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Romney at Liberty: The case for conservatism
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 11:38 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Agree or disagree with the policies Obama recommends, his arguments can’t be called sophisticated. They are the liberal political application of a “What Would Jesus Do?” wristband. In a mirror reflection of the religious right, Obama has a tendency to engage i …
Barack Obama, the first female president
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 11:10 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
When the White House asked Barnard for the commencement speaking role, the college dumped its original speaker, Jill Abramson. In addition to being an actual woman, Abramson is the first of her sex to become executive editor of the New York Times.
Obama's 'Julia' ad and the new Hubby State
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 11:52 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
With her spare, faceless affect, Julia is meant to evoke a more modern, independent sensibility — with the exception of her life of endless government dependency, that is. . . . Whereas government benefits were once the state’s compassionate response to women who h …
Dinosaurs and their flatulence behind global warming
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 11:48 PM EDT ()
Dinosaurs' gassy guts may have contributed to global warming tens of millions of years ago, according to a new study that finds a group of plant-eating dinosaurs could have produced about as much methane as all of today's natural and man-made sources of the greenhouse gas. Bri …
Biden blows it, again
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 8:27 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
I’m sure Biden is simply reflecting the pervasive woe-is-me attitude in an administration that feels underappreciated and is incapable of refraining from blaming others. Poor Joe. I’m sure, if Obama loses November, he’ll be added to the long list of “pe …
Obama's lost cause
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 10:04 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Obama is already one of the most consistently polarizing presidents of the last 60 years. His current campaign strategy, win or lose, will deepen our national divisions. . . . All of the atmospheric elements of politics — unity, bipartisanship and common purpose — …
Pakistan asks US to share Qaeda intel
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 9:36 PM EDT (gulf-times.com)
Pakistan’s foreign minister said yesterday that if the United States has intelligence about the presence of Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan, then it should share the information with Islamabad. Hina Rabbani Khar was speaking to reporters shortly after US Sec …
Congressional Intel Chairs Say Taliban Is 'Stronger'
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 8:18 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
"I think we both say that what we found is the Taliban is stronger," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on CNN's "State of the Union." Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, agreed with …
Taking a scythe to the Bill of Rights
Seeded on Sat May 5, 2012 5:44 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
By proposing his amendment, McGovern helpfully illuminates the lengths to which some liberals want to go. So when next you hear histrionic warnings about tea party or other conservative “extremism,” try to think of anything on the right comparable to McGovern’ …
President Obama, campaigner in chief
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 11:17 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
In a political culture that long ago surrendered to the permanent campaign, Obama has managed to take things to a whole new level. According to statistics compiled for a book to be published this summer, the president has already set a record for total first-term fundraisers &m …
Obama dodges economic accountability by distracting voters
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 5:29 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
I don’t brush off the items from this morning’s post, including the Ornstein/Mann report blaming Republicans. I don’t address the merits of any of them. I use these items to make the point that the left’s strategy is to create a cacophony of …
Ex-CIA counterterror chief says Pelosi 'reinventing the truth' about waterboarding
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 3:39 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding. . . . If Rodriguez is right, it means that Pelosi stood up …
Widow of CIA victim killed by her father
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:13 PM EDT (gulf-times.com)
The widow of a Pakistani man shot dead by a CIA contractor last year in an incident that sparked a major crisis in American-Pakistani relations, was killed by her father yesterday for refusing to remarry, police said.
How Osama bin Laden is winning, even in death
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:13 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
What we’re seeing now in Egypt is something that might be called electoral bin Ladenism. . . . So, a year on, it’s a time to think about bin Laden’s failures but also about the ways his fellow Islamists have morphed toward a political movement more successful …
Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba
Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:32 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Unprecedented Latin American opposition to U.S. sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at a summit on Sunday and illustrated Washington's declining influence in a region being aggressively courted by China. . . . Obama has had a bruising time at the two-da …
My questionnaire for ladies
Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:15 PM EDT
You can never be too careful these days. Someone nice could turn out to be a maniac. Or a poor cook. I won't tolerate either. Accordingly, I've assembled (actually, condensed) a brief questionnaire which I require all ladies to complete before I consider any romantic interlude.
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The U.N.'s failed plan for Syrian peace
Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2012 11:09 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
A civil war is taking place in Syria. Mr. Obama may believe that by fleeing from leadership through figments such as the Annan plan, he is avoiding “militarization.” In fact, he is ensuring that thousands more people will die.
Thousands protest over US bounty
Seeded on Fri Apr 6, 2012 11:33 PM EDT (gulf-times.com)
Thousands of Islamist activists hit the streets of Pakistan yesterday, demanding holy war and torching US flags to condemn a $10mn bounty slapped on the founder of a terror group. . . . Up to 2,000 rallied in the city, shouting “America deserves one treatment: Jihad! Jih …
Rush to judgment in Trayvon Martin case
Seeded on Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:43 PM EDT (CNN)
While we wait and respect due process of law, we should do our part to uplift human personality. We can do so by giving both Martin and Zimmerman a just weighing of the evidence, both in the court of law and public opinion. Let us not assume the worst of anybody but be guided b …
President Obama's bad bet on Vladimir Putin
Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:51 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
What “flexibility” will Mr. Obama be prepared to offer on missile defense, given that Mr. Putin surely will not be satisfied with anything short of scrapping the system or giving Russia a veto over its use? . . . Mr. Obama would be foolish to center his policy on a …
Shirts
Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:36 PM EDT
My sportsman's catalog -- the one with the lowest prices -- has Hawaiian shirts and Bahama shirts. The Hawaiians are 100% cotton while the Bahamas are all rayon. Straight hems, both. I don't like them. I generally stick with conservative and long sleeves but I want something …
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From Marcus Welby MD to House
Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:40 PM EDT
Marcus Welby was a nice guy who made house calls and his office was in a house. But House is an obnoxious dope head in a big-ass hospital with a gimpy leg who figures out what's wrong with sick people. This is the evolution of American TV doctor health care. Actually it is not. T …
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Europe's blind spot on anti-Semitism
Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:53 PM EDT (CNN)
It's easy to blame the situation of the Arab-Israel conflict, but Jean-Yves Camus, a French expert in extremism, says today's prejudice includes the "new anti-Semitism" from radicalized Muslims and the old-fashioned hatred from the right, including neo-Nazis. Often, when the P …
Extreme Steam Alert! You Want Peppers?
Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:30 PM EDT
Okay, I said I'd grow the peppers this year. I volunteered. It was my idea. I did not realize how many different peppers there are. They're on the net! All kinds of peppers. I'll need more than one plant of each. I don't have any photos, but I believe there's an ad to the right i …
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The silence of the lions
Seeded on Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:25 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
What does matter is that our children are growing up in a world that believes it’s okay to denigrate women. They are witnesses to adults laughing at jokes about women being sluts, whores and worse. When the object of derision is Sarah Palin, “jokes” are made e …
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