HotAir Daily Express 11/26/2012

Fiscal cliff divers? 11/26/2012 9:41:52 AM  Ed Morrissey 35 Comments Can Congress and the White House come to an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff?  Do some Democrats prefer to go over it first?  Politico reports that members of Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill are taking an all-or-nothing approach to the More... Unrestricted drones for me but not for thee? 11/26/2012 8:51:24 AM  Ed Morrissey 41 Comments One of the tertiary issues that never got much attention during the presidential campaign was the use of drones to conduct the war against al-Qaeda and its affiliates in places like Pakistan, Yemen, and other loci of Islamist terrorist networks.  It More... Video: Protests, clashes spread outside of Cairo 11/26/2012 8:01:08 AM  Ed Morrissey 28 Comments The anger over Mohamed Morsi’s “temporary” decrees that turn him into a “Pharaoh,” as Mohammed ElBaradei put it last week, continues to roll through Cairo — and now beyond. CNN reports this morning that protests and More... Quotes of the day 11/25/2012 8:01:58 PM  Allahpundit 162 Comments The office of Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has said that the decree giving him sweeping new powers is temporary and not intended to concentrate power in his hands… “The presidency reiterates the temporary nature of those measures, which More... Earthshaking Mars Curiosity discovery probably not so earthshaking 11/25/2012 6:31:27 PM  Jazz Shaw 88 Comments Earlier this week some exciting sounding news came out of NASA. The Curiosity Rover was continuing with planned soil and atmosphere experiments on the red planet when one of their engineers let a tidbit slip in front of an NPR reporter. But they More... The beginnings of the Virginia gubernatorial race, 2013 edition 11/25/2012 5:01:09 PM  Erika Johnsen 51 Comments The current Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has been and remains a pretty popular leader. His legacy of a decreased unemployment rate that betters the national average, repeatedly balanced budgets, and a relatively evenhanded leadership style will be a More... Cairo protests reach US Embassy while Muslim Brotherhood announces counterprotests 11/25/2012 3:31:05 PM  Ed Morrissey 75 Comments Yesterday, the suddenly-embattled president of Egypt tried telling his nation that despite grabbing more power than his immediate predecessor Hosni Mubarak ever had, he couldn’t possibly oppress anyone.  Today, Egyptians responded to Mohamed More... The tax man cometh (to Amazon) 11/25/2012 2:01:43 PM  Jazz Shaw 129 Comments After Black Friday and Small Business Saturday comes Cyber Monday, a day when everyone is supposed to completely fail to rush out to any local stores and, instead, let their fingers do the shopping on their laptops. But as Politico reports, shoppers in a More... Are we really facing a regulatory onslaught in Obama’s second term? (Hint: Yes.) 11/25/2012 12:31:58 PM  Erika Johnsen 67 Comments Nothing that anyone who pays attention doesn’t know already, but a point to which I intend to give unrelenting attention as we move “forward” into the next four years of an Obama economy. It is an indescribable shame that what America More... NFL Week 12 open thread 11/25/2012 11:01:10 AM  Ed Morrissey 49 Comments The Pittsburgh Steelers go on the road today without their top two quarterbacks, both of whom now have rib injuries.  Big Ben Roethlisberger (a new daddy, BTW) also has a shoulder injury and is expected to be out for two more weeks, when he may be ready More...