Year: 2009

Why does the U.S. Senate harp on budget deficits as “generational theft”, and then refuses to address global climate change? This is the question asked…

The State of North Carolina’s attempts to buy up land via “land trusts” are falling on hard times because of the poor economy. See, there…

(Via the Drudge Report) North Korea defied international warnings and sent a rocket hurtling over the Pacific on Sunday, a launch President Barack Obama called…

Especially if you live in Loudoun County, Virginia. Wired hasthe story of Ting-Yi Oe, an assistant principal at Freedom High School who was the victim…

OK, top this one from one of our local papers: Authorities say a woman tried to bail someone out of the Davidson County Detention Center…

The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S. You have to wonder how many other things this…

The Bringer of Hope and Change is in Europe, preaching his gospel to an audience that ranges from skeptical to hostile. Considering that our country…

(Via the Drudge Report) ‘Conficker has activated,’ said Patrik Runald, chief security adviser at F-Secure. ‘So far nothing has actually happened.’ So either our bad…

Because that’s the only reasonable explanation why it seems the Obama administration nominates only tax cheats for executive branch positions–latest case in point. You know,…

As Ronald Reagan once noted of the Democrats, they believe “if it moves, tax it“. At the end of this, all you will have left…

Further proof that it takes someone with a gun to subdue an active shooter. For those of you who don’t advocate for citizens owning and…

(Via Timebomb 2000) While bankers were still ordering $1,000 bottles of wine in trendy Manhattan restaurants, these internet Sybils of the impending economic apocalypse were…

Prepare for a “The black helicopters are circling my house!” rant. I’m miffed. Unlike the government’s actions with the Wizards of Wall Street, the Dumbasses…

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has criticized the European Union and the US for tariffs on products from developing countries and has advocated…

(Via Timebomb) I wonder what airfare to Hamburg goes for these days?

(Via Tam) I currently manage a medium sized hedge fund (long/short equity). The current populist uproar is absolute insanity. I don’t know how else to…

LawDog’s got a great one.

Tesla Model S.

Well, it seems that our favorite Chicago politician’s following extends all the way down to the state and local levels, and crosses party lines as…

Obama wants high-paying, high-skill jobs in future I’m sure the fact that “the rich” pay more in taxes has nothing to do with it. Of…

My readers know I’m not an ATF fan. But here is one ATF agent who will never buy a beer in my presence–Agent Austin Banks.…

(Via the Drudge Report) The Obama wants the power to nationalize seize firms “whose collapse would damage the broader economy“. That leads me to two…

(Via the Drudge Report) The UK, Land of the Omnipresent Surveillance Camera, some have decided that Google Street View is a bad thing and must…

(Via Michael Bane) If I could write 10% as well as Victor Davis Hanson in his essay “Thoughts About Depressed Americans“, I could a famous…

If you pump $1 trillion into the banking system, the stock market goes up almost 498 points. At that rate, it would only take $13…

I heard about this on the Rush Limbaugh show last week, and someone has kindly Youtube’d it. Enjoy it as you contemplate the end of…

(Via Michael Bane) How about a search engine for ammo prices?

Treasury’s Toxic Asset Plan Would Cost $1 Trillion Wait a second…I thought the $700 billion TARP was supposed to handle that. Iran’s Supreme Leader Rebuffs…

Outside of the simple fact that being insanely busy leads to a lack of blogging, that is. There seems to be a bit of a…

(Via the Drudge Report) Because what else can you call a man who can’t figure out that the speech he’s reading from the teleprompter is…