Obama friend and fundraiser sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

“Of interesting (but not surprising) note is that the mainstream media coverage of Rezko’s sentence this afternoon fails to mention his close ties to the president. A number of headlines describe Rezko as a Blagojevich political fundraiser and adviser, but conspicuously absent is any mention of Obama.”

Jim Kouri Law Enforcement Examiner 11/27/2011

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GOP takeover of Congress would mean ‘hand-to-hand combat,’ Obama warns

A Republican majority would threaten policies to stabilize the economy, the president says during a radio interview, part of an effort to rally key Democratic constituencies.

Michael A. Memoli Tribune Washington Bureau 10/7/2011

Reporting from Washington — A Republican majority in Congress would mean “hand-to-hand combat” on Capitol Hill for the next two years, threatening […]

Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck: Defending the Republic

FM NewsTalk 97.1 St. Louis, MO 10/7/2011

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Sen. Grassley Investigation: SEC Has Destroyed Evidence to Prevent Probe

Uncoverage 8/17/2011

We reported the story yesterday that shameless SEC Chief Mary Schapiro is allowing her agency to be the “useful tool” of retribution of the Chicago-Mafioso-in-Chief, as he seeks to punish S&P for the credit downgrade by alleging “insider trading.”

That predatory witch hunt is a “deflection” of what is REALLY going on: If […]

Netanyahu’s rules of debate

Hugh Hewitt Washington Examiner 5/22/2011

If it had been a fight, they would have stopped it.

Friday’s showdown between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t close, and it wasn’t pretty — though Netanyahu didn’t want to leave any obvious marks. The end result was that our president is suddenly aware that Chicago […]

Sunday Open Thread: Fatwa Edition

by Publius BigGovernment.com 2/14/2010

Today, in 1989, Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa on Salman Rushdie, encouraging Muslims to kill the author, because he wrote a book. (Also today, Al Capone delivered his own fatwa on the North Side Irish gang of Bugs Moran.)

Happy Valentine’s Day.

Salman Rushdie holding a copy […]

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