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Palin scoping out caucuses in Iowa?
Hmmmm. The subject of Sarah Palin’s ambitions for the 2012 cycle have engaged pundits and analysts for months, and now a report out of Iowa suggests that Palin may indeed set her sights on a primary...
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Pedestrian deaths and ice clearing: two silly memes du jour
Come on, man. Did Michelle Obama cause an uptick in pedestrian deaths last year? Did the sidewalk outside of a DC academy get de-iced because the President’s daughters attend it? In both cases, the...
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GOP gearing up for EPA fight in House and Senate
Key. Both The Hill and Politico report today that Republicans on Capitol Hill have gotten serious about curtailing the EPA’s proposed regulatory growth on climate change. The new House Energy and...
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Bachmann: ObamaCare is crown jewel of socialism
"We won't stop until we repeal this President." The other day, I wrote a post title that inadvertently left off “Care” from ObamaCare, which resulted in a headline that stated that “Repealing Obama...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Kerry Picket, Kevin McCullough
3 pm ET! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kerry Picket of the Washington Times gives us the inside scoop from Capitol Hill. We’ll talk about Steve Cohen’s contribution to the New Tone,...
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House begins probe into 222 waivers for ObamaCare
"Most troubling." Fred Upton proves himself to be a multitasker this week. Earlier today, I wrote about his plan to fight the EPA on the expansion of climate-change regulation, and now Upton has his...
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Video: GOP introduces ban on federal funding for abortion
Stupak Amendment revived. Fox News interviews Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) mainly about the repeal of ObamaCare yesterday, but also asks about the effort today to pass a legislative ban on federal funding...
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Gitmo commissions reopening for business on 2nd anniversary of shutdown EO?
Change. Two years ago today, Barack Obama took the oath of office and announced that his first act as President would be to order the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Two days after...
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Video: FBI busts 127 alleged Mafia members
Fuhgeddaboudit. Hey, youse guys know how the Mob has a lock on New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island? Fuhgeddaboudit. In a historic roundup, the FBI has arrested 127 alleged Mafia members and...
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The limits of Second Amendment rights
"Restriction" is the new "control." As predictable as clockwork, the recent shooting in Arizona has once again brought forth an eclectic coalition of opportunists who want us to know – in the most...
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Forensic analysis: Yes, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed murdered Daniel Pearl
Hmmm. This theory’s been floating around since at least 2006, when the FBI noticed that KSM’s hands bear a striking resemblance to the hands seen wielding the blade in the infamous video of Pearl being...
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Steve Cohen: I’m really sorry — that people are using my GOP/Nazi comparison...
"It is disappointing that my comments have been used to distract from the health care reform debate." Via lefty Greg Sargent, who says of this afternoon’s statement from the “gentleman” from Tennessee,...
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Pawlenty’s book sells fewer than 5,000 copies the first week
Hmmm. Actually, that’s almost certainly not true: As noted at the link, the BookScan numbers listed here only account for 75 percent of all sales typically, so total sales should be somewhere in the...
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WaPo poll: Huckabee 21, Palin 19, Romney 17
Hmmm. Granted, McCain’s candidacy looked D.O.A. too at this point four years ago. But conservative primary voters circa 2007 were a different entity than they are today. Romney, as the alleged...
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Poll: Heavy majority says deficit needs “immediate action”
Change. Not surprising, but relevant to the national food fight we’re about to have over the debt ceiling in a few weeks. The GOP wants spending cuts (and maybe more) in return for voting to raise it...
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Good news: New MTV show may actually violate child porn statutes
It's come to this. Gosh, I hope it’s not true. If/when I have little ones myself someday, I’d love to be able to plop them down in front of this show for a few hours while I do chores. Or, I suppose, I...
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Poll: Viewer trust in Fox News down 16 points since last year?
Hmmm. I’m putting a question mark on the headline just because PPP is, after all, associated with the left (they poll for Kos) and Fox is, after all, regarded by liberals as the news equivalent of...
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Finally: Starbucks unveils coffee drink bigger than a human head
Gluttony. If the KFC Double Down qualifies as “news,” my friends, then so does this. Besides, what’s more suitable for fun, frothy late-evening blogging? A story about yet another damned Kennedy toying...
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Quotes of the day
Tomorrow. “Gabrielle Giffords on Thursday felt the sunshine on her face for the first time since she was shot, as doctors prepared her to leave behind the Arizona hospital where she dazzled them with...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Saccharine. As Barack Obama enters his third year in office, he faces a radically different Congress and a more conservative electorate, with which he needs to connect if he expects to win a second...
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