Category Archives: Current Affairs

TSA Works Hard To Keep Us Safe From….Cupcakes

Well, that frosting might contain sugar and trans-fats! Put this broad in jail! (Newser) One sign the TSA has officially gone overboard: One of its agents deemed a Massachusetts woman’s cupcake a security threat. Rebecca Hains says she was moving through security at a Las Vegas airport on Wednesday when a TSA agent took her […]

Politicized DOJ Plays Race Card Nixes S.C. Voter ID Law

The same highly political DOJ that stopped a slam dunk prosecution for voter intimidation of voters by members of the New Black Panthers has put a stop to South Carolina requiring ID to vote, and plays the race card (Washington Post) The Obama administration entered the fierce national debate over voting rights, rejecting South Carolina’s […]

RON PAUL2012!!!!!11!!!! Storms Out Of CNN Interview Over Pesky Questions

In the back of your minds, Paulites, imagine how this would look were Ron Paul to become the GOP presidential nominee, and he was asked these same questions during, say, a debate? (Mediate) Ron Paul walked out of an interview with CNN’s Gloria Borger following a heated exchange over the controversy regarding racist newsletters sent […]

Awesome: Democrat Short Term Payroll Extenstion Unworkable

Obviously, the Democrats in the Senate are playing their typical games in kicking the issue of the payroll tax cut extension down the road. And, via Jake Tapper, we learn (ABC News) Officials from the policy-neutral National Payroll Reporting Consortium, Inc. have expressed concern to members of Congress that the two-month payroll tax holiday passed […]

Stop Online Piracy Act Committee Vote Put Off Till Wednesday

If you aren’t familiar with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), here’s a basic premise (NBC Bay Area) It could require Internet providers to monitor customers’ traffic and block websites suspected of copyright infringement. I’d recommend reading that entire article, and this one, and even watching the video at ZDNet (it’s about 20 minutes long). […]

Final Defense Bill Does Not Include Ability To Detain American Citizens

I know this is something that many were concerned with, no matter what side of the political aisle they stand on. But, American citizens should not be concerned, as the final bill does not give the government the right to detain Americans indefinitely, send them to Guantanamo Bay, or give them military trials (LA Times) […]

ACLU Finally Finds Someone Without An ID Who’d Be Disenfranchised

And it is a tear jerker of a story (which I’m not going to bother with) (Journal Sentinal) The biggest opponent of the state’s new voter ID law just may be an 84-year-old woman who stands less than 5 feet tall, has lived in the same house nearly her entire life and has served on […]

Liberal Thugs Stop Oakland Port Trucks This Morning

Earlier, Michelle Malkin wrote about the coming attempts to shut down the West coast ports. We know there is growing opposition to blocking the ports. American Power has more. And now the nuts are actually doing it (SF Gate) A group of protesters have succeeded in stopping a line of big-rigs from entering the Port […]

Since When Is Giving 12 Year Olds The Morning After Pill “Science”?

Then again, Liberals are the same people who think that blaming Mankind mostly or solely for warming that followed a typical cycle is “science” (The Politico) Was there science, and not just politics, behind the Obama administration’s decision to stop young teens from getting the morning-after pill without a prescription? Probably not. Will it work […]

Shockingly, Supercommittee To Fail, Now Trading Blame

In all seriousness, did anyone think that the Supercommittee would actually come up with some sort of deal to save a paltry $1.2 trillion – rather weird to write paltry regarding that amount of money, yet, it is paltry when it comes to the federal budget – over 10 years? The GOP wanted actual cuts, […]

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