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(K McCaffrey) -- I've read two really fascinating articles in the past twenty-four hours. In Politico, Roger Simon delved into some interesting territory by discussing coverage of the Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner. In "Is Jared Loughner insane or just evil?" Simon looks at our modern...

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Via The Blaze (h/t), an anti-Walmart group is distributing these flyers for an upcoming protest:Update:  Before banning 'crosshairs,' CNN used it to refer to Palin, Bachmann--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

If Republicans want to know exactly what not to do to win in 2012, then follow advice similar to that offered by David Frum as to why Sarah Palin should "stop talking now" about the false accusations that she was responsible for the Tucson shooting:"There is no one left in...

Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York City, has come to the defense of Sarah Palin regarding her use of the term "blood libel" to describe the malicious and false accusations that Palin's electoral target map contributed to the Tucson shootings (emphasis mine):Today the phrase "blood libel"...

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Dick Cheney is having more heart trouble, and may need a heart transplant at some point.We know how his critics reacted last summer when he was hospitalized.  Via Radio Equalizer:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cENE739JPyI?fs=1]Transcription via Newsbusters:MIKE MALLOY: Cheney has had five heart attacks, and history of heart trouble. Well, I...

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CNN/Opinion Research has released a poll (pdf.) taken January 14-16, 2011, which has some rational findings about the Tucson shooting, and some perverse findings.The rational finding is that an overwhelming majority of people (66%) recognize that such shootings will still take place regardless of what government...

Jennifer Rubin, formerly of Commentary and now blogging at The Washington Post, has discovered that Think Progress played the race card against the Koch brothers, who back libertarian and conservative causes, by claiming that the Koch brothers "are simply fulfilling their father's legacy" in opposing integration.Rubin...

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As reported by The NY Times (via NRO, h/t Weasel Zippers), Jared Loughner -- among his many mental illnesses -- was caught up in Bush Derangement Syndrome (emphasis added):He became intrigued by antigovernment conspiracy theories, including that the Sept. 11 attacks were perpetrated by the...

For ladies who don't hesitate to rag on Michelle Obama, I bring you Cripes Suzette blog. The blog is, among other things, a hysterical account of M.O.'s fashion and campaigns. If M. Obama is going to spend money like a drunken sailor across the world,...