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Iran claims it now has 3,000 centrifuges operational, all enriching uranium. They should thank China and Russia for supplying and protecting them.

Illinois governor convicted of corruption. We need a lot more of this to clean up government at all levels.

The WSJ maps Congressman's Murtha's earmarks.

Yet another new record high for oil and record low for dollar. Gold and silver at 27 and 26 year highs respectively. Government did this to us, but people will vote for more government anyway, and it will get worse.

We have not reached peak oil production. We haven't even started drilling in Anwar, and we're not drilling as much as we could in the gulf. Let alone the supplies thought to be under the north pole. More alarmism.

UK pilot program to track students with RFID chips in clothes. The civil rights issues are obvious, but how is this even practical? Students will know which clothes have the chips.

UK PM announces plan to require immigrants to learn English language and British values.

Chicago police taser 82 year old woman who was swinging a hammer. Any cop who can't gently subdue an 82 year old woman without tasering her whether she has a hammer or not should turn in his or her badge.

Slate's complete guide to army recruiting incentives.

Waterboarding ought to be perfectly legal if it's not.

Bush's disapproval rating tops Nixon's, but is still well ahead of Congress'.

Republicans block Democrats from killing Kucinich's bill to impeach Cheney.

Hillary's debate performance may have hurt her in polls after all. Mickey Kaus comments. Hillary's poll numbers down in New Hampshire.

Laura Ingraham slams Pat Robertson for endorsing Rudy Giuliani.

Democrats make gains in election. Study shows what anybody with half a brain has always known - Democrats are the party of the rich. They just find it effective to play class warfare in the public spotlight while taking care of their well-healed constituents behind the scenes. The 2 parties are nearly identical, and this exposes one of the big lies they tell to make them appear to be different.

Rudy Giuliani ad highlights the abominable death rate for prostate cancer in Britain's socialized medicine system compared to the US half socialized medicine system. If we had a free market system, our results would be even better.

Boortz discusses Ron Paul supporters.

It doesn't take the Heritage Foundation to show that our weak dollar is caused by our terrible tax system and government spending, but it's welcome anyway.

Boortz lists ridiculous laws from the UK and elsewhere.

Google earth map shows where new earmarks in defense spending bill go.

Utah defeats broad school voucher program, but Cato explains that because of this vote and our ever worsening schools, broad voucher programs will happen. Teachers unions and big government won' t be able to hurt our kids forever. The student's education matters, not the particular school.

Cato comments on Hillary's new plan to require more fuel efficient cars that would drive up the price of cars, gas, and electricity.

Transcript of French President Sarkozy's speech to Congress.

John Stossel says that all government money, even school vouchers, comes with strings that restrict Americans. That's why school vouchers should be local, and a only a stop gap measure before getting government completely out of schools.

Benazir Bhutto blasts Pakistani President Musharraf for his power grab.

Dick Morris says Huckabee can win in Iowa. Duh. Giuliani, McCain, Thompson, Romney, or Huckabee could win in Iowa.

The Montgomery Co. Health and Human services welfare levy passed with 59,053 voting for and 41,846 voting against. The population of Montgomery Co. is 542,237, so that means that 10.9% of the county forced their tax and social priorities on every person in the county. Government was never supposed to have this power, and people need to wake up and take it back.

The WSJ compares the issues of bombing civilians in WWII and waterboarding.

John Podhortz noticed that Ron Paul's money isn't coming from Republicans. He must have read this blog entry.

Condoleezza Rica is building an anti-Iran coalition as options fade.

Michael Barone thinks illegal immigration will finally become a major issue in a presidential campaign. But if the race comes down to Rudy versus Hillary, they have basically the same waffling position, in which case it won't be an issue.

How the left is redefining the term torture to damage our effectiveness in the War on Terror. Waterboarding is a smart, effective interrogation technique and cannot in any way be considered torture.

Christopher Hitchens uses Afghanistan as an example to prove that virulent Islam has a life of its own. It is not a result of western actions, and it won't go away when we go away.

Once again illustrating that the 2 parties are basically identical, Republicans vote for pork laden bill with Democrats to override Bush veto.

Federal government providing government housing is reminiscent of communist housing projects.

We lost Russi and China, and now their is working overtime to get India to join them. We better not lose India too.