Please join me this morning at 9:15 EST for a moment of silence to honor and remember the sacrifices of Sgt. David Smith, LCPL Jeremy Kane and HM2 Xin Qi as well as showing solidarity with and support for their families and friends as they cope with their losses.
Sgt. [...]
From the irony department,
NOAA: Blizzard Rearranges Climate Change Announcement
As D.C. continued to dig out from Snowmageddon and is keeping an eye on another storm system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was busy making a climate change announcement.
NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to [...]
...She endeared herself to the logging conference crowd by holding her hand up to show what was written on her palm: �Loggers rock!�…
[...]bury it.
The Play:
The global warming movement as we have known it is dead,”
...
“The global warming movement proposed a complex set of international agreements involving vast transfers of funds, intrusive regulations in national economies, and substantial changes to the domestic political economies of most countries on the planet.”
...
The [...]

Sarah wrote “Hi Mom!” on her palm during her campaign stop with Governor Rick Perry of Texas.
( MSNBC crank reporter Andrea Mitchell mocked Sarah Palin and jotted a few notes on her hand this morning on the air.)
The left went bonkers [...]

Obama Administration Forces Military Hospitals to Stock Morning After Pill
Obama administration issued a new order for the U.S. military requiring all military hospitals and health centers to stock the morning after pill. The Department of Defense will soon begin having military medical facilities stock the Plan [...]

Obama's Budget Eliminates Boeing C-17 Program
There's concern about Boeing's C-17 aircraft. President Obama's budget proposal calls for cutting several weapons programs, including the C-17. Eliminating the C-17 program could mean eliminating jobs in the Gateway City.
When unveiling his budget, President Obama said, "We save money" [...]
Washington Post's Howie Kurtz writes about increasing grumblings from the White House press corps over the lack of presidential news conferences in recent months:
"It's a source of great frustration here," says Chip Reid, CBS's White House correspondent. "It's important for us to" [...]
Rush Limbaugh warned Republican members of Congress that Obama’s invite to the White House for talks on health care is a trap. Rush is so right!!!
.
Barack Obama is planning to host a televised meeting with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on health care reform.
Obama Seeks GOP [...]

The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.
Shares of big banks pulled the market lower, extending a slump that has led to four straight weekly losses.
Rising deficits [...]
bury it.
The Play:
The global warming movement as we have known it is dead,�
...
�The global warming movement proposed a complex set of international agreements involving vast transfers of funds, intrusive regulations in national economies, and substantial changes to the domestic political economies of most countries on the planet.�
...
The [...]

The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
[...]
�Whether we like it or not, climate change represents a real threat,� Locke said Monday at a news conference.
Lubchenco added, �Climate change is real, it�s happening now.�
[...]
The Lynnwood City Council will consider ordinances Monday night to tidy up neighborhoods.
The Daily Herald of Everett reports the ordinances would regulate how tall grass could grow on lawns…
Wait ‘till they call for[...]
Not to pick on Glenn, because he didn't make up the title of this linked post, but it made me think of that line our parents used to repeat whenever someone hurt my brother's or my feelings on the playground:
No one can make you feel bad without your permission.
It' [...]
John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr., June 17, 1932 � February 8, 2010
[...]Elise dissects the back story behind that poor, nameless breast cancer victim Obama was touting recently. The whole sad story is ably summed up in one devastating paragraph:
... under Obamacare Ms. Shouse would have made the same choice she actually made: choosing to risk her life to expand [...]

…which will further curtail my tango activity, probably.
The town and the township are covered with snow but the roads are clear. TigerHawk was out there taking pictures,
I’m soooo ready for spring…
[...]
k, ffffasplkakakakawoooookakakakakakaaaach
Keep a gallon on hand.
Sunday at sundown.
Artie [15 lbs of Death of Rats on speckled feet].
Under the feed room floor, behind the stacked alfalfa. yep. he needed an assist to leave the scene
[oddly enough—hossies were not even the least bit upset [...]

k, ffffasplkakakakawoooookakakakakakaaaach
Keep a gallon on hand.
Sunday at sundown.
Artie [11 lbs of Death of Rats on speckled feet].
Under the feed room floor, behind the stacked alfalfa. yep. he needed an assist to leave the scene
[oddly enough—hossies were not even the least bit upset [...]

Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The big story of the week: Cristina Fernandez seized the Central Bank
After a month of wrangling, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner succeeded in sacking central bank President Martin Redrado last week. In his place she [...]
John Murtha died from complications of gallbladder surgery.
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, a Vietnam veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died today at Virginia Hospital Center. The 19-term lawmaker died from complications of gallbladder surgery.
Elected to Congress in 1974 from a [...]
Cable news channels are announcing that John Murtha, D-PA, age 77, died of complication from gallbladder surgery.
Who will take his seat?
UPDATE
Wall Street Journal notice.
Chris Cilliza
The death of longtime Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha (D) this afternoon will set off a special election in his very competitive western [...]
I thought (because I genuinely had no idea what the answer was) it might be interesting to look at the impact of DADT discharges on troop strength. The chart above shows annual DADT discharges as a percent of the total force strength for the corresponding year.
Note that [...]
