What the president didn't know...

...and when he didn't know it.

It's kind of shocking, especially since he's been regularly touted by media boosters as "the smartest occupant of the Oval Office -- ever."

The following is a "fun" little list of things President Obama "wasn't aware of happening" -- until long after the fact:

"Obama 'Unaware on Investments"--headline, Albany (Ga.) Herald, March 8, 2007

"Obama 'Unaware of Illegal Aunt' "--headline, BBC website, Nov. 1, 2008

"Obama Unaware of Tea Party Protests"--headline, Examiner.com, April 15, 2009

"Obama Unaware of Backroom Deal, White House Says"--headline, Dallas Morning Newswebsite, June 4, 2010

"Blago Judge: Obama Unaware of Seat Exchange Bid"--headline, Associated Press, May 16, 2011

"Sebelius: Obama Unaware of ACA Website Glitches Before Launch"--headline,CaliforniaHealthline.org, Oct. 23, 2013

"Obama Reportedly Unaware NSA Spied on 35 World Leaders"--headline, ABCNews.com, Oct. 28

And that's just the short list!

(h/t: James Taranto/WSJ's "Best of the Web Today")

Dumb and dumber...

It's 1994 all over again...or maybe it's just a sequel to the mildly funny (prescient?) film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels...except the scenes below from the new version of "Dumb and Dumber" aren't really all that funny...when you think about it...

Joe Biden gets a request from one of those pesky taxpayers…

Joe Biden tell us: “We can’t recover all the jobs lost.” How about just a few?

He ordered a two-scooper...

If you’re in town with a group of other world leaders to talk about the biggest challenges facing mankind, what’s the first question you’d ask? Why, “You’ve got a lot of golf courses here, don’t you?” of course…

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich actually considered naming Oprah Winfrey to fill Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat. That would have been two untested, unqualified Chicago folks in a row…

Who's getting a Senate seat?!?!?!

Sorry, Sarah: Eureka College – the Gipper’s alma mater – isn’t in California. D’oh!

FIFA=FAIL (part 348): FIFA – the despotic/idiotic ruling body for international soccer (including the current World Cup) has blown another call. According to the Wall Street Journal, “FIFA will censor World Cup match action being shown on giant screens inside the stadium after replays of Argentina's disputed first goal against Mexico fueled arguments on the pitch.” So FIFA decides not to use video replay to judge crucial calls and decides to censor stadium scoreboard replays so that their officials don’t come under criticism. That sounds just about right, considering the source of the decision.

FIFA=FAIL (part 349): So the argument against any instant replay is that it will take the game down a “slippery slope?” I can understand that. I mean, who wants a game with integrity…right, FIFA?

It doesn’t look like the Al Gore’s masseuse-assault allegations problem is going to have a happy ending…

Is that a poodle cut?

Why is Vietnam increasingly spelled “Afghanistan?”

Finally: U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West VA), the longest-serving senator – ever – has died. He was 92. He was also the longest-serving (former) member of the Ku Klux Klan in the Democratic Caucus.

Robert Byrd giving the White Power salute...