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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_7 fa2b5bee48262f2a6f2169cc5a4ad3ac Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:52:43 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_8 92a287fbc43156c5022abe1a9a70de64 Democrats got their woman in Iowa, expanding the Senate playing field a bit: Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today. Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely than not to seek the seat held by five- ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_9 ef7f989d3fa3c67eebf77f6f701209fe "If I wanted to be part of socialized medicine, I would have moved to Europe. I'll be damned if I'm going to let a socialistic Washington shove a new mandate down the (Illinois) taxpayers' throats, especially if it's health care." - Republican Kirk Dillard, the Illinois state senator who famously cut a campaign ad on [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:54:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_10 7d26db86e2edae715b86c049cebbc1cd I will never forget my son Beau's deployment ceremony on Oct. 3, 2008, in Dover, Del. As I stood in the audience watching him, a general's wife quietly slipped a prayer into my hand. The prayer has stuck with me every day since: (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_11 ebb964225e0f1d7bdb81cf08e1f15208 The expanded use of formal rules on Capitol Hill is unprecedented and is bringing government to its knees. The slaughter last April of 32 people at Virginia Tech University by a mentally disturbed student using a variety of guns he had purchased brought about an unusual, quick consensus in the political arena: guns should not be in the hands of ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T20:49:19Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_12 8584d9b7930d7ac6057df3e45177559c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:54:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_13 4a1ee829301ab74c604475ceb952aa90 We were honored to help judge Long Beach's Howl'oween dog-costume contest Saturday, but while we were having a blast with L.A.'s most pampered pets, our colleague Lu Parker of KTLA News was busy helping homeless pets find new adoptive families. We had a great time -- but three guesses on which of us had a more fulfilling Halloween! ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T12:30:33-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_14 ca787da600cdb2bce463c6ccf3bf2680 Forbes, Ten Ways To Audit Proof Your Tax Return, by Robert W. Wood (Wood & Porter, San Francisco): While what-triggers-an-audit theories abound, there are some basic things you can do to reduce your chances of being picked for an audit or at least to make any interactions with the IRS less traumatic. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:03 -0600 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_15 509aeceddf01afb2ec8c64d34dc92268 Unemployment has reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent. Today the House Republican Conference sent out this graphic, which is essentially the same as the chart that we've been following for some months now ; click to enlarge: It's gone past the point where we could officially declare the "stimulus" bill a failure. At this juncture, I don't see ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:03 -0600 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/1#item_16 ed6bd357eb6e5561a584bc02d9cb7a66 Takeaways: One, people need to stop worrying about inflation. Two, the federal government should deploy more aid to state and local governments. Three, instead of easing up on the easing of monetary policy the Fed needs to ease even more, probably by taking some advice from Scott Sumner about ways this is possible. 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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_1 19eda7a25c202f2a23fa67e70af4d000 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:28:02 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_2 eb2fac7786188069d80ce021f0cdb114 1. The new ad being run in Florida by the Club for Growth should send shivers down Gov. Charlie Crist's (R) spine. The commercial features Crist saying "we know that it's important that we pass a stimulus package" and embracing President Obama at a rally earlier this year. (Highlighting "The Hug" seems to be an attempt by the Club to parallel the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_3 26a64358df4f61cbc49d5d9a284a03ad As House Democrats prepare to vote on their version of a healthcare reform bill this weekend, a man who used to be the face of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida decided he's had enough with the way the health insurance industry is impeding reform. Actor and comedian Andy Cobb used to promote Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. But now he's broken ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_4 09b341d8b605e125b3794e3be1e30330 Negotiations among more than 190 countries meeting in Barcelona to address climate change continued today, but only on certain matters, as delegates from 50 African nations collectively shut down the talks about how to extend the Kyoto Protocol when the first phase of the agreement expires in 2012. Africa refuses to continue the negotiations ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:47 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_5 43e753736f1f37a20d5ea6fe34bd5a77 As part of a late-summer onslaught against Chris Christie meant to narrow a steep gap in the polls, Gov. Jon Corzine's campaign hammered the Republican for a health care plan they said would lift a state regulation on insurance companies mandating that all policies cover mammogram screenings. When the polls soon tightened, Democrats thought they [. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:51:27 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_6 2e27282b2e3a6638f79db488804d2c9e The Senate just tabled the amendment proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would have prohibited use of Justice Department funds to prosecute the 9/11 terror suspects in U.S. federal courts. Effectively, that means it’s dead. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:51:27 EST Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:28:02 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_8 d21a9765958e84665482974527a678dd Tracey Maclin, a law professor at Boston University, said it “makes perfect sense’’ for Coakley to weigh in on this case. “I’m against the death penalty, but it would be bordering on incompetence for an attorney general not to sign this case,’’ he said. “If the Supreme Court makes it harder, that&# ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:40:17 -0400 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_9 514610d56d0e1198bd0efe12da1d3040 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_10 cbcd8efc76e8c8e347d002e5f7f319f1 Next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments, in Sullivan v. Florida, about whether sentencing a 13-year-old boy to prison without the possibility of parole violates the cruel-and–unusual-punishment clause of the Constitution. Joe Harris Sullivan is one of two teenagers that young currently doing life without parole for a nonhomicide offense ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_11 75d2930720e2729c6d745ad7d310aac1 It's Friday, which means it's time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Enter your best caption for the following picture: Winners will be announced Monday morning.... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_12 362c844c7c6cf3f96715175d4553ff68 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. © 2009 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257616802/21#item_13 88b32947c1e474eef8ee41283715acd9 Twelve soldiers were murdered in cold blood at Fort Hood. Thirty others were wounded. Our Commander in Chief calls a press conference and begins it with a long thanks to the Interior Department and Indians who just concluded a conference and then gives a good natured "shout out" to an attendee , all with a studied nonchalance, before he ... (Read on Source) ]]>