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George Will:
He called Wednesday for a third stimulus (the first was his predecessor’s, in February 2008) although the S-word has been banished in favor of “jobs bill.” It will inject into the economy money that government siphons from the economy, thereby somehow creating jobs. And you thought alchemy was strange.

“Parents have the right and authority to make decisions regarding their children’s education without undue government interference,” said ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska. “The immigration court has clearly recognized that basic human rights are being violated by the German policy of persecuting home-schooling families. Many Americans are simply unaware of just how bad the policy is. We hope this ruling sheds light on a predatory policy that the German government ought to end immediately.”

“Before we adopt policies that affect military-preparedness and national security, it is imperative that we act on honest assessments of the best available information,” Adm. Lyons said. “When it comes to the climate change-national security link and the cap-and-trade legislation now being considered by Congress, any confidence in scientific pronouncements that may have existed in 2009 does not exist in 2010,” Adm. Lyons added.

The real takeaway in the BLS report is the transformation of the labor movement. A majority of union members in America (52 percent) now work for the government.

The draft plan combined the jobs tax credit with $30 billion for infrastructure projects, more than $10 billion in energy efficiency subsidies for homeowners and businesses, and about $18 billion to help school districts pay teachers’ salaries. But it was met with “sticker shock,” the Democratic aide said.

Crist, who in the latest poll fell behind Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for Florida’s open Senate seat, also tried to distance himself from an association with Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican considered too moderate by many hard-core conservatives.

Facing a political nightmare for their votes on healthcare and other bills touting costly spending programs, Democrats are quickly distancing themselves from President Barack Obama’s signature legislative effort. One senator said Obamacare was on “life support.” Another described a growing stalemate between liberal leaders and the conservative rank-and-file.

in reality, “the maestro,” along with Bernanke (who would become the maestro’s hand-picked successor) had spawned and fueled an economy-warping orgy of lending, borrowing, and unsustainable housing bubble profits that would not have existed without ultra-cheap money.

White House orders Justice Department to look for other places to hold 9/11 terror trial

Justice Alito shook his head as if to rebut the president’s characterization of the Citizens United decision, and seemed to mouth the words “not true.”