November 12th, 2011
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Outnumbered 4 to 1, The “99%” of #OccupyDenver Gets Mic-Checked…
After the “occupiers” of #OccupyDenver tried to occupy FreedomWorks’ BlogCon (blogger conference) mid-day on Saturday, before figuring out the hard way that a half dozen grimy squatters are really fodder for a hundred or more bloggers armed with cameras and derision for their up-twinkles, the occupiers tried to play their hand again early Saturday evening. [...]
Obama administration gives $433m no-bid contract to Democratic donor.
The last time I checked, didn’t the Left call this sort of thing ‘crony capitalism?’ Over the last year, the Obama administration has aggressively pushed a $433-million plan to buy an experimental smallpox drug, despite uncertainty over whether it is needed or will work. Senior officials have taken unusual steps to secure the contract for [...]
Tech at Night: Public Knowledge attacks me, Wireless subsides, Bad laws
It turns out it’s not just a few of us on the right who know Tech at Night exists. Gigi Sohn says Tech at Night shapes the debate along with good old Less Government. Of course, Sohn also told a lie about me and claimed AT&T pays me, but… that’s the head of a Soros-funded [...]
Denver Occupiers fail in effort to occupy BlogCon11
Nearly 200 Conservative bloggers were in the middle of a training session on data visualization when Occupy Denver launched their “surprise” effort to occupy the conference. The protest was a major fail in no small part because the Occupiers announced the “surprise” occupation attempt on Twitter. When the Occupiers showed up they were met at [...]
Blogcon11 1, Occupy Denver 0.
It’s kind of sad when you show up to a protest and the people that you’re trying to intimidate have better and louder chants. “We want the dog! We want the dog!” This is a reference to Occupy Denver’s decision to elect a border collie their leader last week, and frankly that might have been [...]
RS Interview – Matt Kibbe (Freedomworks President)
As the video mentions, Matt helped kick off the festivities this morning. We talked about Blogcon, Freedomworks, and various priorities for 2012:
Newt up, everyone else down in the Cain fallout
When I write about the polling, I hesitate to say more than I have to about the events going on that drive the numbers. I risk introducing unnecessary bias due to mixing the math with my own observations. But the Herman Cain harassment story is the story right now. Two new pre-debate polls are out. [...]
