Remember that while the flee-baggers were hiding in Illinois, Wisconsin teachers were abandoning their classrooms to join protestors trashing the Capitol. In something of a role-reversal, the teachers were giving fraudulent sick notes to the schools to get out.

Some of the doctors giving out free sick notes were disciplined last week. But 10 more have gone unpunished:

The 10 additional doctors identified in the records, like some of the seven doctors reprimanded, used sick note form letters listing badgerdoctors@gmail.com as their contact information. The district cited that as grounds for declaring all notes from those doctors as fraudulent.

When asked Friday why the state didn't investigate the additional doctors and if the state reviewed the school district's sick notes during its investigation, Gasper didn't directly answer the questions.

"We received hundreds of emails from concerned citizens seeking to bring this issue to our attention," Gasper said. "If new complaints arise, they will be responded to through the normal process, given a fair review and acted upon by the Medical Examining Board if they believe such action is warranted."

The State Journal is not naming the additional doctors because it could not be determined if they have been accused of any wrongdoing.

Uh huh. Don't hold your breath.

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Iranian advocate Ron Paul was asked about the other Republican candidates on the Tonight Show last night. He starts off a little funny---not howler funny, mind you, but at least a little funny---saying Governor Romney should maybe run for governor again. But when Leno asks about Bachmann, Paul gets nasty:

"She doesnÂ’t like Muslims. She hates Muslims. She hates them. She wants to go get them." No laughing from the audience there. Leno mutters "well that's not good." more...

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Start your day with a laugh facepalm; it seems 60 Minutes didn't show all of its interview with the SCOAMF last weekend. Here's the headline at NewsBusters: 60 Minutes Broadcast Edits Out Laughable Obama Claim as 4th Best President.

The money quote:

I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president -- with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln -- just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history.

Video below the fold. There's also a full transcript at NewsBusters if you just can't stand to watch this clown anymore. more...

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Yippee ki-yay mo' fos! Ah yes, finally someone has begun to notice the AoS HQ approved favorite Christmas Movie. The Top Ten Christmas Movies Of All Time. That's right. Die Hard is #1.

10. Charles Dickens'-A Christmas Carol
9. Miracle On 34th Street
8. Gremlins (What?!)
7. Elf
6. The Bishop's Wife
5. A Christmas Story (should be higher)
4. 1941
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Brazil
1. Die Hard

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You might have seen this from Guy Benson a little while ago: Victory II: Democrats Cave on Keystone in Payroll Tax Cut Deal. He's got a GOP source that says the Democrats are giving us Keystone XL in exchange for a mere two month extension of the payroll tax cuts.

Click over then come back; there's some good stuff there. Here are more details, as sent to me by one of our guys on the Hill:

What [it] basically does is require the State Department to issue the permit for Keystone XL within 60 days, unless President Obama explicitly says the pipeline is not in the national interest and kills it (that would definitely not be good for him to do).

It also tells State to allow construction to go ahead while it works with Nebraska to resolve any remaining environmental or routing issues. The governor and legislature there are on board with getting a new route to allay any concerns.

So we got the Keystone language, Dems got a 2 month extension of their payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance, but the cost is fully offset (with spending cuts) so it doesnÂ’t add to the deficit.

As Ace noted this afternoon, Press Secretary Jay Carney was reluctant to repeat Obama's veto threat over Keystone XL, so the President is in the hot seat now. Democrats and unions (BIRM) were freaking out over being put in a position to oppose the thousands of jobs represented by Keystone XL.

Obama can still cancel the pipeline under the deal, but, as Guy writes, it's much more likely that he's about to throw the enviroweenies under the bus. It was one thing when the vague "Obama State Department" was putting the pipeline on hold for further studies that wouldn't be concluded until after the election. But now Obama would be on the record as saying that the proposed pipeline isn't in the national interest. That's not going to happen. This man doesn't vote "no." He votes "present."

Can I get a big "good job" for Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader McConnell? The Hill reported earlier today that McConnell was making a big push on this. It paid off.

BTW: For the folks who always ask themselves why the media, why Politico, why the Hill, etc., always end up with info before conservative media and conservative blogs, note that this went out to us before it hit the wires. The GOP is learning.

Oh and further: Drink the sweet, vegetarian tears of the enviroweenies:

"It's bulls—-," said Sierra Club President Michael Brune. "This is no way to run a government. We've got Republicans in Congress who are willing to hold the entire government hostage simply to give a Christmas present to industry."

Yum.

Thanks to Slublog for that.

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Geoff tipped me on this bad dude.

Yeah. That's a lighthouse. Being destroyed by Godzilla.

God bless us, every one!

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At Hot Air, a cruel prank in which parents give their kids crap gifts and watch the tears roll.

It's a funny idea, sort of, but... I don't know.

But that's the cute and delightful part of this post. The next part is a darker.

At Rosemount High in Minneapolis, the captains of the winter sport teams were blindfolded and put into a "kissing game," in which a Mystery Kisser kissed them.

Inappropriate for high school? Promotes promiscuity? Oh, don't worry, it gets far, far worse.

The Mystery Kissers were, unbeknownst to the blindfolded captains, their parents.

And they weren't all pecks on the cheeks.

Video at the link. If you can take it.

As you can see above, some of the parents took their roles as "special someones" to a level that left many onlookers feeling uncomfortable and even queasy.

[quoting a newspaper]

Some of the parents during the 59-second YouTube video are seen holding the kisses for several seconds, cupping their child's faces or embracing and swaying.

One mother moved her son's hand down to her behind during the encounter. Another mom has her son down on the gym floor to the delight of two male students nearby.

This year, give the gift... of surprise incest.

I don't understand people. I think that's my problem.

Or maybe I don't understand people in groups. Maybe people went along with this because they thought other people were going along with it, and if other people are going along with it, who wants to say "No"?

That's my attempt. I have no other explanation as to why mothers and fathers would think that making out with their children would be a fun prank.

Except for the obvious explanation, which I don't want to think about.

Thanks to Anwyn.

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Earlier in the week, USA Today put out a short interactive Candidate Match Game. There are eleven questions on eleven different issues. You can weigh the questions based on their level of importance to you on the left. The results may surprise you.

There are no questions specifically on Iran or Israel, which is probably why Ron Paul finished second in my results. One thing to watch for: some of the cob loggers were noticing that Romney was actually finishing behind Obama.

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I made the part up about the "crying woman," but yes, that is the newest allegation from Ms. Bachmann.

Michele Bachmann lives in a strange world. People talk about "moral relativism." Presumably they would claim she's not a moral relativist.

But truth is an objective fact, is it not?

Ms. Bachmann seems to confuse premises which are politically helpful to her for premises which are actually true.

That seems like moral relativism to me -- the world is not as it is, but as I perceive it to be.

I don't believe Newt Gingrich is paying off Tea Party groups, if only for the simple reason Newt Gingrich doesn't have enough money to do so. It's only lately he's started getting good fundraising going.

The local Tea Party chapters are pushing back, saying it's a lie.

But Michele Bachmann "hears" this or something.

She would like it to be true.

Ergo, it is true.

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Drew posts his own counter anti-endorsement, responding, sort of, to National Review.

This also came up in the email chain: "Zany."

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