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Archive for March, 2010

Court Rules That It’s Okay For Police To Taser Pregnant Women

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 27th, 2010. Filed under In The News, Individual Liberty, War On Drugs

A Federal Appeals Court ruled yesterday that police did not act improperly when they tasered a pregnant woman sitting her car in Seattle, Washington:
SEATTLE (AP) — Three Seattle police officers were justified when they used a stun gun on a pregnant mother who refused to sign a traffic ticket, a federal appeals court ruled Friday [...]

Meet The Man Who May Be Behind The Violence Against Lawmakers

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Washington Post profiles a former Alamaba “militia” leader who has found a new calling in the wake of the passage of the health care reform bill:
The call to arms was issued at 5:55 a.m. last Friday.
“To all modern Sons of Liberty: THIS is your time. Break their windows. Break them NOW.”
These were the words [...]

Jack Bauer’s Gonna Be Pissed

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under 24, Television

Just fifteen minutes ago from the Twitter feed of Jon Cassar, who was the producer of 24 for seasons 1 through 7, comes news that 24 has been canceled:
News from the 24 set,the crew has been told that 24 has come to an end. There will b no season 9. Its been a great run, [...]

The Best Of Joe Biden

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

From today’s Morning Joe:

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Paul Ryan On Health Care: Fix, Then Repeal

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Paul Ryan, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Congressman Paul Ryan offers a slightly different strategy from the “repeal” idea being floated by most Republicans:
[I]t is not sufficient for those of us in the opposition to await a reversal of political fortune months or years from now before we advance action on health care reform. Costs will continue their ascent as the debt [...]

Michelle Bachmann Stupidly Claims “100% Of Our Economy Was Private Before September 2008″

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Michelle Bachmann, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Once again, Michelle Bachmann has opened her mouth without consulting Wikipedia:
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is continuing to denounce what she says is a pattern of government takeovers of the economy — going so far as to say that the economy used to be totally private.
“And what we saw this Tuesday, once the president [...]

Will The Supreme Court Strike Down ObamaCare ? Don’t Be So Quick To Say Yes

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, John Roberts, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court

The New York Times’ long-time SCOTUS reporter Linda Greenhouse takes a look at how the current court might look at the challenges to the health care reform law:
The challengers invoke and seek to build upon the Rehnquist court’s “federalism revolution” that flowered briefly during the 1990’s. In a series of 5-to-4 rulings, the [...]

The Family Guy Terri Schiavo Musical

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Humor, Television

Last Sunday’s Family Guy was, always, controversial, and damn funny:

Federal Court Gives Freedom Of Speech Another Victory Over McCain-Feingold

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty

A Federal Appeals Court in Washington, D.C. put another nail into the coffin of the monstrosity that is the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law:
A federal appeals court on Friday handed another victory to conservative opponents of campaign-finance restrictions, striking down limits on individual contributions to independent groups who want to use the money for or against [...]

Now We Have Obama-Induced Road Rage

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Dateline Nashville, Tennessee:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Nashville man says he and his 10-year-old daughter were victims of road rage Thursday afternoon, all because of a political bumper sticker on his car.
Mark Duren told News 2 the incident happened around 4:30p.m., while he was driving on Blair Boulevard, not far from Belmont University.
He said Harry Weisiger [...]

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