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Man Alone in Las Vegas Airport Kills Time by Lip-Syncing Celine Dion’s “All By Myself”

Worth a few minutes of your time!  Man Alone in Las Vegas Airport Kills Time by Lip-Syncing Celine Dion’s “All By Myself” | TIME.

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Dems try to manipulate Colorado GOP primary

Dems try to manipulate Colorado GOP primary against Bob Beauprez with pro-Tancredo ads – Washington Times. Uugh. This is certainly an argument against open primaries. It is all to easy to imagine Colorado Progressives voting for Tancredo to provide Hickenlooper … Continue reading

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A livid Megyn Kelly reports more at Fox News targeted by DOJ

Not holding my breath waiting for the MSM/legacy media to come to Fox news support. Bombshell: Not just Rosen; A livid Megyn Kelly reports more at Fox News targeted by DOJ; Update: Fox statement; Update: Video | Twitchy.

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LIving wage surtax

‘Unexpected’: Are SeaTac, Wash., businesses adding a surcharge to pay for the new minimum wage? [pic] | Twitchy. It’s a real stretch to call this an unintended consequence. Only a Progressive couldn’t see this coming. Of course, getting rid of … Continue reading

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‘Wow!’ And so it begins: White House smears vets, claims ‘swift boating’ of Bergdahl

‘Wow!’ And so it begins: White House smears vets, claims ‘swift boating’ of Bergdahl | Twitchy. Unreal. Putting the lives of our brave troops at risk by releasing five Taliban leaders wasn’t enough, apparently. Now the White House has to … Continue reading

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You can’t fix stupid…

Never Say “I Kill White People Like You” When Asked To Turn Off Your Phone Post-Takeoff | The Smoking Gun. Here’s a picture just so you know what stupid looks like. Added 6/6/2014 from KHOU news in Houston. Williams was … Continue reading

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Payback time: First patent troll ordered to pay “extraordinary case” fees

Payback time: First patent troll ordered to pay “extraordinary case” fees | Ars Technica. Patents have a purpose but trolling is not one of them.

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“Boy, when even outlets like NPR and ABC are reporting this story, it’s bad news for the White House.”

proclaims Instapundit regarding the POW trade for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.   Vets Accuse Bowe Bergdahl of Walking Away White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended the administration’s swap of an American prisoner of war for five Taliban leaders, saying the move did … Continue reading

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Issa starts to pull back the curtain on “Operation Choke Point”

Justice Department secretly stifling ‘objectionable’ businesses: House committee | WashingtonExaminer.com. The report, released Thursday by panel chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., accuses the Justice Department of abusing its authority by going after the payday lending industry and other merchants and working … Continue reading

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“Principle” engineer

Received a LinkedIn notification regarding an engineering friend that got a new job with a new title. He is apparently a “Principle” engineer? If you can’t figure out that you’re actually a Principal engineer, perhaps you shouldn’t be one.

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These men’s lives were just as valuable as the women’s lives.

UCSB Killer | 4 Young Men Dead | Countering Feminist Rants. I have no doubt the two young women who died, Veronika Weiss and Katherine Breann Cooper, were equally as special in their lives as these men were. However, the … Continue reading

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Voters in California contemplate forming new state

Wow, sure founds familiar for us here in Colorado. Voters in California contemplate forming new state – Yahoo News. Residents of California’s largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the … Continue reading

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How’s that “Tax the Rich” thing working out?

Just ask France – Bad news: France in $14b euro hole after overestimating the haul from that swell 75% millionaire tax « Hot Air. French President Francois Hollande has raised income tax, VAT and corporation tax since he was elected … Continue reading

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“Obama’s experience with the VA is a testament to the danger of big promises — and high expectations.”

say Megan McArdle. Why Obama Can’t Fix the VA – Bloomberg View. Summary: Culture change in any organization is very hard. Culture change in a government bureaucracy is an order of magnitude harder.

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Justice Dept. chokes out ‘undesirable’ businesses

Justice Dept. chokes out ‘undesirable’ businesses | Human Events. Where do we go to vote against the Commissar of Undesirable Businesses, if we decide we disagree with his or her judgments… once we penetrate the veil of secrecy and discover … Continue reading

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Be careful out there: Click it or Tick it

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News you can use: Urine is not sterile

Confirmed: Urine is not sterile | Fox News. Hilt said, when a screening method for kidney infections was developed. It was a simple and easy test that was soon applied to bladder infections, too. But the test involved culturing only … Continue reading

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Government gridlock

Wow, just wow – Obama blames ‘structural’ design of Congress for gridlock – Washington Times. Live with it Mr. Obama. You sound like and you ARE a whining spoiled brat. You are the 44th President of the United States, 43 … Continue reading

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Adam Schiff Vows to Scream Bloody Murder on GOP Abuse

No reason to have an interest in uncovering the truth or anything – Adam Schiff Vows to Scream Bloody Murder on GOP Abuse | Mediaite. And on Rachel Maddow‘s show last night, Schiff explained they decided to participate to keep … Continue reading

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Survivor: Never watched, think I’ll keep it that way

Survivor Is The Most Morally Contemptible Show On TV. Now, it’s only a dumb TV show, I know. But I do wonder why it can’t be structured to reward virtue on occasion. I wonder why juries of real-life people, when … Continue reading

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