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Super Bowl Ad Targets Wrong Audience

While many Americans will park in front of their televisions to watch football on Super Bowl Sunday, others will tune in just to see the commercials. Unknown to most Americans, one commercial will be seen only by members of the

Top 25 Left-Wing Films: #9 – 'Silkwood' (1983)

You think I contaminated myself, you think I did that? Why it’s a left-wing film For my money, nothing exposes the left for the anti-capitalist, anti-progress socialists they really are more than their opposition to nuclear power. Here’s an energy

What If the FCC Had Always Regulated the Internet?

Over at Slate, the always interesting Jack Schafer imagines a world where government always regulated the Internet: In January 1993, idle regulators at the FCC belatedly discover the burgeoning world of online services. Led by CompuServe, MCI Mail, AOL, GEnie,

Lefty Millionaires: 'Tax Us More'

From AFP: With the US Congress hurtling toward a deadline on expiring tax cuts, a growing number of wealthy people are calling for higher taxes on the rich to help restore America’s fiscal health. One effort gathered over 45 millionaires

Gates: Rent-a-Cop at the Ready

From the AP: The United States is open to the idea of keeping troops in Iraq past a deadline to leave next year if Iraq asks for it, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. Hey, why not forever? “We’ll

AP: Write-ins Flood Alaska Senate Race List

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The number of write-in candidates for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat has swelled to about 150 amid an effort by conservatives to target the write-in candidacy of GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The number by Thursday’s write-in deadline

AZ Group Accused of Massive Voter Fraud Is Offshoot of SEIU

Yesterday, the Yuma Sun reported that two organizations Mi Familia Vota and One Vote Arizona submitted more than 3,000 voter registrations in Yuma County right before the deadline for registering voters. The groups submitted over 20,000 registrations statewide. Here’s one

Peter Jackson vs. The Unions

So my good friends, the labor unions, have decided to pick a fight with Peter Jackson and his upcoming production of “The Hobbit.” Of course, they are not my good friends, I say that sarcastically. Unions in general are bad

Big Rundown: Today's Top Hollywood Headlines

1. Four time Oscar-nominee and WWII veteran (The Mighty) Mickey Rooney celebrates his 90th birthday today. —– 2. Lame Celebrity Tweet of the Day: Seth MacFarlane: I wonder if anyone called him “Andrew Breitfart” in high school. MacFarlane, radio host

Mideast Peace Talks Begin in Washington Amid Deep Skepticism

It’s about Mideast peace and a Palestinian state, but this summit is President Obama’s show. The President greeted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on Wednesday, in preparation for peace talks that began