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Life here is full of Catch-22 dilemmas that would strain credulity if they were fiction: It costs more to go to work than you can possibly earn, for
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP: Sadly, you don’t have to:
A video of a Gucci- and Louis Vuitton-clad politician attacking capitalism then struggling to explain how his luxurious clothes square with his socialist beliefs has become an
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CARACAS, Venezuela,Monday, Dec. 3 —(New York Times)- Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chávez sweeping new powers, the Election Commission announced early Monday.It was the first
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up” Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Chavez, who called President Bush the “devil”
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I am reminded in my hopping around this morning that we are close on if not already by the anniversary of the death of one of the biggest monsters the world has ever known Che Gueava.
Here’s a comment I
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Over at the Captain’s Quarters:
Jeb Koogler, a staunch liberal at The Moderate Voice, has defended Hugo Chavez for a long time. He thought that Chavez intended to help the poor and downtrodden and made excuses for his tough
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Mrs, Clinton gets snotty and sloppy with the facts. When asked why she favored socialized medicine, i.e. HillaryCare, Mrs. Clinton flatly denied having ever favored socialized medicine. Alllah Pundit, Hot Air, has the video.
Last week, Mrs. Clinton
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Asked, a while ago, What are the real consequences of FDR?
I pointed to an article by Amity Shales in the Wall Street Journal subtitled “Reconsidering our reverence for FDR.”
I suspect that that particular article in the Journal started
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You know, it almost seems useless to bring this up again, since both David and myself have mentioned it several times in the last four days or so. But this is an interesting angle:
Michelle Malkin points to Doug Heye,
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Both McQ at Q&O, and James at OTB note the wailing from Susie Madrak.
Only because it’s handier, will use the comments of James to start this off;
Susie Madrak, under the attention-grabbing headline “No More Dead Bloggers,”
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Ya know, some things are just too rich to pass up.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for allegedly speeding in his
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perhaps it’s a little late to be looking at this, now, but Amity Shales in today’s Wall Street Journal as, as the byline says “reconsidering our reverence for FDR.”
It’s about bloody time.
The real question about the 1930s is
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Senator George Voinovich goes on Sean Hannity and shows that Voinovich is not ready for prme time. Allah Pundit, Hot Air, has the audio.
In fairness to Voinovich he deserves credit for going on to Hannity even if
An interesting interview of James Pierson at NRO today. Here’s a snip:
JAMES PIERSON: Kennedy’s assassination, happening the way it did, compromised the central assumptions of American liberalism that had been the governing philosophy of the nation since the time
Now I admit that I was not familar with Rob Port, Say Anything, but I like what I see.
Since Moore says he doesn’t mind his movie being shared on the internet (something I really doubt is his true