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The Petraeus Timeline: Will We Ever Again Hear the Complete Truth About Anything?
on November 12, 2012
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Scott Shane in the New York Times gives us the Petraeus timeline and does his best to bury both the lede and the story’s implications. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department were notified in the late summer that F.B.I. agents had uncovered what...
Northwestern U. Marxism conference packed with teachers
on November 12, 2012
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Teachers filled the ranks at the 2012 Midwest Marxism Conference, which was held Saturday at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey, who spoke at one of the breakout sessions, was just one of the hundreds of attendees, many of...
Julia is laughing all the way to the bank
on November 12, 2012
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Let's face it, the Obama campaign knew exactly what it was doing with the War on Women campaign. It wasn't targeting married women, but the single women like Julia who, by the terms of Obama's own illustration, rely on government for financial stability, including lots of...
I propose a Sense of the Senate resolution recognizing Elizabeth Warren as the first female Native American Senator
on November 12, 2012
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Following up on this sarcasm by Eric Larson at Ricochet (h/t reader Danny), legislative action is needed: Is Elizabeth Warren the First Female Native American Senator? If I have this right, then Elizabeth Warren is the first female Native American senator. Surely this is something to be celebrated! Is...
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After partial recount, Allen West still just shy of triggering full recount
on November 12, 2012
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Under Florida election law, a full recount is triggered when the margin separating the two candidates is 0.5% or less. After a partial recount in St. Lucie's County, it appears that West has fallen just short of that mark. [Emphasis mine] Tea Party favorite Allen West is...
The insatiable trolling of David Frum
on November 12, 2012
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David Frum announced in November 2011 that Mitt Romney or John Huntsmann must be the nominee, or Frum might leave the GOP: Any other nominee would gravely test my commitment to the political party I’ve supported since I entered the United States as a college student...
Politico wants conservatives to stop reading alternatives to Politico
on November 12, 2012
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Update -- Studies of media and internet consumption contradict Politico narrative of conservative cocoon....
I still don’t “get” Texas
on November 12, 2012
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Saw the sign below on a bridge in Austin during my trip last month. The bridge is hundreds of feet above the water. Do you need to tell people not to dive? ...
Same old, same old
on November 11, 2012
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Nothing new, so consider tonight just an open forum for whatever you want to raise....
Whither small conservative blogs?
on November 11, 2012
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The inevitable post-election lull seems like a good time to sits and think. And one of the things I sits and thinks about is the future of small conservative blogs. There seems to be a corporate consolidation of blogs on the right and the left. Already liberals are...
Post-election Breitbarting
on November 11, 2012
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Andrew Marcus, producer of Hating Breitbart, After Election 2012: WWBD -- What Would Breitbart Do? Everything that Andrew predicted in my film, Hating Breitbart, played out in real-time during the election right before our eyes. From Candy Crowley interrupting and taking Obama's side in the...
Learning to love the fiscal cliff after the Santa Claus election
on November 11, 2012
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Here's a description of the "fiscal cliff": So just what is this "fiscal cliff" that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin? It's a one-two punch of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and...
Ann Coulter speech at Fordham cancelled after Univ. President attacks College Republicans
on November 11, 2012
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This is a follow up to the "Shock the System" post yesterday. As mentioned in that post, College Republicans at Fordham were attacked by the Fordham University President for inviting Ann Coulter to speak. Now the College Republicans have rescinded the invitation. Details at College Insurrection, College...
I already live
on November 11, 2012
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in the country you fear America is becoming. Spotted in Ithaca. ...
Philosophy
on November 10, 2012
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I've received some great emails from readers, a mix of sadness and fight. You have to understand my philosophy. You may have noticed in the run up to the election, I refused to make a prediction based on the polls or criticisms of the polls. Because it...
Saturday Night Card Game (There was no Ole Miss race riot after Obama’s victory)
on November 10, 2012
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Ole Miss slow-walks release of evidence as to students shouting racial epithets, but clearly the crowd did not do so...
