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Friday, November 30, 2007

The Writer’s Strike Just Ain’t Working Out for Leno’s Staff

This leaves more questions unanswered than answered: Today was the last day for most of the 120 staffers on “The…...

John Edwards Would Garnish Your Wages If You Don’t Buy Health Care

Which isn’t all that different from raising your taxes for health care, really. Under the Edwards plan, when Americans file…...

MSNBC Hiring Environmental Reporter, No Experience On Environmental Issues Necessary

You just have to be “hip” enough. CBS is expanding its coverage of the environment. We seek a talented reporter/host…...

Mike Huckabee Gets A Phone Call From God

Just...bizarre. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I want a candidate whose policies are based on…...

Tonights Christmas Music Is:  The Chipmunks Christmas Song

It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the Chipmunks.  I hear this is Anna’s favorite Christmas song. Hey does Theodore remind…...

Evel Kneivel Has Left The Building

Sad: Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made…...

North Dakota Democrats Not Very Forthcoming On Scruggs Money

The last couple of days I’ve been posting about a big-time contributor to the North Dakota Democrats named Richard “Dickie”…...

Governor Hoeven Is Against Initiated Measure To Cut Income Taxes

The other day I heard from a politically-connected friend that Governor Hoeven has been telling reporters, off the record, that…...

Ag Subsidies For Food Security?

Ramesh Ponnuru brings up an interesting point about ag subsidies: When considering the claim that we need subsidies to have…...

Medicare Bureaucrats Can’t Dispense Factual Information On Their Own Program

Just another boondoggle for government-run health care via a report from InsideHealthPolicy.com sent to me by a Senate staffer friend…...

Because Thousands Of USA Today Readers Can’t Be Wrong

In a USA Today online poll that has been up for days, approximately 98% of respondents are saying that the…...

Murtha Tries To Back Away From Positive Surge Comments

He’s moving the goal posts to the “there’s been no political progress” mantra. On Friday, however, Murtha’s office moved to…...

Huckabee Says His “Soul” Will Not Let Him Deny Illegals Access To Entitlements

You see, Mike Huckabee answers to a higher power than the American electorate which has indicated again and again that…...

Hostage Situation Develops At Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Headquarters

On Fox News right now they’re reporting that someone they’re describing as an armed man has taken hostages at the…...

Shocker: Medicare Is Needlessly Expensive, Terribly Inefficient

Behold the inadequacies of government-provided health care: Millions of people with respiratory diseases have relied on oxygen equipment, delivered to…...

Rudy Stretching The Stats?

A reader emails: In almost every appearance as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, Rudolph W. Giuliani cites a…...

Doddering Fool Castro Warns Babbling Maniac Chavez Against U.S. Assassination

From one guy who destroyed his country to another guy who is about to do the same thing: HAVANA (AP)…...

Canadian General: We’re Winning In Afghanistan

We’ve been hearing a lot about how well things are going in Iraq, now here’s some news about progress in…...

Democrats Feel Their Own Mental Health Is Low

Don’t take my word for it, they’re the ones who said it. Make of it what you will. ...

Clintons Cancel Scruggs Fundraiser

You know a guy is a truly corrupt thug when even the Clintons won’t have anything to do with him.…...

Democrats Having A Hard Time Staying On Message

Last night came the news that the man the Democrats have basically had on point for demagoguing all things Iraq…...

The New York Times Can Explain Why They’re Slowly Collapsing. Really.

Well, when you run a company that is crumbling beneath your feet and you have to acknowledge facts like this........…...

Thousands Rally In Sudan To Demand The Death Of The Teddy Bear Teacher

This isn’t a religion. It’s a cult of mass insanity: KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP)—Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and…...

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Steve Cates Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is, Joel Heitkamp Scurries From Challenge

A while back Steve Cates (full disclosure: a close friend of mine and my editor at The Dakota Beacon) announced…...

Amnesty International’s Selective Outrage

On any given day of the week you can expect that someone from Amnesty International is protesting American treatment of…...

Who’s Idea Was It To Have Bryant Gumble Do Play-By-Play?

A reader emailed me tonight to complain about Bryant Gumble doing the play-by-play for tonights only-seen-on-the-NFL-channel matchup between the Cowboys…...

Hypocrisy Thy Name Is John Edwards

You all remember John Edwards refusing to appear in a debate organized and broadcast by Fox News, right?  Well here’s…...

Rep. Duncan Hunter To Hillary: Hey, Thanks For The Question!

Turns out Rep. Hunter was glad that Hillary sent a member of her campaign to the GOP debate to ask…...

Rush Limbaugh Is On Board With Fred

It’s not an outright endorsement, but it sure sounds like Rush is on Fred’s side: RUSH: …the genuine moderate as…...

John Murtha: “I Think The Surge Is Working”

It must be chilly in hell tonight. “I think the ’surge’ is working,” the Democrat said in a videoconference from…...

New York Public Library Sponsors “Artistic” Mug Shots Of Bush Administration

Your tax dollars hard at work. ...

Thompson Campaign: What Were The Other Candidates Doing While I Was Busy Being A Conservative?

Turns out that’s a pretty good question: ...

Huckabee: Denying Illegal Immigrants Tax Subsidies For Tuition Is “Punishment”

That’s right.  Huckabee actually calls denying people an entitlement “punishment.” Mitt kind of comes off as the hero there, but…...

New Threat To The Environment: Extra Refrigerators

Specifically those owned by Canadian beer drinkers. Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers. The…...

Tonights Christmas Music Is:  The Christmas Song

By Nat King Cole (A merry old soul.) ...

Fred Thompson Got His Facts Right At The GOP Debate

FactCheck.org did an analysis of last night’s CNN debate and posted the following summary of less-than-factual statements from the candidates:…...

CNN Producer: We Wanted Debate To Be Of The GOP

Which, of course, is why the news channel planted all those Democrat/liberal questioners in the debate. Because it was supposed…...

Rudy Flat-Out Lies On Illegal Immigration

Rudy during last night’s CNN debate: “New York City was not a sanctuary city,” Giuliani said — twice — during…...

Rodney King Gets Shot While Riding His bicycle

I just don’t know if I can make it through this: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Southern California police said 1991 police beating…...

Least Deadly November Ever In Iraq

The good news continues to roll out: In the Iraq war, November has been one of the more deadly months…...

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