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Duke Lacrosse Rape Accuser Headed to Court on Attempted Murder Charge

Thanks to Bob Owens for this update on Crystal Mangum: A Durham woman who falsely accused three Duke University athletes of rape four years ago will be in court Monday on a separate case in which she faces multiple charges, including attempted first-degree murder. . . . Police said she assaulted her boyfriend, Milton Walker, set […]

Remember All Those Nice Things I Said About Dave Weigel?

Yeah, I’m looking like a total chump, now that he’s guestblogging for Andrew Sullivan. No word on what Weigel will have to add to the usual Sarah Palin obstetric conspiracy theories and Israel-bashing at Sully’s. What next for Weigel? Guest-hosting the Alex Jones show? UPDATE: Note Ace’s reaction, including the not-gonna-link-Sully-no-matter-what standard. Very few sites qualify for […]

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas): ‘Don’t Accuse Me of Not Saying the Truth!’

Remember when Democrats declared “dissent was the highest form of patriotism”? Somebody forgot to explain to Ciro that dissenting about health care statistics is also patriotic: (Via Big Government, Breitbart TV and Memeorandum.) UPDATE: Dan Riehl has another video clip illustrating Rodriguez’s anger issues.

Talk Radio Host Punks Abortion Clinic

In order to drown out pro-life “sidewalk counselors” outside, the owner of  Northern Illinois Women’s Center in Rockford was blaring WNTA-AM 1330 through loudspeakers. Kathleen Gilbert tells the rest of the story: D.J. Doug McDuff’s scheduled talk show guest cancelled, and he opened the phone lines for comment. Seeing his chance, Rockford pro-life veteran Kevin Rilott whipped out his […]

Experts to Obama: ‘Hey, Maybe You Should Call It Islamic Extremism’

Because, you know, that’s what it is: The Obama administration’s recent move to drop rhetorical references to Islamic radicalism is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists. Several prominent counterterror experts are challenging the administration’s shift in its recently unveiled National Security Strategy, saying […]

Roman Polanski Freed By Switzerland

Because Europeans are “sophisticated” like that: Switzerland said on Monday it would not send Roman Polanski back to the United States to face sentencing for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, freeing the Oscar-winning director from 10 months arrest. Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said she had decided against extradition because of potential […]

Rachel Maddow and the Politics of Stupid

Why hasn’t the American public completely repudiated the policies of the Obama administration? At a time when the unemployment rate has been hovering near 10 percent for nearly a year, Obama’s job approval numbers are very near dead even, and Republicans are just barely leading on the generic ballot. Why isn’t the administration’s abject failure on economic issues more […]

‘You Could See Him As A Thinner Chris Christie’

by Smitty PowerLine embeds a Pawlenty stump speech, and floats the idea of a 2012 run: Tim Pawlenty is a likable fellow. When he came to Virginia to support Bob McDonnell in 2009, I enjoyed his stump speedspeech at very close range. He seems to be about as moderate a candidate as you’ll find without […]

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