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<p>US medical authorities expressed strong concern Friday about an unprecedented multi-strain swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 60 people in Mexico and infected seven people in the United States. "It's very obvious that we are very concerned. We've stood up emergency operation centers," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesman Dave Daigle told AFP.</p>

The New Republic, continuing the political world’s odd obsession with the Drudge Report, says its editor, Matt Drudge, has disappeared, or gone into seclusion like some latter-day Howard Hughes. I do not think Drudge has disappeared. I think he is dead. Certainly the Drudge Report, which the New Republic claims gets “20 million hits per day” (a meaningless locution as old-fashioned as the Drudge Report itself) has been on automatic pilot for several years. If he is not dead, he is definitely brain dead. There hasn’t been a breaking story on the site in months. Drudge, once one of the...

On the morning of June 7, 2008, Matt Drudge showed up at the National Building Museum in Washington, where Hillary Clinton was scheduled to give her concession speech. At the entrance, Drudge found his host, Tracy Sefl, a Clinton campaign staffer who, the day before, had offered to meet Drudge at the event. Throughout the campaign, Sefl had served as the Clintons' preferred back channel to communicate with the mercurial operator of the Drudge Report. Both sides benefited from the arrangement: The Clinton camp could push favorable items into the news cycle, and Drudge would receive the inevitable traffic boost...

Yeah, so corruption is bipartisan in D.C. I get it. Rs & Ds Both suck. But the above-the-fold links on Drudge right now seem significant, and hopefully the stories will add to a Dim majority demise next year. If our national media gets a brain fart and actually starts doing their job, America will wake up to the fact that many of these slimedogs actually took some of their bailout/Tarp money and shoved it in their wallets. THEY're the ones who write but don't read, marinate the pork, soak the taxpayer, then cash their own checks. That's blood in the...

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states’ rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state,” Gov. Perry said. “That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to...

Does anyone know how long FR has been linked on Drudge? Thanks, Silly

IMMIGRATION BILL THIS YEAR: Obama to begin looking for illegal immigrants to become legal, NY TIMES planning to lead in Page Ones on Thursday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE... Developing...

Drudge has Obama's bow with picture as his headline!

Poplawski's friends at the scene described him as a young man who thought the Obama administration would ban guns. One friend, Edward Perkovic, said Poplawski feared "the Obama gun ban that's on the way" and "didn't like our rights being infringed upon." Another longtime friend, Aaron Vire, said he feared that President Obama was going to take away his rights, though he said he "wasn't violently against Obama."

Per Drudge... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/29/obama-london-visit-uk-g20

Per Drudge... Does anyone know what this means?

Sorry, but the headlines this morning struck me as mindboggling as to what is going on in the world and this country right now.

The end of the Global War on Terror -- or at least the use of that phrase -- has been codified at the Pentagon. Reports that the phrase was being retired have been circulating for some time amongst senior administration officials, and this morning speechwriters and other staff were notified via this e-mail to use "Overseas Contingency Operation" instead.

Drudge is carrying this story our "good friends" in the media tried to hide by releasing today. The theory is Saturday is the least read day of the week. Of course that's wrong Saturdaysundaymondaytuesdaywednesdaythursdayfriday is the least read day of the week. It's so nice to see trouble in my enemy's tent!

Ayers to Alan Colmes: Obama Making 'Colossal Mistake' sending additional troops to Afghanistan Mon Feb 23 2009 14:00:00 ET In an exclusive interview airing tonight on Hannity at 9:00pm ET on FOX News Channel, Bill Ayers spoke with Alan Colmes on a wide range of issues including his past with the Weather Underground and President Obama.Ê Ayers on President Obama sending 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan: "It's a mistake. It's a colossal mistake. And, you know, we've seen this happen before, Alan. We've seen a hopeful presidency, Lyndon Johnson's presidency, burn up in the furnace of war." "I fear that...

HEALTH CARE SCARE: WHAT'S BURIED DEEP IN THE BILL?

PAPER: OLYMPIC HERO PICTURED SMOKING BONG... DEVELOPING... 'NEWS OF THE WORLD' SET TO ROCK SPORTS WITH SHOCK PHOTO, STORY...

ABCNEWS: CIA AGENT ACCUSED OF RAPES, VIDEOTAPE

PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKES ON RUSH LIMBAUGH IN NEW MEDIA WAR Red Headline blazing on Drudge...

OBAMA RE-SWORN IN At 735 pm, Roberts administred the oath of office again to obama in the map room. Robert gibbs said the wh counsel, greg craig, believes the oath was fine Tuesday, but one word was out of sequence so they did this out of a "an abundance of caution." "We decided it was so much fun..." Obama joked while sitting on a couch. Obama stood and walked over to make small talk with pool as roberts donned his black robe. "Are you ready to take the oath?" Roberts asked. "I am, and we're going to do it very...

At 8 pm, just as pres bush began his farewell speech peotus obama left blair house for the 30 second drive to equinox restaurant on connecticut and I st. Pool is holding outside... DEVELOPING...

KUDLOW OFFERS DETAILS OF OBAMA DINNER Wed Jan 14 2009 12:15:47 ET CNBC’s Melissa Francis: I HAVE TO ASK LARRY, I'M DYING TO HEAR ABOUT IT, YOU HAD DINNER LAST NIGHT WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA. WHAT WAS THE TONE LIKE? WAS HE TRYING TO WIN OVER THE CONSERVATIVES? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? THERE WERE ABOUT TEN OF YOU THERE, RIGHT? CNBC’s Larry Kudlow: THIS WAS AN OFF-THE-RECORD DINNER AND I'M GOING TO KEEP IT OFF THE RECORD IN TERMS OF DEEP CONTENT, BUT PEGGY NOONAN WAS THERE, PAUL GIGOT OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, BILL KRISTOL, MYSELF, CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER,...

... Charges that he has had extra-marital affair. So what? Who cares? I know I'm a little bit late on posting this vanity and I know that some people may read into this thread more than I intended but here goes. I just wish that all the Freepers posting negative remarks about Bill Clinton's sexual escapades would just shut up. The next time I see some Freeper post yet another news story regarding the rumors of Clinton's infidelity, I'm gonna go find and post a picture of the "Aw Jeez" guy. Don't you know that any and all of the...

'It's over': Ann Coulter banned for life by NBC 'We are just not interested in anyone so highly critical of President-elect Obama' Posted: January 05, 2009 8:25 pm Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily NBC has reportedly banned best-selling author Ann Coulter for life after abruptly canceling an appearance on the "Today" show to promote her new book, "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America." "We are just not going to have her on any more, it's over," a top network source told the Drudge Report. This afternoon, NBC explained it abruptly cut Coulter from its planned broadcast tomorrow morning, because...

No story yet...............

CONTROVERSY: GOOGLE tries converting every book ever written to digital... Developing...

When a powerful labor leader picked up the phone this week, he was surprised to hear the voice of a top aide to New York City Mayor Bloomberg. The aide made it clear: Caroline Kennedy [lose the Schlossberg] is going to be senator, "so get on board now!" Buttons are being pushed and strings pulled by the mayor, the NEW YORK TIMES plans to front on Thursday. The involvement has helped immediately elevate and coordinate the debut of Kennedy, who lacked an experienced political staff of her own. But now, it is setting off an intense backlash among Democrats. Developing...

Developing...

From the "nothing else needs to be said" file ...Pundits, talk-show hosts, op-ed writers, cable news rambling heads and low-level blogging types (yours truly) can often be helpful in dissecting the comings and goings in this world, making them easier to comprehend or put into context - sometimes to the benefit of critical thought, other times to the determent. However, occassions do arise where it simply isn't necessary to analyze and break down the often complicated stories and events of our time to be able to make some sense of them.There are times when a "let it speak for itself"...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported an important effect of the 2008 presidential campaign: For the first time, traffic at left-leaning political Web sites overtook traffic at right-leaning competitors. The Drudge Report and Free Republic had the largest number of unique visitors in September 2007, but in September 2008, that honor went to the Huffington Post.

FR won't let me post bloomberg content but the link is at Drudge.

Drudge finially has it.... Former Obama opponent now suing....... (center column above jerry yang) Thats it.....nothing else

looks like drudge is jumping the gun, all the tabs for drudge say "Drudge Report 2009"

Drudge Breaking:Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration... Ahhh yes....here we go...Obama and the Rats getting exactly what they wanted all along.

Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration... Developing...

At the beginning of the summer, the press considered the Drudge Report so influential that its proprietor, Matt Drudge, was thought to be in position to determine the fall election's results. Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith of Politico wrote that he had "an uncanny ability to drive the national conversation" and quoted Mitt Romney's press secretary saying that Drudge "serves as an assignment editor for the national press corps." In a piece titled "How Matt Drudge Rules the (Political) World," Washingtonpost.com reporter Chris Cillizza wrote that Drudge and his site "sit at the junction of politics and journalism in the...

BREAKING NEWS: Reverend Jeremiah Wright releases his first single, sings lead vocals on Heavy Metal song. See the music video (banned by M-TV) at http://www.BlackJFK.com

TACKY: NY TIMES Alters Headline Over Bush Obama Meeting.... Follow the link from Drudge. The NY Times headline as listed in google cache reads "Obama Will Visit Bush, Watching Out for Tacks on Chairs in Oval Office." When you get to the NT Times sight the articles title reads "As the Handoff Begins, a Visit Both Historic and Perhaps Awkward." What kind of juveniles are running the NY Times? Do they really wonder why half the public of this country thinks this paper is bias and in the tank?

NYT MONDAY: SECRET ORDER LETS U.S. RAID AL-QAIDA IN MANY COUNTRIES... Dozen previously undisclosed attacks against al-Qaida and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere...Developing...

Drudge has pic of Obama flipping McCain the bird on top of his site!

Gang, Drudge is setting it up for a McCain victory. His headline "Ready to Roar" showing Obama and Pelosi with huge grins and mouths wide open..... Couple this with his "Can all the polls be wrong" story last week. He's the best in the biz...he knows what we've been saying all along, and is setting the media up nicely to get egg on their faces.

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the final weekend of a long race for the White House, Barack Obama promised to heal America's political divisions while rival John McCain fought to hold on to Republican-leaning states and pledged to score an upset. For Obama, buoyed by record campaign donations and encouraging poll numbers, it was a time for soaring rhetoric and forays into Republican territory. "We have a righteous wind at our back," the Democrat said Saturday.

from Newsmax way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Audio: Obama Tells Paper He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry...

Seriously, take a look at Drudge. He's doing his best to expose Obama for the quasi-dictator that he aspires to be.

Link to Newspaper is: http://www.thestranger.com This is their "top story". Some are posting comments under the article that this is a hate crime for what this newspaper has done. Drudgereport.com is posting link right now, so this has "worldwide visibility"...

CONGRATULATIONS MATT FROM YOUR FANS ON FR!!!

ZOGBY SATURDAY: Republican John McCain has pulled back within the margin of error... McCain outpolled Obama 48% to 47% in Friday, one day, polling. He is beginning to cut into Obama's lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all...