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LIVE AT FIVE – 07.13.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS President To Host Debt Talks This Afternoon After Threatening Retirees, Poor; Republicans Repeat Refusal To Raise Taxes McConnell proposes increase in debt limit if President makes cuts; TEA Party faction unenthusiastic GOP says debt “crisis” is Obama’s problem (Video) Senator Rockefeller Goes Fishing Calls for investigation into whether News […]

CA-36: Special Election Night HQ; UPDATE: Democrat Hahn Wins

UPDATE 11:40 p.m. Pacific (2:40 a.m. Eastern): Democrat Janice Hahn won Tuesday’s special election in California’s 36th Congressional District, defeating Republican businessman Craig Huey. With 100% of precincts reporting, Hahn had 41,585 votes (54.6%) to Huey’s 34,636 (45.4%). After a long delay in the ballot count — frankly, I nodded off — the results went […]

Carly Fiorina Will Help John Cornyn Guarantee Republican Defeat in 2012

Democrats must be high-fiving each other over this news: National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that businesswoman and civic leader Carly Fiorina will join the organization as a Vice Chair for the 2012 election cycle. Serving alongside Cornyn and NRSC Vice Chairman U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Fiorina […]

A Fresh Hot Cup of Poverty!

Forget all those scientific studies about the health effects of coffee. What about the economic impact? As a registered investment advisor, Steve Orr is used to juggling millions, but he knows those millions started out as pennies. “It’s the little things,” said Orr, president and owner of the Orr Financial Group. “It’s the dollar here, […]

Obama Declares Moral Bankruptcy: ‘No Social Security Checks Next Month!’

A political limbo dance: How low can he go? President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks. (Via Memeorandum.) Doug Powers: “Hopefully Social Security recipients are […]

Internet Threatened By Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children And Rule 5, But Mostly USMC

by Smitty Once upon a time, Mila Kunis was on the beach. And she got a bit of sand on her foot. A lonely Marine with an eagle eye, in a place of much sand on the other side of the world, seeing this, decided to, as Marines will, take the beach. Also, the lady. […]

How Can Any Conservative Support Caylee’s Law?

by Smitty Newton’s Fourth Law: For every tragic action, there is a correspondingly idiotic, bureaucratic jerk of the knee, whose only real effects are to throw liberty further off balance, and make it a still easier prey for lawyers. From Volokh: The recent controversial acquittal of Casey Anthony has stimulated efforts in many states to […]

‘An Emerging Awareness’

The New York Times on the slippery-slope beat: Kody Brown is a proud polygamist, and a relatively famous one. Now Mr. Brown, his four wives and 16 children and stepchildren are going to court to keep from being punished for it. . . . On Wednesday, the Browns are expected to file a lawsuit to […]

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