Archive for July 2012
New York City cop may be stealing guns from the police locker room and selling them on the street.
A story by Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep and Bears Arms, published at Ammoland, says NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg ought to put his own house in order before he goes around telling everyone else what to do: Before anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls on firearms dealers, gun…
Read MoreObamacare was poorly drafted — it now appears one missing word could take it down
Well, that missing word does mean that Obamacare could run into a wall, a legal wall that is. But hey, we’re talking Obama here and he “don’t need no stinking laws,” cause he just does whatever he wants to do. He just cut the heart out of welfare reform, the most effective and successful federal…
Read MoreQuote of the Day
…there are people in Washington — too often, Republicans — who start living in the Beltway atmosphere, and start forgetting those hundreds of millions of Americans beyond the Beltway who trusted them to do right by them, to use their wisdom instead of their cleverness. …ObamaCare was an unprecedented extension of federal power over the…
Read MoreBarack O. Warren on building a business…
I wonder if he’s 1/32 Cherokee? Here’s part of what he said in Roanoke, VA Friday night: …look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are…
Read MoreGlider Crash Landing — Pilot Unhurt
I have a friend and fellow motorcycle enthusiast who used to also be a passionate glider pilot. He said he quit sail planes after attending too many funerals of his glider buddies. This glider guy had a close call. Luckily, his funeral has been delayed indefinitely. The pilot later said this mishap was due to…
Read MoreWhat did Ford, Honda, Nissan, BMW and Toyota get for running their car companies responsibly?
They got government subsidized competition from GM and Chrysler. That’s the essential lesson of the auto bailouts. That’s the Obama way.
Read More100-year old light bulb still burning bright
A 230-watt light bulb manufactured in Osram GEC Lampworks factory in Wembley, north-west London, in July, 1912, still lights the porch of Roger Dyball of Lowestoft, West Suffolk, England. Dyball bought the house 45 years ago with the light bulb in place. He’s now 74, which is 25 years younger than his porch light bulb. Read the whole…
Read MoreQuote of the Day
The instinct to side with the underdog arises, at least in part, from the guilty pleasure of pity—the feeling of superiority that the sensation of pity almost automatically confers. Pity, it turns out, is not a form of sympathy, or empathy, or a genuinely humane concern for the misfortunes of others. On the contrary, pity…
Read MoreA bit of history on the State of Israel
I’ve subscribed to Commentary magazine since Norman Podhoretz was young [Podhoretz was editor of the magazine from 1960-1995]. That was quite a while ago. I’ve continued my subscription even though the magazine has changed much and is no longer the intellectual powerhouse it once was under Podhoretz’s guiding light, because it still occasionally has brilliant…
Read MoreCondoleeza Rice for veep would be a huge mistake
UPDATE 7/14: Below is a narrative of all the reasons why Condoleeza Rice would not be a good pick to be Romney’s VP. In Rice’s favor at the moment, however, is a standout speech she gave in Park City, Utah last month at a Romney fundraiser. That speech may be what led some conservatives to…
Read MoreFracking Is OK Say UK’s Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Story here. The review examined the scientific and engineering evidence relating to the environmental and health and safety risks associated with the onshore extraction of shale gas. Findings that led to the conclusion that the practice could be undertaken safely include: • Hydraulic fracturing is an established technology that has been used by the oil…
Read MoreDon’t get excited over that misleading email going around about the U.N Small Arms Treaty
The email to which I refer starts this way: OBAMA FINDS LEGAL WAY AROUND THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND USES IT. IF THIS PASSES, THERE could BE WAR On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States Gun owners don’t need to worry about this — yet. First,…
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