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June 27th, 2007 at 21:09
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is Sally Quinn.
June 27th, 2007 at 22:20
Amnesty Cloture Passes
By a wide margin, 64-35. Coincidently, that is almost exactly the opposite of how America feels about this bill. According to a Zogby poll, 65% are opposed. But just 3 percent of Americans approved of Congress’s handling of the immigration
June 27th, 2007 at 22:27
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June 27th, 2007 at 22:34
Ismail Haniyeh has no intention of stepping down
Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas dismissed the Hamas government after the take over of Gaza. However it seems that Ismail Haniyeh intends to keep his position, with a few changes… “Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, has no intention of steppi…
June 27th, 2007 at 23:08
Paul Newman Forgot How Democrats Acted
The Democratic Senatorial Committee has a new spokesperson and that person is none other than the has been actor and current food aficionado, Paul Newman. In the recent beg for money email, Newman discusses how he was proud to be involved with Democra…
June 27th, 2007 at 23:32
The Tragedy of Chris Benoit
WWE Pro Wrestler, Chris Benoit, his wife and 7-year-old son were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia home on Monday afternoon. The deaths have been rules a double murder suicide.
June 27th, 2007 at 23:43
Major Media Play Up Mrs. Edwards Decrying Coulter’s ‘Hate’ — But What About Marcotte?
Tim Graham will tell you:
More importantly, no one seems to be questioning Elizabeth Edwards attacking Coulter for the “language of hate” when the Edwards campaign hired Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan as official bloggers, who attacke…
June 28th, 2007 at 00:02
Update to Lugar’s New Highway of Death
Senator Dick Lure Lugar’s announcement yesterday that:
‘“In my judgment
June 28th, 2007 at 01:20
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June 28th, 2007 at 01:33
WTW: Poor F’ing Illegals From Honduras
Morning, y’all, Jebediah Murphy, here to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it is rather tiresome that the liberal media buries real stories of importance within liberal bleeding heart dogma
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Almost every day, an…
June 28th, 2007 at 01:54
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June 28th, 2007 at 02:37
Japanese No Longer Miffed at the Absence of a Low-Skill Illegal Alien Workforce
…labor pool of low-skill illegal aliens to drive down American wages, Japan has solved the problem with high technology…
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June 28th, 2007 at 03:57
Democrats and Iranian Riots
The Democrats also came to power promising great things, but instead stepped up their anti-American and anti-Israeli foreign policy agenda. A word to the wise.
June 28th, 2007 at 04:11
Here’s the scoop
The best journalism movies of all time. Citizen Kane, Shattered Glass, and others. What are yours?
June 28th, 2007 at 05:14
ALERT: Samnesty Outrage: the $4.4 billion in funding appropriated under the Immigration Security Account could be used to fund the processing of Y or Z visas under Titles IV and VI of S. 1639
Thanks to HOT AIR for this link:
Conclusion
In response to your question concerning whether the $4.4 billion in funding
appropriated under the Immigration Security Account could be used to fund the processing
of Y or Z visas under Titles IV and VI of…
June 28th, 2007 at 06:33
President Eisenhower Put Americans First and Close
President Dwight Eisenhower championed legal immigration, and his benevolence toward those wanting a homeland in America is an important part of his legacy….but let’s time travel back to the early 1950′s as he geared up for his first Presidential cam…
June 28th, 2007 at 06:42
Palestine: The Pigeon’s Response
FIRST, THE ADMIN NOTE: I won’t be running the OPEN TOPIC OF THE WEEK for the month of July; per my note on 22 June I’ve simply got too many deadlines in the next few weeks to afford writing myself
June 28th, 2007 at 07:58
GOP Amnesty
Both pieces of legislation would be a mistake to pass and should be killed. So what happened?
…
June 28th, 2007 at 11:11
I’m having a little surgery
I’m having a little surgery on Thursday. Nothing life-threatening, unless the butcher lets the scalpel slip! Oops! Just kidding. But never fear, my good friend Layla of The HILL Chronicles and Dhimmitude News Network has graciously offered to take charge
June 28th, 2007 at 17:52
More on the “un”-fairness doctrine, and some thoughts on local talk radio
From Townhall, Rich Galen has some good comments.
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Ca) said on Sunday that she thought it would be a good idea if the Congress would pass a law bringing back what used to be known as “The Fairness Doctrine.”
…
June 28th, 2007 at 18:19
Midweek Funnies- The Liberation of Paris
Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, AZAMATTEROFACT, DeMediacratic Nation, Big Dog’s Weblog, Right Truth, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, Webloggin, Cao’s B…
June 28th, 2007 at 21:24
The Knuckleheads of the Day award
Today’s winners are Florida’s Department of Children and Families aka DCF, The Sarasota Family YMCA plus Safe Children Coalition.
June 28th, 2007 at 22:25
Machines Have Learned How To Lie?
I should not be surprised, but I learned this morning that machines now lie to us.
June 29th, 2007 at 00:25
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June 29th, 2007 at 00:26
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June 29th, 2007 at 06:23
What If Charlie Chaplin Choreographed A Wrestling Match — The Florida Brothers
This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. I doubt it would go over well in the United States, but in Japan it works.
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June 29th, 2007 at 08:54
Debbie @ Right Truth – Get well soon
So, Debbie over at Right Truth was having surgery today.
I wish her the best and hope all is well. The world needs more bloggers like her!
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June 29th, 2007 at 11:03
Paris Hilton is still the lead story…or is she? With video….
Funniest clip I have seen in days.
Watch as MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski refuses to run the lead story on Paris.
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June 29th, 2007 at 12:12
Russia lays claim to the North Pole
According to Russian scientists, there is new evidence backing Russia’s claim that its northern Arctic region is directly linked to the North Pole via an underwater shelf.
The claim became official when brothers Karl Heinrich Marx and Santa Claus…
June 29th, 2007 at 13:46
Post-Mortem on the Second Coming of the Immigration Bill
Okay, so the new, improved immigration bill has died in the Senate. I know many people are upset by this, but I happen to believe that a republic such as ours can still work even when there’s a large public…
August 10th, 2007 at 13:29
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