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Dems in House vote down funding for Veterans, Dist. of Columbia, Holocaust Memorial and Smithsonian

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 13 Comments

Under the Rules of Suspension they were operating under (not sure why, but it’s what it was), a 2/3 vote was needed in the House to pass legislation funding various agencies. [If someone has a procedural explanation, please post in comments.] Democrats in the House...

WWII Vets storm Barry-cades

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 01, 2013 19 Comments

Update - The barricade was all a set up for photo op -- Obama admin knew Vets were coming

At some point Obama needs reconsider hitching his presidency to Harry Reid’s fist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 30 Comments

Harry Reid poisons another well by releasing normally-private communications between his office and Boehner's staff.

Dem challenger Martha Robertson (NY-23) fundraises off allegation “GOP ops” tried to shut her website

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 20 Comments

Update -- Reed campaign responds: "show us the evidence of this attack or admit that this is just a lie manufactured ... to raise money"

Very little societal fabric left to tear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 36 Comments

Senior Democrats are engaging in eliminationist rhetoric.

The new civility: Dems turn public debate into schoolyard taunts

Posted by Laurel Conrad on October 01, 2013 36 Comments

The "unhinged" caucus: 5 nasty names Democrats are calling Republicans

Harry Reid and Senate Dems reject conference proposal – #BlameHarryReid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 14 Comments

The latest development. Senate again rejects latest House CR proposal. Same vote. Party line 54-46. — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 1, 2013 Senate says no to CR conferees. Next step: negotiations with empty chairs. #shutdowncity — Rick Klein (@rickklein) October 1, 2013 "Good day for...

Obama foreign policy – Keep your enemies close, push your friends away

Posted by David Gerstman on October 01, 2013 9 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 10/01/2013

Cities may need to “Kickstart” bankrupt budgets

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 01, 2013 8 Comments

As a big fan of capitalism, I am fascinated by the concept of crowdfunding, whereby individuals network and pool their money via websites to support potentially profitable enterprises initiated by savvy entrepreneurs. It’s small-scale venture capitalism! Perhaps the best known crowdfunding enterprise is Kickstarter, which...

Barbarism and Islamic terrorism: goals and aims

Posted by New Neo on October 01, 2013 17 Comments

A few days ago I used the term “barbarism” in reference to the Nairobi mall attack. An excellent article by Brendan O’Neill appeared today in the Telegraph making a similar point, and entitled “I’m sorry, but we have to talk about the barbarism of modern...

The culmination of Democratic dysfunction – #BlameHarryReid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 31 Comments

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 There will be no Continuing Resolution tonight. There will be a partial shutdown of non-essential services. All because Democrats refused to have Congress treated like ordinary citizens as to Obamacare exchange subsidies,...

House voting on new Amendments LIVE (Update – Done for night, No CR)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 34 Comments

(Consider this an "Open" post with updates all night)

Syrian Electronic Army hacks GlobalPost website and Twitter account

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 30, 2013 2 Comments

The Syrian Electronic Army breached the Twitter account of GlobalPost on Monday and claims to have hacked the outlet’s website, in retaliation for an article the outlet published about the group earlier this month. Posting from GlobalPost’s Twitter account, the pro-Assad hacking group tweeted, “Think...

Obama Press Statement on Shutdown, but how much really shuts down?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 22 Comments

Coming up at 4:45 p.m. Any guesses? [live feed over now][transcript here] Basically what was expected. The 2012 election was about Obamacare, he won, we lost, it’s done, move on. The election was about Obamacare? Actually, it was about everything except Obamacare: Update: This National...

Senate Dems kill House bill funding gov’t, partial shutdown looms #BlameHarryReid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 18 Comments

The Senate voted to “table” the House Continuing Resolutions passed Saturday night to fund the government with a delay in Obamacare. It was a party-line vote. What would Reid or Obama have to do to get tough coverage in this fight? Actually shoot an actual...

If the Elizabeth Warren presidential train picks up steam, will Hillary raise the Cherokee issue?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 31 Comments

I hear Elizabeth Warren's presidential train a comin', it's rollin' round the bend

ICYMI this weekend

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 0 Comments

Another really busy weekend. Preparing to #BlameHarryReid. “Why you should read College Insurrection” week 12-year old RI student suspended for small keychain “gun” CBS News buries poll result showing Tea Party support rising Dear Hamilton College Bd. of Trustees, maybe your Diversity Industry is making...

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