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Category Archives: Politics
Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin after Arizona shootings
Byron York nails it: On November 5, 2009, Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire at a troop readiness center in Ft. Hood, Texas, killing 13 people. Within hours of the killings, the world knew that Hasan reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar!” before … Continue reading
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Tagged american involvement in iraq, ft hood texas, gen wesley clark, jane velez mitchell, mark halperin, robert baer
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Arizona Jewish Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critical after shot in the head
As soon as the news broke from Tucson, the New York Times began reporting that the shooting might have been politically motivated by right-wingers such as Sarah Palin. This was in its news reports (since deleted). It turns out the … Continue reading
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Tagged congresswoman gabrielle giffords, ezra klein, five books of moses, Gabrielle Giffords, john boehner, reform synagogue, rep john boehner
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Sarah Spitz Leaves KCRW Show ‘Left, Right And Center’
The producer of the show “Left, Right and Center”, writes: “Just a note to all of you who’ve been such loyal and engaged conversationalists and combatants on this comments engine: After 15 years of producing this show, your humble producer … Continue reading
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Tagged caller reports, ezra klein, gruesome detail, kcrw, left right and center, liberal journalists, national public radio, Rush Limbaugh, state legislatures
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My Favorite Writers On The Left
* Mickey Kaus * Michael Kinsley * Richard Cohen * New York Review of Books * Gore Vidal * Christopher Hitchens
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Do You Want To Know The Identity Of The Anti-Christ?
Wanting to make some money, I’ve been browsing Clickbank.com’s array of information products to sell. I checked out “Politics & Current Events” and the following are the best selling items (most popular first): * Do your customers want the truth … Continue reading
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Tagged alice s adventures in wonderland, donald trumps book, elections guide, food crisis, how to survive a nuclear war, murder by proxy, mystery novel, recent discoveries, spy novel, tea party, winning elections
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Yisroel Pensack: Iowa Voters Oust ‘Gay Marriage’ Judges from State’s Highest Court
Common sense prevailed in Iowa. A.G. Sulzberger of The New York Times reports: DES MOINES — In a rebuke of the state supreme court with implications for judicial elections across the country, voters here removed three justices who participated in a … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Politics, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged A.G. Sulzberger, chief justice, common sense, gay marriage, Iowa, judges, justices, same sex marriage, state supreme court, voters
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The Cognitive Elite
Charles Murray writes: There so many quintessentially American things that few members of the New Elite have experienced. They probably haven’t ever attended a meeting of a Kiwanis Club or Rotary Club, or lived for at least a year in … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive elite, elite universities, harvard seniors, harvard survey, kiwanis club, unbridgeable chasm
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Call Me Senator
From Jerry Zucker: Call Me Senator from RightChange on Vimeo.
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