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Despite renewed economic confidence, few happy about a gas tax hike
1/12/2015 10:01:56 AM  Noah Rothman
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With GDP on the rise, the unemployment rate falling, and gas prices lower than they have been in years, the public is finally starting to feel good about the economy. Despite the underreported fact that the labor participation rate is as low as it has
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Boko Haram is actually putting ISIS to shame for barbarism
1/12/2015 9:21:35 AM  Jazz Shaw
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At the beginning of the year, Noah wrote what turned out to be a tragically prescient post about “that other Islamic State” which has been running roughshod over Christians and random civilians in Africa. Speaking of Boko Haram, Noah warned
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The media excoriates Obama for skipping pro-free speech Paris march
1/12/2015 8:41:33 AM  Noah Rothman
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Organizers in France estimated that upwards of 3.7 million people attended a Sunday unity rally in Paris in response to the attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Among those marchers were a variety of world leaders, but President Barack Obama was
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St. Louis County PD finally seeking Ferguson looters
1/12/2015 8:01:31 AM  Jazz Shaw
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While things have obviously not returned entirely to normal in and around Ferguson, Missouri, people have to eventually get back to the normal business of day to day life. This includes the police, apparently, who had a lot of loose ends to tie up
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Quotes of the day
1/11/2015 8:01:17 PM  Allahpundit
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I can confirm that there are casualties: there are three hostages dead, five wounded, three of them seriously, and three policemen of the elite GIGN force are dead. Now also confirmed that Amedy Coulibaly, the alleged hostage-taker, is dead… One
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White House investigating critical subject of Obama daughter wearing rapper t-shirt
1/11/2015 6:31:30 PM  Jazz Shaw
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With all the serious news dragging everyone down this week, we clearly need something from the “What the heck?” column and this should fill the bill. The White House has launched an investigation into something involving the First Family,
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Dianne Feinstein: Don't charge Petraeus over intelligence leaks
1/11/2015 5:01:24 PM  Noah Rothman
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On Friday, a report in The New York Times indicated that the Department of Justice was preparing criminal charges against former CIA Director and General David Petraeus based on the claim that he leaked American intelligence secrets to his mistress and
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Nobody from the US govt marched in Paris today… not even Eric Holder
1/11/2015 3:31:28 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Once the massive unity march in Paris was a definite go, there were more than a few people on social media asking how it was that Barack Obama wasn’t going to be there. I’ll play Devil’s advocate here and just say what we’re all
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Surprise: One of the Parisian terrorists claimed allegiance to ISIS
1/11/2015 2:01:37 PM  Noah Rothman
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The two brothers who executed the terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and were killed by police on Friday, Sherif and Said Kouachi, were well-known to French authorities. They were both on the United States' no-fly list and were being
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NFL divisional playoffs round 2 open thread
1/11/2015 12:31:11 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Jazz: I’ve clawed my way back to 3-3 after yesterday’s wins, but that’s not getting me any closer to Ed’s record. I will just say, however, that I really enjoyed watching the New England – Baltimore game. The momentum
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How to apologize for an epic newspaper blunder
1/11/2015 11:01:31 AM  Jazz Shaw
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There may just be hope for the dead tree press after all. Even if you’ve given up entirely on the mainstream media, perhaps we could point the New York Times, the Washington Post and others to this story which I first saw at The Daily Caller. In
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