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Floyd | Tuesday, 21st of May 2013 at 06:40:56 AM This is outrageous. Obama is going to say some pretty words today. Don’t forget his administration is a cluster foxtrot From NBC Dallas-Ft. Worth:
The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that [...]
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Floyd | Friday, 17th of May 2013 at 03:38:52 PM I will take this one opportunity to applaud a Philadelphia Eagle. Eagles offensive lineman Evan Mathis posted this photo on Instagram. And when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tweeted about it Mathis retweeted…
@nflcommish I’m offended by the actions of Philadelphia Eagle player Evan Mathis peeing on the IRS sign in front of the IRS [...]
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Floyd | Friday, 17th of May 2013 at 06:46:08 AM Walter Russell Mead has a great essay at Via Meadia on the accomplices to abortionist Kenneth Gosnell’s serial murder and medical malpractice — Pennsylvania’s regulators including Republican Governor Tom Ridge.
Gosnell spent nearly forty years running his clinic. According to the grand jury report, during that time he performed hundreds of abortions on women who [...]
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Floyd | Thursday, 16th of May 2013 at 05:35:21 PM Map: Click to enlarge. Data source: World Values Survey
The Washington Post has an interesting piece on a survey a couple of Swedish economists conducted on attitudes towards race around the world.
When two Swedish economists set out to examine whether economic freedom made people any more or less racist, they knew how they [...]
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Floyd | Tuesday, 14th of May 2013 at 05:44:35 AM Osaka, Japan’s mayor recently stirred up controversy with some comments “justifying” Japan’s use of “comfort women” during WW2. That “Outspoken populist” is a political euphemism for “loudmouth prick” seems universal.
China expressed outrage on Tuesday over remarks by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said Japan’s system of military brothels during World [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 13th of May 2013 at 09:35:34 AM This interesting letter from JFK to Rose Kennedy was posted last week by the JFK Presidential Library. Its explanation:
In 1962, Rose Kennedy wrote to Soviet Premier Khrushchev asking for an autographed photo. Learning that his mother had reached out to the Soviet Premier, JFK wrote her this letter asking her to please [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 13th of May 2013 at 06:14:11 AM Islamic Republic of Iran — bastion of government accountability:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying his former chief of staff to register for June’s presidential vote, the country’s electoral watchdog said.
Iran’s electoral law forbids the use of state resources on behalf of or against any candidate, and bans individuals from [...]
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Floyd | Saturday, 11th of May 2013 at 06:26:10 PM H/T: a friend’s FB newsfeed
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Floyd | Wednesday, 8th of May 2013 at 11:56:07 PM How whacked out is Chicago’s gun ban? This whacked out:
The city’s most powerful alderman — Edward Burke (14th) — introduced an ordinance at Wednesday’s City Council meeting that would allow Chicago museums to display unloaded firearms for historical purposes.
Currently, city museums are prohibited from lawfully displaying firearms of historic value, according to [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 6th of May 2013 at 08:20:47 PM The Air Force has a problem…
The Air Force’s top man in charge of sexual-assault prevention was busted for allegedly groping a woman in suburban Washington D.C., police said today.
A drunken Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski “approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks,” according to a report [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 6th of May 2013 at 12:44:53 PM Best Tweet ever I think from (sadly) someone called Alex Jones #1 Fan:
A guy named “William Blaine Richardson The Third” called a guy named “Rafel Eduardo Cruz Jr” a fake Latino.
The inspiration fo rthat awesomeness is former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson saying current Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Jr. shouldn’t be called [...]
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Floyd | Sunday, 5th of May 2013 at 06:30:54 PM As former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (RIP) once famously said, “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” With that in mind, ruminate on the above graph.
And let me not be remiss in reiterating that gun ownership not only limits the predations of our neighbors, [...]
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Floyd | Friday, 3rd of May 2013 at 10:56:13 AM Obama blames Mexico’s gun violence on… you guessed it… on the U.S.
“Most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States,” President Obama said during a speech at Mexico’s Anthropology Museum. “I think many of you know that in America, our Constitution guarantees our individual right to [...]
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Floyd | Tuesday, 30th of April 2013 at 07:40:02 PM Elections have consequences — even — especially Mexican ones. Here’s a great story from The New York Times on Mexico’s shifting drug war policy after their last Presidential elections in December.
But shortly after Mexico’s new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, took office in December, American agents got a clear message that the dynamics, with [...]
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Floyd | Tuesday, 30th of April 2013 at 07:01:38 PM I am so relieved that my little girl will not have to be punished with a baby. Why wait for Dr. Gosnell to butcher the little critter when we can allow teenagers to to take what should be prescription drugs to stop it immediately? Oh thank Obama for stopping baby trauma…
The government is [...]
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Floyd | Sunday, 28th of April 2013 at 10:18:48 PM Legal Insurrection has this great post up on changes in the conservative blogosphere since the 2008 election.
Thanks for the kind words, but I wish the reality weren’t so true that the days of collaboration and mutual support are waning.
It’s nearly impossible to get a link out of the new big names in conservative [...]
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Floyd | Sunday, 28th of April 2013 at 04:03:21 PM Caveat Elector in Colorado… months after legalizing marijuana the voters in Colorado may get yet another hit at the bong as voters experience buyer’s remorse a moment of sanity the reality that accompanies the legalization of one’s hobby. Silly potheads, what did you think would happen once your habit was brought to the mainstream? [...]
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Eric | Thursday, 25th of April 2013 at 07:46:35 AM
Having trouble understanding the Bill of Rights? Well, as only they can, the fine folks at Ranger Up are here to help with their latest shirt, currently available for pre-order.
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the [...]
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Floyd | Wednesday, 24th of April 2013 at 04:12:37 PM The Weiner Man is trying to make a comeback.
Anthony Weiner was a ubiquitous presence on cable TV before the sexting scandal that derailed his political career. Now, as he considers running for New York City mayor, the disgraced Democrat is back on the airwaves again.
The New York Observer’s political blog notes Weiner [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 22nd of April 2013 at 06:32:32 AM Google makes a good point about taxes while politicians continue to show ignorance.
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has defended his company’s low tax payments in Britain, saying the company follows the letter of the law and makes a positive contribution to the British economy.
A British parliamentary committee last year accused Google, Amazon.com [...]
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