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Collateral Damage To Anti-Bush Mythology About The Hunt For Bin Laden
on May 06, 2011
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The relentless banter by the mainstream media and others (including by some in the comments here) is that Bush let bin Laden get away at Tora Bora and gave up the search. As the facts come out in the wake of bin Laden's death, bits...
Condi Rice v Lawrence O’Donnell
on May 06, 2011
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A person who knows the facts, versus an agenda-driven hack so-called journalist who has all the talking points on the tip of his tongue.The person with the facts wins.Gets particularly interesting around th 8:00 mark, for those of you who have work to do and...
Vindication Overcomes Vindictiveness
on May 06, 2011
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Like I said:"Obama and his supporters, who opposed the secret intelligence operations and interrogations as illegal, now are reaping the political benefits of those operations and interrogations."Put into poster format, via Jim Geraghty: “VINDICATION: When the loudest critic of your policies achieves his greatest success...
Unemployment Rate Up To 9%
on May 06, 2011
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In a just released report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate increased from 8.8% to 9.0%.The "unemployment rate" can be somewhat misleading, as I have pointed out in the past, because as more people drop out of the labor market (i.e. give...
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Yes, Yes, How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You Yes?
on May 06, 2011
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And I didn't even vote for him. Taken by reader Joe in NY in a parking lot near where he works. Seeing these stickers made him feel not quite so alone:Some alternatives:"We're all sorry now." "He is the sorry we have been waiting for." "Sorry means...
Kloppenburg’s First Big Recount Success – Nuns’ Ballots Thrown Out
on May 05, 2011
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As of the end of the day yesterday, with 75.43% of the reporting units and just under 70%, of the votes recounted, JoAnne Kloppenburg has picked up ...
So Tell Me About Canada
on May 05, 2011
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I don't follow Canadian politics very much. I don't even have a "Canada" post tag, there's no need to. [insert obligatory Canada joke here]Conservatives in Canada apparently won a huge victory. But "conservative" elsewhere does not always mean what it means here.So tell me about...
Post Birth Certificate Polling Shows It Wasn’t About Race, But About Evidence
on May 05, 2011
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I have dealt numerous times with the malicious accusations across the mainstream media, entertainment industry, left-blogosphere, and even in the right-blogosphere that questions regarding Obama's birth certificate and/or birthplace were motivated by racism.Among other things, I documented numerous white presidential candidates who have had their...
Key Republicans Clear Obama To Pack The District Courts
on May 05, 2011
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John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday after a struggle by Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senators to block the nomination by opposing an unexpected cloture petition filed by Harry Reid.A key group of Republican Senators, led by Lidsey...
Feds Ignoring Greatest Threat to Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
on May 05, 2011
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Sure, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be about to shut down oil production in a key region of Texas to protect the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. But the Feds are ignoring the threat from this environmental danger, the Texas Roadrunner, caught here eating a,...
Next Time Use Code Name “Dubya”
on May 04, 2011
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That'll keep 'em happy. Really:The Senate Indian Affairs committee will hold a hearing Thursday on racist Native American stereotypes, a hearing that will now also address the Osama bin Laden mission and the code-name Geronimo.While the hearing was scheduled before the mission, a committee aide...
Dean Friedman
on May 04, 2011
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If you have been watching the left sidebar, you have seen that I've featured Dean Friedman for the past several days. I have his original album from 1977, now if only I had a turntable that worked. So I was delighted when Dean reached out to...
Mr. Daniels goes to Washington
on May 04, 2011
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KathleenMitch Daniels is down in DC today during his tour of three days "beyond the Hoosier State after the end of Indiana's legislative session, which was capped by Daniels' decision to sign a controversial bill that would cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood clinics."...
Obama: No Photo For You
on May 04, 2011
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Will no mean no, or will it mean no until later?Via Mark Knoller of CBS News:Added: Next question - --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...
Sheldon Whitehouse Steamrolls Republican Caucus – Jack McConnell Survives Cloture Vote
on May 04, 2011
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Sheldon Whitehouse has steamrolled over the Republican caucus, and his nominee for the Rhode Island federal District Court, John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr., will get a floor vote which Democrats have the votes to win.The final vote was 63-33 (with one "present"). By my count...
Get A Handle On It
on May 04, 2011
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Euphoria Sunday night has turned into a complete muddle of embarrassingly conflicting accounts.As for the release of photos and other proof, did they not think that through beforehand?I suggest the adminsitration get a handle on it, now, because it's getting away.Is anyone in charge?--------------------------------------------Follow me on...
