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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) as he makes comments on the Middle East Peace process in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Liberal feminists finally defending Sarah Palin? Pigs must be flying!
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:33 PM EST [*New!*]
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I didn't tell you what happened last time because it was a downer -- he lost. A couple of films started getting big votes and he lost. Thought, eh, maybe not mention that, since it's a downer. But, now there's...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:33 PM EST [*New!*]
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If there's any group you want on your side when approaching an election, it's enthusiastic independent voters. Independent voters carry elections in swing districts, and (even in a poll of likely voters) independents that feel strongly are presumably more likely to vote and less likely to waver. In the average of the last two Rasmussen polls that asked which party voters would support on a generic congressional ballot (by a margin of 7.5 percentage points, they'd favor the GOP), voters say that they disapprove, rather than approve, of President Obama by a tally of 53 to 46 percent. From Obama's perspective, that's bad enough. What's worse is that 47 percent of independents strongly disapprove of him, while only 17 percent strongly approve. Round up a half-dozen independent voters and, on average,...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:31 PM EST [*New!*]
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The White House economic team is reportedly considering pushing for a second stimulus comprised of 'tax breaks' for businesses -- including a possible $300 billion payroll tax holiday, and a $100 billion extension of an R&D tax credit. The Washington Post reports : The staff-level discussions are in preliminary stages. But with the unemployment rate expected to rise again in new jobs numbers due out Friday, such a move could serve both to spur hiring and to combat Republican charges that Obama's tax policies would hurt small businesses. More spending on infrastructure - particularly transportation projects - is also under discussion, sources said. But a person familiar with the talks said it would be easier for a package consisting purely of tax cuts to 'avoid the stain of a 'bailout' or...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:30 PM EST [*New!*]
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Did you know that more Christians than Muslims were victims of hate crimes in America? Did you also know that there are a lot more Christians? Oh. Never mind, then.
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A reader from Baton Rouge makes a totally fair point about my snarky post: 'Cao is the absolute best that can reasonably be expected from this district for the next 20 years.' Kathryn Jean Lopez
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Ace has spent a lot of time going over the reasons why conservatives should suck it up for Mike Castle in Delaware and not take a flyer on Christine O'Donnell. I thought it might be nice to focus on another...
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Tim Mak synopsizes a farewell to the troops delivered by outgoing chairwoman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers Christina D. Romer. Unbowed, Romer says debt is still the answer: 'While we’d all like to find the inexpensive, magic bullet to our economic troubles, the truth is, it almost surely doesn’t exist. The only surefire way for policy makers to increase aggregate demand in the short-run is for the government to spend more and tax less. And in my view we should be moving forward on both fronts… the key is that we need to take action, and we need to do it quickly.' The one-time fiscal stimulus skeptic remains perplexed by the failure of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It's popular these days to use nobody-else-expected-it-either defenses and to...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:24 PM EST [*New!*]
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The latest installment in the Medal of Honor video game series, scheduled to be released by Electronic Arts next month, is set in Afghanistan and allows players to fight for the Taliban in the online version. That feature has attracted criticism from politicians such as British Defense Minister Liam Fox, who called the game 'thoroughly un-British,' and at least one mother of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan, who said it is 'disrespectful' to base a game on an ongoing war. New York Times video game columnist Seth Schiesel has a pretty cogent response : The outrage is surely genuine...and the discomfort understandable. But those reactions are based on a misunderstanding of what video games are. First, it is important to understand the critical difference between a game's...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:23 PM EST [*New!*]
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Last month, Bloomberg reported that many employers expect health insurance premiums to rise as a result of the PPACA. Today, John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis points to one soon-to-take-effect provision that’s likely to factor in to rising prices: It is increasingly clear that the “experts” upon whom the politicians relied to write the bill didn’t read or understand it either. A perfect example is the rule that health plans must offer coverage on a guaranteed issue basis, without excluding any pre-existing conditions, to dependents up to 19 years old, regardless of whether they have had continuous coverage before joining a new group. This strikes fear into every health plan and employer, because it means that parents do not have to sign up for coverage for...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:20 PM EST
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Following up on James Joyner’s post from earlier today about the court martial of Lt. Col Terry Lakin for refusing to follow deployment orders until he is provided with proof of Obama’s eligibility to serve as President, a military judge ruled today that the issue of the President’s birth cannot be considered in Lakin’s trial: [...]
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:16 PM EST
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Despite having a last name ending in a vowel, I have little to no experience with organized crime, which is why, until now I didn't really have much of an opinion on Jody Weis' decision to bring a number of high-ranking Chicago street gang members together for a pow-wow where, rather than executing the RICO statutes, arresting them all and crippling Chicago's gang problem - or, for that matter, hiring additional police officers - he decided to re-enact the third season of The Wire and negotiate a peace. I feel like, despite historical precedent, this was a bad idea, in part because I don't think the gang members were all that fazed by the prospect of RICO prosecution and in part because 8 people still got shot last night in incidents with all the classic markings of gang violence. Also, the gang issued...
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:13 PM EST
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The world's smartest scientist says there is no god. Or, at least, no need for one.
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:11 PM EST
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Well, this is heartening: Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said Thursday afternoon that crews was unable to confirm the oil sheen. The Coast Guard says platform owner Mariner Energy reported a sheen about a mile long and 100 feet wide. But the company has said in a statement that an initial flyover didn't find an oil spill. Just hours ago, the Coast Guard had reported a mile-long, 100-feet-wide sheen on the surface of the ocean near the platform fire. It's great news if they were mistaken.
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| Sep 02, 2010 05:10 PM EST
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Post To County: Illinois Post to Other County: If you would like to post in any additional counties please list the counties and why in this text area. ShareThis -By Warner Todd Huston 400 supporters packed the Four Seasons Hotel in beautiful downtown Chicago, Illinois to attend a luncheon for Joel Pollak who is running for Congress from the 9th Congressional District. Pollak's special guest was Representative Paul Ryan (R, Wis), he of the famous ' Roadmap for America's Future .' It is encouraging to see so many come out for a Republican candidate in so blue an area as Obama's home town, Chicago. A wide range of supporters showed from all walks of life. ...
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