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Tweet The Ohio Democratic Party Chairman, knowing that Mitt Romney is a wealthy man, who might have some extra millions lying around, has suggested that Romney give those dollars to a charity that helps Hurricane Sandy victims: Mitt Romney should have donated $10 million to the Red Cross instead of ‘taking advantage of a tragedy’, [...]

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Tweet (Bookworm note:  This guest-blogger post deviates from other guest posts that have focused on political or social issues.  John O’Connor’s post is about hearing loss from medication, which is not something I usually talk about at my blog.  However, I’ve spent about 30 hours (including driving time) over the last few weeks taking my [...]

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Tweet Usually, I post about what I’ve found on Facebook — the anger, the silliness, and the misinformation from my Liberal friends.  Today, I’m doing something different.  I’m posting about what I didn’t find on Facebook. You see, Facebook was apparently unwilling to tolerate a poster that suggested that Obama had been less than courageous [...]

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Tweet This may be Klavan’s most brilliant effort yet:

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Tweet The Mellow Jihadi suggests official recognition for the unusual bravery Lance Woods and Glen Doherty showed in their final hours.  I realize that such recognition will not bring these men back, but acknowledging their sacrifice is something we do for the good of the country.  If we cannot honor those who died in our [...]

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Tweet I cannot vouch for the facts in this email I received, so please take that into consideration as you read it: From my personal experience at Bagram last year, when the “Commander-in-Thief” came over, the troops were handpicked, screened, and disarmed, including the Marines. All base roads, sidewalks, and access to flight lines, mess [...]

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Tweet It’s time for Dianne Feinstein to go.  Please vote for Elizabeth Emken:

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Tweet Our family has traveled a great deal, but I think few trips have affected us as much as the Japan trip we took this summer.  Two things account for that:  First, we took a comprehensive tour, so we saw more than we usually see on a trip.  Second, Japan is so very different from [...]

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Tweet This video is making the rounds, and it should.  Except for the frantic music, which I found a bit exhausting, it is a brilliant dissection of Obama’s failures, followed by a simple explanation of conservativism’s virtues.  Please watch it, and then send it along to your friends: Hat tip:  Kim Priestap

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Tweet My brain hasn’t yet synthesized all the fascinating data out there, including the wrenching stories of Sandy’s devastation.  For the time being, I’ll just pass interesting links on to you.  Please feel free to do the same. *** The former Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet has written a white-hot article excoriating Obama [...]

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Tweet I suspect this is a bump, not a groundswell, but it’s amazing nevertheless:  inner city blacks say that overwhelming government interference in the economy stifles the kind of economic growth their communities need: (I removed the video, because the embed code is one of those annoying ones that makes the video play automatically.  Please [...]

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Tweet The Anchoress has noticed something interesting:  The Benghazi cover-up is so huge that the drive-by media isn’t doing it’s usual lying, puffing, and obfuscation.  Instead, it’s fallen completely silent.  It is pretending that Benghazi never happened. Sherlock Holmes certainly understood that, when wrongdoing is at issue, silence is as significant as noise: “Silver Blaze“, [...]

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Tweet I’m guessing that a majority of Americans (a slim majority, but still a majority) know that America entered WWII because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.  What few stop to consider is why we ended up fighting, not only the Japanese who had just bombed us, but the Germans as well, since they, after all, [...]

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Tweet A few years ago the Democrats launched an effort to pass laws in various states under which, regardless of how their state voted, their electoral college votes must be cast for the winner of the popular vote in the nationwide general election.  While I didn’t follow these efforts closely, I seem to remember that [...]

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Tweet I’m not sure I buy the “Mitt was sent by God” part, but otherwise I think this letter, forwarded to me by my Dad, is worth sharing:   This article is for those who are just simply not enthused about voting for Mitt Romney. You may not be thrilled with the idea of voting [...]

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Tweet Not only did the Detroit Tigers lose the world series, they lost spectacularly, with the Giants winning in a solid four game streak.  I predicted this outcome a few days ago, not because I know anything about baseball (I don’t), but because I am familiar with the Obama curse.  As Rush Limbaugh has been [...]

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Tweet When last I wrote, the CIA denied giving a stand down order and denial of aid to Glen Doherty and Lance Woods.  Since then, the White House has issued a carefully worded statement to the effect that “Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi.”  That [...]

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Tweet The inimitable Michael Ledeen notes that Obama’s coarsening language bespeaks a character crack-up as his narcissist ego is forced to confront the possibility that, not only may he not prevail, but he faces sound rejection. http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2012/10/28/why-is-obama-so-nasty-and-vulgar/ Well, high fives all around: we Bookworm aficionados predicted these eruptions months ago. However, things are likely to [...]

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Tweet With the election looming, and world events boiling, the Watcher’s Council has had amazing material to work with.  Last week’s vote was almost impossibly difficult, but it all shook out nicely: Council Winners *First place with 3 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit –Heart Of Darkness – The Real Benghazi Coverup Second place with 1 2/3 votes [...]

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Tweet In her speech, Michelle makes it clear that, if we’re not enjoying the finer things in life, she can’t be happy when she enjoys the finer things in life.  Nevertheless, she did manage 16 luxury vacations at taxpayer’s expense over the course of just three years: Marie Antoinette apparently never said “Let them eat [...]

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Tweet Sometimes, timing is everything.  Steven Pinker, who is a Harvard psychology professor just published a long opinion piece in the New York Times explaining why there is a Red State/Blue State divide.  As a predicate to his discussion, he began by dividing the mindsets that characterize conservatives and their Progressive counterparts: Conservative thinkers like [...]

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Tweet I had no doubt whatsoever that the Giants would win game 3 of the World Series tonight, just as I am very confident that they will win the World Series.  Indeed, there’s a decent chance they’ll win the 4th game, bringing the Series to a speedy conclusion. Why am I so certain?  I’ll just [...]

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Tweet A military friend pointed me to Fallen Not Forgotten, a veteran-created and owned apparel business that donates a portion of its proceeds to military charities.  The guys at FNF have now set up a page that seeks straight out donations that they will put towards a scholarship fund for the sons and daughters of [...]

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Tweet Matthew Continetti garnered some much deserved praise for his article about the way that sarcasm and insult took over the Democrat party, replacing anything of substance.  It all started with the attacks against Bush: The criticism of Bush, of Bush Republicans, and of the war took on a specific character. The spokesmen of movement [...]

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