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Gathering Storm: Time for Dems to Hit Panic Button

A massive and historic storm is barreling towards the beltway this weekend. The entire DC-NYC axis, headquarters of the left media complex, will suffer the effects of three storm-fronts, converging at the same time. Evacuations may be ordered, but it

Gathering Storm: Time for Dems to Hit Panic Button

Funny or Die Targets Women for Romney

I stumbled upon a video titled “The Woman For Mitt Romney with Selma Blair” over at Funny or Die, Will Ferrell’s online home for humor. The premise? There is only one woman in America dumb enough to vote for the

Funny or Die Targets Women for Romney

Flashback: Obama Loved Private Equity

So much for Barack Obama’s nastiness about Mitt Romney’s career in developing private equity. It turns out in his ascent to power Obama was not shy about extolling the virtues of private equity if it served his purpose. When he

Flashback: Obama Loved Private Equity

High Court Puts Affirmative Action under the Microscope

Liberals would have you believe that so-called affirmative action in higher education was settled back in 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-based admissions policies at the University of Michigan School of Law were, more or less, constitutional.

High Court Puts Affirmative Action under the Microscope

Can 'Cloud Atlas' Survive Hollywood Reincarnation?

(AP) Can ‘Cloud Atlas’ survive Hollywood reincarnation?By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESSusan Sarandon reported for work on “Cloud Atlas” midway through the shoot, in time to see a collection of far-flung film scenes that the cast and crew were viewing.

Can 'Cloud Atlas' Survive Hollywood Reincarnation?

Poll: Romney Leads by 22 in Rural Swing Counties

Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama in rural swing counties by 22 points, 59%-37%, according to a new bipartisan survey that questioned 600 likely voters in rural counties in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and

Poll: Romney Leads by 22 in Rural Swing Counties

Nikki Finke Takes Over 'Variety'

Digital media is slowly but surely replacing the print media as the driving force in obtaining news. Nikki Finke, who ran the Deadline website that covered entertainment news and consistently got scoops ahead of print media, is taking control of

Nikki Finke Takes Over 'Variety'

2 US Scientists Win Nobel Chemistry Prize

(AP) 2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prizeBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMTwo American researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger

2 US Scientists Win Nobel Chemistry Prize

Romney's Message for Ohio: Stop Obama

The Romney campaign is taking a simple message on the road to Ohio this week: “Stop Obama.” That’s the catch-all for a variety of economic policies–on energy, trade, and taxes–that Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan will be highlighting

Romney's Message for Ohio: Stop Obama

'Homeland' and 'Modern Family' Big Emmy Winners

(AP) ‘Homeland’ and ‘Modern Family’ win big at EmmysBy DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterThe post-Emmy champagne surely tasted sweet for the people at “Modern Family” and “Homeland,” but they needed only to look around the Nokia Theatre to see how quickly

'Homeland' and 'Modern Family' Big Emmy Winners

Second 'Occupy' Wave Could Be More Destructive

When the “Occupy” movement began a year ago, many initially dismissed it as a gathering of harmless college students. But the late Andrew Breitbart saw in the movement professional left-wing anarchists and radicals who sought to use the “Occupy” protests

Second 'Occupy' Wave Could Be More Destructive

It's the Spending, 'Stupid'–Not Just the Economy

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has made the economy the center of his campaign, hoping for a repeat of the election of 1980, where Ronald Reagan unseated Jimmy Carter in a weak economy, or 1992, where Bill Clinton did the

It's the Spending, 'Stupid'–Not Just the Economy

Barkin, Jackson Epitomize Liberalism's Nastier Impulses

In the overall scheme of things, who really cares what washed-up singers and race-card playing movie stars think about anything? Generally, they’re not particularly insightful; they’re fairly shallow and hopelessly, cluelessly liberal. However, Hollywood blabbermouths provide a perfect micro composite

Barkin, Jackson Epitomize Liberalism's Nastier Impulses

McDonald's Fires Back on Food Police First Lady

Note to Michelle: don’t mess with the Golden Arches. Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week, where she told Leno that after winning her medal, she “splurged on an Egg McMuffin

McDonald's Fires Back on Food Police First Lady

Let's Talk About Who Wants To Control Women

Democrats are desperate to change the subject from their losing battle on Medicare to government control of health. GOP Senate Candidate Todd Akin made a ridiculous comment regarding his opinion on rape and abortion after which Democrat incumbent Claire McCaskill

Let's Talk About Who Wants To Control Women

Editors at UGA Student Newspaper Resign

The entire student staff of the University of Georgia “independent student newspaper,” The Red and Black, resigned en mass yesterday after returning to campus for the fall semester and discovering “that [in less than a month, The Red & Black

Editors at UGA Student Newspaper Resign

Zach Galifianakis: Tea Party 'Racially Motivated'

The new Will Ferrell-Zach Galifianakis comedy “The Campaign” isn’t out to smite the Right or the Left. It has bigger targets in mind – the Citizens United case in general and the Koch brothers in particular. The film’s attack on

Zach Galifianakis: Tea Party 'Racially Motivated'

Radical Obama Regulatory Chief Cass Sunstein Resigns

Cass Sunstein administered the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Referred to as OIRA (Oh-eye-rah) in wonky academic circles, it is one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes jobs a person can have because it reviews nearly every regulation for

Radical Obama Regulatory Chief Cass Sunstein Resigns

Pop Music Is All The Same

You can stop rolling over, Beethoven; science has confirmed what you would have guessed: all modern pop music sounds the same. Researchers in Spain discovered that the fundamental building blocks of music – melodies, chords, and sound types – are all becoming

Pop Music Is All The Same

Stars from Hanks to Seinfeld Enter Digital Fray

By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKAs a new wave of big names enter the growing field of Web series, leave it to Larry David to keep enthusiasm in check. The conceit of the show is exceptionally simple: Seinfeld picks up

Syria Says Will Use Chemical Weapons If Attacked

(AP) Syria says will use chemical weapons if attackedBy PAUL SCHEMM and BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUT, LebanonThe Syrian regime threatened Monday to use its chemical and biological weapons in case of a foreign attack, in its first ever acknowledgement that it

Syria Says Will Use Chemical Weapons If Attacked

'Mad Men,' 'American Horror Story' Lead Emmy Nods

By LYNN ELBERAP Television WriterLOS ANGELES AMC’s “Mad Men,” which has won four best drama series trophies and is tied with “Hill Street Blues,” `’L.A. Law” and “The West Wing,” received a fifth bid in the category. The miniseries “American

Consumer Bureau to Police Credit Reporting Bureaus

(AP) Consumer bureau to police credit reporting bureausBy The Associated PressNEW YORKThe companies that determine Americans’ credit scores are about to come under scrutiny by the country’s new consumer watchdog. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that it will

Consumer Bureau to Police Credit Reporting Bureaus