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The other day I pointed out that: Fox News analyst Kirsten Powers should really fact check any talking point coming from the White House and held her responsible (fair is fair) for her own ignorance of the end-of-life provision that she debated on Hannity. To review, Powers said that President George W. Bush’s veto of the […]

The city of Washington, D.C. is filled with much more Scrooges than those who are spiritual, and vague references to a “winter holiday” is the best that many can muster during the Christmas season. For those who are annoyed with the politically correct and meaningless philosophy of “Happy Holidays,” there is a new place to […]

BankruptingAmerica.org finished their “Year in Wasteful Spending” series today with entries #3 through #1. Links to the whole series: #1-3 #4-6 #7-9 #10-12 #13-15 My favorite is #5: Welfare isn’t what it used to be. $69 million of California’s welfare dollars were accessed through the state-issued debit cards outside of the state. Where was the […]

…smokers! Jamestown unearths 400-year-old pipes for patrons RICHMOND, Va. — Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who’s who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America’s first permanent English settlement. Naturally, the rabidly right-wing Associated Press ignores this evidence of […]

In July of this year, leftist Feminists were openly, and proudly, rooting for an abortion to be portrayed on prime-time television. And in April of this year, leftist Feminists like Jessica Valenti of Feministing were grossly bemoaning the fact that Mtv’s show, 16 and Pregnant, did not portray any teenage girls having abortions. They wanted […]

Just sharing something I found when writing my earlier post, “Sady Doyle Cheers Penis Amputation in Sweden!” Here’s a 1994 flashback from the New York Times, “Mrs. Bobbitt is Symbol of Feminist Resistance“: To the Editor: Like most of the American mass media, you have framed the Lorena L. Bobbitt affair as an issue of […]

If you have been reading me long, you know my favorite post to repost is the one where I quote Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, who published “Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism.” In this book/study, Brooks found that: — Although liberal families’ incomes average 6 percent higher than […]

It was dangerous. Now it isn’t. Thanks, science, for clearing that up. Saccharin was first listed as a hazardous waste in 1980 after studies in rats showed the sweetener caused higher rates of bladder cancer. The EPA subsequently determined it to be a “potential human carcinogen”. Yet two decades later, the National Toxicology Program and […]

Hey, now that’s some change! At Daily Caller: Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, estimates that there will be 1.8 million foreclosed homes in the United States this year, and that the numbers will be even higher in 2011. Moody’s estimates that foreclosures should peak next year at 2.1 million, Zandi said. A spike […]

Good stuff. When you tell a liberal the truth they recoil in disbelief. Seriously. Just watch Kirsten Powers and her disbelief in this interview when the bomb is dropped about 6:00 in. She’s so flustered when she finds out the truth that President Bush vetoed the 2008 bill with the end-of-life provision in it and […]

Read Nick Gillespie’s essay, “The #1 Game-Changer of 2010: Wikileaks By a Landslide.” The key point is that unlike the umpteen other purported “game-changing” news stories, WikiLeaks is genuinely new. And Gillespie argues the frequently heard point that WikiLeaks’ impact goes far beyond one individual, such as Julian Assange. Beside that though is to what […]

Nothing like coordinated anarchists to say anarchy ROME — A loosely linked movement of European anarchists who want to bring down state and financial institutions is becoming more violent and coordinated after decades out of the spotlight, and may be responding to social tensions spawned by the continent’s financial crisis, security experts say. Italian police […]

See, “Progressives and the Julian Assange Rape Allegations.” Via American Power. RELATED: At The Other McCain, “Julian Assange, Libertarian ‘Reactionary’?” PLUS: At WSJ, “Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers.” Also, at CNN, “Jessica Yellin’s response to last night’s Assange discussion,” and Wired, “Putting the Record Straight on the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs” (via Memeorandum).

From the letters to the editor at Los Angeles Times (in response to this article): Palestinian- Israeli impasse Re “Let’s get tough with Israel,” Opinion, Dec. 22 Yousef Munayyer is dead wrong. It’s time to get tough with Arab terrorists, not with the only democracy in the Middle East. He reiterates the myth of Palestinian […]

At Telegraph UK, “Christmas bomb plot: nine men remanded over plan to ‘blow up Big Ben and Westminster Abbey’.” And LAT, “Nine terrorism suspects appear in London court“: Reporting from London – Nine men accused of terrorism and conspiracy to blow up high-profile targets that reportedly included the U.S. Embassy and the London Stock Exchange […]

The full essay is here: “Amanda Marcotte, Digby, and TBogg Nominated for ‘Moore Award’ at Daily Dish.” And see The Other McCain: “Glenn Reynolds ‘Nuke the Norks’ Only 5th Place in Sully’s ‘Malkin Awards’ Finals?” Updates throughout the day at American Power.

An update to “Progressives Cheer Mark Madoff Suicide as ‘Revolutionary Justice’ .” Turns out that the DownWithTyranny! progressives are invoking revolutionary appeals again. A ten-point roster of GOP quotes on the unemployed and public benefits actually ends with Marie Antoinette’s famous line, “Let them eat cake.” And then the progressive response: Now we know that […]

Previously: The liberal/Democrat civil war, part xii; The liberal/Democrat civil war, parts ix, x, and xi; The liberal/Democrat civil war, part viii: this time, it’s got ears. Normally, the “previously” section goes at the bottom of the post. This one’s different, because: I think this’ll get me more hits; and I want to emphasize that […]

Education. Important, yes. Expensive, apparently so. But do important plus expensive equal success? Over at OpenMarket.org, Hans Bader says no: America spends far more on education than countries like Germany, Japan, Australia, Ireland, and Italy, both as a percentage of its economy, and in absolute terms. Yet despite this lavish government support for education, college […]

At least The Guardian titled the essay for what it is, “A Shameful Thought for the Day.” Dawkins slams the Vatican’s “obscene indulgences” and then goes after original sin, a foundation of Christian faith: We’ve already had what little apology we are going to get (none in most cases) for the raped children, the Aids-sufferers […]

From my good friend Megan Barth at JibJab, and also José Feliciano: Cross-posted from American Power.

Blogging was light today. Mostly I had scheduled a photo-blog of some storm and rainbow photos from the O.C. And I doubt Christmas Eve is really the best time for high-octane “offend-a-feminist” blogging. But as I’ve been doing whack-a-mole with some of these angry Assange-haters all week, I thought I’d respond to Sady Doyle’s extremely […]

Night before last my neighbors and I got together and made 200 sandwiches for a soup kitchen. Although I have decorated, cooked, gone to see Christmas plays, strung lights outside, gone to Christmas parties, and wrapped dozens of presents, making those sandwiches was probably the most Christmas thing I will do. We love the Christmas […]

At Telegraph UK, “‘Anarchists’ launch bomb attacks on two Rome embassies.” (At Memeorandum.) The Rome prosecutor’s office has opened a terrorism inquiry. It’s thought that the blasts have roots in the “eco-terrorism movement.” Also at NYT, “Parcel Bomb Attacks Strike at Embassies in Rome.” And Rome has been rocked by weeks-long student protests. The anarcho-terrorists […]

To all of you busy with Christmas stuff (as I am), here is the “spin” on the First Responders Bill now being debated in Congress. Democrats care. Republicans don’t. How dare you question a bill that gives medical care to our first responders of 9-11! It’s easy to be a Democrat, isn’t it? Being compassionate […]

Crossposted from TabithaHale.com This post was brought to my attention today by several women who were obviously incensed by Stacy McCain’s statements. Here is the what I see as the heart of the initial post: If you tumble into a random hook-up with no prior knowledge of the guy’s reputation and he turns out to […]

Actually, just a couple of dozen of ’em, but interesting nevertheless. At NYT, “Backing ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal, With Reservations“: JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Pfc. Daniel Carias, a Bronx native who is just weeks from graduating from Marine Corps infantry training at Camp Geiger near here, says he has known plenty of gay men since high school […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture if you need a little explanation. Link: Verum Serum. Link: The Sundries Shack. Link: Theo Spark. Link: Mister Pterodactyl. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: A Lego a Day, via Obi’s Sister. And two more that […]

I’ll be updating with reactions throughout the day: “BUMPED AND UPDATED! – Senate Repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’.” And here’s Senator McCain: The full video is here.