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America's Watchtower: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the New Hampshire primary Taking a break from the national politics and scandals of the day for it is time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the New Hampshire primary.
Over the years many people have complained about the influence a small state such as New Hampshire has...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 6:18pm -07:00T (312 words)
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Power Line: Obama keeps hands off Benghazi terrorists while lawyers build criminal case (Paul Mirengoff) We’ve always viewed the Benghazi scandal in terms of (1) the Obama administration’s failure to provide requested security before the attack, (2) its conduct, or lack thereof, during the attack, and (3) its cover-up after the a...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:30pm -07:00T (788 words)
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PrairiePundit: Stats show IRS more likely to sue people in red areas Birmingham News:
We know about the IRS and the Tea Party. But is there politics in IRS prosecutions? Do IRS agents zero in on red states more than blue?Residents in Montgomery, in the red heart of a red state in the Middle District of Alabama, are 3½ ...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 7:33pm -07:00T (275 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Lonesome Doves: Morse and Gruening Lone Senate Tonkin Gulf Opponents
Morse and Gruening (Press Photo — via Ebay site)
In 1964, only two Senators would famously oppose voted the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that would launch shortly thereafter, launch America firmly and unstoppably into the Vietnam War.
Backgroundwise, Or...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:30pm -07:00T (1888 words)
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PrairiePundit: The decline and fall of 'smart' government Daniel Henninger:
Of all the excuses, explanations and alibis pouring forth in the saga of the IRS kneecapping of conservative groups during the victorious Obama 2012 campaign, the one that deserves attention is this from David Axelrod:"Part of being p...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 6:19pm -07:00T (367 words)
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Power Line: I Think They’re Trying to Tell Us Something (John Hinderaker) One of my favorite adages goes like this: Any damn fool can learn from his own experience, what you want to do is learn from other people’s experience. Actually, you could say that the ability to learn from other people’s exp...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 7:15pm -07:00T (821 words)
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Crooks and Liars: Colbert Mocks Tea Partiers For Whining About Tax-Exempt Status They Didn't Have to Ask For Click here to view this media ABC's Jonathan Karl and his part in helping to feed the scandal-mongering over Benghazi wasn't the only recent Republican drummed up outrage Stephen Colbert decided to take on during this Monday's show. After his "Mazda-Scand...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 7:16pm -07:00T (371 words)
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Joe's Dartblog: AP Reports Clery Suit Against College An AP filing has been picked up by newspapers all over the country. Headlines range from Complaints filed against 4 colleges over rapes (Wall Street Journal) to Four Colleges Hit With Federal Sexual Assault Policy Complaints (BloombergBusinessweek) to Ac...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 7:16pm -07:00T (217 words)
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Power Line: The Great Liberal Death Wish, London Edition (Steven Hayward) There’s an old saying in journalism—a story just “too good to check out.” You can tell the media’s bias not only from what they won’t check out, but what they won’t even consider checking out, let alone reporting.
News ite...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:30pm -07:00T (290 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Lonesome Doves: Morse and Gruening Lone Senate Tonkin Gulf Opponents
Morse and Gruening (Press Photo — via Ebay site)
In 1964, only two Senators would famously oppose voted the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that would launch shortly thereafter, launch America firmly and unstoppably into the Vietnam War.
Backgroundwise, Or...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:33pm -07:00T (1888 words)
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Balloon Juice: Open Thread: Stuff You Can Find on the Internet, Reliable & Otherwise The NYTImes discovers Urban Dictionary in the courtroom:… Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag the spoken word by design. That has lawyers and judges turni...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:30pm -07:00T (619 words)
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Crooks and Liars: C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Chuck Jackson Title: Any Day NowArtist: Chuck Jackson
Motown Anthology
Artist: Chuck Jackson
Price: $5.13
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Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:31pm -07:00T (213 words)
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Power Line: Investigate reporters, but only when there’s something to investigate (Paul Mirengoff) The emerging conservative line on the Obama administration’s aggressive investigations of journalists is that national security leaks should be dealt with by going after the leaker, not the reporter. I’ve heard this line from...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 11:00pm -07:00T (312 words)
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Crooks and Liars: Open Thread
Re-arranging the deck chairs (and sunbathers) for the book "The Art of Clean Up." The perfect Father's Day gift your kids can give your OCD ex-husband. Just sayin'.
The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy
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Dateline: 2013-05-22 9:46pm -07:00T (243 words)
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The New Editor: On This Day May 23 ...
In 1623 British politician, antiquary, and the unfortunately named Elias Ashmole was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. In 1701 Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder. In 1785 in a letter...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 11:01pm -07:00T (276 words)
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