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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: JANUARY 20, 2015

National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's topics: Republicans look to roll back Obama regulations, the impending drudgery of the State of the Union speech, and Michael Moore slams "American Sniper."



SOTU: Semi-retired troll ready to bring his troll A-game
Prepare yourself at 9 p.m. ET for the magic that only a seventh-year State of the Union speech can create. Every SOTU is a political Groundhog Day but tonight's looks to be more repetitive than usual - tax hikes on the rich, some whining about the Citizens United decision, a few studiously vague sentences on "progress" made in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, etc. Seventh verse, same as the first. What's novel is the new reality in Congress and Obama's reaction to it.
Having just seen Democrats obliterated in an election which he himself sold as a referendum on his policies, The One is going to greet the Senate's Republican majority by…doubling down on the policies that got obliterated. He calls that "playing offense." Conservative commentators, recognizing that Obama's proposals are going nowhere legislatively, aptly call it trolling. The more he irritates the GOP by pushing bills they want nothing to do with, the greater the chance that they'll engage him in a war of words, supplying media oxygen for those bills. Better to have them preoccupied with rejecting his proposals than pushing popular ones on him, like Keystone approval, that he'll be forced to reject.
So that's what you're in for tonight, a solid 60-75 minutes of the most powerful man in the world essentially trying to irritate his opponents because he now lacks the votes he needs to actually get his agenda passed. David Frum asks an interesting question, though: What if the GOP isn't Obama's only target tonight? When you look at the redistribution ideas he's offering, like funding "free" community college by taxing the 529 savings accounts that middle-class Americans are using to pay their kids' college tuition, it's hard to imagine the public turning against the GOP for opposing him. But it might set a progressive benchmark that a certain not-so-progressive Democratic frontrunner might be reluctant to defy...
Also read:

5 good reasons to blow off Obama's speech

Kyle Derangement Syndrome

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Monday, January 19, 2015

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 18, 2015



'What Valerie says': Citizens use three words to preview Obama's State of the Union





Black Brunch II: Invokes MLK, slurs black critics, targets LGBTs







'Every show sold out!': Look at these lines to see 'American Sniper'

























'Clearly not just a Red State phenomenon' NY Post film editor puts 'American Sniper' success in perspective



'Tell that to Chris Kyle': 'Dumbass' Michael Moore slams snipers as 'cowards'







'So you could spew vile, untrue, pathetic words': Katie Pavlich tells Michael Moore what he should be saying to Chris Kyle


Michael Moore's 'cowards' tweet inspires #MichaelMooreIsMoreWorthlessThan hashtag game












Reductio ad Hitlerum: Seth Rogen and Max Blumenthal have Nazis on their mind after seeing 'American Sniper'

Jake Tapper points out what many critics of 'American Sniper' are missing about the film



'Your sleeper cell or mine?' You'll fall in love all over again with these #JihadiValentines












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Saturday, December 27, 2014

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: DECEMBER 26, 2014



SWAT teams guard NYPD stations after social media threats; 7 arrested












#NoTimeOff: Anti-cop punks in Oakland trash Christmas tree, smash windows




Sheriff Clarke wallops Obama, Dems for enabling cop hatred: 'I'll make them own this'






Climate of hate: What will Obama say about Erica Garner's now-deleted tweet targeting NYPD?





'Heartbreaking': Mourners honor slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos at Queens wake





Christmas crow! Don't look now Debbie Wasserman Schultz, but Michelle Malkin's gift to you will make you cry







You will need a shower after reading this icky CBS jock-sniffing 'report' on Sporty Obama




'Picture is worth a million words': James Woods perfectly encapsulates 'the real problem'


Let's not forget the liberals who FALSELY claimed 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college

'Paint it African American'? Classic songs get makeovers — #NYTSongTitles-style







Standing ovations, cheers, and tears: Moviegoers react to #Unbroken





















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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: NOVEMBER 10, 2014



'Rotten to the core': O-care architect Gruber thankful for 'stupidity of the American voter'



'Social media works!' Twitter pressure helps suspend teacher who tweeted 'crackers' should 'Kill yourselves'







Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up: Ash is back

APEC Trek: Mark Knoller spots missing accessory on Obama's outfit




'Sinister as all hell!' Some people totally nailed what Obama looks like in embarrassing APEC outfit



'Wussy Galore': Is Obama trying to be the next Bond Villain?

Goofy APEC outfits make for hilarious parody



'Spit take!' Amnesty plus this caption for Obama's APEC photo equals pure gold. GOLD


'The Voice's' Reagan James assembling quite the conservative cheering section





'When Harry Met the Door' and other #GOPWaveMovies









'Looking good for 239!' Birthday greetings pour in for US Marine Corps










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