D&B Hiatus

As should be obvious by now, D&B has gone a hiatus. With work and family responsibilities, we just are not currently able to maintain this website. We hope that we'll be able to resume our efforts soon, but in the mean time we encourage conservatives everywhere to continue actively engaging social media to increase the exposure and prominence of conservative messaging.

Sincerely,
The Conservative Brawler

Nightly News Diggs 1/12/10

Image Digg of the Day:
A Detailed Look at Government Spending (Infographic)

Research and Polling:

• LVRJ: Reid hits new low in poll
• CBS: Poll: Obama Health Care Marks Hit New Low
• Zogby: Public Expects Better Year for GOP & Worse for Dems
• Detroit News: Electric cars won’t pay off for consumers for 15 years

News Articles:

• USA Today: Sarah Palin Joins Fox News
• Kiplinger: 2011 Fiscal Year Budget: 2,000 Pages Long, $4 Trillion
• Wired: Court to FCC: You Don’t Have Power to Enforce Net Neutrality
• Global Post: Canada No Longer A Haven For War Resisters
• CBS: Copenhagen Congressional Trip Costs Taxpayers
• Huffington Post: Geithner's NY Fed Told AIG To Keep Sweetheart Deal Secret
• D.C. Examiner: New Obama 'green jobs' to cost $135,295 each
• Boston Globe: "It's not Ted Kennedy's seat, It’s the people’s seat"
• Bloomberg: Shrinking U.S. Labor Force Keeps Unemployment Rate From Rise
• Daily Mail: Could we be in for 30 years of global COOLING?
• CBS: Suspect: 20 Others Trained to Blow Up Jets
• AP: Blagojevich: 'I'm blacker than Barack Obama'

Opinion Articles:

• WaPo: The Gitmo obsession
• The Nation: The 2010 Political Timebomb Is Unemployment
• NY Post: ObamaCare vs. The Constitution
• AP: Obama's buck-stopping goes only so far
• Daily Mail: The mini ice age starts here
• Telegraph: The Top 100 Most Influential U.S. Conservatives

Nightly News Diggs 1/07/10

Image Digg of the Day:
Naked Transparency

Research and Polling:

• Gallup: Conservatives Finish 2009 as No. 1 Ideological Group
• Gallup: Democratic Support Dips Below Majority Level in 2009
• CBS: 60% Oppose Tax on Junk Food
• CBS: Many parents in deep, deep denial about their teenagers
• National Post: The cool down in climate polls

News Articles:

• The Morning Call: Ex-Fed warns of 'The Crisis after the Crisis'
• CNN: 7 million lost jobs: Gone forever?
• Live Science: Record–Breaking Snow and Cold Reminiscent of the Late '70s
• CNN: Al Qaeda claims responsibility for CIA attack
• Times Online: Weather-related death toll rises to 22 as Britain braces for coldest night yet
• ABC: New York estimates cost of terror trials to be $400,000,000+
• WaPo: IRS expects to answer only 71%of phone calls this tax season
• Market Watch: Jobless claims edge up to 434k, 10.6 mil collecting benefits
• Examiner: Same-sex marriage bill fails in NJ Senate
• CSM: More guns equal more crime? Not in 2009, FBI crime report shows
• Hot Air: Social Security deficit slides to worst showing in a generation
• Fremont Tribune: Sen Nelson(D): We should have waited on health care
• Detroit Free Press: Muslim privacy advocate changes stance after Flight 253
• Heritage: U.S. to Simulate Iran Attack
• ABC: Shock: Obama Forced to 'Order' Follow-Ups of Terrorist Tips
• CNN: Tea party song goes viral

Opinion Articles:

• CBS: Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency
• Huffington Post: Dems' Only Hope For 2010: Make The Race About the Other Guy
• WSJ: Karl Rove: Obama's Fiscal Fantasy World
• TWS: Obama goes 0-for-14 on health care reform promises
• Big Journalism: Why Won't the MSM Cover Islam? What Are They Afraid Of?
• American Thinker: Why the Barack Obama Birth Certificate Issue Is Legitimate
• CNN: What happened to Obama's promise of open government?
• City Journal: An Upheaval to Remember
• D.C. Examiner: Once Obama's target, lobbyist Tauzin now his pet
• Chicago Tribune: Dem retirees a step ahead of voters who would have voted them out any way
• Forbes: Jobless Numbers May Signal Next Risk: Inflation
• Toronto Sun: It's ordinary people who stop terrorists
• Being Frugal: 101 Ways to Cut Your Spending This Year

Nightly News Diggs 1/06/10

Image Digg of the Day:
ABC EXCLUSIVE: CIA Suicide Bomber Photo

Research and Polling:

• RCP: Bam Begins Year 2 w/Highest Disapproval Rating in Modern Era
• Hot Air: Government workers outnumber those in private sector

News Articles:

• Breitbart TV: The C-Span Lie? See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised
• Tree Hugger: US to Start Using CIA Spy Satellites to Study Arctic Ice (Instead of terrorist activities...)
• Seattle Weekly: TSA Arrests Ex-Green Beret for Not Revealing His Salary
• AP: Afghan blast kills 4 children, wounds US soldiers
• NBC: Chicago police drop entrance exam to boost minority hiring
• BBC: Obama admits intelligence failures over jet bomb
• AP: Accused Holocaust museum shooter dies
• CNN: 14 terror suspects mistakenly kill themselves
• ABC: Gitmo Recidivism Rate Rises to 20 Percent
• NY Times: Iran Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels
• New Media Journal: Healthcare Bills Shift Medicare Funds to Elite Hospitals
• Life News: National Cancer Institute Researcher Admits Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
• Times Online: Suicide attack on CIA agents planned by bin Laden aides
• WSJ: Married Couples Pay More Than Unmarried Under Health Bill
• IAC: Egypt: 7 Coptic Christians gunned down after Christmas Mass

Opinion Articles:

• WaPo: Time for Accountability at the White House
• Investors: The CO2 Lie
• AFPC: Stagnation Threatens U.S. Arms Superiority

Nightly News Diggs 1/05/10

First, a little blast from the past...
Conservative Brawler: The 1966 William F. Buckley Interview of Hugh Hefner

Now to your Nightly News Diggs...

Image Digg of the Day:
How the Media can manipulate our viewpoint

Research and Polling:

• Zogby: 47% Say Financial Situation Worse Now Than A Year Ago
• NJO: Claims That Obama's Liberal Base Has Turned On Him Are Baseless
• American Thinker: Global Warming Graph of the Day for January 5, 2010

News Articles:

• Fox News: C-SPAN Challenges Congress: Open Health Care Talks!
• WaPo: Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) To Announce Retirement
• Politico: Shocker: Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) Announces Retirement
• S.F. Gate: US Cyber Czar: Smartphone Security Biggest Concern
• ABC: Lack of Estate Tax in 2010: Now Cheaper to Die?
• Kiplinger: 200 Small Banks Will Go Under in 2010, Up From 140 in 2009
• AP: Americans' job satisfaction falls to record low
• Politico: Pelosi takes swipe at President Obama's campaign promises
• Reuters: Obama: 12/25 incident was "screw up"
• HSNW: Climategate evidence suggests release was a leak, not hack
• Fox News: Pending Home Sales Post Record Plunge in November
• CNA: Sebelius: Senate health care plan will pay for abortions
• AAC: Spying on Icebergs Instead of Terrorists?
• Telegraph: MI5 told US about Detroit bomber's terror links a year ago

Opinion Articles:

• Washington Times: Hiding health bills behind closed doors
• D.C. Examiner: For Obama, terrorism is a four-letter word: Bush
• Guardian: New body scanners break child porn laws
• WSJ: Copenhagen's Dodged Bullet
• Washington Times: Obama's failed freshman year
• Daily Beast: Cut the Political Correctness on Terror
• Just One Minute: Why Americans Back Harsh Interrogations
• American Spectator: Leftist Intelligentsia Dementia
• Market Oracle: How Deflation Is Inflation

Nightly Video Diggs 1/04/10

Welcome back from the holidays all you Diggers! Hope everyone got to enjoy time with their families while celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Now it's time to get down to business. Elections are coming up soon and it's time to start getting the message out that we're tired of bureaucrats in Washington that want to shove failed policies down our throats. I'll start off a little slow this year, as everyone has been off for the holiday. So, here are the newest videos out there likely to tweak your interest...

• NBC: Brokaw, Instead Of Cutting Medicare Let's Be Like Oregon
  
• YouTube: The Failed Oregon Plan
• NPR: Learn To Speak Tea Bag (Good use of your tax dollars here)
• PBS: John McLaughlin Freedom Is 'Most Overrated' Political Concept
• CNN: McCaskill Says Demint Holding Up TSA Nominee
• Naked Emperor: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs': The Stimulus Plan The 'Epic Fail' Of 2009
• CNN: Ex-9/11 Commission Head: Unsuccessful Bomber 'Probably Did Us A Favor'
• CNN: Ex-CIA Analyst Calls Repatriation Of Gitmo Detainees 'Nonsense'
• Naked Emperor: Hypocrite Harry; Reid Condemns Packing Deals In Manager's Amendment

As always if you see something out there to share let us know. Lets get this party started.

Nightly News Diggs 1/04/10

Happy New Year! The holiday season is over, and D&B is back in action! Some of these diggs are retroactive, but I wanted to make sure we provided a reference list of some of these major headlines. Read, digg and enjoy!

Image Digg of the Day:
The Biggest News Stories of 2009 By Percent of Total News

Research and Polling:

• WSJ: Americans Souring on Democrats: 1/3 of voters 34 and under feel negative toward the Democratic Party, and just 38% of Hispanics feel positive
• MSNBC: By a 44-41% margin, more say it would be better to keep the current system than to pass Obamacare
• Economist: Obama’s approval negative for first time in Economist Poll
• Gallup:Americans Less Happy, More Stressed in 2009
• Alaska Daily News: In Alaska, Parnell 72% positive rating; Palin 55% positive
• Rasmussen: 79% Say Another Terror Attack Likely Within Year
• Rasmussen: 78% Believe Health Care Plan Will Cost More Than Projected
• Rasmussen: 68% Favor Offshore Oil Drilling
• Rasmussen: 58% Favor Waterboarding of Plane Terrorist To Get Info
• Rasmussen: 53% Favor Abortion Ban in Health Plan
• Rasmussen: 52% Worry Government Will Do Too Much
• Science Daily: No rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide fraction in past 160 years
• Daily Mail: Young children who are smacked 'go on to be more successful'

News Articles:

• WSJ: Passenger Tries to Blow Up Plane, Claims Tie to al Qaeda
• ABC: Suspects in Terror Plot Were Released from Gitmo in 2007
• Telegraph: Osama bin Laden came within minutes of killing Bill Clinton
• TMZ: The JFK Photo That Could Have Changed History (Graphic/Pornographic Image)
• Wattsupwiththat: DOE sends a 'litigation hold notice' regarding Climategate
• WSJ: How Congress Spends $13M a Year on Travel
• AP: New U.S. debt ceiling: 12,400,000,000,000 U.S. Dollars
• Telegraph: Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
• NPR: Republican Politicians Make A Social Media Push
• Daily Mail: Understaffed Maternity Wards Sinking Into Chaos In The U.K.
• AP: 13 AGs threaten suit over health care
• Big Government: ACORN’s Federal Lobbying Shenanigans
• Live Science: Black Soot Might Be Main Culprit of Melting Himalayas
• Fox News: House Dems Offer Legal Status to Undocumented in Immigration Bill
• Seattle Times: Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank: David Reilly
• The Age: Siberian winds usher in record lows in Beijing
• Life News: Obama, Democrats Threaten Ben Nelson to Back Health Care
• The Smoking Gun: Ex-Kennedy Aide In Fraud Bust
• Bloomberg: Trial Lawyers Sidestep Malpractice Curbs With Congress Blitz
• Wattsupwiththat: 1922: Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Bergs Melt
• WaPo: TSA nominee misled Congress about confidential records
• AccuWeather: Winter of 2009-2010 Could Be Worst in 25 Years
• WSJ: Bankruptcy Filings Rise 32%, Top 1.4 Million
• Watchdog: Stimulus Funds Went to Nonexistent Zip Code Areas
• ATR: Youth Unemployment at 52.2% Post "Stimulus"
• Salt Lake Tribune: Snowstorm squelches climate change protest
• ABC: Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department
• BBC: US lifts 22yr HIV/Aids immigration ban
• Guardian: Third gatecrasher was at White House dinner
• Newsbusters: Chris Matthews: What's Wrong With the Word Liberal... I'm a Liberal

Opinion Articles:

• WSJ: Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional
• Telegraph: Barack Obama gets an 'F' for protecting Americans
• Bloomberg: Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank: David Reilly
• Commentary: Liberals Wake Up: Obama's Health Care Plan Stinks
• Reason: All the President's Mendacity
• Politics Daily: 'Cadillac Tax' in Health Plan Would Hit Middle Class Hard
• D.C. Examiner: Only One Set of Facts for Franken: He Picks the Wrong One
• MSN: How Texas won in the recession
• WSJ: Stimulus...How a supposed boon has become a fiscal burden.
• Examiner: Cap-and-trade will increase food prices
• RCP: The Healthcare Bill is A Peculiar Concept of Freedom
• WSJ: Time for a Climate Change Plan B
• LA Times: GOP poised for comeback in midterm elections
• WSJ: The Adam Lambert Problem
• Tech President: The Myth of the Obama Online Campaign
• American Thinker: Iran deadline passes without notice
• Examiner: HCR proposal unconstitutional on three grounds
• American Thinker: Liberals go after pollster Rasmussen
• Reuters: U.S. growth prospects deemed bleak in new decade

End of Year Pieces:

• MRC: The Media's Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2009
• Politico: Media blunders of 2009
• MSNBC: Congress lets 50 tax breaks expire at end of '09
• AP: 20 million-plus collect unemployment checks in '09
• Politico: The year of the scandal

Nightly News Diggs 12/15/09

Image Digg of the Day:
The Cost of Our National Debt in Pictures

Research and Polling:

• The Autopsy: More Fallout from Climategate - (Hockey Stick over Time)
• Rasmussen: 52% Oppose Further Regulation of U.S. Financial System
• Rasmussen: 50% Agree Afghanistan Is A 'Just' War
• RCP: ABC/WaPo: Obama Approval Slips to All Time Low

News Articles:

• Wattsupwiththat: DOE sends a 'litigation hold notice' regarding Climategate
• Daily Mail: Understaffed Maternity Wards Sinking Into Chaos In The U.K.
• Dick Morris: U.S. Halfway to Kyoto goals - with no Government Regulation
• CNSNews: Obama Likely to Sign $1.1T Omnibus with 5,224 Earmarks
• Big Government: ACORN’s Federal Lobbying Shenanigans

Opinion Articles:

• Daily Express: Climate change: 100 reasons why CO2 is not the cause
• Times Online: Symbolic gestures won't deter Iran
• Conservative Brawler: The Left and Cutting the Minimum Wage

Nightly News Diggs 12/14/09

Image Digg of the Day:
I’d like to thank the academy

Research and Polling:

• Rasmussen: 51% in IL Oppose Prison for Guantanamo Terrorists In IL
• CBS: Just 37% Call Global Warming High Priority

News Articles:

• Times Online: Inconvenient truth for Al Gore: North Pole sums don't add up
• ABC: Sign at homeless camp: 'Welcome to Obamaville'
• NY Times: Goverment tapping of social networks on the rise
• Fox News: Several States Ease Restrictions on Gun Laws
• The Hill: Ron Paul introduces bill to rescind House pay increases
• Fox News: Senate Poised to Advance $1.1T Spending Bill
• Newsbusters: Olbermann, Furious at Selective Editing, Selectively Edits
• Times Online: Secret document exposes Iran's nuclear trigger
• D.C. Examiner: D.C. hands out $15M in bonuses despite recession, budget gap
• AP: Lieberman resists Medicare buy-in plan
• WTOP: Feds owe Uncle Sam $3B in unpaid taxes
• AP: Democrats plan nearly $2 trillion debt limit hike
• Nashville Post: Rep. Bart Gordon Will Not Run For Re-Election
• D.C. Examiner: AmeriCorp official lied about First Lady link to IG Firing
• Bloomberg: Congress Sends Obama Measure With 12% Budget Increases
• USCG: Coast Guard seizes 6,000 pounds of cocaine
• Politico: White House to Reid: Cut deal with Lieberman
• Fox News: Homegrown Terror on the Rise in 2009

Opinion Articles:

• TWS: From Awful to Worse: Harry Reid's Medical Malpractice
• Reuters: Why The Recession Is Not Officially Over
• Forbes: Reviving Federalism

And a bit of social media levity: If Obama Truly Embraced Social Media...

Nightly News Diggs 12/11/09

Image Digg of the Day:
Congressional Smash and Grab

Research and Polling:

• Ipsos: Most Americans Do Not Blame Global Warming on Human Activity
• Wattsupwiththat: Solar geomagnetic activity is at an all time low

News Articles:

• USA Today: Average Federal worker pay $30,000 over private sector
• AP: New climate draft has gaping holes at UN talks
• Daily Mail: Muslim men who force wives to wear the burkha not welcome France
• Left Lane News: Obama Administration to Announce $30B Auto Bailout Loss
• D.C. Examiner: AARP draws political fire
• Telegraph: Carbon trading fraudsters pocket €5bn
• Politico: Max Baucus gave girlfriend $14K raise

Opinion Articles:

• The Daily Beast: The Senate's Scary Health Care Deal
• Townhall: The New Socialism-Charles Krauthammer
• NRO: When Cornered, Make Up Things About Your Opposition
• TS: Al Gore Gets Cranky When Confronting Inconvenient Truths
• WSJ: Eliminating the Death Tax