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Rush Limbaugh Reacts to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win

From an email to Newsweek: “The Nobel gang just suicide bombed themselves. Gore, Carter, Obama, soon Bill Clinton. See a pattern here? They are all leftist sell-outs. George Bush liberates 50 million Muslims in Iraq, Reagan liberates hundreds of millions

AP: President Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Open thread here. From the AP: OSLO (AP) – President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and

Nobel Peace Prize? Whiskey, Tango…

Sorry to interrupt the previous open thread, but, are you kidding me? We await word from the Baseball, Basketball and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. Have at it…and, really, really tip your waitress now.

Free-For-All Friday

We thought politicians had retired this pose: Open thread. Play nice. Tip your waitress…

Is Baucus Strong-Arming Humana? FOIA Requests on the Way

The good folks at Let Freedom Ring pass on this news: Let Freedom Ring today submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding answers after The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a massive investigation into Humana’s role

House Ethics Panel Expands Rangel Probe

Politico has the latest on the gathering clouds surrounding Ways and Means Committee Chair, Rep. Charlie Rangel: Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.) is headed for more trouble as the House ethics committee announced Thursday it has expanded its investigation to

WorldNetDaily: Cambridge Cancels Michael Savage Debate

WorldNetDaily reports: Just one week before Michael Savage was scheduled to debate via video link at the Cambridge Union in England, the co-presidents of the two-century-old society informed the top-rated radio host they have canceled the event. As WND reported,

Financial Times: Breitbart Shapes Conservative Agenda

From today’s Financial Times: When Andrew Breitbart first saw video footage of workers from Acorn, a community activist group, telling two undercover reporters how to set up a brothel and avoid paying taxes he knew he had a big scoop

Milbank: The Forest, the Trees and ACORN

The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank weighs in on Bertha Lewis’ theatrical show at the National Press Club: Bertha Lewis, the head of ACORN, is one tough nut. She came to the National Press Club on Tuesday, ostensibly to report on

Coburn: Senate Votes to Prioritize Pork Over National Defense

October 6, 2009 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today released the following statement after the Senate rejected Coburn amendments that would have forced Congress to shift earmark funds back toward vital operations and maintenance. By a

Rep. Issa Responds to ACORN's Bertha Lewis

Issa Responds to Bertha Lewis Charge that ACORN the Victim of Republican McCarthyism WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement today in response to comments made by ACORN

CBS: Bertha Lewis Rails Against 'Modern-day ACORN McCarthyism'

From CBS News: Bertha Lewis, the chief executive of embattled community group ACORN, told reporters at the National Press Club today that her critics are engaged in “modern-day ACORN McCarthyism” born in part from the group’s history of “going after

The Orchid Police: Criminalizing Everything, Everyone

Brian Walsh with the Heritage Foundation has this hilarious, ridiculous, depressing story at the Washington Times: “You don’t need to know. You can’t know.” That’s what Kathy Norris, a 60-year-old grandmother of eight, was told when she tried to ask

Lawmaker Sends Letter to Obama: Fire Jennings Now

Byron York has a story at the Examiner on the first lawmaker to call for the scalp of Kevin Jennings, “Safe School” Czar (no we can’t believe we just typed that title, either). Republican Rep. Steve King is sending a

Sen. Durbin 'Blacklists' Home-State Radio Station

Arrogance, thy name is Sen. Dick Durbin. Big Government contributor Bob Gough has a breaking story at his news site, Quincy News.org. It seems Sen. Durbin is upset that a local media outlet informed the public that their Senator was

Big Mayor: Bloomberg War on Indian Tribes For Taxes

No fight, nor sovereign nation, is too small to find tax revenue: On August 25 of this year, a federal-court judge in Brooklyn handed down a verdict addressing the Unkechaug’s motion to dismiss. Federal Judge Carol Amon denied the motion

Breaking: Bi-Partisan Senate Bill to Defund ACORN

From the office of U.S. Senator Mike Johanns: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ann Marie Hauser (202) 224-4796 October 5, 2009 Chris Hunt (402) 476-1400 Jake Thompson (202) 224-8795 JOHANNS, NELSON INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN FRAUDULENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM RECEIVING FEDERAL MONEY

NYC Government Crack Down on Bake Sales

Unfortunately, items like this don’t really surprise us anymore: There shall be no cupcakes. No chocolate cake and no carrot cake. According to New York City’s latest regulations, not even zucchini bread makes the cut. In an effort to limit

ACORN: Campaign Issue?

This political ad first came out a couple weeks ago, when James and Hannah’s video sting first broke, but is still worth noting. If Ken Cuccinelli, running for Attorney General in Virginia this year, gets traction with this ad, look

Wash Post: Big Foundations Defunding ACORN

We’ve always given at least bit of credence to the theory that the most interesting stories in the Washington Post and New York Times run on Saturday, when editors try to dump any real reporting that happens to slip through