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A New Conservative Order at CPAC: Death of the Old Groups

Politics
February 18, 2010 – 9:35 am

Out with the old, in with the tea partiers: “A jolt of anti-Obama populist energy has upended the movement’s traditional hierarchy, lifting some new or previously low profile groups to unprecedented heights while leaving traditional powers struggling to adapt.”

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The Blair House Debate: How Republicans Should Respond

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 1:59 pm

“Republican leaders are spending too much time on a “start over” message. I would instead talk about why you oppose the House-passed and Senate-passed bills, and how you are open to any legislative process and solution that addresses those problems. Since the policy problems are core to the bill, you achieve the same effect.”

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The Prince Kills the Pauper

News
February 17, 2010 – 11:35 am

A member of the Saudi royal family is under suspicion in London after one of his servants was found beaten and strangled to death in his hotel room. So, how soon before the Prince gets retroactive “diplomatic immunity”.

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The Lefties Just Can’t Get Enough of Sarah Palin

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 11:31 am

Imagine, if you will, a lonely lefty Photoshop geek brooding over the success of Sarah Palin despite all the nasty things his friends say about her. How can he help them try and tear down a hockey mom? You’ll see.

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Throw the Bums Out

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 11:22 am

“Only a third of U.S. voters think that most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected this year, according to a new national poll. That’s the lowest number ever recorded for that question.” This can’t end well for Democrats come the November elections.

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U.S. vs. Toyota Has Begun

Market | Politics
February 17, 2010 – 11:20 am

“U.S. regulators on Tuesday opened an investigation into whether Toyota Motor Corp acted in a timely way to recall cars for acceleration problems.” In Toyota’s near future: Congressional hearings, class action suits, and a whole lot of bad PR.

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The “Settled” Science of Global Warming Takes Another Hit

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 11:17 am

Those who trumpet the fears of “global warming” have had a disastrous few months as their “evidence” has been shredded as exaggerated at best, completely false at worse, and undeniably motivated by politics. At the center of it all – the U.N.

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The Nuclear Football

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 11:11 am

“President Barack Obama on Tuesday championed nuclear energy expansion as the latest way that feuding parties can move beyond the “broken politics” of Washington that have imperiled his agenda and soured voters.” The latest political football – nuclear energy.

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Shipping up to Boston

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 11:08 am

The original Tea Party in Boston was about the government ignoring the will and common good of it’s citizens. The Tea Parties today, “reflect a growing anger in America that the government seems to be a closed circle, run by an elite in both parties.” Elites out for themselves not the public.

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The Failure of Liberal Governance

Politics
February 17, 2010 – 10:45 am

Want to know the real reason so many Democrats are opting not to run for reelection? “Democratic leaders have tried to govern the country from the left, only to find that their policies have hit a wall of practical and popular resistance.” It’s a failure of their own ideology.

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Portrait of a Shooter

News
February 15, 2010 – 3:19 pm

“As authorities searched for clues into what could have sent a University of Alabama neurobiology professor on an alleged killing spree, friends and family yesterday described Amy Bishop as an awkward introvert on the brink of losing her teaching job.”

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The Tablet Wars Commence

Tech
February 15, 2010 – 3:16 pm

The release of the iPad recently kicked off the tablet wars and the Adam from Notion is taking it to the next level. Included is a swiveling camera, a sweet light adjusting LCD screen and beefer graphics support than the iPad. Let the battle begin.

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