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Glenn Reynolds: Next they’ll be taking Arab money to oppose Canadian oilsands development.

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Fast and Furious update: 5th amendment

Oh, this is a big problem. It’s every citizen’s right to take the Fifth Amendment in court and Congressional hearings when testifying. When the sitting chief of a criminal investigation division for a US Attorney’s office does it, though, it … Continue reading

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“…As a Swampscott police spokesman said at the time, “We don’t urge anybody to fight back. We want them to call us.”

Massachusetts, you have a problem.

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“Was this garbage written by hardcore dyed-in-the-wool southern racists seeking to inflame old passions? Or was it someone with a stake in demonstrating that racism in the twenty-first century U.S. is alive and well?”

Oh, I’m betting on the second option.

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A shortage made in Washington

Prescription drugs Of course, when government creates a crisis, who(m) better to address the crisis but, you guessed it, government and our pandering politicians. Just ask Diana DeGette. If there’s a shortage of drugs, it doesn’t take much of an … Continue reading

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All my friends are Principle engineers

Good grief, if they are smart enough to be Principal Engineers, seems like they would be smart enough to use the correct word in their job title. Principle Principal One has to wonder if their business cards are correct! Good … Continue reading

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Glenn Reynolds: Traffic laws are for little people

Public employee union defends Denver cop who was fired for driving drunk at 143 mph Ed Morrissey: This is so patently absurd that I barely know what to say about it. Is it a union’s job to protect its members … Continue reading

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The Cost of Safety

It’s not measured in dollars, it’s measured in freedom. Congress is set to give the green light on funding for a massive expansion of TSA checkpoints, with the federal agency already responsible for over 9,000 such checkpoints in the last … Continue reading

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Faith in Government

But here’s the curious thing: While whipping up fear about mercury in the outdoors, the EPA is actively downplaying mercury’s health risks when it comes out of fluorescent bulbs inside people’s homes. The explanation of this apparent hypocrisy? What both … Continue reading

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Culture of Entitlement

Through the eyes of a Walmart cashier. …I’m not against temporary aid helping those who truly need it. What I saw at Wal-Mart, however, was not temporary aid. I witnessed generations of families all relying on the state to buy … Continue reading

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Holder Suggests ‘Fast and Furious’ Guns Will Be Used in Crimes for ‘Years to Come’

Is Eric Holder genius material or what? … and it gets better Holder, in testimony on Capitol Hill that comes as the congressional investigation into the program expands, decried the “gun-walking” tactic used in the operation as “inexcusable” and “wholly … Continue reading

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#OccupyFail: Beam me up

Some Occupy L.A. arrestees feel traumatized, might seek therapy Sometimes reality sucks. Deal with it.

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“One of the basic points of the federal government is to protect the people of this nation to secure the border, and they’re not doing that,”

From a border farmer. The Obama administration and many local officials have said the U.S.-Mexican border is safer than ever and that reports of violence on the American side are wildly exaggerated. But the farmer scoffed at that argument. “I … Continue reading

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Need, Need, Need….

The country these OWS supporters seem to desire is not one I would care to live in. This about sums it up:

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“What kind of movement calls female supporters ”white bitches”? “

“And what type of women take that to be a term of endearment?” Whatever.

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Not one of them was turning

Right on the Left Coast: On the crests of the foothills at Altamont are almost 5000 wind turbines. Not one of them was turning that I could see. It was a semi-cloudy November day in the Bay Area and even … Continue reading

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Also never mind that that the two tikes were perfectly within their rights to play with their plastic gun in their parents’ car if they damned well pleased.

Good grief. h/t Instapundit.

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Climate Change: The politics of corruption

John Hinderaker: We can’t say it enough: global warming alarmism is not science. It is politics at best, outright fraud at worst. Beyond that handful of leading alarmists, if you are involved in any way in climate science, you have … Continue reading

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jobs lose every time under this Administration

When there is a conflict between jobs and public employee unions, or a conflict between jobs and the environmentalist lobby, jobs lose every time under this Administration; and that is the case even when the infrastructure around the jobs already … Continue reading

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“Definitely not. It’s not proof.”

So, just speculating here, who would have 200lbs of human feces on hand to dump anywhere? Hmmm…could be anybody I guess. Yep, could be anybody.

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