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Thank You, Honduras

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Posted by    Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:30am

Hondurans voted yesterday, and it appears that a rival of Manuel Zelaya has won. For those of you who regularly read this blog, you know of the struggle of Honduras not only against Zelaya and his primary backer, Hugo Chavez, but also against the Obama administration.

The Honduran election is a massive...

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Quote of the Weekend

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Posted by    Monday, November 30, 2009 at 9:15am

Best line of the weekend. Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday, asked whether the White House party crashers should be prosecuted:

Yes, we should put them on trial in New York in a courtroom right next to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

(My transcription from memory, until I can get a transcript)

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10,000 Unnecessary Cancer Deaths (in Britain)

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Posted by    Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:30am

Another day, another exposé by a British newspaper about the failure of nationalized health care. This time, it’s the left-wing The Guardian reflecting on how delays in cancer care cause 10,000 unnecessary deaths each year compared to other European countries:

Up to 10,000 people die needlessly of cancer every year because their...

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Willie Horton-ish

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Posted by    Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 10:46pm

The list of potential GOP presidential candidates just narrowed. If reports are accurate, a convict to whom Mike Huckabee granted clemency is sought in the killing of four Seattle policemen.

This is Huck’s Willie Horton. Sure, there are differences. Horton committed rape while on weekend furlough granted by Mike Dukakis.

The alleged Seattle...

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Three Questions for Mrs. Tiger

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Posted by    Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:55pm

I want to believe Tiger Woods’ statement that the rumors about his wife attacking him are false. Refusing to speak with the police, however, is not a good sign.

One issue keeps popping back into my mind on this. Tiger’s wife reportedly helped extricate him from the car by smashing a window...

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Are Our Liberties Worth Only $200-$500?

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Posted by    Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:10pm

Democrats have a thrill running up their legs because health care economist Jonathan Gruber of MIT has proclaimed that private insurance policies “in the non-group market” will cost $200-$500 less if Harry Reid’s plan becomes law.

The analysis is rudimentary.

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Left Shouldn’t Cheer Kerry Report

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Posted by    Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 3:35pm

Can’t seem to get motivated to write in great detail about John Kerry’s “hey, look, I just issued a report about George W. deliberately letting Osama go in Tora Bora, you know, the same argument I have been making for several years and which failed to get me elected President; but...

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From The Department of Obvious Headlines

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Posted by    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 8:50pm

Politico is fast replacing The New York Times as my favorite source of screen shots. Of course, nothing yet approaches the NY Times’ Nude Swiss Hikers</...

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Saturday Night Card Game (Matt Taibbi)

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Posted by    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 6:00pm

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

Matt Taibbi in explaining the many and varied reasons why he hates Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, WWE Star:

Palin — and there’s just no way to deny this — is a supremely gifted politician. She has...

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The Greatest Celebrity’s Reality Show

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Posted by    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 10:36am

It’s not Obama’s fault that two publicity-seeking reality-show wannabees crashed the State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister, any more than it was Obama’s fault that the Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded Obama the undeserved Peace Prize.

In the absence of any real achievements by Obama, however, these quirks of fate seem...

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Saturday Morning Tiger Speculation

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Posted by    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 9:11am

Pulls out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m., driving fast enough to cause serious injury when he hits a fire hydrant and tree near his home. No alchohol involved. Likely verdict:

In massive fight with his wife, and drove off like a bat out of hell because he was pissed.

Just my speculation,...

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Nothing Wrong With Nationalized Health Care, Move Along

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Posted by    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 8:39am

From the London Times, on continuing problems in the British health care system:

An immediate investigation to uncover the true extent of death rates across the NHS has been ordered by the Health Secretary after scandals at two hospital trusts.

Amid claims that patients are dying due to poor care in at least...

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Your Medical Records Are Absolutely Safe

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Posted by    Friday, November 27, 2009 at 7:05pm

Do not worry that your electronic medical records, once in the possession of the government, will not be safe. The government has extensive procedures in place to assure that the never, ever, could there be a breach of security.

These security procedures have been developed and tested by the Secret Service, so...

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Cheney On The Ballot In Massachusetts

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Posted by    Friday, November 27, 2009 at 6:10pm

Or so it seems. Democratic Representative Mike Capuano is running in the Democratic special primary for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. While running against numerous other high-profile Democrats, such as Attorney General Martha Coakley, Capuano has put Dick Cheney at the center of his campaign strategy.

In an advertisement (below), which is running...

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Reid For It, Now Against It

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Posted by    Friday, November 27, 2009 at 4:03pm

From an op-ed by Sen. Jeff Session (R-Ala.), on how Harry Reid was one of the architects, during the Bush administration, of the judicial filibuster. Now that Reid is Majority Leader, Reid is against the use of the filibuster for judicial nominees, and indignantly so:

This controversy arose when Democr...

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