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| CNN: Dems pick Philly for their 2016 convention 2/12/2015 10:01:32 AM Ed Morrissey 13 Comments The City of Brotherly Love finds itself on a roll these days. They will receive Pope Francis at the beginning of his first American visit as pontiff, and now Democrats will hold their national convention in Philadelphia, CNN reports: Philadelphia will More... Howard Dean calls Scott Walker "unknowledgeable" over college degree question 2/12/2015 9:21:58 AM Jazz Shaw 148 Comments If you’re curious about precisely how frightened the Democrat establishment is over Scott Walker, you need look no further than today’s edition of Morning Joe. In a short segment on Governor Scott Walker’s recent trip to London and the More... Hostage family: White House had information on location for almost four months 2/12/2015 8:41:34 AM Ed Morrissey 62 Comments Just how long did the White House sit on intelligence on where ISIS held American hostages? Allahpundit asked that question yesterday, when the difference in sources put it between four and seven weeks. The mother of James Foley tells the Daily More... A ceasefire in Ukraine… maybe 2/12/2015 8:01:42 AM Jazz Shaw 28 Comments On the surface it certainly sounds like good news. Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin huddled with the leaders of France and Germany for seventeen hours and emerged a little while ago saying that a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russian More...  Quotes of the day 2/11/2015 10:41:56 PM Allahpundit 237 Comments Late-night cable comedian Jon Stewart announced he would be leaving The Daily Show on Tuesday night’s broadcast, and Democrats are not too happy. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising email Wednesday asking supporters More... CO regulator cracking down on unlicensed yoga studios works for chain of state-licensed studios 2/11/2015 10:01:35 PM Mary Katharine Ham 40 Comments I can’t imagine what the motivation might be here. And now we’re going to transition from Downward Dog, doing our Sun Salutation, and move immediately into Corrupt Regulatory Capture. Namaste. It’s fairly stunning that the chief More... Video: Best friends ever recreate "Rambo" for buddy's bachelor party 2/11/2015 9:21:26 PM Mary Katharine Ham 73 Comments A cast of about 20 pretty bro-y guys gets together to drink Fireball, blow stuff up, and play Army all day, and the result is…truly delightful and moving. It starts with an introduction to groom-to-be Dana Saint and his band of merry buds, many of More... ISIS gains a foothold in recently abandoned Yemen 2/11/2015 8:41:15 PM Noah Rothman 63 Comments Ed opened the morning with a thorough rundown of the suboptimal state of the security situation in Yemen. The deteriorating conditions in that key state on the Arabian Peninsula prompted American, British, and French embassies to shut their doors on More... Is Maryland's new governor about to push for Second Amendment rights? 2/11/2015 8:01:56 PM Jazz Shaw 29 Comments When you think gun rights, one of the last states which probably comes to mind is Maryland. Their 2013 Firearm Safety Act may not be quite as bad as the latest laws on the books in New York and Oregon, but it’s still pretty bad. But now Maryland More... Major shift: Majority of Republicans now support sending arms to Ukraine 2/11/2015 7:21:07 PM Allahpundit 69 Comments Pretty dramatic, although the reason for the change is unclear. Here’s what YouGov found when it asked last July whether we should send military aid to Ukraine to fend off Putin. Top row is yes, second is no, third is not sure: A rare moment of More... Pro-Warren group finds Elizabeth Warren is unbelievably popular… literally 2/11/2015 6:41:33 PM Noah Rothman 48 Comments "To know Elizabeth Warren is to want her to run for president, according to a YouGov survey of likely Democratic Iowa caucus goers and New Hampshire primary voters," a memo from MoveOn.org began. And the results this organization hyped did not More... Fossil fuels divestment activist plans to "seize the assets" of energy companies 2/11/2015 6:01:08 PM Jazz Shaw 152 Comments There’s a big holiday coming up and we wanted to make sure you were reminded far enough in advance to get a card. No… I’m not talking about Valentines Day. It’s Global Divestment Day! (Incidentally, Global Divestment Day takes More... Vox is making a bad situation worse for Obama 2/11/2015 5:21:49 PM Noah Rothman 47 Comments It is a delicious irony that President Barack Obama's decision to sit down for an extended interview with the left-leaning explanatory journalism outfit Vox.com is backfiring so spectacularly. To review, what was a relatively milquetoast conversation More... Australia thwarts "imminent" terrorist attack; inspired by ISIS? 2/11/2015 4:41:06 PM Ed Morrissey 17 Comments These days, Australia has increasingly become a front line of the war on terror. The attacks started in September of last year, posited by some as “lone wolf” operations, but all with a connection to ISIS. First came a pre-emptive wave of More... Today's media shiny object: Scott Walker dodges evolution question 2/11/2015 4:01:35 PM Allahpundit 346 Comments The “Republicans hate science, vaccine edition” news cycle has run its course, which is good because it was based on a lie. Time for a new “Republicans hate science” news cycle, this one based on an old media favorite. More... New Illinois governor delivers fast shot across the bow at unions 2/11/2015 3:22:13 PM Jazz Shaw 23 Comments Illinois has a new Republican governor now and Bruce Rauner isn’t wasting any time in putting some changes in place. Following the lead of his neighbor in Wisconsin, Scott Walker, Rauner announced some executive actions which are sure to have the More... Report: White House had intel for seven weeks before launching rescue attempt for Kayla Mueller and other hostages 2/11/2015 2:41:03 PM Allahpundit 97 Comments Via Ace, who wonders if this is what Obama and his natsec team mean by “strategic patience.” We already knew they’d dragged their feet in greenlighting a rescue mission for the hostages. After James Foley was murdered last summer, a More... Video: Obama slams Staples for discouraging part-time workers to get ObamaCare 2/11/2015 2:01:47 PM Ed Morrissey 67 Comments Which is actually the opposite of what’s happening at Staples. Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith got a one-on-one interview with Barack Obama and offered a few challenging questions on foreign policy and Obama’s lack of success on behalf of some More... Uh oh: Dem donors not so Ready for Hillary? 2/11/2015 1:21:02 PM Noah Rothman 76 Comments It's not as though Democratic donors are closing their wallets to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign-in-waiting, per se. It seems, though, that the disorganization and competing interests within Clinton's political organization are making the More... Murder of 3 Muslim students at UNC-Chapel Hill goes political quickly and wrongly 2/11/2015 12:41:14 PM Jazz Shaw 87 Comments There was a horrible story out of North Carolina yesterday as another act of domestic terrorism hit the news. Three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill were shot to death by a local man who later turned himself More... Kurtz: NBC is trying to save Williams' job with 6-month suspension 2/11/2015 12:01:06 PM Ed Morrissey 87 Comments Really? It looks more like NBC Universal wants to get as much distance from Brian Williams and what looks like a track record of serial fabrication and exaggeration, some of which made it onto the NBC Nightly News with which they entrusted their 10-year More... Mitch McConnell: Our attempt to defund Obama's executive amnesty is "stuck"; Update: Get off your asses, Boehner tells Senate Dems 2/11/2015 11:31:01 AM Allahpundit 141 Comments A leftover from last night. He means the Senate specifically is stuck because Democrats keep filibustering GOP bills that would make funding for Homeland Security contingent upon defunding Obama’s immigration measures, but the problem is bigger More... Shock report: 20,000 foreign fighters flooding into Syria 2/11/2015 11:01:41 AM Noah Rothman 57 Comments As of September of last year, the CIA estimated that the Islamic State's rapid acquisition of territory in Iraq and Syria was achieved by a force that numbered only 20,000 to 31,500 strong. Many of those fighters have likely been lost to attrition; due More... |   | |||||
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