Far leftists repeatedly interupt Sheriff Joe Arpaio … at First Amendment forum
From The Department of You Can’t Make This Up:
President Obama’s Afghanistan “surge”
As expected, the press has gotten advanced excerpts from President’ Obama’s upcoming speech on his plan for Afghanistan, which he will officially announce tonight in a televised address from West Point at 8 ET. CNN has snips from the speech, and the Guardian is liveblogging the unveiling of the plan and the media reports surrounding it.
Tuesday Open Thread
Got a hectic day in front of me. I’ll check back in when I can.
The ClimateGate money trail
For the last few decades, when it’s come to the debate over global warming and whether or not it is “man-made”, alarmists in both the activist community and the mainstream media (but I repeat myself) usually will immediately point to any money tie global warming skeptics have to “big oil” and related industries as if to suggest that a money tie alone is good enough reason to dismiss claims made by “the deniers.” On the other hand, very little attention is paid by our so-called “objective” MSM to the extensive money ties of those who have made pushing the AGW agenda their life’s work.
Shocker: CBO says Senate bill will increase healthcare premiums for individuals
Like we didn’t see this one coming, right?
Informal poll: Are Mike Huckabee’s 2012 presidential ambitions now DOA?
In light of the news that the suspect wanted in the Lakewood, WA ambush – which left four police officers dead – was granted clemency upon a time by then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, can he effectively kiss any 2012 presidential hopes he may have had goodbye? Bloomberg takes a look at the potential political fallout for Huck: