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I have to start with the Bible this time because I want my readers to know the Bible reference first! Here it is in the King James: “Rebekah [Issac's wife] conceived.  And the children struggled together within her; and she said, if it be so, why am I thus?  *** Two nations are in thy [...]

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This is pretty big. Former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor decided not to extend his endorsement of Barack Obama for his reelection. According to the Times Dispatch: Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008, did not endorse Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in [...]

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When I first heard the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize, I thought:  No, it can’t be.  Got to be some sort of EU official.  NOPE.  Not the Onion!  The European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s a CNN story and another and here’s the Nobel page’s citation.  Here’s the first paragraph: [...]

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Reuters wrote last night, “The federal government will buy an Illinois prison that the Obama administration once considered as a successor to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday.”   Politico adds, “The unusual move to ‘reprogram’ existing Justice Department funding bypassed House appropriators, who had objected to the purchase. . [...]

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Appearing on Fox News Sunday this week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated his pledge that if Republicans are in the majority next year, job one will be full repeal of Obamacare.   As Reuters put it yesterday, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans will insist that the Democrats who control the chamber hold a vote before [...]

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  Reuters reports, “The two top Republicans in Congress vowed on Sunday to push ahead with efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop fighting and start implementing it. ‘This has to be ripped out by its roots,’ House of Representatives Speaker [...]

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Reuters wrote yesterday, “The White House was forced on the defensive on Wednesday as it sought to explain controversial remarks President Barack Obama made earlier in the week about the Supreme Court’s review of his signature healthcare reform law. . . . Obama expressed confidence on Monday that the Court would not take an ‘unprecedented, [...]

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According to Reuters: Israel and Gaza’s Hamas Islamist rulers have agreed to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for the lone Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit, resolving one of the most emotive and intractable issues between them. It is a shame that hundreds of potential terrorists will be released, but after such a long time, it [...]

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According to the AP, President Obama will travel to Texas today to push his $447 billion stimulus bill and Politico reports that Vice President Joe Biden will similarly be stumping for the bill in Florida.   And yet Senate Democrats continue to show little interest in the president’s bill. This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]

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‘The President’s Staff Acknowledged The Political Nature Of His Own Trip’   “The bridge, which is badly in need of replacement, serves one of the busiest trucking routes in the country. But that isn’t why Obama was there.” (“With Bridge As Backdrop, Obama Defends Tax Hike,” Los Angeles Times, 9/22/11)   “The campaign has begun.” [...]

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Update: Here is the story from Reuters: (Reuters) – A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. The pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is [...]

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Reuters, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal all report today on the story former FEC commissioner Hans von Spakovsky broke at Pajamas Media yesterday about the Obama administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress and implement portions of the partisan DISCLOSE Act by executive order.   The Washington Post writes, “President Obama is considering an [...]

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‘A Sharp Contrast’ While President Obama’s Budget ‘All But Ignored The Most Important Long-Term Fiscal Challenge,’ Chairman Ryan’s Plan ‘Includes Broad Changes To The Tax System And $6.2 Trillion In Federal Spending Cuts’   The House Republican Budget: The ‘Most Complete Attempt So Far By Republicans To Make Good On Their Promises … To Cut [...]

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Here’s how Reuters (I expect better from Reuters) started in about the Iowa homeschooling rally at the state capitol in Des Moines: Three potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates expressed hostility toward the public school system at a home schooling rally on Wednesday in the early presidential caucus state of Iowa. Hostilty?  Let’s see what they [...]

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BreakingNews: No explosives found on man detained in Sweden, police say; baggage being searched – Reuters

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BreakingNews: U.N. to announce a $40 billion plan to save the lives of 16 million women, children over the next 5 years – Reuters

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BreakingNews: U.N. to announce a $40 billion plan to save the lives of 16 million women, children over the next 5 years – Reuters

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BreakingNews: Two Baghdad car bombs kill at least 10, wound more than 40, Iraqi police sources tell Reuters

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BreakingNews: Gunmen wound at least two tourists in attack near main mosque in New Delhi, India – CNN-IBN via Reuters

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