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Apr 03 2011

Sunday Open Thread: Libya Edition

It hasn’t gone quite as well as one would have hoped. We face the real prospect of the West losing, in fact.

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Apr 02 2011

Saturday Open Thread: Jazz Edition

April is Jazz Appreciation Month. (Anyone who says anything positive about Kenny G risks getting banned from commenting. We’re serious.)

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Apr 01 2011

Friday Free-for-All: April Edition

Barack Obama is the greatest President in the history of history.

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Mar 31 2011

Thursday Open Thread: Holocaust Edition

Today, in 1945, Anne Frank was exterminated by the Nazis. The war would be over in just a couple months.

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Mar 30 2011

Wednesday Open Thread: Alaska Edition

Today, in 1867, the U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7 million. The media at the time called it “Seward’s Folly,” after the Secretary of State who negotiated the deal. Seems like a good investment to us.

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Mar 29 2011

Tuesday Open Thread: Coke Edition

Today, in 1886, Dr. John Pemberton brewed his first batch of Coca-Cola. Take a pause to refresh.

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Mar 28 2011

Monday Open Thread: Ike Edition

Today, in 1969, President Dwight D. Eisenhower died.

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Mar 27 2011

Sunday Open Thread: Foreshadowing Edition

Yesterday, 100s of thousands of trade unionists, leftists and anarchists protested in London against proposed budget cuts. It, of course, turned violent. (Although, it seems to us that anarchists protesting government budget cuts is kinda missing the w…

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Mar 25 2011

Friday Free-for-All: Libya Edition

Contrary to what you’ve heard, we do have troops on the ground in our unconstitutional action in Libya.

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Mar 24 2011

Thursday Open Thread: NATO Edition

In the wake of the unconstitutional action in Libya, NATO is fracturing. What the Cold War couldn’t accomplish, Obama has achieved. Hope and Change!

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Mar 23 2011

Wednesday Open Thread: Liberty Edition

Today, in 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. He really meant it.

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Mar 22 2011

Tuesday Open Thread: Stamp Act Edition

Today, in 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. It was a direct tax on the American colonies and set in motion a chain of events leading to revolution.

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Mar 21 2011

Monday Open Thread: Bridget Edition

Today is Bridget’s birthday. Oh, and we’re at war again. Talk among yourselves.

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Mar 20 2011

Sunday Open Thread: Third War Edition

President Barack Obama, having campaigned on ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has instead decided to start a third war in Libya. Hope and Change.

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Mar 19 2011

Saturday Open Thread: Iraq Edition

Today, in 2003, President George W. Bush ordered the start of the invasion of Iraq. We may or may not be entering another military engagement overseas.

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Mar 18 2011

Friday Free-for-All: No Fly Edition

Today, the U.S. may be launching airstrikes against Libya.

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Mar 17 2011

House Panel Rejects EPA On Clean Air Act, Labor Bails On Obama

If you don’t believe that Obama and his administration’s over-reach on so-called climate change costs America jobs, then how to explain even Labor bailing on Obama and the Democrats?

Unable to pay off the Environmental lobby through legislation, Obama’s EPA is looking for every opportunity to end-run Congress by enacting stringent and un-neccesary new regulations.
WASHINGTON—The Obama [...]

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Mar 17 2011

Thursday Open Thread: Holiday Edition

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

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Mar 16 2011

Wednesday Open Thread: Meltdown Edition

While President Obama obsesses over his NCAA brackets, the world anxiously waits to see if Japan can avert a nuclear catastrophe.

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Mar 15 2011

Tuesday Open Thread: Ides Edition

Beware today, the Ides of March.

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Mar 14 2011

Monday Open Thread: WikiLeaks Edition

WikiLeaks has promised to being releasing today a swath of emails and other internal documents from Bank of America. Count us as very interested if this comes about.

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Mar 13 2011

Sunday Open Thread: Spring Forward Edition

Today is the twice-yearly ritual where the government screws with our clocks. I’ve lost track, are we “springing forward” to the real time or is this some pixie-dust time and we will ‘fall back’ to the real time later this…

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Mar 12 2011

Saturday Open Thread: Japan Edition

Unimaginable.

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Mar 11 2011

Friday Free-for-All: NPR Edition

Things aren’t looking good for NPR. And, we say that as big fans of NPR.

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Mar 10 2011

Thursday Open Thread: Wisconsin Edition

Last night, the Wisconsin Senate passed Gov. Walker’s plan to reform public sector unions. Today should be a roller-coaster. All patriots should prepare to rally to Walker.

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