Monday Evening Round Up

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Newt Gingrich Slept with the Enemy

Liberty News Network

What most of the temporary Gingrich support misses, though, is the former House Speaker’s recent past of betrayal of the movement. His betrayal of the GOP and the basic principles of the majority of the GOP primary voting electorate. There are many instances we can point to, but none are as outright damning as the Gingrich betrayal on global warming hysteria.

Halloween on the Hill
Ike Brannon, The National Review

For people who aren’t in the political bubble that is Washington, D.C., the ways of Congress can seem confusing and mysterious. So let me share a story about one Halloween in Congress that will shed a little light on how that ecosystem operates…

Virginia Tech rises to 12th in AP college football poll
PilotOnline.com

Virginia Tech has moved up to 12th in this week’s Associated Press top 25 college football poll.

Born On This Day
1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1912 – Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1920 – Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (d. 2010)
1927 – Lee Grant, American actress
1937 – Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter
1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor
1944 – Sally Kirkland, American actress
1947 – Deidre Hall, American actress
1950 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
1950 – Jane Pauley, American news anchor
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
1964 – Darryl Worley, American country singer

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