The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy: "Instapundit reader Scott Wiehle comments: “What’s so pitiful about this story is that about 200 or so of our best and brightest had to cheat on an open book exam at a school where grade inflation is so rampant you would have to cite ayn rand or favorably refer to W. to get a B.”"

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Articles: Those Secretive Mormons (Who Never Shut Up about Their Church)

Articles: Those Secretive Mormons (Who Never Shut Up about Their Church): "The secrecy mantra was prominent in both the ABC and NBC reports.  Those familiar with the LDS Church and its member might take occasion to ask, "Have these people ever met a Mormon?"  Anyone who wishes (and some who aren't careful) can, at a moment's notice, have a gaggle of Mormons willing to discuss their religion for days on end."

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OK, Mormons, drink up — Coke and Pepsi are OK | The Salt Lake Tribune

OK, Mormons, drink up — Coke and Pepsi are OK | The Salt Lake Tribune: "On Wednesday, the LDS Church posted a statement on its website saying that "the church does not prohibit the use of caffeine" and that the faith’s health-code reference to "hot drinks" "does not go beyond [tea and coffee]."

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Romney and religion | Power Line

Romney and religion | Power Line: "Now an elderly couple is recounting what Mitt Romney did to help bring joy and comfort to their young son decades ago when the boy was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Next, a woman describes how Mitt Romney helped her family after it moved to Massachusetts. He did so in big ways and small. For example, he helped take care of her son at times after the family’s daughter was born with severe health problems and the family had to attend to them.

Not a dry eye in my living room.

I have recounted several stories of this nature on Power Line, but had not read about the two offered tonight. Apparently, there is a nearly endless supply.

As I asked the other day, does Obama have any such stories? Has he ever helped people in need, other than by pushing for controversial political action items?"

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Correcting Reality - Jonah Goldberg - National Review Online

Correcting Reality - Jonah Goldberg - National Review Online: "A bigger problem is that the AP didn’t even look up its own reporting about the Janesville plant. “Production at the General Motors plant in Janesville is scheduled to end for good this week,” the news services reported on April 19, 2009. “GM spokesman Christopher Lee says operations at the southern Wisconsin plant will cease Thursday.”

And there’s the small matter that everything about Ryan’s statement was true if you go by the plain meaning of the words."

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The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: " People in my feed calling a fail because balloons didn't drop IMMEDIATELY want to give Obama four more years to fix things."

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EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty: "Hypothetical for Bill: Imagine the two of us spent a few weeks interviewing people on welfare.  Can you really imagine that I would ever concede that an alcoholic is "trying to make his life work"?  Would I ever concede that a poor woman who repeatedly has unprotected sex with her drug-dealing boyfriend is "trying to make her life work"?  You know me too well.  I wouldn't denounce anyone to his face.  But once you and I were alone, you can imagine my sarcasm: "Oh they're trying sooooo hard." 

Maybe I'm wrong to think this way.  But it's not for lack of first-hand experience."

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Race, Race, Everywhere Race - By Jay Nordlinger - The Corner - National Review Online

Race, Race, Everywhere Race - By Jay Nordlinger - The Corner - National Review Online: "I’ve been harping on the New York Times. (Is that hate speech? Anti-Irish?) Will continue just a bit. The other day, some readers of ours were aghast at a headline in the Times: “Romney Adopts Harder Message for Last Stretch — Nod to White Workers.” In this rotten period, it is almost impossible to campaign. You can’t say anything — not if you’re a Republican — without being accused of racism. And this accusation, of course, is the most damaging in the American arsenal."

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Human, After All - Rich Lowry - National Review Online

Human, After All - Rich Lowry - National Review Online: "Of all the tasks for the Romney campaign at this week’s Republican convention, burnishing the personal image of the candidate should be the easiest. He is a man utterly committed to his family and his faith, whose life is studded with acts of devotion and generosity."

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Meet the Deciders - Daniel Foster - National Review Online

Meet the Deciders - Daniel Foster - National Review Online: "The sum total revealed a bizarre truth about swing voters. It’s not that they’re divided on any given issue, with half taking one side and half the other. Rather, everybody seemed to agree with everybody else about everything — and to disagree with them, too. Transitory coalitions formed and dissolved in what seemed a matter of milliseconds, like exotic particles in a supercollider. One minute, Latino Nose Spectacles was in complete agreement with Senior in Blazer. The next, they were at each other’s throats, and Young Yellow Dress had to team with Hair Gel to step in as the voice of reason. Working majorities seemingly assented to some premise, only to split a thousand ways on the most straightforward logical conclusion from said premise."

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We're in the best of hands.

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy: "At the risk of provoking the ire of anti-circumcision zealots (you know who are), I thought I’d mention that the American Academy of Pediatrics, reversing a previous neutral stance, is now endorsing male circumcision based on a review of recent scientific evidence."

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Anyone who opposes circumcision must be anti-science.

Maybe NBC Should Hire Some Guys in Pajamas | Power Line

Maybe NBC Should Hire Some Guys in Pajamas | Power Line: "Is NBC the most inept media organization?  How about their botched announcement of the death of the first man to walk on the Moon, Neil Young of Buffalo Springfield. The Daily Show better have a field day with this:"

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Hey, hey, my, my. So sad to learn Neil died.

George Will: Why government needs a diet - The Washington Post

George Will: Why government needs a diet - The Washington Post: "Because the possibility of effectively supervising government varies inversely with government’s size, so does government’s lawfulness. "

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Amen.

Team Romney calls out Obama for misspelling 'Ohio' at campaign stop - The Hill's Twitter Room

Team Romney calls out Obama for misspelling 'Ohio' at campaign stop - The Hill's Twitter Room: "President Obama needed a do-over to spell “Ohio” correctly on the campus of Ohio State University this week.

Although Obama and several students at a campaign stop Tuesday morning at Sloopy’s Diner on the campus of OSU tweeted out photos of the president correctly posing as the “I” in Ohio, another student supplied a photo of a spelling mishap to Mitt Romney’s campaign."

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In fairness to Obama, from his perspective as a participant, oiho reversed correctly spells Ohio.

So maybe what this really shows is Obama's failure to be able to see things from other peoples' perspectives?

Althouse

Althouse: "If God controls the weather, let's not worry about global warming. Or are you going to say He controls the weather but not the climate? We're talking omnipotence, or do you think that's some kind of joke?"

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Nike to sell new LeBron James sneakers for $300 | Sports - Home

Nike to sell new LeBron James sneakers for $300 | Sports - Home: "Nike told the Journal that it is passing along price increases because of the increased cost of materials like cotton."

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I had no idea cotton was so expensive.

White House Sets Ground Rules for Local Interviews | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier

White House Sets Ground Rules for Local Interviews | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier: "The White House is doing something with its local TV interviews that it could not easily get away with in encounters with the White House press corps, which President Obama has been studiously ignoring: choosing the topic about which President Obama and the reporter will talk."

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Campbell Brown on being a “Romney wife”: You can still have your own opinions when your husband works for a presidential candidate. - Slate Magazine

Campbell Brown on being a “Romney wife”: You can still have your own opinions when your husband works for a presidential candidate. - Slate Magazine: "Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski’s personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney. Mika says she is always being labeled as “in the tank” for President Obama, and she finds transparency to be her savior: “I voted for Obama, and I am the first to say it.”"

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Well then. That dispels that argument!

Press Release: Now More Than 500 Economists Back Romney Economic Plan « Economists For Romney

Press Release: Now More Than 500 Economists Back Romney Economic Plan « Economists For Romney: "Now More Than 500 Economists Back Romney Economic Plan

Washington, D.C.:  Economists for Romney (E4R) announced today that 526 economists have now signed its statement in support of Governor Romney’s economic plan."

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As this story shows, there is a strong consensus among economists that Romney will be a better president for the economy than Obama.  The science is settled. I predict the media will immediately start reporting this economic fact.

Obama crows over Akin, lies about calling Romney felon and ‘making stuff up’; Tapper zings; Update: Obama still crowing, using women | Twitchy

Obama crows over Akin, lies about calling Romney felon and ‘making stuff up’; Tapper zings; Update: Obama still crowing, using women | Twitchy: "Team Obama has called Romney a felon, tax cheat, killer, & aspiring slave owner, but today Obama claims "we don't go out of bounds.""

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Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast: "These figures significantly understate the debt problem, however. The ratio that matters is debt to revenue. That number has leapt upward from 165 percent in 2008 to 262 percent this year, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund. Among developed economies, only Ireland and Spain have seen a bigger deterioration."

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Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast: "According to the 2010 budget, the debt in public hands was supposed to fall in relation to GDP from 67 percent in 2010 to less than 66 percent this year. If only. By the end of this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), it will reach 70 percent of GDP."

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Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Niall Ferguson on Why Barack Obama Needs to Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast: "In his inaugural address, Obama promised “not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.” He promised to “build the roads and bridges, the electric grids, and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.” He promised to “restore science to its rightful place and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.” And he promised to “transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.” Unfortunately the president’s scorecard on every single one of those bold pledges is pitiful."

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A verdict on the ‘Mormon question’? - The Washington Post

A verdict on the ‘Mormon question’? - The Washington Post: "Meanwhile, pop culture serves up stereotypes with varying degrees of humor and taste. Last year’s Broadway hit, “The Book of Mormon,” was a relatively gentle send-up. But would anyone make a satire called “The Koran”?"

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Dreams From My Father, Calls From My Brother - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online

Dreams From My Father, Calls From My Brother - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online: "Dinesh D’Souza met Barack’s brother, George Obama, earlier this year for his new documentary. A couple of days ago he got a call from him:

He was a bit flustered, and soon informed me that his young son was sick with a chest condition.  He pleaded with me to send him $1,000 to cover the medical bills.  Since George was at the hospital I asked him to let me speak to a nurse, and she confirmed that George’s son was indeed ill.  So I agreed to send George the money through Western Union.  He was profusely grateful.  But before I hung up I asked George, “Why are you coming to me?”  He said, “I have no one else to ask.”  Then he said something that astounded me, “Dinesh, you are like a brother to me.”"

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Klein: White House Woos Hillary - By Robert Costa - The Corner - National Review Online

Klein: White House Woos Hillary - By Robert Costa - The Corner - National Review Online: "KUDLOW: So let me just get that. You’re saying, two weeks ago, that White House staff put out feelers to Hillary about going on the ticket as vice president.

KLEIN: That’s right."

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Who Loves Bastiat and Who Loves Him Not, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

Who Loves Bastiat and Who Loves Him Not, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty: "Take the minimum wage.  Normal people like it because the government waves a magic wand and makes mean employers give helpless workers extra money, with zero blowback.  So inane, yet so convincing to a psychologically normal human.  An intellectually serious argument, in contrast, begins by conceding the theoretical possibility of a disemployment effect, then defends low estimates of labor demand elasticity.  This is a huge improvement in intellectual substance, yet persuades only wonks."

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THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain: "Do you want a president who believes that your rights come from God, not from government?
Do you want a president who honors your right to pursue happiness, not as government commands, but as you choose?
Do you want a president who will work every day to bring us together, not tear us apart?
Do you want a president who will celebrate success, not attack it?
Do you want a president who will never, ever apologize for the greatest nation on earth?"

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THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain: "Over the last four years, this President has pushed Republicans and Democrats as far apart as they can go. And now he and his allies are pushing us all even further apart by dividing us into groups. He demonizes some. He panders to others. His campaign strategy is to smash America apart and then cobble together 51 percent of the pieces."

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THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain: "His campaign and his surrogates have made wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the Presidency. Another outrageous charge came a few hours ago in Virginia. And the White House sinks a little bit lower."

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THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain: "And President Obama has amassed five trillion dollars of debt – nearly as much debt held by the public as all other Presidents combined. We will end this moral failure."

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THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign : The Other McCain: "REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Folks, Mitt Romney’s event tonight in Chillicothe was the best I’ve seen of this campaign. The crowd was huge — estimated between 5,000 and 6,000 — and the setting was awesome: In front of the beautiful courthouse downtown, with the sun just setting behind the courthouse and the sky glowing golden."

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This is your choice, America: an approach that Obama’s own debt commission co-chair calls “sensible, straightforward, honest and serious” … or dog-on-the-roof jokes and an accusation of a return to slavery.

"Too many folks still don't have a sense that tomorrow will be better than today. And so, the question in this election is which way do we go?" President Obama asked at a fundraiser in Chicago on Sunday. "Do we go forward towards a new vision of an America in which prosperity is shared?" Obama asked. "Or do we go backward to the same policies that got us in the mess in the first place?"

The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "GIULIANI: Well, I think if it came from somebody serious maybe we’d get all excited about it. But the — I think the vice president of the United States has become a laugh line on late night television. I mean, he — I’ve never seen a vice president that has made as many mistakes, said as many stupid things. I mean, there’s a real fear if, God forbid, he ever had to be entrusted with the presidency, whether he really has the mental capacity to handle it. I mean, this guy just isn’t bright. He’s never been bright. He isn’t bright. And people think, ‘Well, he just talks a little too much.’ Actually he’s not very smart."

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EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty: "Christian churches have never been able to raise more than a tithe, or 1/10th, of people's incomes, even when they were the major providers of social security. Taxes are the only feasible means of paying for the public services required with current levels of life expectancy,"

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If Barack Obama gets his way and raises taxes on everyone making $250,000.00 a year or more, the amount of money he brings in will not close his own budget deficit. Nevermind the national debt — he won’t close this year’s budget deficit. In fact, if we get the Democrats’ their wet dream of tax policy and take 100% of all annual income of everyone making $250,000.00 a year or more, we still won’t close Barack Obama’s budget deficit.

And if a conservative group ran an ad showing John Conyers or Elijah Cummings punching an old white lady? The country would shut down indefinitely. We would have a National Month of Soul-Searching. The Republican party would be forced to disband.

George Will: Romney’s presidential pick - The Washington Post

George Will: Romney’s presidential pick - The Washington Post: "When Mitt Romney decided to run with Paul Ryan, many conservatives may have thought, “Thank God, Romney is not going to run as Romney.”"

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Paul Ryan? Really? It’s a stunning choice. A terrible one too. By making it, Mitt Romney tells America that he is not his own man and hasn’t even the remotest fleeting desire to be his own man. He is owned by the right wing. Did I write a couple of weeks ago that Romney was insecure? Well—Q.E.D.

Me: remember when Romney was a stuffed suit willing to say anything to get elected. He's already got the nomination, and republicans are motivated to vote against Obama. So is there any actual evidence to support this article?

Thoughts About the Selection of Paul Ryan

Couldn't be happier with the Paul Ryan pick. He seems to be one of the only people who is serious about cutting the size of government.

I think his viability as congressman shows that both democrats and Republicans want to cut the size of government. His district went to Obama by 4%, yet he consistently wins reelection by more than 60%.

It also shows Romney is serious about tackling entitlements. I've always been concerned that once elected, Romney may get very squishy when it comes to tackling hard issues. I don't think he would select Ryan if he was not serious about tackling entitlements.

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-11/this-is-now-the-most-important-election-since-1980.html

The Democratic attack on Ryan and his budget plan is, at best, ignorant. “Budget-busting” tax cuts? The Ryan budget plan envisions taxes running at a higher level of GDP than the average of the last few decades. It brings the budget to long- term balance -- something that Obama has never proposed. (As his Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner admitted to Ryan in February: “We’re not coming before you to say we have a definitive solution to our long-term problem. What we do know is we don’t like yours.”)

Me: something beats nothin'.

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Shocker: Fareed Zakaria suspended from Time Magazine for plagiarism; Bigger Shocker: Time Magazine still exists 1:42pm - 10 Aug 12

The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "Maybe three years ago, I was talking to someone from my hometown. A professional Democrat (Hill staffer, White House staffer, etc.). He was pouring hate on David Koch, who I think was at the peak of his hatedness. I said, “Think of how many people Koch employs. Will you and I ever do that?” Dismissively, he said, “There’s more to life than employing people.” I said, “Okay — think about the zillions in tax money he pays. Isn’t that good, to fund social programs of the kind you like?” That stopped him for about two seconds. But he dismissed that too."

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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/08/human_capitalis.html

One last comment that probably won't be very helpful, but I want to get it off my chest: When I see the hard work and positive attitude of the typical immigrant, I find it very hard to sympathize with the problems of the American working class. The so-called American poor are born with so many advantages, but they squander them through their own bad attitude and irresponsible behavior. Yes, in a welfare state the problems of my country's working class are my problem. But that makes me want to *attack* the welfare state, not expand it to help undeserving Americans even more. The people we should be worrying about are immigrants and would-be immigrants who can't even legally accept a job offer, not Americans who can't bother showing up to work on time.

New Allen West Attack Ad Features Him Beating Old and Young Women And Stealing Form Families | Video | TheBlaze.com

New Allen West Attack Ad Features Him Beating Old and Young Women And Stealing Form Families | Video | TheBlaze.com: "It is hard to think of an attack ad lower than the one essentially blaming Mitt Romney for a woman’s death, but we may have just found one.

It’s from Florida, and it depicts Allen West (R-FL) in a boxing ring with red gloves on.  The cartoon-like video then shows West punching an old woman, a young lady and seemingly a family with children.  He also steals cash from the hands of the family and pockets it, all while laughing like a gremlin."

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EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty: "All societies reward conformity.  Yes, there's often a sweet niche for eccentric geniuses.  But everyone else faces a stark trade-off: the more you want to succeed, the more you have to submit to social norms. 

On an emotional level, this upsets me; why should sheep inherit the earth?  Intellectually, though, I have to admit that conformity is crucial for human cooperation.  You can't run a business where everyone "does his own thing.""

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Re: To Hell with You People, Again - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online

Re: To Hell with You People, Again - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online: "Jonah, it’s not just that Mitt Romney hasn’t paid any taxes since 1975 and that Bain Capital is the planet’s largest distributor of E. coli which it manufactures in petri dishes offshored to Mitt’s safe deposit box in the Cayman Islands, but that Mitt will kill your loved ones five years after his minions lay you off. Just because he can. He doesn’t have to meet you. You might show no outward signs of ill health. You might even have a job and health insurance. But you bear the Mark of Mitt, and decades later when you keel over and expire it’ll be because he once laid off your brother, or your cousin, or your hairdresser’s sister, or someone who once heard something from someone who knows Harry Reid."

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The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "Since the Priorities USA ad which suggested that Mitt Romney was responsible for Ranae Soptic’s death by cancer came out yesterday morning, it has been revealed that the woman’s death occurred five years after her husband, Joe Soptic, was laid off by a plant owned by Bain Capital, and that the Soptic herself had health insurance through her own job for a couple years after her husband was laid off."

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Harry Reid’s gutter politics - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

Harry Reid’s gutter politics - PostPartisan - The Washington Post: "Still, he is not some backbencher, but the Senate majority leader. He is the face of the Democratic Party in the Senate and the ally of President Obama. Yet, not a single Democrat has had the spine to rebuke Reid. The White House has been given the chance and explicitly ducked its duty. Other members of the Senate have run for cover. They fear Reid and, if truth be told, sort of like what he’s doing — constantly needling Romney, keeping him on the defensive about taxes and his insistence on releasing only two years of his returns."

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Harry Reid’s gutter politics - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

Harry Reid’s gutter politics - PostPartisan - The Washington Post: "For Reid, this is yet another brazen and tasteless partisan attack. As majority leader, he has managed to sink the public image of the Senate even lower than it would otherwise be. He contributes to bad feelings, gridlock and the sense — nay, the reality — that everything is done for political advantage. Reid is a crass man, the very personification of the gaudy and kitschy Las Vegas Strip."

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Harry Reid’s gutter politics - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

Harry Reid’s gutter politics - PostPartisan - The Washington Post: "Whether such a source exists, really, is beside the point. It could be that someone did indeed tell Reid that Romney paid no taxes for 10 years. Journalists get that sort of tip all the time, and their responsibility is (1) to check it out and (2) identify the source. Reid has not done the latter and apparently has not done the former, either. The truth is that Reid doesn’t really care if the charge is true or not. He would prefer the former, but he’ll settle for the latter."

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York: When 1,099 felons vote in race won by 312 ballots | WashingtonExaminer.com

York: When 1,099 felons vote in race won by 312 ballots | WashingtonExaminer.com: "Still, that's a total of 243 people either convicted of voter fraud or awaiting trial in an election that was decided by 312 votes. With 1,099 examples identified by Minnesota Majority, and with evidence suggesting that felons, when they do vote, strongly favor Democrats, it doesn't require a leap to suggest there might one day be proof that Al Franken was elected on the strength of voter fraud."

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Olympic Political Correctness - John Fund - National Review Online

Olympic Political Correctness - John Fund - National Review Online: "Then there is the case of Nadja Drygalla, a rower who was pressured to leave the German Olympic team last Friday after a TV station reported that her boyfriend was Michael Fischer, who had been a candidate for the far-right National Democratic party in a regional election last year. Some also claimed Fischer had been involved in disruptive protests against immigrants.

Drygalla vehemently denied harboring any extremist views. But the news report prompted Michael Vesper, chief of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, to call her in for a long talk."

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Olympic Political Correctness - John Fund - National Review Online

Olympic Political Correctness - John Fund - National Review Online: "Papachristou has been highly apologetic for her tasteless tweet, but her sporting career still lies in ashes. As Canada’s Calgary Herald pointed out, the decision to oust her “is ironic considering that Greece is both the birthplace of democracy and [the birthplace of] the Olympics. The only kind of speech that needs protection is offensive speech. You’d think Greece would understand that.”"

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How dare she make a not-very funny somewhat insensitive joke, and have thoughts that are not government vetted and approved.

John McLaughlin: New Solyndra Revelations 'Will Become Damaging to Obama's Reelection' | NewsBusters.org

John McLaughlin: New Solyndra Revelations 'Will Become Damaging to Obama's Reelection' | NewsBusters.org: "The Obama administration pumped millions of taxpayer dollars into Solyndra, the solar panel manufacturing firm. At the time the White House knew it would be cheaper to allow Solyndra to go bust according to a new Congressional report. I predict that this will become damaging to Barack Obama's reelection. Bye bye."

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The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "I am now in Europe, where an ignoramus lectured me last night about the U.S. presidential election. We must reelect Obama, he said. Obama is intelligent, Romney is dumb. Romney has never been abroad. (You know those insular Mormons: never going abroad, never learning foreign languages. You know how insular high-flying businessmen are too.) "

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The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "Some people on the left believe you can’t be a true conservative unless you’re dumb, hateful, and cloddish. Some months ago, I was seated across from a liberal journalist at a lunch, and he was saying that Chris Christie was no conservative. Why was that? “For one thing, he doesn’t hate gays.”"

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Ted Cruz on the Tea Party

The Corner - National Review Online: "Cruz, who has been endorsed by National Review, told Wallace that his victory is a sign that the Tea Party still has momentum.  He explained,

This is part of a tidal wave that began in 2010 and that tidal wave is only stronger in 2012.  Those protests died down. I think the reason is the Tea Party went to work…  [V]oters are tired of career politicians in both parties, I mean, our country is at a crisis point right now… The American people are looking for new leaders who will step up and stop spending money we don’t have.” "

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Can I just say that I find no fault in the Tea Party? To the contrary, I find that the tea party represents the best of American politics.

The Tea Party stands for basically two things: fiscal responsibility and constitutional government. And really those are one thing--because the constitution, as conceived, was supposed to enact a limited government.

Some people might criticize the tea party for being too strident, but I think these criticisms are completely misplaced. Sure, they should get the best result they can obtain with their limited power. I want them to be relevant. But compromise is overrated. How do you compromise when you think the government is moving in the wrong direction? You allow it to move in the wrong direction, but more slowly? Better I think to remain ideologically pure and find more converts than to compromise your principles and dilute the message.

Benchslap of the Day: Justice Scalia Pulls Rank on Judge Posner « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts

Benchslap of the Day: Justice Scalia Pulls Rank on Judge Posner « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts: "Judge Posner’s ideological drift; as he recently told NPR, he has grown less conservative “since the Republican Party started becoming goofy"

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I read this before. And as the person who quoted it before mentioned, it makes no sense. Why would a judge evaluate ideas based on anything other than their merits?

Is Posner saying that he bases his political ideological preferences on the coolness of the members of the party most associated with the particular ideology?

Searchlight Strangler

Searchlight Strangler: "“And you’re sure Chris Hansen is on vacation?”"

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EXCLUSIVE---MUST CREDIT ACE OF SPADES HQ: Harry Reid's Office Responds To Rumors That He's A Pederast

EXCLUSIVE---MUST CREDIT ACE OF SPADES HQ: Harry Reid's Office Responds To Rumors That He's A Pederast: "EXCLUSIVE---MUST CREDIT ACE OF SPADES HQ: Harry Reid's Office Responds To Rumors That He's A Pederast"

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Supreme Court Year in Review: Justice Scalia offers no evidence to back up his claims about illegal immigration. - Slate Magazine

Supreme Court Year in Review: Justice Scalia offers no evidence to back up his claims about illegal immigration. - Slate Magazine: "In his peroration, Justice Scalia says that "Arizona bears the brunt of the country's illegal immigration problem. Its citizens feel themselves under siege by large numbers of illegal immigrant who invade their property, strain their social services, and even place their lives in jeopardy." Arizona bears the brunt? Arizona is only one of the states that border Mexico, and if it succeeds in excluding illegal immigrants, these other states will bear the brunt, so it is unclear what the net gain to society would have been from Arizona's efforts, now partially invalidated by the Supreme Court. But the suggestion that illegal immigrants in Arizona are invading Americans' property, straining their social services, and even placing their lives in jeopardy is sufficiently inflammatory to call for a citation to some reputable source of such hyperbole. Justice Scalia cites nothing to support it."

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This whole article seems to be based on a misreading of Scalia's opinion. He's not saying this is all necessarily true; only that Arizonans believe it to be true, and they should be able to supplement federal enforcement efforts.

Mormons in the 2012 Olympics, Day 6: U.S. volleyball men win against Brazil | Deseret News

Mormons in the 2012 Olympics, Day 6: U.S. volleyball men win against Brazil | Deseret News: "The team includes Mormon returned missionaries Russell Holmes, a middle blocker, and libero Rich Lambourne, who both played in Thursday's game. Both are also Brigham Young University alumni."

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Why ‘You Didn’t Build That’ Resonates - Bloomberg

Why ‘You Didn’t Build That’ Resonates - Bloomberg: "Frum mostly talks about why this statement irks rich people, but I believe it resonates badly with people at all income levels. Lots of people -- most, I hope -- are proud of something they’ve achieved in their lives and feel like that achievement owes much to their own hard work and talents. You don’t have to make over $250,000 a year to be annoyed when the president mocks people for taking credit for their achievements."

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