To much coffee for Igor Panarin….
WSJ-For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument — that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. — very seriously. [...]

What is the solution for this heath-care time bomb?
USA-Economic troubles are forcing states to scale back safety-net health-coverage programs — even as they brace for more residents who will need help paying for care.
Many cuts affect Medicaid, which pays for health coverage for 50 million low-income adults and children nationwide, including nearly half of [...]

Give us your pick!
Politico-As the curtain comes down on 2008, it’s hard to let go. Political junkies couldn’t have asked for a better year — even news veteran David Broder dubbed the 2008 election the best he ever covered.
Game-changing moments came from mainstream and new media outlets, traditional newsmaker interviews, and off-the-cuff remarks captured by [...]

This hurts the GOP!
HP-Reaction on the right to Saltsman’s distribution of a song called “Barack the Magic Negro” in his quest to become the new chairman of the RNC has been mixed. One of Saltsman’s rivals in the race for RNC chair, Ken Blackwell, an African-American himself, has defended Saltsman, dismissing the criticism as “hypersensitivity [...]

McKinney goes to war?
AJC-A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said.
The crowds on the docks in the Lebanese port city [...]

Tennessee Coal Sludge Spill

Does anyone buy this?
AP-A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that the country’s slowing economy won’t keep the new administration from fulfilling its plans for a middle-class tax cut.
“We feel it’s important that middle-class people get some relief now,” Obama adviser David Axelrod said.
Middle-class tax cuts will be part of the new administration’s [...]

Will the GOP trip up Reid?
WSJ-Sen. Harry Reid will command the biggest party majority of any Senate leader in a quarter century when the new Congress convenes in January. But the Nevada Democrat is already worried about his own re-election fight in 2010.
Sen. Reid, perhaps the most-vulnerable Democrat who will face re-election in a midterm [...]

This is a smart political move by Obama.
THEHILL-Although President-elect Obama’s pledge to change federal policy on stem cell research is not likely to lead to new cures by the end of his first year — or even first term — the scientific community is eager to get moving.
Embryonic stem cell research is one area [...]

Viagra over torture!
WP-The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift.
Four blue pills. Viagra.
“Take [...]

 
The great Herman Cain is filling in for Neal Boortz this week and announced today a new organization he is starting called the Intelligent Thinker Movement. According to the Hermanator, details will be on his website (www.hermancain.com) Tuesday morning where interested thinkers can sign up.
UPDATES TO COME WHEN AVAILABLE

Tom Friedman is joining the chorus of insane eco-nuts calling for an increase in the federal fuel tax. This is the tax that already accounts for at least 4x as much as oil company profits per gallon and is funneled through the DC bureaucracy from each state. Georgia, a (red) donor state by way of example [...]

Cincinnati VS. Virgina Tech Orange Bowl 2008

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If true this is wrong!
HP-The mother of Bristol Palin’s boyfriend sent text messages discussing drug transactions less than a month after the young woman’s mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to court documents filed this week.
An affidavit from an Alaska state trooper, filed Monday, states that Sherry [...]

Vote for the person you think had the biggest impact on the Atlanta area sports scene. From The AJC I voted for Matt Ryan
1. Falcons QB Matt Ryan – The first-round draft choice became an immediate starter and has the Falcons fighting for a playoff berth.
2. Hawks guard Joe Johnson – The team’s leading scorer [...]