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NYC Pols Defend Nixing TLC English Proficiency and Written Exam for Prospective “Yellow Taxi Drivers”
If you have ever ridden in a New York City yellow cab, odds are that you’ve experienced a cultural and language barrier between yourself and a yellow cab driver, many of whom pretend not to know English until it’s time to collect the fare. If, like myself, you are an [Read More]
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Fourth estate or fifth column?
One aspect of the healthcare reform that I can’t get past is this: In order to secure the vote of Sen. Ben Nelson from Nebraska, provisions were added to the bill to exempt Nebraska from the effects of the healthcare reform! This compromise demonstrated that the administration and its legislative [Read More]
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Mid-Week Weasel: House Democrats Insert Health Care Horrors Into New Bill
Making Your Option to Purchase Private Insurance Illegal Journalists didn’t get more than 16 pages into 1000+ page House Democrat “Health Care for all Americans” bill before they discovered a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal. Congress: It didn’t take long to run into an “uh-oh” moment when reading [Read More]
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Mid-Week Weasel: BBC and Amnesty International Team Up to Accuse Israel of War Crimes
No surprise here. Amnesty International released a report claiming that Israel committed war crimes against the Palestinians in the 22 day offensive at the end of last year. The BBC reported the alleged crimes in an article titled “Amnesty details Gaza ‘war crimes’” by citing the findings of the “independent [Read More]
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Weekend Weasel: Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk (R-RHINO, S-Sellout, P-Phony,…)
A few months ago good friend and Webloggin contributor Megan Fox got into it with a rude staffer from Illinois Republican Mark Kirk’s office. Megan was all up in arms over legitimate concerns about Mr. Kirk’s voting record. She had called into his office to voice her complaint and was [Read More]
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Weekend Weasel – Dumb and Dumber
This week’s weekend weasel is a no brainer; especially considering the mind numbingly ignorant claims being made by the recipients. First out of the gate is President Barack Obama with claims he made in a speech that Winston Churchill said “we don’t torture” at a time when London was being [Read More]
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Weekend Weasel – San Francisco Liberal Stephen Fowler
This looks like a perfect time to introduce an irregular segment on WoW called Weasel Watching. The way it works is quite simple, spot a weasel and we will spotlight that person (or group) on the WoW main page. I think I might even create a wall of shame. The [Read More]