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Republicans´ Ace in the
Hole: Simpson-Bowles?
Townhall, by Guy Benson
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 12/1/2012 5:25:30 AM
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| Democrats appear to have the upper hand on the politics of the fiscal cliff, which might explain their brash pronouncements and mind-blowing conceptualization of "compromise." This morning I outlined three possible contingencies for Republicans, none of which is especially attractive. But is there a fourth way? The GOP´s dilemma is a doozy. Their opponents, emboldened by the election, are pushing for counter-productive tax hikes on "the rich" -- a politically popular proposition at the moment -- while offering almost nothing meaningful in return. Meanwhile, Democrats´ allies in the media have been crafting
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Kansas Conservative, 12/1/2012 8:10:32 AM (No. 9042603)
The GOP does not need to do anything. Let the fiscal cliff occur. Do not vote for any increase in the debt ceiling. Cut off the Democrat freebies by not agreeing to any budget. Let the country go into recession. Let the Obama voters suffer the most. I am not in a charitable mood on this point. The Obama voters voted for more freebies. It is time that we say no - we are no longer going to participate in that locust destruction.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
heartlandconservative, 12/1/2012 8:30:15 AM (No. 9042635)
Willful ignorance has almost destroyed our beloved country. It is ignorance and ignorance alone that allows DC to continue its path. NCCS.net has dvds that will take you step by step to show the cure. Hillsdale College has online Constitution and History classes.
Knowledge is not power, the application of knowledge is power.
We are gonna win, it won´t be fun nor pretty, but we will win.
Time to quit making excuses, time to lead follow or get the hell out of the way.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TheMom, 12/1/2012 9:31:41 AM (No. 9042757)
Hmm... ´almost nothing meaningful´ = nothing. Let´s just call it what it is.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 12/1/2012 11:08:44 AM (No. 9042985)
Have to agree with #1. Something about this current situation puts me in mind of that horrible scene near the end of ´Old Yeller´.
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Time-lapse footage: Constructing
the George W. Bush presidential library
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Hot Air, by Guy Benson
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 5:01:52 PM
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The visual history of a two-and-a-half year project in less than two minutes, via the Dallas Morning News:(Snip for video)The formal dedication is slated for Thursday, with all five living US presidents in attendance. When Bush shakes Obama’s hand at the ceremony, our 43rd and 44th presidents will share something in common: A job approval rating of 47 percent. While we’re on the subject of President Bush, be sure to read Ron Fournier’s stirring tribute to Bush’s abiding decency in National Journal. A taste: White House press secretary Ari Fleischer
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Why the FBI Didn’t Make Much of
Russia’s Request to Probe Boston Bomber
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Daily Beast, by Eli Lake
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 4:57:03 PM
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On the surface, it looks like another failure to connect the dots. Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, warned the FBI in 2011 about a young Chechen named Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who they believed had become radicalized and was prepared to join an underground organization in Russia. The FBI interviewed the man, searched its databases and found nothing, and closed the case the same year. Two years later, Tamerlan and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, bombed the Boston Marathon. Already two members of Congress have asked the Obama administration for answers about the FBI’s empty investigation. On Saturday, Rep. Michael McCaul (R–Texas),
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Bush is back
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Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 4:50:50 PM
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It took less than 4 1/2 years of the Obama presidency for President George W. Bush to mount his comeback. While doing absolutely nothing on his own behalf (he’s been the most silent ex-president in my lifetime), his approval is up to 47 percent according to The Post/ABC poll. That’s up 14 points from his final poll in office. For comparison’s sake President Obama’s RCP average is a tad over 49 percent. Why the shift? Aside from the “memories fade” point, many of his supposed failures are mild compared to the current president (e.g. spending, debt). Unlike Obama’s tenure,
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Carjacker: ´Did you hear about the
Boston explosions? I did that´
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Cambridge Chronicle [Somerville, MA], by Erin Baldassori
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 11:45:57 AM
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Cambridge — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looked calmly on as the first bomb exploded on Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon April 15. Days later, a suspected carjacker boasted about the bombings, according to new details from a criminal complaint issued Monday, April 22. (Snip)Seven hours later, police responded to a report of an armed carjacking in Cambridge. According to the complaint, the victim was sitting in his car when he heard a tapping on the passenger-side window. The man rolled down his window, and the man reached in, opened the door, and got inside. The man reportedly told the victim,
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The Age of Hope and Shame
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Commentary Magazine, by Abe Greenwald
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 5:55:54 AM
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What’s the difference between righteous and self-righteous? Last Wednesday, President Obama stood alongside victims of gun violence and spoke about the defeat of the Manchin-Toomey bill, which would have expanded background checks for gun buyers. Obama’s insistence that America has seen “too many tragedies” of late is righteous (“characterized by uprightness or morality,” according to dictionary.com). But he went on to describe a moral split that posited on his side “those who care deeply about preventing more and more gun violence” and on the other, “those who blocked these common-sense steps to help keep our kids safe.”
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The He Said, She Said of
Gun Control: Get Over It
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Roll Call, by Stuart Rothenberg
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 5:10:07 AM
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The deep disappointment coming from the White House, gun control advocates and the parents of Newtown, Conn., at the demise of the Manchin-Toomey Senate compromise gun bill is understandable. But some of the rhetoric following the amendment’s defeat has been over the top. Supporters of stricter gun control have called those who voted against the measure “cowards,” a strange label for senators who voted contrary to what 85 percent of the country, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and virtually all in the media wanted. Is it courageous to follow national public opinion
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Feds Look Into Accused
Bomber´s Dark Side
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ABC News, by Brian Ross*
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 4:42:44 AM
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In the widening federal probe into the Boston Marathon bombing, authorities are uncovering growing evidence of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev´s violent dark side and increasing disaffection and disgust with things Christian and American. Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers accused of detonating explosives near the marathon finish line, died during a firefight with police early Friday morning. Authorities are working to uncover the details of Tsarnaev´s life in the hope their search will help provide a motive for the deadly bombing.
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US hospitals send hundreds
of immigrants back home
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Associated Press, by David Pitt
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/23/2013 4:35:12 AM
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. The men had health insurance from jobs at one of the nation´s largest pork producers. But neither had legal permission to live in the U.S., nor was it clear whether their insurance would pay for the long-term rehabilitation they needed.
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Chuck Schumer triumphs on
politics of immigration reform
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King Features Syndicate, by Rich Lowry
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/21/2013 5:52:05 AM
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Everyone presumes that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the media-hungry Democrat from New York, wants to be the next Senate majority leader. His performance in the negotiations over the Gang of Eight immigration plan should bolster his case for an eventual promotion. Schumer has been at the center of crafting a bill for a mass amnesty of undocumented immigrants that has high-profile, bipartisan support and a chance of becoming law. He had the shrewdness to realize what he needed to do to make the bill viable. If you are going to have any hope of passing a sweeping amnesty bill
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Boston and Immigration
Reform: Yes, It´s Relevant
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National Review Online, by Stanley Kurtz
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/21/2013 5:27:47 AM
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The mainstream press is filled with stories and opinion pieces about the connection between the Boston bombings and the immigration reform bill. The point in common is a near-total failure to grapple with the weightiest Boston-related argument critics of the bill have offered–that the terror attack is an extreme symptom of a far broader problem, the breakdown of our system of patriotic assimilation. While story after story recounts Ann Coulter’s sarcastic tweet (“It’s too bad Suspect #1 won’t be able to be legalized by Marco Rubio, now.”), not a single story sees fit to discuss
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The Mystery Of Tamerlan
Tsarnaev´s Trip To Dagestan
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Business Insider, by Adam Taylor
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/21/2013 5:17:27 AM
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One strange aspect of the older Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev´s back story is a trip he made to his homeland — Russia, specifically Dagestan and Chechnya — last year. Sources have told The New York Times that the trip will be examined thoroughly by federal investigators. So what do we know about the trip so far? Tamerlan went to Russia early last year and returned around six months later on July 27. According to one interview with his father, he went to renew his passport.
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Why the FBI, White House Will
Face Hard Questions About Their
Boston Bombing Interviews
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Time, by Massimo Calabresi
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/21/2013 4:49:04 AM
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The FBI and the Obama Administration will face hard questions in coming days over interviews with the alleged perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings, one with the surviving suspect now in custody, and another with his now deceased older brother that took place two years ago. After a four day manhunt that ended with the death overnight Thursday of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the capture Friday night of his younger brother, Dzhokhar , Boston’s relief had not even dissipated before Washington’s debates kicked in. “We remain under threat from radical Islam and we hope the Obama Administration
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Can a President Who
Has Promised to
´Stand with the Muslims´
Protect Americans?
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American Thinker, by Lauri B. Regan
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Posted By: DW626- 4/23/2013 3:11:30 AM
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In Obama´s Audacity of Hope, he stated, "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in any ugly direction." He also asserted in Bob Woodward´s Obama´s Wars, "We can absorb [another] terrorist attack." These are two straightforward statements that raise the question of whether a man who has been seemingly obsessed with reaching out to "the Muslim world" since taking office is capable of fulfilling his duty as commander-in-chief to keep America safe and secure.
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As Bush library opening puts
his presidency back in the
spotlight, his approval rating is up
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Washington Post, by Dan Balz
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/23/2013 12:29:52 AM
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George W. Bush will return to the spotlight this week for the dedication of his presidential library, an event likely to trigger fresh public debate about his eight fateful years in office. But he reemerges with a better public image than when he left Washington more than four years ago. Since then, Bush has absented himself from both policy disputes and political battles. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll suggests that the passage of time and Bush’s relative invisibility have been beneficial to a chief executive who left office surrounded by controversy.
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Marco Rubio’s New Tactic: Imply
Immigration Bill’s Opponents Want To
‘Round Up’ And Deport All Illegals
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Mediaite, by AJ Delgado
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/22/2013 10:09:00 AM
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In debate classes or law school, it is often referred to as the ‘arguing against the non-existing opponent’ tactic. The way it works is you imply your opponent is making an outlandish, unsavory claim (though he isn’t), hoping others will run with it or, at worst, that your opponent won’t sufficiently correct it and the claim sticks. To illustrate, imagine Sally is arguing in favor of marijuana’s legalization against Tom. In the middle of the debate, Tom suddenly shrieks: “Well, Sally, you can talk about legalizing marijuana all you want but I just don’t believe
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No Bully in the Pulpit
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New York Times, by Maureen Dowd
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Posted By: toledo- 4/22/2013 6:58:12 AM
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THE graying man flashing fury in the Rose Garden on behalf of the Newtown families, the grieving man wiping away tears after speaking at the Boston memorial service, is not the same man who glided into office four years ago. President Obama has watched the blood-dimmed tide drowning the ceremony of innocence, as Yeats wrote, and he has learned how to emotionally connect with Americans in searing moments, as he did from the White House late Friday night after the second bombing suspect was apprehended in Boston.
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Flight Delays as Political Strategy
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Wall Street Journal, by Editorial
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/22/2013 7:59:14 PM
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President Obama´s sequester scare strategy has been a political flop, but his government keeps trying. The latest gambit is to force airline flight delays until enough travellers stuck on tarmacs browbeat enough Republicans to raise taxes again. This week the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began furloughing each of its air-traffic controllers for one day out of every 10 to achieve roughly $600 million in savings this fiscal year. The White House dubiously claims that the furloughs are required by the sequester spending cuts enacted in 2011.
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Report: Suspects not
licensed to own guns
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Mike Lillis
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/22/2013 9:49:28 AM
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The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were not licensed to have the firearms they used in several shootouts with police on Friday, Reuters reported Sunday night.The news that the suspects were not authorized to own firearms will likely add fuel to calls for tougher gun laws – an issue that was put on the back-burner last week after the Senate blocked the central elements of a gun-control package backed by President Obama. Because Massachusetts state law bars handgun ownership for those younger than 21, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26, was the only brother who could have
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Kerry on Global Warming:
´The Science Is Screaming at
All of Us and Demands Action´
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/23/2013 5:30:15 AM
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In a statement marking Earth Day, Secretary of State John Kerry pledges to deal "responsibly with the clear and present danger of climate change." The former presidential candidate also notes the "fragile planet we share with the rest of humanity and which we must protect for future generations.""The United States joins countries around the world today in commemorating Earth Day. Ever since I was involved in the first Earth Day in Massachusetts, way back in 1970, this has always been a day to reflect on our environmental challenges and our responsibility to safeguard our God-given natural resources
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Muslim Congressman On Boston:
"Let´s Not Cast A Wide Net
And Just Go After A Whole
Religious Group"
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Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/22/2013 6:08:53 PM
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REP. KEITH ELLISON (D-MINN.): Well, you know, it is too early for me to second-guess the FBI. I think we need to know more about what they knew. The fact of the matter is that it is good that they contacted him. That wasn´t enough to deter him, obviously. But the fact is that before I’m going to say the FBI should have done something different, what I, I’m not prepared to say that yet. There is just not enough information. What I will say is this: We don´t know what their motivation was yet.
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Franken: The Senate needs to
talk more about climate change
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The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ramsey Cox
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/23/2013 10:26:58 AM
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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) suggested on Earth Day that the Senate should spend more time talking about climate change issues. “I’m here to suggest we talk more about climate change so that we can agree on taking action to address it,” Franken said Monday. “The Senate cannot afford to ignore climate change, we need to talk about it.” Franken pointed out that 98 out of 100 scientist say climate change is real and needs to be dealt with. He said people outside Washington, D.C., understand this. “Many of my other colleagues I suspect don’t talk about
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The Pressure to Be the TV News
Leader Tarnishes a Big Brand
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New York Times, by David Carr
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Posted By: earlybird- 4/22/2013 11:19:02 AM
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Like a lot of Americans, when I woke up on Friday morning and found out there was a manhunt in the Boston area for the remaining suspect in Monday’s bombing at the marathon, I turned on CNN. It’s a common impulse, although less common than it used to be. The news audience has been chopped up into ideological camps, and CNN’s middle way has been clobbered in the ratings. The legacy networks’ news divisions can still flex powerful muscles on big stories, and Twitter and other real-time social media sites (Snip) But the biggest damage to CNN has been self-inflicted
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I´ll Say
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National Review Online The Corner, by Jonah Goldberg
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/23/2013 6:55:51 AM
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Apparently the latest craze in NYC is to let your babies’ freak flags fly by letting them go commando: When Jada Shapiro decided to raise her daughter from birth without diapers, for the most part, not everyone was amused. Ms. Shapiro scattered little bowls around the house to catch her daughter’s offerings, and her sister insisted that she use a big, dark marker to mark the bowls so that they could never find their way back to the kitchen. But “elimination communication,” as the diaper-free method of child-rearing is called,
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John McCain Blasts GOP Senators
Citing Bombing To Delay Immigration
Reform: ‘That’s Ludicrous’
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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/22/2013 12:18:28 PM
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Following the attack in Boston, some politicians, including Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dan Coats (R-IN), advised slowing down immigration reform legislation in order to allow further debate and not make rushed decisions based on emotions. In an interview with Bloomberg’s Trish Regan, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) criticized his colleagues, deeming the argument “ludicrous.” Grassley’s remarks on Friday immediately caught attention when he said, “Given the events of this week, it’s important for us to understand the gaps and loopholes in our immigration system.” “How can individuals evade authorities and plan such attacks on our soil?” he asked.
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