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The Adrian Peterson Era in New Orleans lasted all of four games. According to a report from ESPN's Dianna Russini, the Saints have traded Peterson to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a conditional draft pick.

Chris Hayes has established a new standard. It is henceforth fair game to say on national TV of any parent who has spanked his child that such parent "hits his kids." Hayes employed the inflammatory formulation on his MSNBC show this evening. Hayes played a clip of a child in a Cruz audience telling him "you suck" and Cruz responding "in my household, when a child behaves that way, they get a spanking." Proclaimed Hayes portentously: "I should note it's a matter of public record by Ted Cruz that he hits his kids." Okay then, so Hayes has equated a...

Bail is set at $400,000 in Bergen County for a nanny accused of striking a two-year-old with a broom handle and her fists........Flor Barriento is an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador.

State Treasurer Phil Angelides isn't letting the blistering heat slow his campaign for governor, although it's clear his timing could be a lot better.The Democratic challenger had an entire summer and fall to schedule his "Voices of California" tour of the Central Valley, but still managed to pick one of the steamiest weeks in memory to take a drive through Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno, Merced, Atwater, Modesto and Stockton.It's one thing to cruise up Highway 99 in a car with the A/C cranked to overdrive, but if you're running for governor, sometimes you got to get out of the comfort and...

Congressman Jim Moran ('Rat-VA), in close coordination with well known leftwing groups Democrats.com and AfterDowningStreet.org, is hosting a so-called "Townhall Meeting" tonight, beginning at 7pm. According to the leftwing groups' press release (linked above), this event tonight is one of more than 130 similar events being held across the US this weekend. From the press release: Out of Iraq events around the country on or about January 7th. Most of the events are town hall forums, and several will feature members of Congress, including Bobby Scott, Diane Watson, Jim McDermott, Adam Smith, Bob Filner, Martin Sabo, Jim Moran, Marty Meehan,...

Since I am approaching my one year anniversary of being a "freeper" and since I have never contributed a dime to FR, jim or the republican party, I am going to beat the powers to be at FR and voluntarily leave, rather than have them come up with one of the cock and bull stories to ban me. Been fun,Bye