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• Upper Merion balances its budget on the backs of the Cops

  
  Upper Merion Township is one of the richest townships in the state. A strong tax base consisting of the gargantuan King of Prussia Mall is matched by the number of businesses that call King of Prussia home. This good fortune has kept property taxes low and [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:45am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Your Thoughts for the Day

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  Appearing in the skies over Norway:
  
  
  Is it a type of "Bat Signal" calling Obama to Oslo to pick up his Nobel Prize?
  
  From yesterday's WSJ Political Diary:
  The Web and the traditional media seem, fitfully, to be settling on a division of labor: The major media [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:35am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Daylin Leach: Moral giant; master debater

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  A friend passes along a clipping from this weekend's Times Herald, in which the 'Cooler's beloved Daylin Leach tackles a recent Star Parker column called "Sodom in the Nation's Capital".
  
  Admitedly, this is not one of Parker's more tightly constructed columns, however, her [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:52pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Poetry Corner

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  Gentle readers, never let it be said that your humble blogress does not attempt to inject a little culture into your lives now and then. Tonight, I give you Al Gore, poet:
  One thin September soon
  A floating continent disappears
  In midnight sun [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:52pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• And so it begins: California ends mammogram subsidies for women under 50

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  Cash-strapped California ushers in the new era of health care rationing. From Gateway Pundit via Ace:
  The eligibility age for state-subsidized breast cancer screening has been raised from 40 to 50 by the California Health and Human Services Agency, which will also temporarily stop [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:35pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• GOP Weekly Address: We are right to be suspicious of new breast cancer screening guidelines

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  Breast cancer survivor Carly Fiorina delivers the GOP weekly address, giving lie to the Democratic talking point that the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force is not going to be setting treatment standards under Obamacare. At about the 4:00 minute mark, there is this:
  The health care bill [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:48pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Health Care Slouches toward Washington

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  From my column in today's Pottstown Mercury:
  But health care reform is not about helping the American people, it's about a massive expansion of the State. And keep in mind, Democrats are not looking for it to be perfect to pass it; they are just [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:31am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Jon Stewart completely misses the point of Climategate

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  Yes, it's refreshing to see him poke fun at the Goracle. But if you can stand to watch this ass until the end of this clip, take note that Stewart is not pissed off that Climate Scientists lied, that they manipulated data, that the whole thing may be a [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:26am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Comcast buys majority stake in NBC Universal

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  WSJ:
  Comcast Corp. agreed to take majority ownership of NBC Universal from General Electric Corp. in a complex deal valued at more than $30 billion, ending the conglomerate's more than two-decade rule over the peacock network and satisfying the cable giant's push to own more content.
  
  Meanwhile, the [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:32am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Tiger Woods and White House Gate-Crashers; Sorry, no time to report on Climategate

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  As I continue to contemplate the collapse of America’s institutions (our government, our education system, our financial system, our scientific system, et al) perhaps the most egregious, and most notable, has been the collapse of our free press, which has been, for the most part, a [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:43pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Some films just beg for a remake...

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  In the age of CGI and state of the art special effects, what could be a better choice than Clash of the Titans?
  
  Greek mythology meets geek technology. What's not to love?
  
  
  And while some films need an updated treatment, still others are best left alone....
  [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:44pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Flu

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  Sucks. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Who Wore it Best: White House State Dinner Edition

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  Amidst the economic crisis and 10.2% unemployment, the President and the First Lady inspired hope with a lavish gala that was the Obama’s first state dinner, letting the unemployed and downtrodden know that yes, the glitterati do still exist in these tough times, if only amongst [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:59pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Patrick Murphy: Catholic Church should not tell Catholic Congressmen how to be Catholic

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  Patrick Murphy, the Democratic blue lap dog from Pennsylvania's 8th District is outraged that the Catholic Church won't give Rhode Island Congressman and JFK nephew, Patrick Kennedy Communion because of Kennedy's pro-abortion abortion stance:
  "We don't legislate at the orders of the Vatican, we legislate" [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:18am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• I have seen the future with Universal Healthcare and it is Montgomery County

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  Want to see a little glimpse of the future with Government-run healthcare?
  
  Check out this article from Monday's Times Herald:
  Montgomery County’s proposed budget for next year calls for county workers to pay a portion of their health care benefits, and if approved could [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:02pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Looks like Liberals picked a bad month to give up sniffing glue....

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  November hasn't really been a good month to be a liberal. Consider:
  
  1. Republican victories in Virginia and deep blue New Jersey,
  
  2. Gaping holes exposed by Major Nidal Hassan in our national security that were created by nothing more' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:56pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• People Magazine names Mr. Pink "Sexiest Man Alive 2009"

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  Ok, ok, I know it's Johnny Depp. But really, couldn't they have found a better, shall we say, sexier picture than this one for the cover? Tell me he's not channelling Steve Buscemi.
  
  And really?  Johnny Depp?  He was Willie' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:16pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• More suspicous cancer testing guidelines announced

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  First let's kill all the women.
  
  Fox News:
  In what some see as further attack on women’s health care, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended Thursday that women delay cervical cancer exams, also called Pap smears, until the age of 21 and [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Life imitates "State of Fear": The greatest scandal in modern science

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  Breaking right now: JK over at Three Sources links to James Delingpole at the Telegraph (UK) who has the scoop on Climategate:
  If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:28pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• GOP needs to embrace Conservatism

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  If they really want to win elections, that is. From my column in today's Pottstown Mercury:
  
  For years, voters have lamented the fact that there is no difference between the parties; that Democrats and Republicans are all the same. And for the most part, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:15am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Sarah Palin's book tour is infuriating the feminists

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  There is much to say about Sarah Palin, but I think that the most apt observation to come out in recent weeks is that she is a litmus test. In some she inspires an almost Obama-like devotion; in others an irrational seething hate that makes the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:21am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Still more on those suspicious new breast cancer screening guidelines

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  Here's what was missing from Dr. Nancy Snyderman's report on the new Government guidelines on breast cancer screenings: a little journalistic objectivity.
  

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  Lu Ann Cahn of Philadelphia's NBC affiliate apparently did not get the memo from Corporate. Of course, the execs at [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:04am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• More on those suspicious new breast cancer screening guidelines

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  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

  
  I'm posting a different clip than I promised earlier because Snyderman basically parroted the same line that Dr. Susan Love did on the earlier clip with Brian Williams.
  
  In this clip, watch' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:20pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• New breast cancer screening guidelines are a little suspicious on the eve of socialized medicine

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  MSNBC:
  NEW YORK - Most women should wait until age 50 to get mammograms and then have one every two years, a government task force said Monday in a major reversal that [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:15am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• When getting robbed is your fault

  Enclosure: [download]

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  This is State Rep Tim Briggs (D-149) talking about a new gun law he is going to be working to get passed this year. (If following the link, it's the last clip). This proposed law says that if you have a reasonable expectation that minors will be in your' [...]

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:21am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• East Norriton's own NY-23 Part 3

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  Back in early July, sitting East Norriton Supervisor James Staufenberger removed his name from the ballot for re-election. He left the naming of his replacement to the East Norriton Republican Committee. Staufenberg announced his decision with the following statement that should have sent the red flags flying:
  
  “Good [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:52pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Back in Black...and White

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  After a seven month absence from the print media, I'm excited to announce that I'm the new contributing columnist at the Pottstown Mercury. My first column for the Merc can be found here.
  
  Here's a taste:
  We've all been there:
  
  Dining in [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:11am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Smerconish dissed in multimedia

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  My husband informs me that, after prefacing his remarks with an "I don't like to talk about other radio show hosts, but...." national radio talk show host Mike Gallagher opened his show yesterday with a rant of disgust aimed directly at Philly's most prominent faux conservative, Michael Smerconish. I have [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:45pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Every day is a bonus

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  Thank you to our all our veterans. Because of you, every day in freedom is a bonus for all of us.
  
  H/T Veronique deRugy on the Corner [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• East Norriton's own NY-23 Part 2

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  As I find out more about the East Norriton's supervisor race I originally posted about here, I become more and more puzzled about this "old fashioned campaigning" article that appeared in Saturday's Times Herald. A quick perusal of the campaign finance records for winners Harris Dainoff and John [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• East Norriton's own NY-23

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  If there was one message from election day 2009 that seemed to resonate, it is the struggle for the soul of the Republican Party between old guard GOP cronyism and Conservatives. The movement began with the purging of Arlen Specter, but there is still much work to be done. That [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:27am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Don't Jump to Conclusions II

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  Sunday Telegraph:
  Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001.
  
  Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:57pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Don't Jump to Conclusions

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  The President cautions us about the Fort Hood shooter:
  "We don't know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts," Obama said in a Rose Garden statement otherwise devoted to the economy.
  
  However,' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:23pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• What Tuesday meant to Republicans

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  Thousands of words have been written, but nothing quite captures the message like this, eh? [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:47pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Get to work

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  Just to be clear, I was not inclined to indulge the Septa strike from day one. Now, hearing TWA union boss Willie Brown whine about how he's the "most hated man in Philadelphia" and listening to him call Mayor Nutter "Little Ceasar" for "bringing nothing'" [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:08am EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Give me the bat, Wendy

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  Here's the secret of every Michael Moore film ever made: editing. It's all a matter of using the right clips with the right music in the right order to evoke the desired emotional response.
  
  
  
  Sorry if you've seen it before, but it's too good not to share.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

• Healthcare Horror

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  with Mary Katherine Ham
  
  
  H/T Hot Air [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 6:27pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Last Call at the Spectrum

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  In January 2008, the Wachovia Center announced it would be demolishing the Philadelphia Spectrum after 43 years. In the intervening year, the folks at Wachovia, recognizing what this venue has meant to the Delaware Valley, have arranged a series of concerts and sports events to send [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:47am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The Untied States of America, Part II

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  One of the effects of Administration’s implicit endorsement of the marginalization of half the country is that it not only legitimizes the far left fringe, but it emoboldens the weak-minded, intellectually lazy bullies who can't come up with legitimate, logical arguments for their positions and' [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:52pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The Untied States of America

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  Remember this?
  
  In the days immediately following the election of Barack Obama, some fluffy lefty launched the website 52to48withlove. It was a noble idea--that just because the liberals won the election that we were all in this together. That we were all Americans [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 7:27am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Philly ACORN Shocka: Not the beacons of morality we've been led to believe after all

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  In three minutes, Congressman Steve King (R, IA) lays out the criminal enterprises that ACORN was involved in---serious and provable allegations---yet, incredibly, he could not get congress to act on simply defunding ACORN, much less investigating them, until Giles and O'Keefe ran their sting.
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:36pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Sweatin' to the Socialists

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  In my in bin today
  [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Back to reality after a week in Paradise

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  Having spent most of my life in the drear of Philadelphia, it's nice to know that places like these actually exist. The view above is from under my own personal palm tree in Labadee, Haiti.
  
  This was my husband's and my first [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 6:20pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Twinkle, twinkle, dimming stars

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  Before the United States was voted out of contention in the first round of voting by the IOC this morning (with Tokyo and before Madrid it should be noted) this video is just part of [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 6:59pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The posts of the day

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  It's so hard to choose just one. For instance, the picture above is just one of the fabulous entries in the delightful and prestigious Iowahawk Endowment for the Arts $33.18 Steel Cage Art Death Match. Be sure to swallow your coffee before clicking.
  
  Then' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Listen to Overpaid Celebrities about Health Care

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  The answer to that insufferable Will Ferrell PSA. Brilliant.
  
  Via Hot Air.
  
  
  And just so you can appreciate how dead-on these no name "actors" are in this PSA, witness the smarmy self importance in the original:
  
  [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 9:25pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Santorum in 2012?

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  The mob is fickle. Rick Santorum, one of Pennsylvania's most principled conservatives, lost his Senate re-election in 2006 bid by twenty points to a cardboard cutout named Bob Casey. The people get the government they deserve, I guess.
  
  Aside from his usual column in' [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Goldman Sachs: A Love Story

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  Via The Rhetorican, Futureofcapitalism.com has this interesting little revelation about the next bit of pabulum Michael Moore is about to release on his slobbering public:
  The funniest moments of all in the movie, though, may just be in the opening and closing credits. We [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:43pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• America disengages

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  The network news talking heads are breathless about Obama's sweeping new foreign policy announced to the world at the U.N. yesterday. I'm not sure if anyone on the left is getting how dangerous Obama's words were yesterday, let alone his continuing practice of embracing our' [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 8:25pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Health care: Crisis. Global Warming: Crisis. Afghanistan: Let me think about that

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  Domestically, enacting Obama;s agenda has been sold to the American people as fixes for one pressing crisis after another. Congress is so pressed by these crises, in fact, that there is simply not enough time to read the bills.
  
  But when faced with a real [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 10:03pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The verdict on Cash for Clunkers: Survey says....

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  Via the Corner, here's what the economists say:
  
  With per vehicle environmental benefits at $596 and the costs at $2,600 per vehicle, the clunker program is a net drain on society of roughly $2,000 per vehicle. Given the approximately 700,000 vehicles in the [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 9:55pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Why are we still busting up terror plots?

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  I thought that with Obama in office that the terrorists wouldn't hate us anymore....was I wrong to believe in the hope and change?
  A joint FBI-New York Police Department task force feared Zazi may have been involved in a potential plot involving hydrogen peroxide-based explosives' [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 7:29am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• A triumph of government run health care

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  An absolutely outrageous story on Philadelphia's worst "news" website:
  An inspection at a Veterans Affairs nursing home in Philadelphia last year found conditions endangering the welfare of residents, a Pittsburgh newspaper reported Saturday.
  
  Inspectors found dried blood and feeding tubes on the floors, and [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 9:04pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Brutally appropriate

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  This is an ad from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) "I'd rather go Naked than wear Fur" campaign, wherein various celebutards pose naked to show the supposed depth of their character by supporting an "important" cause. Alicia Silverstone, Pam Anderson, Cindy Crawford, Holly' [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 10:21pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• I've got a fever, and the only prescription is...

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  NYTimes:
  Why would President Obama go on five television shows back-to-back this coming Sunday morning?
  
  That fact in itself has made news. For the first time ever, a president is appearing on five talk shows on a single Sunday, in quick succession — [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 9:08pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• ...and the Oscar goes to....

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  What's the matter Nancy? Is the "let's call half the nation racist for disagreeing with your stupid health car plan" strategy tanking?
  
  Yeah. That's what I thought. [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The original sin of the Southern White Male

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  It's being a racist, of course.
  

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  It seems that a particular affliction of the southern white man is over coming the original sin of racism. Whether or not a southern white man is actually guilty [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:07am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Stimulating nothing but my rage

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  Is it too much to ask, that after an horrendous commute due to an accident on 422 this morning (1 hour to go 16 miles, thank you very much), an absolutely awful day at work and a long night in classes, is it too much to [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 9:47pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Senate votes overwhelmingly to cut off Haliburton funding

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  Ooops, wait. Not Haliburton, I meant ACORN. It's arguably the biggest story of the day, yet here are the stories the mainstream media are leading with:
  
  The death of Patrick Swayze
  
  The death of Annie Le
  
  Wringing the last bit of sensationalism out [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 7:07am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• ACORN's roasting on an open fire......

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  Breitbart:
  The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.
  Oh, and all you Pennsylvanians out there, just FYI, Bobby Casey voted to support the [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 10:13pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Patrick Swayze, R.I.P.

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  At the age of 57, another icon of my youth passes before his time.
  "Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• ACORN: Under the bus

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  Fox News Via Ace:
  Full Quote from Brett, Courtesy of Jes' TiVo:
  
  "The census director has now sent a letter to the national headquarters of ACORN notifying them that the Census Bureau is severing all ties with ACORN for all the work having to'" [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 7:46pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Why can't 9/11 just be a National Day of Rememberance?

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  Why must everything become an occasion to press the population into "service"? Here's a press release from the Pennsylvania Department of Education:
  
  The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is pleased to recognize September 11, 2009, as The National Day of Service and Remembrance. On April [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 7:42am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• ACORN: It's just as corrupt as you always thought it was

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  Now, to wash the taste out of your mouth from the previous Michael Moore post, here is a real documentarian worthy of real Oscar buzz.
  
  What's that you say? Set up? Creatively edited? Unfairly ambushed?
  
  All tactics Michael Moore uses to win Oscars. Conservatives can use Saul [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Capitalism really is a love story for Michael Moore

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  I wonder how much active contempt Michael Moore has for his audiences?
  
  The darling of the left is poised to release another of his faux documentaries, which will, no doubt, be lapped up in much the same way his previous offerings of pabulum have [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Dear Leader speaks to the little ones, Part II

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  Obama's speech to public school students seems to be drawing mixed reactions; there are those who find it an incredibly creepy intrusion of the State and are responding with with threats to take their children out of school and there are those who can't quite grasp' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 6:25pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Geezer attacks reporters

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  View more news videos at: [www.nbcphiladelphia.com].

  
  
  This is video of "runaway mom" Bonnie Sweeten's father, the equally delightfully named William Sinner. Mr. Sinner was unprovoked when he charged the cameramen gathered outside the Bucks County Courthouse. A family friend explained that he was hostile to the [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 6:13pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Dear Leader to speak to the little ones on September 8

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  For some reason just outside the sphere of my comprehension, for the first time in the history of the United States, a sitting President will officially address public school students in grades K through 6.
  
  Lesson plans can be found here. Here's an excerpt:
  
  As students listen [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 7:20am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Why does this tick me off so much?

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  NBC10:
  State police ticketed at least 16 drivers and gave another dozen warnings on the first day of the airport parking crackdown at Philadelphia International Airport, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
  
  People are notorious for pulling over and parking on the shoulder of the [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 7:35am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Understanding the Obama Agenda

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  The Patriot Post is a little gem that comes in my inbox every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Editor Mark Alexander writes his own columns, but also culls the best quotes from the most recent political opinion. I don't always have the time to read it,' [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 9:33pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Universal Healthcare for Dummies

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  H/T Tania at PAWatercooler [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:36am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• America's royal dynasty ends after 40 years of borrowed time

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  I've about had my fill of the worshipful fluff that serves as the coverage of the death of Ted Kennedy. Those of you familiar with me know I have very little tolerance for the idea of the Kennedy family as a political dynasty, a position I' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• More right wing hate against the ever-lovin' arms of Obamacare

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  Or are we calling it Kennedycare now?
  
  
  
  Yes, we need reform. Tort reform, EMTLA policy reform, address the problem of healthcare for illegal aliens. What we don't need is a government monopoly of healthcare.
  
  And, oh, by the way, for those of you who still think' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 7:15am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Welcome to Philly, Michael Vick

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  Before we all go off half-cocked about signing "convicted felon" Michael Vick to a two-year deal with the Eagles, a little perspective, please.
  
  Michael Vick, by all accounts, gives back hugely to the downtrodden neighborhood from which he came. He came from a culture that [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 7:38am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Lazy reporting, propaganda or liberal denial?

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  It's really tough to decide these days, isn't it?
  
  Under the byline of someone named Sara K. Smith, NBCPhiladelphia is running a lead sstory on their news page with proof positive that the conservative outrage at townhall's across the country is "manufactured." In fact,' [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 7:33am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The "Post Office" of Health Care Plans

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  If you haven't seen the above clip, you have probably been living in a cave. I elaborate below on the MSM's coverage of the Obama Town Hall in New Hampshire, but apparently I was a little too kind to Chuck Todd, calling his NBC Nightly News report' [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 9:20pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• In which the MSM abandons all pretense of objective reporting. Again.

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  They have basically become the proud PR arm of the White House, repeating whatever message the White House tells them to. Consider the following two clips. The first one, below, is from last evening's NBC Nightly News broadcast. This report features mostly straight reporting and even hints that Obama's Townhall [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 7:28am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Your chip is showing, dear

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  You know, that rather large one. On your shoulder.
  
  

  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

  
  This is what happens when a "strong, independent woman" rides her husband's coattails to power. Brian Williams' explanation that it was actually President Obama's opinion' [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 7:10am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Criminal Intent

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  One of my favorite shows is Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I can get sucked into a marathon of this program very easily, especially on a humid, stormy day like yesterday. USA has taken over the new episodes of this show from parent company NBC, which [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• You got trouble Folks! Right here in River City. Trouble with a Capital T and that rhymes with D and that stands for disinformation

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  H/T Ace
  
  And on a more serious note, Iowahawk has this important public service announcement from Linda Douglass herself:
  Greetings citizen! By now you may have heard scattered rumors of state and party officials encountering reactionary resistors at local health care reform information programs. Do not [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 8:39pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Upgrade your flight to Political Class

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  Roll Call:
  Last year, lawmakers excoriated the CEOs of the Big Three automakers for traveling to Washington, D.C., by private jet to attend a hearing about a possible bailout of their companies.
  
  But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel: At [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 8:08pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Temple University targeted for political payback

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  Having spent the better part of last week arguing with State Senator Daylin Leach over the morality of raising taxes, the perils of public dependency on poorly provided government services and the amount of wasted taxpayer dollars, it appears I'm about to eat my words.[...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water

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  "Shark Week" returns. And this year's Darwin Award goes to....Erich Ritter!
  
  I saw this story last night on Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Warning, the video is quite graphic, as it captures the actual attack on film; Ritter was filming a documentary for Discovery Channel to demonstrate his theory [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 8:36pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• U.S. to World: Yes, as a matter of fact, we DO negotiate with rogue nations

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  When asked if the U.S. would try a similar tactic for the release of the local hikers who are now being detatined in Iran, Joe Sestak had this to say about Bill Clinton's successfull negotiation of the release of Al Gore journalists Euna Lee and [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 8:18pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Gaia demands sacrifice

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  The wildly popular "Cash for Clunkers" program is another example of an Obamanomics zero sum game: wealth redistribution disguised as economic stimulus.
  
  James Pethoukis is worth quoting at length:
  An analysis by Macroeconomic Advisers forecasts that the program will affect only the timing [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 7:30am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• "Let me be clear" about raising your taxes

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  Whenever I hear those four words---"Let me be clear"--- out of the President's mouth, I know I'm about to hear a whopper. "Let me be clear" always prefaces a statement about an issue that the press has been nagging the President about and seem to be' [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 7:30am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Nobody is talking about some government takeover of healthcare....anymore

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  But they were. Oh yes, they were.
  
  
  
  H/T Hot Air [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 9:43pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Dirty Profits

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  I was remiss in not posting this bit from Henninger's WSJ column on Friday:
  
  I don’t think the White House or the Democratic leadership understands the level of despondency in the country now among people who add new wealth—business owners, entrepreneurs or those who [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 8:57pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• The First Amendment as it was intended

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  Maybe I'm just looking for the silver lining in the dark world of impending socialism, but it seems to me that the worm is turning. Arrogant politicians at every level are on the defensive because the worst has happened: the public has woken up. Watch the indignation of the East' [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 8:18pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Skip Gates: Next stop, under the bus

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  The official White House Post Beer Summit photo that's worth a thousand words.
  
  After that planted question about Gates' arrest at the nationally televised health care press conference, and Obama's preprared answer to the planted question, how do you think Obama feels now about this' [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 12:05pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Taxation as morality

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  With each passing day it seems we fall further into a world created by Ayn Rand. Seems many of our lawmakers, like this one, have a pretty well developed Robin Hood complex, which allows them to rationalize taxing the "rich" to "help" the "poor" as [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Justice is served on the SRT

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  Risa Vetri-Ferman is the D.A. of Montgomery County. She has also been very willing to address my questions about the shooting the Schuykill River Bike Trail last week.
  
  To recap, on July 22, Joseph DePaul was riding his bike on the Schuykill River Trail [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Find this guy

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  This is the face of a man wanted for questioning in a rape incident that happened in the next town over from me. He allegedly stalked the victim in my local WalMart and followed her home.
  
  KYW:
  The hunt is on for a [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 7:20am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• "Friends of Angelo" only got what they deserved

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  Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and Kent Conrad, Budget Chairman, both pooh-poohed revelations from Countrywide Financial Official Robert Feinberg testified to their sweetheart mortgage deals.
  
  "Feh," said the Democrat Senators. "Our conscience is clear."
  
  No, really:
  
  WSJ's Political [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:48pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Michelle Malkin Pwns Matt Lauer

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  Nothing starts the day quite like Matt lauer getting bitch slapped on national TV by a strong, intelligent conservative. As Allah says:
  
  Best part: The boss lighting into Michelle Obama for her history of cronyism, much to Matt’s horror. Be sure to watch to the very [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Re: Good manners on the bike trail in Montco

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  One of the first things you learn as a little kid is not to take things that don't belong to you. A surprising twist in the shooting incident on the Schuykill River Trail in Montco:
  
  Montgomery County authorities have uncovered what they describe as' [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:40pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Gotcha!

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  NBC10:
  
  A tip call lead Lower Merion police to the Villanova home of a 75-year old woman who is being questioned in the hit-and-run accident that nearly killed a teenager.
  
  The woman told police she thought she hit a deer, not a 13-year-old [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 7:34am EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Racism in the post-racial era

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  Thomas Sowell:
  Those of us who want to see racism on its way out need to realize that others benefit greatly from crying racism. They benefit politically, financially, and socially.
  
  Barack Obama has been allied with such people for decades. He found it [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 8:36pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• Biden: This administration loves cops!

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  Ok, call me cynical, but is there any way of finding out whether Joe Biden's goodwill stop in Philadelphia to announce the spread of magical stimulus money to local police departments was planned before or after last Wednesday's press conference?
  
  Recovery.gov does not list any [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 6:31pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie

• How come universal healthcare is the only choice we're hearing about?

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  Obamacare is not the only way to reform healthcare, but the administration wants you to think it is. They also want you to think that it's a "crisis" that only they can solve, never mind that much of the reason our healthcare is in crisis is [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 9:08pm EDT
  by Lisa Mossie