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The Historic Obama
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President Obama has inserted his name into every official White House website presidential biography since Calvin Coolidge (save Gerald Ford). Here are some examples via Commentary:
• On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the F
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Jonah Goldberg -
5/15/2012 10:19 AM
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Security Camera Captures Brutal Beating of Army Soldier in Florida
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The first punch seemingly comes out of nowhere. The kicks to the head shortly follow. And before you realize it, its a full on beating.
That describes the brutal attack on an Army soldier in Tampa, FL, in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The soldier, 24-year-old Johnny Aparico, has only lived there for about a month. And he received a rude welco
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 10:18 AM
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Tony Blair: ‘A World Without Faith Would Be a World on the Path to Tragedy & Disaster’
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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone through a spiritual evolution since leaving office. He has launched a religious foundation, converted to Roman Catholicism and made vibrant and bold statements about his views on the role of faith in society. He uttered his most powerful sentiments to date yesterday when addressing a massive congregation in
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 9:40 AM
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#ObamaInHistory
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If you don’t know what this Twitter trending hashtag is about, you’re missing out. Get in the know at Twitchy.
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MichelleMalkin.com -
5/15/2012 9:29 AM
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State Department May Grant Visa to Cuban Dictator Raul Castro’s Daughter
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It appears that the U.S. State Department has granted or will grant a visa to Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Raul Castro, the country’s President and Premier, neice of notorious Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, despite laws precluding such visas from officials of the Cuban government. Castro Espin, who is the director of Cuba’s state-fun
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Heritage Foundation -
5/15/2012 9:26 AM
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Morning Market Roundup — EU Edition: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Here’s what’s important in the eurozone right now:
Did EU Avoid Recession? Europe narrowly dodged a bullet Tuesday after the economy of the 17-nation eurozone avoided a recession in the first quarter of the year despite a raging debt crisis thats raising the specter of the breakup of the currency union.
There was one reason why the eurozone a
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 9:09 AM
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Whos Against Gay Civil Rights?
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I keep hearing this talking point that Mitt Romney, conservatives et al. are against "civil rights for gays." I am willing to grant that the ability to marry is a civil right. I'm also perfectly happy to concede that it's a legitimate debate whether same sex marriage is a civil right (and longtime readers know I've always been
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Jonah Goldberg -
5/15/2012 9:08 AM
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Morning Bell: Don’t Fear the Free Market
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The lingering headline on the front pages this week is that JP Morgan Chase suffered a massive loss on a hedging strategy, costing them $2 billion. That’s no small mistake, and it’s an example of how bad decisions in the free market can cost big money. But just because mistakes have consequences doesn’t mean that the mighty hand o
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Heritage Foundation -
5/15/2012 8:55 AM
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Meet the 23-Year-Old Obama Hired to Head His Religious Campaign Outreach
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Over the past few months, the Obama administration has come under intense criticism for its treatment of religious freedom issues. In addition to the presidents highly-publicized battle with the Catholic Church, The Blaze has covered angst among faith leaders over the administrations faith advisory council, which critics say has virtually "go d
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 8:49 AM
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Prom Picture Pandemonium: Deck Collpases Underneath Students During Photo Op!
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Last week you may have seen video out of Wisconsin of a dock collapsing under a group of students taking pictures before their prom, leaving most of them very wet. And now its happened in Indiana, where an elevated deck gave way during a pre-prom photo op.
It happened in the town of Fort Wayne to students from Churubusco High School.
"We were
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 8:47 AM
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Tales of the Red Tape #32: Civil Rights for Bashful Bladders
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There are several colloquialisms for “paruresis” (par-YOU-ree-sis), one of the newer additions to the growing list of ailments supposedly protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): “pee panic,” “stage fright,” and “urophobia,” among them. No matter one’s term of preference, they all refer to a difficulty or inability to urinate in t
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Heritage Foundation -
5/15/2012 8:31 AM
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Twenty-Six Italian Banks Downgraded
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(The Blaze/AP) -- Moodys Investors Service downgraded 26 Italian banks Monday as they struggled with that nations weak economy and with government austerity measures dampening demand for loans.
The firm said it based the new ratings on a number of criteria and separated the banks into four groups.
1. Two banks, UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo,
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 8:12 AM
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See MSNBC‘s Chris Matthews Bomb at ’Jeopardy’
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Its one thing to be a smarty-pants behind the desk of your own MSNBC show, where you control the guests as well as the overall content. But its an entirely different animal to appear on a challenging game show that gives you absolutely no oversight over the questions youll be asked. On Monday night, America was graced with Chris Matthews appearance
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 7:53 AM
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Author Reveals Identity of Man New Obama Book Says Tried to Bribe Jeremiah Wright
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Over the weekend, one of the many shocking allegations to come from Edward Kleins controversial new book on Obama was the story that someone from the Obama camp tried to pay Rev. Jeremiah Wright -- Obamas controversial former pastor -- $150k to keep quiet until after the 2008 election. Wright rejected the hush money. But we never knew who allegedly
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 7:41 AM
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‘Cult’: Pastor Sues Family for $500,000 for Posting Negative Internet Reviews of His Church
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Theres a holy war erupting in Beaverton, Oregon, after a mother and daughter gave a local church negative reviews on the Internet. Now, Pastor Charles ONeal of Beaverton Grace Bible Church is reportedly suing the duo, among a few other commenters, for $500,000 as a result of their posted assessments of the church.
According to Julie Ann Smit
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 7:20 AM
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Report: Liberal 2012 Commencement Speakers Outnumber Conservatives 7-to-1
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Heres a shocker: the top 100 universities* in America prefer left-leaning commencement speakers to conservatives by a ratio of seven-to-one, according to a new report from the Young America’s Foundation (YAF), the principal youth activism wing of the conservative movement.
In fact, according to the YAF report, out of 106 keynote speakers schedul
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 6:48 AM
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Man Goes to Pick Up ‘Stick’ in a Wal-Mart… Only to be Bitten by Poisonous Snake
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LEWISTON, Idaho (The Blaze/AP) — A man says he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the outdoor gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in eastern Washington state, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand.
Mica Craig says he was shopping in the outdoor garden department of a Clarkston store when he was bitten Saturday. Th
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The Blaze -
5/15/2012 6:30 AM
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As the boomers head for the barn
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Only 63.6 percent of the U.S. working age population is now in the labor force, the lowest level since December 1981.
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Human Events -
5/15/2012 6:07 AM
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