January 13, 2014 – 8:36 am
John Podhoretz discusses at the NY Post Why Bridgegate made headlines but Obama’s IRS scandal didn’t Most government scandals involve the manipulation of the system in obscure ways by people no one has ever heard of. That is why George Washington Bridgegate is nearly a perfect scandal — because it is comprehensible and (as they […]
January 10, 2014 – 9:21 am
Here’s the headline of the article Firing of Stepien deprives Christie of a key counselor Like many of you, I’ve watched and been involved in politics for a long time. I’ve watched the media let their biases loose. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact time. Some say it was when Walter Cronkite declared the Vietnam […]
January 8, 2014 – 2:19 pm
I wonder if the ACLU and/or atheists will whine about this (The Blaze) A satanic group has unveiled designs for a 7-foot-tall, goat-headed deity it wants at the Oklahoma state Capitol. The New York-based Satanic Temple released an artist’s rendering of the monument Monday. A spokesman says the group has formally submitted its application to […]
January 7, 2014 – 2:25 pm
What this is most likely about is the Buckyballs inventor telling the feds to piss off when they first came after him, and the feds do not like it when peon citizens fail to comply (Washington Post) The tiny, shiny magnets known as Buckyballs have always been a lot more powerful than they look, and […]
January 6, 2014 – 8:11 am
We can quibble to our heart’s content over the word “exemption”, but at the end of the day the Office of Personnel Management decision violates the text of the law (Wall Street Journal) On Monday, Jan. 6, I am filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to make Congress […]
December 31, 2013 – 6:55 am
Is there anything domestically that the NSA isn’t bugging, other than carrier pigeons? Maybe the NSA is just into selfies? (Zero Hedge) Following up on the latest stunning revelations released yesterday by German Spiegel which exposed the spy agency’s 50 page catalog of “backdoor penetration techniques“, today during a speech given by Jacob Applebaum (@ioerror) […]
December 23, 2013 – 2:37 pm
Team Obama asserts that the need for intelligence overrides that pesky Constitutional thingy (Venture Beat) The White House filed papers late Friday to stop a federal judge from deciding whether the warrantless surveillance operations were legal or not. The government said that, despite leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, full disclosure of […]
December 21, 2013 – 11:34 am
You’ll notice something is missing from this article by Brett Logiurato at Business Insider Obamacare Enrollment Is Absolutely Exploding In California California’s state health insurance exchange announced Thursday a huge surge in enrollment over the past three days, as more than 50,000 people signed up for private insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Covered California, […]
November 24, 2013 – 2:59 pm
Seems like a legit excuse in today’s society, right? (Fox News) An Arizona teenager is protesting his school’s decision to punish him after getting into a fight with another student over a Confederate flag displayed on his truck. Jacob Green, a junior at Millennium High School in Goodyear, tells MyFoxPhoenix he was suspended for five […]
November 22, 2013 – 2:34 pm
Have you heard this one yet? (National Journal) New York Times photographer Doug Mills strode into Jay Carney’s office Oct. 29 with a pile of pictures taken exclusively by President Obama’s official photographer at events the White House press corps was forbidden to cover. “This one,” Mills said, sliding one picture after another off his […]
