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NFL Week 16 open thread
Crunch time. Normally I’d lead off my weekend slate of picks with a rundown of the Pittsburgh Steelers game, but this time I’ve already got that win in the bag. The Steelers rolled over the hapless...
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Surprise! End-of-life advisory incentives return — through regulation
The end-run strategy. Better get used to this process, because it’s how President Obama will be pushing his agenda on all fronts. The New York Times reports today that the White House will create...
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True Grit
When he was most needed. The Saint Paul Pioneer Press‘ Bill Salisbury wrote a valedictory in the Pioneer Press about the career of outgoing Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty. So far, anyway. He left it...
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In Praise of Mitch McConnell
Prepping the battlefield. This is not the post you probably were expecting from me given my harsh — and as always prescient — criticism of Republicans in the lame duck session. I was screaming...
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Quotes of the day
CW. “Williams, in his role as an analyst on Fox News Sunday, was breaking down the Republican presidential field, which he saw as weak. “‘There’s nobody out there, except for Sarah Palin, who can...
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EPA, Texas go to war over carbon-emission rules
It's on. And so it begins, and on the most fertile red-state territory in the nation. Texas, which got four more seats in the House through the 2010 Census reapportionment, has had its air-quality...
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Hot Air’s top 50 posts in 2010: 41-50
A-Whale of a list! The number-crunchers at the Home Office have given us the list of the most-read posts at Hot Air over the past year, thanks to a little wizardry from the database geeks (of which I...
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Rumor of the day: Bill Richardson to replace Hillary at State?
Hmmm. This is one of those rumors, I think, that starts hopping simply because it makes sense, not because there’s any hard evidence to support it. Although there is plenty of circumstantial evidence:...
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New Hawaii governor: We’re going to put a stop to this Birther crap once and...
"It's an insult to his mother and father." Exceptionally stupid. Although, if he’s intent on digging up background on The One, I wouldn’t mind seeing what he comes up with by way of transcripts from...
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Poll: Romney down 31 points in Florida since March
Uh oh. I usually don’t write about single-state 2012 polls, but hoo boy. He was at 52 percent in March, more than 30 points ahead of Huckabee, and now? 21 percent, two points behind Huck. What...
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Obama phones Eagles owner to congratulate him on Michael Vick for some reason
Priorities. Hey, every man deserves a second chance. Especially, I guess, if that man happens to be an MVP-caliber quarterback capable of generating untold millions in revenue for his franchise. On...
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Chris Matthews and liberal panelists: Where’s the birth certificate?
Birthermania! A unanimous verdict: All three think it’s time to release the long-form. You bought the ticket, Neil Abercrombie. Enjoy the ride. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news...
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Revealed: How the GOP plans to block Obama’s executive branch power next year
Strategery. This comes from TPM, which sounds oddly chagrined notwithstanding the left’s many dire warnings during the Bush years about checks and balances and Congress’s duty to prevent executive...
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Krauthammer: We shouldn’t defund ObamaCare
Dude? Alternate headline: “Confirmed: Krauthammer’s a RINO.” Seriously, though, he’s making a shrewd point about retail politics, especially given the left’s desperate obsession with “branding” as the...
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Quotes of the day
Food fight. “The obesity epidemic is a genuine public health emergency, with vast implications for the nation’s well-being, economy and even national security. And yet, could anyone really be against...
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Poll: Obamateurism of the Year, Second Chance Flight
Confidence games. Yesterday’s choice was entirely too easy; over 82% of you chose Barack Obama’s decision to leave Bill Clinton in charge of a presidential press conference. During the year, we saw...
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If the FCC had regulated the Internet from the beginning …
Sunsteinville. If the FCC had been given the authority to regulate the Internet from its commercial inception along the same lines demanded by its current commissioners, what would it look like today?...
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Wikileaks document alleges Syrian government role in 2006 cartoon riots,...
Act of war? The latest Wikileaks document from American diplomatic files may not embarrass the US government nearly as much as it might the Assad regime in Syria. In February 2006, enraged Muslims...
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Video: Man faces 5 years in prison for reading wife’s e-mail
Hacking or community property? Can a person check his spouse’s e-mail without running afoul of anti-hacker laws? Apparently not in Michigan, where Leon Walker faces five years in prison as a result of...
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Consumer confidence drops in December, but holiday retail has best increase...
Plus, a home values double-dip? We’re still a week or more out from an assessment of the 2010 retail season, which has been reported thus far as a relative success. If so, it will come despite a lack...
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