Nightly Ramble: The “Keep It Under Your Hat” Edition

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This is the “Keep it under your hat” edition.

• Earth day: Ah, yes… we’ve not heard much about Earth Day, this year,

Hmmmm. ABC is reporting:

Former Republican New York Gov. George Pataki heads to Iowa Wednesday to deliver a scathing critique of President Obama’s first 100 days in office.

“I think it’s time that those of us who have been silent

VIENNA, Va. -(WTOP)- David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, committed suicide in his Hunter Mill Estates home Wednesday morning. He hanged himself.

Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings tells WTOP police responded to the Kellermann home

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This is the Billboard Edition.

• For a small percentage: So, Obama’s making lots of hay out of

A note of Sympathy for Steve Dahl (WCKG-Chicago/105.9) whose Mom passed away last night.

Yeah, I know… I’ve been fairly quiet for the last 24 hours. Here’s my tale of woe….

About 2pm yesterday, my Palm Treo woke up and downloaded mail, as it always does.  However, it took longer than usual and when

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This is the Ten Tons o’ Stuff edition

• It’s all indicative: How is it President Water Walker has no problem releasing interrigation

Surber notes:

CQ Politics: Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman told an Israeli agent that she would lobby for a reduced sentence for a spy for help in getting a committee chairmanship.

And guess what committee chairmanship she wanted…

Intelligence.

The CQ

• @jamesrivers nice trip, that. used to have people in Alpena. made the run ev 3 mo or so… before the 400s went in #
• @jamesrivers about 14hr drive… all two lane.  #
• @jimtreacher Amazin, ainlt it how

Thomas Ricks believes that we should shutter West Point and the other service academies because they’re expensive and, as far as he can tell, they produce no better officers than ROTC.  Plus, their instructors don’t have PhDs, making them essentially

The NY Post:

The Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network have been slapped with a record $285,000 fine for violating a slew of federal election rules during his 2004 bid for president, the Post has learned.

In a

Al Gore: Call your office, you twit.

Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap.

The report, originating in Australia, suggests that there is a

James Joyner this morning :

In what has to be the oddest Peggy Noonan column ever, she extrapolates from a single story of a Michigan family that decided to give up some modern luxuries to engage in subsistence farming

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This is the Friday Fish Fry Edition.

• (Chuckle) Insty notes Micheal Graham:
  

  MICHAEL GRAHAM: Janet Napolitano

You just knew someone would do this eventually.

Washington Times:

Liberal actress and political activist Janeane Garofalo, in all seriousness, said activists who attended tea parties are racists with dysfunctional brains in a recent prime-time television appearance.

“Let’s be very