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Michelle Malkin
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Adam Lambert at the AMAs: Bottom of the barrel
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Gitmo detainees will use trials as “platform” to bash America
22 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pmOne of the Gitmo defendants’ lawyers confirms the obvious: The civilian trials for 9/11-linked enemy combatants are nothing more than a grand excuse to use our legal system to bash America and spread the jihadi virus on the world stage. [...] Read the rest » -
Barbie meets sharia
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Wheeling & dealing: Snowe pow-wows with Obama; Landrieu, Schumer, Daschle behind the scenes
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Saturday in the Senate: Cash for Cloture; Reid gets 60; Update: 8:15pm Eastern cloture vote – 60-39; Voinovich absent; Dems invoke Teddy Kennedy; Reid: “Ted would be happy.”
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FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right
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Advice To Blanche Lincoln: Speak Softly, But Carry Firm Position on Health Care Reform
22 Nov 2009 | 2:01 pmArkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, who is up for a tough re-election fight next year, really doesn't have any good choices when it comes to the Democrats' health care reform bill. On the one hand, the measure has become unpopular in her state, and Arkansas -- which was not so long ago considered a swing state, has since become deeply red: one of just a handful of states where Republicans actually gained ground between 2004 and 2008. On the other hand, opposing the measure would depress her base, virtually ensure a primary challenge, perhaps cost her plum committee assignments in the Democratic… -
Is Gallup "upping the sample to black Americans"?
22 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pmMark Blumenthal links to Rush Limbaugh accusing Gallup of "upping the sample to black Americans to keep [Obama] up at 50%" in the polls. (For the context, see the last paragraph of the transcript.)Frank Newport of Gallup responds here. Newport denies it all, but he would, wouldn't he?Seriously, though, it's hard to believe that Limbaugh really believes that Gallup is fudging the numbers. As a big-time radio host, he's gotta know all about marketing surveys, right? I'm just assuming he said that "upping the sample" bit as more of a joke or an off-the-wall speculation. It did raise two… -
Is The Public Option Un-Un-Dead?
21 Nov 2009 | 4:57 pmHaving underestimated the resilience of the public option before, I'm naturally a bit reluctant to do so again. But with three or four Senators threatening to filibuster a bill that contains a public option, it's time for a review of the landscape.The fundamentals of the public option are, in some sense, still fairly strong. It polls well. Perhaps more importantly, the CBO seems to think that it would save money. For this reason, I don't think we can completely rule out the possibility that Lincoln, Nelson, et. al. could be persuaded about its merits. Also, importantly, the bill that will be… -
Lincoln To Vote for Motion to Proceed, But Threatens Filibuster on Public Option
21 Nov 2009 | 12:22 pmMostly just stealing someone else's copy here -- in this case, Politico's:Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) said she’d deliver the deciding vote to push forward with a sweeping health reform plan in the Senate Saturday, ending days of speculation over whether President Barack Obama’s signature priority would proceed to the floor or suffer a debilitating blow.As with several centrists before her, Lincoln’s yes vote to start debate came wrapped in series of serious concerns about the current bill – and she said it would require major revisions before she could cast a similar vote in favor… -
I Read Through 160,000,000 Bytes of Hacked Files And All I Got Was This Lousy E-Mail
20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pmIt's the global warming scandal of the century, says Michelle Malkin!The exposure of the warmist conspiracy, says Andrew Bolt!The final nail in the coffin of anthropogenic global warming, bleats James Delingpole!A stunning tour de force -- four stars, says Leonard Maltin!OK, so that last quote is made up. But the others aren't. What is it these conservatives are so excited about?Apparently, the networks of University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit were hacked into last night. Approximately 160 megabytes of files, containing hundreds or thousands of e-mails and documents were leaked as…
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Hot Air
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Quotes of the day
22 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm“Democrats would be foolish to write off her visceral power. [...] Read the rest » -
Democratic senator: Sure, I’ll commit political suicide to pass ObamaCare
22 Nov 2009 | 3:53 pmIt’s not every day you see a politician extend a rhetorical middle finger to his constituents, so enjoy this. [...] Read the rest » -
Video: SNL destroys Obama over spending
22 Nov 2009 | 11:30 amNot only timely and topical, but genuinely funny. [...] Read the rest » -
Video: When Andrea met Sarah
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WaPo reports on East Anglia CRU e-mails, global-warming controversy
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TOWNHALL.COM
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Greg Hengler: McCain Tells Sr. Citizens To Cut Up Their AARP Cards
22 Nov 2009 | 6:44 pmMcCain's bright moment on the Senate floor: Big H/T to Lee Habeeb. -
Carol Platt Liebau: Talk About "Inconvenient" Fiscal Truths!
22 Nov 2009 | 2:40 pmDavid Broder takes it to the Democrats, who are trying to sprinkle the stinking health care budget numbers with fairy dust and fantasy: Perhaps the biggest of those [Democrat-sponsored budget] maneuvers was Reid's... -
Carol Platt Liebau: Re: As the Senate Votes Tonight
22 Nov 2009 | 11:12 amJust to add my two cents to the post below by Townhall staff. Make no mistake that last night's vote was a serious threat. Every American that loves liberty -- and a strong US economy -- needs to make his or her voice... -
Meredith Jessup: Catholic Bishop Denies Communion for Pro-Choice Kennedy
22 Nov 2009 | 7:20 amRep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island is telling local media in the state that Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has "forbidden" Kennedy from receiving holy communion during Catholic services because of his strong... -
Townhall.com Staff: That's It.
21 Nov 2009 | 5:03 pmThe cloture vote is through.Byrd was wheeled in in a chair. Landrieu sat near the clerk. You could barely hear her "aye." Lincoln sounded more confident. Lucky (or unlucky) Senate aids sat near the clerk as well....
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Patrick Ruffini
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GOP Revival: There's An App for That
6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pmWhat Ramesh Ponnuru has written about Tuesday's wins is right in so many ways: More important, a few Republican candidates have demonstrated that it is possible to transcend the party's conservative-moderate divide. In Virginia, Robert McDonnell won a landslide — the first Republican win in a governor's race there in 12 years — by running as a problem solver. Social conservatives know he is one of them. But independent voters strongly backed him too. Voters as a whole trusted him more than his Democratic opponent on everything from fixing the roads to strengthening the economy. -
NY-23 Across America
30 Oct 2009 | 4:53 amWhat follows may be akin to one of those crazy ideas Dick Morris used to come up with in the Clinton White House, only one in ten of which turned out to be workable -- but when they worked, oh man, did they work. The key fact that sticks out in my mind about Doug Hoffman's incredible momentum in NY-23 is that his election would not have been possible had he been the Republican nominee. The fact that we may be about to elect a non-squish from New York has everything to do with the fact that he is running as a third-party independent, and not a Republican (even if the Conservative Party is an… -
The Left's Tenacious Advocacy for a Public Option
21 Oct 2009 | 7:42 amIf the public option passes in some form, thank the liberal blogosphere who put pressure on Democratic members of Congress to publicly threaten to derail health care reform if it wasn't included in the final bill. The specter of Democrats reverse-filibustering their own President's plan is what has kept the public option alive, even if one could argue that "alive" is akin to a persistent vegetative state. Contrast this to yes-man approach of the Congressional GOP in the early Bush years, and I personally find a lot to like about the Democratic model of the Congressional party serving as a… -
NY-23: Doug Hoffman for Congress
17 Oct 2009 | 8:40 pmThe Sienna poll of New York's 23rd Congressional district released Friday found Democrat Bill Owens pulling into the lead with 33 percent, followed by liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava at 29 and Conservative Party hopeful Doug Hoffman at 23. Combined, the Republican and Conservative lines lead the Democrat 52 to 33 percent. And in a normal election, that would be that -- maybe 95% of the time the Conservatives cross-endorse the Republican. Scozzafava's particularly egregious liberal record -- pro-card check and pro-stimulus -- rendered that impossible. And so we are faced with a… -
Rising Rightroots and Declining Netroots Now at Parity (or Better)
26 Sep 2009 | 10:42 pmFlickr photo by Mike Bryant Lost in the hubbub about the tea parties, the health care town hall protests, Joe Wilson, and the ACORN sting is the outcome of a long-simmering meta debate about the vibrancy of the grassroots right and its capacity to organize online. Along with a slew of other bad political indicators, the perception that the GOP might be stuck in a permanent Luddite rut reached its peak with the election of Obama and the role the Internet played in his victory. Nearly a year later, not only have things turned around, but they've done so faster than anyone could have dreamed or…
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Ace of Spades HQ
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Reviews Gone Rogue
23 Nov 2009 | 3:56 amSomeone throws out a poorly-written story from Sarah Palin's book to the liberal anklebiters in the Slate comment section. It might not sound like that's the kind of thing you want to read, but seriously, read it anyway. Thanks to... -
I Have No Mouth. And I Must Scream.
23 Nov 2009 | 2:13 amJust awful, nightmare fuel: A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him... -
Overnight Open Thread (Mætenloch)
22 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pmLast call for the weekend - make these last few hours count. Unless you're funemployed and in that case be prepared to settle in for the ONT long haul. Meet Bhut Jolokia, the Hottest Pepper in the World Bhut jolokia... -
Ethical vegan- It's what's for dinner
22 Nov 2009 | 9:36 pmThis guy is my new favorite post-human. LATELY more people have begun to express an interest in where the meat they eat comes from and how it was raised. Were the animals humanely treated? Did they have a good quality... -
CRU Hackery Links
22 Nov 2009 | 7:16 pmJohn Hinderaker at PowerLine have been doing a great job digging through the emails leaked from the the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit. The "tricks" to obscure climate data weren't just being used ten years ago. Here John...
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Confederate Yankee
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The Unrequited Dream of Smart Guns
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The Day the Left Stood Still
21 Nov 2009 | 12:20 pmAs you know by now the Great Climate Change Hoax—which has been steadily losing ground in the past few years—suffered what should be a fatal blow when hackers raided the servers of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit... -
Administration's Firing of Walpin May Have Been Part Of Cover-Up to Protect Ally
20 Nov 2009 | 9:43 amDoing things the Chicago Way: A congressional investigation of the volunteer organization AmeriCorps contains charges that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee handled "damage control" after allegations of sexual misconduct against her now fiance, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA... -
Hacked Emails Show Climate Change Scientists Committing Fraud
20 Nov 2009 | 6:18 amThe climate always changes. It is in a state of constant flux, and thought to be primarily driven by the warming and cooling cycles of our sun (which has a climate of its own), a fact that disreputable scientists competing... -
ACORN. Juvenile Prostitution. Los Angeles.
19 Nov 2009 | 8:34 pmStop me if you've heard this before, again. I'm really starting to wonder exactly what it was Barack Obama was teaching these people. Needless to say, the consistent, nearly uniform acceptance of the sex slavery of minors should be grounds...
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Gateway Pundit
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9-11 Terrorists Ready to Rock New York City In Terror Show Trials
22 Nov 2009 | 8:19 pmThanks Barack. The 9-11 terrorists are ready to rock New York City- again. The 9-11 terrorists are stoked to turn the New York City show trials into the most awesome terrorist spectacle since the 9-11 attacks. The AP reported, via FOX Nation: The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but “would explain what happened… -
That’s Weird. SNL Rips Obama In Really Funny Skit
22 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pmCan anyone explain this? This parody on SNL last night not only nailed Obama over his failed economic policies but was actually genuinely funny. Wow. Saturday Night Live slammed Obama over his failed Stimulus Bill, his failed Cash for Clunkers program, his trillion dollar nationalized health care plan, his midreading of the current crisis and his record spending. Will heads roll on Monday? Related… A failed presidency is now unavoidable. Sadly, this isn’t a parady. -
Dem Landrieu Will Hold Fundraiser For Harry Reid After Receiving $300 Million For Obamacare Vote
22 Nov 2009 | 4:35 pmThis week Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was paid $300 million for her vote for Obamacare by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. To show her gratitude Senator Landrieu will hold a fundraiser for Harry Reid next month. -
Reid Senate Bill: Uninsured Americans Will Pay Penalty… Uninsured Aliens Won’t
22 Nov 2009 | 3:57 pmMore hope and change… Obamacare will penalize uninsured Americans but uninsured aliens will get a pass. What a shock. Keith Hennessey reported, via Instapundit: Under Leader Reid’s amendment, in the year 2019 about 16 million U.S. citizens would be uninsured and be forced to pay a penalty tax of almost $800 per year. About eight million illegal aliens would be uninsured and would owe no penalty tax. Both groups would get their health care through a combination of out-of-pocket spending and use of uncompensated care in emergency rooms and free health clinics. This seems unfair. -
US Men Linked to Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (Video)
22 Nov 2009 | 5:48 amDavid Coleman Headley is the son of a former Pakistani diplomat. He had vowed to “retaliate against India” in one of his e-mail messages intercepted by investigators. From the video: The American Muslim Terrorist enjoyed a hotline connection with his Pakistani masters, not just the Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders but also the Pak army. Islamic Terrorist David Coleman Headley’s Pak army connection exposed (13 Nov 2009) The two men were arrested for plotting to attack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed. Newsweek reported:…
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The Next Right
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Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs
19 Nov 2009 | 12:10 pmStories and reports continue to break about the stimulus bill that was rushed through congress earlier this year and the fact that it has not succeeded in creating more jobs for Americans. Still, there doesn't appear to be any leadership or a unified voice raising the tenor of outrage about this massive failure by the Democratic leaders in Congress and the Administration. The more people scratch the surface of the stimulus reports, the more they discover a government boondoggle - with non-existent congressional districts, counting jobs that were created without stimulus funding,… -
X-Sen. Harry Reid
19 Nov 2009 | 11:38 amI don't know much about Danny Tarkanian other than the fact that his dad coached some exciting basketball teams, but if the rest of his campaign is as funny and on target as this ad, then Harry Reid in a world of trouble: Average: 0 Your rating: None -
The problem with Recovery.gov isn't the data, it is the politics
19 Nov 2009 | 5:12 amThe White House has gotten a black eye for two key problems with the Recovery.gov stimulus database. The first problem was that the numbers of jobs were bogus. The Washington Examiner has concluded that at least 10% of the jobs were fabrications. The second problem was that the data about congressional districts were clearly garbage. But I am not here to rehash this. There is a legitimate problem with the data. But the data wouldn't be such a big deal if the White House hadn't tried to politicize the data and claim victory.Recovery.gov is a tremendous success for the transparency movement. -
How candidates can pick up support from the Tea Party and libertarian crowd
16 Nov 2009 | 10:47 pmOn November 10th, the Rainy Day Patriots (the group organized in conjunction with Birmingham Tea Parties) and Campaign for Liberty hosted a gubernatorial debate in Springville, Alabama. All of the announced candidates were invited, four committed to the event, and three actually showed. The debate was moderated by local talk show host Matt Murphy and a representative from each of the sponsoring organizations. During the debate, Robert Bentley, Tim James and Bill Johnson all presented themselves as fiscal conservatives. However, one of these candidates decisively won the straw poll following… -
Government Health Care: Who's being naive?
16 Nov 2009 | 11:36 amMore than a few people have accurately observed that politics invariably turns into a a protection racket. Note: None have made the point more enjoyably than the brilliant Mary Katharine Ham in this video. In the Washington Examiner, Dr. Paul Hsieh (of Geekpress) points out that, even if they only intend to give people lower costs and more access, government tends to make offers that you can't refuse. We already see this happening in health care, and more intervention will only exacerbate it - especially as the budget crunch becomes more a more immediate problem. Suppose the mafia…
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RedState
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The Louisiana Purchase
22 Nov 2009 | 5:15 pmBack in the old days, people would at least look ashamed when caught being bribed, but not Mary Landrieu. It’s being called the Louisiana Purchase. Senator Harry Reid put a provision on the health care plan that originally called for $100 million to be funneled to Louisiana exclusively. Mary Landrieu refused to vote for cloture on the motion to proceed to the health care debate. Reid raised the offer to $300 million and Mary proved she wasn’t a cheap date after all — she took the increase, voted for cloture, and then bragged about the $300 million bribe. In a statement sure to… -
The Terrorists Will Plead Not Guilty
22 Nov 2009 | 5:05 pmIt should not be surprising to learn, though it may make your blood pressure go up. The terrorists who orchestrated 9/11 and masterminded the deaths of thousands of Americans will plead not guilty. They will use their case to try American foreign policy. Fox News has the details. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but “would explain what happened and why they did it.” The trial of Zacarius Moussaoui tied up the federal courts for six years and he had pled guilty. How long will the… -
The Great Global Warming Fraud
22 Nov 2009 | 4:59 pmLate last week, servers at Britain’s Climate Research Unit, a part of the University of East Anglia, were hacked and over 172 megabytes of data dumped onto the internet for public access. The data paints an ugly picture of scientists operating as political hacks orchestrating smear campaigns against global warming dissidents, deleting files rather than make their data publicly available, and manufacturing data to prove their case when the actual data does nothing of the sort. The University of East Anglia has confirmed the authenticity of the documents. With that confirmation, we see… -
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) denied Communion.
22 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pmAt least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it - and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament. Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter indicating that the bishop has chastised the Congressman on the subject of abortion since at least 2007; which will call into question the accuracy of Kennedy’s accusation that this is all about the Church’s firm line on abortion funding. It’s probably a… -
The Strategy Going Forward
22 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amSixty Senators voted to proceed to debate health care. There will be another shot at stopping it through filibuster. Mary Landrieu, after getting $300 million in the bill for Louisiana, voted for it. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas not only voted for it, but now favors a public option. Voters will remember. Along the way, there seems to be divisions shaping up within the Democratic Party. Amendments will be offered to try to patch up differences. Republicans should exploit this. Drag out consideration of the bill as those divisions grow, then offer amendments to exploit the divisions. As I have…
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Right Wing News
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7 Nov 2009 | 8:34 amThis is the correct RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/rightwingnews/hGmL?format=xml You might want to do it now, while you're thinking about it. Just a suggestion. Thank you!... -
Urgent! If You Are Seeing This In Your RSS Feed...
26 Oct 2009 | 8:58 am...you have the old one. Change over to this RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/rightwingnews/hGmL?format=xml You might want to do it now, while you're thinking about it. Just a suggestion. Thank you!... -
Hitler, copyright and "fair use"
25 Oct 2009 | 3:14 pmThe "Downfall parodies" aren't really parodies, in the legal sense. But as this one demonstrates, "Hitler" does seem to understand something about copyright, law, intellectual property management and, of course, slaloming through alternative realities: Never before has an historical figure,... -
Just to walk on American soil
11 Oct 2009 | 1:57 pmDo you ever realize how much we take for granted? We live in the greatest country in the world, one that shines the light of freedom for all the world to see. That light continues to shine brightly thanks to... -
No wonder Europe loves us now
11 Oct 2009 | 1:53 pmIn the most unsurprising news ever, the United States is now beloved by the world again. Everyone celebrate! The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration,...
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FiveFeetOfFury
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Conservative Christmas presents: shop online!
25 Dec 2009 | 2:00 amI've put together a site devoted to conservative Christmas presents: the latest books, calendars and other merchandise, PLUS special stuff like: * camo Christmas stockings * gun magazine subscriptions * patriotic gear and decorations * and lots more... I'll be adding to the site from now until Christmas! PS: one of the merchants is having a special limited time offer already -- you might want to check it out. Thanks for shopping with me! -
Dear Jeff Jacoby: ideas don't do bad things. PEOPLE do them
22 Nov 2009 | 11:32 amMy email to Jeff Jacoby after reading this... Jeff normally you're right on but... Mexico is a third world country, where corruption is considered normal. Mexicans don't value higher education; unlike the Europeans who came before them, they don't have a rich intellectual or scientific tradition. In Mexico, it is still the 1970s: littering, child abuse, animal abuse, racism, macho posturing and drunk driving are still considered normal and acceptable. http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2005/05/23/mexican-diversity-appreciated-once-more/… -
Leftist group declares Sarah Palin's book tour 'dangerous'
22 Nov 2009 | 5:17 amBlegs for half a million dollars to 'fight' it. From my new post at David Horowitz's NewsReal blog. -
Glenn Beck's '100 year plan' includes March on Washington
21 Nov 2009 | 11:10 amWell, he's announced it. The talk of "voter registration" and a "march on Washington" will ruffle plenty of liberal/African American feathers -- especially since the date of the march is August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's original. I've got more details at a NEW post at Examiner.com Video shot earlier today: PS: I couldn't resist... View all Toronto events on Eventful -
'Contrary to media hype, Sarah Palin is very unpopular': Media Matters
21 Nov 2009 | 7:16 amSad, isn't it? My new post at David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog...
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I Hate the Media
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Opponent uses X-Files footage to make Harry Reid an ex-senator
23 Nov 2009 | 1:30 amDanny Tarkanian, a Republican who wants to unseat Harry Reid in Nevada, used old X-Files footage to make fun of Harry Reid and “the missing congressional districts.” When an opponent is willing to make fun of you like this it’s a pretty good indication that your campaign is in big trouble. Source: National Review Related posts:Harry Reid confused, but Nevada voters aren’tHarry Reid craps out in VegasHarry Reid craps out with his hometown newspaper -
Obama says you gotta love an aggressive Communist country with an advanced military
23 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am“The rise of a strong, prosperous China,” President Obama said, “can be a source of strength for the community of nations.” Sure, a communist nation dedicated to our downfall is a source of strength. But that damn Fox News, on the other hand, those SOBs are the enemy. Lord help us. Source: Bluegrass Pundit Related posts:Could bad Cuban economy have anything to do with authoritarian, communist economy? Nah.Bias by the numbers: Measuring the media’s 100-day love affair with Obama.Military commanders met with resistance when they tried to get the troops to meet with Obama -
An IHateTheMedia.com Public Service TranslationThe “special” language added to the Senate ObamaCare bill and a translation to English
23 Nov 2009 | 12:30 amLouisiana Senator Mary Landrieu became the highest priced prostitute in history when she screwed the American people for $300,000,000. Just before the Senate’s 60-39 procedural vote in favor of ObamaCare, Harrry Reid bought recalcitrant Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu’s vote with a $300,000,000 grant to the state of Louisiana. First, the actual language of the Landrieu amendment and then the translation. Feel free to skip directly to the translation. SEC. 2006. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT TO FMAP DETERMINATION FOR CERTAIN STATES RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR DISASTER. Section 1905 of the Social… -
Open-minded, liberal San Francisco bookstores won’t carry Sarah Palin’s book. Or will they?
22 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pmIs Sarah Palin a victim of censorship by book sellers? Going Rogue, Sarah Palin’s book, is the biggest thing to hit America’s bookstores in years. It sold 300,000 copies its first day and the publisher has already increased the total print run to 2,500,000 copies. Bookstores across the country are cleaning up. Except in the liberal land of San Francisco. SFGate.com reports the story of censorship by bookseller: It might as well have cooties. Hardly anyone wants to touch the thing, or even get close to it. The new autobiography by moose hunter and failed vice presidential candidate… -
Freakin’ hilarious: Saturday Night Live finally goes off on Obama
22 Nov 2009 | 8:03 amThe gloves have apparently come off. Obama is fair game. Maybe it took that “under 50% approval” thing for SLN to finally see the humor in this administration. Related posts:The dam is cracking: Saturday Night Live goes after Barack ObamaSaturday Night Live acknowledges the painfully obvious: Joe Biden is a pompous blowhardObama finally finds someone willing to take 17 Gitmo detainees
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ChurchCrunch
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Sunday Special QA No. 35
22 Nov 2009 | 6:26 amIt’s that time again…! Sunday’s a good day to take it easy. I’ve decided that on Sundays I’m not going to do any blogging except for a very simple post series called “The Sunday Special” where you get to ask me anything. You can ask about me about web technology, Wordpress, blogging, what I ate for breakfast… whatever. I can’t promise that I’ll answer all of your questions, but feel free to answer each other’s questions as well. I’ll try to answer all the questions throughout the coming week. Simple enough, right? Go. [Image from gshok] Sponsored By:Advertise Here -
Working with the Technological Drama Queens
21 Nov 2009 | 10:36 amThis happens a lot. Luckily, the place where I work now isn’t a breeding ground for queens of drama, but I’ve been in some places where this is extremely typical. Perhaps you’ve got some war stories? Working with those that slow us down is part of ministry. In fact, especially if you’re the resident “geek” and/or “technologist” part of your day-to-day is managing these types of relationships. Keep cool, calm, and collected. Part of our job as the so-called technologically-elite is to actually communicate effectively with those that have lives… -
Really Woolly – Online Family Adventures!
20 Nov 2009 | 5:21 amAt first glance I was honestly going to write this flash-based website off after a hardy ROFLCOPTER but I actually found it quite intriguing. (Another reason not to judge a website by it’s cover… or initial impression… load time… aesthetic… or general strangeness.) ReallyWooly.com is an interactive site where parents and kids can learn more about Jesus and the Christian faith via games, videos, live interactive events, and more. You first have to sign up as a “parent” to get access. Although, I’m not completely sold on the idea and I question… -
A Great Overview of Social Media Marketing 101 (Videos)
20 Nov 2009 | 4:40 amThe following are great videos capturing some basic thoughts and ideas behind social media marketing, usage, etc. Even I learned a thing or two! Definitely watch the Non Profit video! Social Media Marketing 101 Celebrity High Jinks Non Profits and the Little Guys The Digital Divide Beyond Twitter Some Fallacies of Social Media Sponsored By:Advertise Here -
Look for a Rainy Day to go Virtual
19 Nov 2009 | 4:28 pmThis is a Guest Post by Brian Barela. We faced a choice: create a below average offline experience or refine our online experience using the critical mass from our normal meeting. My ministry launched a virtual meeting this year – Chico CRU Live – and although we saw good participation traffic started to fade. Our meeting happened to fall on Veteran’s day which meant our students did not have school and our ministry did not have access to our meeting room. This is what we did: Designed a studio style meeting at a large house that some of our student leaders rent SHORTENED…
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Outside The Beltway | OTB
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Nathalie Blanchard Facebook Smile Leaves Her Depressed
22 Nov 2009 | 8:08 amYet more evidence that privacy going away in the social media age. Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, more than a year ago for severe depression. She was receiving monthly benefits from her insurance company, Manulife. When Blanchard called Manulife to inquire why the payments dried up, the insurance company said that “I’m… -
Glenn Beck, Community Organizer
22 Nov 2009 | 5:52 amGlenn Beck has a plan. Actually, the Plan. Which he reveals on his website. Today, I have stopped looking for a leader to show us the way out because I have come to realize that the only one who can truly save our country…is us. To change America’s course we need to change ourselves, our expectations and our willingness to accept the unacceptable. When we refuse to allow our children to receive a trophy for participation, we are on the road to restoring the meaning of merit in our Republic. When we insist that no one is too big to fail, we will be able to learn from our… -
OTB Latenight – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
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Hacked Climate Scientists Emails Reveal Truth
21 Nov 2009 | 4:46 amThe University of East Anglia mail server was hacked earlier in the week and a string of private correspondences between esteemed climate scientists were published. In addition to some juicy internecine gossip becoming embarrassingly public, a few of the messages seem to reveal doubts about the evidence for global warming and at least one refers to a statistical “trick” being used to hide lower-than-predicted surface temperatures in recent years. James Delingpole dubs this “Climategate” and pronounces it “the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic… -
Obama, the Recession, and Polls
20 Nov 2009 | 2:06 pmA CNN poll released today finds that “opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting.” According to the survey, “38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country’s current economic problems. That’s down 15 points from May, when 53 percent blamed the GOP. According to the poll 27 percent now blame the Democrats for the recession, up 6 points from May. Twenty-seven percent now say both parties are responsible for the economic mess.” Similarly, the Gallup tracking poll has President Obama dipping…
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The Second Cup: Foursquare is the New Twitter?
20 Nov 2009 | 6:16 am100 Ways to Measure Social Media If there's anyone out there left who says you can't measure social media, here are a hundred answers. At most of the events I've been to lately, measurement continues to be a hot topic. The first question that comes up is, "What can I measure?" That's where this cheat sheet can come in handy: a list of 100 thought-starters. Next Year's Twitter? It's Foursquare Among the Web's early adopter set, the answer is nearly unanimous: Foursquare. While the technology landscape is ever-changing, I'd argue that Foursquare already has aligned itself to become… -
Sarah Palin's Twitter Fail
19 Nov 2009 | 10:33 amToday former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin launched her new Twitter account (which currently has an interesting background promoting her new book). Surprisingly this was not a switch of her handle from her previous one (@AKGovSarahPalin), but a brand new Twitter Account. This is quite puzzling to me as to why she decided to not just switch the handle/username to a new one OR do as @DavidAll suggested and start using the handle @SarahPalin that a supporter has so graciously stated they would give to her. Even a quick search reveals 'Sarah Palin' with her old Twitter handle as… -
The Second Cup: Digital Flashback
19 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amDavid Plouffe: Negative Viral Emails as Bad as Negative TV Ads Just off a conference call to promote Obama campaign manager David Plouffe’s new (and so-far excellent) book about the 2008 race, which I’m currently about 3/4 of the way through — more about that soon. On the call, though, I got to ask a question about the behind-the-scenes smear emails that circulated regularly throughout the campaign — what did the campaign do to respond that was most effective, and how should future political operations reply to similar tactics? Young Political Candidates Confronted by Digital Past on… -
84,448 Fans and Counting
18 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pmThe Heritage Foundation, with the support of the David All Group, is ramping up its efforts to connect with conservatives through social networking sites and encouraging its members to share needed information with their peers online. Last week, the Heritage Foundation launched NoEnergyTax.com - a fully integrated and interactive site powered by Act.iv.ist to "shed light on energy taxes." Robert Bluey, Heritage's Director of Online Strategy, had this to say about the initiative - The real and ugly truths about cap-and-trade are not being exposed by the media. Therefore, we've… -
The Second Cup: You(r)Tube
18 Nov 2009 | 6:12 amYouTube Unveils Tool to Connect News Organizations with Citizen Journalists MediaPost reports: Google is unveiling a tool Tuesday that enables traditional television and online news agencies to create a platform to manage a bureau of citizen journalists. These mavericks capture life-changing events on camera and upload them to YouTube. It allows media organizations to request, review and rebroadcast these clips directly from YouTube-member pages. Connecting Citizens and Journalists with YouTube Direct Every day, people with video cameras are changing the ways we get our news. We see it during…
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Wizbang
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China more concerned about U.S. deficits than Obama and his minions
22 Nov 2009 | 12:39 pmA week ago, in The New York Times: In a July meeting, Chinese officials asked their American counterparts detailed questions about the health care legislation making its way through Congress.... -
Martha Stewart: Sarah Palin is boring and dangerous
22 Nov 2009 | 10:44 amSomeone will have to help me with how anybody can be both dangerous and boring but... whatever: Based on the back and forth between the Hollywood talking heads in the... -
Finally! Transparency in Government
22 Nov 2009 | 9:14 amDuring the campaign, Barack Obama promised a new era of transparency in government. It took a while, but Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) finally came to his aid. Landrieu was one... -
Growing signs of Hasan terror conspiracy?
22 Nov 2009 | 7:21 amYnetnews has the common sense details: A massacre at a Texas army base that left 13 people dead is increasingly looking like part of a terror conspiracy rather than an... -
Patrick Kennedy banned from Communion? (UPDATED)
22 Nov 2009 | 6:50 amAssociated Press: Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for...
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Ft. Hard Knox
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Obama Billboard Causing A Stir
22 Nov 2009 | 9:26 pmA billboard in Colorado linking Obama to Jihadist, questioning his birth, and more is causing a stir. -
SNL Rips Obama
22 Nov 2009 | 9:14 pmSaturday Night Live finally rips apart Obama over healthcare, the national debt, and more. -
Biden Threatens Those Who Voted Against Healthcare Reform
22 Nov 2009 | 9:07 pmU.S. Vice President Joe Biden took the stage Saturday night at the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Des Moines and threatened reward and punishment when he said, “every reason to believe that those who voted for reform will be rewarded and those who voted against it will be held accountable.” -
Dennis Miller and Kyndra Rotunda on Bringing the KSM Trial to NYC
21 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pmOn Monday’s show last week, Dennis Miller interviewed the Author of Honor Bound, former JAG Officer in the U.S. Army Individual Ready Reserve, and Chapman University School of Law Visiting Assistant Professor, Kyndra Rotunda, and discussed the Obama Administration’s decision to bring the Gitmo terrorists to New York City for a civilian trial. View Full Clip Click [...] -
The Only Logical Reason for Congress to Vote for Obama-Pelosi-Reid ‘Healthcare’
21 Nov 2009 | 11:03 amSpell it out to your U.S. Senators and to all Trying to determine what I could possibly say to my U.S. Senators’ office staffs about the medical takeover bill, that could make any difference, I settled upon telling them this: The only logical reason to enact this Obama-Pelosi-Reid legislation, is to continue to destroy authentic America, in [...]
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Right Side of the Rainbow
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Teachers union: You know who shouldn't get bonuses? Good teachers, that's who
18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pmYou can’t make this stuff up. Then again, you don’t have to. -
China: You know what Obama's gonna get from us? Nothing, that's what
18 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pmObama’s the only one bowing. -
The One: You know what's not closing on time? Gitmo, that's what
18 Nov 2009 | 3:40 pmNo one could have guessed … -
Andrew Sullivan is a fruitcake
18 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pmHas any other gay male ever been this obsessed with a woman’s vagina? -
How nutty has big labor become?
16 Nov 2009 | 9:45 pmThis nutty.
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DRUDGE REPORT
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WAVE OF DEBT PAYMENTS FACING U.S. GOVERNMENT...
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Anti-Obama billboard stirs controversy in Denver...
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Call it Freedom of Speech. A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship. [Discuss] [Link] -
Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks...
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Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views...
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Fed under fire as public anger mounts...
Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts [Discuss] [Link]
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The New Republic TOC
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The Movie Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'
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Global Warring
19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmFor years, advocates of climate-change legislation have struggled to find a sales pitch that will sway even the most hardened of skeptics. Polar bears, green jobs, urgent pleas to think of the grandkids … none of them have quite done the trick. But recently, a new argument has come to the fore: the national security case for cutting carbon emissions. -
Washington Diarist: Unmending Wall
18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmThe absence of Barack Obama from Berlin on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall may be explained in many ways, and one of the explanations may be his view of the world. He is kein Berliner. No, he is not soft on communism, not least because there is no longer any communism, at least of the classical kind, to be soft on. -
The Most Frustrating Body
18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmWASHINGTON--Normal human beings--let's call them real Americans--cannot understand why, 10 months after President Obama's inauguration, Congress is still tied down in a procedural torture chamber trying to pass the health care bill Obama promised in his campaign. Last year, the voters gave him the largest popular vote margin won by a presidential candidate in 20 years. They gave Democrats their largest Senate majority since 1976 and their largest House majority since 1992. -
The Right Way to Regulate
17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmIn the weeks ahead, Congress may finally provide American families with a seat at the financial regulatory table in Washington, D.C. If Congress passes the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) Act of 2009, on which the House Financial Services recently reported favorably, it will establish, for the first time, a federal agency whose sole mandate is to evaluate financial products through the lens of consumer fairness. By putting the tools to evaluate loans in the hands of borrowers, it would also give families the chance, as well as the responsibility, to protect themselves.
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National Review Online
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The Battle of Presidio -- By: Kevin Williamson
23 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am‘You don’t have to hit us in the head with a baseball bat too many times,” says Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, “before we start to think you’re doing it on purpose.” And so Governor Perry has a question for the Obama administration: Why ship thousands and thousands of illegal aliens from places as far away as San Diego, Calif., and Nogales, Ariz., all the way down to the tiny little village of Presidio, Tex. -- population 4,167 -- to deport them?The Obama administration says the answer to that question, or at least part of the answer, is the Chihuahuan Desert. Send illegals across the… -
Decision Time on Iran -- By: The Editors
23 Nov 2009 | 12:00 amThe West’s standoff with the Iranian regime over its illicit nuclear activities simultaneously grows simpler and more vexatious. It grows simpler as we reach a more and more certain judgment about the regime’s intentions vis-à-vis its nuclear program; it grows more vexatious as the terrifying nature of that judgment crystallizes, and as our hopes that the West’s leaders possess strategic wisdom and moral courage sufficient to cope with its implications wane.The latest development is that Iran will break its promise -- made in its most recent negotiations with the West’s powers of… -
Tom Brady & KSM -- By: Interview
23 Nov 2009 | 12:00 amBill Burck, former federal prosecutor in New York City and deputy counsel to Pres. George W. Bush, warns about the coming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and what the administration can do about it in an interview with National Review Online’s Kathryn Lopez. KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: Can the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial possibly be held in New York? Is that practical? Is that right? BILL BURCK: New York is a resilient place, and Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney, is an excellent and dedicated public servant. New York can host this trial and survive the experience, but the real question is whether… -
The Specter of Default -- By: Conrad Black
23 Nov 2009 | 12:00 amThe core of the tumult in current public discussion is the whipsaw between those who dread inflation and those who fear a relapse into economic decline and are aroused about health care. It took the former administration (but the same Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke) an unconscionable length of time to “break the glass” and pull the fire alarm, in former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson’s words. Then there flooded out from the Federal Reserve an unprecedented 100 percent one-year increase in the money supply, 30 or more times what is normal, as the Treasury bought hundreds of… -
Getting Our Attention -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
22 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pmEDITOR’S NOTE: This column is available exclusively through United Media. For permission to reprint or excerpt this copyrighted material, please contact Carmen Puello at cpuello@unitedmedia.com.If you go to any restaurant in any major city, you’ll see the same thing: Americans with short attention spans. We -- I’m as guilty as anyone -- have trouble fully interacting with the person across from us, never mind the dozens if not hundreds of messages coming into our electronic communications devices during a given dinner.The same problem of short attention spans is obvious in our politics…
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Politico
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Lincoln's long walk to 60th Senate vote
22 Nov 2009 | 4:32 pmLincoln is one of the few swing-vote senators on health reform who is up for reelection next year. -
How health care reform could fall apart
22 Nov 2009 | 4:09 amWith so many players divided on key issues, there's no guarantee that Reid can pass a bill at all. | AP Photos -
Democrats hold line, but cracks show
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Beck's plan: Rally followers, sell books
21 Nov 2009 | 2:23 pmGlenn Beck signals his intention to branch off more directly into political activism. -
GOP eyes McDonnell strategy
21 Nov 2009 | 4:19 amTop Republicans believe they've found a winning formula for appealing to voters in 2010.
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The Economist: Daily news and views
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Colour me dazzled
21 Nov 2009 | 3:51 amRecord auction prices for rare coloured diamonds“If you have money to invest, there is no safer haven than something rare,” says Laurence Graff, the London-born “King of Diamonds”. If this is sales talk, he is his own best customer. In December 2008, during some of the bleakest days of the credit crisis, Mr Graff paid $24.3m for the 35.56-carat, 17th-century Wittelsbach blue diamond at Christie’s in London. He set the auction record for any jewel. But in his opinion, “it was the bargain of the century. In my life, it is the rarest of them all; it is the… -
This week's top stories [20 November 2009]
20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 amOur top articles ranked by reader popularity.The Spanish prisonersAny drop to drink?Dollars, cents and sensibilityImposing limitsThis week's top stories [13 November 2009]The week aheadPleased to meet youWell connectedA job to doThe rise of slime -
The other D-word
20 Nov 2009 | 3:12 amIs Japan back in a deflationary trap?WHILE investors have been fretting recently about Japan’s huge debt, another of the dreaded D-words has come back to haunt them. On Friday November 20th, Japan’s Cabinet Office issued a monthly report that for the first time since 2006 acknowledged that the country was suffering from deflation.Consumer prices have actually been falling for months, but the pace of decline accelerated over the summer. In September prices slumped by 2.2% compared with a year earlier. This is partly because the country is still loaded with excess capacity after the… -
Hey, big spender
20 Nov 2009 | 2:22 amWhich firms spend most on R&D? BIG carmakers and drug and technology firms devote the most cash to research and development, according to the European Commission’s latest tally. These types of business rely on developing new products or constantly updating old ones to compete for customers. Toyota was the world's leading R&D spender in 2008. The Japanese carmaker increased its annual R&D budget by 7.6% to €7.6 billion ($10.6 billion), knocking Microsoft off the top spot. Worldwide R&D spending increased by 6.9% in 2008, having also grown by 9% in 2007. -
Sod it
19 Nov 2009 | 11:48 pmThe latest plastic pitches are a goal-scorer’s delightIT’S official: the grass is greener in Europe. International football’s governing body, FIFA, has ruled that the soccer pitches in South Africa where the World Cup will be played next summer are not fit enough for the month-long competition. Pitches planted with locally grown kikuyu grass will have to be dug up and replanted with lush European rye grass. No matter that the European turf, bred for a damper and cooler climate, will require more water, fertiliser and maintenance. FIFA is adamant: the hardy local stuff is not…
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Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
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Beautiful Steamer
23 Nov 2009 | 12:51 amREAD THE WHOLE ITEMRelated Entries November 22, 2009 Obama’s Third Way in Afghanistan November 22, 2009 The Guantanamo Lawyers: Shipwrecked November 21, 2009 Obama’s Job Approval Slips Below 50 Percent November 20, 2009 Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions November 20, 2009 Battlefield in the War of Ideas -
The Stinky Defense
23 Nov 2009 | 12:51 amREAD THE WHOLE ITEMRelated Entries November 22, 2009 Obama’s Third Way in Afghanistan November 22, 2009 The Guantanamo Lawyers: Shipwrecked November 21, 2009 Obama’s Job Approval Slips Below 50 Percent November 20, 2009 Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions November 20, 2009 Battlefield in the War of Ideas -
Obama’s Third Way in Afghanistan
22 Nov 2009 | 11:42 pmBy E.J. Dionne The president’s mix-and-match approach to Afghanistan will make no one very happy. Yet it might be the least dangerous choice. READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated Entries November 22, 2009 Obama’s Third Way in Afghanistan November 22, 2009 The Guantanamo Lawyers: Shipwrecked November 21, 2009 Obama’s Job Approval Slips Below 50 Percent November 20, 2009 Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions November 20, 2009 Battlefield in the War of Ideas -
The Guantanamo Lawyers: Shipwrecked
22 Nov 2009 | 7:03 pmBy Baher Azmy This important new book tells the story of the world’s most famous prison from the perspective of the lawyers who toiled under notoriously difficult conditions on behalf of the detainees. READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated Entries November 22, 2009 Obama’s Third Way in Afghanistan November 22, 2009 The Guantanamo Lawyers: Shipwrecked November 21, 2009 Obama’s Job Approval Slips Below 50 Percent November 20, 2009 Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions November 20, 2009 Battlefield in the War of Ideas -
Let the Debate Begin
22 Nov 2009 | 9:38 amAfter a tumultuous lead-up, the U.S. Senate has voted to hold full debate on a health care reform bill. The vote was 60-39, with all Republicans, except one who was absent, hitting the “no” button. The BBC: The US Senate has narrowly voted to hold a full debate on a landmark bill designed to overhaul the country’s healthcare. All 58 Democrats, plus two independent senators, approved it. All but one of 40 Republican senators voted against. Two Democratic senators whose support had been in doubt earlier said they would back the package, a key election pledge of President…
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Top Stories from CQ
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Primary Could Cost Kosmas Cash
22 Nov 2009 | 9:14 pmNot long after she bucked her leaders and voted against the health care bill, freshman Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.) earned a Democratic primary challenger. -
Is Toomey Edging to the Center?
22 Nov 2009 | 8:51 pmMost Washington, D.C., insiders know former Rep. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., as a stalwart conservative. -
CQ Transcript: Sens. Feinstein, Durbin, Hutchison, Lieberman on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’
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CQ Transcript: Senators Debate Health Care on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’
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Calling the Next Play on Health Care
22 Nov 2009 | 11:21 amLawmakers were all over the airwaves Sunday following the Senate’s procedural vote on the health care overhaul bill — and like the chamber’s vote, the rhetoric and the predictions for going forward lined up along predictable partisan lines.
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Power Line
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The soccer story that won't die
22 Nov 2009 | 9:29 pmLast week, France qualified for the World Cup with a goal, scored in overtime, via a clearly intentional handball by French super-star Thierry Henry. The reaction to that goal fascinates me because it is quite unlike what I think the reaction would be to a comparable instance of cheating in American sports, with the exception of golf where the cheating would not have occurred. Let's start with Henry's reaction. He claimed (quite implausibly) that the handball was accidental; he claimed that he told the referee he had handled the ball; and eventually he publicly stated that France and Ireland… -
The French gambit
22 Nov 2009 | 8:23 pmOne unfortunate byproduct of President Obama's foolish attempt to make his mark on the Middle East by pressuring Israel to abandon all settlement construction is this: Obama's failure appears to have brought French President Sarkozy back onto the stage. Anxious to make his mark in international relations, and probably hoping to show-up Obama for whom he seems to have little regard and more than a little envy, Sarkozy has offered to mediate talks between Syria and Israel. As one would expect, Sarkozy's move is a much shrewder gambit than anything Obama has yet come up with. Syria, having… -
"One of the worst U.S. presidential visits to Beijing in memory"
22 Nov 2009 | 7:49 pmSaturday Night Live isn't the only unusual source of criticism ot President Obama's trip to China. Max Boot notes that some Democrats were less than impressed. For example, Liz Economy of the Council on Foreign Relations stated: It was, optically, one of the worst U.S. presidential visits to Beijing in memory. ... Lots of talk, little action -- just the way the Chinese like it. Although I'd like to back the president, I'd place my own bet that being nice to the Chinese leadership isn't going to get us very far. It never has. -
Sports Story of the Year?
22 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pmIt could be: Brett Favre's return from his second retirement to quarterback the Minnesota Vikings. Of course, that may be a parochial view. But it's been a long time since I was much of a pro football fan, and I've never really been a Vikings fan even though I live in Minnesota. For just about anyone--even my wife!--the story of a 40-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback's return to greatness is irresistible, especially when the QB is Brett Favre. Fan opinion was decidedly mixed when the Vikings signed Favre near the end of training camp. Shows what we fans know: after today's 35-9 win over… -
If Obama's Lost Saturday Night Live, He's Lost...
22 Nov 2009 | 4:05 pm...I dunno, maybe Jon Stewart comes next. I don't accept the proposition that liberal comedians who aren't funny are somehow arbiters of popular culture, let alone public policy. Still, the fact that Obama's actual policies (not his failure to be a liberal messiah) were lampooned in this vulgar, sometimes-funny skit on SNL last night does seem significant: "I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involves spending even more money." That's not exactly a revelation to those who have been paying attention, but it's legitimate political commentary that may be news to some in the SNL…
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WSJ.COM
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White House Weighs Jobs, Deficit
22 Nov 2009 | 11:55 pmThe White House is lukewarm about proposals by Democrats to introduce legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit. -
Mayor Newsom Committed to Politics
22 Nov 2009 | 9:26 pmSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said he is committed to remaining in politics, despite political reverses that led him to consider returning to the private sector after his term ends in two years. -
Health Haggling Heats Up
22 Nov 2009 | 9:26 pmDemocratic leaders moved their health bill to the Senate floor, where issues including abortion and cost remain divisive for party members. -
U.S. Enlists Allies in New Surge
22 Nov 2009 | 9:10 pmThe U.S. and NATO are in talks for a coordinated rollout of a new Afghan strategy that could include a European commitment to send thousands of additional troops. -
Obama Seeks to Boost U.S. Exports
22 Nov 2009 | 9:10 pmU.S. President Barack Obama, fresh from his first presidential trip to Asia, called for the U.S. to increase exports to that region, saying even small gains would help put many unemployed Americans back on the job.
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Lew Rockwell: The LRC Blog
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The Best SNL Skit I Ever Saw
22 Nov 2009 | 10:30 pmDoes anyone remember an ancient Saturday Night Live skit from January 1982 (season 7, episode 9) featuring Dan Ackroyd as FDR, actor Robert Conrad (that week’s SNL guest host) as one of the president’s advisers, and Gilda Radner as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. FDR is seated at his Oval Office desk in the White House loudly complaining about not being able to get the U. S. involved in WWII. Eleanor casually strolls in, spies a Coke on FDR’s desk, and proceeds to open it with her big buck teeth. Conrad’s character informs FDR about our strategic military… -
SNL on U.S. Debt to China
22 Nov 2009 | 6:23 pmHave SNL’s writers been listening to Peter Schiff? This must be the most substantive and the most anti-government sketch in the show’s history. -
Go, Rupe, Go
22 Nov 2009 | 4:43 pmNeocon billionaire Rupert Murdoch has been threatening to stop Google from indexing his newspapers and other media outlets. Google pointed out that any business may have its site de-indexed on request. Now the Rupester is negotiating with MSMFT to de-Googleize and join up with Bing. Please go ahead, Rupert. Anything that cuts your readership is good for the world. -
Glenn Beck’s 100 Year Plan
22 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pmSo Glenn Beck has grabbed some more attention by announcing that he is devising a “100 year plan” to restore us “to the maximum freedoms we were supposed to have been protecting, using only the battlefield of ideas.” We can think of aspects of this that are ridiculous, the most obvious being the idea of a “100 year” plan to do anything. And we can think of reasons why some aspects of his plan are likely to be objectionable, one of them being Beck’s heavy interest in W. Cleon Skousen’s book, The 5,000 Year Leap, which advances the dangerous idea… -
I Would Like My Non-Military Discount, Please
22 Nov 2009 | 11:27 amI see those things all the time, all over town–businesses offering five, sometimes ten percent discounts to the military. But how about a discount to non-military people? After all, the tax-feeders already live off the rest of us peaceful folks. The 10% does not even come close to compensating me for the tax/debt/police state that I’ve been subjected to.
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the TOWN HALL weblog
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Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’
21 Nov 2009 | 12:45 pmHowdy all – Have been watching this unfold since Thurs evening on Tony Watts’ “Watts Up With That” website. All the obvious cautions ought to be observed. It appears that someone from inside Hadley CRU – essentially the keepers of the climate data worldwide – bundled and released between 156-200 meg of e-mails, spreadsheets, programs and models. Don’t know at this point whether the bundled data was prepared in response to a FOIA response or a simple hack from outside. There are significant concerns that this is a set-up intended to humiliate the skeptic… -
Winston Smith Call Your Doctor
18 Nov 2009 | 9:19 amJust last week the World Health Organization started recommending that swine flu patients be given anti-viral medicine at the first sign of flu. Just last week, and this epidemic has been going on since April. Fortunately our pediatrician practices medicine instead of politics and doesn’t take his marching orders from government or inter-government agencies. BurkeanSon went on anti-viral medicine at the first sign of swine. (I am not going to say our doctor’s name for fear WHO police will start banging down his door for unlawfully treating sick kids.) As I wrote at the… -
Forget Gold Buy Tinkerbell
17 Nov 2009 | 7:16 pmI’ve been selling off some totchkes on ebay. I have discovered a great hedge against financial instability. Pixie Power. All the Tinkerbell memorabalia I have sold has gone for about 50% more than I paid. So if you want a safe place to put your money think about Pixie Dust. -
Rats Flee Sinking Ship
17 Nov 2009 | 9:43 amFile this under “help my monster got loose and is killing the villagers.” One of the oh so very brainy way smarter than Sarah Palin could ever be liberals who drafted the stimulus bill is outraged to discover it isn’t working. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/17/david-obey-slams-obama-administration-for-errors-in-reporting-st/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F11%2F17%2Fdavid-obey-slams-obama-administration-for-errors-in-reporting-st%2F Obey was a major player in writing the stimulus bill, and said he was dismayed to… -
Obama wants Tom the Taxer as WI next Governor.
16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pmThe 2010 election cycle has begun. Here in Wisconsin the Democrats have big plans to spend/tax forever and ever. Here is Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walkers e-mail today: Today, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, aka Tom the Taxer, entered the race for governor of Wisconsin. Tom the Taxer has stood for big spending and big taxes at every step of his career - from his time in the State Senate where he voted for the largest tax increase in Wisconsin history, to Washington where he supported the biggest tax increase in American history, and as mayor of Milwaukee where he has increased city…
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Jerusalem Post
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OPEC head backs Saudi compensation claims over lost oil revenues
23 Nov 2009 | 1:06 amOil producing countries wants compensation as developed countries move away from oil towards greener energy sources [The Media Line]. -
Iraqi child abduction called 'new form of terror'
23 Nov 2009 | 1:05 amIraqi MP: "Recently the practice of targeting children by killing, kidnapping and raping them has mushroomed." [The Media Line] -
Islamic Jihad, PFLP against holding fire
22 Nov 2009 | 6:26 pmTwo Gaza groups disagree with Hamas decision to stop firing rockets and missiles at Israel. -
Palestinian nun moves toward sainthood
22 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pmThousands gather in Nazareth to attend beatification of the late Sister Maria Alfonsina Danil Ghattas. -
Al-Qaida in Iraq regaining strength
22 Nov 2009 | 1:26 amThe once foreign-led terrorist organization is now a mostly Iraqi network of small, roving cells that rely on fighters being smuggled through Syria
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Thomas P. M. Barnett
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Tom around the web
22 Nov 2009 | 3:03 pm+ The Atlantic Wire linked Obama's sensible decision on the trials. + Eeben Barlow's Military and Security Blog linked the TED video. + So did Classical Values. + So did Power and Control. + ocmpoma's catalog linked the Pop!Tech video. + Aodto's Blog linked Islam is now overwhelmingly Asian, not Arab. + Frenos & Contrapesos cited Tom on Deng Xiaoping. + Coming Anarchy linked Why America's War on Drugs Will Wane. + So did zenpundit. + Internet Anthropologist Think Tank linked Reject the Taliban's 'offer'. + Petit Garçon的Blog reprinted 'What Obama Won't Say on His Trip to China'. + Sam… -
Favre as enemy combatant
22 Nov 2009 | 2:46 amARTICLE: Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers, By Jay Sorgi, Newsradio 620, Nov 19, 2009 Naturally, Favre becomes a weapon of choice among our enemies in the War on Terror. Like a lot of Islamic terrorist recruits, Favre suffered a midlife crisis and then turned against his adopted homeland, seeking its destruction. I expect the International Criminal Court to eventually step in and indict Favre for his many crimes against Wisconsin's humanity. (Thanks: John Thorne ) -
Tailgating Northwestern v Badgers at Evanston
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Al Qaeda tries another door on Saudi Arabia
21 Nov 2009 | 2:59 amMIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: "Saudis and Yemenis versus jihadists: A bloody border; Trouble on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Yemen is getting out of hand," The Economist, 7 November 2009. Saudi Arabia's AQ branch announced earlier this year that it was moving across the border into Yemen to take advantage of the growing instability there, thus birthing the new Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). So the House of Saud faces the usual problem: spray in one apartment and find they move over nearby into the dirtiest one. Per capita income in Yemen is one-tenth that of Saudi Arabia. -
GPS's impact on farming
21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 amSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: "Agriculture and satellites: Harvest moon; Artificial satellites are helping farmers boost crop yields," The Economist, 7 November 2009. Fascinating description of how GPS allows farmers--even in less developed economies--to start managing their fields in a much more discrete manner. Good example: customized seed packets and fertilizer premixed by providers according to exact needs presented by predetermined zones--measured hectare by hectare via satellites. France is considered the leader in applying this technology (precision farming).
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The Bare Knuckled Pundit
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Make A Deposit That Counts - What Food Banks Need This Holiday Season
20 Nov 2009 | 4:30 amTimes are indeed tough; for some more than others. Unemployment and anxiety is up, wages and hope are down. Hunger and need know no party affiliation nor recognize any political philosophy, though. Thankfully in America, neither does charity or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Daily Cartoon - Stimulus, Stimulus Everywhere!
19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 amRealizing the political trap they laid for themselves, the White House quickly abandoned the whole "the stimulus will create X million jobs" in favor of the more ambiguously-friendly and far harder to measure "created and SAVED jobs" shortly after... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Daily Cartoon - Up, Up and Away
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Daily Cartoon - A Matter of Perspective
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Softballs For Sarah
17 Nov 2009 | 5:00 amOne of the arguments that critics have repeatedly used against Sarah Palin since her ascension to the national political stage is that intellectually she has no more substance than the stereotypically vacuous beauty contestant among whose ranks she... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Betsy's Page
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SNL goes after Obama ... hard
22 Nov 2009 | 5:22 amApparently, at SNL they don't believe the President's protestations that the economy is getting better and all the Democrats' spending has fixed everything.Gee, who would have thought that in the week when Sarah Palin's book comes out and she's all over the place, that SNL would have chosen to ridicule Obama? Perhaps he's jumped the shark in their eyes. -
Off to a quiz bowl tournament
21 Nov 2009 | 1:43 amWe're traveling to SW Virginia today to a tournament so there will be no blogging today. This is the third tournament this month which explains my very light weekend blogging. -
Reality bites, doesn't it?
20 Nov 2009 | 4:32 amPolitico points to all the hard decisions that Congress is facing. Besides spending all their efforts now to craft their massive health care bill, there is still the pesky problem of unemployment. And all the other spending that the government must do. Remember all the appropriations bills to fund the government? Those haven't been passed yet.But just around the corner next month, Reid’s -
Watch out for non-indexed taxes
20 Nov 2009 | 3:46 amRemember all the agony that Congress has gone through every year because of the Alternative Minimum Tax that wasn't indexed to inflation. Every year they have to twist themselves into nots to find the money to make sure that people aren't suddenly thrown into having to pay the AMT. Originally, when it was introduced in 1970, it was meant to include only the very, very rich. It only applied to -
According to Jesse Jackson, race is an ideological construct
20 Nov 2009 | 3:36 amIt's long been clear that liberals do not regard someone to be of the designated minority group if that person doesn't fall in line ideologically with their demands. Clarence Thomas isn't a real black man because he doesn't vote like a liberal. Democrats opposed Miguel Estrada's nomination to the Appellate Court because he was not a Hispanic of the appropriate ideology. I remember when
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The Fix
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Live Fix Chat: Palin, health care and Bill Simmons!
20 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pmWe chatted live on Friday with Fixistas from around the country about politics, the universe and everything. Among the hot topics: more analysis of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (if that's possible), a look at some of the best Senate races of 2010, and an update on the Fix's quest to become the "homeless man's Bill Simmons". A few of our favorite questions are below. The full transcript is here. Have a great weekend and drink a gingerbread latte for us! Gainesville, Va.: Hello Chris, Thank you for taking my question. Do you think that Sarah Palin is sacrificing a Presidential run in 2012 for… -
Friday Line: Ranking Republican leaders
20 Nov 2009 | 10:14 amThe Republican Governors Association held its annual meeting earlier this week in Austin, Texas, a gathering where -- for the first time in recent memory -- the GOP had something to celebrate: the twin victories of Govs.-elect Chris Christie (N.J.) and Bob McDonnell (Va.) earlier this month. Of the gathering, the Post's Dan Balz wrote: "Republican governors wrapped up a two-day pep rally on Thursday with an expression of confidence that the political winds have begun to shift in their direction, thanks to what they called a backlash among many voters against the policies of the Obama… -
Morning Fix: GOP leaders hesitate to embrace Palin
20 Nov 2009 | 2:45 am1. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's (R) repeated refusal to say that Sarah Palin is "qualified" to be president of the United States during an interview Thursday night with "Hardball" host Chris Matthews is illustrative of the problems the former Alaskan governor can -- and likely will -- cause the party. Asked by Matthews whether Palin was qualified -- in the wake of a Washington Post/ABC poll that showed more than six in ten Americans didn't believe she was -- Barbour responded: "Well, constitutionally, she sure is." Despite repeated proddings from Matthews, Barbour would go no further. -
Senator Giuliani?
19 Nov 2009 | 12:10 pmIs former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani weighing a Senate bid? Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount of the Washington Post After months of relative quiet regarding the political future of former mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), the New York newspapers have exploded this afternoon with reports that not only has he decided not to run for governor in 2010 but that he plans to enter the Senate race against Kirsten Gillibrand instead. Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for Giuliani, released a statement insisting that no decisions -- about the Senate or governors races -- have been made; "When Mayor Giuliani makes a… -
The most important number in politics today
19 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am10 That's the number of points separating Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in their Republican primary fight for the seat of retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R), according to anew survey conducted by Research 2000 for the liberal Daily Kos blog. Crist leads Rubio 47 percent to 37 percent in the survey, a huge change from January when Crist held a wide 57 percent to 4 percent edge over Rubio (state Attorney General Bill McCollum took 11 percent) in a similar Research 2000 poll. A Quinnipiac University poll released in late October showed a similarly rapid…
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washingtonpost.com - Howard Kurtz (washingtonpost.com)
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Howard Kurtz on blogger Emily Miller, Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff
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A battle over breasts
20 Nov 2009 | 6:55 amI have never seen a government health-care finding get shouted down as loudly or vociferously as this strange recommendation on mammograms. -
President wants a plumber
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The age of Palintology
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Pugilistic Palin
17 Nov 2009 | 6:32 amSarah Palin loves to pick fights.
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WSJ.com: Capital Journal
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Political Wisdom: Choppy Waters for Obama
20 Nov 2009 | 2:44 pmChoppy waters for President Barack Obama heading into the weekend: poll numbers slipping, Asia trip with limited successes to boast about, tough health debate opening in the Senate. Josh Gerstein of Politico jumps on the news that caught the attention of a lot of online political observers Friday: “President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have dipped below 50 percent for the first time in one prominent poll amid a raft of bad news about the economy and continuing job losses. The nation’s economic woes pushed Obama down to a 49 percent approval rating in the respected Gallup daily… -
Why Obama and Business Need a Thaw
20 Nov 2009 | 4:42 amMy latest Capital Journal looks at the tense atmosphere in the relationship between the Obama administration and the business community: As Rodney King once said, famously and in a quite different context, “Can we all get along?” Mr. King, the victim of a police beating in Los Angeles, was referring to race relations, of course. But the same plea now could be applied to relations between the Obama administration and the business community. That relationship, once so promising, has given way to an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion, as evident from the comments of executives this… -
Will Sandra Bullock Start a National Conversation?
18 Nov 2009 | 9:30 amPeter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, is a former White House correspondent with two decades of experience covering Washington government and politics. Click here for Mr. Brown’s full bio. Sometimes ordinary individuals, just following their hearts, strike a chord with the American people, and a wave of public admiration turns them into celebrities. We would be better off as a society, especially as we enter the holiday season, if that happens to Leigh Anne Tuohy. That would mean the country might have a conversation with itself about the… -
The Afghan Debate: It’s About Seeing an Exit Ramp
17 Nov 2009 | 4:16 amMy latest Capital Journal looks at the debate about an Afghan buildup, which isn’t really about the buildup at all: Policy arguments in Washington sometimes take on an otherworldly feel — and so it is with the public wrangling over Afghanistan policy. Outside the walls of the Obama administration, the argument has been almost entirely about numbers: How many additional troops should be sent to Afghanistan? Should it be 10,000, 20,000 or 40,000? But inside the Obama administration, say those who actually have been involved, the debate has been much less about troop levels than… -
Unemployment: A Political Indicator Right Through 2012
14 Nov 2009 | 7:42 amIt’s pretty clear that the most politically important economic indicator for now is the unemployment rate. But while that idea has been much discussed as a factor in next year’s mid-term elections, it’s likey to remain true right through the 2012 presidential election as well. That becomes more clear from a state-by-state unemployment forecast just released by the U.S. Regional Services Group of IHS Global Insight economic consulting firm. “Although IHS Global Insight believes that the great recession has ended, job market recovery will be painfully slow,” the…
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Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1
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Why Do Liberals Hate Pussy?
22 Nov 2009 | 12:33 pmCommenter Pope Jimbo points us to a censorship* controversy at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Director** of social media Kurt Greenbaum recently ran a Friday thumbsucker asking commenters to name the "strangest things" they had ever eaten. Greenbaum's narrative: Then, while I was in our 10 a.m. news meeting, someone posted in reply a single word, a vulgar expression for a part of a woman’s anatomy. It was there only a minute before a colleague deleted it. A few minutes later, the same guy posted the same single-word comment again. Through the power of advanced internet technologies, Greenbaum… -
Health Care Bill Just Passed to Senate Floor
21 Nov 2009 | 5:13 pmHorde Hoard stuffing this Thanksgiving. The Senate version of the Affordable Healthcare for Americans Act has passed out of committee by a vote of 60-39. After the Turkey Day vacation, the Senate will reconvene for floor debate. Legislative experts, please correct: Should this bill pass the Senate, that version will then be reconciled with the recently passed House version, and the reconciled version will then be signed by the president. Enjoy your Sunday morning. (Thanks to Brian Sorgatz for pointing out my moronic spelling error.) -
Thanks For Your Support of Reason's Webathon 2009!
20 Nov 2009 | 4:28 pmStaffers in the Los Angeles and Washington offices of Reason Foundation, the nonprofit publisher of Reason magazine, Reason.com, and Reason.tv say thanks to the more-than-600 donors who pledged over $55,000 in the fight for "Free Minds and Free Markets" -
Tea Party Movement Shattering?
20 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pmThe Politico digs up enough stories of internecine fighting amongst the loose bunch of organizations supposedly responsible for, or furthering in specific locations, the Tea Party movement to generate a semi-convincing trend story that argues the movement may be "losing momentum." While the sort of petty conflict the story highlights between your Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Express and Tea Party Nation, (your People's Judean Front and People's Front of Judea...), are worth noting (and unavoidable in politics), I'd say that an idea (which I think is a more accurate description of the… -
DEA Still Erroneously Citing the AMA on Medical Marijuana
20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pmOn Tuesday I noted that the Drug Enforcement Administration, apparently in response to an emailing campaign organized by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), had removed from one of its webpages the claim that "the American Medical Association recommends that marijuana remain a Schedule I controlled substance." That statement is no longer correct, since the AMA last week approved a resolution saying marijuana's Schedule I status, which makes it unavailable for medical use under federal law, should be re-examined. But LEAP points out that another DEA webpage still says the AMA…
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Lehigh Valley Conservative
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Imprecatory Psalms
22 Nov 2009 | 9:20 pm1st. Peter 4:4 KJ Bible “Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you.” You have no one speaking evil of any body because the argument is but nonsense and lies and they (the evil) have framed the issue so as not to matter what the opposite side says for it appears they agree and/or can’t or won’t represent the righteous cause of God’s word. What a sad state of affairs we have today. 1st. Peter 4:17 KJ Bible “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God—.” I believe it will be shortly,… -
Obama And His Marxist Tendencies
22 Nov 2009 | 7:47 pmTen months have gone by since Obama was sworn in as President and took the oath of office to protect the American people from terrorist attacks and to uphold the Constitution. These are the two most important reasons for having a government and he has not done either. In the case of terrorists on our shores, he has done little that I can see to prevent terrorism as witnessed at Ft Hood Texas. When a Muslim Marine officer killed 13 Marines in cold blood and wounded many others, Obama said we should be careful not to pass judgement too quickly as he did when a police officer answered a call… -
Swaps and more swaps
20 Nov 2009 | 1:06 pmThe Easton Press carried this article November 19, 2009 by Sara K. Satullo “Pennsylvania Auditor General calls for ban of swaps after investigation in BASD financial dealings”. I’ll be quoting and numbering the short paragraphs from the above stated article. 1. “To end the districts four outstanding swaps would cost taxpayers $25.6 million before fees as of Friday.” (I assume they mean 11/20/09) 2. “Terminating immediately would be an incredible burden. Leeson president of the Bethlehem school board said, It would break the back of the school board.” 3. “Auditor… -
Get Ready
19 Nov 2009 | 2:21 pm“Société Générale of France has advised clients to be ready for a possible “global economic collapse” over the next two years, mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6599281/Societe-Generale-tells-clients-how-to-prepare-for-global-collapse.html This article is written by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the “Telegraph” news outlet in the UK. He happens to be one of the best reporters in the world in my opinion. Too bad he can’t bring us good news. Make sure to read all… -
Typical Union Strongarm Tactics
18 Nov 2009 | 4:52 pmWe expect some Union leaders to intimidate the people they disagree with but not the Boy Scouts. Nick Balzano, president of the Service Employees International Union’s Allentown chapter, did just that. Those Boy Scouts are a scary bunch and need to be dealt with, yes sir! Nick better sue that evil Boy Scout! But, uh-oh, the Boy Scout has no money. No problem, Nick will just sue the city for allowing that Boy Scout, 17-year-old Kevin Anderson, from voluntarily clearing a walking path in a local park, thinking he was doing everyone a favor! Not according to ole Nick! ”That’s…
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The Corner
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An Amazing Story -- By: Mark Steyn
22 Nov 2009 | 8:44 pmI'm surprised this man didn't go mad. It's a remarkable and sobering tale: A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. -
New Policy at The New York Times! -- By: Mark Steyn
22 Nov 2009 | 8:22 pmThe paper's position on those revelations of "climate change" shenanigans I wrote about earlier: The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won’t be posted here. (Please note: This policy does not apply to Republican candidates showing any signs of life in the polls.) -
"The Taliban came to kill me, and instead we killed them." -- By: Rich Lowry
22 Nov 2009 | 6:43 pmThus says a tribal elder in Afghanistan in this encouraging New York Times story about Afghan militias fighting the Taliban. -
"The Bureaucrat in the Exam Room" -- By: Stephen Spruiell
22 Nov 2009 | 2:21 pmThat's how Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn characterized the preventative-care sections of the Democrats' health-care bill: BLACKBURN: And, George, this is exactly how it happens. If you go to page 1,296 of the House bill, the engrossed copy, and you began to read in title three of that bill, on preventive and wellness services, and you get down to section 2301, this is what happens. In section 3131 of that bill, it changes the Preventive Services Task Force to the Clinical Preventive Services Task Force. Then, you go back and you see that that task force on preventive… -
'Light Words During a Dark Time' -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
22 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pmFrom a $50 NRO contributor: It's worth $50 just to be able to read lines like, "you keep us on our toes like Robert Reich at a urinal". Thanks for the light words during a dark time. Contribute to NRO here.
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Weekly Standard Blog
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Chart: The Real 10 Year Cost of Reid's Health Care Bill Is $1.8 Trillion
22 Nov 2009 | 7:59 pmHarry Reid and his fellow Democrats claim that the cost of the Senate's health care bill is $849 billion over the first ten years. But, as Jeffrey Anderson pointed out in the New York Post on Friday, they get this figure by using "the same accounting trick as past versions: 99 percent of the costs don't kick in until the fifth year of that "10-year" period. The true 10-year costs are well over twice what Reid's advertising: $1.8 trillion." Here's a chart Anderson made using CBO projections to show that the Senate health care bill costs $1.8 trillion during the first ten years that the program… -
NYTimes: We Won't Publish "Statements that Were Never Intended for the Public Eye."
22 Nov 2009 | 2:10 pmWith the release of hundreds of emails by scientists advocates of global warming showing obvious and entirely inappropriate collusion by the authors -- including attempts to suppress dissent, to punish journals that publish peer-reviewed studies casting doubt on global warming, and to manipulate data to bolster their own arguments -- even the New York Times is forced to concede that "the documents will undoubtedly raise questions about the quality of research on some specific questions and the actions of some scientists." But apparently the paper's environmental blog, Dot Earth, is taking a… -
Beamer: Why'd Obama Recuse Himself on Terror Trials?
21 Nov 2009 | 11:26 amIt's a fair question from a man who lost his son on 9/11: Mr. Holder said that he and his boss had not spoken in person about this decision. This matter only involves upholding the constitutional rights of Americans, establishing a precedent with battlefield impact, and the safety and security of our citizens in a time of war. What are the criteria to make something a priority with President Barack Obama? How can it be that this matter didn't make the cut? The Obama administration decided to trash the detainee policies of its predecessor before the inauguration -- and before they'd even… -
Skelton: Holder Didn't Really Convince Me
21 Nov 2009 | 11:04 amThe chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has taken another shot at the administration's war on terror policies with a letter yesterday to AG Eric Holder and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates questioning the decision to put the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks on trial in federal criminal courts rather than military tribunals: Skelton, a fellow Democrat of President Barack Obama, asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to brief the committee about the decision to use the criminal courts instead of the revamped military commissions. "As a former… -
Happy Hour Links
20 Nov 2009 | 3:21 pmMark Hemingway: Won't somebody think of the trustafarians? Worse than waterboarding: Iraqi detainees use Favre to taunt Wisconsin soldiers. Jay Cost: Of course 60 Democratic senators will vote yes on Saturday night's motion to proceed to debate on the health care bill. Wesley Smith: Senate health care bill is assisted suicide friendly. Sarah Palin is concerned that panels made up of health care bureaucrats recommend scaling back on mammograms and cervical cancer screenings. Obama campaign calls Palin "dangerous" in fundraising letter. Jim Geraghty: Fox finds no significant wrongdoing in…
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Bench Memos
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism-November 22 -- By: Ed Whelan
22 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am2006—It’s monkey business as usual at the Ninth Circuit. A divided panel, in an opinion by higher primate William Fletcher, disrupts established principles of administrative law as it rules both (1) that a plaintiff with a “particularly close emotional attachment” to a chimpanzee named Terry has standing to challenge the Department of Agriculture’s decision not to adopt a draft policy providing guidance on how to ensure the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates, and (2) that the decision not to adopt the draft policy is judicially reviewable. Judge Kozinski concludes his… -
David Hamilton's Yes to "Allah" and No to "Jesus" -- By: Ed Whelan
20 Nov 2009 | 6:46 amIn Newsweek, Dahlia Lithwick contends that Newt Gingrich “was factually true but hopelessly misleading” when he said that David Hamilton, President Obama’s recently confirmed pick for the Seventh Circuit, had ruled that “saying the words Jesus Christ in a prayer is a sign of inappropriate behavior, but saying Allah would be OK.”But it’s Lithwick who is doing the misleading, as she omits from her quotations from Hamilton’s order the brief passages that amply warrant the concern of Gingrich and other critics that Hamilton was engaging in an act of politically correct favoritism of… -
Hamilton Confirmed -- By: Ed Whelan
19 Nov 2009 | 12:04 pmBy a 59-39 vote, the Senate has confirmed President Obama’s controversial (see here, here, here, here, and here) nomination of David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit.The only Republican to vote in favor of Hamilton was Richard Lugar of Hamilton’s home state of Indiana. -
Masquerading as a Judge -- By: Ed Whelan
19 Nov 2009 | 8:15 amIn another brazen abuse of his judicial office, Ninth Circuit judge Stephen Reinhardt yesterday purported to issue an order requiring the Office of the Federal Defender for the Central District of California to make an award of back pay to a deputy federal public defender who was not permitted to enroll his same-sex spouse as a beneficiary of his health-care plan.One of the many problems with Reinhardt’s order is that there was no case before him in his judicial capacity.Reinhardt was acting in his administrative capacity as designee of the current Chair of the Ninth Circuit’s Standing… -
Joan Biskupic's Biography of Justice Scalia-Part 4 -- By: Ed Whelan
18 Nov 2009 | 9:08 amIt’s true, as I put it in my Part 1 post, that Joan Biskupic’s American Original is “in many places more evenhanded than I expected.”But my expectations were low, and Biskupic’s book is decidedly, if sometimes subtly, stacked against Scalia. One set of examples consists of Biskupic’s rhetoric.Time after time, Biskupic tells us that Scalia has “fervent” views (e.g., pp. 107, 149, 196) or a “fervidly argued position” (p. 196).He has an “authoritarian instinct” and an “authoritarian bent” (pp. 51, 64) that supposedly explains his views on executive power (but that…
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Instapundit
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AL GORE WAS ON SNL TOO? Kinda got upstaged, didn’t he?…
22 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pmAL GORE WAS ON SNL TOO? Kinda got upstaged, didn’t he? -
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Obama “Carteresque.”…
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SAVING JFK.
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JONAH GOLDBERG: Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vit…
22 Nov 2009 | 8:28 pmJONAH GOLDBERG: Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vitus’ Dance over that demonic succubus Sarah Palin. In its reader forum, The Fray, one supposed Palinophobe took dead aim at the former Alaska governor’s writing chops, excerpting the following sentence from her book: “The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn’t work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a pay phone at the corner gas station, where a black Doberman the size of a wolf paced through the night in vigilant patrol, its… -
HEY, MAYBE I SHOULD ANNOUNCE FOR Tennessee’s 29th Congressional District. UPDATE: Reader Jeff Ba…
22 Nov 2009 | 8:14 pmHEY, MAYBE I SHOULD ANNOUNCE FOR Tennessee’s 29th Congressional District. UPDATE: Reader Jeff Bangle writes: “I fully support your bid for office in Tennessee’s 29th Congressional District. I have maintained a virtual residence in this District for several parsecs, ever since moving there from Kessel. If you can get your name on the ballot, I promise to donate the maximum number of quatloos allowed by law to your campaign.” The momentum is building. Steamroller, baby!
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Eunomia
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A Sure Path To Self-Destruction (II)
21 Nov 2009 | 10:20 amBut for Larison to sugeest that for Palin to keep in the good graces of her base, she has to back the more conservative candidate in every single race, no matter what other circumstances are in play, is totally ludicrous. ~Philip Klein Had I said that, Klein might have a point, but I clearly didn’t. I’m not talking about Palin siding with the conservative in “every single race, no matter what other circumstances are in play,” but I am definitely talking about this Arizona Senate primary and the Palinite loathing of McCain. Rank-and-file conservatives dislike McCain as… -
A Sure Path To Self-Destruction
20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 amStill, who could help McCain beat back a populist conservative challenger? Sarah Palin. I predict that Palin will come to Arizona next summer to campaign for McCain, will make an impassioned case for him, and will help him win. She will thereby repay McCain for his confidence in picking her last year, help keep McCain as a crucial voice in the Senate for a strong foreign policy, and get credit for being a different kind of populist conservative—a Reaganite, not a Buchananite, populist—than the immigration-obsessed, voter-alienating (he was ousted in 2006 in a Republican district)… -
The Serious People And The Fringe
19 Nov 2009 | 10:38 amI would note that, as Hounshell himself admits, not a single U.S. president has actually done more than mouth empty threats or apply mild, temporary, pressure on Israel over its settlements. All serious people may believe settlements are corrosive to peace, but those people do not include the current Prime Minister of Israel and the current U.S. administration (again, judge what they do, not what they say). What Sarah Palin is saying has been U.S. policy in deed, if not in word, for decades. I see no reason to beat up on Palin over stating the obvious, not least because she will (thankfully)… -
Competence
17 Nov 2009 | 2:37 pmAfter reading some of the things Palinites have been writing this week, I am tempted to say that they are “objectively” pro-Obama inasmuch as they are doing their very best to make Obama’s re-election secure. It’s tempting, but it wouldn’t be entirely fair. What is a bit sad is simply how out of it Palinites are. R.S. McCain imagines that Palin is extremely popular. This is true only among a shrinking number of Republicans. Douglas thinks that Palin is powerful because she has become a favorite pinata of the left. In fact, she has very little power outside the… -
Enemies Of Reasoned Discussion
16 Nov 2009 | 10:09 amReihan: Yet the fact that Matt [Continetti] isn’t unremittingly hostile to Palin is reason enough for many readers to reflexively dismiss his arguments. I find this pretty depressing, albeit pretty predictable. What’s worse is that this contributes to a tit-for-tat culture that is the enemy of thoughtful, reasoned discussion. One thing that moves me to dismiss his arguments for Palin is his insistence that she in some way represents a tradition of Democratic populism exemplified by Jackson and Bryan when she has no claim to such a tradition, especially when she seems to have no sympathy…
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Five Boxes
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Pump and Dump: The Intentional Bankrupting of the U.S. (Part II)
21 Nov 2009 | 8:40 amAs we outlined in Part I, there are powers at work that are trying to bankrupt the United States. (And if you haven’t read that piece, we recommend that you do for background purposes.) We believe that the economic roller coaster of the past few years has been an intentional effort on the part of various [...] -
News you may have missed: FiveBoxes’ Twitter activity, week of 2009-11-20
20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pmSenate healthcare bill: 2074 pages. Contact your Senators: DEMAND 13 DAYS OF DEBATE PER PAGE. http://bit.ly/1xV3zV #13days # Similar Posts: News you may have missed: FiveBoxes’ Twitter activity, week of 2009-09-04 News you may have missed: FiveBoxes’ Twitter activity, week of 2009-10-09 News you may have missed: FiveBoxes’ Twitter activity, week of 2009-10-02 News you may have missed: FiveBoxes’ Twitter [...] -
Weekend Reading for 11-20-2009: News & Commentary
20 Nov 2009 | 3:57 pmThe Presidential Limbo Remember when Obama bowed to the Saudi king? The White House said “Oh, Obama was just leaning over since he’s so much taller than the king.” The conservatives were incensed that our president would bow — a sign of subservience and apology — before anyone, and got ridiculed by their liberal counterparts for [...] -
Tacticians, Strategists, and how Government Works
17 Nov 2009 | 8:35 amNow, we’ve been called conspiracy theorists for some time. Heck, we even have a column heading called “Paranoia Corner.” We do temper our conspiracies with a dash of common sense. For example, we don’t believe Oswald acted alone because logically it would have been impossible for him to do things like change the parade route. [...] -
Weekend Reading for 11-13-2009
13 Nov 2009 | 8:10 amTragedy at Fort Hood Words cannot express our solemn sympathy for the families of those murdered at Ft. Hood, and the outrage we have at the incident. We only wish the President would have shown the same reverence at the tragedy. When he spoke about the incident at a previously scheduled appearance, President Obama spent the first [...]
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AmSpecBlog
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Why Does Alyssa Milano Hate Me?
22 Nov 2009 | 5:19 pmHonestly, I'm not an online celebrity stalker. But I am an avid pursuer of Web traffic -- having recently cleared the 3-million-hit mark on my personal blog -- and a few months ago,... -
The Road Ahead in the Health Care Battle
21 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pmWhile Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has secured the needed 60 votes to bring his health care bill to the Senate floor after Thanksgiving recess, there's still a long road to go until ... -
In Sum, IPCC Discredited
21 Nov 2009 | 12:27 pmMy colleagues at the Heartland Institute have posted their succinct summary of the implications from Climategate, and it is very simple: The UN IPCC gatekeepers have lost all credibility, and... -
Blanche Lincoln Gives Reid Needed Votes to Advance Bill
21 Nov 2009 | 11:41 amSen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas said she would vote to allow the Senate health care bill to advance, thus giving Majority Leader Harry Reid the needed votes to bring the legislation to the... -
Landrieu Says She’ll Vote to Advance Health Care Bill
21 Nov 2009 | 9:51 amAnd then there was one. Sen. Mary Landrieu just announced she would vote to allow Harry Reid’s health care bill to make it to the Senate floor for a vote. Landrieu, who was one of just...
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The Skepticians
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Twitter for Thee, Not Me
16 Nov 2009 | 7:37 amPresident Barack Obama admitted Monday to a group of students in Shanghai, China that, while billed as the most tech-savvy President in history, he doesn’t use Twitter. When asked by a student if he was aware of China’s firewall blocking the popular micro-blogging service, Obama forewent his tech savvy reputation, saying, “I have never used Twitter but I’m an advocate of technology and not restricting internet access.” President Obama’s admission that his unfamiliarity of the technology tool du jour would have been an altogether innocuous acknowledgement… -
Coburn, McCain Endorse Fiorina Senate Bid
5 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pmCarly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO-turned-McCain campaign advisor and surrogate, announced on Thursday the endorsements of eight Republican Senators, including conservative stalwart Senator Tom Coburn. “Our nation is facing serious economic challengers because we keep rehiring the same failed career politicians who have proven themselves incapable of making hard choices,” read Coburn’s statement. “Carly’s common sense and fiscal conservatism will be a welcome addition to the United States Senate. I am glad to offer her my endorsement.”… -
On Obama’s Dover AFB Trip
4 Nov 2009 | 7:23 amPresident Obama on Saturday traveled to Dover Air Force Base to greet America’s fallen soldiers. But while there, Mr. Obama was photographed saluting a flag-covered casket of one returning soldier which prompted criticism from the President’s most reliable critic–Rush Limbaugh, of course–who called the trip a poll-driven “photo-op.” “It was a photo op precisely because he’s having big-time trouble on this whole Afghanistan dithering situation,” the conservative radio icon told “Fox News Sunday.” While there is little question… -
Sunlight Foundation in the Dark
25 Oct 2009 | 10:22 pmThe Sunlight Foundation’s Luke Rosiak reported on Friday the Republican National Committee spent $1.4 million on the redesign of GOP.com, a figure which totals more than five times what the RNC’s Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org. Sources familiar with the RNC’s digital makeover, however, contest Sunlight’s report, calling it “ridiculous.” Rosiak writes: The biggest disparity seems to be bandwidth costs–the RNC paid Smartech Corp., a Republican-focused hosting firm, more than a million dollars, plus $22,000 to Eloqua, compared to the DNC’s… -
OfA, DNC ‘Call Out’ Steele in New Web Video
22 Oct 2009 | 3:51 pmOrganizing for America, the increasingly combative political operation of the White House, today unveiled a new web video targeting Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele, charging the Republican Party chief with “siding with Washington elites and insurance companies and playing political games to kill reform.” The latest installment in OfA’s “call ‘em out” campaign—a call to arms of sorts for complacent allies of President Barack Obama to debunk Republican myths about heath care reform—accuses Steele of scare-mongering and orchestrating a misinformation…
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Politics4All
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Making Home Affordable?
22 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pmAs you all know we are in the middle of the deepest recession our country has seen since the 1930's. Yes I said in the middle of, because we are not out of the recession yet. The 3.5 % growth that the Fed says we experienced in the 3rd quarter was all because of Government money. From September 08' to September 09' the Government loaned or funded 3 trillion dollars worth of projects into our economy. When the fed figures GDP, they figure these funds as well as everything else.One of the programs put into place by our Government was the Making Home Affordable… -
AG Eric Holder and President Obama are Underminding the Constitution, Again
22 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm"How could you be more likely to get a conviction in federal court when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has already asked to plead guilty before military commission and be executed?" -U.S. Senator Jon Kyl questions U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the Obama Administration's decision to risk the safety of American citizens and the disclosure of valuable intelligence to terrorists around the world by -
FT.com / US & Canada - Splits widen for Democrats over health reform
22 Nov 2009 | 7:39 pmSplits widen for Democrats over health reformBy Sarah O’Connor in Washington Published: November 22 2009 18:44 | Last updated: November 22 2009 18:44President Barack Obama’s mission to reform US healthcare vaulted another legislative hurdle over the weekend, but the scramble to secure his own party’s votes sheds light on the messy compromises that may be needed to get it to the finish line.Fissures between liberal and centrist Democrats cracked open on Sunday in the aftermath of a procedural vote, which paved the way for the estimated $848bn (€570bn, £514bn) draft Senate bill to be… -
Seminal Watercooler – It All Comes Down to Food
22 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pmHere’s Michael Pollan connecting the dots between three of our most pressing problems. Interesting food for thought. What’s on your mind tonight? -
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples Announced
22 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pmTom Calma, Chair of the Steering Committee charged with establishing the new national Indigenous representative body, has today announced that the new organisation will be called the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. Commissioner Calma, who has convened the independent Indigenous Steering Committee since December last year, announced the name after the federal Government confirmed it had accepted the recommendations of the Committee's report, Our future in our hands, and had agreed to initial funding of the organisation until December 2013.
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Bill Starr's Blog
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Employer Parking Lots and Firearms - A Poll -- A Keyboard and a .45
19 Nov 2009 | 5:39 amImportant debate.Let's start by pointing out that the responsible, law-abiding employees are the only ones who comply with company policies against having firearms locked in their vehicles in the company parking lot in the first place.I hate to see government get involved in this.It is unfortunate that there are employers who would penalize their law-abiding employees who wish to assume full responsibility provide for their own self-protection while in transit between home and work, and at all stops in between.The companies certainly don't provide any protection for these employees during the… -
Triggers for Civil Disobedience | Political Class Dismissed
15 Nov 2009 | 5:50 pmWhere would you draw the line?Triggers for Civil Disobedience | Political Class Dismissed -
Repeal Day Serves as Reminder of the Folly of Our Drug Laws - Opinion - FOXNews.com
15 Nov 2009 | 5:34 pm"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law ... For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced." -- Einstein on U.S. alcohol Prohibition.Repeal Day Serves as Reminder of the Folly of Our Drug Laws - Opinion - FOXNews.com -
EDITORIAL: End Clinton-era military base gun ban - Washington Times
15 Nov 2009 | 5:22 pmGreat article on the foolishness of gun-free victim-disarmament zones, especially on military bases.EDITORIAL: End Clinton-era military base gun ban - Washington Times -
- Flu Shots and Freedom
15 Nov 2009 | 3:20 pmLots of good information here more general than just the question of whether people should be forced to accept flu shots.Flu Shots and Freedom
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Norton Release
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Jesse Jackson: “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”
20 Nov 2009 | 10:27 amI’ve heard Jesse Jackson say some dumb ass things in his life, but out of all of the things this human latrine spits out, this is the worse. According to Jackson last Wednesday, speaking about Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) who is currently running for Alabama’s governor and voted against the house’s healthcare bill, you can’t call yourself black and vote no on healthcare. “We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.” Wow Mr. Jackson, real… -
NSFW VIDEO: Carmen Electra sex tape?
20 Nov 2009 | 9:17 amWith every damn celebrity revealing themselves to the world, its not surprising that we would soon hear a rumor that Ms. Carmen Electra would have a leaked sex tape. Only problem is this is not a real sex tape as no nudity is involved and many are claiming its a publicity stunt. Wouldn’t doubt it for one minute because for a girl who models for Playboy and Maxim, it would be surprising that she wouldn’t bare in the real deal. Video can be viewed below, but let me advise you, its NSFW (not safe for work)! Click here to view the embedded video. -
Guy marries his video game girlfriend
20 Nov 2009 | 8:53 amSo we’ve heard some weird marriages taking place such as that one woman who married a dolphin, but in all my years (which are not many btw), I am yet to hear of a guy marrying his video game, that is until now. Love Plus, a game that allows you to date, study with and talk to a virtual girlfriend has gotten one man so engrossed in it that he has decided to marry Nene, one of the game characters. The couple plan plan to have a reception in Japan and has invited the media to participate. More outrageous is the fact that the guys close relaitves and friends will be there and come… -
Politician vs. Pornstar Episode I: Harry Reid vs. Stormy Daniels
19 Nov 2009 | 2:54 pmStormy Daniels Harry Reid Welcome to a new series on Norton Release where we (in a humorous way) pit a Politician against a Pornstar. Seeing that both politics and pornography are two of the dirtiest industries on the planet, it’s only fair to see how rivals from each would fair off in each others position. Be aware that I am in no wise condoning any of the things these politicians and pornstars perform. That said, lets meet our first contestants. Harry Reid: Current Speaker of the House Stormy Daniels: Pornstar and aspiring politician. Harry Reid There isn’t much to list as… -
Mall Santa’s ask for protection from Swine Flu
19 Nov 2009 | 8:21 amAccording to Holidash, Santa’s at America’s malls are asking for protection from the little vipers who they have to deal with each year. But its not their attitude they are concerned with, but rather the viruses they could be carrying. This has led many Santa impersonators to request early access to the H1N1 vaccine. I don’t know about you, but I much rather deal with the Swine Flu then the brats that show up at the malls every Christmas and carry lists the size of War and Peace. VIA: Holidash!
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Ben Smith's Blog
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Sunday reading: Dangerous
22 Nov 2009 | 6:36 pmLandrieu and Lincoln needed a drink. Biden takes Des Moines. MTV edits out the name of a controversial fried chicken joint. Palin is popular in Iowa, though not as broadly as Huckabee. She is not popular with Martha. ("Boring, confused, and dangerous.) And she meets the Grahams. -
Ghostwriting job of the day
22 Nov 2009 | 4:57 pmFrom Craigslist: I'm working on a memoir, set in 1983, when I lived with Obama for a year. The memoir is about my life and about what New York was like in 1983, and how we lived then, but Barack is obviously a player in the story. This is not a tell-all, it's a friendly, gentle and literate book. I work full time in a highly visible career and would like to work with a research assistant to help me stay focused. This is you: You live in Manhattan and can visit the Village frequently. Your living situation is stable, as is your personal life. Your income is stable. You can work with a six… -
Tweet of the day
22 Nov 2009 | 12:35 pm@sarahpalinusa: "Surprise guest in Virginia- thx Tito the Builder! Still representing hardworking Americans who loves this country/protects r Constitution!" -
Sub-50% in Iowa
21 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pmHere's a symbolic threshold: Obama's approval rating just dipped below 50% in Iowa, a state where he once wowed indies and Republicans as well as Dems. -
Saturday reading: 60
21 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pmIn his weekly address, Obama says his foreign travel is all about the domestic economic recovery, a sure sign the White House is concerned it isn't exactly being seen that way. They've got 60. McDonnell -- and his strategy -- star at the RGA. Rahm blows up the style book. Serious economists think the Senate bill will do something about cost. Broder thinks it'll bust the budget.Ezra Klein goes after Broder, in a bit of WaPo generational conflict. Reid attacks Broder as a retiree. Beck steps it up. The Post Office gives Santa a reprieve. Biden heads to Iowa. And it's back to the all-boys golf…
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Bob McCary Writes
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Legislation Could Lead to States’ Rights Showdown
22 Nov 2009 | 10:14 pmMissouri State Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) drew much applause Saturday afternoon when she informed the crowd at the Million Med March about the Health Care Freedom Act she is going to introduce soon in the Missouri Senate. The favorable response was due, in part, to the fact that the crowd of more than 300 included physicians, [...] -
‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis
21 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pmA crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol. Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, were joined at the rally by [...] -
Inhofe to Boxer: ‘We won. You lost. Get a life.’
20 Nov 2009 | 11:25 amThe headline I used the last time I reported on Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) pretty much summed up the story: Barbara Boxer Gives Republicans the Shaft, Tosses Senate Committee Rules Out the Window. Today, I let a light-hearted comment Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) directed toward Senator Boxer serve as my headline. Captured in the video below, [...] -
Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform (Update)
20 Nov 2009 | 9:58 amEDITOR’S UPDATE 11/21/09: Click here to see the SERMO.com blog page containing survey results mentioned by Dr. Dan Windsor at the Million Med March today in Clayton, Mo. More details about the rally will be published here during the remainder of the weekend. Jackson Healthcare survey article continues below. * * * Ninety-two percent of the [...] -
Al Gore Offered Cash to Debate Global Warming
20 Nov 2009 | 9:13 amFormer Vice President Al Gore has, to date, refused to debate Lord Christopher Monckton on the subject of global warming. Hoping to “sweeten the pot” for the man who’s made millions hocking predictions about the end of the world coming soon due to man-made climate changed, the folks at the Competitive Enterprise Institute have decided [...]
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Washington Post
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In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington
22 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmWashington is a town where lots of folks have a "history" with one another -- a history that's not always the most pleasant. That makes the task of holiday dinner-party seating an especially exacting science, since there's always the risk of a food fight. -
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Public option at center of debate
22 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmDemocrats had little time to savor their weekend Senate health-care victory, as two of the lawmakers who voted to move the debate forward Saturday night indicated Sunday that they will not vote to pass the package if it includes a government-run insurance program. -
The Monday Fix: Is Palin running for president in 2012?
22 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmWith so much attention being paid to Sarah Palin's book tour, the Fix decided to put our political nerd cap on -- okay, fine, we always wear it -- and go inside the numbers of where she's stopping and why. -
The ultimate crop rotation: Wealthy nations outsource crops to Ethiopia's farmlands
22 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmBAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.
