an accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment, scientific advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and global food security.

Presumably the bill does not include anything about his contribution to advancing the spread of HIV/AIDS to children, by doing more to normalize pederasty than NAMBLA could in a century.

Via Michelle Malkin, here's Jackson Lee portraying the degenerate King of Pop as another Mother Teresa and milking his drug-induced demise for more moonbat votes:

On tips from John R and nancz.