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The Government War on Lemonade Stands, Mapped (Plus One)

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The Freedom Center of Missouri has created a map showing the location of government-mandated closures of lemonade stands since 1990 (hat tip: Carpe Diem). The map is excellent, but is missing a 2003 Minnesota incident in which 7-year-old Mikaela Ziegler's ...
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Your Hamburger: The Newest Cause of Global Warming

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The Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Washington special interest outfit that pioneered such advancements as the “cell phones cause cancer” hysteria, is back and now they’re going after beef. The EWG has released a report calculating the carbon footprint of ...
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John Kerry Deconstructed: Tea Party “Literally Ready to Cut the Baby in Half,” So Media Should Censor It

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Senator John Kerry supports budget cuts and he supports censoring those who advocate them -- he said so on an uncensored broadcast. This clip of Senator John Kerry on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on August 5 begins with Kerry saying that ...
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41 Percent of Nation Self-Identifies as Conservative, Gallup Says

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Gallup has released its twice-a-year analysis of what percentage of Americans call themselves conservative, moderate or liberal. Conservatives win with 41 percent, moderates are close behind at 36 percent and liberals bring up the rear with 21 percent. The poll ...
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Rep. Hank Johnson’s Greatest Hits

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Tea Partiers "have enacted... a plan to dismantle the American government." Remember that legislation? How surprised we all were when the Senate adopted it also and President Obama signed it into law? Neither do I. But Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) ...
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Salon Pins Blame for Planned Parenthood Vandalism on “Right Wing” Without Evidence

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Ever creative in finding things for which to blame the "right-wing," Salon magazine is criticizing conservatives in a headline ("Planned Parenthood Firebombed, Right Wing Silent") about an apparent incident in McKinney, Texas last Tuesday in which an unknown person allegedly ...
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Are You a Spendaholic? A Questionnaire for Members of Congress

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Is spending an addiction much like alcoholism? It sure appears to be the case. We modified 11 questions from Johns Hopkins University's "Test for Alcoholism" to create a "Test for Spendaholism," by substituting the words "drink" and "drinking" with the ...
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CNN’s Don Lemon: “I Just Want Simple Answers”

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CNN's Don Lemon invites Senator Rand Paul on his show and then makes clear Paul won't be allowed to answer any question in depth. Hat tip: Family Security Matters. P.S. Newsbusters' Matt Hadro has posted a good analysis of this, ...
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Why is MoveOn.org Blaming Republicans?

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Got an email from MoveOn.org this afternoon that contains this in its first sentence: "Republicans are holding our country's credit hostage." First, obviously, our credit isn't being "held hostage" by anyone, since government receipts in August will dramatically exceed the ...
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Washington Post Has No Room for Accuracy

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After reading a column by Jason Samenow of The Washington Post's "Capitol Weather Gang" that asserted our area is again in the middle of all-time record high temperatures - something that's been often repeated, but impossible to prove - I ...
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