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Their wars
on April 06, 2012
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Their War On Women Moe Lane updates on the Susan G. Komen Foundation's fundraising problems resulting from the left-wing boycott of Komen after Komen dropped sponsorship of Planned Parenthood, but then caved in to pressure and let go a top executive: The first explanation is that pro-choice...
Wasserman Schultz payoff to big Dem donor with DNC job for daughter
on April 06, 2012
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What should have been a two-bit, one-day, not-really-scandal involving photos Dani Gilbert, the new DNC liason to the Jewish community, took a few years back is turning into something much more. By all appearances, Debbie Wasserman Schultz gave a payoff to big Dem donors by giving their daughter...
The Ultimate, and Penultimate, Resort…
on April 06, 2012
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CEI has published a study about private property laws in outer space by Rand Simberg, one of the best people qualified to write on the topic. In sum, Simberg claims that the U.S. should recognize claims on the Moon, Mars, and asteroids and gives a loose foundation for...
War on women continues, Senate candidate calls opponent “whore”
on April 06, 2012
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Don't expect Media Matters to boycott the Senate candidate. Because the candidate is a Democrat. And an Israel-hater. She called her male primary opponent a "whore" for AIPAC. Via Mediaite: “I’m dealing with a whore here who sells his soul to AIPAC [The American Israel Public Affairs Committee], who...
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CNN proves “beyond a reasonable doubt” why cases should not be tried in the media
on April 06, 2012
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If it were not for the fact that a young man is dead, the factual accounts and investigations in the media of the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman would be laughable. There is no better proof that cases should not be tried in the...
No water was harmed
on April 06, 2012
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Spotted in Ithaca, this is a variation on the ubiquitous anti-fracking bumper stickers. Gas or water? This driver obviously chose gas, because the car was filthy. ...
Places I remember
on April 05, 2012
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For blogs, my "Blogs I Read" list in the sidebar and many of the Blogs to Note are my go to places. But, I'm constantly on the prowl for better places to get "news" - whatever that means. As you know, I dropped Politico as a regular...
“our liberty depends on the freedom of the press …
on April 05, 2012
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and that cannot be limited without being lost." On the other hand: And so it was written, and so it is done (at 5:45): "In New York City, which you're visiting for a couple of days, a lot of our taxi drivers are Sikhs. If you get one, are you...
Here we go: Lugar up only single digits over Mourdock
on April 05, 2012
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This is very big news (h/t Pwire), as it punctures the Richard Lugar air of inevitability: U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar is in the most precarious position of his political career since autumn 1974 when he unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Birch Bayh. A Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll released...
DOJ files letter with 5th Circuit affirming judicial authority
on April 05, 2012
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The DOJ just filed its letter to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the authority of federal courts to rule on the constitutionality of congressional laws. The letter was signed by Eric Holder, and says in pertinent part: The longstanding, historical position ofthe United States...
Zimmerman racial slur narrative falling apart
on April 05, 2012
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As with so much else in this case, the original media report of George Zimmerman using the pejorative "coons," which has been accepted as true and then repeated endlessly by the left blogosphere and mainstream media, now is in doubt. An enhanced analysis now appears to...
Some election integrity in Wisconsin is more equal (Update: Nickolaus steps aside)
on April 05, 2012
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an editorial today calling on Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus to resign prior to the June 5 recall elections because of her late reporting of votes in the Prosser-Kloppenberg contest last year and in the recent Republican primary. In neither...
Christie on the Golan
on April 05, 2012
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Chris Christie is visiting Israel, and got a chance to look out at Syria from the Golan Heights. Tweet of the Day from @jennaportnoy: ...
Conservatives better wake up to anti-conservative boycott movements
on April 05, 2012
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You all know about the secondary boycott of Rush Limbaugh advertisers. Media Matters threw its full weight into the boycott, continues to work on it, and so-called "independent" groups continue to tweet away and call mostly local advertisers. The boycott intimidation tactics failed to remove Limbaugh from...
New neighborhood watchman
on April 05, 2012
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Um, there's so much I could say, so many comparisons I could make. But I'm not going to go there. Because he knows who has been naughty, and I don't want to get fishy flagged or end up on an #attackwatch list like Fuzzy. From a reader who...
If Romney loses to Obama, it will be because of his supporters not his opponents
on April 04, 2012
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You knew this was coming, the attempt to blame a Romney loss to Obama on comments made about Romney by other candidates. Jamie Weinstein at The Daily Caller (via HotAir) writes that Newt's legacy will be that his criticisms of Romney will be featured in Obama...
