Howard Portnoy

Howard Portnoy has written for The Blaze, HotAir, NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers, Conservative Firing Line, RedCounty, and New York’s Daily News. He has one published novel, Hot Rain, (G. P. Putnam’s Sons), and has been a guest on Radio Vice Online with Jim Vicevich, The Alana Burke Show, Smart Life with Dr. Gina, and The George Espenlaub Show.

Law and Government

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2014
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FL mom busted for pimping out her 15-year-old daughter for Super Bowl sex

Hey, what’s the big whoop? Everyone exploits Super Bowl week to make a little extra cash. Stores selling sports memorabilia…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2014
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Video: Group O’care sticker shock for workers at PA company

From The Weekly Standard comes an unstaged, unrehearsed meeting starring employees of a Pittsburgh company who are reviewing their new health…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2014
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Christian college drops non-PC team name ‘Crusaders’

And the hits just come on coming on the team name/mascot front! This time, the injury appears to be self-inflicted.…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2014
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Miami TV station mocks GOP in biased graphic

Misery, they say, loves company. Fittingly, NBC Miami affiliate WTVJ, followed the lead of its cable sister, MSNBC, in demonstrating…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyFebruary 1, 2014
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Obama continues to spread wage gap lie despite ‘mountain of evidence’ to contrary

And while we’re on the joint subjects of science and the SOTU… The other night the president told quite a whopper…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyFebruary 1, 2014
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The State Dept. has spoken: Keystone will not increase carbon emissions

Remember Democrats? They’re the “party of science.” Their spiritual leader reaffirmed their embrace of scientific method in his State of…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyFebruary 1, 2014
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Video: This year’s (yet-to-air) SB commercials

According to Forbes, studies show that 50% of Americans who tune in to the Super Bowl do so only for…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyFebruary 1, 2014
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Video: FL House hopeful challenges Obama to hoops contest

He’s calling you out, Mr. President … and on your own turf! Barack Obama, as all the world knows, is…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2014
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NYC school cutting gifted program because too few minority students qualify

This must be what Barack Obama meant in his State of the Union by a “ladder of opportunity.” Ladders, after…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2014
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Day after MSNBC president apologizes for calling GOP racist, network host repeats insult

“Hi. My name is _____, and I have a problem.” That’s more of less the format whereby first-timers at meetings…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2014
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Jon Stewart laughs in Nancy Pelosi’s face during segment on Obamacare woes

There are numerous indices that can be used to quantify how disastrous Barack Obama and his signature health care law…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2014
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Must-see video: Chicago ‘blactivists’ tell Obama ‘Just quit’

Make no mistake. Despite a drop-off in polling numbers among Barack Obama’s most ardent support group, blacks, he still enjoys…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2014
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Breakfast of Champions

Who says MSNBC, despite its flagging ratings, isn’t good for advertising? Just ask General Mills, makers of Cheerios. The company…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2014
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Detroit cops under investigation for pushing reporter during interview of pol

Reporters are supposed to cover the headlines, not make them. Yet, for the second day running, the name of a…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2014
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MSNBC Cheerio cheer heard round the world

There are no do-overs for those guilty of stereotypes. You make the statement, you own the statement. Much as MSNBC…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2014
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Video: Terrorists attack monastery, try to topple ‘idolatrous’ Jesus statue

Religion of peace exercising its “outreach” program: Militants from Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Qaeda) in collaboration with the Ghuraba’ (Foreigners) Brigade have…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2014
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U. of Minnesota Black Student Union: Stop mentioning race in crime alerts

NOTE: An earlier version of this story conflated the actions of the Black Student Unions at two separate universities, the University of…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2014
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Dumbest tweet, reply ever

Mollie Hemingway writes: There are a few things that strike the reader upon reading the following tweet, which references Sgt. 1st…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2014
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‘State of the Uterus’ address?

From a group that calls itself LadyPartsJustice.com, I’m not sure I’d expect anything more uplifting than a speech by a…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2014
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Congressman physically threatens reporter redux

I am tempted to call Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) a “thug,” except that that term has been declared the equivalent…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2014
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Obama SOTU filled with mistatements and distortions, GOP response not so much

If you missed last night’s State of the Union address and asked what the president talked about, the best answer…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2014
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Bush speechwriter: Obama plagiarized GWB’s 2007 SOTU

As dark clouds continue to gather over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, all but the most diehard Obama worshipers grudgingly concede that…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2014
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Futuristic chastity bra: Unhooks only for ‘true love’

Who but the Japanese could invent a bra with a built-in “True Love Tester” that weeds out dudes whose only…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2014
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SOTU drinking game

Generation Opportunity, which describes itself as a “free-thinking, liberty-loving, national organization of young people promoting the best of America,” should add…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2014
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PC police APB: Hubertus von Hohenlohe guilty of racial stereotyping

It’s hard to say what facet of this story is the most absurd. Is it that Mexico, a country that…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2014
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‘Ted stole my Obamaphone’

Count on LU to bring you important firsts in the annals of law enforcement. We bring you this first secondhand,…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2014
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Federal cop sends nude selfie to woman who sought his help

It may have been a simple misunderstanding. A woman had asked officer Jason Fougere for help. He apparently thought she…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2014
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Indiana mom confesses to ‘selling’ her young children to pervert in exchange for sex

Getting “the urge” or “itch” is understandable. It is a natural part of the human condition. What one is willing…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2014
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Sexism label for thee, GOP, but not for me

It’s hard to imagine a more graphic depiction of the disconnect between liberals’ accusation of sexism and practice thereof than…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2014
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Pope releases ‘peace doves’ … which are then viciously attacked

Talk about your pithy omens! From the Daily News via Weasel Zippers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cr3opSLNLJg Two white doves that were released by…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2014
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Still Bush’s fault after 5 years and counting

You lose: Pay up. What, you don’t recall we had a bet? You said Obama would stop blaming George W.…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2014
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The SOTU by the numbers

In an earlier QT, I noted that Ted Cruz thinks the president should apologize during his upcoming State of the…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2014
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Ted Cruz: Obama should apologize to nation in SOTU

Alternate title: “Dreams from His President” (h/t Weasel Zippers). The Texas senator was on Face the Nation, when he dreamed aloud:…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2014
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Megavirus alert: Disregard previous message

Earlier today, I posted the following: This comes from a friend of a friend. If it is true, someone cares…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2014
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Possibly the dumbest feminist column ever written

I have to admit that after reading a blog post titled “I Look Down On Young Women With Husbands And…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJanuary 25, 2014
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Another doofus captured grinning inappropriately at scene of national tragedy

P.T. Barnum never said, “There’s a jackass born every minute.” Then again, the legendary showman lived before the age of…
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