Author: Melissa Clouthier

Global Warming Alarmism Cult Prompts Murder-Suicide

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The Global Warming cult scored its first known Kool-aid moment this weekend. From the UK Daily Mail: A seven-month-old baby girl survived three days alone with a bullet in her chest beside the bodies of her parents and toddler brother. Argentines Francisco Lotero, 56, and Miriam Coletti, 23, shot their children before killing themselves after […]

 

Yes, President Obama Is A Smoking Hypocrite

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There’s lots of hang-wringing over whether the President’s cancer sticks make him look hypocritical about the government health care he’s trying to ram through Congress so he looks useful. Quite simply: he’s a hypocrite in the leftist usage of the term. Technically, being a hypocrite is saying that something is bad (i.e. smoking), but not […]

 

Podcast: Matt Kibbe of Freedom Works Talks Tea Party, Crowd Sourcing And The Power Of The People

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Freedom Works President Matt Kibbe talks the Tea Party, the power of the people and why he’s so optimistic about the future. We also talk about how technology has empowered the people and why that’s a good thing. People mentioned in this show include Dick Armey, Matt Lewis, Ryan Hecker, the Dallas Tea Party, Ludwig […]

 

Why Regulating Nutritional Supplements Is Stupid And Why Drugs Are Over-Regulated

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Yesterday, my esteemed co-blogger John Hawkins wrote a post stating that he agrees with John McCain about regulating nutritional supplements. They’re both wrong. First, it’s important to examine how effective the FDA is in protecting the people when it comes to regulating drugs. Not very. Deaths from prescription drugs are “soaring“. Check out this recall […]

 

Health Care Summit Sum Up So Far–UPDATED

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Obama: Whatever you can do, we’ve done better. Pelosi: People are sad. Reid: People are sad and Republicans suck. Alexander: Here are the CBO facts. Obama to Alexander: You lie. Coburn, MD: We should cut costs. Baucus: Mumble, mumble. Incoherent gibberish. UPDATED: Obama: I won. UPDATED AGAIN: It is my sense that the Democrats want […]

 

Suffering Through Obama’s Political Theater: Blair House Bait-N-Switch Project

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Just FYI, I’ll be live-tweeting the Health Care Summit. Why is Obama doing this? From National Review’s Tevi Troy: In addition, as the New York Times reported, the main reason that President Obama had to – finally – release a White House plan is that the Democrats in the House and Senate could not come […]

 

Oh, Come ON NBC, Just Say It: Barack Obama Is The Problem With Consumer Confidence

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So consumer confidence shocked everyone again yesterday. It’s a shock a minute in the media these days. Anyway, so in the NBC article about miserable Americans, NBC gives this pearl of insight: Some economists pointed to one more possible source of angst: Congress. “We suspect the absolute gridlock in Washington also depressed consumers,” said Bernard […]

 

Choke-Proof Hotdogs: What’s Next? Outlawing Grapes?

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Any mother worth her title knows that grapes are the number one choking hazard. At my kid’s pre-school, they actually make parents cut up grapes due to the risk. No warning on hotdogs, though. Until now: Nutritionists have long warned of the perils of hot dogs: fat, sodium and preservatives to name a few. Now, […]

 

Podcast 87: CPAC Post-Mortem With CPAC Organizer Lisa De Pasquale, John Hawkins of Right Wing News And Ali Akbar of Republic Modern

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CPAC organizer Lisa De Pasquale, John Hawkins, and Ali Akbar talk about CPAC. Straw polls, youth, where was Sarah Palin and Huckabee, the venue and much more.

 

Scott Brown Votes Yes On Jobs Bill: The Sexy Allure Of Bipartisanship

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Are Scott Brown voters betrayed with his vote for the Jobs Bill that he helped to get out of cloture yesterday? Dan Riehl says: When Scott Brown starts crafting national health care legislation, or sounding like the liberal lion of the Senate, get back to me. Until then, it’s Massachusetts. We’re still a long way […]

 

Health Care Reconciliation–AKA Jam The Legislation Through–While Using Republicans As Props

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President Obama has a long history of saying one thing and sounding so reasonable and conciliatory while doing it while taking actions that completely contradict his words. Enter health care reform. The President wants to have a photo op with Republicans and an opportunity to lecture then about what bad people they are (you know, […]

 

Why Sarah Palin Should Have Been At CPAC; Ditto Huckabee

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If there are over 10,000 of the most dedicated grassroots activists for the conservative cause in one place, why would you miss it? That’s a rhetorical question. You wouldn’t miss it. CPAC was lit up with the energy not of old establishment types but the young, the restless and the politically active. You know those […]

 

Newt Might Try To Co-Opt The Tea Party Movement But It Won’t Work

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Donald Douglas has an excellent take-down of the LA Time’s perspective on the Contract FROM America verses Newt Gingrich’s Contract For America back in 1994. Go read the whole thing. It is clear to me that Newt very badly wants to harness the energy of the Tea Party movement but be let off the hook […]

 

Monumental Man-Made Scientific Scandal Climategate Described As “Missteps By Scientists” By WaPo

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Could the WaPo undersell the man-made scientific disaster that is the Global Warming hoax any more? I think not. Tom Maguire takes WaPo down. As AJ Strata notes today,”I see an avalanche of bad news coming for the alarmists.” [He has a all the details, go read it.] AJ concludes: So what have we learned […]

 

The Problem With Treating Terrorism As A Law Enforcement Issue

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To understand the limitations of law enforcement when it comes to terrorism, it’s instructive to look at this issue on a small scale. Did you see the video of the girl getting her head kicked in my malicious teenagers in the Seattle, WA bus station? That’s distressing enough–seeing security guards watch the assault happen and […]

 

Podcast #3: [Andrew] Malcolm & Melissa: Biden Is A Winner!

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NOTE: This is the third and best installment of Malcolm & Melissa so far. Andrew Malcolm of the LA Times Top of the Ticket Blog and I will be doing a weekly podcast every Sunday for an hour. I hope you make it part of your routine. It’s a lot of fun! Andrew and Melissa […]

 

Decadent Democrats And Republican Bums

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This photo [Link here] is sure to cause controversy, but nicely encapsulates the perception of the Left these days. Did the American people really forget how vile this bunch can be when in power? I’ve considered this quite a bit. Maybe. Really, I think they remembered, hated the Republicans more for their betrayal of principles […]

 

Texas Has Some Interesting Ballot Measures Coming Up

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Wonder how this would play nationally: “These ballot propositions are Texas Republicans’ chance to be heard on issues facing our state,” said Republican Party of Texas Chairman Cathie Adams. “All five of the propositions came up from the grassroots through the SREC to address serious concerns. Voters should study the questions and then use their […]

 

IPCC Admits That They’re Not A Scientific Organization

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AJ Strata makes this stunning find from The Guardian: The IPCC says its reports are policy relevant, but not policy prescriptive. Perhaps unknown to many people, the process is started and finished not by scientists but by political officials, who steer the way the information is presented in so-called summary for policymakers [SPM] chapters. Is […]

 

PJM: Does Sarah Palin Lead The Tea Party Movement?

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There’s a lot of talk about who is and is not in charge of the Tea Party movement. Most of what passes for insight from the mainstream media is utterly bogus. They simply cannot comprehend the phenomenon or the motivations of those involved. I write about it for Pajamas today. Here’s a snippet: People who […]

 

The Dicey Search For A GOP Savior: The Case Of Paul Ryan

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Desperate for an articulate spokesman, many in the GOP seem willing to accept nearly any Republican politician as long as he meets these criteria: 1. Good looking 2. Well-spoken 3. Likable While these traits are certainly nice, they’re not going to necessarily change governance much unless the inside of the person has some core conservative […]

 

This Is Rich: The Obama Administration Says Some Critics “Serving The Goals Of Al Qaeda”

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Update from Byron York. Read the whole thing. He catches Brennan in not a few lies. From the USA Today, an op-ed by John Brennan where he concludes: Cries to try terrorists only in military courts lack foundation. There have been three convictions of terrorists in the military tribunal system since 9/11, and hundreds in […]

 

Pro-Life Groups In Wisconsin Illegally Investigated By Government And Police

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Remember when Janet Napolitano included Pro-Life groups in her terrorist lists? Yeah, well, looks like her talk resulted in illegal government action. From Lifenews: In response to an open records request by the Alliance Defense Fund and Pro-Life Wisconsin, the Middleton Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice, along with the Department of Homeland […]

 

Malcolm & Melissa: The Palin Effect And Has Politics Changed Permanently?

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So excited to announce the new podcast I’ll be doing called Malcolm and Melissa. Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket blog and I will be doing a weekly podcast to wrap up the previous week and look ahead to the new one. Imagine a Sunday show…that’s actually interesting! Andrew has […]

 

Sustainable Development: An Example Of Good Governance…From Canada

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UPDATED: The whole Sustainable Development, eco-police Audi advertisement thing. Michelle Malkin covers it. The old saying “all politics is local” is absolutely true. A local politician affects the quality of life on each and every citizen, often in personal ways. When the left poo-poos Sarah Palin’s experience as mayor, they reveal themselves in a couple […]

 

Sarah Palin’s First Stump Speech: With Rick Perry In Houston, Texas

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Sarah Palin visited my neck of the woods yesterday–Cypress, Texas to be exact, which is about a half hour from where I live–to stump for Texas Governor Rick Perry. Perry is being challenged in the primary by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina. I attended the rally, sat on Bloggers row [more here] and […]