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May 31, 2015
Media Alert: Bill Bennett Tomorrow Morning
(Steven Hayward) For commuters in the east and early risers elsewhere, I'll be a guest on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" radio show at 8:05 am eastern time tomorrow (Monday) morning, to talk about the latest in climate science, and other topics. Tune in to your local station, or you can listen in online at BillBennett.com. Call in! Love to say hello to Power Line readers.
'Family Guy' Creator Rips 'Duck Dynasty' During Award Acceptance Speech
"Let's not forget I'm being declared a genius on a network that airs 'Duck Dynasty' …"
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Rand Paul Declares a Short-Term PATRIOT Act Victory, as His Opponents Bristle
The PATRIOT Act is dead, for a few hours.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Rand Paul Blocks Patriot Act Extension, For Now
(John Hinderaker) Important provisions of the Patriot Act expire at midnight tonight, unless renewed by Congress. The House has passed such a bill, and the Senate has been in session today, trying to do the same. This effort was blocked, in the end, by one senator: Rand Paul. Fox News reports: The Senate failed Sunday to strike a deal to extend the NSA's phone surveillance program before the midnight deadline. … The
Source: Power Line
For Rand Paul, push on Patriot act carries risks, rewards
Sen. Rand Paul's high-profile push to scrap the Patriot Act carries both risk and reward for his 2016 presidential prospects, according to GOP analysts, who say that the battle is helping him solidify his libertarian-leaning base, but also could further alienate voters that already have questions about his world view.
...Deadly Komodo Dragon Bites Nebraska Zookeeper
"Komodos, even though they've got this fierce reputation — they eat deer, they're scavengers, they're venomous, they have a bacterial mix in their mouth — all that said, they're nice."
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Patriot Act Will Expire, Senate To Hold Mid-Week Vote
Rand Paul held off reauthorization as long as he could
Via: The Daily Caller
'It Was '(The) Dukes of Hazzard": Car Flies Through the Air in Terrifying Crash Caught on Surveillance Video
"… he actually did some good air."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Buzz
(John Hinderaker) Our friend David Lebedoff has written a number of books, one or two of which we have plugged here. But now, just in time for the Summer beach market, he has published his first thriller, called Buzz. Buzz is somewhat in the tradition of Jaws, only the deadly predator is a whole lot smaller. Most of us are used to swatting them without much thought: That's right: mosquitos. The plot
Source: Power Line
Drug smugglers get creative in bids to elude U.S. border guards
Hidden inside a load of green peppers, sealed in bales of coiled cable wire, stuffed inside the cups of women's bras — drug runners are finding increasingly innovative places to stash their illicit cargo as they try to sneak it by U.S. border guards.
But U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...
Actress Betsy Palmer, Played Murderous Mother in 'Friday the 13th,' Dies at 88
Palmer had appeared in films and TV shows for decades, several of them classics, before she took the role of Mrs. Voorhees in the 1980 horror film.
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Texas GOP pushes through 'campus carry' as Legislature ends
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Legislature wound down Sunday by lifting a ban on firearms on college campuses after years of thwarted attempts, putting a final conservative stamp on new Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's debut that included tax cuts and a dramatic rise in border security spending.
The official ...
Break a Leg!
(John Hinderaker) John Kerry is a noted sportsman, despite his 71 years. Who can forget how he wind-surfed his way into the hearts of voters everywhere in 2004? Or his goose-hunting excursion in Ohio during the same campaign, where he claimed to have shot a goose–gotta have credibility with these swing-state rubes!–but when he emerged from the woods he wasn't carrying one; a picture of a dead goose would have been bad
Source: Power Line
Surveillance Powers Set to Expire With No Deal in Senate
The objections have come primarily from GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
92-Year-Old Vet Was a Pitching Prospect Before He Went Off to Fight in World War II. Now 70 Years Later, He Finally Steps Foot on a Major League Mound.
"I could throw that ball beyond 90 miles an hour and I had a curve like nobody else had one."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
FIFA Official Accuses the U.S. of 'Double Standard.' See If You Can Spot the Problem With His Embarrassing Evidence.
"If FIFA is so bad, why is it that USA wants…"
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Behind Science Fraud, Chapter 7
(Steven Hayward) New York magazine has a terrific piece up this weekend that tells the whole story of how the Green-LaCour Science magazine article on changing support for gay marriage by way of a canvas was exposed as a fraud—by another graduate student. It's a long piece, but worth an extra-grande latte and a good slow read. In addition to the details of the fraud itself—which involved LaCour fabricating emails with a
Source: Power Line
Martin O'Malley Uses Goldman Sachs to Hit Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush
The former Maryland governor continues to highlight comments attributed to CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
No show of suspicion of ABC's George Stephanopoulos among presidential candidates
If presidential candidates other than Hillary Rodham Clinton are leery of being questioned by ex-Clinton aide-turned-ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, so far they're not showing it.
Mr. Stephanopoulos, a former top adviser to President Bill Clinton, interviewed Sunday three contenders in the 2016 presidential race — former Maryland Gov. Martin ...
Republicans Say What Rand Paul Plans to Do Tonight Will Probably Lose Him the Presidential Nomination
"He's confused about which party he's running in."
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Jeb Bush: 'The Rules Don't Always Apply' To The Clintons [VIDEO]
'Inappropriate'
Via: The Daily Caller
Cemetery Photo Shoot Sparks Outrage and Is Being Called an Insult to Religion
"[A]n act of stupidity and religious intolerance."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Marilyn Mosby Becomes A Circus Ringmaster Amid Skyrocketing Baltimore Crime [VIDEO]
From VIP guest at Prince concert to circus ringmaster
Via: The Daily Caller
Bernie Sanders' New Claim About His Gang-Rape Essay and 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
"This is a piece of fiction…"
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Media alert
(Paul Mirengoff) Tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time, I will be on One America News Network talking about Hillary Clinton's Benghazi emails. The show is called "On Point." The host is the dynamic Tomi Lahren. One America News Network is a national TV news network. It airs on Verizon Fios, channel 116. AT&T U-verse, channel 208, and Century Link prism, channel 209. It streams on Roku and Amazon Fire. I'll be on
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'Think Creatively': Report Says NBC Is Desperate to Keep Disgraced Anchor Brian Williams — and Pay Him Millions
"Andy's contorting to figure out a way to keep Brian."
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Bernie Sanders Compares Rape Fantasy Essay to Fifty Shades of Grey
Titled "Sex and the Single Girl—Part Two," the essay was not what Sanders hoped to be talking about during his campaign.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
US defense secretary to ask Vietnam to end land reclamation
HAIPHONG, Vietnam (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday he will urge Vietnamese officials to give up their reclamation projects in the South China Sea, making a direct plea after earlier calling for all countries in the Asia-Pacific region to halt the construction of artificial islands.
China's rapidly ...
Georgia Man Rescues a Deer and Gets Rewarded in an Adorable Way
"This is my favorite picture on the internet!"
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See the Video That Bernie Sanders Definitely Won't Be Using as His Campaign Ad
"The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund."
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UK Police Tell Subjects Not To Harm Their Attackers, Get A Rape Alarm
This is what happens when there is NO Second Amendment
Via: The Daily Caller
Fiorina: US In 'Grave Danger' Thanks To Hillary's State Dept Tenure
'I'm concerned'
Via: The Daily Caller
'Please Help Me, I Don't Want to Die': Gay Palestinian, Son of Prominent Hamas Family, Asks for Help to Avoid Deportation Back to the West Bank
"From as early as I can remember, I was taught that Islam was the one true faith, that violence was the only answer, and that the Jews were our enemies."
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Deep secrets of racial profiling (1)
(Scott Johnson) The current assault on the criminal justice system has taken the form of an assault on local law enforcement as racist. Who speaks for the police? Not many. The task has apparently fallen to Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, profiled recently by Charles Cooke in the NR cover story "The sheriff as rebel." Inundated as we are by a farrago of politically inspired falsehood and hysteria, it may be useful
Source: Power Line
'Unbelievable': Video Lays Out the Stark Statistics About World War II
"Never realized how much death there was…"
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Rand Vows To Force Patriot Act To Expire
While former world-class spy warns of dire consequences
Via: The Daily Caller
Egyptian-American released, flies back to US
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Egyptian-American who had been sentenced to life in prison in Egypt and had been on a hunger strike for more than a year before being freed has arrived back in the United States.
Mohammed Soltan, the son of a prominent member of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, ...
Giving Ivan Depth
U.S. Marines often conduct live fire training on ranges that feature "Ivan" targets. These thin green plastic shells look like three-foot-tall army men toys. Ivan has no distinguishable facial features and he only exists so that Marines can pummel him with rifle and machine-gun bullets. That these simple targets are still called Ivan more than 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union is a testament to the enduring legacy of the Cold War and decades spent preparing to fight the Red Army. Even for those well versed in the history of World War II, the Soviet soldier seems to have the depth and substance of a thin plastic Ivan target. The secrecy of the Soviet state and cultural stereotypes contribute to an image of poorly trained peasants forced to fight under the threat of execution if they retreated.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Connecticut lawmakers reach tentative budget deal
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut legislators and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy reached a tentative deal on a two-year, $40 billion budget early Sunday.
"A brighter tomorrow will start with this budget today," the Democratic governor said in a statement. "This agreement will help Connecticut now and in the long run. ...
HBO, MTV, Celebs and Bloomberg Join Forces for 'National Gun Violence Awareness'
HBO, MTV, and a host of celebrities will join Michael Bloomberg and other pro-gun control groups to watch participating mayors proclaim "Gun Violence Awareness Day" in their cities on June 2. Participants will "wear orange," a color that symbolizes the value of human life," according to PRNewsWire, to help "honor the 88 Americans whose lives are ...More
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Analysis: Earlier '16 primary changes Arkansas' politics
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas' latest experiment with moving up the state's primaries could give voters greater say in a presidential campaign that features two candidates with ties to the state. But it's just as likely to change the state's political dynamics, at least temporarily, in a way that ...
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the coming ninny state
(Paul Mirengoff) Scott's post, "The Unmaking of a Mayor," directs our attention to the stunning exchange between Fox News Channel's Leland Vittert and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake during her weekly press conference. Vittert was pressing Rawlings-Blake on whether the wave of shootings that has plagued Baltimore is related to the sharp decline in arrests. Rawlings-Blake looked like a deer in the headlights. I almost wanted to find her a "safe space" and
Source: Power Line
San Antonio group helps families released from detention
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - When the vans from South Texas's immigrant detention centers arrive at the San Antonio Greyhound station, a group of volunteers waits to greet women and children who face a long bus ride through a foreign country with little more than the clothes on their backs.
Members ...
Rare Computer Unwittingly Dropped Off at Silicon Valley Recycling Center. Want to Guess How Much It's Worth?
She left no contact information.
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Traditional Marriage Advocate: 'Now Only Politically Correct Views' Are Allowed In Public Square
Traditional Marriage Advocate: 'Now Only Politically Correct Views' Are Allowed In The Public Square
Via: The Daily Caller