21. Star Of David In Gaza Field Causes "Stir" 2 hours ago   permalink

Star Of David In Gaza Field Causes "Stir"
Stable Hand / The Jawa Report

Is there nothing the evil Juice will stoop to?Satellite photograph shows 60-meter Jewish symbol carved into Palestinian land. Click image to enlarge Too funny.....heh...

22. Spectacular Bid 2 hours ago   permalink

Kate / Small dead animals

Thirty years ago today, in a world record time that still stands.

23. Emanuel apologized for 'retarded' remark 16 hours ago   permalink

Emanuel apologized for 'retarded' remark
Www.politico.com

A White House official emails that Rahm Emanuel has acknowledged calling liberal Democrats "retarded" and apologized for the remark. "Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted," the official said.

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24. Predators pound terrorist camp in North Waziristan 10 hours ago   permalink

Www.longwarjournal.org

A swarm of unmanned US aircraft pounded an al Qaeda camp today in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Five unmanned US strike aircraft, likely the Predators and Reapers, are reported to have fired 18 missiles at a camp and vehicles in the village of Datta Khel, a known al Qaeda and Taliban stronghold. This is the largest ...

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Not News: al Qaeda Planning Attacks   —  I'm not sure if a single thing said by Panetta actually qualifies as news. 1) We've known al Qaeda wants to attack us since well before 9/11. 2) We've known they try to recruit people who can more easiy get...

25. One hour of driving could reduce life by 20 minutes: Study 3 hours ago   permalink

One hour of driving could reduce life by 20 minutes: Study
Www.vancouversun.com

TORONTO — Researchers at a Toronto hospital say that every hour spent driving could lead to a 20-minute loss in life expectancy. Using complex computer models, a team at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre determined that, much like how each cigarette smoked takes about five minutes off of a person's life, the more time spent behind the wheel, ...

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26. Kos' Supposed 'Non-Partisan' Pollster a Barking Moonbat 3 hours ago   permalink

Bluto / The Jawa Report

Research 2000, which conducted this caricature poll to help DailyKos' Marcos Moulitsas sell books smearing Republicans as "American Taliban" bills itself as "non-partisan," yet, oddly, features a post by Moulitsas on its website. Perhaps Research 2000 uses the progressive definition...

27. The Daily Wrap 3 hours ago   permalink

The Daily Wrap
Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

Today on the Dish we primarily focused on the DADT hearings. Reax here. Andrew's take here. Notable quotes here and here. The GOP's exhausted arguments were pointed out by Paul Waldman, Gautham Nagesh, and Steve Benen. Bill Kristol and John McCain stood out in their cynicism. Dan Savage took stock of the overall situation.

28. Open Thread and Diary Rescue 3 hours ago   permalink

Daily Kos / Daily Kos

Tonight's Rescue brought to you by ItsJessMe, YatPundit, mem from somerville, jennyjem, grog, and pico. Diary Rescue is all about promoting good writers, so remember to subscribe to diarists whose work you enjoy reading. In The Raw Politics of Immigration Reform Should Lead to Legislation , Duke1676 suggests the dynamics may actually be ...

29. Traitors to the Cause -- By: Mark Steyn 3 hours ago   permalink

() / The Corner on National Review Online

Twenty-four hours ago, I wrote here that the Warmergate scandal is also a media scandal . Chris Wood, of something called "the Canadian Journalism Project", agrees : The real "climategate" scandal isn't scientific, it's journalistic But, in his case, the journalistic scandal is that I and a tiny proportion of fellow columnists decline to submit ...

30. Behind the Times 3 hours ago   permalink

Article.nationalreview.com

President Obama was supposed to be “cool.” But he isn’t. He’s square. Not just mildly so, but embarrassingly square. He’s squaresville squared. It’s like you’re having a party with your friends and he’s the cringe-making middle-aged parent who wants to show he digs where the young people are at by ...

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31. Illinois primary results: the land of Lincoln weighs in 3 hours ago   permalink

Daily Kos / Daily Kos

It's official: Alexi Giannoulias will face off against Mark Kirk this November to fill Barack Obama's former senate seat. It only took four plus hours after the polls closed to call it, but Giannoulias held off a challenge from David Hoffman, 39% - 34%. The Republican side was never in doubt, with Kirk crushing his teabagger opponent 57% - 19%. ...

32. DNC funds paid for anti-HCR Nelson ads 11 hours ago   permalink

Daily Kos / Daily Kos

Joe Sudbay : Last month, Ben Nelson did a TV ad defending his vote on health care. He talks straight to the camera and disses those "who wanted a government takeover." That sounds like an attack on people who supported the public option, because that's as close as Congress got to a "government takeover." You'll recall that Nelson helped kill the ...

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33. Giannoulias wins IL Senate primary for Obama's old seat 4 hours ago   permalink

Giannoulias wins IL Senate primary for Obama's old seat
John Aravosis (DC) / AMERICAblog News

I sat down with Giannoulias for an hour over the holidays (or maybe over Thanksgiving, I'm clearly getting old). I like him. He seems quite sincere. And earnest. Which is nice, and different, for a politician.

34. Next threat to Amazon's $9.99 books? Rupert Murdoch 4 hours ago   permalink

Www.reuters.com

NEW YORK, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Enjoy $9.99 electronic books while you can -- for they soon may be a thing of the past. News Corp (NWSA.O) Chief Rupert Murdoch, who oversees a media empire than includes HarperCollins books, home to authors like Michael Crichton and Janet Evanovich, made clear on Tuesday his displeasure with the low price Amazon.com ...

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35. :29 PM 14 hours ago   permalink

Campaignspot.nationalreview.com

All told, 126 House Republican challengers — that’s those running in open seats or against Democratic incumbents — reported having at least $100,000 in their campaign accounts. Forty-two of those have at least $200,000, and 10 have at least $500,000.

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36. Poll Finds Dropping Health Care Plan Doesn’t Help Dems. So Pass The Bill! 13 hours ago   permalink

Poll Finds Dropping Health Care Plan Doesn’t Help Dems. So Pass The Bill!
Theplumline.whorunsgov.com

The latest poll from Public Policy Polling finds that Dems are in a tough spot heading into 2010 whether or not they pass health care reform. While this may make some Dems even more skittish about passing reform, this finding, in a rational world, actually presents a pretty strong case for passing it. The poll finds that Republicans lead in the ...

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Virginia Senate Says Cohn: Maybe a Breather Is a Good Thing for Health Reform   —  For most of the last year, time has been health care reform's enemy. Could it now be reform's friend? That's the gamble reform's proponents in the administration and Congress are making now.

37. Top Defense Officials Seek to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ 12 hours ago   permalink

Top Defense Officials Seek to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Www.nytimes.com

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified Tuesday at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington.

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38. John Murtha hospitalized, political future in doubt? 5 hours ago   permalink

John Murtha hospitalized, political future in doubt?
Voices.washingtonpost.com

Love political trivia? Send an email with "Politics and Pints" in the subject line to us and we'll make sure you know about upcoming "Politics and Pints" events.

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39. Official Says Terrorism Suspect Is Cooperating 5 hours ago   permalink

Official Says Terrorism Suspect Is Cooperating
Www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON — Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit on Dec. 25, started talking to investigators after two of his family members arrived in the United States and helped earn his cooperation, a senior administration official said Tuesday evening.

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40. Adm. Mullen: Repealing 'Don't ask, don't tell' is the 'right thing to do' 12 hours ago   permalink

Thehill.com

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the nation’s top military officer, on Tuesday said that they fully support President Barack Obama’s decision to end the law that prevents openly gay people from serving in the military.

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