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Your Moment of Orwell: 2012 in Review: State Surveillance Around the Globe.
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I’m back Stateside – and have been in the office all day, catching up on work. Haven’t been able to blog much. It’s never easy for me when I travel, but I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very happy 2013.
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Thompson on Hollywood: Movies to Look Forward to in 2013.
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History may not absolve Fidel, but maybe prosperity will: Cuba cuts state payroll, private sector jobs grow 23% in 2012.
Never thought I’d say this, but we need to be more like Cuba…
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Charles Durning has passed. He was the bomb. What a presence on screen, whether it was Dog Day Afternoon or Oh, Brother Where Art Thou? Even as a very old man on Rescue Me. It didn’t matter. He delivered every time. Rest in peace.
Same for Jack Klugman. I used to watch reruns of The Odd Couple sitcom as a kid in Mexico – and Quincy, M.E. with my dad, some years later. Klugman was always a pleasure to watch at work.
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Merry Christmas!
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Not just U.S. Senators: Acting CIA Director Disputes ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Accuracy in Rare Public Statement.
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The Christmas tree at my mom’s place in Mexico. It’s a busy day here, with much cooking, baking, and gift-wrapping to do. I’m in fact procrastinating. Easy to do with such nice weather (it’s 77 with barely a cloud in the sky). But all in due time…
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A history of rhetorical violence: The Vocabulary of Professor Erik Loomis.
Fortunately, his profane tweets have been archived for posterity, which he must appreciate since he is a history professor. Or maybe not, given that he’s deleted them…
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Good: Ex-Marine To Be Released From Mexican Jail.
I go to Mexico often to visit family. Due Process isn’t exactly part of the culture. Not a very prominent one, anyway…
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Change: Jake Tapper Leaves ABC News For CNN Anchor Spot.
Ha! John Nolte adds on Twitter: “Piers Morgan Hit Hardest”.
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Evil capitalist practices at…PBS? ‘Charlie Rose’ Interns Settle Unpaid Wages Lawsuit.
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Not quite a historical drama: Senators Call ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ ‘Grossly Inaccurate’ in Letter to Sony Pictures.
Maybe it’s better that way…
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Give Fredo Something to Do: President Obama Launches Gun-Violence Task Force to be headed by VP Joe Biden.
If Fredo is running things, gun owners either have a lot to fear or nothing to worry about. On the other hand, if this task force is any bit as effective as the team of notables POTUS brought together in his National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, you can rest assured gun freedoms will only expand.
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Reality makes media hypocrisy rear its ugly head: ‘Fast and Furious’ Gun Found At Site Where Mexican Beauty Queen Killed.
Where was the media outrage over guns when the administration was putting firearms in the hands of Mexican drug cartels?
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A new low: Team Obama now raising money off Sandy Hook shootings.
Can’t let a good crisis go to waste, I guess…
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee was unavailable for comment: Obama’s War Powers Report to Congress: War here, there, and everywhere.
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The Link Between Food and Headaches: “Woke up with a hangover? It isn’t just heavy alcohol consumption that can bring on a massive headache the next day; some researchers say a range of unexpected foods, from cheese to pickles to citrus fruit, can do the same.”
I hope bacon isn’t one of them…
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Poetic Justice: ESPN suspends race-obssessed commentator who suggested Redskins quarterback is not sufficiently race-obssessed.
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Solyndra-esque: Hot Air: Surprise! Treasury IG probing multi-million-dollar fraud in green-energy grants, tax credits.
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A dark day: In Connecticut, elementary school shooting reportedly leaves almost 30 dead – including children. In China, a similar tragedy, but at the hands of a man wielding a knife.
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Meanwhile, at the University of Chicago: An Indiana Jones Mystery Package.
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Ruling Class Update: Jim Moran’s son pleads guilty after injuring his girlfriend, gets probation: “One of the ambulance technicians who transported her to Howard University Hospital told police that Moran appeared to have broken her nose and given her a skull fracture under her right eye.”
Probation for that? Nice sentence, if you can get it…
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Film: The Best Movies You Didn’t See in 2012.
From that list, we especially enjoyed Haywire and The Raid: Redemption.
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The Life of a Guitar: Trigger, Willie Nelson’s True Love.
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Ruling Class Update: The real Senator Menendez scandal:
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP.
Wow…
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The New Transparency: During Air Force One Briefing, Jay Carney Fails to Answer a Single Question.
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At Prof. Jacobson’s Legal Insurrection: Follow the Michigan Right to Work vote and protests live.
UPDATE: Sore losers, thugs, and a wanted man: The Right to Work bill has been signed into law, but the union protesters got violent – and now the hunt is on for one who punched Steven Crowder in the face. Reward money for information leading to his arrest!
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R.S. McCain stumbles upon ‘A
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Shopping for electronics gifts for the holidays? Here’s a link to Amazon’s Top Holiday Deals in TV, Video, and Audio.
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Free on YouTube: Breaking the Taboo: a 60-minute documentary on the failure of the War on Drugs.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman (I know. He seems to narrate everything these days).
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Elections have consequences: Obamacare May Hike Your Pet’s Health Care Bills.
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Remembering Pearl Harbor with interactive multimedia.
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Don’t hold your breath: White House Petition Demands Obama Cancel Hawaii Vacation.
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As well he should: Trayvon Martin Shooter George Zimmerman Sues NBCUniversal Over 911 Call.
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Wisdom from the Man In The Suit With The Tattoos.
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The New Heresy: Former Thatcher advisor evicted from UN climate summit after challenging global warming.
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Space-Time Anomaly of the
WeekMonthYear: Matt Yglesias agrees with NRO’s Jim Geraghty…on taxes!Something’s going on, because earlier today I found myself agreeing with something Howard Dean recently said about taxes on MSNBC. And I don’t mean “Yeeeaaaargh!”, either…
