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  1. Clint Eastwood Says There Was 'No Spin' on His Super Bowl Commercial

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:00 pm MST

    Fox News reports that Clint Eastwood spoke to Ron Mitchell, producer of the O’Reilly Factor about the controversial Chrysler commercial aired during yesterday’s Super Bowl:

    “I just want to say that the spin stops with you guys, and there is no spin in that ad. On this I am certain.

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  2. Preparing For an Exit?

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:41 pm MST

    Via the Daily Telegraph:

    17.15:  Bloomberg reports that Greek PM Lucas Papademos has requested the country’s finance ministry to prepare a document on the implications of a Greek default.  Mr Papademos asked the ministry [to]  record accurately and realistically all the consequences of the country’s exit from the Eurozone acccording to Panos Beglitis, spokesman for the socialist Pasok Party, who told Radio 9 [that] iIt’s an important initiative because the Greek people should know exactly what consequences a bankruptcy and eurozone exit would have and thereby take their responsibility.

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  3. In the Matter of J. Van Pelt

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:33 pm MST

    Dave Shiflett — one of the funniest writers around, and a friend of NRO — has a new e-book, In the Matter of J. Van Pelt. And it’s cheaper to buy than a cup of coffee at Starbucks!



  4. Two Out of Three

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:29 pm MST

    Saturday morning I woke up feeling sure of three things about the Nevada caucuses.

    1) Mitt Romney would win by at least 15 points. Supporters of Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich would battle it out in precinct rooms around the state as they strove to help their candidate win second place. And either way, Rick Santorum would come in last and probably not hit double digits.

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  5. Romney, Santorum Camps Engaged in E-mail War

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:19 pm MST

    Rick Santorum must be either surging or plausibly on the cusp of a surge. Because there’s no other explanation for the Romney campaign’s abrupt, and intense, series of attacks on Santorum today in e-mail blasts to and a conference call with reporters.

    “We need a next president who’s been strong and proven in fiscal and spending matters, and we had Rick Santorum voting numerous times to raise the debt ceiling,” said Tim Pawlenty in a call with reporters today. “So, he clearly has been part of the big spending establishment in Congress and in the influence-peddling industry that surrounds Congress. He has been part of that. He has been a champion of earmarks, and to hold himself out now as somebody who is an unquestionable conservative in these matters, just is not supported by the facts.”

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  6. Media Ignores the Facts on Illegal Immigration

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:58 pm MST

    It’s hard to imagine a worse example of media bias than the national coverage of illegal immigration. Every week, it seems there are stories across the United States that minimize the issues of illegal immigration and border security. But look at the facts and the media’s bias towards illegal immigrants is clear.

    Many reporters often neglect to mention that the immigrants they write about are illegal immigrants. For example, in an article that appeared in the San Antonio Express-News last year, “Hunt for border-crossers is on ground and in air,” the reporter used the words “immigrant” and “immigration” five times but couldn’t bring himself once to use the word “illegal.”

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  7. Israeli Diplomat: ‘We Won't Let Iran Get Nuke’

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:49 pm MST

    Dan Gillerman, Israel’s former permanent representative to the U.N., had strong words of warning for Iran. “Israel has made a decision . . . Israel will not allow that rogue regime, that fundamentalist, extreme, terrorist-supporting regime, to acquire nuclear weapons,” he said. Gillerman added, “I would rather see Israel, a living Israel condemned, than a dying Israel receive the sympathy and condolences of the international community.”



  8. We're All Catholics Now

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:43 pm MST

    I’m not the first to comment on the Obama administration’s breathtaking assault on religious liberty, I won’t be the last, and I’m certainly not the most eloquent. I am, however, a lawyer prepared to do something about it. At issue are two competing visions of religion in American public life. For the Obama administration — beginning with its stance that federal employment laws trumped even a religious organization’s selection of its own ministers and now extending to dictating that religious employers must violate their deepest beliefs as a precondition for maintaining their core religious mission — has decided that religion is nothing special, really. It’s nothing more than perhaps just one competing business philosophy — some businesses read Good to Great, others read the Bible, and some read both. In any case, all are subject to the benevolent embrace of the all-ecompassing state.

    The opposing view looks back to the Mayflower and to a past immeasurably enriched by the most robust, tolerant, and vibrant religious expression in the developed world and realizes the essential importance of our nation’s “first liberty” — religious freedom. We are who we are in large part because of our respective denominations and faiths. Indeed, “the better angels of our nature” (to borrow from Lincoln) have again and again sprung from our faith communities — from the indispensable role churches played in the Revolution, to the abolitionist movement, to our struggle against fascism, to the fight for civil rights, and to the present, world-leading philanthropy of American citizens.  

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  9. Happy Days Are Here Again

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:40 pm MST

    In a pre–Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer, President Obama touted the creation of 250,000 (actually, 243,000) jobs last month. Below, Charles Krauthammer notes President Obama should benefit politically from the decline in the unemployment rate (from 8.5 to 8.3 percent in January).

    Dr. K’s absolutely right.

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  10. Polygamous Ancestors and the Road to Full Disclosure?

    → The Corner | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:37 pm MST

    In response to the posts about liberal attacks on Romney’s religion, and specifically in answer to Michael’s post about the press’s “hypocrisy,” I think he’s right about the attacks to come, but I think they will backfire.

    Barack Obama was the least-vetted presidential candidate in modern American campaign history; almost every official account or Obama denial about Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, and Reverend Wright proved incomplete and misleading. Even after three years in office, we know less about Obama’s earlier years than we did of any other first-term president.

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  11. Sen. Kirk’s condition upgraded to ‘good’

    → News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:37 pm MST

    The Illinois senator's surgeon said he was making "progress in his recovery" two weeks after he suffered a stroke.



  12. Bachmann: 'I was the perfect candidate'

    → News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:59 pm MST

    Rep. Michele Bachmann thinks that America missed its opportunity with "the perfect candidate."



  13. Obama campaign releases new Web ad trumpeting jobs growth

    → News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:20 pm MST

    Obama's campaign released a new Web ad playing up the his jobs record on the heels of better-than-expected employment growth.



  14. The True Face of Occupy Wall Street on The Glazov Gang

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:59 am MST



  15. Amb. Rice: US closed embassy for security reasons, has not 'abandoned' Syrian people

    → News | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:54 am MST

    The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday said that closing the U.S. embassy in Syria “does not mean that we have abandoned the Syrian people.”



  16. Romney campaign disputes ‘seriously flawed’ polling data

    → News | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:47 am MST

    The Mitt Romney campaign fired back at what they called “seriously flawed” polling data in Monday’s Washington Post/ABC News poll.



  17. Chile on alert as prison rats spread hantavirus

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:39 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile Chile has declared a public health alert with a hantavirus outbreak killing three people and infecting 10 others. Health Minister Jaime Manalich blames wildfires in the southern Bio Bio and Araucania regions for driving rats from their normal habitat into...

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  18. Just in from the Iranian toy police: Superman, Spiderman good; Simpsons bad

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:37 am MST

    Priorities: this is actually the substance of discussions in the halls of government within Iran. The reasoning is that Superman and Spiderman help free people from "oppression." The Simpsons join Barbie on the list in the latest crackdown. Duff-Man is heartbroken. "Report: Simpson Dolls Join Barbie on Iran Ban List,"...

  19. U.K.: "Shoebomb" jihadist to be released hours before opening ceremony for Olympics

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:30 am MST

    The release date is described as an unfortunate coincidence, but it underscores massive task ahead of authorities to secure the London Olympics from Islamic supremacist disruption in any number of forms. "'Shoe-bomb' terrorist to be released from jail on opening day of the Olympic Games," by Emma Reynolds for the...

  20. Iran: Website with ties to supreme leader runs "’jurisprudential justification’ to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel"

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:18 am MST

    Once again, one may note the striking uniformity of Islamic antisemitism in places far removed from one another. So, did these guys call each other? "Ayatollah: Kill all Jews, annihilate Israel," by Reza Khalili for World Net Daily February 5: The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid...

  21. Egyptian TV: Israeli jeans have magnets that cause infertility

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:08 am MST

    Now you know. And knowing is half the jihad. "Egyptian TV Debate on the 'Invasion' of Israeli Products into Sinai: Jeans from Israel Contained Secret Magnets Causing Infertility," from MEMRI, February 1: Muhammad Al-Mane'i, Sinai Bedouin: There was a time when they would bring us jeans. These pants used to...

  22. NC judges don't dismiss map lawsuits entirely

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:05 am MST

    GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. A three-judge panel says a pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina's new boundaries for congressional and legislative seats can move forward. The Superior Court judges on Monday declined to dismiss more than half of the claims offered by...

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  23. ENMU sets enrollment record, passes 5,000 mark

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:05 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press PORTALES, N.M. Eastern New Mexico University says its enrollment for a spring semester has broken a school record. The Portales university announced Monday that student enrollment hit 5,084 students, surpassing the 5,000 mark for the first time in ENMU's...

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  24. Judge dismisses lawsuits in Holyoke church dispute

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:59 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press HOLYOKE, Mass. The future of a Holyoke church where parishioners have been holding a 24-hour vigil to protest its closure by the Diocese of Springfield is now in the hands of the Vatican. A state judge on Friday dismissed a trespassing lawsuit brought...

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  25. Colorado lawmakers to consider state amphibian

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:59 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press DENVER Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the western tiger salamander the official state amphibian. The measure was drafted by students, who have enlisted the support of Denver Democrat Rep. Angela Williams to carry the measure. The...

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  26. Texting while driving ban clears Va Senate panel

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:59 am MST

    BOB LEWIS AP Political Writer RICHMOND, Va. Tapping on your BlackBerry or iPhone while at the wheel of a car is going to cost you if a bill overwhelmingly endorsed by a Senate committee becomes law. On a 10-4 vote Monday, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee approved legislation that makes...

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  27. Mo. medical school names president

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:58 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press KIRKSVILLE, Mo. A northern Missouri university of osteopathic medicine has named a new president. The A.T. Still University of Health Sciences in Kirksville said in a release Monday that its board of trustees has selected Dr. Craig Phelps to replace...

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  28. Head of Palestinian Islamic Scholars Association misunderstands Islam, says "the Jew is a satan in human form"

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:57 am MST

    Not "Zionist," but "Jew." Funny how this keeps happening: that striking uniformity with which Islamic hatred of Jews is expressed in places far removed from one another. Did all those guys call each other? "Sheik Bassam Al-Kayed, Head of the Palestinian Islamic Scholars Association in Lebanon: The Jew Is a...

  29. Occupy protesters disrupt NY budget hearing

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:56 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. Occupy Albany protesters have disrupted a legislative budget hearing with calls for tax fairness and claims Wall Street pays too little. They say millionaires should be taxed more and corporations and the rich have too much influence in both...

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  30. It’s that time of year again: Muslim clerics warn against observing Valentine’s Day

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:47 am MST

    It's one thing to advise against it on religious grounds, but this missive comes from Aceh, where the imposition of Sharia has only gotten more intensive, and morality policing is already well off the rails. It is quite another matter when it ...

  31. Indiana elections chief faces more court action

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:46 am MST

    The Associated Press The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Democratic Party chairman says the party's lawyers are working on a court filing asking a judge to replace convicted Republican Secretary of State Charlie White with the Democratic candidate whom White defeated in the 2010 election. ...

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  32. US levies new sanctions on Iran's Central Bank

    → Examiner News RSS | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:39 am MST

    JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON In a fresh swipe at Iran, President Barack Obama has ordered new sanctions on the Islamic republic, including its Central Bank, moving to enforce a law he signed in December. In a letter to Congress Monday, Obama said more sanctions are warranted "particularly...

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  33. "Christians who remain in Iraq live increasingly in an atmosphere of terror"

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:24 am MST

    My Crisis column this week, "The Church That Converted Khans," gives a capsule history of the Assyrian Church of the East and its sister Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, both of which are now facing ferocious persecution in Iraq: ...Christians who remain in Iraq live increasingly in an atmosphere...

  34. Dominance crime: Crimes aimed at establishing or demonstrating superiority

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:09 am MST

    A key Islamic supremacist mantra is "Islam will dominate" (see pictures here, here and here), and therefore the analysis by Steen Raaschou, editor of snaphanen.dk, is very precise. Translated from Snaphanen.dk, February 1, 2012: "A new term: Dominance crime": The perpetrators take the victim's cell phone or a little cash,...

  35. Denmark: 10.3 million dollars spent on integration projects in Vollsmose ghetto. Courses in ‘getting up in the morning’ and ‘how to handle garbage’

    → FrontPage Magazine | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:40 am MST

    I have reported about the Muslim ghetto Vollsmose several times: Denmark: No comprehensive car insurance in Muslim area -- too many burned cars; Denmark: More Muslim violence against non-Muslims; Danish police: Immigrant criminals target Danes...

  36. Economic Confidence Highest in D.C., Lowest in W.Va.

    → All Gallup Headlines | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:00 am MST

    Residents of the District of Columbia and North Dakota expressed the most confidence in the U.S. economy last year, while those in West Virginia and Maine expressed the least. Economic confidence declined in all states last year.

  37. Most Egyptians Oppose U.S. Economic Aid

    → All Gallup Headlines | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am MST

    Egyptians are as likely to favor economic aid from Arab governments (68%) as they are to oppose aid from the U.S. (71%). Half favor aid from international institutions.

  38. Mississippi Most Conservative State, D.C. Most Liberal

    → All Gallup Headlines | 3 Feb 2012 | 11:30 am MST

    Mississippi, Utah, Wyoming, and Alabama are the four most conservative states in the U.S., each with 50% or more of its population identifying as conservative. The District of Columbia and Massachusetts are the most liberal states.

  39. U.S. Consumer Spending Declined in January, as Is Typical

    → All Gallup Headlines | 3 Feb 2012 | 6:30 am MST

    Americans' self-reported retail spending dropped by a predictable amount in January compared with December, as consumers pulled back from their elevated spending levels over the holiday season.

  40. More States Move to GOP in 2011

    → All Gallup Headlines | 2 Feb 2012 | 12:15 pm MST

    Seventeen states showed a Republican advantage in party affiliation of at least five points in 2011, up from 10 in 2010 and 5 in 2008. Meanwhile, 19 states including D.C. showed a similar Democratic advantage, with 15 competitive.

  41. Opinion Briefing: Confidence Deficit in the EU

    → All Gallup Headlines | 2 Feb 2012 | 9:30 am MST

    Europeans' and Americans' confidence in their financial institutions has followed a similar trajectory throughout the global economic crisis, suggesting a strong link between the two struggling economies.

  42. U.S. Unemployment Up, to 8.6% in January

    → All Gallup Headlines | 2 Feb 2012 | 6:30 am MST

    U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased slightly to 8.6% in January from 8.5% in December. Underemployment increased more sharply as a higher number of part-time workers sought full-time work.

  43. Romney Now Leads Gingrich, 31% to 26%

    → All Gallup Headlines | 1 Feb 2012 | 2:00 pm MST

    Mitt Romney has moved ahead of Newt Gingrich in national Republican voters' preferences for the 2012 GOP nomination, 31% to 26%, according to Gallup Daily tracking from Jan. 27-31.

  44. U.S. Job Creation Best Since September 2008

    → All Gallup Headlines | 1 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am MST

    Gallup's Job Creation Index was at +16 in January, its highest point since September 2008. This is based on 33% of workers nationwide saying their employers are hiring and 17% saying their employers are letting workers go.

  45. Republicans, Democrats Favor Tax Breaks to Win Back U.S. Jobs

    → All Gallup Headlines | 1 Feb 2012 | 2:00 am MST

    Republicans and Democrats find rare agreement on giving tax breaks to businesses that bring jobs back from overseas and pressuring China for fairer trade. Independents tend to favor all five proposals Gallup asked about.


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