Year: 2009

I have kept silent on a lot of subjects lately, partly because my time for blogging is currently limited, partly because others are handling them…

(Via Conservative Scalawag) We seem to be reporting this with tiresome regularity–another Obama pick with tax issues. But it’s OK; she’s fixed it–also something we’ve…

Or not. The Attack Machine has a great piece, “The guy who kept twitter going for Iran“. Wonder of wonders, “the guy” wasn’t some Obama…

Boxer, the U.S. Senator, Chides Brigadier General for Calling Her ‘Ma’am’ Skin a little thin there, ma’ma? Or just so completely ignorant of military protocol…

(Found in the comments at Roberta X’s place)

In the high stakes game of governments meddling with the economy, Governor Perdue has decided that the NC House is a bunch of pikers, and…

Not to mention that it will help pad the state’s coffers during the current budget difficulties. I have to wonder which benefit was more important…

The NC House’s budget proposal raises taxes $780 million (in the middle of a recession), yet crap like this lives on. If you don’t think…

Too early to tell, but the initial story surely give those of a conservative viewpoint something to think about. Kansas Teacher Claims Conservative Views Led…

It’s amazing how you stumble across things on the Intertubz…. How the science fiction master created the template for our looser, hipper, more pluralist world.…

OK, so the NC House gets some push-back when they propose nearly $1 billion in new taxes rather than taking the heat for balancing the…

The IRS is weighing a proposal to deem one-quarter of employees’ use of work cell phones as personal use and therefore subject to tax as…

Speculation is swirling that the Obama administration may send the former vice president to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists sentenced…

As predicted, the NC House has reconsidered it’s budget proposal, and wants to raise taxes $1 billion. Now, we may suppose that this means that…

(Via the Drudge Report) A decision by Falls Police to use a Taser to obtain a DNA sample from a suspect in an armed robbery,…

(Via Walls of the City) You can celebrate every BS event that comes down the pike on your banner, but not D-Day?

Yes, I said “story”. Singular. One. It’s disappointing that on the 65th anniversary of the Day of Days, only one local newspaper could do a…

A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on…

Penske Auto Group is buying Saturn and with it, a distribution network that is among the best in the industry. Wouldn’t it be rich if…

Like every other government, company and household in the United State (and probably the world), the State of North Carolina is being squeezed by the…

John Walker has posted a worrisome gnome-o-gram about the US Dollar. A currency collapse isn’t here yet, but the trend lines are pointing toward one.…

Stratfor has just sent out an an excellent piece entitled “The Geography of Recession” that discusses how the geography of various countries and regions effects…

As a 60% government-owned company. Dear Obama and GM: Allow me to share a little something with you. As the current owner of 4 GM…

I heard about this today on the Neal Boortz Show. Very good stuff.

Why can’t North Korea? A top North Korean general and close advisor to the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Il, has been named by U.S. and foreign…

(Via FOXNews)

Mrs. Freeholder and Son are in the process of discussing today’s grocery run and the storage thereof. The phrase “chicken fluid” came up. No thanks,…

Trent Lott gets run out of Washington for an off-color joke at a birthday party, but a wise Latina gets a pass if she’ll just…