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Obama hatred: it’s not just for conservatives/classical-liberals anymore! (thanks to JHo)

Well, consider it done. Though in the President’s defense, he never promised he’d rebuild it, you know — well: The employment picture is looking bleaker as applications for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in almost six months. It’s a sign that hiring is weak and employers are still cutting their staffs. First-time claims for jobless benefits edged up by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 484,000, the

…to BJTex, who is in the hospital. Not sure how serious it is, so let’s hope for the best.

If I could say one thing to those people who consider global warming some kind of alarmist bullshit, it’d be that, if it’s ungodly hot here in Heaven — and trust me, watching Andy Gibb try to hump Anna Nicole after a night of Patron shooters is like watching a well-coiffed eel try to bang a Slip ‘n Slide draped over a fat love seat — I can only imagine

USA Today: At a time when workers’ pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees’ average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The compensation gap between federal and private workers has doubled in the past decade. Federal civil servants earned

Tony Blankley sticks his finger in the wind and comes away more sanguine than I am: A year ago, it seemed possible that a majority of Americans – rattled by economic collapse and under the sway of a popular, charismatic president – might buy in to plans to fundamentally transform America away from liberty, prosperity and greatness and toward security and a massive, protective state. At first, many of us

Yes, I’m behind the curve on this story, which broke in June. But so what? That just means I can be outraged now. So. For those who hadn’t heard: Affirmative action comes to the ballet box in Port Chester, NY — and a judge rules it okay. Behold! Well, I guess it beats declaring white voters 1/6 of a person. Because that would be, like, racist.

1. Molly Ringwald and Emilio Estevez must be busier these days than I thought. 2. Yes, your nostrils get even larger as you age. Either that, or I spent the 80s deceiving myself about Judd Nelson. 3. You can never have too much Wang Chung. 4.

“Overreaching on Gay Marriage,” Steve Chapman, Reason: What the federal court decision in favor of same-sex marriage will do for gay couples and their children is heartening and welcome. What it will do for our law and politics—well, that’s a different story, and a dismal one. If I favored a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, I would have considered Wednesday a very good day. When a judge in California found