The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison outlines the Saudi/Yemen debacle: Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) said that in light of the civilian toll of the US-backed Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the White House must ensure that American weapons are not being used in attacks on innocents. Murphy and Paul are to be commended […]
Archives for April 2016
3 Million Tax Army Zombies
Happy April 15th. Another dreadful tax filing is behind us. What an energy sapping, demoralizing process. You’re literally penalized for your success. “[F]ederal tax-code compliance overall consumes more than 6 billion hours of time each year, which is like having a “tax army” of 3 million people just filling out tax returns year-round,” writes my friend Chris […]
Julia Child’s First Lunch in France
The following excerpt is taken from My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme. We began our lunch with a half-dozen oysters on the half-shell. I was used to bland oysters from Washington and Massachusetts, which I had never cared much for. But this platter of portugaises had a sensational briny flavor and […]
VIDEO: Deadliest weapons ever invented- Metal Storm
The Rise of Iceland’s Pirates
The National Interest asks if Iceland will fall to pirates: Probably one of the most interesting items to emerge from the Panama Papers is the rise of the Pirates. Sadly we are not talking about a gang of hirsute, garishly dressed and rum-soaked privateers looking for Spanish gold along the sun-dotted shipping lanes of the […]
Hillary—Staggering to the Democratic Nomination?
Hillary Clinton has a serious problem. No, not just her email scandal and the FBI. Hillary has a serious problem with her party’s base. “She’s being soundly rejected by millennials, a core element of Barack Obama’s coalition, while generating only middling enthusiasm from Hispanics and African-Americans,” writes Josh Kraushaar in NationalJournal. The numbers don’t lie. […]
Another Fatally Ignorant Concealed Carry Law
Rhode Island General Assembly House Bill 7243 proposes to make it illegal for concealed carry licensees to carry in school zones. This week the Newport school committee said it supports the proposed legislation by a vote of 4-3. And last night, the Newport City Council unanimously approved the resolution supporting the proposed state legislation. “What’s […]
Hillary’s Pinocchio Attack on Bernie
Hillary Clinton, who has been giving unremarkable speeches to unimposing crowds, as the New Yorker points out, has been blaming Bernie Sanders’s state of Vermont for New York’s crime. Below, The Washington Post quotes Hillary: [Sanders] frequently says, “We’re a small, rural state, we have no gun laws.” Here’s what I want you to know. […]
Follow the Moving Van
Follow the money or the moving van to see which states are open for business and which one’s are not. From the United Van Lines “United National Movers Study“: United has tracked migration patterns annually on a state-by-state basis since 1977. For 2015, the study is based on household moves handled by United within the […]
Donald Trump, Most States, Delegates, Votes
Pat Buchanan asks “Will Trump Be Swindled in Cleveland Too? Mr. Buchanan looks at the positions of Sanders, Clinton, Trump and Cruz on the major issues and asks what happens next if in Philadelphia Sanders is sent packing, and in Cleveland Trump is robbed. Sanders, last week, was saying that what disqualifies Clinton as president is […]
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