Credit: Brad Gregg Last week, the organization issued a “Primary My Congressman” list of nine RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) that the group wants defeated in their next primary elections. So why did Lucas make the list? According to Club for Growth, the 11thterm congressman “has a long record of voting against cutting spending” and […]
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Here comes the judge
President Barack Obama selected Bacharach in January 2012 to fill the position vacated by Robert Henry in 2010. Despite widespread bipartisan backing, the nomination languished as Senate Republicans slow-played it in hopes that the GOP would take the White House in the presidential election and subsequently allow a President Romney to make such appointments. Even […]
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Yay or neigh?
Credit: Brad Gregg But legislation recently passed in our House and Senate has some wondering if Oklahoma might also become the “dead horse capital of the world.” Senate Bill 375 would revoke the 1963 law banning the sale of horse meat while House Bill 1999 seeks to legalize horse slaughterhouses. “We have an overpopulation of […]
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Smoke up
Credit: Brad Gregg Current statute pre-empts municipalities from enacting smoking ordinances stricter than what state law has enacted. The measure to repeal that preemption was strongly backed by Gov. Mary Fallin, who had made it a key part of her legislative agenda. Sen. Rob Johnson, R-Kingfisher, headed much of the committee debate against the measure. […]
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Fair-y tale romance
Credit: Brad Gregg According to a Psychology Today story detailing Craigslist’s most popular “missed connections,” the mullets have it — at least in the Sooner State. Where do most missed connections occur in the great state of Oklahoma? Why, at the great State Fair of Oklahoma, of course. Really? Who knew that so much would-be […]
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Vertical limit
Credit: Brad Gregg But when the film section gets going next week, Wayne Coyne is scheduled to premiere a movie he’s directed. No, it’s not Christmas on Mars 2: The More, the Merrier (thankfully), but A Year in the Life of Wayne’s Phone. Because, hey, why not? Compiled from more than 28 hours of video […]
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Du-real estate
Credit: Brad Gregg The 5,910-square-foot home boasts five bedrooms, a wine cellar, a high-tech home theater and, we presume, really high ceilings. We couldn’t help but notice that SeattlePI.com, in reporting the transaction, identified KD as “the superstar of the former Seattle SuperSonics” and managed to avoid referencing the Thunder altogether, although the online news […]
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Pants on fire?
Credit: Brad Gregg Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart believes 65-year-old Danny Vanzandt might be a victim of this strange phenomenon. Vanzandt’s charred remains were found in his kitchen, but there appeared to be no structural damage to the house and no evidence of accelerants. Lockhart, a onetime arson investigator, said he’s never encountered a case […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
Chenoweth: “We have a little rivalry between us. You know, I’m from Oklahoma and you are—” Zellweger: “That’s right, I’m from Texas.” Chenoweth: “And … we kick your ass in football.”
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CFN Quote of the Week
Chenoweth: “We have a little rivalry between us. You know, I’m from Oklahoma and you are—” Zellweger: “That’s right, I’m from Texas.” Chenoweth: “And … we kick your ass in football.”