Steve McNair Death Ruled Murder-Suicide: DUI Video Released of Girlfriend

July 9, 2009

The bizarre Steve McNair case is closed, according to Nashville police: “Police believe the former Tennessee Titan was sleeping on the sofa in the condo he shared with a friend, when 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi shot him.” Who knows what prompted Air McNair to stray, but an unstable 20 year old coed is always trouble.

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Banks Cracking Down With Those Pesky Overdraft Fees During Economic Downturn

July 9, 2009

Watch out: “each of the nation’s 10 largest banks allows consumers to overdraw with checks, debit cards or at ATMs…Large banks also reserve the right to process large transactions first…Some even charge consumers before they overdraw by deducting a purchase when it’s made, rather than when it clears, pushing the account into the red sooner.”

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Massachusetts Files Suit Against Federal Defense of Marriage Act

July 9, 2009

With respect to the parties involved, what do they hope to gain with this complaint? “Massachusetts on Wednesday became the first state to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal legislation that defines marriage as strictly between a man and a woman.” Are you sure you want this SCOTUS to rule, Massachusetts?

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Camille Paglia Believes Sarah Palin Has a Future, If She Wants It

July 9, 2009

Paglia on Palin: “Whether Palin has a national future or not will depend on her willingness to hit the books at some point and absorb more information about international history and politics…She also needs a shrewder, cooler take on the mainstream media, with its preening bullies, cackling witches, twisted cynics and pompous windbags.”

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Comeback Conversation With Ramesh Ponnuru

July 8, 2009

Ramesh Ponnuru on health care and more: “I think it is possible that Democrats will achieve very little after overreaching. If they accomplish their goals, however, they will have increased public dependence on the federal government in a way that will shift American politics permanently to the Left. That is one reason they are so determined to win.”

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White House Still Claims Stimulus Has "Created or Saved" 150,000 Jobs

July 8, 2009

Testifying before Congress Wednesday, senior White House Budget Office official Rob Nabors “told a congressional panel that the jobs figure is based on an economic model used by the Obama administration.” But the important question is: will they submit the model for peer review? The Democrat War on Science Continues!

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China's President Hu Abandons G8 as Ethnic Unrest Explodes

July 8, 2009

URUMQI, China (Reuters) – Banks of paramilitary police fanned out in the far-flung Chinese city of Urumqi on Wednesday to try to stifle unrest days after 156 people were killed in the region’s worst ethnic violence in decades. Han Chinese took to the streets for the second day running, and even with helicopters hovering overhead […]

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Officials: North Korea Behind Cyber Attack

July 8, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. government Web sites, aides to two lawmakers said Wednesday

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T. Boone Pickens' Wind Farm Blown Away by Reality

July 8, 2009

T. Boone Pickens’ massive wind farm, planned for Texas, is looking for a new home. The energy tycoon and wind advocate told the Dallas Morning News that a project to install hundreds of wind turbines in the Texas panhandle will not work because of a lack of transmission lines. Instead, Pickens’ wind company is looking […]

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Podcast: On Sarah Palin With James Urbaniak

July 7, 2009

Special guest James Urbaniak — the mellifluously voiced star of stage, screen, and The Venture Bros — joins Ben Domenech for a left/right discussion on Sarah Palin’s surprise resignation: what it means, why it happened, where she goes from here, and more.

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