As expected, the Senate has blocked a House-passed bill that would provide disaster aid and pay to keep federal agencies open, escalating the latest partisan clash over spending. The near-party line vote of 59-36 set up a fresh round of brinksmanship between the Senate and the Republican-run House. A government…
Continue reading …Liberals are hailing the emergence of a “new” President Obama, a “soak-the-rich, veto-threatening, self-proclaimed class warrior,” writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post . But it’s actually just a return of the old Obama who took office with “radical” ideas, he of the gigantic stimulus and the “quasi-nationalization” of health care….
Continue reading …You can’t always believe what you read—especially if it’s written by Ron Suskind. The wide-ranging claims made in Confidence Men , his account of the Obama administration, are as dubious as ever, writes Jacob Weisberg in Slate . “Issues of accuracy, fairness, and integrity come up nearly every time Suskind publishes…
Continue reading …Very classy act from a hockey fan in Canada: Someone tossed a banana peel onto the ice as Wayne Simmonds—one of the few black players in the NHL—skated toward the net during a shootout last night, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The peel landed in the path of the…
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Continue reading …Moneyball is a big hit with critics, even if its premise—a film about baseball statistics—might sound boring at first. Here’s what they say about the film, which stars Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill: Built on a “sharp, sleek script,” Moneyball “takes all this seemingly dry, dusty, inside-baseball stuff…
Continue reading …The government has been paying retirement benefits for a whole lot of dead federal workers, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general. Over the past five years, the amount accidentally paid to the dearly departed has jumped a whopping 70%, with $601 million given…
Continue reading …Glenn Beck is going on a one-man sort-of boycott of Levi’s over the company’s new “Go Forth” ad, which he says “glorifies revolution.” The ad, which debuted during Monday Night Football, includes a shot of a young man challenging a line of police in riot gear. “I can’t believe I’m…
Continue reading …Another mass dumping of bodies in Mexico in and near the port city of Veracruz: Police found 11 more victims in four separate locations yesterday, just days after 35 were brazenly dumped on a busy city street, reports AP . Police suspect drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman” for the first…
Continue reading …A group of heard-of-hearing travelers in France was barred from its flight after checking its bags for “security reasons,” a French airline said. “Just as we were about to board, someone from the company told us we couldn’t,” said a member of the group, 18 of whom are deaf while…
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