Archive for May 2012
This Isn’t 2008 Anymore, Mr. Axelrod
David Axelrod goes to Massachusetts to trash Mitt Romney, and gets heckled! I feared Romney would run a campaign similar to McCain in 2008, see Danger Foretold — Romney Acting Like McCain. He gave some indication of that, but now it appears I might have been wrong. If so, I’m very pleased to have been…
Read MoreYou’re Pregnant — It’s a Girl, But You Want a Boy — Planned Parenthood is Happy to Help
Video below shows a sting operation by Live Action on Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas. Planned Parenthood believes that all abortions should be legal throughout pregnancy no matter what the reason, even sex selection. In the video, recorded with a hidden camera, PP advises a young woman to get an ultrasound at 20 weeks of pregnancy…
Read MoreSamsung’s New Smartphone Offers Stiff Competition For iPhone — And iTunes
Samsung’s Galaxy S3 will offer stiff competition for Apple’s iPhone 5 when it is released. The new S3 will succeed the S2 Android, the phone that made Samsung the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world in 2011. Some reviewers are saying the Galaxy S3 is light years ahead of iPhone 4S. That’s a bit of…
Read MoreIllegal Immigrants From Mexico Running a $4 Billion Scam on the IRS
The child tax credit is worth up to $1,000 per child under the age of 17. There are numerous requirements to be met before one is eligible to claim the credit, but if one claims the credit and claims to have met all the requirements it would take an audit by the IRS to discover…
Read MoreFirst Meeting — Then Friendship
Bambi and Thumper? Photos by Tanja Askani, taken in a backyard in Alberta, Canada.
Read MoreIn the air or on the ground It may be the wrong philosophy, and not fate or accident, that causes the crash
Green River Buttes — 150 Years Ago
Click Photo to Enlarge. Here are 33 more photographs of the American West from 150 years ago.
Read MoreBig Mac Economics
Princeton labour economist Orley Ashenfelter uses data from McDonald’s to study the economy. For him, Big Macs are a benchmark for comparing wages around the globe. This is from the Agenda with Steve Paikin, on Canadian public TV. The take away from this discussion is that only increases in productivity can increase real wage rates.…
Read MoreRoller Skating In the 1920’s
Unlike modern roller blades, these didn’t require a smooth surface. They called it “cycle skating.”
Read MoreThe Intolerance of Liberalism
Rush Limbaugh today treated his listeners to one of his best radio monologues in the years he’s been on the radio, in my view. Rush does change minds but he mostly articulates what others are thinking but didn’t quite have the words to express, to themselves as well as to others. That’s why and how…
Read MoreCatholic Church Goes to Court Over Contraception and Abortion Services Mandate
The archdioceses in America went to federal court today to challenge the Obama administration on the contraception and abortion mandates in Obamacare. At least a dozen federal lawsuits were filed against the The Obama administration by 43 plaintiffs. The Archdiocese of New York filed suit and was joined by the crown jewel in Catholic education…
Read MoreThe Congressional Budget Office is Supposed to Be Non-Partisan and Independent, Right?
A new CBO report titled, “Energy Security in the United States” whose lead author is a man named Andrew Stocking, starts off with this sentence: “Energy use is pervasive throughout the U.S. economy.” An opening statement this utterly trivial foretells that what is to come may not be very interesting. Starting off in “true but…
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