Friday Round Up


If you read this, you’ll be smarter this weekend.

Obama announces full withdrawal from Iraq
USA Today
President Obama confirmed plans to have all U.S. troops out of Iraq by Jan. 1, formally ending the war that began more than eight-and-a-half years ago and has taken more than 4,400 American lives.

WaPo fact checks Biden on rape, murder claims for jobs bill
HotAir
The Veep “should know better than to spout off half-baked facts in service of a dubious argument”? Hey, that’s Joe Biden’s entire life.

Marco Rubio hits back
Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post
If this is the best they have on Rubio, he’s in no peril whatsoever. To the contrary, Rubio, having gone through a mainstream press attack, will likely endear himself to an even greater degree to the conservative base. If there’s one thing that all conservatives can agree on, it is their loathing of mainstream media.

Obama stimulus cash goes to foreign workers
Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
A Labor Department Inspector General report released this week found that $7,140,782 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds went to four Oregon forestry services firms who hired no U.S. workers.

Born On This Day
1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet (d. 1834)
1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz musician (d. 1993)
1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
1952 – Patti Davis, American actress and novelist, daughter of Ronald Reagan
1955 – Dick DeVos, American businessman
1955 – Rich Mullins, American musician (d. 1997)
1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer

Thursday Round Up

One more day. Spend it smarter by reading this first.

GALLUP: For the First Time, a Majority Blames Obama for the Economy
Fox Nation
For the first time, a majority of Americans blame President Barack Obama for the nation’s economic problems, according to a poll Thursday.

‘Occupy Wall Street’ [Hearts] Wall Street

Ann Coulter, Townhall.com
The worst thing about Occupy Wall Street is that it’s ruining a good cause: hating Wall Street. Just when opposing Wall Street was gaining momentum, these brain-dead zombies are forcing us to choose between thieving bankers and them.

Cain: Government Shouldn’t Make Decision on Abortion, Rape
LifeNews.com
In a new interview with Piers Morgan Wednesday night on CNN, Cain put forward a position that is reminding some of political like Mario Cuomo or Bill Clinton, who said they were personally pro-life but would not allow government to put laws into place protecting unborn children. Cain responded to questions concerning abortion in the case of rape or incest and said that, while he is pro-life, government should have no role in making the decision.

Born On This Day
1632 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
1882 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born American actor (d. 1956)
1907 – Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
1925 – Art Buchwald, American humorist (d. 2007)
1931 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1935 – Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
1946 – Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (d. 1994)
1958 – Viggo Mortensen, American actor