OSLO, Norway – Attackers fired shots into the Oslo apartment of a Kurdish cleric who founded an Iraqi-based militant group, injuring one of his relatives, Norwegian police said. Mullah Krekar, the 53-year-old founder of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, was not hurt in the shooting early Monday, but his …
Read More »A Loud and Clear Message Sent – and Heard
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” January 20, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: OK, now what? After taking one on the chin in Massachusetts, Democrats are trying to figure out what to …
Read More »Bus Crash in Bolivia Kills 22
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Transportation officials say at least 22 people were killed when a bus collided with a car, sending them both plunging 230 feet down a mountainside in Bolivia. Police Comm. Luis Herbas says the bus was traveling from Cochabamba to the Bolivian capital of La Paz when …
Read More »It's Time for Governor Sanford to Pay the Piper
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: State of Affairs South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford has paid the largest ethics fine in state history after allegations he breached the state ethics code 37 times by overspending on travel and making personal use of state airplanes and campaign funds. …
Read More »Has Obama Really Excluded Lobbyists From His Staff?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Having It Both Ways President Obama has more than 40 former lobbyists working in senior positions in his administration despite his statement during the State of the Union that he has, “excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.” The Examiner reports they include IRS …
Read More »Leading Global Warming Believer Now Admits There Hasn't Been Any for 15 Years
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Cold Shoulder The scientist behind the so-called “climate-gate” e-mail scandal now admits there has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. Professor Phil Jones also tells the BBC that scientists are unsure whether the Medieval Warm Period was actually warmer than …
Read More »Collapse of Far-Left Media
The radical radio network Air America has announced it is all over for them. They are out of business. No surprise since that operation was never successful. But here is a surprise: Last Tuesday when the Massachusetts votes were being counted, Fox News had almost six times as many viewers …
Read More »Obamacare Close to Becoming Reality
The tipping point came when the president promised to sign an executive order saying that no federal funding will be used for abortion activity. That swayed some pro-life Democrats to his cause. But there is no question that most Americans do not want Obamacare passed into law. All the polls …
Read More »Health Care's Fine Print Fallout
Umm, problem: About those kids with prior medical conditions all being covered under health care now? One tiny correction: not all kids and not all conditions. It turns out they rushed that one out before they checked the fine print out, which is really surprising since Democratic leaders insisted they …
Read More »Cut Blumenthal a Break
He stumbled; he didn’t steal. Which is why I say cut Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal a break. Everyone’s made the guy out to be a liar at worst — an exaggerator at best — for saying he served in Vietnam when he didn’t. Indeed, in several speeches, that’s exactly …
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