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Duke Lacrosse Civil Suits Allowed To Move Forward

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 7:36pm

A federal judge in the Middle District of North Carolina has allowed civil lawsuits by Duke lacrosse players wrongly accused of rape to move forward. 

In the first case, Evans et al. v. City of Durham et al., for which the 98-page opinion is embedded below, the court granted in...

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The Missing Headline: “Obama Support Among Millennials Plummets Since 2008″

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 6:37pm

That’s the headline you will not see.  Instead, you will see this headline: 

“Obama Approval Ratings On The Rise Among Millennials, Especially on College Campuses, Harvard Poll Finds.”

And this headline:

Obama Job Approval Rises Among Young Voters: Millennials More Likely To Vote Obama Than GOP Candidate In 2012

And this headline:

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The Politics of Beauty

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 2:59pm
Kathleen
Over at Mises.org, Ben O’Neill has a great post about “discrimination” in the modeling industry. Recently, a model of Indian-descent in Australia tried to make the case that she was being unfairly discriminated on the basis of her race.
“One might feel a bit sorry for Ms. Rajandran. One might, that...
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AARP – But You Knew That

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 2:11pm

Washington, D.C. is shocked to find that AARP may have had a financial incentive to push Obamacare:

“The report also details the Democrats’ health care law’s significant cuts to Medicare Advantage (MA) and how the interplay in the marketplace between MA and Medigap will increase Medigap sales. This will have a direct,...
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This Would Not Work

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12:00pm

If Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) recovers dramatically from her gunshot wounds, she would be a formidable candidate to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Jon Kyl.  Giffords would have been a contender for the Democratic nomination even without the shooting, but the groundswell of sympathy would make her viable...

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Judge Sumi Rules Budget Repair Bill Not In Effect

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 10:46am

Judge Maryann Sumi has issued this morning a two-page ruling saying the budget repair bill is not in effect.  Via JSOnline:

A state law to sharply curb union bargaining by public employees is not in effect, a Dane County judge ruled Thursday, continuing the turmoil over a measure that sparked massive protests...
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The Most Important Judicial Nominee You Never Heard Of Up For Another Vote Today

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Posted by    Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 8:47am

I have written numerous times about John J. “Jack” McConnell, Jr., who has been nominated to the federal District Court in Rhode Island.  The nomination was one of a handful on which Republicans drew a line in the sand last year, along with Goodwin Liu.

By way of background, McConnell was the...

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Judge Sumi Warns Attorneys About Criticisms

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 4:31pm

The attorneys present during these comments indicated it was not clear to whom they were directed, but I have to believe the warnings were directed at attorneys for the State.

As reported by JSOnline (emphasis mine):

Before wrapping up a brief hearing Wednesday, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi offered a word of caution...
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Waiting for it

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 2:47pm


“We cannot balance the budget on the backs of the Libyan people.”

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Olbermann vs. The Conservative Voice on Campus

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:00pm
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Last night, Keith Olbermann addressed his alma mater in a lecture auditorium. I wasn’t in attendance for two reasons: 1. I still felt nauseous from seeing him the day be...
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Please Meet The Middle Eastern Reformer-in-Chief

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 11:03am

The man Hillary Clinton described as a ”reformer” (which she later tried to walk back), and on whom the Obama administration has pinned its hopes for peace in the Middle East, despite his having helped funnel insurgents into Iraq to kill American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, his arming of Hezbollah, and his service as...

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Help Get This Ad On The Air In Wisconsin

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:21am

There has been a lot of talk lately in the right-blogosphere about the importance of the upcoming Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, which is next week. 

National unions and leftist groups have poured millions into attacking current Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, including a malicious advertisement accusing him of failing to...

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It Always Ends Badly

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 8:59am

A commenter using the pseudonym “Milwaukeean” has been active here for the past couple of weeks regarding the various court and other disputes in Wisconsin.

Milwaukeean didn’t seem to cross the line from dissenter to troll, made some good points at times, and often argued against my position and the position of other...

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Thanks For Trying To Cheer Me Up, But …

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 7:00am

Thanks to reader Jason who took this photo recently in Raleigh, NC:

Maybe there’s something to the story of the tide turning in Raleigh.

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Does Media Matters Really Want People To Listen To This Tape?

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 8:03pm

Media Matters, as part of its new “get Fox News” agenda, is spinning a tape of Bill Sammons of Fox News made in 2009 as reflecting dishonesty as to “mischievous speculation” in 2008 as to whether Obama had socialist tendencies.  Needless to say, the left-blogsphere has reacted with glee.

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