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| The war against ISIS now fought on European soil 1/16/2015 10:01:26 AM Noah Rothman 16 Comments Overnight, French, German and Belgian authorities executed more anti-terror raids against suspected militants believed to be linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. In France and Germany, 14 people with ties to ISIS were detained while another 13 More... Literal nanny state alert: MD couple questioned for kids walking 1 mile home from park 1/16/2015 9:21:19 AM Jazz Shaw 44 Comments The Washington Post covers a story this week which highlights the ever present dangers of the nanny state, this time from Maryland. A couple has been visited by the police and child protective services multiple times now because they allowed their two More... Paul Ryan: Read my lips, no new gas taxes 1/16/2015 8:41:37 AM Noah Rothman 23 Comments House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) promised reporters this week that his committee would not pass any new taxes – oh, sorry, "user fees" – on gasoline. Speaking to reporters at the GOP retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania on More... Did the GOP cave on net neutrality? 1/16/2015 8:01:40 AM Jazz Shaw 62 Comments The times they are a’ changing, my friends. Way back about… two months ago, Ted Cruz had this to say about net neutrality. “What happens when government starts regulating a service as a public utility? It calcifies everything. It More...  Quotes of the day 1/15/2015 10:41:03 PM Allahpundit 385 Comments For only the second time in nearly two decades, the 20 Academy Awards acting nominations went to a group made up entirely of white actors and actresses… The Oscar acting nominations are typically a reflection, in some part, of the best roles of the More... Obama: "I'm going to play offense." 1/15/2015 10:01:13 PM Mary Katharine Ham 80 Comments Shot: According to several sources at the Thursday summit in Baltimore, Obama vowed to defend his agenda against Republicans in Congress, promised to stand firm against GOP efforts to dismantle his agenda and called on his Democratic colleagues to help More... CENTCOM Twitter was hacked by young Briton & his alt-rock girlfriend living in Syria 1/15/2015 9:21:13 PM Mary Katharine Ham 33 Comments Via Foreign Policy, a fascinating story of the pair likely behind the CENTCOM Twitter and YouTube hack this week. The hack did not appear to breach CENTCOM itself. Most of the information posted was publicly available, but it was a breach nonetheless and More... No-brainer: Joni Ernst to deliver GOP rebuttal to Obama's State of the Union address 1/15/2015 8:41:02 PM Allahpundit 68 Comments The easiest decision Republicans will make this year. In a statement, Ernst said she is “truly honored” to have been tapped by GOP leaders. “It’s a long way from Red Oak, Iowa, to Washington, D.C.,” she said. “But now More... Poll: New Yorkers hate NYPD protests, back de Blasio over police union leader 1/15/2015 8:01:15 PM Noah Rothman 61 Comments According to statistics obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the NYPD's operational "slowdown" continues. Though the rates of arrests and citations are beginning to accelerate compared to the week of December 22 to 28 when they were down 90 percent from More... Are you ready for…President Lindsey Graham? 1/15/2015 7:21:05 PM Guy Benson 88 Comments Have you felt the burgeoning public groundswell for a 2016 Lindsey Graham presidential bid? You haven’t? Well, Lindsey Graham has: “I'm not doing it to make a statement. I'm doing it to change the country and offer what I have to offer to More... Enjoying cheaper gas? Don't worry, EPA is about to cause it to go up again 1/15/2015 6:41:20 PM Bruce McQuain 35 Comments Yes friends, never let it be said that this administration isn’t beholden to special interests to the detriment of the middle class. The oil shale boom has helped create a surplus of oil that has entered the market and driven prices down to under More... Video: Bill Clinton on Muslim immigration and "the world's greatest double standard" 1/15/2015 6:01:49 PM Allahpundit 58 Comments A point oft-made by conservatives since 9/11: Why should westerners agree to import an illiberal culture’s values if that culture won’t accept our liberal exports? Why let a thousand mosques bloom in Europe if Saudi Arabia won’t let one More... #blacklivesmatter protesters block ambulance from hospital in Boston 1/15/2015 5:21:31 PM Jazz Shaw 95 Comments If you were upset about tensions between community members and police officers across racial lines, what would be the first avenue to address these issues that came to mind? Obviously you would unload a bunch of heavy barrels, chain yourself to them and More... Report: The White House knew the CIA was spying on the Senate 1/15/2015 4:41:57 PM Noah Rothman 43 Comments When it was revealed in March of last year that the CIA improperly accessed computer networks belonging to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, then Chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was furious. "The CIA did not ask the committee or its More... "A second Paris has been avoided": Three dead in Belgian raids on ISIS-linked jihadis allegedly plotting major attack 1/15/2015 4:01:00 PM Allahpundit 88 Comments I’m tempted to say that Europe’s jihad problem is going to get worse before it gets better, but it’s probably not going to get better. Most reports say two dead and one wounded. AFP says it’s three. The men targeted in Verviers More... Pizza delivery woman may lose job for shooting armed robber UPDATE: Papa John's will NOT fire her 1/15/2015 3:21:51 PM Jazz Shaw 82 Comments Out of Dekalb County, Georgia this week, a tense story with a happy ending may turn out to finish on a sour note after all. A woman working delivering pizzas for Papa John’s went out on a delivery run and instead of being met by a hungry customer More... Reince Priebus could be the longest-serving RNC chairman in history 1/15/2015 2:41:34 PM Noah Rothman 32 Comments When Wisconsin's Reince Priebus was elected to replace Michael Steele as Republican National Committee chairman in early 2011, the committee was $25 million in debt. The party had, however, just recovered from two disastrous election cycles and won a More... Poll: 62% support Obama's executive amnesty on the merits, 55% say Congress should let it stand 1/15/2015 2:01:13 PM Allahpundit 257 Comments You would think there’d be more support for Congress letting the policy stand than there is for the policy on the merits. Realistically, some slice of the public that opposes executive amnesty will nonetheless submit to it on grounds that More... Study: tobacco smuggling now a way of life in high tax states 1/15/2015 1:21:02 PM Jazz Shaw 49 Comments The Mackinac Center for Public Policy just released its 2013 estimates for cigarette smuggling rates in 47 US states and the results may surprise even the most jaded among you. The study shows the rates of tobacco piracy across the nation as rated More... The White House's latest pander: Paid leave is a 'worker's right' 1/15/2015 12:41:24 PM Noah Rothman 86 Comments In the White House's quest to pander furiously to the American constituency that they believe wants nothing more than other people's money, the Obama administration is planning a new push to liberate American workers from the scourge of unpaid leave. On More... Here we go: Feds move to ban all fried foods at day care centers 1/15/2015 12:01:58 PM Jazz Shaw 328 Comments Fear not, citizens! The government is here to save you from yourselves. And in keeping with the Remember the Children theme, the Department of Agriculture is submitting new guidelines for food served at any day care facility (including some private More... What's the difference between what the Pope said and what Bill Donohue said? 1/15/2015 11:21:54 AM Allahpundit 159 Comments Just an addendum to Noah’s post. Remember when Donohue told Hugh Hewitt that very important people in the Catholic Church had dialed him up to say — privately — that they agreed with his infamous statement about the Charlie Hebdo More... Saudi Arabia building massive wall along border to keep out ISIS 1/15/2015 10:41:15 AM Noah Rothman 51 Comments The joke's on them. Don't the Saudis know that massive border fences do nothing to enhance domestic security and are, in fact, counterproductive? Well, I guess they'll find out soon enough. According to reports, the Saudi Kingdom is fed up with More... |   | |||||
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