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Friday, November 14, 2014

The Laughing Conservative

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Vladimir Putin's Diary: Beer and budgie smugglers

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 08:54 AM PST

Dear Diary: Here I am Down Under for the G20  summit. The people seem friendly, if a little too familiar. I'm not sure if someone of my distinction should be addressed by a room service waiter as " mate" and asked if I would like a "cold one" before dinner. When I answered in the affirmative, I was offered a formidable choice of beer. I opted instead for a vodka from the well-stocked mini bar.  

Aussie navy pursues Russian warships as G20 nears

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 07:42 PM PST

Australia is tracking four Russian  warships off its northern coast, whose presence Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said is a sign of Moscow's military assertiveness, amid strained relations after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine. The appearance of the fleet coincides with Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival at the G20 summit in Brisbane. Putin's presence in

Media blackout shields Obamacare architect

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 06:56 PM PST

Howard Kurtz writes that he's been trying to figure out why the mainstream media  have all but decided to ignore one of ObamaCare's chief architects saying the administration played on the public's stupidity in passing the law. "After all, the press usually loves when hidden video surfaces, as it did this week with MIT professor Jonathan Gruber, and we get unvarnished comments showing what

A Christmas to remember

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 05:39 PM PST

This moving 2014 Christmas TV ad, based on a true story, was created for  Sainsbury's, the British grocery chain

Cartoon: Rick McKee

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 04:45 PM PST

[The Augusta Chronicle]

Amnesty: Bam continues to play with fire

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 06:47 PM PST

In a move set to poison relations with Congress for the last two years of his term, President Obama plans to unveil a sweeping executive action as early as next week to legalize millions of illegal immigrants who are living in the United States – as long as they're with children who were born here and in the country legally. It's the most controversial of a set of proposals reported by Fox News.

Britain orders $6 billion in fighting vehicles

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 10:31 AM PST

General Dynamics   is to get a $5.76 billion order for nearly 600 Armored Fighting Vehicles from the British army, in a landmark deal ahead of a NATO summit in Wales later this week. Fortune reports that the order, for 589 Scout Specialist Vehicles, is the biggest from the British army in 30 years and comes as the conflict in Ukraine has exposed the degree to which the U.S.'s allies in Europe

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