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Quotes of the day
Reactions. “‘Don’t cry,’ a 21-year-old specialist, one of the lieutenant’s confidants, told his boss jokingly when news broke that 65 senators had voted to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ “‘I’m...
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Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Good ol' what's-his-name. It’s time to pick the final OOTW of the year, and we’re not limiting the vote to widows and orphans. Surely, there is nothing superfullluh, sluperfussell, er, minor about...
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NFL Week 15 open thread
Gut check. Today, the Pittsburgh Steelers face the last remaining threat on their schedule with the New York Jets. The Jets have suddenly begun to stumble on both sides of the ball, losing badly to...
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McConnell: I can’t support START; Update: Deal reached on budget
"Strikes me as trying to jam us." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells CNN’s Candy Crowley that he has decided to oppose the START treaty in the lame-duck session. His decision, McConnell...
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PFC Manning’s “Shameful” Treatment?
Hoosegow hooey. My goal of trying to focus on more positive, happy thoughts and keep my blood pressure down during the holidays this year officially collapsed this weekend. Why, you ask? Because I’ve...
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Are Lame Duck Sessions of Congress Unconstitutional?
Schlepping. For a Congress that has squandered more time than any preceding legislative body on programs the American people oppose, the 11th has been the model of industry in the current lame duck...
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These are a few of Reid’s favorite things
Stalling on budgets and jamming lame-duckers ... Only in a lame-duck session of Congress could a meat dress worn by Lady Gaga have any relevance to national security and foreign policy. Harry Reid...
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Quotes of the day
Challenges. “The debate over gays in the military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how...
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Poll: Obamateurism of the Year, Flight 4
Limitations. It doesn’t get much closer than it did in Flight 3. Readers picked Barack Obama’s “Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower” remark as the semifinalist by just...
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Senate passes food-safety bill by unanimous consent
Good trade? Chalk one up for the Senate Republicans in the category of “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” They had Harry Reid on the hook for fouling up a food-safety bill that the Wall...
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Video: The coming collapse in the state budgets
"The day of reckoning is here." While you’re watching this excellent 60 Minutes story on the coming implosion in state governments, remember one key statement about halfway through this from Steve...
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North Korea: On second thought, we won’t respond to South Korea drills
Never mind! The good news: North Korea has now reversed itself and announced that it would not respond to South Korea’s live-fire drills with military retaliation. The bad news: it’s still North...
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12 arrested in UK for large-scale terrorist plot
Not part of Christmas-plot rumors? British authorities rounded up a dozen suspects in a conspiracy to launch multiple-point attacks around the UK. According to authorities in the UK, the plot was in...
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Assange legal team cries foul over leaks from police investigation
Irony. The man who heralds himself as the vanguard of radical transparency has finally found an opacity he can support — himself. Julian Assange’s legal team has demanded an investigation into the...
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Video: The Jib-Jab 2010 review
A big effin' production! We’re a few days late on this one, but it’s definitely good for a few laughs. JibJab has Barack Obama and Joe Biden dancing through its review of 2010, and manages to squeeze...
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5 most surprising things about WaPo “Monitoring America” investigation?
Government is inefficient and tips lines create work. The Washington Post’s Monitoring America series provides no great surprises for anyone who worries about the right to privacy in the age of...
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CNN partners with Tea Party Express for Labor Day primary debate
Mutual benefit or credibility problem? What could go wrong? They have some things in common — the need to rebound from recent woes and to carve out identities against fierce competition — but CNN and...
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Video: Totenberg’s “Forgive the expression” on Christmas
Let's follow the money instead. Via Newsbusters, Nina Totenberg offers another data point for the “war on Christmas” with this odd, offhand remark about attending a Christmas party. What’s to forgive...
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Classic TEMS: Kerry Picket, Steven Crowder
One more time! Unfortunately, I had to cancel today’s Ed Morrissey Show. I’m under the weather, but we should be back to normal tomorrow with Andrew Malcolm. In the meantime, enjoy this Classic TEMS...
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Obama rebounding?
Poll shopping. It depends on one’s definition of “rebound,” as well as which poll one considers. Politico looks at today’s CNN poll showing Barack Obama’s job-approval numbers rising over the last...
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