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Diplomat-Shoe Bomber Arrested on Flight to Denver

April 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

BREAKING NEWS: Ace of Spades is reporting tonight that a man was arrested after attempting to light his shoe on fire during a flight from Washington, D.C., to Denver this evening.  On top of all that, the man’s name is Mohammed al Modadi, and he’s reportedly a vice-consul at the Qatari embassy. Developing… UPDATE #1 [...]

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Hare: ‘I Don’t Worry About the Constitution’ (Update)

April 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments

During a heated discussion with St. Louis blogger Adam Sharp about the recently-passed health care legislation, U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, a Democrat purporting to represent Illinois’ 17th Congressional District, said, “I don’t worry about the Constitution to be honest.” The “last word” in this discussion is a line delivered by Sharp near the end of [...]

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President Barack Obama Signs Health Care Bill

March 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments

I visited the White House web site today, saw the image (below) and, immediately, “sucker punch” came to my mind.  As much as I would like to do so, however, I cannot accurately use that term to describe President Barack Obama’s signing of health care legislation today. After all, we had plenty of warning? According [...]

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St Louis TV Stations Cover Health Care Town Hall

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

More than 2,200 people packed the health care town hall meeting Wednesday morning in St. Charles, Mo.  Even if they had wanted to skew their coverage, the overwhelming anti-ObamaCare sentiment at the St. Charles Convention Center likely convinced them otherwise. Below are video clips of the coverage of the meeting provided by three St. Louis [...]

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BMW ‘Near Misses’ Latest Top 100 List

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Thanks to all of you for your continued support, helping this blog finish just out of the running — a “NEAR MISS” at #106 — on the latest Alexa Top 100 Conservative Web Sites list, published today.  Below are the ten conservative web sites atop the list: 1. Fox News 2. WSJ Opinion Journal 3. [...]

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Letter to Senator Jim Bunning Right on Target (Update)

March 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

While watching Fox News Channel this morning, I saw live coverage of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) on the floor of the U.S. Senate reading a powerful, on-target letter written to him by a constituent who lives in Louisville.  The letter was so powerful that I decided to call Mike Reynard, Senator Bunning’s press secretary, and [...]

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Plane Crashes Into Echelon Building in Austin (Update)

February 18th, 2010 · No Comments

UDPATE #4 2/18/10 AT 12: 15 p.m. Central: Fox News is backtracking on its earlier reports that the pilot’s target was the IRS office. UPDATE #3 2/18/10 at 11: 21 a.m. Central: Fox News just reported that, according to an NTSB official on the scene, the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Echelon [...]

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