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No, no, guess first. Don’t skip to to the excerpt. Guess. Hey! No peeking! OK, ready? VAL D’ISERE, France — The women’s World Cup super-G in Val d’Isere has been called off due to heavy snowfall. Heavy snow fell overnight and continued into Friday morning. Organizers had hoped to hold the race in the afternoon […]
Unbelievable, and yet wholly understandable: House GOP transition team leaders will recommend a change to the lower chamber’s rules that would require all members to prove that their legislation is constitutional. …Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), the head of the House Rules Working Group, on Thursday said the GOP transition team will recommend the adoption of […]
In Reality World, the article would be extraordinarily short, with the full text reading something like What do the Obama tax cuts extensions mean for you? Nothing. Nothing is changing. Thanks for stopping by ABC News. And, yes, ABC News did actually entitle the article the “Obama tax cuts extension” at some point. Check the […]
Governor Moonbeam says California has been living in Fantasyland.: : Jerry’s not cracking jokes about the budget anymore.: : In his own crude parlance, he’s realizing being: California governor might suck.: : : His big labor donors are getting worried, too.
Christmas is my very favorite time of year. Why? Well, I think that Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew, Fred Holywell, nailed it with regard to why Christmas is such a special time of year when he said the following: There are a great many things from which I have derived good, from which I have not profited, […]
Well, I promised the full video [at my place], so here you go: PREVIOUSLY: “Larry King Exit Marks End of Era.” And at Althouse, “Larry King, Bill Clinton, and the ‘zipper club’.” Cross-posted from American Power.
You’re not likely to make $152 million at your job, no matter how hard you work. The real money isn’t in creating wealth, it’s in expropriating it from those who do. For example: The son of a Roxbury (Massachusetts) woman who died from lung cancer said today he wished his mother was still alive — […]
Sorry, women. Sorry, Hispanics. Chicago mayoral candidate James Meeks says quota spoils in the form of set-aside city contracts should go only to blacks: “The word ‘minority’ from our standpoint should mean African American. I don’t think women, Asians and Hispanics should be able to use that title,” he said. “That’s why our numbers cannot […]
Senator Mark Kirk (R, IL) is raising a red flag over the defense bill because the Democrat led House of Representatives and Democrat led Senate has slipped in a provision that would allow accused terrorists to be housed in prisons in the interior of the United States. In an apparent effort to get around the […]
All too often it is an upside down world in our American court systems. Here we have two more stories that really argues for the word “impeachment” to get far more of a workout in our nation than it currently does. In one case, a woman whose car was stolen is held liable for the […]
That’s right. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid abandoned efforts to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill and instead extend current funding. He simply didn’t have the votes. The most wonderful thing about this is that the billion dollar funding of Obamacare is gone. The new Congress will have a much easier time defunding it now. […]
In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the “9th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards.” More than 250 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 46 responded. Ace of Spades HQ, Dodgeblogium, Ed Driscoll, The Underground […]
Veteran fiscal conservative Congressman Peter Roskam (R, IL) has announced the names of the 10 Republicans that are joining him on the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful committee that has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, and programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Peter Roskam is the Representative for the 6th Illinois Congressional District […]
How many times have I mentioned that climate alarmists are continuously talking about the need for alternative energy sources, yet, when push comes to shove, they’ll go and attempt to block any construction of solar, wind and hydrothermal energy plants? They’ll protest, gnash their teeth, file lawsuits, and be general pains in the rear end. […]
See, there really is a good reason to not only read the bill, but understand what the heck is in it, and what it actually does About 13.4 million taxpayers may be getting unexpected tax bills because they were awarded too much money under President Barack Obama’s Making Work Pay tax credit, a government audit […]
Liberalism in 120 Seconds: Liberals and Rape. If you’re on YouTube, make sure to subscribe to RWN’s YouTube channel here.
DADT, START, DREAM “on deck” this weekend THE OMNIBUS IS DEAD HOUSE RESUMES BUSH TAX CUTS Bill–May vote LATE Thursday ( or early Friday a.m.)
Guess which state is the single worst state to try and retire in? Yup. Illinois. TopRetirements.com, a site that tracks the best values for retirees, recently posted its top ten worst states to retire to and Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois tops the list of the worst. California comes up a close second worst. […]
Many of my students, taking their final exams this week, have said goodbye with a warm “Holiday Holidays” farewell. And while that’s very nice, I gave my last final this morning, and as I was handing out the exams I wished everyone “Happy Holidays,” but added, “I celebrate Christmas at my house, and I’m not […]
Huge roundup at the link: “Federal Prosecutors Prepare Case Against Julian Assange.” Also, at London’s Daily Mail (with lots of pics), “Rape-charge WikiLeaks chief heading for Christmas in a country mansion after being granted bail at High Court.” More blogging at American Power. Added (11:40 AM PST):
Ireland may want to think twice about taking any bailouts from the EU in light of the European Court’s eagerness to meddle in its domestic affairs: Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion violates pregnant women’s right to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, harshly criticizing Ireland’s long […]
The petty tyrants running San Jose have pushed us along for another step toward our glorious green freedom-free future: San Jose is to become the largest city in the U.S. to ban plastic carry-out bags, according to a report. The city council voted 10-1 to introduce the ban on Jan. 1, 2012, in the hope […]
I was a guest on Cameron Gray’s National Rifle Association radio program “Cam and Company” last night. I was on the program to discuss my article about Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s wrong-headed interpretation of the Second Amendment as one that doesn’t really protect the individual’s right to bear arms. My article under discussion was: […]
Pork, pork, pork. It’s enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it’s a bacchanalia of pork spending and earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and […]
As we discussed a few days ago, Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid still intends to push the bill that wold nationalize all police and firefighter unions. The bill is titled the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S 3391) and would force all local, city, county, and state police and firefighter unions to operate under […]
Remember when I wrote a post called, “Is Rush Right?” You probably do, because Rush read the thing in it’s entirety on air and I went crazy making sure you knew about it. Rush has stated over and over that he feels Obama is purposedly bringing this country down. I find it hard to wrap […]
The alarmists just cannot help themselves, including over at Treehugger: Is Birth Control the Cheapest Answer to Climate Change? From overpopulation as the elephant in the room, to the idea that less sex and more TV might be the answer to India’s growing birth rate, overpopulation isn’t exactly a taboo subject here on TreeHugger–but it […]
Old and busted: An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! New and sad: Kids write Santa this year for basic needs instead of toys Santa Claus and his elves are seeing more heartbreaking letters this year as children cite their parents’ economic troubles in their wish lists. U.S. Postal Service workers who […]
Two-hundred and thirty-seven years ago today: a team of colonists wearing Indian Costumes went on to ships docked in Boston Harbor to show the British that they were sick and tired of oppressive taxes. Two-hundred and thirty-five years later the colonies were now a country, and Americans picked up the mantle of those brave colonists […]
Victor Davis Hanson spent three weeks biking around California and he wrote a column about the experience. The column was particularly noteworthy because in it, Hanson reveals that many of the ills that conservatives have feared would come along as a result of illegal immigration, multiculturalism, and the Left’s attacks on America have already come […]