“Only government can provide the short-term boost necessary to lift us from a recession this deep and severe. Only government can break the vicious cycles that are crippling our economy—where a lack of spending leads to lost jobs which leads to even less spending, where an inability to lend and borrow stops growth and leads […]
Tea Party Wins Big
Political Update by Timothy Jones If you were looking for the greatest repudiation of the political establishment possible last night, you got exactly what you wanted. Political barnacles all over the map were trounced by newcomers in the final night of primaries before November. The Senate is set to be one of the least experienced […]
Taliban Snipers Beware
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has linked its Boomerang acoustic sensor and network-ready Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System to provide an enhanced counter sniper solution for the warfighter. “Connecting Boomerang and netted LRAS3 is a plug-and-play operation that results in a powerful counter sniper capability,” said Glynn Raymer, vice president, Raytheon Network Centric Systems Combat […]
Paris Hilton’s Drug War
Last weekend, the famous-for-nothing Paris Hilton was arrested for having cocaine in her purse. This fits perfectly with the narrative that American addicts are fueling the Mexican drug wars. Whether or not you are a Hilton fan (or, like me, you have no idea why she is famous), it can hardly be said that the […]
Democrats in Trouble
Commentary by Timothy Jones on Outlook Dimming for Democrats by Neil King Jr., The Wall Street Journal Things are going from bad to worse for Democratic prospects of retaining control of the House of Representatives in November. There’s no doubt Democrats are going to suffer massive losses, just how big they will be is the […]
Alaskans Vote for Legitimate Conservative
Commentary by Timothy Jones on Why Pollsters Were Wrong On Alaska by John Gizzi, Human Events With a “legitimate” conservative on the ballot, Alaskans came out to vote. When the choice between the semi-conservative Murkowski and a very conservative Joe Miller was put to Alaskans, they surprised everyone with their zeal for a real conservative. This trend […]
Secretive X-37B Space Plane Disappears
US military’s top secret X-37B shuttle ‘disappears’ for two weeks, changes orbit. By Peter Farquhar, Technology Editor | August 25, 2010 AMATEUR astronomers are enjoying a cat-and-mouse game with the US military in keeping track of its secret space plane, the X-37B. The X-37B was launched in April amid much publicity, but scant detail about […]
Kendrick Meek for Rubio
What a night it was in electoral politics. The best result of the night was Kendrick Meek winning the Democratic senatorial primary in Florida. Meek winning the Democratic nod will keep lots of Democrats in Florida on the reservation. If his opponent Jeff Greene had won, many of the hard core left would have abandoned […]
Obama’s Recovery Has Failed
The economy looks like it may be floundering again. What has all the stimulus bought for Americans? All the debt that has been piled on ($1.3 trillion in deficit spending this year alone, according to new CBO figures) has served to make future generations poorer, but done nothing to alleviate the problems of the here […]
IRS Keeps Gold Sale Records
So Much for ‘We the People’ – Thomas Sowell, National Review New laws passed in Obamacare will force some buyers and sellers of gold coins and bullion to disclose their purchases to the IRS. With that information the IRS could easily develop a list of Americans who have purchased or sold gold coins. Is that […]
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