Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, January 20 2010 @ 08:38 AM CST
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Section One: The Big Stories:
1.1: The Day After: A Republican wins a Senate seat in deep-blue Democratic Massachusetts:
Inside the mind of a key Coakley supporter [*1]
Thinking about the unthinkable, Part Four [*2]
Massachusetts Election Refutes Weak Tea Conservatism [*3]
Slowing Brown Down (If He Wins) [*4] — The firecracker has been lit. Are the Democrats smart enough to let go of it, or will they try to hold on even tighter and hope the fuse will go out?
Why Is This Woman Handing Out Absentee Ballots?[*5] — Democrats cheat and steal elections–at least they try to. Repeatedly. Consistently. All over the country. The Brown tidal wave hit them before their vote fraud machinery could be properly set up.
A Raw Deal in Massachusetts [*6]
RNC: 100% as Evil But Only 50% as Stupid — GOP Shifted Money Into Massachusett[e]s Quietly To GOTV While Not Painting a Red Target on Brown’s Back [*7]
More Democrat Voter Fraud Tactics Exposed [*8]
Oh, My: Frank Luntz Having Trouble Filling His Post-Election Focus-Groups With Coakley Voters: “>I never dreamed I’d see Democrats in Massachusetts embarrassed to admit they’re Democrats” [*9]
Blue Dog Barks: Even Bayh Warns Dem’s of Catastrophe If Today’s Lessons Ignored [*10]
Dead can dance [*11]
Busted. Dem Coakley Alleges Voter Fraud in Press Release… Prepared on Monday [*12] — No wonder she lost. She couldn’t even cheat right.
The 2nd Boston Tea Party Rocks The US: Scott Brown wins! [*13]
COAKLEY CONCEDES [*14] — “And there was much rejoicing.” “Yay.”
Where do they go from here? [*15]
Mr. Brown Goes to Washington… In a Pick-up Truck, No Less! [*16] — The ‘Cuda weighs in . . .
The House Is Very Much In Play [*17]
Liberty 1, Tyranny 0 After Brown’s Big Win [*18]
After Brown….A Call to Arms! [*19]
Dems Assemble Circular Firing Squad Over Coakley Loss; Freedom Left Intact – For Now [*20]
Happy Anniversary Mr. President! [*21]
And, this here is, for the moment, the last word: NEXT. [*22]
This message goes out to every vulnerable Democratic Congressman representing a Republican or even centrist district – and after tonight, who among you is not vulnerable? It is a simple message: we can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way. The easy way is, you suddenly decide that you have a burning desire to spend more time with your families. So you don’t run for re-election, you walk off stage technically undefeated, and you go join a lobbying firm. The hard way is, you do run for re-election, and we pry you out of your seats.We want to do this the hard way. We will enjoy doing it.
That’s your only warning. And remember: nobody is going to be able to save you. If the President, the DSCC, the DCCC, the DNC, the SEIU, ACORN, and the netroots couldn’t manage a win in Massachusetts… what do you think that they can do for you?
More after the “Read More” . . . 1.2: Haiti:
S. Dakota State coach will go barefoot for Haiti [*23]
Nagy goes national to help Haiti [*24]
(the above two double-linked here and under “Sports” . . . )
1.3: “Global warming” aka “Climate change” — or should that be “Climate Reform?”:
Brookhaven National Laboratory: Why Hasn’t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected? [*25]
1.4: Health care “reform” aka health insurance “reform” — or should that be health care “change?” Perhaps “Global healthing?:
Dems getting “cold feet” on ObamaCare [*26]
Politico: House Dems already starting to run from ObamaCare [*27]
Democrat Sen. Jim Webb on gov’t health care takeover: Whoa, Nelly! [*28]
Section Two: Things That Amuse Me:
2.1: Simians:
No simians. Rarely simians.
2.2: Travel:
TSA Pays Blogger to Mock People Harassed by TSA [*29] — Ah. Brilliant. No. Really.
2.3: Sports:
S. Dakota State coach will go barefoot for Haiti [*23]
Nagy goes national to help Haiti [*24]
SAAC kicks off Summit League Food Fight
Hopson, Chism lead No. 8 Vols past Alabama, 63-56 [*30]
Shoes-for-Haiti charity has extra meaning to Nagy [*31]
SDSU football recruits 2010 [*32] — Including a kid from Blue Springs South, which happens to be the school district your humble correspondent resides within . . .
2.4: Science Fiction and Writing:
You Can’t Please Them All [*33]
Torchwood moving to U.S.?? [*34]
2.5: Miscellany:
Out go drinking games in booze crackdown [*35] — “Palin said ‘You Betcha!’ Drink!”
A tale of two cities (and two sewers) [*36]
Unified Government approves development plan for Wizards stadium, Cerner Corp. campus [*37]
Section Three: All Politics All The Time:
3.1: Strategy and tactics for defending human freedom and liberty:
“conservatives hate gay people” [*38] — Well, to be honest, some do. Many on the right don’t however–they frankly couldn’t care less what you do as consenting adults in the privacy of your bedroom. On the other hand, some collectivists despise gay people, but want to use them as political weapons anyway.
Abominable Economics [*39] — Jerome Corsi hops the divide between wild conspiracy theories and almost–almost making sense far, far too easily for my taste. People who show up on the Coast to Coast AM radio show generally shouldn’t be taken very seriously, IMHO . . .
The American People Reject Big Government [*40]
Who should give the GOP response to Obama’s State of the Union address? [*41] — Scott Brown, of course.
Scott Brown needs to deliver Republican State of the Union rebuttal [*42] — I imagine a lot of people are having that thought . . .
Dear GOP: Let Scott Brown Give Response to SOTU Address– In His Truck [*43]
3.2: The reality of Obama and the Democrat leadership as blithering idiots:
Coakley concedes [*44] — Richard Fernandez is correct in this post: This is a Moment of Truth for Obama. Is he a leader of Americans, or is he a shameless, brazen ideologue pushing his own vision of how things should be on a (now obviously) unwilling American public?
A message for President Obama [*45] — I wish I’d thought of this first: Mr. President, we won.
The Obama Administration’s Rampant Racism [*46] — Although “cynical thug” isn’t exactly a synonym for “blithering idiot,” the effect is ultimately the same . . .
Obama targets “tax cheats” seeking government work [*47] — Strangely, this is NOT about doing a better job of vetting high-level Administration appointees . . .
3.3: The reality of the Republican leadership as blithering idiots:
They’re all sleeping off their hangovers from the Brown parties . . .
3.4: Opposition Research: The enemies of human freedom and liberty:
No Taxes, Please, We’re Democrats [*48] — “It’s a tax break for being a Democrat.” And yet, I’m utterly unsurprised. They’re Democrats. It’s what they do.
An Open Letter to Our Readers [*49]
The Next Government Takeover: Student Loans [*50]
Sheriff Joe’s Enabler: Meet Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas—overtly political prosecutor, abuser of power, sworn enemy of libertarianism [*51]
The Coming Democrat Counteroffensive [*52]
The Left’s Rhetoric of Accusation [*53] — It’s just projection . . . leftists think that way, and so think everybody else thinks that way, too. They’re wrong, which is why they continually make disastrous mistakes . . .
The Silence of the Trolls [*54]
Far left has taken over Democratic Party, Sen. Bayh says [*55]
3.5: Media bias–and incompetence:
Case Study in New York Times Bias, Coakley/Brown Edition [*56]
The Kansas City Star lays off a dozen workers, eliminates unfilled positions [*57]
3.6: Fear The ‘Cuda–A spotlight on Citizen Palin, who really needs to find a better phrase than “Common-sense conservatism” to describe her philosophy:
Conservatives 4 Palin [*58] –Semi-permanent link for Palinmania . . .
Section Four: The Rest of the News:
4.1: The Economy:
Just the usual depressing stuff . . .
4.2: Foreign affairs and National Security:
Military Spending — For What? [*59]
4.3: Science, technology, and space:
Hey, did you hear Massachusetts had an election?