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Genealogist for Elizabeth Warren 1/32 Cherokee claim goes silent, source document shown false

The claim that Elizabeth Warren was 1/32 Cherokee has been suspect from the start, yet the media repeats the claim as if it were documented. Now the last documentary hope that Warren could prove she is 1/32 Cherokee has been foreclosed by Michael Patrick Le …

Cruel irony in Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee saga -

Throughout her career and political campaign, Elizabeth Warren has found victims everywhere she looked, including when she looked in the mirror and saw an alleged descendant of one of the most historically victimized groups, Native Americans. In what may be the ultim …

Current TV's Lawsuit Against Keith Olbermann Makes Him Look Like The World's Biggest Diva - Business Insider

Just one day after Keith Olbermann filed a lawsuit against his former employer Current TV, the network has fired back, filing a suit of their own against the outspoken TV host. Though it's not as juicy as Olbermann's suit, which called Current TV  …

Monckton's Schenectady showdown

THE NEWS that Lord Monckton was to give his “Climate of Freedom” lecture at Union College in Schenectady, New York, had thrown the university’s environmentalists into a turmoil.

Louis C.K. pulls out of reporter dinner after criticism

Comedian Louis C.K.

Rush: Boycott failing

I’ll post the audio when available, but Rush Limbaugh just stated that the advertiser boycott of his show is vastly overstated and based on inflated numbers. As I have pointed out in response to concerned commenters, many of those listed by Media Matters and Th …

Andrew Breitbart And The Philosophy Of Brazen Inclusivity

Andrew Breitbart meant a lot to a lot of different people; an American original, he too was large and contained multitudes.

Obama shrugs off supporters' sexual insults of GOP women, bemoans Rush's rhetoric

President Barack Obama today declined to criticize his supporters’ sexually themed insults of female GOP politicians, including recent comments from comedian Bill Maher and a band called The Roots. The Daily Caller asked the president about those insults during an aftern …

'Family Guy's' MacFarlane Puts Ideology Aside to Toast Andrew Breitbart

Seth MacFarlane, the creative force behind animated TV shows like Fox's "Family Guy," tweeted this on hearing about Andrew Breitbart’s passing. "All politics aside, @AndrewBreitbart was a fun guy to have a drink with.

Pat Robertson: "It's time we stop locking up people for possession of marijuana. We just can't do it anymore."

Pat Robertson, America's longest-serving eschatological bigot and spiritual leader, took to the airwaves of the 700 Club last week and denounced the war on weed, as well as liberals, all of whom write laws in a "punitive spirit." Putting aside the fact that Robertson has, on oc …

Rally for Rush - Carbonite CEO tied to MoveOn.org: time for conservatives to fight blacklisting?

So. Did you hear about Carbonite and Rush Limbaugh? No, you didn't. Not the way you will in a minute.

Don't Frack Me Up: Correcting Misinformation On Hydraulic Fracturing

To many walking the planet, fracking has a seriously bad reputation.

Perdue's Departure Highlights Obama's Tough Path in N.C.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue shook the 2012 outlook for Democrats on Thursday with the unexpected announcement that she will not seek re-election in November. It was a particularly unwelcome surprise to President Obama's re-election campaign.

My America By Andrew Sullivan

My old colleague, the legendary British journalist and drunk Henry Fairlie, had a favourite story about his long, lascivious love affair with America.

Did White House Shooter Come from 'Occupy' Rally?

The U.S. Secret Service says that the man sought in connection with the Nov.

White House: Bullet hits window, Secret Service hunt suspect Oscar Ortega Hernandez

After a manhunt for a disturbed gunman who is suspected of shooting at the White House with an AK-47 assault rifle and smashing a window, he was captured in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Police said Oscar Ramiro Ortega - who is thought to have a fixation on the building - opened  …

Netherlands Coffee Shops: Tourists To Be Banned From Legal Marijuana Cafes (VIDEO)

Last call: If you're not Dutch, you only have about six weeks to legally get high in some parts of the Netherlands. As of January 1, 2012, a new policy will go into effect, banning all foreigners from marijuana-selling "coffee shops" in three of the country's southern province …

Occupy San Fran. protesters now carrying shivs

The Occupy rallies are devolving into the equivalent of the prison yard, as reflected in multiple incidents around the country of rape and killing, and this story about the slashing of a San Francisco police officer  with a type of shiv  commonly u …

NY Times review: Yeah, Joe McGinniss is a sleaze

Yesterday The National Enquirer and the blog equivalents (Wonkette, Gawker, TBogg) ran two hot button headlines about Sarah Palin based on a preview of a book written by creepy stalker Joe McGinniss.  You know the allegations, so it’s not worth repeati …

Wisconsin unions start feeding on each other

If you want a good measure of how deeply the collective bargaining bill in Wisconsin has disrupted public sector unions, there is no better example than the Wisconsins Education Association Council (WEAC). Last month WEAC announced that it was laying off 40% of its staff.&n …

Longshoreman Assaults Local News Crew With F-Bomb Tirade (NSFW)

Whatever the emotional source of the violence erupting as 500 longshoremen went on a rampage at a shipping yard in Washington over union benefits this week seems not to have subsided one bit.

Palin knew Revere better than Obama knew Lincoln

Obama flubbed his history.  Via Ed Morrissey, Obama inaccurately called Abraham Lincoln the founder of the Republican Party: (VIDEO) Not true! Doesn’t Obama know history? So now the media will erupt for weeks on end about what an “idiot” and …

The Colbert Super-PAC - Free speech is such a headache.

Comedian Stephen Colbert has filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to create the “Colbert Super-PAC,” a political action committee he intends as a satire of corporate political spending and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United dec …

Happy International Bacon Day!

*GASP* A day dedicated to the world`s best salty, savory, and crunchy version of the other white meat? Have I died and gone to hog heaven? Nope, you are very much still alive. There truly is a day dedicated to our beloved pork treat. Oh bacon, how we love thee.

Presidential disrespect went around and now comes around

G.O.P. vs. Obama: Disrespect or Just Politics? That is the deeply probing question asked by The NY Times with regard to G.O.P. opposition to Obama. There was no such question when it came to Democratic treatment of George W. Bush, it was pure disrespect.  

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