Month: March 2013

It’s been known for quite some time that buying certain items can bring down the wrath of our busy-body government.  Buy too many tablets of…

With Jim Carrey apparently saying any and everything that will get him some attention, I just have to wonder if he has a new movie…

Rapidly followed up with a total failure to appreciate the seriousness of their situation. Picked the wrong neighborhood, didn’t you? 

Here come the “capital controls” for Cyprus’s banks. For those who don’t know the phrase, capital controls are rules meant to prevent the flow of…

In a recent research note, Credit Suisse research analysts Neal Soss and Dana Saporta wrote that “the issue of growing income and wealth disparity in…

(Via Guns.com) First, the video: Now then… Based solely on this video and my knowledge of NC law, Bradly Turner and his wife both need…

(Via the Drudge Report) A man who says that our Constitutional rights are very real things and worth protecting is a “Tired, Old White Guy…

(Via the Drudge Report) With the precedent set in Cyprus, the European Union has said that it can raid the savings of others in other…

(Via the Drudge Report) Apparently believing that New York City and it’s values are the totality of the United States, Bloomberg has decided to attempt…

(Via the Drudge Report) In what I would characterize as a deal with the devil, Cyprus has struck a deal with the EU for a…

Cyprus risks euro exit after EU bailout ultimatum Stocks Close Lower as Cyprus Spooks Investors Cyprus makes frantic effort to prevent run on its banks…

(From the email list that must remain nameless) New Zealand has decided that stealing from bank customers to fund bank bailouts is a wonderful idea.…

Cypriot politicians decide that being used to decorate the phone poles is not something they want to be a part of, and turn down legislation…

(Via the Drudge Report) In the country formerly known as Great Britain, new rules governing what can and can not be printed are going into…

(Via the Drudge Report) Bill Maher, media blow-hard extraordinaire, finds out that having your taxes jacked isn’t really all that pleasant. Gee Bill, you’re just…

The government of Cyprus has agreed to an EU demand that it, in effect, confiscate between 6.7 and 9.9% of all bank deposits in order…

Please step over to Tam’s site and look at this post.  Feel free to read it if you want, but I just need you to…

In a way, it’s sort of sad.  Before her unfortunate run-in with a homicidal maniac, former Arizona Congresscritter Gabrielle Giffords decided that she needed to…

When my Dad died, among the many things I inherited was a pair of treadle sewing machines.  One was my grandma’s (my mother’s mother) and…

At least until they get caught and the bright light of day is shined all over their butt. It seems one Mark Kelly, whose primary…

So, unless you have been living under a very large and heavy rock, you know that the news in the authorized media is, on the…

Hugo Chavez is outta here. I wonder where claimed-to-be-a-socialist-but-was-really-just-another-damn-tyrant goes to when they die?

So, the sequester cuts have kicked in, and so far…zip.  The sun came up, cops are on the job, Mrs. Freeholder is still employed teaching…