Jan
31
Coveted Maples Endorsement Puts Hillary in the Driver's Seat
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Marla Maples, former wife of Donald Trump, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Maples made the endorsement in an email sent to friends. The letter concluded with a quote from Winston Churchill: “You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.” Not the least of those things you [...]
Jan
31
Coveted Maples Endorsement Puts Hillary in the Driver’s Seat
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Marla Maples, former wife of Donald Trump, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Maples made the endorsement in an email sent to friends. The letter concluded with a quote from Winston Churchill: “You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.” Not the least of those things you [...]
Jan
31
Light Bulb Ban for California: Because You Can't Smoke Cigarettes If You Can't See 'Em
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The world is going mad about the speculative-at-best “science†of man-made global warming  simply nuts. And nowhere is this happening more than in California, which is weaving itself into a cuckoo’s nest to such a degree that the only way to save The Golden State now would be to crop-dust it with Thorazine. Recent [...]
Jan
31
Light Bulb Ban for California: Because You Can’t Smoke Cigarettes If You Can’t See ‘Em
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The world is going mad about the speculative-at-best “science†of man-made global warming  simply nuts. And nowhere is this happening more than in California, which is weaving itself into a cuckoo’s nest to such a degree that the only way to save The Golden State now would be to crop-dust it with Thorazine. Recent [...]
Jan
30
U.S. Over-reacting In Response to 9/11?
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Some of my friends on the right are shaking their heads at Johns Hopkins history professor and New Republic contributing editor David Bell’s column Sunday in the L.A. Times. In the essay, Bell spells out why he believes that the United States is reacting too harshly to a 9/11 that was, to Bell’s way of reasoning, not [...]
Jan
30
John Kerry: National Pariah, International Embarrassment
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Senator John “botched joke” Kerry, who has himself become a sort of national pariah — at least if you’re a member of the military or have properly functioning neurons – is the winner of this week’s “Jimmy Carter Award” for doing what liberals do best: going overseas to knock the United States and tap dance for some of the [...]
Jan
29
Air America Sold For a Hybrid Car, Tofu Burger, and a Birkenstock To Be Named Later
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The long-struggling liberal talk radio network Air America, which filed for bankruptcy back in October, has been sold to the SL Green Realty Group for whatever they had under their couch cushions. It was reported at the time of the bankruptcy filing that Air America had $4.3 million in assets, $20.2 million in liabilities and has [...]
Jan
29
The Star Mangled Banner: "Hillary Rodham Clin-tone Deaf" Rocks Iowa
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Well, it’s taken years, but Hillary Clinton finally has something in common with me. Neither of us can sing. Will it be enough to get my vote? I seriously doubt it, but at least she’s trying. There’s something in the air in Iowa. This kind of thing isn’t new there. Candidates who are rookies at [...]
Jan
29
The Star Mangled Banner: “Hillary Rodham Clin-tone Deaf” Rocks Iowa
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Well, it’s taken years, but Hillary Clinton finally has something in common with me. Neither of us can sing. Will it be enough to get my vote? I seriously doubt it, but at least she’s trying. There’s something in the air in Iowa. This kind of thing isn’t new there. Candidates who are rookies at [...]
Jan
29
Monday's Column: The Comeback of Al Gore
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I usually don’t make predictions — at least not serious ones — but in today’s column at WorldNetDaily I make a prognostication about Al Gore. The conditions are perfect for the former Clinton veep to not only join the fray, but to win the Democrats’ nomination in ’08. Why? Read “Al Gore’s 2nd wind” for more.