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Allen West Asks, ‘Hey, How Come Congress Is Getting So Many Days Off?’

After taking a look at the congressional calender for 2011, the newly elected Congressman from Florida’s 22nd District sent a letter to Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Page 1 and Page 2 in PDF format) and issued this press release: Congressman-Elect Allen West has questions surrounding the Congressional calendar released last week and has written a […]

Death of Omnibus Boosts GOP

Defeating Harry Reid’s pet pork package gets Republicans off on the right foot going into the 112th Congress: Senate Republicans sought to build momentum on Friday after successfully forcing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to beg off a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill. Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial […]

The Unknown Tea Partiers

Da Tech Guy goes door-to-door and discovers Tea Party sentiments pervasive among small businessmen: . . .  mechanics, car dealerships, accountants, dry cleaners, manufacturers big and small, tire stores, restaurants, diners, barber shops, liquor stores, dentists and doctors, car washes, computer repair guys, investment specialists and even tutors. . . . Read the whole thing.

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.17.10

TOP NEWS Pork-packed Spending Bill Withdrawn In Senate Nine Republican senators withdraw support for bill, leaving Reid no option but to pull it Oklahoma man on death row put down with pentobarbital Animal euthanasia drug used for first time Twenty Dead In Ivory Coast Riots As Gbagbo Refuses To Cede Power ECOWAS official calls on […]

Worst Dating ‘Strategy’ Evah!

This is sick and pathetic: An Oklahoma City man seeking sexual stimulation acted severely autistic and wore diapers to con baby sitters into caring for him, police reported. He told police he did it “for a sexual purpose,” court records show. Mark Anthony Richardson Jr., 21, twice this year fooled baby sitters into watching him […]

Women Never Lie About Rape

Except when they do: Heidi Jones was suspended from her position as a weather woman for WABC/Channel 7 after she was charged with allegedly filing a false police report. Jones allegedly told police on Nov. 24 that a Hispanic man had attacked and attempted to rape her while she was jogging in Central Park in […]

Julian Assange Likes Spunk

CNN’s got the online dating profile of the WikiLeaks dude from 2006: WARNING: Want a regular, down to earth guy? Keep moving. I am not the droid you’re looking for. Save us both while you still can. Passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy. Such […]

Oh, Boy! House Democrats Trying to Screw Up Lame-Duck Tax ‘Compromise’

Understand that (a) I hate this godawful bipartisan monstrosity as an unwarranted sellout by Senate Republicans and (b) there’s very little chance that the House Democrats can screw things up so completely as to wreck the deal. But yet there is a glimmer of hope: A final House vote on President Obama’s tax proposal could […]

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