Lee Myung Bak, decidedly pro-American CEO of Hyudai, has won the South Korean presidential election, according to the LA Times; (more…)
Author: Jonn Lilyea
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Limping home
The first Democrat-controlled Congressional session in a decade dragged their sorry asses out of town last night. There may not have been any tucked tails – but their tails were definitely dragging. But the team of Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane of the Washington Post seem to have been standing on their route home and cheering; (more…)
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Tax scandal reaches back to the ’90s
The Washington Examiner reports this morning that the Harriet “Mother” Walters scandal that has drained at least $20 million from DC and federal coffers has it’s roots in the 1990s; (more…)
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COB gets an early Christmas Gift
The Washington Times’ Sara Carter reports this morning that Congressional pressure has been brought to bear on an investigation of Lieutenant General Francis Kearney who has been busy bringing up charges against American warriors doing their job in the Middle East; (more…)
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Chavez losing his grip
Hugo Chavez seems to be losing his grip on events in Venezuela – in more ways than one. Associated Press reports that his latest fixation is on some 180-year-old bones; (more…)
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Doddering old fool supports doddering old fool
The Politico reports this morning that some members of the Senate, and some of their aids are discussing the removal of Robert “I’ve seen a lot of white ni**ers in my time.” Byrd from his chairmanship of the Senate’s appropriation committee; (more…)
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Slapping lipstick on a pig
Hillary Clinton has a tough row to hoe, and rightly so. As the co-architect of the dreamboat 90s, where we all imagined that government could make our lives better just having the smiling faces of the Clintons every night on the news, she was also there when the shades fell our eyes in the waning days of that experience.