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• Michelle Obama Spent Veteran’s Day Pushing Service Nation

  
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  Another speech, another push for their leftist brownshirt “volunteerism” agenda. Now they are co-opting the military into it.REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADYAT MISSION SERVE EVENTGeorge Washington UniversityWashington, D.C.2:36 P.M. ESTThat’s right, she honored veterans by speaking at George Washington U. After some ...
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• FDA Attacks Caffeinated Booze

  
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  I just saw this item in The Daily Beast, summarizing an NPR story:Passing out after a long night out has been less of a problem thanks to the alcohol-infused energy drinks that have become available over the past few years. But on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration asked manufacturers to prove the safety of the ...
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• Tell Me Again How We Live in a Free Country…

  
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  If this doesn’t get your blood boiling… The challenge ahead for conservatives is to tap into this clear support for freedom by illustrating what happens to real people when their lives and dreams get in the way of government tentacles that stifle personal and professional liberty. That brings me to Adam Bliss, ...
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• Nanny state control equals Bizarro justice

  
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  Gun control in all its idiocy: Ex-soldier faces jail for handing in gun Judge Christopher Critchlow said: “This is an unusual case, but in law there is no dispute that Mr Clarke has no defence to this charge. “The intention of anybody possessing a firearm is irrelevant.” In other news, a dangerous ...
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• "Generosity" and government shouldnt mix

  
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  Ezra Klein: Expectations were that the Senate would get the CBO score for its health-care bill today. It didnt. Or, to be more precise, it didnt get the CBO score it wanted. The proposal Reids office sent to the CBO did not come in beneath the $900 billion limit, so the bill is being tweaked and trimmed until CBO ...
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• A FORMULA FOR CONTINUED FAILURE?

  
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  Apparently so in Pembroke, Illinois (90% black but 55% republican) where they have 47% unemployment. They’ve done away with their police and shut down schools. Their solution to fix the problem? The town is applying for millions of dollars in federal grants to build some 60 low-income homes. OH YEAH!!! ...
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• Welcome to Cary, N.C. (Please Leave Your Constitution at the Town Line)

  
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  Town officials pressured David Bowden on Thursday, saying they will levy fines against the Cary man if he doesn’t remove or tone down a bright protest sign painted in huge, orange letters on the front of his house. He has seven days. In a statement, town officials say attempts to negotiate with Bowden have failed ...
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• Nanny State Beer

  
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  Nanny state regulators in the United Kingdom have been up in arms about a beer– Tokyo released by BrewDog – that dares to contain just over 18 percent alcohol! One legislator even submitted a motion in the Scotland Parliament condemning the beer. Others have called for for regulations. “It is ...
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• After Giving Away the Farm, Obama Wants to Recover a Couple of Chickens

  
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  "Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years, pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion. This leaves little room for big spending initiatives." Ya think? "It will be tough for many Democrats to sell themselves as deeply concerned about spending after voting for ...
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• Regulation of the Day 72: Brass Toys, Killer of Children

  
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  Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. These days, it often also contains up to 2% lead to make it more workable. That means it runs afoul of federal standards for lead in children’s toys. Fortunately, it turns out that children handling toy cars or other toys with brass parts does not raise their lead ...
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• Context

  
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  … can be a measuring stick of success . …On the practical side, Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years , pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion. This leaves little room for big spending initiatives. Or, in this case, failure of EPIC proportions.
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• IT’S STARTING……..GUNS ARE NOT “HEALTHY!”

  
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  The other day I posted how this Obama-Care being shoved up our collective asses by democrats has nothing to do with health care but an attempt by liberals to grab power and put government in charge of our lives. One of the things I said would happen is that they will use “health care” as a ruse to control all ...
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• Should Chocolate Milk Be Banned?

  
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  A food fight is brewing in the school cafeteria, and this time, it’s promises to be much nastier than the one that got those kids jailed : The milk industry clearly doesn’t want chocolate milk to go the way of the soda can in schools. Sure, a serving of chocolate milk has 60 more calories, but kids love it, so ...
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• Albany "Man Cave" Workers Plead Guilty, Will Get Prison for Goofing Off on Job

  
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  Those two Albany government workers who were getting high and taking naps in a "man cave" when they should have been janitoring and supervising, respectively, have pleaded guilty and are exp...
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• It is not about health care insurance coverage, it is about health care COSTS

  
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  But, besides all this, there is something which is not seen. The fifty millions expended by the State cannot be spent, as they otherwise would have been, by the tax-payers. It is necessary to deduct, from all the good attributed to the public expenditure which has been effected, all the harm caused by the prevention ...
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• Charleston County GOP Censures Graham

  
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  The Charleston County Republican Party’s executive committee took the unusual step Monday night of censuring U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. because of several positions he has taken that clash with the GOP party line. County Chairwoman Lin Bennett said the unanimous vote “is an effort to get his attention. ...
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• Regulation of the Day 71: Waistlines

  
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  In Japan, it is illegal for men to have a waist larger than 33.5 inches. The limit for women is 35.4 inches. Those in violation are forced to undergo counseling (Hat tip to CEI colleague Megan McLaughlin). The law, passed last year, is part of an effort to keep obesity rates low and avoid related health problems. ...
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• “My Kind of Town”

  
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  …would apparently be any place but Chicago . Chicago used to be King of the Hill when it came to conventions. Not anymore…Another [reason], could be the hundred dollar case of pop. Eighty-five dollars to be exact. It’s a story making the rounds of convention executives nationwide. A total bill of nearly ...
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• Pssst...Did You Hear?

  
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  * From Karl Rove ( Wall Street Journal ) "Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia governors races last week—despite eight campaign appearances in the two states by President Barack Obama—have unnerved Democrats. Instead, the narrative Obama White House officials are writing about themselves is that ...
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• A Recipe for (Much) Greater Risk

  
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  Here’s a letter that I sent yesterday to the Wall Street Journal : Thomas Frank worries that, if Uncle Sam creates “One Big Regulator” for financial markets, this czar will be an industry insider who does more harm than good (” The Real Danger of ‘One Big Regulator’ ,” Nov. 11).  Frank is right to ...
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