21. IL Primary: Hastert's Son Loses In 14th District 3 hours ago   permalink

Realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com

Ethan Hastert, son of the former House Speaker, has lost his bid to reclaim that seat for the family. State Sen. Randy Hultgren (R) will now face off against Rep. Bill Foster (D) in the 14th Congressional District.

22. 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 ...

23. Environmental Activism in Russia - Different in Kind, or Just Degree? 3 hours ago   permalink

Big Lizards

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov -- personally appointed by Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin -- has ordered the wholesale demolition of houses in a Moscow neighborhood, based upon ambiguous land-title laws dating from the Soviet era; erstwhile residents are simply tossed into the street in subzero temperatures, while bulldozers obliterate their homes, ...

24. IL: NRSC Sees Pick-up Opportunity 3 hours ago   permalink

Realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com

Following Rep. Mark Kirk's GOP primary win tonight, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn said "the Republican Party has a real opportunity to pick up the President's former Senate seat in the blue state of Illinois."

25. Breaking News: AIG Sharia Case Must Go Forward 4 hours ago   permalink

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs

Specifically, at the time of the government bailout (September – December 2008), AIG was (and still is) the world leader in promoting Shariah-compliant insurance products. Shariah is Islamic law, and it is the identical legal doctrine that demands capital punishment for apostasy and blasphemy and provides the legal and political mandates for ...

26. Family Research Council Spokesman: Gay Behavior Should Be Outlawed 4 hours ago   permalink

Little Green Footballs

Tonight on the Chris Matthews show, in a discussion about the proposal to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, “senior fellow” Peter Sprigg of the far right religious group Family Research Council openly said he wants to see “gay behavior” outlawed. Wow. [Video] (Hat tip: ...

27. Schultz Still Accusing O'Keefe Of Trying To 'Tap' Phones 6 hours ago   permalink

Schultz Still Accusing O'Keefe Of Trying To 'Tap' Phones
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs

MSNBC reprimand coming for Ed Schultz?   Five full days after MSNBC rapped David Shuster's wrists for improperly accusing James O'Keefe of attempting to "tap" Sen. Mary Landrieu's phones, Ed Schultz has pulled the same stunt. Here was Schultz, teasing an upcoming segment on his show tonight: ED SCHULTZ: Coming up: Sean Hannity has ...

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An Update in the O'Keefe Case -- By: Greg Pollowitz   —  Fox News: James O'Keefe, accused of trying to tamper with the phones of Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, was "framed" by the media and the U.S. attorney's office, Andrew Breitbart, publisher of BigGovernment.com, told Fox News Monday.� The same day the man who first published James O'Keefe's explosive videos exposing wrongdoing at community ...

David A. Ridenour / Amy Ridenour
More on James O'Keefe Case   —  As I mentioned the other day , James O'Keefe has been charged under Title 18, Section 1036 of the U.S. Code, which prohibits persons from entering "any real property belonging in whole or in part to, or leased by, the United States... by any fraud or false pretense." A thing that strikes me about the James O'Keefe case is that people enter ...

28. Jack Cafferty: 'Abstinence-Only Sex Education Might Just Work' 5 hours ago   permalink

Jack Cafferty: 'Abstinence-Only Sex Education Might Just Work'
Matthew Balan / NewsBusters.org blogs

CNN's Jack Cafferty, during a commentary on Tuesday's Situation Room, fairly presented the results of recent "landmark" study which indicates abstinence-only sex education has better results than "safe sex" classes in preventing teenagers from having sex : "This just in: abstinence-only sex education might just work... [ ...

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CNN   —  Obesity shaves two to four years off the average lifespan, while being very obese can shorten your lifespan by 8 to 10 years, according to a new analysis of 57 studies including nearly 900,000 people.

29. Retro Redux: Groundhog Day And Dad's Polkas 5 hours ago   permalink

Retro Redux: Groundhog Day And Dad's Polkas
All articles at Blogcritics

This time of year it's impossible to miss all the news stories about Groundhog Day, speculating about whether Punxsutawney Phil (the resident rodent) will see his shadow and what comes next. Most also mention the 1993 Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day, but when I see anything that spotlights one of the most memorable songs on the soundtrack & ...

30. Music Review: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - American Dream 5 hours ago   permalink

Music Review: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - American Dream
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Neil Young decided to rejoin his erstwhile bandmates in the studio for the first time since they released Déjà Vu together in 1971. The resulting album, American Dream, was issued November 1, 1988 to middling commercial success.

31. Obama to bring Reverse Midas Touch to Australia, Indonesia 5 hours ago   permalink

Obama to bring Reverse Midas Touch to Australia, Indonesia
Michelle Malkin / Michelle Malkin

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32. Verse Chorus Verse: Joe Louis Walker - "I've Been Down" 5 hours ago   permalink

Verse Chorus Verse: Joe Louis Walker -
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The most popular topic in the blues is the blues. Most blues songs involve having the blues, having had the blues, or expecting the blues; and some are about all three. If a bluesman (or blueswoman) doesn't have the blues, they're probably down. How many blues songs have the words "blue," "blues," or "down" ...

33. DVD Review: Doctor Who: The Complete Specials 6 hours ago   permalink

DVD Review: Doctor Who: The Complete Specials
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Doctor Who: The Complete Specials brings us the final adventures of David Tennant's incarnation of The Doctor.

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DVD Review: Doctor Who: The Complete Specials DVD Review: Doc Martin Series 3   —  At one time or another I'm sure all of us have entertained thoughts of leaving big city life behind for the bucolic pleasures of living in the country. What could be better than to live in a small village - or even better, a small village by the sea shore. It wouldn't take you long before you knew everybody, and while you might not like ...

34. 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose' -- By: NRO Staff 7 hours ago   permalink

() / The Corner on National Review Online

From George Will : It took two years and the loss of 52 Democratic House seats in 1994 to compel Clinton to miniaturize his presidency. Like Lyndon Johnson, and Harry Truman before him, Clinton wanted to make his mark by enacting a health-care entitlement that would complete Franklin Roosevelt's project of binding all Americans to the central ...

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'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose' -- By: NRO Staff Well, Hello Again, Ike »   —  Bill Clinton had been president for just 78 days—it was April 7, 1993—and he was crimson with frustration. As recounted by Bob Woodward in The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House, Clinton vented to his advisers: "'Where are all the Democrats?' Clinton bellowed. 'I hope you're all aware we're all Eisenhower Republicans,' he said, his voice ...

35. Not News: al Qaeda Planning Attacks 6 hours ago   permalink

Rusty / The Jawa Report

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...

36. Amazon's Big Mistake: Forgetting They're a Utility 8 hours ago   permalink

Amazon's Big Mistake: Forgetting They're a Utility
Virginia / Dynamist Blog

As John Scalzi has scathingly noted, Amazon really screwed up when they pulled all of Macmillan's titles from their site. Although I think they have the right idea about book prices, they betrayed their customers' expectations and, worse, did so...

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Apple vs. Amazon: What Should E-Book Prices Be?   —  Amazon has backed down from its weekend dispute with Macmillan, agreeing to charge the publisher's higher prices for Kindle editions rather than its preferred $9.99. But the long-term questions about e-book pricing remain.Amazon still calls Macmillan's prices--generally $12.99 to...

Kenneth Anderson / The Volokh Conspiracy
The Amazon, Apple, Macmillan Kerfuffle   —  I have been trying to follow the story of the dustup among Amazon, Apple, and Macmillan on pricing on e-book readers, but have been distracted by other things.  What interests me are the business models being pursued by the various parties here — and whose makes sense, whose doesn’t, and who is likely to survive [...]

37. Eye Witness News – The Lech Walesa Story 12 hours ago   permalink

Www.foundingbloggers.com

Last week, Nobel Laureate, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, and former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, traveled to Chicago to endorse a political candidate for governor of Illinois.

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38. When the Telling Starts 6 hours ago   permalink

Www.commentarymagazine.com

Most advocates want to make the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) about fairness and feelings, but for those in the military, that’s not what it’s about. Nor is it about military readiness. This is probably clearest to senior military officers, who have careers of unit leadership, administration, and policy implementation behind them.

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39. Bloggers: Scaled-back health legislation is likely. Split on effects of Citizens United. 8 hours ago   permalink

David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy

Last week’s National Journal poll of political bloggers asked “What’s the most likely outcome this year of President Obama’s health care reform initiative?” The plurality choice on the Left, and the majority choice on the Right, was “Scaled-back legislation will be enacted.” I agreed: “Remember, even after the defeat of Hillarycare,

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Health Care Reform Expected -- In Some Form   —  Bloggers Discuss Fate Of Legislation This Year. Plus: Who Benefits Most From The Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling?

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute
Bloggers: Scaled-back health legislation is likely. Split on effects of Citizens United. Health Care That's Always Here   —  The Canadian premier of Newfoundland and Labrador will be coming to the US for heart surgery for a procedure his deputy claims is not available in his home province. While he is in the States maybe he can take a...

40. Suggestion of the day on possible NOW counter-Tebow ad 9 hours ago   permalink

Sister Toldjah / Sister Toldjah

Love it: “Think of all the interceptions not thrown if Tim Tebow’s mom had chosen abortion instead. This message brought to you by NOW.” – Via Jim Geraghty I was scanning YouTube just now and was reminded of a pro-life ad featuring a photo of President Obama at the end, that Catholic Vote.org wanted to run during the ...

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Pro-Life Ads Ruin NFL's 'Sacred Escapism' -- By: Tim Graham   —  Washington Post TV columnist Tom Shales suggests in his Internet chat session today that the "sacred escapism" of the�Super Bowl is violated by the sacred-life commercial with Tim Tebow. (We will allow that Shales is probably being facetious about the game): � Brooklyn , N.Y. : How do you feel about Tim Tebow's anti-abortion ad that will air ...

Www.washingtonexaminer.com
Scott Ott's Examiner Scrappleface: NOW demands CBS yank Tebow pro-life ad, Heisman   —  The National Organization for Women on Monday called on CBS to yank a pro-life Super Bowl ad featuring former Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow, and it started a campaign to demand that authorities withdraw Tebow's Heisman Trophy and pull his National Championship ring.