Quick Takes
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Video: Watch Ukrainians tear down statues of Lenin
Throughout modern history, we have been treated to glimpses of oppressed peoples asserting their God-given right to live free. One…
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Book Review: The Poisoner’s Handbook
The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum (Penguin Books 2010) Deborah Blum’s page-turning book about the rise of real forensic science…
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Scariest three words in English: ‘Barack Obama dynasty’
Try to imagine, if your mind will allow you to conjure up especially nightmarish thoughts, the coronation of Barack, the Twelfth.…
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Drunk dudes taking their wasted buddy home
It’s a phenomenon that knows no specific time or place. It happens in all cultures and climes. You go out…
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6-year-old receives letter from IRS: Read his reply
The IRS probably gets few letters written in crayon, but in a way they asked for it. Elite Daily has…
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REVIEW: Kate Atkinson’s “Life after Life”
The part I enjoyed the most about Kate Atkinson’s novel Life after Life was her note to readers after the…
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AP’s double standard in reporting on pols in trouble
The Associated Press continues its longstanding tradition of treating politicians differently in scandalous news stories along party lines. The latest…
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WH back to ‘saving’ jobs
Remember that meaningless stat from the early days of the Obama presidency? It meant nothing back then — there’s no…
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Most obnoxious interview ever?
Nothing sells an interview with a champion more than tears. Clearly this was on the mind of the reporter interviewing…
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World’s longest anti-Obama bumper sticker
Brevity, they say, is the soul of wit. While this driver earns few style points for pithiness, he certainly gets…
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Are pro and con only positions in gun debate? Maker of this ad says no
This space is often reserved for opinions. This time, however, the opinions are entirely yours. At issue is an “ad”…
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Video: MSNBC asks ‘What would Jesus do?’ about Obamacare
The Great (Policy Activism) Commission.
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Groupon honors ‘President’ Alexander Hamilton
This could be a deliberate FAIL wrapped in a clever marketing effort. Whether it was intentional or just the latest…
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Union loses vote at TN VW plant
Auto workers in Tennessee nixed joining the United Auto Workers union at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga this week, in…
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Hypocritical Cuomo administration gives post facto carry waiver
Waivers for me but not for thee.
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A naked man walks into a McDonald’s…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Actually, it’s not a joke, and it’s not even that uncommon. Last month,…
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Bill Clinton given ‘Woman’s Day’ award?
Wait, they give an award for falsely denying having cheated on your wife? From Twitchy: Ah, the continued fawning over…
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Suicide bomb instructor in Iraq accidentally blows up his class
Himself, too, natch. I nominate this the feel-good story of the day. Even the freedom-fighter-friendly New York Times seems to have trouble…
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Ron Fournier – sob – wanted Obamacare to work
Boohoo. Pass a hanky to National Journal’s Ron Fournier who is now moaning about why he’s “getting sick of defending…
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The shot heard round the McDonald’s
Some people are able to grin and bear life’s little setbacks. Shaneka Monique Torres, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is not…
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Shirley Temple, ‘America’s Little Darling,’ dies at 85
Of natural causes at age 85. USA Today reminds readers that the child singer, dancer, and actress helped lift the spirits of…
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Food Network: Gay and proud … and stupid
If there was any lesson to be derived from the short-lived impasse between A&E and Phil Robertson, the star of…
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Starbucks for Dummies
This appears to be a contagion. Yesterday Quick Takes noted that a “Burger King” had opened in Pittsburgh that was…
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Video: A parody of Obama’s worst moments
Our friends at ConservativeVideos.com preface the following by writing, “We were able to hack into Barack Obama’s personal Facebook account and…
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How much is Obamacare PR blitz costing you?
The face of Obamacare changes from day to day. One day it’s the flaccid, smarmy smile of Obama Boy, the…
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Delegation to Mandela funeral cost $19M
Those commercials with Alex Trebek are evidently right: The cost of funerals is through the roof. The Weekly Standard did a…
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