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Archive for November, 2009

Pfizer Abandons Site Condemned In Infamous Kelo v. New London Case

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, Legal, Property Rights

In the annals of Supreme Court history, there are perhaps only a handful of cases that go down in history as more egregious than what happened in Suzette Kelo v. City of New London.
In that case, the Supreme Court approved an eminent domain taking by the City of New London, Connecticut that involved taking the [...]

It’s The Circle Of Life At The National Zoo

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Washington DC

Since nobody in the Washington, D.C. area wants to talk about the latest Redskins’ loss, the big news of the day around here was the deer who got into the lions’ den at the National Zoo:
A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions Sunday as dozens of [...]

Fort Hood Gunman Frequented Strip Club In Weeks Before Shooting

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Not exactly Islamic:
Killeen, Texas —  The Army psychiatrist authorities say killed 13 people and wounded 29 others at the Fort Hood Army Base Thursday was a recent and frequent customer at a local strip club, employees of the club told FoxNews.com exclusively.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came into the Starz strip club not far from the [...]

Fight Over Abortion Could Still Sink Health Care Reform

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Democrats, Health Care Reform, Political Parties, Politics

If Democrats thought that the passage of the Stupak Amendment would end the debate over abortion and health care reform, they were wrong:
President Obama and Senate Democrats sought on Sunday to generate momentum from the House’s passage of health-care legislation, even as a new hurdle emerged: profound dismay among abortion-rights supporters over antiabortion provisions inserted [...]

NEA Chief: Obama Is “Most Powerful Writer Since Julius Caeser”

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Obamagasms, Politics

Another Obamagasm:
Maybe President Obama will win the Nobel Prize for Literature, too, now that the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts has declared that “Barack Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar.”
Rocco Landesman rendered unto Obama that considerable compliment in a little-noticed speech to a group of art philanthropists in Brooklyn, [...]

Ron Paul: Health Care “Reform” Will Make A Bad Situation Much, Much Worse

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Chart Of The Day: Marijuana Less Deadly Than Aspirin

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, War On Drugs

H/T: Sullivan

ABC News: Major Nidal Hasan Tried To Make Contact With al Qaeda

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Yet another piece of the puzzle:
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.
It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its [...]

Twenty Years Ago Today

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under History

The people of Germany are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the end of the division of their nation:
With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country’s reunification.
Chancellor Angela Merkel [...]

Sarah Palin Spreads False Rumor About “In God We Trust” Being Removed From Coins

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin started off her talk to a Wisconsin pro-life group with this little rhetorical flourish:
In addition to the suggestion that government officials would consider hastening the death of the infirm or handicapped, she began her remarks with a puzzling commentary on the design of newly minted dollar coins.
Noting that there had been a lot [...]

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