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The fire sale at Gitmo continues
1/6/2015 10:01:22 AM  Jazz Shaw
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When Ed wrote about a fire sale at Gitmo last week, he asked a few pertinent questions. Among them was the possibility that Obama might be looking to dump the facility entirely as part of the new diplomatic dealings with the Cuban government. (More of a
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Of course: Belgian doctors call off "euthanasia" for serial rapist/murderer
1/6/2015 9:31:28 AM  Ed Morrissey
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The inevitable denouement to last night’s post from Allahpundit has provided yet another twist in the twisted tale of Frank Va den Bleeken. The serial rapist and murderer demanded to be “euthanized” rather than serve a life sentence for
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When is a filibuster not a filibuster?
1/6/2015 9:01:07 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Anyone who reads the nation’s largest fish wrap publications already knows the deal with Republicans. They are a bunch of obstructionists. And the most powerful tool in their evil arsenal is the filibuster. This is well established lore in the
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Breaking: Hamas chief, Muslim Brotherhood officials expelled from Qatar
1/6/2015 8:31:31 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Looks like the diplomatic efforts of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may have paid off.  Khaled Mashaal, who ran the recent Hamas war on Israel from the safety of Doha where he has long kept his organization’s worldwide headquarters, got
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No, murdering police officers is not a "hate crime"
1/6/2015 8:01:10 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Emotions are running high, not only in New York City but across the nation, in the wake of the assassination of two Big Apple police officers. (And now the shooting of two more during a robbery.) This is completely understandable, and the nation is right
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Quotes of the day
1/5/2015 10:41:39 PM  Allahpundit
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R) announcement Saturday that he is leaving Fox News as he considers running for president again has regnited an old feud between himself and the conservative Club for Growth — a spat that dates back
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State: Yeah, we don't know if Cuba has released the 53 prisoners we required they release
1/5/2015 10:01:42 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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Behold, the superior negotiating powers of President Barack Obama: State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki repeatedly refused to answer questions this afternoon about the 53 political detainees Cuba promised to release as part of a deal with President
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Rich Harvard experts mad they have to spend more thanks to their own Obamcare recommendations
1/5/2015 9:31:26 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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There are many things that are notable about this New York Times story, which will occupy a special place in my series: “Exactly which elite, liberal institution does have to live up to the Left's values?” (Previously covered here and
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Belgium, which abolished capital punishment, will "euthanize" serial rapist and murderer this week
1/5/2015 8:41:05 PM  Allahpundit
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He’s not terminally ill, he just finds the prospect of life in prison unbearable, so Belgium’s going to put him down and call it a mercy killing. Fun fact: They haven’t executed anyone as punishment for a crime in more than 60 years and
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When "arrested without incident" becomes "white privilege"
1/5/2015 8:01:33 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Leave it to our fine mainstream media to build an entire narrative based on one, off the bell curve incident. The latest case of this comes from Charles Blow at the New York Times who makes a herculean effort to show that cops are just, you know…
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Revealed: The video CNN will play when the world ends
1/5/2015 7:21:49 PM  Allahpundit
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To cleanse the palate. Just yesterday I was thinking, “What video should I post next spring once we know for sure that it’ll be Bush versus Clinton — again — in the general election and we’re all praying for death? The
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BBC Documentary: North Korea isn't really communist, it's 'far-right'
1/5/2015 6:41:51 PM  Noah Rothman
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While I'd rather not engage in the often fruitless task of auditing the ideological foundations of the 20th Century's evil empires, it sometimes becomes necessary in an effort to combat misconceptions. That is particularly true when vaunted institutions
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Video: St. Louis Rams to return to LA?
1/5/2015 6:01:31 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The Rams left Los Angeles in 1994, and might be ready to return in time for the 2016 season — or perhaps just want to squeeze St. Louis a little harder for concessions. As of now, the city and owner Stanley Kroenke are almost $600 million apart on
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Jeb Bush on gay marriage: The states should decide
1/5/2015 5:31:01 PM  Allahpundit
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Newsworthy, if only because we should know how the GOP’s next nominee feels about the issue, no? He can’t strongly oppose legalized gay marriage since he’s the favored candidate of the GOP’s centrist donor class but he can’t
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The shadow of Eric Garner on the race to replace Michael Grimm
1/5/2015 5:01:06 PM  Jazz Shaw
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As we discussed last week, the resignation of Michael Grimm from his seat in New York’s 11th congressional district following a guilty plea on tax evasion charges has set in motion a strange chain of events, thanks to New York’s rather arcane
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That 'other Islamic State' is taking over eastern Nigeria
1/5/2015 4:31:16 PM  Noah Rothman
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The frenzied, hashtag-driven interest surrounding the kidnapping of young Nigerian women by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has abated in the West, but the group is far from inactive. Despite the fact that Boko Haram had engaged in a campaign of
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Boehner opponents four votes away from blocking him in Speaker race?
1/5/2015 4:01:24 PM  Allahpundit
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I’m as skeptical as Ed is, but that’s the word through the grapevine via Erick Erickson. In fact, he’s skeptical too: There are allegedly 25 of 29 ready to do it. Of course, last time they had the votes to block the Speaker and they all
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YOLO: Activists want Obama to endorse Washington D.C. statehood in State of the Union
1/5/2015 3:31:25 PM  Noah Rothman
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Washington D.C. chafes so greatly over the city's status as a district rather than a state that it appropriated the revolutionary slogan "no taxation without representation" for its license plates. The District has lobbied for statehood for some time,
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Video: Egyptian president calls for "religious revolution" in Islam to end violent jihad
1/5/2015 3:01:18 PM  Ed Morrissey
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For those who demand that leaders in the Muslim world stand up publicly against Islamist jihadists, it doesn’t get much more clear than this rebuke from Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on New Years Day. The former general, installed in a
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John Thune: We're not going to shut down Homeland Security in February over executive amnesty
1/5/2015 2:31:04 PM  Allahpundit
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In that case, I have no idea what the point of the “cromnibus” was. Remember that? That was Boehner’s compromise with Obama and Reid on spending that passed last month. It had two parts, one of which would fund the federal government
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Attkisson sues DoJ for hacking her computers
1/5/2015 2:01:01 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Did the Obama administration put a journalist under surveillance for reporting critically on its activities? Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson says yes — and she wants $35 million in damages from the Department of Justice for it. Attkisson filed
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Hey, guys. This would be a great time for a carbon tax, wouldn't it?
1/5/2015 1:31:23 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Remember Larry Summers? You know.. the brilliant Harvard luminary who wound up being the President’s top economic advisor during his first term. Right, that guy. You might think he’s dropped off the face of the Earth since then, but
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Judge may release grand jury deliberations in Eric Garner death case
1/5/2015 1:01:41 PM  Noah Rothman
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A Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict the New York City police officer responsible for the homicide of Eric Garner sparked nationwide protests and has provoked an escalating confrontation between the NYPD and the city's mayor. On Monday, a
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WSJ: Get ready for triangulation, Obama-style
1/5/2015 12:31:36 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Has Barack Obama finally learned a belated lesson from his second midterm debacle? Initially, the President sounded defiant, promising a unilateral change in immigration law and abandoning the 52-year diplomatic break with Cuba. According to the Wall
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Is the GOP's first strike at Obamacare a gift to lobbyists?
1/5/2015 12:01:52 PM  Noah Rothman
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With Republicans set to take control of both chambers of Congress, the GOP will soon get to work passing its long-stalled agenda. What agenda? Well, much of that still needs to be worked out at a joint retreat for House and Senate members which will
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