Sunday Readings:

Chile Earthquake:

8.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits Chile

Hot Air.com

Democrats are acting irrationally on Obamacare?

Where's the protest?  The controversy?

President Obama signs a one-year extension of the Patriot Act

Newsbusters:

Al Gore "World to End" Fox News to Blame

Winter Olympics:  USA vs Canada for the Gold Medal

Follow the game here in real time at the NBC Olympics Official Site

Gateway Pundit

Tea Party rally across country on One-Year Anniversary

President Obama Approval Index - February 27, 2010

Investors Business Daily - Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals and Society

Smart people should make smart decisions. So why do the best and the brightest always seem to create more problems than they solve?  This is not just an academic question, precisely because academics dominate the Obama administration and its approach to such key issues as health care and Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Renowned economist Thomas Sowell argues that intellectuals have strong incentives to step out of their area of expertise and "off a cliff." Ultimately, everyday people pay the price when intellectuals and abstract concepts trump real-world specifics.  Sowell explores these topics and more in a wide-ranging IBD interview regarding his latest book, "Intellectuals and Society."
IBD: How do you define intellectuals?
Sowell: I define intellectuals as persons whose occupations begin and end with ideas. I distinguish between intellectuals and other people who may have ideas but whose ideas end up producing some good or service, something that whether it's working or not working can be determined by third parties.
With intellectuals, one of the crucial factors is their work is largely judged by peer consensus, so it doesn't matter if their ideas work in the real world.
IBD: What incentives and constraints do intellectuals face?
Sowell: One of the incentives is that, to the extent that intellectuals stay in their specialty, they have little to gain in terms of either prestige or influence on events. Say, an authority in ancient Mayan civilization just writes about ancient Mayan civilization, then only other specialists in ancient Mayan civilization will know what he is talking about or even be aware of him. So intellectuals have every incentive to go beyond their area of expertise and competence. But stepping beyond your area of competence is like stepping off a cliff — you may be a genius within that area, but an idiot outside it.  As far as the constraints, since their main constraint is peer consensus — that's a very weak constraint on the profession as a whole. Because what the peers believe as a group becomes the test of any new idea that comes along as to whether it's plausible or not.

Read the rest of the story here.

Friday Night Videos:

Health Care Summit

"Stop segregating"

Obama and McCain rematch:

Lt Col Allen West:  Define the Enemy.  What it takes to Win in Anghanistan

Hat Tip:  Tom M in Northern Virginia

John Stossel

Hands off my Meds

"The cost of FDA Approval"

Golden

US Men's Gold Medal Figure Skater Evan Lysacek

FOX NEWS by the numbers. Total Domination

TV by the numbers published the total Cable TV viewership everyday.  Even with the Winter Olympics on Fox Continues to eviscerate its competition in the Cable News Ratings, sometimes beating all of its competition combined.  These are the results for February 24th.:

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,301,000 viewers
CNN – 431,000 viewers
MSNBC –451,000 viewers
CNBC – 610,000 viewers
HLN – 310,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,433,000 viewers
CNN – 450,000 viewers
MSNBC –902,000 viewers
CNBC – 2,196,000 viewers
HLN –570,000 viewers


25-54 Total Day
FNC –351,000 viewers
CNN –121,000 viewers
MSNBC –146,000 viewers
CNBC – 276,000 viewers
HLN- 136,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 576,000 viewers
CNN – 151,000 viewers
MSNBC –288,000 viewers
CNBC – 1,083,000 viewers
HLN – 194,000 viewers

35-64 Total Day
FNC – 628,000 viewers
CNN – 186,000 viewers
MSNBC – 222,000 viewers
CNBC – 301,000 viewers
HLN – 172,000 viewers

35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,132,000 viewers
CNN – 226,000 viewers
MSNBC –465,000 viewers
CNBC – 1,142,000 viewers
HLN –281,000 viewers
 
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 1,042,000 viewers (374,000) (639,000)
American Morning- 291,000 viewers (95,000) (113,000)
Morning Joe- 374,000 viewers (105,000) (206,000)
Squawk Box- 156,000 viewers (59,000) (88,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 310,000 viewers (190,000) (210,000)

5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,482,000 viewers (695,000) (1,256,000)
Situation Room—653,000 viewers (133,000) (206,000)
Winter Olympics – 1,042,000 viewers (409,000) (525,000)
Fast Money —253,000 viewers (64,000) (87,000)
Prime News —219,000 viewers (102,000) (127,000)

6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report w/ Bret Baier – 2,050,000 viewers (423,000) (772,000)
Situation Room—502,000 viewers (138,000) (236,000)
Winter Olympics —1,042,000 viewers (409,000) (525,000)
Mad Money — 241,000 viewers (87,000) (110,000)
Prime News – 239,000 viewers (81,000) (125,000)

7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep – 1,873,000 viewers (454,000) (856,000)
Situation Room – 588,000 viewers (134,000) (202,000)
Winter Olympics – 1,042,000 viewers (409,000) (525,000)
Winter Olympics – 1,779,000 viewers (813,000) (864,000)
Issues – 414,000 viewers (127,000) (198,000)

8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor – 3,348,000 viewers (770,000) (1,499,000)
Campbell Brown – 461,000 viewers (137,000) (201,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 917,000 viewers (308,000) (492,000)
Winter Olympics — 1,888,000 viewers (959,000) (993,000)
Nancy Grace – 697,000 viewers (221,000) (302,000)

9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity – 2,188,000 viewers (504,000) (1,008,000)
Larry King Live —383,000 viewers (138,000) (197,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —953,000 viewers (264,000) (470,000)
Winter Olympics — 1,888,000 viewers (959,000) (993,000)
Joy Behar – 613,000 viewers (157,000) (305,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/ Greta—1,753,000 viewers (454,000) (880,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 506,000 viewers (178,000) (278,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 563,000 viewers (172,000) (270,000)
Winter Olympics– 1,888,000 viewers (959,000) (993,000)
Nancy Grace –442,000 viewers (214,000) (258,000)

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VIDEO: Generation Zero

On yesterday's Sean Hannity Show Sean previewed the controversial documentary Generation Zero which details how 40 years of liberal policies have led to financial collapse.  Was the financial crisis actually a cultural crisis - find out....

Generation Zero - Part 1:


Generation Zero - Part 2:


Generation Zero - Part 3:


Generation Zero - Part 4:

If you can't watch the entire series at least watch the 2 Minute Trailer

10 Minute Ticker:

Snowmageddon II

Yet another massive snowstorm takes aim at Northeast

Steney Hoyer D-MD

Comprehensive Health Care Bill may be a No-Go

Latest Liberal Lunacy

Should Hot Dogs carry Warning Labels?

The Love Boat

Pentagon moving forward w/ plan to put women on submarines

CNN

Toyota's problems may be electronics

Revolution

The Mount Vernon Statement

Finally

GM is adding 1,200 workers in Ohio

Yowza!

GOP could pick up 60 Seats in the Midterm Elections

Monday Night Reads:

Hope and Change Update:

Pres Obama hits new low - only 22% Strongly Support

Hot Air:

VIDEO:  The Miracle Improbabliity on ice 

Climategate Update:

The biggest story in the world - except for here

Ann Coulter:
Sarah Palin's created more jobs than Barack Obama 

Obama tops Bush:
New record!  No Press Conferences in 215 days & counting

Gateway Pundit:

White House set to RAM through Health Care via reconciliation

Toyota Quality Update:
Automaker saved hundreds of millions by "limited" recall in 2009

VIDEO - Glenn Beck at CPAC

Fox New's Glenn Beck gave the Key Note speech at the Conservative Political Aciton Committee (CPAC Convention).  Beck brought down the house at CPAC.  He reminds us of the greatness of America, the meaning of being free and the role of government.  Most of all he talks about the dangers of Progressives.






Huge Hat Tip to The Right Scoop

2010 Winter Olympics Coverage

The 2010 Winter Olypmpics are underway in Vancouver, Canada and over 80 countries are participating in this event.  Common Cents is proud to bring you this post to keep you informed about all that is going on in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

CNNSI Ticker 

USA Today: Vancouver Today 

Official Schedule and Results

NBC Olympics.com

In case you missed it the Opening Ceremonies were spectacular:

VIDEO - Tiger Woods Press Conference

"I have left you down"

"I was foolish - I don't get to play by different rules"

Today Tiger Woods gave a heartfelt apology to his wife, his fans and literally the entire world.  His wife Elin was nowhere to be seen but Tiger put it all on the line here.

BREAKING - Toyota Motor Corp Quality Updates:

As always Common Cents is your one-stop shop to get all of

your latest fast-breaking Toyota Quality Updates.  As everyone knows Toyota builds the world's most dependable and highest quality automobiles that are never subject to recall nor ever have any quality issues.

Toyota Corolla 

Toyota Motor Corp. and U.S. regulators are looking into possible steering problems in the company's popular Corolla compact, the latest quality issue to surface in the wake of two recalls that covered millions of vehicles and forced Toyota to halt U.S. sales of eight models. The news came as the company's president, Akio Toyoda, said in Tokyo that he won't testify before Congress at hearings next week and left vague his plans to visit the U.S., the company's single largest market. The Corolla investigation could start as early as Thursday, said a U.S. Transportation Department official. The inquiry will cover about 500,000 model-year 2009 and 2010 Corollas, officials said. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received 163 complaints about the steering in Corollas from those model years, according to the safety agency's Web site. DOT officials said last week the agency was reviewing customer complaints of steering problems in Corollas. The opening of a "preliminary investigation" represents a significant next step in determining whether a safety defect exists. The agency opens about 100 such investigations a year.  Read more here and here.

Lexus

As bad as the safety scandal engulfing Toyota has become, its Lexus luxury division has gotten off pretty lightly. But that's beginning to change. The accident that sparked the wave of scrutiny of the Japanese automaker involved a Lexus, the ES350. It was the loaner car from a dealer that killed a California highway patrolman and his family last August. Toyota believes the accident was caused by floor mats jamming under the pedals -- and it was one of several Toyota models in the first recall to modify the pedals.  Now another Lexus model is getting swept up: It's Lexus' first small hybrid car, the HS250h. Toyota noted yesterday that company President Akio Toyoda singled out the model and its Japanese counterpart, the Sai, in saying that recall preparations are about to begin. It is caught up in another recall, this one also involving the popular Prius. In both HS250h and Prius, the brakes can momentarily cut out after the car hits a bump or pothole.

PREVIOUS TOYOTA QUALITY UPDATES:

• Toyota STOPS sales of Camrys and 7 other recalled models
• PRIUS:   Brake problems with Toyota's hybrid
• Toyota recalls 3.8 million cars on floor mat issue  
• Tragedy Aug. 28 was at least the fifth fatal crash in the U.S. over the last two year
• So far 102 reports, 13 crashes, 5 deaths and 17 injuries...  
• NY Times: President of Toyota apologizes 
• Toyota Recalls 97,500 Corollas and Scions for brake malfunction 
• Toyota Recalls 688,314 Sedans over defective parts   
• Toyota Recalls 259,119 Camrys in China
• Toyota Recalls 2006 - 2007 Yaris Models  
• Toyota to Recall more than 1.35 million cars worldwide
• Toyota Recalls 214,500 Lexus vehicles in USA 
• Toyota Recalls 58,000 cars in Canada
• Toyota Recalls 533,000 Pickup Trucks and SUVs due to 11 accidents and 6 injuries 
• Toyota California Plant that manufactures Corolla and Tacoma to close in March
• Millions of Toyota &and Lexus vehicles w/ throttle control problems
• Feds launch probe on 2000 - 2001 Toyota Tundras
• Toyota Sales:  DOWN 16.1% in September

Wednesday Night Videos:

Give me a Break

"Whose Business is it anyways?"

Fox New's John Stossel on Forced Unionization

Sarah Palin on O'Reilly

Palin responds to the Family Guy episode

Timewarp?

VP Joe Biden does it again - "20th Century"

Hat Tip Gateway Pundit

Monday Reads:

Olympic Ticker:
Blog - Follow the 2010 Winter Games here.

Medal Count:
Follow the Winter Games Medal Count here.

Put up or...
Scott Brown's daughter challenges Pres Obama to 2 on 2 b-ball game

Boy King:
Tests show King Tut died of Malaria

Gateway Pundit:
Donald Trump want Nobel Committee to take Al Gore's Peace Prize back

Toyota Quality Update:
Yet another recall - this time Tacoma Trucks

Afghanistan:
US Marines enter Taliban Stronghold

The Great Global Warming Coverup

Or this post could be titled The Great Global Warming Scandal.  Someday the truth will be fully known how scientists, in search of research dollars manipulated data and cherry picked results in an attempt to show that there was a thing as Global Warming.  With the recent Climategate Scandal which showed researchers ignored evidence showing cooling and evidence that Ice Sheets are actually growing not shrinking the religion of Global Warming is being denigrated more everyday.  Now comes a report from the man at the center of the Climategate story admitting "There has been no warming since 1995."

The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.  Colleagues say that the reason Professor Phil Jones has refused Freedom of Information requests is that he may have actually lost the relevant papers. Professor Jones told the BBC yesterday there was truth in the observations of colleagues that he lacked organizational skills, that his office was swamped with piles of paper and that his record keeping is ‘not as good as it should be’.  The data is crucial to the famous ‘hockey stick graph’ used by climate change advocates to support the theory.Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in medieval times than now – suggesting global warming may not be a man-made phenomenon.  And he said that for the past 15 years there has been no ‘statistically significant’ warming.  Read the entire article here.

 At Common Cents we posted a blog titled Is a New Ice Age Coming? in December.  And of course we have regular Global Warming Updates which mock the religion of Global Warming.  Even the liberal Washington Post has a story today about the cover-up and more:

With its 2007 report declaring that the "warming of the climate system is unequivocal," the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won a Nobel Prize -- and a new degree of public trust in the controversial science of global warming. But recent revelations about flaws in that seminal report, ranging from typos in key dates to sloppy sourcing, are undermining confidence not only in the panel's work but also in projections about climate change. Scientists who have pointed out problems in the report say the panel's methods and mistakes -- including admitting Saturday that it had overstated how much of the Netherlands was below sea level -- give doubters an opening.It wasn't the first one. There is still a scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change. But in the past year, a cache of stolen e-mails, revealing that prominent climate scientists sought to prevent the publication of works by their detractors, has sullied their image as impartial academics. The errors in the U.N. report -- a document intended to be the last nail in the coffin of climate doubt -- are a serious problem that could end up forcing environmentalists to focus more on the old question of proving that climate change is a threat, instead of the new question of how to stop it.

Sunday Reads:

Hot Air.com
US Debt bomb to explode even under rosiest of scenarios

2010 Olympics
Follow the Winter Games here

Again?
Map of Winter Storm Watches and Advisories

WSJ
VP Cheney Attacks Pres Obama on National Security

"Failed Miserably"
Democratic Congressmen distancing themselves from Pres Obama

Is this the greatest Cover up of all time? 

• Data for vital 'hockey stick graph' has gone missing 
• There has been no global warming since 1995 
• Warming periods have happened before - but NOT due to man-made changes

Cheney snickers at Biden for taking credit for Iraq

Newly released. Never before seen photos of the Sept 11 attack on the World Trade Center

Huge Hat tip to ABC News

Released this week under the Freedom of Information Act the photographer who took these photos in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks was the only authorized aircraft above ground zero.

The photographs were obtained by ABC from the National Institute of Standards and Technology through requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

Each photo depicts a unique, alternative vantage point of the attacks. Billows of dust, smoke and falling debris are clearly captured. Until Wednesday, Feb. 10, almost all public photographs of the events were shots from the ground, many dulled from flying debris and dust in the air. Several of the new pictures are so clear, they come with a surreality commonly found in Hollywood film stills.

Several pictures show emerging clouds of gray soot exploding from the Twin Towers as they toppled to the ground before blanketing the city, burying cars, buildings and people.

Friends of Common Cents:

Light Blogging this weekend.  In the meantime please visit these friends of Common Cents:

• Random Thoughts & Whatnot 
• Right Truth 
• Newsbusters.org
• Observations 
• Hot Air.com 
• Freedom's Lighthouse 
• Linkzona 
• Hope n' Change Cartoons
• PaleoCon Command Center
• AWOL Civilization

Happy Saturday!

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Obama Job Performance

46% Approve - 45% Disapprove

Upbeat?
Americans see life as rosiest in 2 years

Generic Congressional Ballot 2010
GOP 44% - Democrats 36%

Punt:
61% say Congress should start over on Health Care

WOW:
84% say Founding Fathers would be unhappy with US now

Government:
55% Unhappy with Congress

Global Warming Alerts:

Florida: Snow on its way to Northwest Florida 

Cuba: Record low temperatures in Western Cuba 

Atlanta, GA: 2 inches of snow could hit Atlanta Friday 

Mexico: Cold has led to 31 deaths since October, 2009 

Orlando, FL: Freeze Warning.  Temps to drop to mid 30s 

Dallas, Texas: Record snow falls.  11 inches officially 

Washington, DC: Record snowfall this winter.  Airports closed 

First ever: Snowstorm could mean snow on ground in all 50 states 

Europe: Deep freeze gripping Europe claims more lives.  (-59 Degrees) 

China: Extreme cold, snow kills 4 people in NW China. 500,000 snowed under. 100,000 homes damaged

Video Vault:

Some of our favorites from the world of Culture and Politics:

MS-NBC Record Snowfalls "Prove Global Warming"

Glenn Beck:
Bush's worst year is better than Obama's theoreatical best (8th) year:

"How do you pay for this?"

Super Bowl 44 in 11 minutes:

Highlights of Sundays Game:  Saints vs Colts

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010:

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010 Preview SI swimsuit models Bar Refaeli, Brooklyn Decker, Christine Teigen and Dominique Piek heated up the picturesque Maldives for the shoot.

Are you looking for a new job or career?

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• Monster.com is the largest internet job search site.  If your resume is not posted here you are wrong.
• Idealist.org - Over 4,500 Not For Profit jobs posted!
  
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• CareerOneStop.org- Your one-stop-shop for all things careers!
  
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• Job.com is another very large job search site. Registration and resume posting is free and this job search site always ranks as one of the top career sites on the Internet.
• Beyond.com - You can do it all at Beyond.com.  Currently there are 461,091 jobs posted.
  
• SnagAJob.com is America’s largest hourly job website, featuring more than 100,000 active job postings in industries including: restaurant, retail, office and more.
• Indeed.com claims to have 693,095 new jobs in the last 7 days.  Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
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• The Ladders.com search for jobs paying $100,000 and up!!
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• Resume Mailman.com - emails your resume to 1000s of recruiters
  
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• Conservative Jobs.com - The name says it all!
• Salary.com - Find out how much you should be paid for your job!!
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• Craig's List  They have thousands of jobs available in every sector.  Free to use, free to post and no charges for anything.
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Here we go again - 2nd major Blizzard in 5 days takes aim at East Coast:

For the second time in less than a week, and the third time this Winter a major winter storm is taking aim at Washington D.C. and the East Coast.  As always Common Cents is all over this major storm with the latest maps, predictions and forecasts.

Weather.com

February Fury unleashes snow and heavy wind 

Northeast Storm:  Who, What, When 

Capitol Shut Down.  More Snow Coming 

Accuweather:

The worst of the blizzard Wednesday

How much snow to expect?

When will the snow arrive?

Total Precipitation Forecast:

East Coast Doppler Radar
Washington D.C. Doppler Radar

Monday Reads:

Global Warming Update:

Washington D.C. could get an ADDITIONAL 10-20 inches!

R.I.P.

Dem Representative John Murtha dies at age 77

Hot Air.com

Pres Obama hits new lows on economy, health care & deficit

Map:

Newest Blizzard Watches & Warnings

Gateway Pundit:
Let it snow!  Snowstorm saves US Taxpayers $80 Billion

Toyota Quality Update:
Toyota recalling 437,000 Prius' worldwide

WOW:
Super Bowl overturns M*A*S*H. Most watched TV show ever!

Super Bowl Ad:

"The Green Police"

Pam and Tim Tebow Commercial.

Focus on the Family has put out a superlative commercial starring Pam and 2007 Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow. The Pro-Life Commercial which is airing during the 2010 Super Bowl has been highly anticipated and is outstanding!

PAM TEBOW: I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn't make it into this world. I remember so many times when I almost lost him. It was so hard. Well he's all grown up now, and I still worry about his health. Everybody treats him like he's different, but to me, he's just my baby. He's my Timmy, and I love him.
TIM TEBOW: Thanks mom. Love you too.

• Hat Tip to Life News.com 

 The 2nd ad is even better:

"Timmy, I'm trying to tell our story"

• Follow the Box Score of Super Bowl XXIV in Real Time

VIDEO: Sarah Palin's keynote speech at the Tea Party Convention in Nashville

"America is ready for another revolution and you're a part of it"

"We need a Commander in Chief - not a Professor of Law standing at the lectern"

And what did MS-NBC aka the "Main Street Media" think of it?

“She came across to me as a merchant of hate”

Hat Tip Breitbart TV.

THE BEST EDITORIAL PAGE YOU WILL FIND

is Investor's Business Daily.  IBD publishes a superlative brand of easy-to-read common sense editorials that are fascinating.  If you can't get the print edition the online version of IBD are some of the best editorials that you will find anywhere.

Jobless Recovery:  The jobs data for January showed modest improvement, with unemployment dropping to 9.7% from 10% and the number of jobs lost coming in at a mere 20,000. Good news, but not nearly good enough.  Read the rest here.

Collapse is Closer Than We Think:  At the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama singled out for praise Navy Corpsman Christian Bouchard. Or as the president called him, "Corpseman Bouchard." Twice.  Read the rest of the editorial here.

F-22 vs. F-35.  The Plane Truth:  The administration decision to scrap a proven aircraft in favor of a supposedly cheaper, more flexible replacement is proving to be an expensive mistake. We may wind up defenseless and broke.  Read the rest of the editorial here.

Global Warming - The Great Unraveling:  Professional global warming alarmists better think about looking for new jobs. It looks like they're in for a long, cold winter — and a frigid spring and summer as well.  Read the rest of the editorial here.

Collapsing Ceiling:  Congress stands ready to lift the debt ceiling an additional $1.9 trillion and is eager to waste hundreds of billions more. Do our representatives realize the long-term damage they're doing to the economy?  Read the rest of the story here.

Don't Touch "Don't Ask Don't Tell":  President Obama thinks he can pull off what President Clinton couldn't: ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military.  Read the rest here.

Again the best written, most diverse and hardest hitting editorial page you will find is Investor's Business Daily Editorial Page.  Be sure to visit daily.

Friday Night Videos:

"Corpse-man "

Our Most Intelligent President ever can't pronounce "Corpsman" (twice)

Finally:
Scott Brown sworn in as U.S. Senator:

The Factor:

Bill O'Reilly interviews John Stewart

Awesome:

High School Junior executes a "Between the Legs Dunk"

NOT AGAIN! Major Winter Storm takes aim at East Coast.

There is a major winter storm that is taking aim at the East Coast this weekend.  Snowfall totals of 10-15 inches are expected along the I-95 Corridor.  The snow is expected to start on Friday evening and continue all day on Saturday.  Stay tuned to Common Cents for all the Winter Storm Advisories and Warnings.  Hat Tip for the title to Mrs. Common Cents.

Weather.com:

2 Feet of snow!

After southern rains come eastern snowstorm.

Maps - Snowfall Amounts etc (UPDATES COMING)

Natl Weather Service: Winter Storm Warnings from 10AM Fri - 10PM Sat

Accuweather.com:

Expected Snow Totals 

Weatherman's Day Blizzard looms from D.C. to NYC

Weather Underground:

Watches / Warnings
Weather Blogs

Live Doppler Radar:

Washington D.C. Doppler Radar 

New York City Doppler Radar Loops 

United States Live Doppler Radar Loops

Rush Limbaugh on "Fox and Friends"

"I thank God everyday that this is going down the tubes"
Rush was interviewed in Las Vegas by Fox New's Gretchen Carlson and weighs in on the State of the Union Address and more:

BREAKING - Toyota Quality Update:

As always Common Cents is your one-stop-shop for all of the late breaking Toyota Quality Updates.  Just two weeks ago Common Cents was all over the previous Toyota Quality Update, the recalls of 8 popular models.  Now the latest problem is with the Prius and a problem with their brakes. 

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.’s new Prius hybrid model has received 14 brake-related complaints since it was introduced in May, Japan’s Transport Ministry said. Of the 14 complaints, one involved an accident, Masaya Ota, of the Transport Ministry’s recall division, said by telephone. Separately, the latest Prius has drawn more than 100 complaints related to brakes in the U.S., Kyodo News reported. The report, which cited the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, didn’t provide details about the complaints. Takanori Yokoi, a spokesman for Toyota in Tokyo, said he couldn’t immediately confirm or deny the report when reached by phone. Karen Aldana, a spokeswoman for the U.S. safety agency, didn’t return a call to her mobile phone or respond to an e-mail message sent after normal business hours. The 2010 version of the Prius isn’t among the more than 7.6 million vehicles that Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, has recalled to repair defects related to incidents of unintended acceleration. Read the rest of the story here.

• Toyota STOPS sales of Camrys and 7 other recalled models
• Toyota recalls 3.8 million cars on floor mat issue  
• Tragedy Aug. 28 was at least the fifth fatal crash in the U.S. over the last two year
• So far 102 reports, 13 crashes, 5 deaths and 17 injuries...  
• NY Times: President of Toyota apologizes 
• Toyota Recalls 97,500 Corollas and Scions for brake malfunction 
• Toyota Recalls 688,314 Sedans over defective parts   
• Toyota Recalls 259,119 Camrys in China
• Toyota Recalls 2006 - 2007 Yaris Models  
• Toyota to Recall more than 1.35 million cars worldwide
• Toyota Recalls 214,500 Lexus vehicles in USA 
• Toyota Recalls 58,000 cars in Canada
• Toyota Recalls 533,000 Pickup Trucks and SUVs due to 11 accidents and 6 injuries 
• Toyota California Plant that manufactures Corolla and Tacoma to close in March
• Millions of Toyota &and Lexus vehicles w/ throttle control problems
• Feds launch probe on 2000 - 2001 Toyota Tundras
• Toyota Sales:  DOWN 16.1% in September

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VIDEO: Sean Hannity interviews James O'Keefe about his arrest

Sean Hannity interviewed James O'Keefe Monday night about O'Keefe's arrest at Senator Mary Landrieu's office.

Part 2 of Hannity's exclusive interview with James O'Keefe