davidl on May 4th, 2008

HildabesatAt a family birthday party yesterday, I made a tongue in cheek reference to Mrs. Clinton as “The Smartest Woman in the World.”  My quip earned a disapproving glare from the honoree.

Sheer stupity is not the only explanation for

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President George W. Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and a conflicted relationship with his dad. Or at least that’s how he’s portrayed in the script for Oliver Stone’s upcoming feature “W.”But how accurate is

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Hume, last night:

The United Nations Human Rights Council was supposed to be better than the old Human Rights Commission, which became famous for bias and hypocrisy. Now the same charge is being leveled at the new body

The council

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davidl on March 1st, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble

Mrs. Clinton bomb, bombs, Hotline:

It was, in this reporter’s opinion, the most interesting moment in today’s Clinton campaign phoner with reporters. Responding to the release of HRC’s new TX TV ad, which asserts in no subtle terms

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Eric Florack on February 24th, 2008

By way of fellow Swamp Stomper, the Dread Pundit Bluto, And Breitbart, we see AFP offering up:

Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain Friday said he hoped Fidel Castro’s resignation would be followed by his speedy demise, and rapped

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davidl on February 23rd, 2008

Illegal alien killsDavidL's Breakfast Scramble, Fox News:

MINNEAPOLIS – A woman who authorities say is in the country illegally and using an alias was charged Friday with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two lesser charges in a school

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Eric Florack on February 20th, 2008

Noted at the Babalu Blog this morning:

Michael Graham, blogging at The Natural Truth, brings us this disgusting but not surprising story about how CNN coached its anchors to treat the subject of fidel castro in an early morning email

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Eric Florack on February 20th, 2008

Surber, this morning reports that FIdel Castro is among other things, in possession of about $900 million.  Lessee… $900  Huge. Do you suppose that this qualifies as Communism, under the definitions that Marx originally laid down? So, not oly have

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davidl on February 19th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleLocal weather:  Twenty-four degrees that feels like thirteen. 

As the culture coarsens:

LEESBURG, Va. – (Fox News)-A children’s book about two male penguins that hatch a chick together has been pulled from school library shelves in Loudoun County,

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Eric Florack on February 19th, 2008

HAVANA -(AP)- An ailing Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when the new parliament meets Sunday.”I will not aspire to nor accept – I repeat,

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davidl on January 10th, 2008

I know me and Bit already shed our crocodile tears for the departed Philip Agee.   However a like item caught my eye in the morning fish wrapper, from the Associated Press:

Philip AgeeHis wife, Giselle Roberge Agee, told the Associated

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Eric Florack on December 18th, 2007

(AP)- Ailing leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on state television Monday that he does not intend to cling to power forever or stand in the way of a younger generation, but invoked the example of a renowned

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davidl on November 17th, 2007

hillary119.jpgWhat would life in the United States be like under a President who is obsesssed with personal power, does not respect the rule of law and has no tolerance for criticism?  The Pittsburg Tribune-Review, is kind enough to offer

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