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Citizenship.
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin may not be allowed to return to the United States after he renounced his citizenship to save millions in tax… The timing of the move has raised eyebrows since Singapore does not have a capital gains tax, which could vastly reduce his bill on any [IPO] payout… Despite leaving the U.S. [...]
Dude?
Via Jorge Bonilla in the Greenroom, who sounds the call for “Operation Razorback Chaos.” Two words, my friends: Open primary. It’s magic time. In West Virginia, federal inmate Keith Judd recently swiped 42 percent of Democratic votes from the president, indicating the level of dissatisfaction among the rank and file. And according to a Talk [...]
"False advertising."
To cleanse the palate, via Ace’s site, behold as the western world comes to grips with the unsustainability of the welfare state. And to think, some say OWS is dead. Could be worse, though. At the Athens location for “Chuck’s Place,” they throw molotov cocktails when you cut them off at 20 pieces.
Opening offer.
A companion piece to the audio files posted at The Blaze of Wright’s interview with author Edward Klein. As Beck says and as Ed noted a few days ago, the money line from O to Wright, allegedly, is “You know what your problem is? You have to tell the truth.” If that came from someone [...]
Opening offer.
A companion piece to the audio files posted at The Blaze of Wright’s interview with author Edward Klein. As Beck says and as Ed noted a few days ago, the money line from O to Wright, allegedly, is “You know what your problem is? You have to tell the truth.” If that came from someone [...]
Talking trash.
Why in the world were these things said? “It would have been better to solve it (the Iranian nuclear crisis) in a diplomatic way, by using pressure and without applying military force,” the ambassador clarified at the closed meeting, “But that does not mean that this [attack] option is not possible. Not only is it [...]
Talking trash.
Why in the world were these things said? “It would have been better to solve it (the Iranian nuclear crisis) in a diplomatic way, by using pressure and without applying military force,” the ambassador clarified at the closed meeting, “But that does not mean that this [attack] option is not possible. Not only is it [...]
C'mon.
Like Jonah Goldberg said earlier on Twitter, nothing says “bona fide Oklahoma Cherokee” like crab with mayonnaise. The money quote from Twila Barnes, the Cherokee genealogist responsible for yesterday’s indignant plea for Warren to come clean: “Cherokees don’t even traditionally have powwows.” Yeah, full-blooded Cherokees, maybe. But what about 0/32 Cherokees? Warren, who has been [...]
Fire with fire.
Via Mediaite. On the one hand, this probably was a consideration in Team Mitt’s mad dash this morning to distance themselves from the now-kaput Rev. Wright Super PAC ad. On the other hand, does anyone think the media’s going to let Romney’s faith pass unremarked upon if he’s three or four points up on O [...]
Fire with fire.
Via Mediaite. On the one hand, this probably was a consideration in Team Mitt’s mad dash this morning to distance themselves from the now-kaput Rev. Wright Super PAC ad. On the other hand, does anyone think the media’s going to let Romney’s faith pass unremarked upon if he’s three or four points up on O [...]
Tea time.
Granted, it’s a deep red state, but I’m surprised regardless. Kerrey served two terms in the Senate and another as governor so his name recognition is sky high; Fischer, meanwhile, was a distant third in the primary race behind Bruning and Stenberg as of just a few weeks ago. Can an almost total upstart crush [...]
Biography.
We got a bunch of excited e-mails when this story broke an hour or so ago, my favorite of which was this (in its entirety): why are you blacking out BRIETBART SCOOP of OBAMA KENYA PAMPHLET ??????? The terrible truth: Ed already had a few posts queued up and my shift hadn’t started yet so [...]
Ramirez on the uninvited guest freeloader.
On the heels of the decision by Franciscan University to dump their health insurance due to the combined effects of the HHS mandate and escalating costs, Fox News reports that a second Catholic university may opt to cancel their insurance coverage. For Ave Maria University in Florida, the issue appears to mainly be about the [...]
Majority want spending indexed to population growth.
We see enough surveys that claim conservatives are either less intelligent or poorly informed, so why not take a look at the reverse? Actually, Rasmussen’s most recent national poll didn’t aim to make claims over partisan fact-based realities, but to see how likely voters view spending issues in the run-up to a general election where [...]
Obama's policies old, not bold.
An amusing moment from yesterday’s speech in Iowa on the economy, in which Mitt Romney explains the difference between R&D in the public and private sectors. All you really need to know is the history of technological innovation in the 30 or so years since the breakup of the AT&T monopoly, but Romney’s parable is [...]
3 pm ET!
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we have a pretty crowded house. Kerry Picket brings us up to date on the goings-on inside the nation’s capital, and Steven Crowder returns to discuss his latest video efforts. The Ed Morrissey Show and its dynamic chatroom can be seen on the permanent TEMS page [...]
Florida folly.
Most political experts figure that Florida will be a close-run state in the presidential election this year, and with 29 electoral votes, it could make or break a candidacy. Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will spend a lot of time in the state, attempting to gain the edge on a state that Obama won [...]
The next shiny-object distraction?
Here’s a fun exercise for Hot Air readers. Go to the New York Times website and do a 12-month search for “Romney Mormon,” and see how many hits come back. I’ll end the suspense — “about 12,000 results,” according to the search I conducted earlier today. Now, do a search on “Obama Jeremiah” in the [...]
New RNC offensive on energy.
Occasionally, Hot Air will feature guest columns from high-ranking public figures to allow them to speak directly to our readers. Today, we welcome Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus, who responds to Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign appearances in Ohio and the Obama administration’s policies on coal and energy. Vice President Biden is in Ohio [...]
Pessimism.
“Steady,” in this case, depends on how one looks at the jobless claims numbers. If we compare today’s figures to today’s adjusted figures from last week, then claims remained steady at 370,000. However, that ignores the fact that the claims numbers got adjusted upward from last week’s announced 367,000 claims, the 61st week out of [...]
Curioser and curioser...
It appears that our Congresspeople, et al, have a thief in their midst. (Or is it, thieves?) Highly irregular, this: Puzzling break-ins over the last month at the offices of at least three House members and several committees have U.S. Capitol Police gumshoes working to find a pattern and the culprits, with missing items ranging [...]
Us darn humans and our earth-ravaging ways.
The end is nigh! Or so our esteemed environmental prophets are telling us… yet again. Humans will need two Earths to support our lifestyles by 2030 because we are draining the world’s resources so quickly, a new report has warned. Produced by the World Wildlife Fund, the Zoological Society of London, the Global Footprint Network [...]
Spin.
When I worked on Capitol Hill, reading Politico was a daily requirement. As with the other Hill newspapers, it has a combination of liberal bias, Beltway-centric sensationalism and important news. In an article yesterday the paper combined the first two with the following headline: “Bill Clinton: Hike taxes across the board.” Clinton, who spoke at [...]
Plus, the disconnect between Obama and his allies with mainstream America.
While Barack Obama’s fundraising dropped 20% from March to April, Mitt Romney’s tripled — and then some, according to his campaign disclosure for April’s fundraising. Team Romney, partnered with the RNC, hauled in more than $40 million, just $3 million less than Obama: Mitt Romney almost matched President Obama in fund-raising during April after securing his party’s presidential [...]
Garage band.
The only thing missing here was TOTUS: Well, at least it makes Obama’s half-full gig at The Ohio State University look like his Inauguration Day crowd. The worst part about this campaign appearance? One of the two homeowners standing behind Obama may not even vote for him: As leader of the free world President Obama [...]
"They don't get us!"
“This election is going to create a stark and fundamental choice between two different economic philosophies,” Biden will say at an address in Youngstown, Ohio, according to prepared remarks released by the campaign. “There’s Obama Economics, which values the role of workers in the success of a business, and values the middle class in the [...]
Repeal and replace?
The sourcing on this one is awfully thin, which raises two possibilities. One: The details are exaggerated or outright made up to try to start a firestorm among ObamaCare-hating conservatives. Two: The details are spot-on and are being deliberately leaked to see how ObamaCare-hating conservatives react. Can some parts of this thing be preserved or [...]
"Tell the truth."
Via William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection, who’s owned this story along with the Breitbart team. Her name is Twila Barnes, she’s 7/32 Cherokee, and she just dropped a truth bomb on the Democrats’ favorite non-minority “minority”: You see, Ms. Warren, some of us have independently done our own research and we know you have no [...]
C'mon.
To cleanse the palate, good news for Chris Matthews: His already legendary crumble on “Jeopardy” wasn’t the worst game-show performance on American television this week. Wait, no — let me think about that. Okay, Matthews’s performance was worse, but this is a very, very narrow second. “Magic hand”? Is Reed College some sort of school [...]
Oof.
Monday’s NYT poll: Romney by two among women. Today’s Fox News poll: Obama by 22 among women. Second look at ignoring polls until September? Among independents, 34 percent back Romney, 29 percent support Obama and more than a third are undecided or say they won’t vote (36 percent). Last month, independents broke for Romney by [...]
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