Jim Butcher:

‘‘The pen is mightier than the sword.’’

...Intangible fear can be mightier than the sword, too.  Hell, it has been for quite a while now.  Don’t believe me?  Try getting on an airplane without taking your shoes off...

That's the power of fear, guys.
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The threat isn’t aimed at our government or our borders or our resources.  It’s targeting something far more precious--our identity.  It’s changing us, who we are, how we live, and not for the better...

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The (Ever-Growing) List Of Cowards Refusing To Publish The Mohammad Cartoons

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Breitbart’s Big Government:

Pollster Pat Caddell: One-Third of GOP ‘Hanging by a Thread from Bolting’

Are You Ready For A Hike In The Gas Tax?  Some Leading GOP Senators Are Open To Talking About It.

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James S. Robbins, USA Today:

President Obama strongly condemned the shooting and said that the United States would ‘‘provide any assistance needed to help bring these terrorists to justice.’’  Immediately recognizing that this domestic incident as an act of terrorism was a turnaround for the White House.  The administration initially hesitated to use that label after the 2009 Ft. Hood massacre and the 2013 Boston Marathon...

Words not used by Obama to condemn Paris terror attack: ‘‘Islam,’’ ‘‘Muslim,’’ ‘‘Jihad’’…

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Same Old Same Old  Dept

OregonMuse offers some political predictions :

My predictions for 2015:

1. The progressive agenda will be advanced, either by a little or by a lot
2. The GOP leadership will decide that the current progressive push is not the hill to die on and retreat
3. The GOP leadership will expend more energy and resources fighting conservatives than fighting Democrats.

Of course, these are my predictions every year, and every year I've batted 1000.

Wahoo.

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