Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:45:57 am
Republican strategist Ed Rollins says Sarah Palin has made a big mistake: Palin A ‘Shooting Star Crashing To Earth’? On “The Early Show Saturday Edition,” Rollins, who headed up former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s 2008 White House run, told co-anchor Erica Hill that Palin’s Friday news conference “raised a lot ...
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Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:26:12 am
The 2009 Tour de France opened today, with a time trial in Monaco. And yes, Lance Armstrong was there, riding with the Astana team — he came in tenth, 40 seconds behind winner Fabian Cancellara. The BBC has a blow by blow account of today’s race here, and a story with ...
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Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:11:01 am
Happy 233rd birthday, America, and happy Independence Day to all LGF readers!
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:22:19 pm
How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don’t have to like it but we can at least recognize its ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:37:12 pm
According to ABC News, Scott Roeder (the fanatic suspected in the murder of Dr. George Tiller), has been using snail mail from his jail cell to stay in touch with the extremist anti-abortion network: Abortion Doc Murder Suspect Advocates Via Mail. A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:10:18 pm
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:42:32 pm
The Lizard Lounge is now open for another wacky Friday evening. If you have an LGF account, log in and then click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy in Lounge Mode. This is a private thread; comments are ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:34:37 pm
Initial reports were that Sarah Palin was planning not to run for re-election, but in a surprise move today she announced she’s resigning as Governor of Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:17:19 pm
CBS has obtained internal McCain-Palin campaign emails that show a lot of infighting between Sarah Palin and campaign staffers. Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had become with the manner in which ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:27:21 am
The Wall Street Journal’s editors weigh in on Al Franken’s Senate win: The ‘Absentee’ Senator. The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year’s disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman’s gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat. The unfortunate ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:19:45 am
An incredible 3D image captured by an astronaut in the International Space Station as it passed over the Sarychev Peak volcanic eruption on June 12, 2009. [Video] Astronaut photograph ISS020-E-9048 was acquired on June 12, 2009, with a Nikon D2XS digital camera fitted with a 400 mm lens, and is provided ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:01:30 am
The Iranian thugocracy is holding three British Embassy employees arrested last weekend during the election protests, and a senior cleric says they are going to be put on trial. A senior Iranian cleric said today that several employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:53:55 am
This is a welcome development, but I’m sure Putin has his own reasons for agreeing to it: Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan. MOSCOW — The Russian government has agreed to allow American troops and weapons bound for Afghanistan to fly over Russian territory, providing an ...
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:49:06 am
Charles Krauthammer on The Meaning of the Ricci Case. The major conundrum of the civil rights age remains. The 14th Amendment bans discrimination on the basis of race. But the Civil Rights Act, which bans “disparate impact” discrimination — procedures (such as exams) that yield racially unbalanced results — affirmatively ...
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Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:29:41 pm
This Sumatran Orangutan inflicts its ineffable cuteness upon you, courtesy of ZooBorns.
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