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Entries from January 2010

Bomb Scare at Munich Airport, Suspect Gets Way

January 20th, 2010 · No Comments

According to a report in the English-language newspaper, The Local, parts of Munich airport were sealed Wednesday afternoon after a laptop tested positive for explosives and its owner fled into a secured area, never to be found. Strange, I know. Asked to comment on the incident, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said, “Their system is [...]

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Top 10 Headlines Obama Doesn’t Want to Read

January 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Below are the “Top 10 Headlines President Barack Obama Doesn’t Want to Read” following Republican Scott Brown’s victory last night over Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts: 10. Brown to Toss Coin at Super Bowl 9. NBC Names Brown Host of The Tonight Show 8. Brown Wins, Obama [...]

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Glenn Beck to Launch Documentary on Dictators

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Starting Friday, Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck will air a documentary on dictators and the people who help them obtain power — people such as Ernesto “Ché” Guevara, one of Fidel Castro’s top lieutenants who killed hundreds, possible thousands, of Cubans during the communist takeover of the island nation. While the video above offers a [...]

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Why Are 82nd Airborne Soldiers Unarmed in Haiti?

January 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Only days after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates explained the systemic flaws that allowed the Nov. 5 shootings at Fort Hood to take place, I was shocked at what I saw during one television report this morning — especially in light of what other television reports have described. A short while ago, Fox News Channel [...]

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Everyone’s Picking Brown as Winner in Mass.

January 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment

In much the same manner as Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, predicted Jan. 15 that a win by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race could boost the market, InTrade is offering it’s take on the race between Brown and his Democrat opponent, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley:  Brown (69.9) vs. Coakley [...]

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Blank Absentee Ballots Handed Out in Bay State? (Update)

January 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Everyone — and I mean everyone — is predicting Republican Scott Brown will handily defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in today’s special election for the U.S. Senate seat held for so long by Ted Kennedy.  BUT, if the Election Journal story behind the video above turns out to be true and blank absentee ballots are being [...]

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Congress to Debate Raising Debt Limit — Again!

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Congress is scheduled to begin debate tomorrow on raising the debt ceiling near the $12.4 trillion limit, and Americans need to take action to stop them, according to the folks at the Employment Policies Institute.  Why?  Because spending is out of control. “Last year, all of the government’s tax revenue was used to cover Social [...]

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