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A must read piece by Peter Wallison in today’s Wall Street Journal: It’s hard to imagine a worse piece of financial regulatory legislation than the bill Barney Frank and the administration put before the House Financial Services Committee last month.

Today, in 1903, the Bolshevik party was born, splintering from the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.

A letter from California Attorney General Jerry Brown has surfaced that deals a tremendous blow to sham internal investigations everywhere. Brown, also a California gubernatorial candidate, has requested the Alameda County district attorney look into secret tapings his office conducted

Today, in 1914, the Federal Reserve officially opened for business. What a weird, strange trip it’s been…

From the National Union of Healthcare Workers: Today’s Wall Street Journal and Fresno Bee report that SEIU engaged in illegal threats, ballot-tampering, and other serious violations of election rules during a June union election for 10,000 homecare providers in Fresno,

From the Washington Post: A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama’s proposed overhaul of the nation’s health-care system — would sharply reduce benefits for

From the Associated Press: The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient’s condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year. Excerpts of a

Today, in 1777, the Continental Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation, creating the first framework for our new nation. In 1864, Sherman began his “March to the Sea,” effectively ending the Civil War. In 1942, U.S. Forces won a decisive

There isn’t anything dramatic like SEIU thugs beating up people in the video below. What’s dramatic is what isn’t there–like the famous dogs who didn’t bark in the Sherlock Holmes story. Health Care for America Now (HCAN), the principal organization

Today, in 2001, troops of the Northern Alliance took control of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. The future for Afghanistan may not be as bright as it was today, eight years ago.

A provision within Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health care measure passed by the House the other week rehashes a months-old intramural battle between powerful Democrats over how biologic drugs will face competition from generic drug manufacturers. While the House bill provides

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

From Politico: A non-profit organization filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday morning, seeking to overturn a law stopping the flow of federal funds to ACORN. The suit, filed in federal court in New York, claims that bills passed

Today, in 1998, Vice-President Al Gore signed the Kyoto Protocol (yeah, we don’t know where the constitutional authority is for that either): Especially, since, by a vote of 95-0, the Senate had already rejected the Kyoto Protocols. Still, Al Gore

From the Associated Press: Longtime CNN host Lou Dobbs shocked his viewers Wednesday by announcing that he would be leaving the network effective immediately.The daily host of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” addressed his viewers after giving the day’s headlines and told

From the Washington Times: Sen. Jim DeMint says Washington politicians are like fruit on the vine: the longer they hang around, the more rotten they get. The South Carolina Republican – hearkening back to the days of the party’s “Contract

Happy Armistice Day! Next year, it is possible no more veterans of the Great War will be alive. Take a moment and think what it takes to ‘go over the top’ at a place like the Somme.

From the Nashua Telegraph: The state of New Hampshire last week agreed to guarantee 75 percent of a $250,000 loan from an Upper Valley bank to the new owner of the Eagle Times, an unusual deal because it involves a

Today, in 1775, the United States Marine Corp was founded. Semper Fi.

Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell. The picture below isn’t from that day, but it speaks volumes about what the Wall represented. In this photo, an East German guard takes his chance to run for freedom as the

From the Daily Mail: The collapse of communism was actually a slow-burning process. Its moral and political bankruptcy became obvious decades before that glorious Berlin day in November 1989 Twenty years ago today, supporters of freedom and human rights cheered

From CBS 13 in Sacramento: A state worker is recovering after a bloody brawl at a union hall. He says members of the local SEIU 1000 beat him up and sent him to the hospital all because he wanted to

For many people, Sunday is a day of worship. Enjoy this video, which shows a particular flavor of worship. Part of us thinks this video is too delicious to be true…but we also know it is totally plausible. Enjoy, and

Just after 11pm EST, the House of Representatives passed the 2,000+ page Pelosi Health Care bill by a vote of 220-215. 39 Democrats were given the opportunity to vote no, in what will go down in history as the most

Back in 1989, the Democrat House, led by Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, passed the ‘Catastrophic Health Care Act.’ The Act promised to expand coverage and benefits, financed by a surcharge on senior’s existing Medicare benefits. Passage of the

But, we can’t say we’re surprised. Now that House leadership has committed itself to bringing the 2,000+ page bill to a vote, every tool and lever at their disposal will be used to get to 218. There is not a

Today, in 1989, East German Prime Minister, Willi Stoph and his entire 44-member Cabinet were forced to resign in response to spontaneous public protests. In just two days, the landmark symbol of the Cold War would fall. Never underestimate the

From Politico: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Senior Senate Democratic

From the House Ways and Means Republicans: Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual

The House Republican Conference released this chart: Yes, a picture is worth 1,000 words. But, let us add just a few more. Whenever you see someone from the administration claiming that the stimulus is working, remember what they said before

Nancy Pelosi is pulling out all the stops to pass her government takeover of health care tomorrow. At 2,000+ pages, the bill is the longest political suicide note in history. Let’s pray we get a recorded vote in the House

From CNSnews.com: Buried in the thousands of pages of the health care bills drafted by Democrats in the House and Senate is a provision to protect insurance companies from legal accountability for benefit decisions that cause injury or death to

Congratulations to the New York Yankees.

In this first clip, Mike Flynn and Glenn Beck connect the dots between the White House, the NEA conference calls, and the beating of tea party-goer Kenneth Gladney by SEIU thugs. [youtube 3fSqwdPCzkA nolink] ~~~ After the jump, Flynn talks

On October 22nd, the Los Angeles Times gave space on its pages to Professor Peter Drier who rose to defend ACORN. After trying to spin away ACORN’s continuing troubles with election law, Professor Drier turned to the ACORN video scandal: