Week 14: Surging Patriots, Brady clearly superior – ESPN
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Week 14: Surging Patriots, Brady clearly superior
ESPN AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast Snowy conditions didn't slow the Patriots. Neither did the Bears' defense. Deion Branch's 59-yard TD catch was among the many highlights for New England in a 36-7 victory at Chicago. … Week 14 best, worst: Tom Brady proves Patriots are in command Patriots surging at the right time Tom terrific for Patriots in whitewashing of Bears |
NFL week 14 open thread
Letdown?
The Pittsburgh Steelers won a huge game last week on the road in Baltimore, beating the Ravens in the Blood & Guts Bowl 13-10 in a great defensive battle. This week, they have to guard against a letdown at home as the 2-10 Cincinnati Bengals come to Heinz Field. The Bengals have had a very […]
Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Walking away.
This isn’t the poll of the moment — it’s the poll you have to take right now. Time to choose the Obamateurism of the Week, and our motto here is to make sure you get a chance to choose one of the five. Er, six. There would have been only five, but you hostage-takers out […]
Week at the White House rewind
This Week in Government Failure
By Tad DeHaven
Over at Downsizing the Federal Government, we focused on the following issues this week:
- Unfortunately, the president’s Fiscal Commission appears to have operated on the premise that the federal government should continue to do everything it now does.
- Getting Rep. Jeff Flake on appropriations is a step in the right direction, but his appointment can’t be a token gesture.
- A new study finds that policymakers needn’t fear spending cuts.
- House Republican leaders’ support for “Prince of Pork” Hal Rogers to chair the chamber’s appropriations committee is a slap in the face of voters who demanded change in November.
- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, whose state’s unemployment rate is almost 13 percent, has advice for Washington on how to create jobs. No, it’s not April 1st.
This Week in Government Failure is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
The Ed Morrissey Show: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson & the Week in Review!
3 pm ET, 90 mins!
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we’ll take a look at the past week with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show. Duane and I will discuss the week’s events, including the tax deal — which we’ll certainly debate — the reaction from progressive Democrats, the GOP unity on filibustering everything but […]
DREAM Act update: Senate tables cloture vote, stalled another week
The Senate just voted 59-40 to table the DREAM Act illegal alien bailout cloture vote. It’s been “vitiated,” to use Senate parlance. They’ll take up the House-passed version next week.
Which means another week of open-borders agitation, radical ethnic triablism, and new Democrat euphemisms for illegal aliens.
It’s also another week for you to re-double phone calls, faxes and e-mails to Washington and demand that they put law-abiding American workers and students — and law-abiding immigrants and visa applicants — first.
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6
This week, readers sent us comments about federal pay, the FairTax and our upcoming conference.
In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to [email protected]. Letters may be edited for length.
Federal Pay
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DREAM Act vote scheduled this week
Marcos Restrepo of our sister site the Florida Independent reports that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take a vote on the DREAM Act this week, where it will likely pass. The problem, as always, will come in the Senate, where Republican leaders have vowed to block all legislation until they get the tax cuts for the richest one percent of Americans extended.
Egypt’s shark week: Mossad to blame?
Five
tourists have been attacked by sharks (with one killed) over the past week in
the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, a vacation area especially popular with snorkelers
and scuba divers. And nobody knows what to do.
Despite the
frequent depiction of the
cartilaginous fish as terrifying man eaters, these kinds of attacks are
actually very rare. The Egyptian government has brought in experts from
around the world to help solve the shark crisis. So far no one has arrived at a
definitive conclusion, but possible explanations include over fishing in the
Red Sea, an excess of resorts along the coast, and the effects of climate
change.
There’s
another theory floating around, though: Israel’s infamous intelligence agency
is behind the attacks. Ahram Online reports (and refutes):
Speaking on
the public TV program "Egypt Today" yesterday, a specialist
introduced as "Captain Mustafa Ismael, a famous diver in Sharm El
Sheikh," said that the sharks involved in the attack are ocean sharks and
do not live in Egypt’s waters.When asked
by the anchor how the shark entered Sharm El Sheikh waters, he burst out,
"no, who let them in."Urged to
elaborate, Ismael said that he recently got a call from an Israeli diver in
Eilat telling him that they captured a small shark with a GPS planted in its
back, implying that the sharks were monitored to attack in Egypt’s waters only."Why would these
sharks travel 4000 km and not have any accidents until it entered Sinai?"
said Ismael.Earlier
today, General Abdel Fadeel Shosha, the governor of South Sinai, backed
Ismael’s theory. In a phone call to the TV program, he said that it is possible
that Israeli intelligence, Mossad, is behind the incident and that they are
doing it to undermine the Egyptian tourism industry. He added that Egypt needs
time to investigate the theory.
The shark attacks
have the potential to do some real damage to Egypt, where tourism is pillar of
the economy and an important provider of jobs. But the idea that Israel (which
is currently dealing with its own Nature Channel-worthy crisis) is
behind the attacks is pretty farfetched.
Week 13 best & worst: Colts’ loss puts them behind Jaguars in playoff race – USA Today
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Week 13 best & worst: Colts' loss puts them behind Jaguars in playoff race
USA Today Biggest surprise: The 7-5 Jaguars ended Sunday in sole possession of first place in the AFC South. Their win in Tennessee and the Colts' loss to the Cowboys gave Jacksonville a one-game lead. Most unlikely goat: Colts QB Peyton Manning threw four INTs … Cowlishaw: Much-maligned Cowboys 'D' intercepts win from Colts Manning throws 4 INTs in 38-35 OT loss to Cowboys Peyton Manning Takes Responsibility for Colts' Shocking Spiral |
Week 13 best & worst: Colts’ loss puts them behind Jaguars in playoff race – USA Today
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Week 13 best & worst: Colts' loss puts them behind Jaguars in playoff race
USA Today Biggest surprise: The 7-5 Jaguars ended Sunday in sole possession of first place in the AFC South. Their win in Tennessee and the Colts' loss to the Cowboys gave Jacksonville a one-game lead. Most unlikely goat: Colts QB Peyton Manning threw four INTs … Cowlishaw: Much-maligned Cowboys 'D' intercepts win from Colts Manning throws 4 INTs in 38-35 OT loss to Cowboys Peyton Manning Takes Responsibility for Colts' Shocking Spiral |
This Week In Holy Crimes
Over the last seven days…
Colorado: Pastor Joshua Amoroso charged with sexual assault of a 14 year-old girl.
Germany: Report implicates more than 250 priests and staffers in child abuse scandal at school in archdiocese once headed by the Pope.
Kentucky: Pastor Currie Pat Clark charged with 296 counts of sodomy of a 12 year-old boy.
Georgia: Pastor Brian Richard Gray charged with 58 counts of child molestation, statutory rape, and sexual assault of a 15 year-old girl.
New Jersey: Newspaper reveals documents proving Archbishop John Myers shielded at least four pedophile priests from prosecution.
Michigan: Pastor Curtis Burkhardt charged with exposed his erection to an 11 year-old girl at a campground. Burkhardt has a previous conviction for the same crime with a 3 year-old.
Australia: Father Brian Spillane found guilty on nine counts of molesting preteen girls. Spillane faces four more trials on 135 similar charges.
Oklahoma: Pastor Baron Hopgood charged with fraud in $ 200K check-kiting scheme.
Ontario: Father William Marshall charged with two counts of sexual assault. Marshall faces similar charges in several other cases.
Ohio: Pastor David Thompson sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling more than $ 1M from his church.
Britain: Father John Shannon convicted on 16 counts of producing child pornography.
Texas: Pastor Terry Nesmith on trial for molesting 9 year-old girl.
Australia: Father Kevin Philips pleads guilty to multiple counts of child molestation.
This Week’s Winner
New York: An named Hasidic rabbi and his son have fled to Israel after being accused of sexually molesting at least four underage female relatives. At least two of the alleged victims are the rabbi’s daughters, once of whom says her father has been molesting her since the age of five. Two of the rabbi’s other sons were arrested in New York and charged with the sexual abuse and rape of their sisters. One of the arrested sons, age 15, is accused of molesting his 8 year-old sister. Police note that the rabbi and the escaped son were driven to the driven to the airport by the rabbi’s wife, who is his first cousin. The two have fourteen children and all names are being withheld to protect the victims.
NFL week 13 open thread
The big game.
Today is the biggest game on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ schedule, even bigger than the upcoming game against the Jets. For one thing, the Baltimore Ravens are their main divisional rival, but they’re also tied with the Ravens. However, since the Ravens won the first game of the series this year — the last game of […]
Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Self-realization.
It’s time to play Let’s Make a Deal on the OOTW, otherwise known as How To Achieve Prominence Without Really Trying To Take Terrorists. If you have trouble deciding, just remember that our President has the same problem. If so, you know who to blame. What was the Obamateurism of the Week (12/5)?online surveys Previous […]
