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April 2006

Posted at 7:42 pm on April 30, 2006

Bloggers review “United 93″

Bumped for Sunday evening update.

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Posted at 3:17 pm on April 30, 2006

John McCain, First Amendment absolutist

Somewhere Rudy Giuliani is smiling. Stop the ACLU has video.

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Posted at 12:05 am on April 30, 2006

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Loses Her Home

One of the bravest women in the world is now hunted by Islamists and her own Dutch neighbors.

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Posted at 9:26 pm on April 29, 2006

Giant papier-mache heads against the war

Take them seriously.

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Posted at 2:24 pm on April 29, 2006

Viral video of the day

Columbia Business School students lampoon their dean’s disappointment over not nabbing retiring Fed chair Alan Greenspan’s post. Best take-off of …

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Posted at 10:35 am on April 29, 2006

Blog week in review

The Pajamas Media gang has a new podcast up. Listen here.

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Posted at 11:16 pm on April 28, 2006

Rosie O’Donnell returns

She’ll be taking liberal Meredith Viera’s place on Barbara Walters’ “The View” on ABC. Because, you, there just aren’t enough …

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Posted at 11:14 pm on April 28, 2006

‘Twas sock puppets killed the beast

Well, not killed. “Grievously wounded,” maybe.

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Posted at 10:08 pm on April 28, 2006

New vlog stars

Pamela and the adorable Atlass at Atlas Shrugged. Watch ‘em.

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Posted at 9:42 pm on April 28, 2006

Naming Dan Rather’s blog

TV Newser is taking suggestions. The lamer the better, judging from the submissions thus far.
Is this really that hard?

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Posted at 6:53 pm on April 28, 2006

Rush Limbaugh settlement

***updated with statement from Premiere Radio…more*** Related to the prescription drug case. MSNBC / AP chose to headline his arrest …

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Posted at 6:32 pm on April 28, 2006

Cero Dinero

A Hot Air reader strikes back at the open borders White House.
Last week I got a form letter from the …

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Posted at 3:47 pm on April 28, 2006

Casual Friday: idiotic video round-up

New Vent about the growth of online video is up. Viral video sites are a big part of the …

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Posted at 11:18 am on April 28, 2006

The last ninja, part II

Geraghty says it’s Joe Lieberman. Bull Moose has the full story. Read ‘em and weep.

Previously: The last ninja

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Posted at 10:44 am on April 28, 2006

Separate but equal: Swedish Muslim edition

As usual nowadays, it’s the minority group that’s in favor of the idea and the majority that’s opposed.
The Swedish Muslim …

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Posted at 11:17 pm on April 27, 2006

Iran to UN: get bent

They had thirty days to stop enriching uranium. What’d they do? Announced that they’re going to speed up …

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Posted at 5:59 pm on April 27, 2006

Michelle on O’Reilly tonight (updated with video)

Sorry for the lack of posting this p.m. — we’ve been prepping for tomorrow’s Vent. Can’t say much yet, …

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Posted at 2:14 pm on April 27, 2006

CIA leak update: Everything old is new again

My, my. The things one finds on Google.
Key graf from Dan’s post:
Unarchived in 2002: U.S. officials who defend the …

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Posted at 1:18 pm on April 27, 2006

Bagged: One Big-Time Terrorist

I thought we didn’t have any allies in the War on Terror. Then what’s Pakistan doing killing off one …

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Posted at 11:18 am on April 27, 2006

The Tinfoil and the Damage Done

In Neil Young’s case, telling him to just “Shut Up and Sing” won’t work. He sings, alright. …

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Posted at 9:54 am on April 27, 2006

Dead air

Hot Air affiliate Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer, my investigative partner on many Air America stories last year, has …

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Posted at 10:12 pm on April 26, 2006

An army of Daouds

Why Internet video? Why now? Here’s why. Note the numbers for adults under 30.
That poll will get …

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Posted at 5:12 pm on April 26, 2006

Your new national anthem

I’ve been blogging over at mm.com about the upcoming Spanglish-ization of the Star-Spangled Banner by a group of activist Latino …

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Posted at 4:53 pm on April 26, 2006

Who said it?

“No matter what kind of title I have … I consider I’m a human being first. So humanity surpasses everything …

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Posted at 4:04 pm on April 26, 2006

The Party of Death

Kevin Holtsberry reviews Ramesh Ponnuru’s new book, The Party of Death.
Time and again Ponnuru cuts through the obfuscation, deception, and …

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Posted at 4:03 pm on April 26, 2006

The last ninja

I’ll probably be reprimanded by the Big M for straying off the political path here, but sometimes a man has …

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Posted at 2:08 pm on April 26, 2006

MSNBC praises Hot Air!

Don’t tell Chris Matthews, but there’s actually a nice review of Hot Air on the MSNBC.com site:
Speaking of online video, …

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Posted at 12:43 pm on April 26, 2006

Zarqawi Video With Subtitles Posted

MEMRI TV, natch. Click the image to watch. Transcript here.

UPDATE: Richard Miniter sees the release of tapes from …

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Posted at 12:13 pm on April 26, 2006

Google’s Other Censorship Problem

Monday’s Vent pounded net giant Google for helping the ChiComs censor free speech on the net inside China. While …

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Posted at 10:22 am on April 26, 2006

Hating Michael Steele

Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, rising star in the GOP and US Senate candidate, happens to be a black man. Maryland …

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