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Landrieu To Hold Fundraiser for Reid

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Posted by    Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:25pm

It gets curiouser and curiouser.

Yesterday, Mary Landrieu closed the deal for a payoff to Louisiana in exchange for her vote...

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Hacked E-mails or Else!

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Posted by    Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 11:35am

The other day, when the news of “hacked” e-mails from a British climate institute hit the internet, I wrote Why The “Hacked E-Mails” Don’t Interest Me, Yet.

In the post, I noted that I did not have the time to devote to the hacked e-mails because I was too busy monitoring Andrew...

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Mary Landrieu Should Make Edwin Edwards Proud

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Posted by    Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 9:44pm

Mary Landrieu should make Edwin Edwards proud. After being criticized for taking $100 million in earmarked aid for Louisiana as part of Harry Reid’s health care bill, ...

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Saturday Night Card Game (Jesse Jackson)

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Posted by    Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 6:30pm

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

I almost had forgotten about Jesse Jackson. But he’s still out there, and still the master race card player:

“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You...
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Berkeley Students Should Be Protesting Obamacare

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Posted by    Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 3:47pm

The students taking over buildings at U.C. Berkeley are protesting large pending tuition increases. The ultra-liberal campus has a sense of entitlement out of whack with the reality of California; liberal economic policies have ruined California’s economy, so these students will have to get used to paying a few thousand dollars...

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AP Whines About Fair Use, But Scans Palin Book

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Posted by    Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:48pm

The Associated Press has been at the forefront of efforts to prevent bloggers and websites linking to, and quoting, traditional media content:

Taking a new hard line that news articles should not turn up on search engines and Web sites without permission, The Associated Press said Thursday that it would add software...
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Yes, It Really Is That Bad

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Posted by    Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 9:50am

I’ve spent some time going through Harry Reid’s 2,074 page health care restructuring bill. If you read the dozens of prior posts regarding prior versions, you pretty much know the story. There are many good analyses of the tax and other aspects, so read up.

While some details have changed, this is...

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Why The “Hacked E-Mails” Don’t Interest Me, Yet

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Posted by    Friday, November 20, 2009 at 4:52pm

The internet is on fire due to the heat generated by the e-mails hacked from a British climate institute, “allegedly” showing that some scientists, in order to justify their grant money, may have phonied-up some global climate numbers.

I refuse to join the bandwagon alerting the world to the “alleged” hoax.

Because I...

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Rise and Fall, Sword Optional

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Posted by    Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:30am

Latest tracking poll from Rasmussen shows Obama at -14% on the strongly approve/strongly disapprove index. Look at the chart, and it shows a steady rise in negatives and steady fall in positives, for month after month...

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Reid: Hurry to Open Debate Then Let’s Leave for the Holiday

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Posted by    Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:30am

Harry Reid wants a Saturday night vote to open debate in the Senate on Reid’s 2,074 page attempt to restructure the health care system.

What will the Senator then do? Actually start debate? No,...

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Schumer Right Before He Was Wrong

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Posted by    Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:28pm

Chuck Schumer defends Obama’s decision to try 9/11 subjects in civilian court in lower Manhattan.

But Schumer was against it (via HotAir and Washington Times) in 2001, using words which explained the lack...

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Read It Out Loud

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Posted by    Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:32pm

Tom Coburn (R-Ok) may request, as is his right under Senate Rules, that the entire 2,027 page Harry Reid health care restructuring bill be read out loud on the floor of the Senate prior to debate:

A little quick math shows that at a minute a page — an easily achieved pace...
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What About The 255 Million?

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Posted by    Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:35am

There is one number about which Harry Reid and the Democrats almost never talk: 255 million.

That is the number of Americans who have health insurance, according to the September 2009 Report released by the Census Bureau (at page 20). The vast majority of those people (70%) are happy with their coverage,...

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Health Care Shock and Awe

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Posted by    Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:55am

It is clear that Democrats, who opposed shock and awe on the actual battlefield, find it a useful tactic in the health care debate.

Last night, Harry Reid released the 2,074 page bill he created in secret, and he wants to start debate immediately. If he had his way (which fortunately he...

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Dems to Tax Cosmetic Surgery

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:32pm

Harry Reid and his Democratic band of friends want to impose a 5% excise tax on all elective cosmetic surgeries (those which are not needed to repair deformaties or injuries caused by an accident or disfiguring disease). It’s all in Section 9017 of Harry Reid’s 2,074 page monstrosity released tonight:

There is...

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