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• NBC: Obama To Send Even Fewer Troops Than Expected

  Despite receiving requests from commanders on the ground for another 40,000 troops to win in Afghanistan, Barack Obama is now expected to send just 30,000 additional troops -- down form the 34,000 troops it was reported he would send just last week. That from two major news outlets (NBC and [...]
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  Fetched: November 30, 2009, 6:44pm EST
  

• Surprise: ACORN Considering Changing Name

  How terribly predictable. ACORN is looking to wipe away its absolutely destroyed reputation following the now-famous undercover video sting that showed its employees helping further the underage sex trade and commit tax fraud. So, like countless organizations found committing crimes and infested with corruption, it's considering a branding change. ACORN, the troubled [...]
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  Fetched: November 30, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Swiss Justice Minister: Hey, Let’s Overrule The Will of the People

  Swiss voters decided to ban minaret construction in their country the other day, outlawing a major symbol of the spread of Islam and its culture throughout Europe and much of the world. The ban doesn't actually ban mosques, the practice of Islam, or even require that present minarets be taken' [...]
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  Fetched: November 30, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• OC Courthouse Retreats; Xmas Tree Placed Back in Lobby

  If you don't remember this case, here's some background. Basically the Orange County Superior courthouse removed a Christmas tree dedicated to toy donations for poor children. Why? Because one member of the public complained about a potential religious symbol being present in a courthouse. So the administration threw away twenty years' [...]
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  Fetched: November 30, 2009, 12:44pm EST
  

• Iranian Government Approves Plan to Build 10 New Enrichment Sites

  State-run media in Iran reports that the government in Tehran has approved a plan to build ten new nuclear enrichment facilities. The announcement is in direct defiance of the international community, coming just two days after the IAEA voted to censure the Islamic Republic for failing to halt its pursuit of [...]
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  Fetched: November 30, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Fail: Black Friday Sales About the Same As Last Year’s

  Unemployment in the double digits, real unemployment even higher, the credit market still frozen like a bag of peas in the freezer section, and consumer confidence still shockingly low. To think there might not be a surge in the number of people running out to buy robotic hamsters. CHICAGO – Shoppers [...]
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  Fetched: November 30, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• West Nile Virus Discovered in Palm Beach County

  West Palm Beach - West Nile Virus has been detected in Palm Beach County for the first time since November 2007. Local health officials recommend residents try to avoid mosquitos as much as possible, staying indoors at dawn or dusk. People should also wear longer clothing, use insect repellant with DEET, [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Ouch: Bystander Holds Up ClimateGate Sign on CBC

  The American left-wing media aren't the only outlets refusing to report on ClimateGate. BBC News is generally avoiding the story, as is its counterpart in Canada. This censorship has some understandably upset, especially considering that CBC is funded with taxpayer money. So one enterprising bystander decided to bring the issue front' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Bloomberg, Man of the People, Spent $102 Million in Re-Election Race

  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who regularly presents himself as a man of the people, spent $102 million of his own multi-billion dollar fortune to narrowly win re-election on November 3rd. He didn't take donations and was permitted by law to spend as much as he saw fit. Bloomberg, whose' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Pelosi: You Know, Americans Didn’t Get Anything for This Deficit

  Give Nancy Pelosi credit: Running up a $1.4 trillion deficit, continuing to propose legislation that will run it even higher, and then conceding that Americans are getting nothing for said deficit takes gnads the size of basketballs. The American people have an anger about the growth of the deficit because they're' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• White House Party Crasher Has Ties to Palestinian Authority

  Tareq Salahi, one of the two White House state dinner crashers who've made international news over their charade, has ties to the Palestinian Authority. In fact, he serves as a board member for the American Task Force on Palestine, a lobbying group with established ties to the government of Mahmoud' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• White House State Dinner Crashers Met Obama, Were Announced

  Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the uninvited couple who crashed the recent White House state dinner in an attempt to draw attention to their reality show bid, were able to meet President Obama during their charade. Scroll down the Hot Air post to see the picture of the couple with the [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Criminal Charges For White House Party Crashers?

  A spokesman for the United States Secret Service says reality star-wannabes Michaele and Tareq Salahi may face criminal charges for making their way, uninvited, into a White House state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Bravo has already confirmed that the Salahis are being considered for inclusion in the television [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Will Nader Run for Senate in Connecticut?

  Bad news for Senator Chris "AIG Bonuses" Dodd (D-CT): Ralph Nader, perennial presidential candidate often blamed for costing Al Gore the 2000 presidential election, is considering running for U.S. Senate in Connecticut next year. The Green Party candidate has little chance of actually winning the 2010 election, but he might just [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Inevitable: Woman Sees Image of Jesus on Iron

  Why inevitable? Images of Jesus have been seen in just about every other daily item, from toast to pizza pans and Cheetos. Sooner or later we had to get to the clothes iron. METHUEN, Mass. – A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Breaking: Tiger Woods Hospitalized in Critical Condition

  World renowned golfer Tiger Woods has been hospitalized in critical condition after a serious car accident this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Orlando Sentinel: Woods, 33, pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Classy: Shaq Pays for Little Girl’s Funeral

  Five-year-old Shaniya Davis was kidnapped and killed a few weeks ago, her body found alongside the road by police. As if that weren't horrific enough, her mother has now been charged with human trafficking and child prostitution. A man by the name of Mario McNeill has been charged with the' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• IAEA Sends Strongly-Worded Letter to Iran

  The IAEA is angry that Iran has refused to stop building nuclear weapons, so it's really going to stick it to the Mullahs. Teach them a lesson they'll never forget. But this is the United Nations, so that lesson will come in the form of a strongly-worded letter. And to think' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Surprise: Gallup Finds Majority Opposing Civilian Trial for KSM

  Yet another poll demonstrating that an overwhelming majority of Americans don't believe war criminals responsible for killing 3,000 innocent people should be tried in civilian court. In fact, the poll found barely a majority of Democrats defending the Obama Administration's disastrous decision. By 59% to 36%, more Americans believe accused Sept.' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Will Abu Dhabi Bail Out Dubai?

  The mounting debt in Dubai shook the world markets on Friday, leading the Dow Jones Industrial Average to close down 154 points and the Nikkei 225 to plummet 301 points. The situation has even been described by the Associated Press as a "debt crisis". Dubai wasn't always in this situation; in' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Police: Expect Woods 911 Calls on Sunday

  The Florida Highway Patrol says it will release the 911 calls related to golf superstar Tiger Woods' crash tomorrow. As has already been reported, the injuries sustained by Woods are believed to have come from a nasty feud with his wife rather than his SUV crashing into a fire hydrant' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Report: Tiger Woods Sustained Injuries from Wife — Not SUV

  The injuries sustained by golf superstar Tiger Woods came from a heated altercation with his wife -- not the accident he had while driving away in his SUV. That according to sources for TMZ. According to the report, Woods' wife confronted him regarding the tabloid reports of an affair. The argument' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Good News: ACORN Will Still Get Taxpayer Funds

  Despite undercover videos exposing ACORN offices willing to help further the underage sex trade and prostitution in general, the radical left-wing organization will still receive federal taxpayer funds. You'll recall that Congress defunded ACORN earlier this year after the initial videos were published. But the Obama Administration's Justice Department now says' [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Merry Christmas: Police Called To Deal With People Fighting Over Robot Hamsters

  Because nothing quite says Christmas like fighting over an $8 robotic hamster that your kids will lose before the year's end. And just to be clear, that's exactly what the toy is: a robotic hamster. Nothing more, nothing less. "Those are the hottest toys," said B.J. Chavez, 37, store manager at [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Voters Outraged At Shea-Porter’s Support for Socialized Health Care

  Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) is already vulnerable going into next year's election. Her race is consistently listed as "toss-up" and she represents a state that typically has an independent-libertarian streak. So her vote in favor of socialized health care recently didn't exactly help her cause. If the editorials from newspapers in' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• It Begins: 9/11 Families Issue Call for Action

  To think those who witnessed their family members murdered on September 11th might not be thrilled at the idea of the mass murdering war criminals being treated like bank robbers. Who could've seen this one coming? November 21, 2009 Dear Supporter, Last Wednesday, a group of 9/11 family members and New York first' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Pics: Katie Couric Does a Dirty, Drunken Dance

  Or, as Ace puts it, "Katie Couric Dirty-Dances to Horror of 11-Year-Old Spectator". And, indeed, there's a young spectator looking on in horror at the sad display from the left wing's favorite anchorwoman. You have to visit Gawker to fully enjoy the embarrassing incident. Best part? Couric, who was celebrating her [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Gibbs: Worried About Our National Debt? Just Think About ObamaCare!

  So pathetic is this spin by now that even Saturday Night Live parodied it over the weekend. For starters, Gibbs claims that the Democratic health care overhaul will save $130 billion over ten years. We're supposed to be excited by those "savings". That despite the fact that the deficit for' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Kratovil Votes In Favor of Federal Abortion Funding

  To be honest, I'd never heard of Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) until I received this from another blogger in my inbox. Apparently Kratovil represents a pretty conservative (or at least Republican) district and his seat is vulnerable coming into 2010. Anyway, Kratovil decided to piss off conservatives (and a majority of' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Dorgan Provides Crucial Vote To Gut Medicare, Jeopardize Access for Seniors

  By now you probably know that Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) supports the liberal attempts to socialize the nation's health care industry. Without his support this past weekend, Harry Reid's far-left legislation would've been stopped dead in its tracks. Dorgan voted on Saturday to move forward with a proposal that establishes government-run' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Dorgan Trails Hypothetical GOP Challenger By…19 Points

  That would be Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), who's held his current seat since 1992. Dorgan won his last re-election in 2004 by a margin of 36%. Now? He trails Republican Governor John Hoeven by a margin of 55-36% -- a 19-point loss. Hoeven hasn't even declared his candidacy or publicly' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• MSNBC: Boy, Those Crowds At Palin Book Stops Sure Are White

  You're going to enjoy this irony. Via Michelle Malkin, Newsbusters has video of MSNBC anchor Chris Matthew, MSNBC reporter Norah O'Donnell, and MSNBC guest Joan Walsh playing the race card against Sarah Palin and the crowds at her book signings. "This is a largely white -- almost no minorities in this crowd," [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Exposed: White House Scrambled to Justify Firing IG Walpin

  The following assumes basic background knowledge of the Walpin firing case. If you have no clue as to who Walpin is, check out this primer from the Wall Street Journal. The White House has claimed that Gerald Walpin was fired after it received numerous complaints from the Corporation for National [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Obama “Speechless” At Uproar Over His Bow

  As a commenter at Hot Air quips, he's speechless because he's clueless. The One really can't understand outrage over an American president showing a sign of subordination to an emperor in Japan? Americans watch as other leaders simply shake Emperor Akihito's hand as a symbol of respect, and then along comes' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• AP: Unemployment Benefits Killing New Jobs

  Consider it just the latest unintended consequence of the $787 billion liberal pet project appropriation (aka "stimulus bill"). The new unemployment benefits have placed yet another burden on businesses, so revenue is going towards paying the government rather than hiring new workers or retaining current ones. As if small businesses needed [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• David Obey: We’d Need Higher Taxes to Pay for an Afghan Surge

  He can't be serious. Democrats want to spend $1.8 trillion taking over the nation's healthcare system, have already spent $787 billion in "stimulus" legislation that has yet to stimulate anything, and support legislation (cap-and-trade) that independent studies have confirmed will cost American jobs and harm the GDP. The annual deficit' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Defense Confirms: 9/11 Suspects Will Use Trial As Their Stage

  Hey, remember how those nutty conservatives were concerned that the 9/11 suspects will use a civilian trial as a stage to spread their nuttiness and inflict emotional harm on Americans? Yeah, turns out those nutty conservatives were right. Defense lawyers have confirmed that their suspects will utilize the limelight to attack [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• But Of Course: ABC To Host Obama-Oprah Christmas Special

  Because really, what would a holiday honoring the birth of Jesus Christ be without Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey being injected into our homes? Thanks, ABC. I much prefer watching the The One apologize for the United States again for putting its interests first rather than, say, A Christmas Carol or [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Hypocrites: Google Immediately Revokes, Apologizes for Offensive First Lady Picture

  The search company dared to offend the state, apparently. Off with their heads. For most of the past week, when someone typed “Michelle Obama” in the popular search engine Google, one of the first images that came up was a picture of the American first lady altered to resemble a monkey. On [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Senate Health Care Bill Raises Taxes on Working Class

  As you probably know by now, the health care overhaul legislation being pushed through the United States Senate contains a cosmetic tax -- one that raises taxes on cosmetic surgery. Liberals apparently figure that raising taxes on such procedures is okey dokey because the rich -- already taxed up the wazoo [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• What Reuters Forgot to Mention

  Reuters has a story today about how more voters in New Jersey now oppose gay marriage than support redefining the age-old institution. Quoth: NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• OC Courthouse Removes Xmas Tree Dedicated to Helping Poor Children

  Stay tuned next week, when the Orange County Superior courthouse decides to play football with puppies and holds a feast of kitten meat. The removal of a Christmas tree from the Orange County Superior courthouse Monday has prompted a petition among court employees to have the tree — connected to a [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Famous Child Rapist Gets Bail From Swiss Court

  Not at all surprising. The Swiss have allowed him to live freely, attending film festivals and serving as a hero to Hollywood, for years despite his confession that he raped a 13-year-old. Besides, we have another European country now sending over representatives to make sure we don't use evidence collected' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Dems to Move Ahead on Amnesty Without GOP Support

  Commentary below. Members say they are feeling newly emboldened to go their own way after the White House this month signaled a willingness to tackle the controversial issue next year. What’s more, Democrats recognize the issue is a politically sensitive one for Republicans hoping to curry favor with Hispanic voters in [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Britain Slams Obama Over Delay of Afghan Troop Decision

  British Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth is publicly slamming Barack Obama for spending months making a decision regarding troop levels for Afghanistan even after his hand-picked generals provided their advice for surge strategies. Ainsworth says the Obama Administration is to blame for falling British public support for the war against the [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Navy Seals Being Prosecuted for Allegedly Punching Terrorist

  Ready for your outrage of the week? The United States is prosecuting three Navy Seals for allegedly punching a high-profile terrorist responsible for murdering American citizens. Yes, seriously. By the way, did I mention we're talking about the terrorist responsible for killing American citizens and then hanging their charred and mutilated' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Surprise: Census Worker Found Hanged Committed Suicide

  It's a sad story, as is always the case when someone decides to take his or her own life. My prayers go out to his family and friends, and we can only hope he's resting peacefully with his creator. That being said, liberals and the media (redundant, I know) took no [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Lieberman: No, I Won’t Ever Support the Public Option. Ever.

  I half expect him to come out any day now and say, "English, muthaf*cka, do you speak it?" He may have voted to move forward with the debate on Harry Reid's legislation, but Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn) is making it perfectly clear that he won't support a public option in any' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Surprise: GDP Grew Less in 3rd Quarter Than Claimed

  Typical. The Obama Administration gets political benefit from the highly-publicized better number and then it's quietly revised downward later on. The government originally claimed the GDP grew by 3.5% but now we're being told it was actually 2.8%. That might still be the best quarter in about two years, but it's [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Documents Reveal: Fenstermaker Was Ousted from Gitmo Defense Pool

  Defense attorney Scott Fenstermaker is a despicable individual, deciding to represent one of the men admittedly responsible for the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 innocent people. He knows they're guilty of the war crime -- they've already admitted that they are. But he'll try to get them as little punishment' [...]
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  Fetched: November 26, 2009, 3:44pm EST