Larwyn's Linx: The Koch Brothers, The Tides Foundation, and the Fundamental Dishonesty of the American Media

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Nation

The Koch Brothers, The Tides Foundation, and Media Dishonesty: Ace
Schakowsky Busted: Assault Weapons “Absolutely” Just the Beginning: Nice Deb
Soda Ban and the Government Leviathan: Commentary

Funny, funny lines from the Senate’s budget follies: RS
Colorado State Senate Approves 5 of 7 Gun Control Bills; Including Mag Ban: FAM
Why Things Never Change: ZH

Rape Victim Begs CO Legislators to Let Her Defend Herself: Hawkins
Judge Properly Tosses New York City Soda Ban: ObjStd
VA tells New York and Cuomo to get stuffed: AP

Economy

Blue State Schools: The Shame of a Nation: Mead
Ensuring Black Kids Get Inferior Education: a Civil Rights Issue?: Hawkins
Democrat Senate hopes to pass first budget in four years: Roll Call

Record 47,791,996 on Food Stamps in December (1 in 4 in D.C.): WS
Government Advertises for Nearly 2,600 New Jobs Since Sequestration: PJM
The Real Story Behind The Unemployment Rate?: ETF Daily

Cruz on Obamacare: ‘We Should Repeal Every Word of It’: WFB
Foodstamp Recipients Hit Record, Alongside Record Dow Jones And Record Debt: ZH
Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat: CNS

Scandal Central

JW Sues Obama State Department for Benghazi Attack Videos and Photographs: JW
Schakowsky: Assault Weapons Ban 'Just the Beginning': Breitbart
Air Force Chaplain Awarded Bronze Star for PowerPoint Teaching Proper Sensitivity for the Koran: NRO

Climate & Energy

Oh yay, the junk science of Globull Warming is now part of US school curriculum: WyBlog
Keystone XL: Parallels to the Alaska Pipeline: Foundry
Eastern Kentucky Coal Clouds Potential Judd Senate Bid: Roll Call

Media

To Speak of Woe That Is in Teen Pregnancy: Mac Donald
Dana Milbank: Future Scholars Will Be Shocked By Number of F-bombs Dropped By This White House: NB
South Carolina to have first openly gay Republican Senator?: Howe

CNN Panel Scoffs at Press Getting 'Manipulated' by Sequester Hype, Forgets CNN Did, Too: NB
Fallon Fox: Transsexual Mixed Martial Arts Fighter: MB
Public School Insanity: Reynolds

Owned! Mark Kelly (D-Media Whore) likely committed a felony being ‘straw purchaser’ of AR-15: FAM
Organizing For Action Is NOT Non-Partisan: Glob
40 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $333,000 in back taxes: Instapundit

World

The Fruits of Appeasement: Pakistan Defies Obama, Biden, Kerry and Hagel - Sides with Iran: TAB
The 'Racist' and the Unknown Man: Steyn
An Auschwitz Survivor Searches for His Twin on Facebook: Beast

FY 2014 Budget Should Keep Defense Fully Funded: Foundry
Backlash: Obama Regime’s Decision to Release Illegal Alien Prisoners Infuriates GOP Lawmakers: Nice Deb
John Bolton: Obama Administration Is Holding Talks With Taliban in Doha and Qatar: GWP

CBS Asks: Where are the Benghazi survivors?: IJ Review
DOJ Looking to Saudi Arabia for Counter-Terrorism Measures: Too Many Americans are Violent: MagNote
Saudi Arabia may stop beheadings over shortage of swordsmen: Fox

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)

Online Betting Site InTrade Shuts Down: AllThingsD
Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam: Slashdot
How online ruined dating ... forever: Fortune

Cornucopia

It's the People's House: Sondrakistan
Tea Party “Terrorists” now on U.S. Army kill list?: Western
New Egyptian Law Allows Unrestricted 'Citizen's Arrests' Of Foreign Tourists: Joshua

Image: Atlas Shrugs
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QOTD: "The same week that President Obama’s administration announced that due to sequestration, White House tours would be cancelled, sources at the White House announced that it would be hosting megastars Adele and Beyonce at Michelle’s 50th birthday party next year. “America’s First Lady will be holding a huge celebrity-packed party for her birthday at the White House next year and, as she adores Adele and Beyonce, she has asked them both to sing..." --Sondrakistan