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#RLC2014 N’Awlins, Y’all

Posted on | May 30, 2014 | 104 Comments

NEW ORLEANS
After a busy first day at the Republican Leadership Conference, we headed to Daisy Dukes on Chartres Street for a midnight breakfast. Yesterday, Sarah Palin was a surprise speaker here at the Republican Leadership Conference, introducing Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson, who made news:

In a speech he delivered Thursday, Robertson did just that, telling the GOP to “get Godly” and decrying some of the White House’s recent actions as “downright embarrassing.”
At the heart of Robertson’s message — a half-hour speech that was delivered at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana — was the notion that Republicans need to get back on track by reconnecting with the Lord.
“GOP, you can’t be right for America if you’re wrong with God,” Robertson told the crowd, according to the Washington Post’s Post Politics blog. “You want to turn the Republican Party around? Get Godly.”
He later quipped, “I guess the GOP may be more desperate than I thought to call somebody like me.”
As for President Barack Obama, Robertson said some of the things coming from the White House are “downright embarrassing,” the New Orleans Advocate reported.
“We’re up against evil like I’ve never seen in my life. I’m sitting there and I’m thinking, ‘What’s coming out of the White House?,’” he said. “The only thing I can tell you folks is it’s just downright embarrassing.”
Robertson also spoke out against racism, noting that one’s skin color has nothing to do with a person’s character.
“There’s one race on this planet, and it’s called the human race,” Robertson added. “Therefore you have no right to color-code anyone. We’re all the same family.”

Today: Haley Barbour, Donald Trump, Allen West, Mike Lee and Newt Gingrich.




 

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LIVE AT FIVE: 05.30.14

Posted on | May 30, 2014 | 16 Comments

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TOP NEWS
Pro-Russian Rebels Down Army Helicopter, Fourteen Killed

Pro-Russian rebel sits watch atop an APC in Donetsk

One general, thirteen other soldiers killed; rebel leader in Donetsk admits some fighters were Russians

National Spelling Bee Ends In Tie
Boys from New York, Texas split title after five deadlocked rounds

NSA Releases Snowden E-mails
Refutes traitor’s claimed whistleblowing attempts



POLITICS
State Department Under Fire For Boosting Shady Lawyer Fired By Imprisoned Marine

Alejandro Osuna: fired by SGT Tahmooressi

Osuna advised Marine to lie to Mexican officials



House Votes To Shield States With Medical Marijuana Laws



Chicago Aldermen Introduce $15/Hour Minimum Wage Bill

Detroit Losing Millions As Suburban Counties Drop City Water

Zuckerberg, Wife Throw Away $120 Million On Bay Area Public Schools

Oregon Governor Plans To Sue Contractor Over Failed Obamacare Website

Congress Funds Army’s Hypersonic Missile After Red Chinese Missile Test



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Mixed; Ukraine Crisis And Increased US Gasoline Demand Provide Support: NYMEX $103.37, Brent $110.01
Virgin Galactic Signs Spaceflight Deal With FAA
Energy Department Shakes Up Natural Gas Export Approval Process
E-Cigs Could Sweeten Potential Reynolds/Lorillard Deal
Pending Home Sales Up 0.4% In April
Walmart Slams Critical Analysis Of Executive Compensation
Google Bows To EU Privacy Ruling, Will Allow Europeans To Be “Forgotten”
Microsoft’s New Smartwatch To Play Nicely With Androids, iPhones
Google Video Quality Report Shames ISPs For Slow Streaming Of YouTube Videos
Intel Unveils New Tech For Self-Driving Cars
The “Dots” Sequel Will Seem Awfully Familiar To “Candy Crush” Players



SPORTS
Duncan, Spurs Thrash Thunder, Take 3-2 Lead

Kawhi Leonard takes the rebound

Duncan leads Spurs 117-89 rout with 22 points

Rangers Take Out Habs 1-0; First Stanley Cup Shot Since ’94

Springer Stays Scorching, Lifts Astros Over O’s

Royals End Skid, Down Jays 8-6 In Tenth

Joe Nathan Saves The Tigers From The A’s, 5-4

Red Sox Complete Four-Game Sweep Thanks To Braves Error

Mets Win Third Straight, 4-1 Over Phillies

Ryan Zimmerman Takes Infield, BP



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Eva Green: Too Sexy For The MPAA

Kiboshed “A Dame To Kill For” poster

Sequel to Frank Miller’s Sin City opens August 22

“Orange Is The New Black” Star Laverne Cox Talks About The Transgender Movement

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Bring Their Kids To “Maleficent” Premiere

AnnaLynne McCord Is Done Being Quiet About Her Sexual Assault

Unspeakable Armenian Bored With Marriage Already?


Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Buy LA Clippers For $2 Billion

Chris Evans And Sandra Bullock An Item?

Lady Gaga Postpones Tour Due To Bronchitis

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Getting Trashed On The Internet Is Just Like War

“Cliffhanger” Reboot Moving Forward

Selena Gomez Being Treated For Lupus

Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt Wide Awake After 24-Hour Transcontinental Premiere Marathon



FOREIGNERS
Japan Tax Hike Lifts Inflation To 23-Year High
Teenage Girls Raped, Hung From Tree In Uttar Pradesh
Abe To Promote Japan As Counterweight To Red China
Thai Army Seeks Hearts And Minds With Smiles, Stickers, And Selfies
Putin Creates New Trade Bloc From Former Soviet States
Shimon Peres, Mahmoud Abbas To Pray With Pope Francis At Vatican June 8
PRC Promises Improvements In Restive Northwest
With Centrist Parties In Disarray, France’s National Front Benefits
Narendra Modi To Move Into PM’s Residence, Declines Changes
Turkey’s Supreme Court Rules YouTube Ban Unconstitutional



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: “Rosemary’s Baby” Review
Doug Powers: Irony, Clinton Style – Hillary Making Millions With Speeches On Income Inequality
Twitchy: Jen Psaki’s Claim Of Obama’s Humility Leaves Citizens In Stitches
Bearing Arms: White Kids Died. We Oughta Pass A Law.
American Power: Desperate Democrats Looking Ahead To 2016 Election
American Thinker: The “Being There” President
BLACKFIVE: What Did Ranger Up Know And When Did They Know It?
Conservatives4Palin: The Public Isn’t Buying The Left’s Global Warming Con
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, May 29
Jammie Wearing Fools: White Privilege Causes Everything
Joe For America: Green Beret Slams Gwyneth Paltrow
JustOneMinute: Back To The Big Speech
Pat Dollard: Texas Border Patrol On Brink Of Collapse?
Protein Wisdom: Feds Prosecuting Tree-Trimmer For Unintentionally Bruising Herons
Shot In The Dark: Lucking – “So Stupid You’re Not Acting Stupid”
The Jawa Report: Dirka! Dirka! Jihad! Cadbury Bunny!
The Lonely Conservative: Michelle Obama Doesn’t Want Poor People To Have Potatoes
This Ain’t Hell: The IG Report And The HVAC Hearing In One Word – Brutal
Weasel Zippers: Fabulous! Obama Administration Seeks To Designate Gay Landmarks
Megan McArdle: US Economy Takes Another Sick Day


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#RLC2014 Cooking With Gas!

Posted on | May 29, 2014 | 57 Comments

NEW ORLEANS
The Republican Leadership Conference begins this evening with speeches scheduled by GOP chairman Reince Priebus and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and the air is thick with excitement. Or maybe the air is thick with humidity, which seems to be somewhere between 99 and 100 percent today. Periodic showers are actually a relief from the general steaminess of the subtropical climate in this Gulf port city. New Orleans is to humidity what Silicon Valley is to computer software.

Meanwhile, in the news — the science is settled!

Men who report watching a lot of pornography tend to have less volume and activity in regions of the brain linked to rewards and motivation, says a new German study.
The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, can’t say watching porn caused the decrease in brain matter and activity, however.
It’s not clear, for example, whether watching porn leads to brain changes or whether people born with certain brain types watch more porn, said Simone Kühn, the study’s lead author from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, in an email.
“Unfortunately we cannot answer this question based on the results of the present study,” Kühn said.
But, she noted, the results provide the first evidence for a link between pornography consumption and reductions in brain size and brain activity in response to sexual stimuli.

This explains a lot — Anthony Weiner, for example, is an obvious case of Pornography-Induced Brain Damage Syndrome. Also: Adulterous sexting — “chexting,” cheating by texting — destroys marriages.

Don’t know if Phil Robertson will talk about this stuff during his RLC speech, but I’m pretty sure he’s against it.




 

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LIVE AT FIVE: 05.29.14

Posted on | May 29, 2014 | 11 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
El-Sisi Sweeps To Victory In Egyptian Presidential Vote

A supporter in Alexandria holds an Egyptian flag with the former general’s face pasted on

Takes 93% of the vote, but turnout only 44% of electorate


Obama Signals Reset In US Foreign Policy
Urges against “military adventures” in West Point speech


Inspector General’s Scathing Report Brings Bipartisan Calls For Shinseki To Resign
Democratic Senators Franken and Udall join GOP in demanding resignation of VA Secretary



POLITICS
Federal Judge Halts Executions In Ohio Until Mid-August

More time for lawyers to argue over drug mix for lethal injections

Related: Supremes Strike Down Florida’s Narrow Definition Of Retardation For The Death Penalty

Veterans Group Pressures Senate Dems On VA Reform

Traitor Snowden Wants To Come Home, But Not To Jail

Lawmakers, Interest Groups Clash Over Administration’s New Rules For Power Plants

Chicago Mayor Emanuel Wants More Restrictions On Gun Shops

Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi From Revoking License Of State’s Last Abortion Clinic

Seattle Police Sue To Block New Use Of Force Guidelines

Union Leaders Under Fire For Unregistered Lobbying



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Up From US Close On Stockpile Suspicions: NYMEX $102.86, Brent $109.83
Japan April Retail Sales Down 4.4% From 2013
Hachette Escalates Dispute With Amazon Over Data Distribution
A Pushback On Green Power
Wall Street Flat Even As S&P Hits New High
Bond Yields Hit Low For The Year
Proxy Adviser ISS Urges Target Stockholders To Oust Directors
Apple Confirms $3 Billion Deal To Buy Beats
Google Confirms Most Of Its Employees Are White, Male And Nerdy
Samsung Reveals Simband And Sami Health Platform
Iranian Hackers Targeting US Officials Through Social Networks
Mary Meeker Says Mobile Is Keeping Tech Party Roaring



SPORTS
Blackhawks Suddenly Back In The Series

Hawks Tip Kings In Double Overtime

5-4 win in Game 5 keeps Blackhawks alive

Owner Of Tampa Bay Bucs Malcolm Glazer Dead At 85

Pacers Limit LeBron To 7 Points In 93-90 Win


Jays Win Ninth Straight, Edge Rays 3-2

Giants Blank Cubs 5-0

Red Sox Win Third Straight At Expense Of Braves, 4-0

Howard’s Three-Run Dinger In 9th Boosts Phillies Past Rockies

Astros Pound Royals 9-3

Marlins Bullpen Collapses, Fish Win Anyway In 10th



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Stacey Dash Joins Fox News

Best known for role in “Clueless”, endorsement of Mitt Romney

Will be doing cultural analysis and commentary


Poet Laureate Maya Angelou Dead At 86

LeVar Burton Reviving “Reading Rainbow” On Kickstarter

Evan Rachel Wood, Jamie Bell Separate After Almost Two Years

Hayden Panettiere Pregnant, Expecting First Child With Wladimir Klitschko


Adriana Lima Has Poor Taste In Men: Hooked Up With Justin Bieber At Cannes

Man Cuffed For Rushing Brad Pitt At “Maleficent” Premiere

Iggy Azalea Tops Hot 100 With “Fancy”

Twelve Katy Perry Cosmo Covers You’ve Never Seen Before

Jay-Z Splits From Longtime Business Partner

Jennifer Aniston’s “Life Of Crime” Movie Poster

Nia Vardalos, Playtone Reuniting For “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” Sequel

Gwyneth Paltrow: Goopers “Do Not Give A F*** If The Facebook Guys Think We’re Hot Or Not”



FOREIGNERS
Oil Tanker Explodes Off Southwest Coast Of Japan
Russia Urges “Emergency Steps” Over Ukraine After Rebel Losses
Bedlam In Beirut As Syrian Expats Vote
Husband Of Pakistani Woman Beaten To Death Demands Justice
Fugitive Korean Ferry Owner’s Daughter Detained In Paris
France Begins Eviction Of 650 Migrants From Calais Camps
Philippine Economic Growth Dips Below 6% As Storm Impact Lingers
PRC Sentences 55 In Xinjiang Mass Trial
Pakistani Taliban Splits Amidst Infighting
Thai Junta Frees Opponents
Russia Expresses Concern Over Unrest In Abkhazia



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: What The VA Did Is What We Can All Expect Under Single-Payer
Michelle Malkin: Justice For Taryn And Tanner
Twitchy: Stacey Dash Laughs At The Haters, Thanks Fans
American Power: Scout Willis Goes Topless In NYC To Protest Instagram
BLACKFIVE: Less Than 25% Of West Point Cadets Give President Obama A Standing O
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Some People Are Just Crazy
Conservatives4Palin: All Factions Of GOP Uniting Behind Joni Ernst In Iowa
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, May 28
Jammie Wearing Fools: Obama’s Extremist “Climate Change” Scheme Could Cost His Horrible Economy $50 Billion A Year
Joe For America: Joe The Plumber Responds To Critics Of His Letter To Parents Of Shooting Victims
JustOneMinute: I Love The Smell Of Burning Straw In The Morning
Pat Dollard: Senator Toomey Pushes Bill To Allow Vets To Sue VA Employees
Protein Wisdom: “Statistics Aren’t Enough To Discredit Piketty’s Failed, Blood-Soaked Ideas”
Shot In The Dark: Hatred Of Choice
STUMP: Piketty, Public Pensions, And Predetermined Policies
The Jawa Report: Epic Battle Highlights – Sharpton Vs. Teleprompter
The Lonely Conservative: Pelosi Wants To Fix Obamacare With Single Payer
This Ain’t Hell: Widow Sues VA Over Vet’s Death
Weasel Zippers: Barack Obama Marks Maya Angelou’s Death With Picture Of…Barack Obama
Megan McArdle: DC Should Stop Coddling Tenants


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#RLC2014 Ready to Rock

Posted on | May 28, 2014 | 18 Comments

NEW ORLEANS
We left Atlanta about 4 p.m. Tuesday, but the legendarily gridlocked city traffic hindered us only slightly as we made our way down I-85 and soon we were on our way toward Montgomery. We stopped for dinner at a Mexican restaurant near the Alabama capital.

By dinnertime yesterday, the story that I was first to report — that Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson would speak at the Republican Leadership Conference — was all over the media. (“Gee, Stacy, how did you get that scoop?” Don’t ask, don’t tell.) We didn’t arrive here at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside until after midnight and then met with RLC staff for a walkthrough of the empty venue.

This morning I had a long, late breakfast, then did another walkthrough about noon — the place was still empty, but when we went back at 4 p.m., the crews had begun setting up.

You can check out the schedule for the RLC — Sean Hannity will be broadcasting his Fox News show live from here Thursday.

Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform arrived for RLC this afternoon and we met up with him. Campus Reform has a great story today:

UCLA to host event encouraging
students to masturbate instead
of studying for finals




 

Category: Fear and Loathing in the French Quarter

A Long History Of Ineptitude And Corruption

Posted on | May 28, 2014 | 35 Comments

— Wombat-socho


While this could be a descriptor of many offices, bureaux, agencies and possibly even entire departments of the Federal Government, I’m addressing the problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is still referred to by many as the Veterans Administration or simply VA. As CNN points out in this excellent article (apparently they do still have good reporters, they just don’t let them on the air) the VA has been a disastrous pile of fail ever since 1921, when Congress formed the Veterans Bureau only to see it collapse into a slough of corruption so bad that it had to be abolished in 1930 and replaced with the Veterans Administration, which also took over pensions from the Interior Department and the National Home For Disabled Veterans, this last actually comprising a number of Federally operated homes for destitute and disabled veterans.


Trouble could have been foreseen from the beginning at the VA, since its first head was retired Brigadier General Frank Hines, who had headed the scandal-plagued Veterans Bureau for seven years; he would be sacked by President Truman in 1945 after a series of news reports on shoddy care in VA hospitals*. He was replaced by General Omar Bradley, but even Bradley could make little headway with the over-centralized VA bureaucracy, and by 1946 the American Legion was calling for his head. Two years later, a government reform commission found massive waste, fraud and inefficiency in the VA, some of which was cured by decentralizing the bureaucracy; another reform commission in 1955 noted that waste and poor care persisted. The problems continued on through the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and continue to persist today.


Part of the problem is that while theoretically the VA is supposed to provide care for all veterans, in practice, it triages veterans based on whether their injuries/illnesses are combat-related (this was at the root of the Agent Orange brouhaha) and whether they can afford to pay for their own care. Another part of the problem is that the VA has arguably never had the assets to properly do its job, and while the VA budget has increased since 2008, it hasn’t kept up with the surge of elderly veterans from the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom who now comprise most of the patient load. This is also the reason why you’re seeing most of the “dying in line” cases coming out of the VA medical centers in Arizona and Florida – those states are very attractive to retirees, and so retired vets tend to flock there. You don’t hear about problems like this in Minneapolis, Washington DC and Boston, for example, because most retired vets either aren’t interested in living in climatic hellholes or simply can’t afford to live in the latter two areas due to their high costs of living. The number of Iraq/Afghanistan vets trying to fight their way through the paperwork to get their benefits is relatively small by comparison.


Megan McArdle posted a pessimistic essay yesterday which I linked to this morning, whose basic thrust is that the Obama Administration thought they could solve the VA’s ongoing problems by just throwing more money at the problem and hiring some more people, only to find that the solution just wasn’t that simple – people need to be fired and processes need to be changed, and both of these are a hell of a lot harder in the Federal government than they are on Wall Street or Silicon Valley. Instead, thanks to the executive decision to make it easier for vets to get help for PTSD and Agent Orange, the claims ratcheted up faster than the agency could deal with them (McArdle quotes a National Journal article that says Agent Orange claims ate up 37% of the VA’s claims processing resources from 2010 to 2012), so things wound up even worse off than they were before. The obvious solution, which is allowing the private sector to take some of the load off, has been fought by the American Federation of Government Employees, which has been fighting a new $9.3 billion program that encourages Medicare-eligible vets (about half the patient population) to seek care from civilian hospitals.**
Stacy’s Crazy Cousin John is often wrong, but as far as the VA is concerned, he’s right – the Veterans Health Administration needs to be stripped down to the things it does best, and hand off other medical care to private physicians. Given the current administration’s sinister ineptitude, though, I think we’ll continue seeing more veterans die in line while waiting for the VA bureaucracy to get them what they need.


*In an ironic tribute to the VA’s ongoing problems, the Chicago VA Medical Center is named for General Hines and is equally mired in scandal.
** Hat tip to The Lonely Conservative.


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Category: Corruption, Megan McArdle, Scandal

LIVE AT FIVE: 05.28.14

Posted on | May 28, 2014 | 22 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Ukraine Forces Retake Donetsk Airport

Smoke obscures Donetsk’s Sergei Prokofiev International Airport

Separatist casualties heavy


Obama Pledges To End US Presence In Afghanistan By 2016
Gee, what a coincidence.



Boko Haram Kills 31 Nigerians In Attack On Base
Cameroon joining the fight?



POLITICS
House’s Oldest Member Ousted In GOP Primary

Ralph Hall, 91, had served in the House of Representatives since 1980.

Unseated by former attorney who was only 15 when Hall was first elected

Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Defeated In Re-Election Attempt

Hagel Orders Review Of Military Health System

Federal Consumer Watchdog Agency Scraps Employee Ratings

IL House Passes Third Version Of 2015 Budget

FLOTUS Takes On School Meal Critics

News Groups Complain About Government Leak Rules

SOCOM Reportedly Training African Counterterrorism Units

Hacker Who Turned Federal “Whitehat” Sentenced To Time Served, Released



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Up From US Close As Ukraine Crisis Continues: NYMEX $104.18, Brent $110.31
Pilgrim’s Pride Makes Play For Hillshire Brands
Wall Street Breaks More Records
Nikkei Rises On US Data
Intuit Adds Check To Finance Stable In $360 Million Deal
Amazon: No Quick End To Hachette Dispute
Aussie iOS Users Reporting Hijacked Devices
Skype To Get “Real-Time” Translator
Apple Reportedly To Launch Control Systems For Homes
Valve Delays Steam Machine Until 2015
Ubisoft Launches “Watch Dogs” In North America



SPORTS
Westbrook Scores Forty As Thunder Even Things Up With Spurs

Westbrook also had five rebounds and five steals.

Western Conference Finals tied at two games apiece after Spurs fall 105-92


Sterling To NBA: F**k You

Bourque’s Hat Trick Keeps Habs Hopes Alive

Twins Rally In Ninth To Top Rangers

Jays’ Buehrle Beats Rays For League-Leading Ninth Win

Gallardo’s Pinch Hit In Tenth Sinks Orioles


Red Sox Rally Again To Beat Braves Again

Tigers Slip Past A’s

Astros Poised For Sweep After Blanking Punchless Royals 3-0

Pale Hose Top Tribe In Rain-Delayed Marathon

Rosario’s Dinger Leads Rockies Past Phillies

Hunter-Reay Gets $2.4 Million For Winning Indy 500

Tony Stewart Drives Sprint Car For First Time In Ten Months

Cron Spurs Angels To 6-4 Win Against Mariners

Greinke Solid As Dodgers Beat Reds

Cubs Blank Giants, 4-0

Nationals-Fish Tilt Postponed Due To Rain



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Miranda Lambert Supplies Carrie Underwood With Sweet New Ride

Now that’s a first-class seat cover!

Next stop for Carrie: motorcycle driving school


Royal Privacy Row As German Tabloid Publishes Duchess Of Cornwall’s Bare Butt Pic

Kristen Stewart On Her Role In “The Clouds Of Siles Maria” And The Other Side Of Fame

Charlie Cox To Play Daredevil In Marvel’s Netflix Series


George Clooney And Amal Alamuddin To Marry At Downton Abbey

Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow Rip Brainless WaPo Film Critic (BIRM) Over Eliot Rodger Op-Ed

Johnny Depp In Negotiations To Star As Houdini In Lionsgate Film

David Schwimmer Helps Cops Solve Stabbing

Katharine McPhee – I Didn’t Cheat On My Husband – We Were On A Break!

Emma Watson’s Graduation: Cap? Check. Gown? Check. Armed Guard? Check.

LeAnn Rimes And Eddie Cibrian Have Faith In Their Relationship

The Manager Who Turned Down Madonna

Alexa Ray Joel Says Living In Her Dad’s Shadow Is Scary

One Direction Toking Up In Controversial Video?

Sum 41 Singer Out Of Hospital After Brush With Death



FOREIGNERS
Patient Held As Suspect After Fire In ROK Hospital Kills 21
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Team Kidnapped In Syria
Thai Junta Airs Videos To Show Detainees OK
PRC Cracks Down On Instant Messaging Services
Nigerian Military, President Split On How To Rescue Kidnapped Girls
Leaders Agree To Review EU Agenda At Brussels Summit
Reserve Bank Of India To Keep Rates On Hold
US Citizens Advised To Leave Libya
Sudanese Christian Woman Condemned To Death Gives Birth In Prison



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Economics 101 – You Can’t Increase Costs On Businesses Without Increasing Costs To Consumers
Michelle Malkin: Memorial Day 2014 – Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave
Doug Powers: On Your Marx, Get Set…
Twitchy: This Even An Apology? Toure “Very Sorry” His “Power Of Whiteness” Crap “Too Nuanced” For Twitter
American Power: Europe’s So-Called “Far Right” Parties
American Thinker: African Americans – Boko Haram Just Enslaved Africa’s Children – Again
BLACKFIVE: The Only Thing Transparent In The Obama Administration Is The Name Of The CIA Station Chief In Afghanistan
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Watch Dogs – First Impressions
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin Endorses Steve Lonegan For Congress
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, May 24
Jammie Wearing Fools: Shock Report – Recipients Of Connecticut’s Minimum Wage Increase Say It’s Not Really Helping
Joe For America: Why Are All Mass Murderers Democrats?
Pat Dollard: Federal Judge Who Ordered Conyers Put Back On Ballot Was Confirmed After Reid’s Nuclear Option Went Into Effect
Protein Wisdom: Historic Cross Erected To Honor Fallen WWI Soldiers, But Now Atheists Due For Its Removal
Shot In The Dark: You’re Invited!
The Jawa Report: American In Syria Loved Kitties, Blowing Self And Others Up
The Lonely Conservative: Unions Try To Block Veterans From Receiving Civilian Care
This Ain’t Hell: Generals Feathering Their Own Nests
Weasel Zippers: After Being Shamed Into Honoring Memorial Day, Google Honors Radical Environmentalist Responsible For Tens Of Millions Dead
Megan McArdle: Why Obama Can’t Fix The VA


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pardon the dust!

Posted on | May 27, 2014 | 33 Comments

if you experienced any intermittent issues with the site over the last 30 or so minutes, I apologize. I was busy drop-kicking 56,000 spam user accounts so stacy and team can stop moderating garbage and get back to writing about stuff we’re all way more interested in.

back to your regularly scheduled programming!

– Dennis the tech guy

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