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Bombshell study: Men retain less information when delivered by attractive...
Pun intended. Silly, palate-cleansing fun from Miller-McCune. I’ve seen this story linked on four or five different sites today, in fact, and without fail, every post includes a photo or mention of...
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Quotes of the day
Priorities. “House conservatives say they will pursue legislation that would ban gay marriage in the nation’s capital. “Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee...
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Obamateurism of the Day
WTF? When presidents need to relaunch after losing a big midterm election, they like to offer an attractive slogan for their new agenda, in large part to take voters’ minds off of the old, unpopular...
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AP fact-check says Obama SOTU doesn’t add up
Beltway math. In yesterday’s State of the Union speech, Barack Obama set himself on two contradictory courses. Obama knew he had to pay lip service to the anger among Americans over the profligate...
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Democrat tries to boot Giffords from committee assignment
Outrage. According to the Daily Caller’s Chris Moody, California Democrat Loretta Sanchez proposed yanking fellow Rep. Gabrielle Giffords off of the House Armed Services Committee after being at least...
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Reason TV and a Tale of Two SOTUs
Where was the laser focus on jobs? Actually, Reason TV goes for a more prosaic title with iPhone and oBama: Two Expensive New Models. Only it’s hard to tell the 2011 iPhone from the 2010 model, just as...
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Housing double-dip approaching?
Across-the-board drops in November. There are two ways to look at the November report on house prices from S&P/Case-Shiller, which showed declines across almost every metropolitan area of the US....
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Video: Bachmann’s unofficial SOTU response
Ticking off all the right people? Originally, this response from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on behalf of the Tea Party Express was intended to get published through the group’s Internet portal alone....
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Obama to Congress: Fix that presidential campaign fund I won’t use
Do as I say, etc. Two weeks ago, the White House announced that Barack Obama’s re-election campaign would open its doors in March to start raising funds for the 2012 campaign. Obama intends on raising...
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Rand Paul: “They still see government as the solution to everything”
Plus, a plan to cut $500 billion? CNS News caught up with Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) outside of his office to discuss the fragile state of the economy and tax policy. Paul didn’t directly respond to...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Guy Benson, Kerry Picket
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we go for bonus minutes instead of a doubleheader! First we’ll hear from Townhall political editor Guy Benson about the State of the Union speech and...
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Deficit to hit new high in FY2011, says CBO
$1.5 trillion. Let’s look on the bright side: it’s another first for the Obama administration! Better yet, it’s the last accomplishment of the Democratic Congress, which proved so inept on budgeting...
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Cantor: We need entitlements on the table, Mr. President
Beltway baloney. Joe Scarborough appears to agree with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on this point, too. Scarborough introduces Cantor by noting that real and significant deficit reduction cannot...
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Uh oh: White House declines to endorse Mubarak in Egypt
Don't stand so close to me... To be fair, the White House is in a tough spot, as Allahpundit noted yesterday. We traditionally oppose dictatorships and support democratization movements. In places...
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Reid to Obama on earmarks: Pound sand
"It's only for show." Harry Reid tells ABC News that Barack Obama’s vow to veto any bill with earmarks was “only for show,” which is more or less the consensus anyway. After all, Obama never followed...
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Rand Paul’s SOTU response: The day of fiscal reckoning is here
"The debt crisis is at hand." Good stuff, albeit understandably similar to Ryan’s speech last night, right down to the setting and studiously soft-spoken delivery. Even so, I want to promote it as a...
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Medicare’s chief actuary: Paul Ryan’s plan could control health-care costs...
Surprise. As recently as three weeks ago, Pelosi was still talking up the glorious health-care “savings” to be had from ObamaCare. And now here we are. Remember in the last post where I said you should...
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SOTU recap: So, who hooked up on prom night?
Palate cleanser. Quite possibly the best SOTU coverage I’ve seen today, for two reasons. One: It nicely captures the stupidity of our reps’ hamhanded civility display. And two: It’s the only bit of...
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CBO: Social Security to begin running permanent deficits this year, not 2016
Crumble. Not unexpected. The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that Social Security will pay out $45 billion more in benefits this year than it will collect in payroll taxes, further straining...
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Surprise: Last night’s SOTU lowest-rated of Obama’s presidency
Decline. The inevitable conclusion to days of hype from the media about how this might be the most important speech of his presidency. To put this in perspective, roughly 130 million people voted in...
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