Nightly Ramble:The “Just Passin’ Thru” Edition

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This is the “Just Passin’ Through” Edition.

• First, some Housekeeping: We’ve upgraded the WordPress Core software over the weekend to version

Ya know, there are times when you just have to let it out, and laugh in their faces.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter called his fellow Democrat, Rep. Joe Sestak, a “flagrant hypocrite” and accused his rival of

Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, the men of the Second Continental Congress made a bold gesture as they sought to uncleave themselves from their ties with Great Britain.  A gesture intended to convey that they were serious about the

Apparently, even Helen Thomas becomes outraged a Democrat dishonesty beyond a certain point. Previously, I thought that impossible.  It took the Obama administration to bring it out.

(CNSNews.com) – Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press

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This is the Grocery Store edition.

• Franken: About an hour ago came word that Al Franken was decalred the winner of

The Washington Post website is reporting:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as

I note with sadness, the passing of  Washington Times editorialist Mary Lou Forbes.  I got the news by way of Quin Hillyer, who says:

Mary Lou was a legend in the conservative journalism world. Way back in 1959, a full

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This is the “Delivery Truck” Edition.

• Jackson: If you’re looking for a glowing obit, singing the unalloyed praises of the 50

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This is the “Beep Beep” Edition. If you don’t get the reference, look here.

• The Obamacare Telethon:  No, I didn’t bother watching

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This is the “Happy Hump Day” Edition” The picture to your right is a railroad hump. It’s how cars are sorted in many rail yards

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This is the Rail car Graffiti Edition. Sorry about the blur, the thing was moving at track speed. (yeah, right)

• They’ve let

Doctor Krauthammer today makes a great point about Obama’s response to the Iran situation:

…. this incipient revolution is no longer about the election. Obama totally misses the point. The election allowed the political space and provided the spark for

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This is the “Have one on Me” Edition.

• Tea Parties, Iranian Style: Somewhere in my travels last night, I stumbled across a

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This is the White Board Edition

• Iran: I’ve not commented much on Iranian election, mostly because the thing was breaking so fast

Shades of Richard Nixon, Byron York has dug into Barack Obama firing of AmeriCorps Gerald Walpin. It seems that  Walpin had the audacity to investigate Obama’s political supporter, and hack, Kevin Johnson. from Washington Times:

The AmeriCorps IG accuses