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When will Van Jones be thrown under the bus by Pres. Obama? [UPDATE x3]

When will Van Jones be thrown under the bus by Pres. Obama? [UPDATE x3]

| September 4, 2009 | 2 Replies

[UPDATED 09/05/09 — 2311 MDT] Hey, I was right, mostly. He resigned Saturday evening, and the White House did their best to bury the news by releasing it after midnight (ET). [UPDATED 09/06/09 — 0627 MDT] And I was exactly right about this statement at the end of my original post: The real question is […]

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Stick a fork in Mr. Van Jones… [updated]

Stick a fork in Mr. Van Jones… [updated]

| September 4, 2009 | 1 Reply

…he’s done. After his less-than-convincing apology and disclaimer about signing a 9/11 “truther” petition in 2004 — which he says he didn’t read carefully and does not agree with — something new has emerged. Gateway Pundit points us to the Rense.com website (get the page before it vanishes!) where we find Mr. Jones involved in […]

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New Google opt-out method

New Google opt-out method

| September 2, 2009 | Reply

Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village The Onion is doing some of the best video satire around. Hat tip to Randy Barnett over at the Volokh Conspiracy. ..bruce w..

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The Obama cult of personality [updated x3]

The Obama cult of personality [updated x3]

| September 2, 2009 | 1 Reply

OK, this Obama cult of personality is getting a wee bit out of hand. I don’t begrudge his supporters waxing rhapsodic about his many virtues (as they see them), but this whole nationwide address to students — and the accompanying letter from EdSec Arne Duncan to teachers and administrators — is getting a bit too […]

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Meanwhile, on the Fascist Left

Meanwhile, on the Fascist Left

| September 1, 2009 | Reply

Gateway Pundit has this wonderful but unsurprising video of an HCAN organizer handing out signs for a health care town hall meeting and explaining how to shout down and block media coverage of those raising questions about Obamacare. Here are some of the things the organizer says: Be civil but block. So if they stand […]

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Why the GOP shouldn’t be counting chickens just yet

Why the GOP shouldn’t be counting chickens just yet

| September 1, 2009 | Reply

While many recent poll numbers are looking better and better for the Republicans, here’s a wake-up call from Rasmussen: Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters say their party’s representatives in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters nationwide over the past several years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of […]

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A reduction of an increase is not a “spending cut”

A reduction of an increase is not a “spending cut”

| August 31, 2009 | Reply

Conservatives have long complained that liberals screaming about “massive cuts” in government programs are actually talking about reducing the hard-wired growth of spending — that is (for example), a plan to limit the year-over-year growth of a welfare program to, say, 8% instead of 10% is a “cut”. With that context, I guess you can […]

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Health care reform in the past

Health care reform in the past

| August 31, 2009 | Reply

An oldie-but-goodie. For a modern twist, go read The Adventures of Bunky and Biggo. ..bruce w..

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The apocalypse on time-lapse

The apocalypse on time-lapse

| August 30, 2009 | Reply

Time Lapse Test: Station Fire from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo. The above is a timelapse video of some of the wildfires in the LA area. Frankly, it looks spookier than most of the other things coming out of Hollywood these days. Hat tip to Gawker.  ..bruce w..

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Obama’s new Economics Czar

Obama’s new Economics Czar

| August 30, 2009 | Reply

What can I say? She’s a natural for the job. ..bruce w..

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