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BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Turning to Obamacare for a moment. From The Politico: "A vast majority..." This is a tear-jerker, folks. Prepare to get really sad and maybe even shed some tears here. "A vast majority of top congressional aides say in a new survey that they are concerned about the effects of Obamacare on their staff, ticking off worries about changes to their benefits, higher costs and whether they’ll have access to local health care providers." Now, these are the people... Let me remind you, this is congressional staff. These are people that earn anywhere from $95,000 to $170,000 a...

It seems as though The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel should take her own advice in saying that tragic events like the terrorist attack in Boston on April 15 should not be politicized.  Appearing on MSNBC’s Now w/ Alex Wagner on April 16, Ms. vanden Heuvel managed to contradict herself within mere seconds. Speaking with liberal host Alex Wagner and TheGrio.com’s Joy-Ann Reid, the left-wing commentator appeared to at first make a reasoned call for patience in the aftermath of the terrorist attack, insisting that: I think you know we know we don't want to engage in baseless speculation. What we...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Get this. Let me find it. This is Foreign Policy magazine! Folks, this is highbrow. This Foreign Policy magazine is not quite Foreign Affairs or the Trilateral Commission, but it's not the Walla Walla Sunday Times. I mean, Foreign Policy magazine, they fashion themselves as a serious bunch of people there, think tankers and that. The editor of Foreign Policy, David Rothkopf, says that Mitch McConnell is a bigger threat to the United States than Kim Jong-un. I'm telling you, I can't keep up! I can't connect the dots. Everything is so upside down. Nothing makes common...

To get an idea of the Politico's priorities, first do a search on "Corzine." You'll find nothing from last week other than a reference to him as the defeated former Governor of New Jersey in an item about current Governor Chris Christie speaking at the upcoming Republican National Convention. So apparently no one cared to take notice of a New York Times story about how Corzine and apparently all other major players at bankrupt MF Global, which raided customers' accounts to the tune of $1.6 billion as it attempted to avoid its visit to death's door, will face criminal prosecution....

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, the self-destruction, maybe, continues. From the Politico. Snerdley, are you sitting down? From the Politico: "Gingrich Sides with Obama on Payroll Tax." That's their headline. Now, let's read a little further. "President Obama has an unexpected ally in Newt Gingrich, who called on House Republicans to give up and make the payroll tax cut extension happen somehow." And here's their quote from Newt. "'Incumbent presidents have enormous advantages. And I think what Republicans ought to do is what’s right for America. They ought to do it calmly and pleasantly and happily,' Mr. Gingrich said when asked...

There’s a great 1959 movie starring Peter Sellers called “The Mouse That Roared.” It’s about the “Duchy of Grand Fenwick” and a plot to get economic aid from the United States. The characters know the United States always pours economic aid into countries we’ve beaten in war, and Grand Fenwick is having difficult economic times. The plan was simple - declare war on the United States, invade, find someone to surrender to and reap the economic benefits. Through a fluke, Grand Fenwick ends up accidentally winning, which it is not prepared for, and sets about trying to find a way...

N.Y. Times caught in photo fakery Pakistanis shown with 'missile' allegedly fired by U.S. Posted: January 16, 2006 8:18 p.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The New York Times is accused of running a staged photograph of beleaguered Pakistanis standing with a missile in the midst of their damaged home after a U.S. predator-drone attack aimed at al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. The problem, say analysts, is the "missile" actually is an old, unexploded artillery shell, possibly with its fuse intact. But on its website, the Times captioned the photo by Agence France-Presse this way: "Pakistani men with the remains of...

3 Strikes and You're Out:The New York Times is "Wrong" Again   Horror: it is claimed the mass graves are near Saddam's Tharthar palace Story tools: Have your say 'Mass graves litter Iraq' By Steve Boggan in Baghdad, Evening Standard 17 April 2003 An Iraqi colonel in the Iraqi internal security service today claims he has damning evidence directly linking Saddam Hussein to a series of horrific crimes against humanity.   More on the war " Free newsflash" Galleries: War in pictures" Talk about rebuilding Iraq" Comment and opinion" War -in depth" Appeal: Help the victims of war" Video:...

Dotcom blues threaten Salon By Garry BarkerJune 28 2002 It began as an exciting experiment in online publishing: an intelligent, quality magazine that could be read for free on your computer screen.Salon, founded in 1995, boasted columnists including controversial academic Camille Paglia and writers Garrison Keilor and Greil Marcus. It covered the worlds of politics, pop culture, books, the media and technology and had a long-running column called "Mothers Who Think". It was witty, smart, newsy, irreverent and adored by the cultural cognoscenti.But this week Salon's future looked dire. In its annual report, the Salon Group announced a deficit of $US76.6...