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• Oooooh yeeeaaaah

  'Nuff said:...' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:19pm EST
  by Hube

• America: "Love it or leave it"

  Hey, isn't that supposed to be a phrase of the [overly patriotic] reactionary right? Not anymore! It's also Kent Conrad's (D-North Dakota) new mantra: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told CNSNews.com that civilian courts are well-suited to prosecute al Qaeda terrorists...' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:24pm EST
  by Hube

• Well tanks for nuttin'!

  The BBC says that a full inquiry into "Climategate's" [hacked] e-mails will be underway soon. Which is nice, considering that the Beeb apparently had some of the e-mails a month ago -- and didn't report a blessed thing. Not a... [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  by Hube

• Sunday morning hilarity

  Since our local channel 57 doesn't carry the 11:00am "Three Stooges" anymore, here's the second half of one of my favorite episodes, where minutes 3:00 to 4:06 absolutely kill me:...' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:51am EST
  by Hube

• DE blogroll updates

  Man. Steve Newton of DE Libertarian has closed up shop; now Brian Shields of The Mourning Constitution is doing same. These two have joined other noted First State bloggers Mike Matthews, Dana Garrett and lastly, fellow libertarian Shirley Vandever. The... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:42am EST
  by Hube

• The Messiah knew the state dinner crashers!

  It's been widely reported that a non-invited couple made it through Secret Service security and got to meet The Messiah at a state dinner the other night. Yeah, even the MSM noted it! But will they note this: The couple... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:14am EST
  by Hube

• But Copenhagen is still on!!

  Unbelievable, considering that Climategate just gets "better and better." Now, according to the Times of London, it seems global warming advocate "scientists" have admitted to ditching temperature data: SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:58am EST
  by Hube

• Watcher's Council winners

  First place in the Council category was The Razor with Obama The Weak Horse. First place in the non-Council category was The Strata-Sphere with Alarmist hide truth about (lack of ) global warming. Full results are here.... [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:35am EST
  by Hube

• The MSM "Climategate" blackout continues ...

  ... but there's no shortage -- still -- of pro global warming yarns. Here's the AP via MSNBC: "Much less stable ice for polar bears, expert says; Survey by ship finds satellite data about thicker Arctic ice was wrong." Hmmm.... [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:09am EST
  by Hube

• I'm sure they're really shakin' in their boots

  MSNBC headline: 25 countries tell Iran to mothball nuke program.... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 8:23pm EST
  by Hube

• Clairvoyant

  Author Michael Crichton warned us about "Climategate" four years ago.... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:53am EST
  by Hube

• Why hate crimes legislation is a joke

  I understand and even agree with the legislation's rationale; however, the problem is that they are selectively enforced. Latest case in point: Denver police should be applauded for apparently breaking up a ring of thugs who were attacking mostly white... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:06am EST
  by Hube

• Happy happy!

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:59pm EST
  by Hube

• MSM maintains its total irresponsibility on climate change

  MSNBC.com headline: U.S. sets climate target ahead of summit; Obama to take goal of 17 percent emissions cut to Copenhagen talks. Not. One. Word. On. Climategate. But it does include an oft-repeated biased whopper about the Kyoto Protocols: But others... [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by Hube

• Another Delaware blogger vamooses

  ... and in this case, the best, in my opinion.... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:37am EST
  by Hube

• You'd think this would be HUGE news!

  Alas, no way. Fortunately, the New Media allows your average joe to force the MSM to not forget about it. Looks like Climategate will be like the ACORN story -- the MSM will wait and wait and wait, hoping in... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Hube

• Note to a. price over at the Local Gaggle of Moonbat Bloggers

  You were wrong. Dead wrong. But, of course, no one will expect you to apologize now for your usual moonbat rantings given the facts. Because you are a moonbat, after all. UPDATE: Here are some others who owe apologies.... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:40pm EST
  by Hube

• Are you kidding me??

  Via Fox News (h/t to The Corner): Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:27pm EST
  by Hube

• Proof the NY Times is a highly biased

  Ed Driscoll nails the Times. And how.... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  by Hube

• I'm sure this still won't dissuade our friend

  ... Perry the Energizer Rabbit, that is, from his dogmatic belief that man-made global warming is a settled matter ... a done debate. In one e-mail, the center's director, Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann and questions... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:06pm EST
  by Hube

• Once again -- why schools of education are wastes of time

  This time (well, again) if you don't adopt a particular political/social view, you're not worthy of becoming an educator in Minnesota: Do you believe in the American dream -- the idea that in this country, hardworking people of every race,... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:09pm EST
  by Hube

• Your MSM at work for you!

  NBC's Andrea Mitchell ambushes Sarah Palin with the [infamous] Newsweek cover. Just take a gander at the scowl on Mitchell's face. A picture is worth a thousand words, goes the cliché?... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:58pm EST
  by Hube

• Isn't that nice!

  Headline from The Hill: "McCaskill still working toward goal of reading the healthcare bill." Wonder if we'll see a headline soon in the NY Times, WaPo or USA Today that reads as follows: "Americans still working toward goal of arriving...'" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  by Hube

• "Strange" news?

  CBS.com features a rather ... questionable bit of "strange" news (screen cap at left since "strange" news is updated quite often) at its site today. I mean, why is it "strange" that a Rhode Island bishop had asked Patrick Kennedy... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  by Hube

• Wouldn't this make Al Gore complicit, then?

  The latest "wisdom" from the MSM on the Nidal Hasan shootings: The Internet is partly to blame. From what is publicly known about Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused killer of 13 in a rampage at Fort Hood, he had no accomplice... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:30pm EST
  by Hube

• Global warming alarmists' hacked e-mails reveal "pressure from climate skeptics"

  That's according to The Guardian (via The Corner). The key (laughable) paragraph: The alleged emails illustrate the persistent pressure some climatologists have been under from sceptics in recent years. There have been repeated calls, including Freedom of Information requests, for... [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:12pm EST
  by Hube

• An extremely dumb idea courtesy of Gov. Markell

  The ever-on-top-of-First State-education-happenings Kilroy gets some scoop on some disturbing news: Governor Markell plans on removing SROs -- School Resource Officers, aka police officers -- from various schools: Letters from DOE per the request of Governor Jack Markell were sent... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:38am EST
  by Hube

• Hube's Spanish Language Video of the Week

  Who else but Los Amigos Invisibles -- recent winners of the Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Album -- here live a few years back with their 1999 hit "Ultrafunk":... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:57am EST
  by Hube

• The most strained reasoning why Nidal Hasan's actions weren't "terrorism"

  ... comes from the New York Times: While there are important differences between the soldiers killed at Fort Hood and the examples Mr. Walzer cited — they were filling out forms at a readiness center in Texas before deploying to... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:22am EST
  by Hube

• MSM priorities

  The Associated Press coverage of the health care bills vs. Sarah Palin's new book: Number of AP reporters assigned to story: • ObamaCare bills: 2 • Palin book: 11 Number of pages in document being covered: • ObamaCare bills: 4,064... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:02am EST
  by Hube

• Hard to argue? Not really

  Michael Lind in Salon (h/t to Joanne Jacobs), despite some ridiculous bloviating against conservatives and the GOP, makes a pretty persuasive case that the Pledge of Allegiance is "un-American": Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the...' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:01pm EST
  by Hube

• Breaking and continuing: Evidence that global warming alarmists have been faking it?

  In a word, "wow."... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:49pm EST
  by Hube

• Dopey Philly Inquirer Letter of the Week

  Peter A. Friedrichs, like one of the LGOMB (pandora), doesn't understand what profiling is: Racial and ethnic profiling is morally reprehensible because it seeks to label people based solely on their race or nationality ("Fear of offending is a threat...'" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:03pm EST
  by Hube

• Watcher's Council results

  First place in the Council category was Bookworm Room with The Perils Of An Affirmative Action President. First place in the non-Council category was The Rosistance with The lawyer in the White House and the spy in federal prison giving... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  by Hube

• More evidence the Left doesn't believe in free speech

  Remember -- it's only "dangerous speech" when the Right does it. Here's Arianna "I'm Only Somebody Because I Married Rich" Huffington on why Glenn Beck doesn't deserve First Amendment rights: "It is frightening," Huffington replied. "Well, I would say the..." [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:53pm EST
  by Hube

• Yep, I'm sure it's just a coincidence

  ... that just happens to neatly coincide with the nigh-near passage of some sort of Obamacare: Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:42pm EST
  by Hube

• Ever wonder why the U.S. lags [so far] behind others in math?

  This might be an answer.... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:22pm EST
  by Hube

• Obama: "We've restored America's standing"

  Via CNN: A little more than a year after his election, President Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters. "I think that we've restored America's standing in the world, and that's confirmed...'" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  by Hube

• Jesse Jackson: Un-American

  Yep, that's right. Isn't it "un-American" to say that someone is not "really (insert race/ethnicity)" merely because they disagree with you? Isn't that like saying that someone is "un-American" because they disagree with the Iraq War? Or someone is "un-American"... [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:42pm EST
  by Hube

• Why they're called the L.G.O.M.B.

  UPDATE: Steve Newton beat me to the punch, and as usual, does it so much better. That's the Local Gaggle of Moonbat Bloggers. Case in point (this time): Delaware Dunce, the same "guy" who once desired that all Republicans "be..." [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:19pm EST
  by Hube

• Delaware has its own phantom congressional districts!

  Imagine if there was a Republican in the White House ... and that administration was putting forth claims of "created" or "saved" jobs ... in congressional districts that don't even exist! And Delaware was included! Here's a stimulus success story:...' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  by Hube

• "Unfit?"

  One of the more rational (usually) folks over our LGOMB, pandora, writes that Sarah Palin is "unfit to be president" because she apparently said she'd favor profiling Muslims to save American lives. "I’m really sick of this sort of talk,"...' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:08pm EST
  by Hube

• Negative Palin book review by WaPo ...

  ... even though reviewer admits to not reading the entire book! Then again, Palin is Republican, and the WaPo is MSM. No surprise here!... [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:46pm EST
  by Hube

• And this idiot got a Nobel too

  The Inventor of the Internet, Al Gore, proves (again) why we should really just guffaw hysterically at him: CONAN O'BRIEN, HOST: Now, what about ... you talk in the book about geothermal energy... AL GORE, NOBEL LAUREATE: Yeah, yeah. O'BRIEN:... [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  by Hube

• The Messiah vs. other foreign leaders ...

  ... on greeting other foreign leaders. Meanwhile, the AP makes use of White House talking points. What a surprise.... [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  by Hube

• Bush/Cheney still to blame for Hasan killings

  That is, according to "progressive" punditry. First we saw Stephanie Miller; now, MSNBC dunderhead Ed Schultz actually did the unthinkable for a lib -- called Hasan a "terrorist" -- but then proceeded to, yep, blame George W. Bush and Dick... [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  by Hube

• A little secret

  How pumpkin pie is really made: (h/t to cardinals fan!)... [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:47am EST
  by Hube

• Obama: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will get a "full military trial"

  Check out the video here. So, what happened? What changed? Is it "Eric Holder is acting alone" or some other such nonsense again? Keep in mind that ... the current special military tribunals were created by the 2006 Military Commissions... [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:39am EST
  by Hube

• So much for those "courageous conversations," eh?

  Black [male] Columbia professor slugs white [woman] colleague in the face during an argument about race.... [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:15am EST
  by Hube

• Watcher's Council winners

  First place in the Council category was Joshuapundit with Death By A Thousand Cuts. First place in the non-Council category was Selwyn Duke /American Thinker with Jihad and America, the land that cried sheep. Full results are here.... [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:22am EST
  by Hube