‘The Cost of Doing Business’
March 29, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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NBC Bay Area: No Subway $5 Footlongs in SF, ‘Cost of Doing Business’ Too High The sandwich-making chain stopped selling the five-dollar footlongs in San Francisco due to the “high cost of doing business,” according to SF Weekly. Signs posted at Subway sandwich shops sadly inform San Francisco patrons — we hear Willie Brown is [...]
A Practical Guide to ‘White Hispanic’ Skin Color
March 27, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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Have you been following the mainstream media’s desperate spin on the Trayvon Martin shooting? Click HERE for a brilliant and informative infographic from the ever-excellent SooperMexican — essential for anyone following the coverage. And, join me and John Cardillo on Thursday night at 10:00 p.m. as we bring in a few guests and discuss the [...]
Obama’s Open-Mic Missile Defense Politics
March 26, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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ABC News: Obama: ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’ The exchange was picked up by microphones as reporters were let into the room for remarks by the two leaders. The exchange: President Obama: On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me [...]
Damn Those Knights and their Smoggy Horses
March 26, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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UK Daily Mail: Earth Heated Up in Medieval Times Current theories of the causes and impact of global warming have been thrown into question by a new study which shows that during medieval times the whole of the planet heated up. It then cooled down naturally and there was even a ‘mini ice age’. A [...]
Being Vindictive Gets You Nowhere
March 23, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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CBS DC: Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney “You win by giving people a choice,” Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. “You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there.” [...]
Filling the Forced Faith Vacuum
March 23, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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NRO: Mark Steyn: Lather, Rinse, and Repeat A phenomenal short piece on the aftermath of the tragic Toulouse shooting by one of my favorite political writers and fill-in radio hosts, Mark Steyn. In the piece, he offers a stark assessment of the formulaic way in which society and the media reacts to these types of [...]
A Few Notes on the New Ryan Budget Proposal
March 20, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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Washington Post: GOP Budget Plan Cuts Deeply Into Domestic Programs, Reshapes Medicare, Medicaid Oh, boy. Cue the scare-mongering from the Left. House Republicans laid down a bold but risky election-year marker Tuesday, unveiling a budget proposal that aims to tame the national debt by reshaping Medicare and cutting deeply into Medicaid, food stamps and other programs for [...]
It Takes One to Know One
March 18, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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ABCNews: Obama Introduces Bullying Documentary on Cartoon Network It takes one to know one. The minute-long introduction, which was pre-taped, featured the president speaking directly to the camera for the documentary titled “To SPEAK UP Against Bullying,” a 30-minute special broadcast that aired Sunday on Cartoon Network. “Bullying is not a rite of passage or [...]
Scott Brown: Funny For a Moderate
March 18, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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CBS Boston: Brown: Secret Service for Santorum The First Time He’s ‘Used Protection’ BOSTON (CBS) – Sen. Scott Brown poked fun at Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at the annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast Sunday in South Boston. “I see that both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum now have Secret Service with them on the campaign trail,” [...]
Daily Reminder: March 10, 2012
March 10, 2012 by Jeff Schreiber
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Three years ago today, news broke that the very same administration seeking universal health care coverage for all, including illegal immigrants, was considering a plan which would require that returning combat veterans foot their own bill via private insurance for treatment of injuries occurred while serving our country on the battlefield. The plan was considered [...]