Category Archives: Current Affairs

Daylight Saving Time Debate Heats Up Again

To me, this is really the definition of a 1st World debate/complaint, whining about having to fall back in Fall and spring forward in Spring. ZOMG, you lose an hour or gain an hour of sleep for one day, and might take a few days to adjust. We’ve had DST off and on since 1916 […]

San Diego Mosque Shooting: What Was The Motive?

So, obviously this happened San Diego Mosque Attack Comes Amid Rising Reports of Islamophobia The killings Monday at San Diego’s largest mosque are being investigated as a hate crime, touching off concerns about rising Islamophobia in the United States. “Islamophobia endangers Muslim communities across this country,” Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, said […]

Idaho Requires Allowing House Plots To Be As Small As 1,500 Feet

An interesting idea Why wide-open Idaho is mandating houses on the smallest lots in America Idaho, one of the most sparsely populated states, is known for its vast stretches of open land. And yet a new Idaho law has imposed the country’s smallest minimum lot size requirements for houses. The law requires that cities approve housing on […]

LA Mayoral Candidate Wants To Ban Backyard Fires On Windy Days

I mean, it seems like a good idea, right? LA mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman proposes backyard BBQ ban https://t.co/Bs7R55zelF pic.twitter.com/PkXl4IN8Ns — New York Post (@nypost) May 14, 2026 From the link Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman wanted to ban backyard barbecues for residents during certain high fire danger days across the city. Raman introduced […]

Washington Post Tries Some Deflection On Political Violence

I’m really not surprised by this analysis piece Trump is a target of political violence, but he’s hardly its only cause To hear Donald Trump tell it, the attempts on his life are a measure of his singularity as a president. “The people that do the most, the people that make the biggest impact, they’re […]

Iran War Shows NATO Not Ready To Fight Russia Or Something

First off, it wouldn’t be NATO fighting Russia, the danger is China. Second, it’s strange that Politico didn’t do this after the Ukraine war started 5 ways the Iran war shows NATO is not ready to fight Russia NATO has stayed out of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, but the conflict has nevertheless exposed cracks […]

Washington Post Editorial Board Lauds Artemis II Launch, Notes It’s A Stepping Stone To Mars

This is rather a breath of fresh air, since so many Credentialed Media outlets and liberals are doing some hating, often saying we could have spent the money on something else because it happened while Trump is president The Artemis program has cost $93 billion. Ending hunger in America would cost $32 billion a year. […]

Delta Will No Longer Allow Members Of Congress Special Serices

I’m not sure why elected members of Congress, ie, Public Servants, and their staffs get these perks in the first place anymore. They are not aristocracy, and shouldn’t get anything We The People do not get or have to pay for Delta suspends specialty services for members of Congress amid shutdown-driven TSA delays Delta Air […]

Surprise: TSA Lines Already Getting Much Shorter With ICE Presence

Letting the TSA agents do what they were trained to do while ICE and other federal agents do security. Or, were there that many illegal aliens flying through Atlanta? WATCH: Shorter Lines at Atlanta Airport as ICE Agents Assist TSA Lines are shortening in airports such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one day after Immigration […]

CBS News: Hey, Voting ID Is Pretty Darned Popular

Oh, I see, CBS News is trying to say that it’s not really that popular In voting process, photo ID gets wide support, CBS News poll finds Requiring photo ID to vote and proving citizenship to register both find wide and often bipartisan support. But that doesn’t mean everyone sees problems with the current voting […]

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