January 9, 2016 – 7:18 am
This op-ed by Anna Sauerbrey is definately in the running for the January most bat guano insane award, at least in terms of Big Credentialed Media. Germany’s Post-Cologne Hysteria As M asks in the comments “120 complaints of sexual assault is hysteria?”(actually more than that) Hello There writes “Ms. Sauerbrey is blaming Germany for not […]
January 5, 2016 – 10:30 am
Jeffrey asked yesterday why I wasn’t writing about the “standoff” in Oregon. Well, let’s see. First off, I really do not care all that much. These are some foolish people trying to make a point, yet the people they are supposedly making a point over want them to stop. There’s no doubt that there are […]
January 2, 2016 – 7:16 am
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board, which features members who live in neighborhoods which will never see placement of even small numbers of these “Syrian” refugees, is in high dudgeon over the growing rejection of the refugees in Europe Europe cannot allow xenophobia to overpower its response to refugees CHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel of Germany walks a […]
December 31, 2015 – 7:03 am
The suggestion to subject Middle Eastern refugees to lie detector tests was brought up mid-December. Now, it’s part of actual legislation (The Hill) A House lawmaker wants to require Syrian and Iraqi refugees to complete lie detector tests before being allowed to enter the country. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) has introduced legislation that would require […]
December 29, 2015 – 7:14 am
Did you catch this yesterday? (ABC News) An Ohio Grand Jury has declined to indict two police officers in the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot dead by a Cleveland police officer last year, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said today. (snip) Tamir was holding a toy gun when he was […]
December 21, 2015 – 7:02 am
He can’t help himself in blaming the gun, rather than the gang culture (NBC News) As Knoxville, Tennessee, continued grappling with the killing of rising high school football star Zaevion Dobson, President Barack Obama took to Twitter to repeat his call for stricter gun control laws. “Zaevion Dobson died saving three friends from getting shot,” Obama wrote […]
December 20, 2015 – 3:36 pm
Well, I bet you didn’t see this one coming No, There Has Not Been a Mass Shooting Every Day This Year This inflated stat all over the media isn’t just misleading—it’s stirring undue fear. Take a moment to consider what type of violent event that headline just brought to mind. The places and horrifying attacks […]
December 16, 2015 – 8:56 am
The WP’s Scott Clement highlights a few other things in the poll prior to the information on guns Over three-quarters of Americans doubt the nation’s ability to stop “lone wolf†terrorist attacks by individuals acting on their own, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Despite widespread doubts about security, the poll finds fears of […]
December 9, 2015 – 8:04 am
Let me start off by saying that I do not support Trump. I found his comments on Muslims to be idiotic from a political point of view. There’s an old saying going back to Napolean: “Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.†We should not think of Obama as the enemy, […]
December 8, 2015 – 3:07 pm
But, hey, we can totally trust Iran to uphold the provisions of the deal Mr. Obama struck with them. Even though it has no force of law (Fox News) Iran has carried out a new medium range ballistic missile test in breach of two United Nations Security Council resolutions, a senior U.S. official told Fox News on […]
