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Thursday, March 27, 2014

THE STORY OF THE IRISH IN AMERICA, PART 1

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MARCH 27, 2014

National Review's Charlie Cooke joins Greg to discuss gun-control advocate Leland Yee's arrest for arms trafficking, Senate Democrats' Trojan Horse media shield law again, and Harry Reid blaming Internet illiteracy for slow ObamaCare enrollment.

Senator Schumer More Or Less Admits His 'Media Shield' Law Won't Protect Actual Journalists

There had been a time when we thought that a "media shield" law was a good idea. Such a law would make it explicit that journalists don't have to give up their sources. However, over the many, many years of the debate concerning such a law, we noticed a troubling pattern, in that politicians kept wanting to narrowly limit who was a "journalist," often saying amateur journalists don't count. Senator Lindsey Graham even explicitly stated that he wasn't sure if bloggers deserved First Amendment protections. A completely out of touch Senator Dianne Feinstein insisted that "real journalists" draw salaries from big media companies. When Wikileaks first became a big deal, those working on the legislation actually worked hard to make sure that Wikileaks would not be covered.

There are all sorts of problems with all of that, starting with the most obvious: when the government gets to define who is and who is not a "journalist," you're raising serious First Amendment questions about how Congress can make no law interfering with a free press. By defining who is and who is not a journalist, it would appear that Congress is violating that basic concept.

Also read:

Politico Buries Senator Leland Yee's Arms Trafficking Scandal

Probe Uncovers More Reid Slush Fund Payments to Granddaughter

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 260

6 Ridiculous Arguments Offered During Yesterday's Hobby Lobby Hearing

Dem Pollster: Yep, We're in Trouble

Bombshell In WaPo/Keystone Scandal: Did the Post Coordinate With Congressional Democrats?

Harry Reid's rough week

The Shape of a Post-American World

The Baghdad Bob of health insurance

For Religious Liberty, Desperate Times; Faithful Measures

Mireille Miller-Young's Heartbreak and Lola's Lament

Brilliant: Feds Spending $53,282 to Study...Sighs?

Obama's Latest Victim: MSNBC

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 26, 2014

Feminist 'comedian': I don't have any money but I'll pay to castrate every conservative Christian male

Everything is ok until I get a glimpse of reality.
— Laura Levites (@LauraLevites) March 26, 2014

'Comedian' Laura Levites to pro-life teen Bethany Bowra: 'You should be murdered'

So, @LauraLevites just said a teenager should be murdered & Conservative Christians are the disgusting ones? Yes, I'm calling her out.
— Elissa Roberson (@ElissaRoberson) March 26, 2014

'Law is for suckers'! CNBC reporter slammed for asinine question about Obamacare extension

is anyone upset by ACA enrollment extension except those who want fewer people to sign-up and exchanges to fail?
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 26, 2014

@JohnJHarwood Those who value honesty and the rule of law. A rapidly shrinking group in the media, apparently.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) March 26, 2014

@AG_Conservative In @JohnJHarwood's defense, he's not very smart.
— L (@OrwellForks) March 26, 2014

Harry Reid's excuse for Obamacare delay: Americans don't know 'how to use the Internet'

"I don't know much about computers" @SenatorReid as he tries to put his cat into the microwave.
— S.M (@redsteeze) March 26, 2014

'Beauty and the beast!' Guess who stopped by to see Maria Molina and 'keeeled' it

Look who stopped by! It's Acccccchhhhhhmed pic.twitter.com/TCpPXnTnJe
— Maria Molina (@FoxMariaMolina) March 25, 2014

'May I assume?' Media reports about Charlotte, NC mayor's arrest spark game of 'name that party'

Breaking: Charlotte's mayor of mysterious party affiliation arrested by FBI in bribery probe http://t.co/smEDDjluna
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 26, 2014

'Loving this': Jimmy Fallon calls for photos of infants making 'Rob Ford face'; Challenge accepted

Hashtag game! Tweet out a picture of your baby making this Rob Ford face & tag w/ #RobFordBaby. Could be on the show! pic.twitter.com/Fj8FYAciYG
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) March 26, 2014

'Awesome lying': Matt Yglesias' hack-tastic debt tutorial and claim US 'can't run out of money' shredded

Corporation with billions in government contracts pays @mattyglesias to say that the government should keep spending money.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 26, 2014

The US national debt is $17.5 trillion, @mattyglesias, not $12.5 trillion. Please correct. http://t.co/Spgi700PCW @iowahawkblog
— Patterico (@Patterico) March 26, 2014

I know you guys want to really dumb it down here, but you still have to tell the truth. http://t.co/Spgi700PCW @ezraklein @mattyglesias
— Patterico (@Patterico) March 26, 2014

Fox News' James Rosen re-tweets viewers who thought Bill O'Reilly treated him rudely

If @JamesRosenFNC walked on set and punched O'Reilly, I would not be upset. So rude, Bill.
— Holly Fisher (@HollyRFisher) March 27, 2014

'Exploiting families' grief': Actor Michael Trucco slams Piers Morgan/CNN for 'breaking news' graphic

.Really @PiersMorganLive? BREAKING NEWS?!? Really?Exploiting families' grief for a trumped up headline is shameful. pic.twitter.com/IhbR1gkjPi
— Michael Trucco (@MichaelTrucco) March 27, 2014

RED EYE - MARCH 18, 2014 FULL EPISODE

Jedediah Bila hosts and she welcomes guests Mikey Kay and Sherrod Small.

Polls Show Millennials' Support of Democrats Wanes

Analysis by The Wall Street Journal of two recent polls suggests that millennial voters, a stronghold for Democrats in recent elections, could be up for grabs.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll released two weeks ago showed that young voters have slipped considerably in their support of the Democratic Party. Nearly 50 percent of young voters viewed Democrats favorably in 2009, just after Barack Obama's election to the White House, and that figure has dropped to 36 percent.

Today, just over half of millennials disapprove of Obama's performance, up from 38 percent two years ago. Approval of Hillary Clinton has declined, too, according to the poll.

"Riding the updraft of Mr. Obama’s big 2008 win, Mrs. Clinton had a nearly 60 percent approval from voters under 35 in early 2009," Neil King Jr., wrote in the Journal. "By this month, that had fallen to 42 percent in the Journal poll."

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF IRELAND

The mythology of Ireland combines the mundane with the epic - one of the most famous legends is about a cattle raid - yet the tales of heroic feats and fierce battles have a grandeur to rival the sagas of the Greeks and Romans.

The myths of Ireland were fashioned nearly two thousand years ago, when formal storytelling, accompanied by lavish feasting and drinking, was the most widespread entertainment among the early Gaels. At the time, there was a distinct and very important class of professional learned men. Among their many duties was the passing on from generation to generation of history and religious knowledge by word of mouth. They were divided into groups of men with different roles. One of these groups were the filí, the poets and storytellers.

A file had a long apprenticeship, learning to narrate "the chief stories of Ireland's kings, lords and noblemen." A fully-trained 12th-Century poet, for instance, was expected to be able to recite at least 350 tales. Each poet had a patron - the file of the 6th-Century Irish king Mongan, was said to have entertained his master with a story every winter night from the first of November to the first of May.

The poets tended to group their tales according to theme, but when the stories were later classified by scholars they were put into four main groups: the Mythological Cycle, which deals mainly with the gods and goddesses of the Gaels; the Ulster Cycle, which relates the exploits of the warriors of the Ulaid, and their youthful hero Cuchulainn; the Cycles of the Kings, which comprises tales from the reigns of various ancient kings; and the Fenian Cycle, the many tales of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.

Irish monks working in the monasteries first wrote down their native myths in the 6th Century. One of the earliest complete books, the 12th-Century Lebor Gabála Érenn, describes the arrival of people in pre-Celtic and Celtic Ireland, in successive waves. These tales are dealt with primarily in the Mythological Cycle. In the first Cath Maighe Tuireadh, for instance, the invading Tuatha de Danann (the people of the goddess Danu), defeat the Fir Bolg, who had previously conquered Ireland. In the second Cath Maighe Tuireadh it's the Tuatha de Danann defending the land and defeating the invading Fomorians. Later, when the Milesians (the Gaels) arrive, the Tuatha de Danann are finally defeated and banished to the magical world of the burial mounds.

Scholars now believe that the Tuatha de Danann were the gods of the Gaels and that the Christian scribes demoted them, though they still allowed them to be a powerful race, skilled in druidic magic. However, some of these deities retained their importance, in the form of Christian saints - Naomh Bríd, for example, has been associated with the Gaelic goddess of poetry and learning.

The tales of this cycle tell of a time when people appeared to have little fear of death, for druidic teaching held that the soul did not die, but passed into another body. The Otherworld, known as Tír na nÓg (the Land of Youth), is described as a blissful place, where flowers are always in bloom and women always beautiful. It best known from the tale of Oisín and Niamh.

One of the first Irish sagas to be written down, the Tain bo Cuailnge (the Cattle Raid of Cooley), is contained in the Ulster Cycle. In it, Medb, Queen of Connacht, invades Ulster to steal the mighty brown bull of Cooley and, because the Ulster warriors are struck down by a strange illness, it is left to the hero Cuchulainn to defend the province alone. He eventually defeats the men of Connacht, but is mortally wounded. He dies, on his feet, strapped to a stone pillar.

The stories of the Fenian Cycle belong to a later period - some even describe Fionn's son Ossian entertaining St. Patrick in the 5th Century. Fionn was a giant and, like Cuchulainn, a warrior of renown. Whereas many of the Ulster Cycle stories revolve around court life, Fionn and his elite band of warriors, the Fianna, are constantly on the move, hunting, fighting and feasting throughout the provinces of Leinster and Munster.

One of the most popular tales of this cycle is the story of Diarmuid and Grainne - said to have inspired the French romantic tale of Tristan and Iseult. It tells how King Cormac's beautiful daughter, Grainne, given in marriage to the aging Fionn, puts a geis (spell) on the raven-haired Diarmuid to force him to elope with her. After many years on the run, Diarmuid is eventually killed in a fight with a great boar, on the slopes of Benbulbin in Sligo. As he slays the boar, it rips his stomach open, fulfilling a prophecy that he would die in this way. The lovers are remembered in the great number of dolmens scattered around Ireland, which are known as "the beds of Diarmuid and Grainne."

The decline of the Gaelic nobility under English rule meant that by the 17th Century there were no native patrons to employ the poets. It was left to others to revive these great myths - the 18th-Century Scottish poet James Macpherson wrote a series of poems about Fionn, and after him, others, including Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats, gathered Irish stories, and reproduced them in English.

The myths live on in the memory of the Irish people, and are fixed in the landscape as well. If you stop to chat with local people about a place, somebody just might start telling you how Queen Medb was buried in that mound and that Fionn slew a giant by this lake and that the River Shannon is named after Sionna, granddaughter of the sea god Lir...

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MARCH 26, 2014

Jim and Greg enjoy the stupid comments from Iowa Senate candidate Bruce Braley, really enjoy a new political ad bragging about castrating hogs, and roll their eyes at ANOTHER ObamaCare enrollment extension.

Harry Reid: We need to extend the ObamaCare deadline because...some people don't know how to use the Internet

True enough. And most of those people work as web designers for HHS.

Never mind the hubris needed to blame public ignorance for the most epic website fail in Internet history. He's surely right, to whatever small extent, that some older people who've never been online and have no younger friends or family members to help will have trouble navigating the website. (Although, ironically, the story he tells below about the 63-year-old woman makes it sound like she did know what she was doing but was, alas, thwarted in the end by another Healthcare.gov glitch.) Since the potential problem of Internet ignorance was apparent from the day ObamaCare was passed, though, why should anyone need extra time past the statutory deadline to sign up? The White House had six months to reach those people through speeches, TV ads, door-knocking, etc.

Reid could, if he wanted, cite the website disaster in October and November as grounds for giving people more time, but he's not doing that. And even if he did, it'd make no sense: As I've said before, anyone who was gung ho to enroll back then and gave up in technological frustration surely would have returned to the site by now to try again. If near-seniors are trying and failing to sign up through Healthcare.gov, the problem isn't their ignorance, it's the White House's failure to identify them in advance and give them an easy alternative method. You'd think a guy who ran a presidential campaign that was famously brilliant at "microtargeting" would have been all over that. As it is, it's another reminder that problems with O-Care's rollout go way beyond the website.

Also read:

The ObamaCare Chaos Continues

Iowa Democrat insults farmers, vows to help rich lawyers fight tort reform

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 259

Hobby Lobby Recap: Kennedy the Swing Vote, But Breyer Wavers Too

Five False Perceptions About The Hobby Lobby Case

A dangerous technical argument against Hobby Lobby

The Left's Contraception Deceit

There's Nothing Live-and-Let-Live About the Orwellian Pro-Abortion Left

Venezuelan Crackdown Continues: Three Generals Arrested, Congresswoman Expelled

Experts: U.S. Adversaries Gaining Foothold in Latin America

Libertarianism: A Remedy, Not a Panacea

Typical: Left-wing restaurant "employee rights" activist group does not allow its own employees to strike

Dems Celebrating Voter Fraud

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 25, 2014

Ted Cruz scores with Hobby Lobby, religious freedom question

I stand with Hobby Lobby for religious liberty in the @HobbyLobbyCase -- do you? #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/wWlGBzRgFa
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 25, 2014

Pathological ignorance: Sen. Boxer's Hobby Lobby strawmen 'need Viagra to stand up'

@NARAL It's ridiculous that birth control is not covered, yet Viagra is. The irony and oppression is obvious.
— David Sedbrook (@DavidSedbrook) March 25, 2014

No kidding. Hobby Lobby actually pays to cover 16 different types of contraceptive drugs. http://t.co/vdHfbNJxTg
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) March 25, 2014

Someone please explain the Hobby Lobby case to Barbara Boxer.Women are not being denied access to birth control.She sounds totally confused.
— Nancy Doyle (@NancyEDoyle) March 25, 2014

'We're screwed': Obama won't concede Romney was right, writes off Russia as 'regional power'

Obama answers Karl's question by creating "military intervention" straw man and ruthlessly slaying it.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) March 25, 2014

No one said anything about military intervention.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) March 25, 2014

#RealGenius RT @tobyharnden: Obama: "The truth of the matter is, the world's always been messy..."
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) March 25, 2014

I take no joy in knowing that our commander in chief is a moron.
— RB (@RBPundit) March 25, 2014

Stacey Dash makes Willie Robertson-inspired offer to Hillary, shows off her guns

If @BarackObama accepts @williebosshog's invitation to go hunting, I will take @HillaryClinton with me. #4inABlind http://t.co/Hw2W7GDfFW
— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) March 25, 2014

Im sending this to the producers of @NBCBlacklist lol #blacklist pic.twitter.com/PkVbqpczqo
— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) March 25, 2014

'Insane leftists FTW'! This anti-Hobby Lobby protest sign takes the crazy cake

??? RT @charliespiering: Another puzzling sign on the pro-choice side... #SupremeCourt #HobbyLobby pic.twitter.com/hwue6GkI58
— Heather (@hmfearny) March 25, 2014

'Oooof': Ronan Farrow's MSNBC show suffers truly 'unfortunate case of bad chyroning'

Nobody thought this one through, huh? RT @EyeonOhio: Oh my fuck. pic.twitter.com/zuD54tC452
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) March 25, 2014

Dana Loesch torches Barbara Boxer, lib lies about Hobby Lobby with two simple key points

1) #HobbyLobby already covers birth control. 2) Viagra doesn't abort babies. #derp
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 25, 2014

Revolting: Demented lib comments on rape culture by depicting Paul Ryan as rapist

Disgusting. #NoShame RT @AiPolitics: Remember when Republicans were accused of using scare tactics? pic.twitter.com/EBAiV7QgUC
— Stacey-SisterToldjah (@sistertoldjah) March 25, 2014

Outrage as judge grants state agency 'permanent' custody of Justina Pelletier

Corrupt judge in Boston gives "permanent custody" of Justina Pelletier to DCF that is killing her #FreeJustina
— Susan Murphy (@AvgUSAConserv) March 25, 2014

Heartbreaking: http://t.co/JGQIBcjeqb. #FreeJustina
— Chad G. Abbott (@ChadAbbott) March 25, 2014

My heart goes out to the Pelletier family. It sickens me that animals seem to have more rights now days. #FreeJustina
— ✨Tina✨ (@7inaD) March 25, 2014

Appeals court rules Kansas can strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood

Victory for life. Court rules that Planned Parenthood has no right to taxpayer dollars. #ReligiousLiberty http://t.co/PY9Df4rEZ3
— Cong. Tim Huelskamp (@CongHuelskamp) March 25, 2014

RED EYE - MARCH 15, 2014 FULL EPISODE

Greg welcomes guests Kimberly Guilfoyle and Mikey Kay.

Stanford Relents Somewhat Toward Pro-Traditional Marriage Society

When the Stanford Anscombe Society (SAS) -- devoted to promoting discussion on marriage, the family, and sexual integrity -- was denied university funding for a pro-traditional marriage conference deemed "hate speech" by the campus community, the university added insult to injury by tacking on a $5,600 security fee to post ten security personnel at the conference.

Only after SAS decried the action, calling it a "tax on free speech" and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) sent a letter to the school did Stanford "find" the funds to pay for security personnel they imposed upon the event, Campus Reform reports.

The SAS conference, entitled "Communicating Values: Marriage, Family, and Media," was denied funding by the Graduate Student Council and the Undergraduate Senate earlier this month after a student outcry over the event's "anti-LGBT" content. The conference, scheduled for April 5, will be funded by private donations.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GWEEDORE - AS GAEILGE

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MARCH 25, 2014

Jim and Greg like that Bill Maher is admitting the real goal of many gun control advocates is to scrap the Second amendment, discuss GM hiding a fatal flaw in Chevy Cobalts while taxpayers were keeping their doors open, and have fun with the Democrats' online store.

Desperate Times, Desperate Dems

President Barack Obama, whose performance is for all practical purposes the one and only reason for the vulnerability of the senators on his team, is already whining that off-year elections aren't a "representative cross-section of America." No, they're a better representation of the will of informed people who care about the future direction of the country, and in this case the continued existence of its Constitution-based government.

What will Democrats do about it? They'll aggressively employ their three primary smears to increase turnout among those who consider it a virtual crime to vote for the other candidate. Those smears are their three R’s: religion, race, and the rich. They have worked well enough in the past to prevent critical, lasting damage. They will again if not effectively countered.

They will trot the oft-cited "war on women" charge against any GOP candidate with any kind of personal or legislative record indicating adherence to Christian values. The left and the press both fervently believe that anyone with such a record is "anti-woman." They have been all too successful in convincing their base that anyone who believes that a baby in the womb has a right to live is an extremist, even though a recent CNN poll showed that 58 percent of Americans oppose abortion in most or all cases. Sadly, the "war on women" appeal seems to have a near hypnotic effect on many single women under 35.

Also read:

Dems Shouldn't Bother Arguing with Nate Silver

The Taxpayer Bailout of GM, Helping Them Sell Unsafe Cars

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 258

Fourth Anniversary of ObamaCare Brings Billions in Costs to Economy

ObamaCare: the mistake America could not afford

Six Lies The Leftist Media Tells About The Contraception Mandate Cases

Liberals' Hobby Lobby Scare Campaign

The New Marxism

Why Media Don't Cover Jihadist Attacks on Christians

Lefty Robert Reich's Deceptive Koch Chart...

A Populist Libertarian Youth Movement?

Teen, Pregnant 28-Year-Old Latest Killed in Attacks on Venezuelan Protesters

Pro-Israel Students Called 'Kike,' 'Dirty Jew' at University of Michigan

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 24, 2014

'Check a calendar, idiot': Did Sen. Chuck Schumer just go back to the future?

It’s March 31st, the last day to #GetCovered & see how #ACAworks for you! https://t.co/wKQykBDfJq
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 24, 2014

It's the 24th. Close enough for government work. MT @SenSchumer: It’s March 31st, the last day to #GetCovered & see how #ACAworks for you!
— Aldous Huxley (@AF632) March 24, 2014

@SenSchumer wouldn't be the first time you've been wrong.
— Jamie Barge (@jamiebarge) March 24, 2014

'What a tool': Politico's Dylan Byers not sure 'you can keep your plan' lie is a big deal

Uh? @GlennKesslerWP puts O's “If you like your plan" on par w "I'm not a crook" and "I did not have sexual relations" http://t.co/CqLJZ0UQQI
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 24, 2014

Uh, millions of people lost the health insurance they liked, Dylan. Yes it stacks up. @DylanByers @GlennKesslerWP
— RB (@RBPundit) March 24, 2014

.@DylanByers maybe we can revisit this in the future when politico drops employee coverage @GlennKesslerWP
— Nino (@baldingschemer) March 24, 2014

'For him before they were against him': Nate Silver's U.S. Senate prediction riles Dems

Former Daily Kos writer Nate Silver obviously harbors a secret right-wing bias.
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) March 24, 2014

Clearly, the Koch brothers got to Nate Silver. http://t.co/fn2qs6g1yE
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) March 24, 2014

What difference does reality make? 'WRONG!' Hillary Clinton 'climate change' claim crushed

Hillary Clinton says young people 'understand signif threat of global warming.' WRONG: SKEPTICS WIN EVERY AGE GROUP. pic.twitter.com/MlHsnKrWB5
— JunkScience.com (@JunkScience) March 23, 2014

@JunkScience @brithume Global warming - Hillary is using same tactic as Obama. Say something often enough and uninformed will believe it.
— Phil Nicastro (@pnicastro1) March 23, 2014

'Follow the money': Dems' fundraising haul reportedly triples with mention of this 'Pavlovian trigger'

Amazing. E-mails that bash the Kochs can triple a Democrats' fundraising haul. http://t.co/GDGawfENXR via @slate
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) March 24, 2014

@mckaycoppins "Rake in more cash with this one weird trick." @Slate
— Razor (@hale_razor) March 24, 2014

'LOL': MSNBC's Joy Reid claims UFO abduction 'literally' more likely than witnessing vote fraud

"You're literally more likely to be beamed up into a UFO... than to find voter fraud." - Joy Reid, cable news host.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) March 24, 2014

@NoahCRothman she's probably right. We have scads of Top Men looking for UFO's, not enough looking for voter fraud.
— Ezra Cole (@DesertedOdds) March 24, 2014

To the Outrage-mobile! Media Matters condemns Fox News for using 'homosexual'

Fox News still uses "homosexual" to describe gay people. http://t.co/My5IchDdK2
— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 24, 2014

That's so gay. Wait. Crap. #sorry RT @mmfa: Fox News still uses "homosexual" to describe gay people.
— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) March 24, 2014

Dennis Miller: Left now playing 'six degrees of global warming'

Some now blaming difficulty of MH370 search on Climate Change. Face it folks, they're playing "6 Degrees of Global Warming" on the Left now.
— Dennis Miller Show (@DennisDMZ) March 24, 2014

@DennisDMZ global warming ate my kids homework
— Rob Plunkett (@RobPlunkett65) March 24, 2014

'Assclown ad infinitum': 'Unhinged' Harry Reid suggests GOP helped Russia annex Crimea

Harry Reid blames GOP for Russia’s annexing Crimea. Also at fault for 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Apollo 13. http://t.co/6Zbn5RDRlS
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 24, 2014

At what point exactly can we start asking if Harry Reid is mentally stable enough to lead? https://t.co/gqOohH35RR
— Eric (@eriContrarian) March 24, 2014

One of these days a Harry Reid staffer is going to tell him to turn around and look at the flowers. https://t.co/5xmqDNv9M6
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) March 24, 2014

'As bad as it gets': Brit Hume slams loaded Pew poll question

This one is as bad as it gets. “@Heminator: Helluva dishonest polling question by Pew here. Wow. http://t.co/UnWjhEnKFU”
— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 25, 2014

INSTAVISION: FAILURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Legendary journalist Mickey Kaus sits with Glenn Reynolds to discuss California's rejection of affirmative action in California college admissions. Why did California politicians reject efforts to revive race-based policies in higher education? Find out.

WHITTLE: THE STRATOSPHERE LOUNGE - EP. 62

Monday, March 24, 2014

A SHORT HISTORY OF IRELAND

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 257

ObamaCare Anniversary: Are You (and the Constitution) Better Off than Four Years Ago?

ObamaCare: Arbitrary and Unfair

ObamaCare shackles religious freedom

NATO Commander Warns of Putin Threat to Separatist Moldova Region

NYT Fawns Over Obama's 'Catholic Roots,' Ignores Rev. Wright's Conspiratorial Rants

The Truth About Obama's "Catholic Roots"

So, what other false headlines are acceptable in WaPo blogger world?

The End of Science

Economics 101 for Bob Beckel (and other clueless liberals)

As Soon as Nate Silver Starts Projecting GOP Victories, Progressives Unsheath the Knives on Former Leftist Wonder Boy

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 23, 2014

Bam! Melissa Joan Hart has had it with CNN's missing plane obsession; Here's how to switch focus to Ukraine

I have a feeling if they find the plane CNN will just arrange to hide it again.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 22, 2014

'Wow': Is this missing 777 plane's 'breaking' black box news CNN's most ridiculous yet?

CNN has a breaking news alert right now that the black box battery that sends the ping will run out at some point.
— SunnyRight (@sunnyright) March 23, 2014

@hale_razor @sunnyright Wouldn't time have slowed down for the black box as it approached the event horizon of the black hole?
— Paranoid Android (@MforestB) March 23, 2014

'Must be Photoshopped!' Smokin' height? Maria Molina, Greg Gutfeld photo mystifies

Finally - @greggutfeld is taller than someone! @FoxMariaMolina! #betterwithfriends pic.twitter.com/NPaEAFDmGL
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) March 21, 2014

'That tweet was outstanding': Why actor Rob Lowe was feeling 'Loe' Saturday afternoon

Watching Rob Loe not get his W today was literally sad for the family tree. #WeepingWillow #MarchMadness
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) March 22, 2014

Hey, WH, libs and lapdogs! Matt Drudge: This IRS form recommends paying 'Obamacare tax NOW'

Thanks to @DRUDGE we all found out how ignorant Leftists are about taxes. Thanks Matt!
— @Gre8Scott (@Gre8Scott) March 23, 2014

IRS form 1040 ES 2014 recommends us quarterly filers estimate and pay Obamacare tax NOW! http://t.co/fzby8u1h0b (p.2) Disgusting, I know...
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) March 23, 2014

3) Many Left wing hacks (disguised as Journalists) shamed themselves attacking @DRUDGE & entrepreneurs: http://t.co/gTONoDKStM
— nextinstinct (@nextinstinct) March 23, 2014

'Shameless': Dana Perino knows how to get Greg Gutfeld to retweet a picture of her dog

How to get @greggutfeld to RT a photo of Jasper. pic.twitter.com/baiOYu2URM
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) March 23, 2014

@greggutfeld @DanaPerino Dana working all angles. ;-)
— James Hancock (@Rugerman11) March 23, 2014

'Such a trash program': Missouri account piles on after rival's NCAA loss; Backlash ensues

Congrats to @Stanford on a fine NCAA Tournament win!
— Mizzou (@Mizzou) March 23, 2014

I have never seen a state-vs-state rivalry so intense. Not schools. States. RT @Mizzou: Congrats to @Stanford on a fine NCAA Tournament win!
— Ross Dellenger (@DellengerAdv) March 23, 2014

'Please apologize': Dana Loesch blasts 'shameful lie' by Illinois Rep. over Obamacare anniversary

Curious as to why @janschakowsky is misleading women. How is it empowering to lie to us? Offensive to assume females are that stupid.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 23, 2014

'You spelled Obama wrong': Donna Brazile corrected after claiming Mitt Romney 'default position' is to criticize

Like Obama criticized Romney re Russia in 2012? MT @donnabrazile Romney's default position is always to criticize. That's not leadership.
— Moira Fitzgerald (@Moira1987) March 23, 2014

'That's beautiful': Stacey Dash shares photo of angelic cloud

Look at this! Beautiful! pic.twitter.com/sjA4sPf23j
— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) March 23, 2014

Obama's bogus political science lesson

Hillary Distances Herself From Obama

Liberals can't have an honest discussion about the cultural causes of poverty

No accident that jobs, economy grow more under GOP governors

And Speaking of Sleeping with the Enemy...

The Symbol of a Lie: Wire-hanger abortions pre-Roe are pure myth

Is Twitter's Future in Jeopardy?

The Meaning of Mireille Miller-Young, or Free Speech for Me, Theft, Battery, and Vandalism for Thee

2014 - Year of the "Microaggression"

Victory: Stanford Reverses Ruling, Will Fund Conference on Traditional Marriage