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Month: January 2009

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Need proof that we are going to be seen as weak?

(Via the Drudge Report) US President Barack Obama’s offer to talk to Iran shows that America’s policy of “domination” has failed, the government spokesman said…

January 31, 2009February 13, 2021
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“Rahm hates us and lets us know it, and we hate him back.”

(Via Timebomb 2000) The day before the crucial vote in the House, Minority Leader John Boehner told his troops that the Republican Party is no…

January 31, 2009February 15, 2021
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RNC Chairman Michael Steele

(Via the Drudge Report) Somehow, I doubt that this is the move back to conservatism that I was hoping for. A lot of folk seem…

January 31, 2009February 13, 2021
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Skeen Burgers

This one is for Brigid, who has probably given up on my ever trying her recipe. Just had to wait on the leftover ham, my…

January 29, 2009February 13, 2021
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More zombies

According to FOXNews, the Texas DOT needs to work on the IT security thing. You know that it couldn’t have been me. I would have…

January 28, 2009February 15, 2021
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I do love a happy ending

A Colorado Springs resident will not be charged for fatally shooting an intruder who tried to break into a home that he apparently thought was…

January 28, 2009February 15, 2021
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Of course they will

(Via the Drudge Report) After all panic and crisis are time-tested political tools. It’s easy to spook the sheep so that they bleat for safety:…

January 28, 2009February 13, 2021
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I can’t make stuff like this up

Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the…

January 27, 2009February 15, 2021
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Are we sure we want to close Gitmo?

Former Gitmo choir boy kills 12 in Iraq. No wonder San Fran Nanny State doesn’t want them at Alcatraz.

January 27, 2009February 15, 2021
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Want to know how the Big O is going to stimulate you?

(Yeah, I know–I’m turning into the Obama Channel. But the weather is crappy and I can’t go to the range, so I need something to…

January 27, 2009February 13, 2021
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Bad idea

Big Hollywood reports that… On Sunday afternoon Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist Bill Kristol — in an email exchange with Big Hollywood…

January 26, 2009February 15, 2021
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Picking fights

(Via the Drudge Report) Once upon a time, I was told that “You never pick a fight with someone who buys newsprint by the ton…

January 26, 2009February 13, 2021
Twins seperated at birth?
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Twins seperated at birth?

(Via The Patriot Post) Michael Reagan thinks so.

January 26, 2009February 13, 2021
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Merry Christmas–sorry we were late!

(Via The Patriot Post) The Big O got elected on a platform of “CHANGE!” According to Michelle Malkin, it was really more like “CHARGE!” As…

January 26, 2009February 15, 2021
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Not in my back yard

It seems La Pelosi has issues with the Gitmo detainees visiting San Francisco. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday shrugged off Republican suggestions that the…

January 26, 2009February 13, 2021
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Surviving a plane crash

The Travel Insider has the good word on surviving a plane crash. You know, I’m one of those who figured “OK, all the wheels are…

January 25, 2009February 13, 2021
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The Big O’s Report Card

The Big O made over 500 distinct campaign promises. PolitiFact is keeping score on how well he delivers. You might want to bookmark this one…

January 25, 2009February 13, 2021
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What you can do this week

John M. Snyder, Public Affairs Director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, says “gun owners are getting riled up…

January 25, 2009February 13, 2021
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Guess who’s coming to the Senate

(Via the Drudge Report) You have to wonder how a liberal Democrat winds up picking a woman who has some pretty decent-sounding Blue Dog creds…

January 23, 2009February 15, 2021
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The Big O stares ’em down

Mr. Obama got another dose last night of what it’s like to be President, and apparently didn’t much care for it: President Obama paid a…

January 23, 2009February 13, 2021
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O! Bama! Where is thy bounce?

This is the question Bill Bonner asks in another episode of The Daily Reckoning (You mean you haven’t signed up to get it in your…

January 22, 2009February 13, 2021
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The right of self-defense on the level of nations

Wired has an interesting piece on the current Israeli attack on Gaza, and how they have been targeted. Israel’s war against Hamas was launched, in…

January 22, 2009February 13, 2021
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A class act to the end

My long time readers know that I haven’t been hesitant to take George W. Bush to task when I thought it justified. However, even when…

January 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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“…where is my rainbow farting unicorn that pees healthcare?”

Uncle links us to the moonbat list of predicitions that stubbornly refused to come true and pens the best blog quote of the day, all…

January 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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iPhone envy

This is almost enough to make me buy an iPhone. Almost.

January 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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Amazing…

Mr. Obama in office one day, and his approval ratings are as high as 79%. Well, I guess there’s nowhere to go but down from…

January 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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Lame

OK, this is the lamest explanation for a market rally I’ve ever seen: Stocks clawed their way back from a midday rout as banks surged…

January 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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Bookmark this

(Via Timebomb 2000) Here’s a video that you’ll want to watch, then bookmark. It’s going to come in handy very soon. We’re going to forgive…

January 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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I’m hardly surprised…

(All links via the Drudge Report) Well, the Obama-thon is over (at least for its most overt phase), so let’s look at some of the…

January 21, 2009February 15, 2021
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The “Obama Bounce” falls a little flat

Headlined Markets Have Record Slide For Obama Inauguration: Wall Street ushered in the Barack Obama presidency with a record Inauguration Day slide Tuesday amid fresh…

January 20, 2009February 13, 2021

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