From a lengthy article by Noam Scheiber in The New Republic: While aboard Air Force One at the end of the 2012 campaign, Jarrett turned to Obama and told him, “Mr. President, I don’t understand how you’re not getting eighty-five … Continue reading →
The way I see it, this video of Jonathan Gruber merely exposes the so-called Obamacare architect admitting what everybody who’s been paying any real attention already knew: the intentional duplicity with which the law was passed on the part of … Continue reading →
This is a disturbing and yet somehow entertaining article about Guccifer, the Romanian email hacker who’s in jail for hacking into the email accounts of the rich and famous. Why did he do it? His motive doesn’t seem to have … Continue reading →
Ah, yes: The Giffords, who own the bucolic Liberty Ridge Farm in upstate New York, were ordered to pay a total of $13,000 ”” a $10,000 fine to the state and another $1,500 to each member of a lesbian couple … Continue reading →
Could an older technique yield an effective ebola treatment? And will researchers take the suggestion and try to develop it, instead of a more conventional vaccine?: The proposal builds on the use of “convalescent serum,” or survivors’ blood, which has … Continue reading →
Sheryl Atkisson claims that, after the second 2012 presidential debate between Obama and Romney, where moderator Candy Crowley backed up Obama’s false assertion that he had called the Benghazi attack “terrorism” early on, CBS intentionally withheld an interview clip that … Continue reading →
This sort of report reminds me of the days when we’d get bulletins that Bin Laden had been wounded or killed. They were never true—until one day they were. So there is no way to tell about this: The leader … Continue reading →
This is certainly different: Now, the ashes of a loved one can be made into a beautiful diamond, thanks to a Swiss company called Algordanza…Using a combination of machines and complex scientific process, the staff at Algordanza separate the carbon … Continue reading →
Here’s an article that attempts to give the inside scoop on yesterday’s meeting between Obama and leaders of Congress. It as not a happy time: The Republicans’ approach, three days after they resoundingly won control of the Senate in midterm … Continue reading →
Lots of interesting stories today: Great New Yorker cover. Holder’s replacement may be relatively non-controversial. That would be a switch. I guess Holder has already accomplished most of what Obama needed. SCOTUS will be hearing those cases on whether the … Continue reading →
Here’s Peggy Noonan, being eminently reasonable, as is her wont: Common sense says a chastened president would acknowledge the obvious””some things aren’t working, he has made some mistakes””and, in Mr. Obama’s case, hit the reset button with Congress. Reach out, … Continue reading →
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