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First Lady praises textbooks for swapping ‘cupcakes for apples’ in math problems

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If Johnny has two cupcakes and he gets two more, how many cupcakes does he now have and did he just double his caloric intake? First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative is praising textbook publishers for “swapping out cupcakes for apples in math problems,” in an effort to incorporate health information into the learning [...]

NASA turns to private sector to take over retired shuttle launch pad

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Here’s one about the government not letting something go to waste. A launch pad at Cape Canaveral, left idle by the demise of the space shuttle program in July 2011, is available for use by a private company able to pay for the upkeep. According to a Reuters report, NASA has put out a lease [...]

Elementary mom furious over cross-dressing ‘Transgender Day’

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With the reelection of Barack Obama, the most liberal U.S. president in history, there’s little argument that the far-left is as emboldened as ever in pushing its agenda on the country. Inevitably, this chutzpah will be their downfall. Case in point is the Tippecanoe School for the Arts and Humanities in Milwaukee, which dubbed Friday [...]

Blaming budget cuts for IRS behavior is bunk, says Krauthammer

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Leave it to Charles Krauthamer to make mincemeat of nonsense liberal arguments. Here’s how the American Prospect – as good a mouthpiece of the Democratic Party as you can find outside of the New York Times editorial  pages – tried to spin the IRS scandal Friday night: Since the Gingrich revolution of 1994,  Prospect explains, [...]

Reports say Holder perjured himself, lied to Congress under oath

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NBC News set off a firestorm when it reported that Attorney General Eric Holder had signed off on search warrant applications directed against Fox News Washington correspondent James Rosen in 2009. Most publications, including even the far-left Huffington Post called for his head on a platter. Now that the dust has settled somewhat, commentators are [...]

NY sheriffs stand up to Gov. Cuomo, join lawsuit against gun laws

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Several sheriffs in New York have been vocal in their opposition to the recently passed gun measures known as the SAFE Act, but now they have made it official. After filing a brief earlier last week, the New York State Sheriff’s Association have asked to be added to a federal lawsuit originally filed in Buffalo [...]

Oops! Obama’s commerce secretary nominee failed to report $80 million income

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While clerical errors are common, $80 million seems like a big chunk to overlook when preparing a financial statement. But apparently that’s what happened to President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Commerce in preparation for her Senate Confirmation Hearing last Thursday. In a generally friendly exchange the Senate Commerce Committee asked billionaire Penny Pritzker, Obama’s close [...]

Scandals bad news for Obama, says Rasmussen

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Bad poll numbers on the scandals that have wracked the capital are adding up to bad news for President Obama, national polling expert Scott Rasmussen says. In a column published Friday, Rasmussen acknowledges Obama’s job-approval rating remains at 47 percent, but says the administration is getting poor reviews in important areas that could belie that. [...]

Letters reveal Lerner a direct participant in IRS scandal

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Letters bearing a senior IRS official’s signature were made public Thursday afternoon that directly contradict her statements and congressional testimony that she had no personal, direct involvement in the IRS scandal and that she had “not done anything wrong.” The American Center for Law and Justice chief counsel Jay Sekulow revealed that Lois Lerner, now [...]

Obama breaks with tradition, fails to return Marine’s salute

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President Obama, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, broke with the tradition of returning the salute of the U.S. Marine outside Marine One Friday morning. Perhaps Obama suddenly realized, or perhaps someone onboard the helicopter said something to him, because Obama promptly walked back down the steps to go shake hands with the Marine. The president is not [...]