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A&E walks back the suspension - Robertson is back on Duck Dynasty

A&E has decided not to kill their best cash cow as they cave in on the indefinite suspension handed down to Phil Robertson (pictured) by the network.

In a ‘save face’ statement A&E announced that their main “duck”, Phil Robertson will be back on the show.

A&E may never again underestimate fan loyalty to one of their hottest programs.

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The ObamaCare Pajama Boy mockery just won’t end

The originator of the ObamaCare Pajama Boy advertisements is a genius. No one else could have created an ad that begged for this much mockery!

This one from from Power Line is the best one yet.

Last liberal political commercial radio program in New York City goes belly-up

Want more proof that liberal talk radio is a dying breed?

WWRL 1600 AM is a radio station in New York City that was dominated by liberal talking points.

Now, it’s turning into a Spanish-language music and talk station.

“Next week, when WWRL 1600 AM flips its format from progressive talk to Spanish-language music and talk, New York will have no left-leaning commercial talk station for the first time in decades — an ironic development just as an unabashedly liberal mayor and City Council are set to take office.”

Rachel Maddow, Ed Shultz and Al Sharpton, all who previously catered to listeners on radio talk shows, now cater to viewers on their own cable TV programs on MSNBC and they don’t seem to be doing too well either.

Liberals may not want to hear it, but it seems left-wing talk radio is becoming extinct.

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Republicans surge ahead of Democrats in 2014 generic ballot

From a CBS report at the second link below:

Democrats woke up Thursday to some gloomy post-Christmas news: they have fallen behind Republicans in the battle to win House and Senate seats in the 2014 election.

A new CNN/ORC International poll released Thursday shows Republicans holding a 49 percent to 44 percent edge over Democrats in the “generic ballot,” which asks registered voters whether they would choose a Democrat or a Republican in the midterm elections without identifying specific candidates.

Just two months ago, after the government shutdown, Democrats were up 50 percent to 42 percent.

That’s a big change is such a short time.

With the full realization of the ObamaCare disaster this trend isn’t likely to be reverse anytime soon.

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Revealed: Winner of the 2013 ‘Pantsuit Patrol Award’ for blind devotion to Hillary

From the Independent Journal Review:

Media Research Center presents its annual ‘Pantsuit Patrol Award’ to the person its distinguished panel judges believe best blew Hillary Clinton’s horn during the year. It’s recipients are notable.

And…the envelope goes to…Newsweek/Daily Beast editor Tina Brown, who slobbered all over “Her Magnificence” in a January 2 article:

“The idea of losing Hillary has seemed especially unbearable at this political moment.

It’s as if she has become, literally, the ship of state. She stands for maturity, tenacity, and self-discipline at a time when everyone else in Washington seems to be, in more senses than one, going off a cliff — a parade of bickering, blustering, small-balled hacks bollixing up the nation’s business.

She’s a caring executive too, and that takes its own emotional toll.

Maturity, tenacity, and self-discipline? Really?

Even if I was a Belieber I wouldn’t belieb his retirement announcement

The 19-year-old singer Justin Bieber (pictured) has announced to his nearly 50 million Twitter followers that he is retiring -- with little explanation.

This was first reported two days ago and we still think it’s just a juvenile publicity stunt.

New industry in Detroit - providing tours of ruined buildings

The city of Detroit has seen an increase in history buffs and photographers visiting its ruins since the bankruptcy filing last summer.

In most places when buildings become dilapidated and abandoned they are demolished and the area is rebuilt.

Not in Detroit.

The city estimates it has 78,000 vacant structures, and demolishing each derelict residential building costs $8,000 — money the bankrupt city can't afford.

Photographers have flocked to the city to capture the decline; two French photographers even produced a book, "The Ruins of Detroit."

One man ventured through the city taking photos of derelict buildings and selling them at an artists market.

Safety is a concern because of carjackings and assaults.

Will portions of Gary, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri be next?

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Report: Democrats will pay political price for ObamaCare in 2014

Barack Obama told cheering House Democrats at a party retreat last February, “I would expect that Nancy Pelosi is going to be speaker again pretty soon.”

It was as if the Democrats had forgotten that their ObamaCare law they passed in 2010 would take effect in 2014.

Or maybe they actually thought ObamaCare would help them in 2014.

Obama and his allies put off the arrival of Obamacare until after the president faced re-election in 2012. His administration also delayed releasing key rules regarding the law until after the election for fear of angering voters.

Now they can't put it off any longer. 2014 will be the year Democrats pay for Obamacare.

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CNN Poll: Democrats have lost advantage

Democrats have lost their advantage and Republicans now have a slight edge in the battle for control of Congress, according to a new national poll.

A CNN/ORC International survey released Thursday also indicates that President Barack Obama may be dragging down Democratic congressional candidates, and that the 2014 midterm elections are shaping up to be a low-turnout event, with only three in 10 registered voters extremely or very enthusiastic about voting next year.

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After four years as Obama’s chief diplomat, does Hillary have a record she can run on?

Photo-illustration by John Ueland via Washington Post

A band aid here a band aid there. Can her handlers spin that into something she can run on or will voters choose to remember her frivolous times (as shown below)?

Either way is there really anything she can run on?

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Maybe she can run on this.

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This illustrates how Mid East leaders viewed Hillary Clinton when she tried to deal with them as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State.

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