Archive for September 2013
Navy Yard shooting victims and a media review – Jumping to conclusions
Twelve victims were killed and eight others wounded yesterday by another nutcase who took his anger out on people he probably never met. Here are a list of the victims and some info about them.
Read MoreOn Syria: Now we can wait a year?
On Sept. 10, President Obama let us know it was now time to act and punish – with a targeted military strike – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons on his people. Today we find out it’s fine if we wait almost a year.
Read MoreClimate Change: The 50 to 1 Video Project
A video-based activist in Australia has started a new project reviewing the costs and benefits of the carbon credit schemes popping up around the world. Since he’s from Oz, a country that implemented a carbon tax in July 2012, Topher Field takes a look at the cost of the program as compared to the benefits in…
Read MoreConnecticut demonstrated “strong support” for gun violence prevention laws?
Elizabeth Larkin, a spokeswoman for the state Democratic party was quoted in The Hartford Courant yesterday, and I’m trying to figure out what the heck she is talking about.
Read MoreNew York sheriffs not enforcing SAFE Act gun control legislation
As usual, it is the local population that must stand up and fight tyranny at the state and federal level. Sheriffs in New York state are not hiding the fact they will not be enforcing state law restricting firearm magazine capacity to seven rounds.
Read MoreDodd Frank legislation created federal agency monitoring 75% of our credit card transactions
Excuse my blunt question. Why the hell does some federal government agency need to monitor and track the use of my credit card?
Read More9-11 Homework? What do you think?
From Fox 26 in Houston … I was kinda taken back. But what about you? The homework assignment … write a letter to a loved one as if you knew you were going to die.
Read MoreTime photos – Executions in Syria
Not a lot to write here. The executions continue in Syria, and photo-journalists are capturing barbaric moments in time. On July 1, I wrote about François Murad, a Catholic priest who was executed in Syria by the jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra. Yesterday, Time Magazine posted an article and photos from an execution – one of four –…
Read MoreIRS corruption: New Lerner emails and a scandal overview
The IRS is supposed to simply implement the tax law as written and of course investigate while enforcing the tax code. Similar to law enforcement activity, the IRS can’t just change the ‘probable cause’ rules of investigation on a case-by-case basis. The IRS – at the highest level – outright targeted TEA Party groups because…
Read MoreThe Obamacare & Economy Effect: Part-time employee hours being cut
It’s the economy, it’s company restructuring, it’s Obamacare. Companies are reducing the hours of part-time employees as a result of changing business conditions. It’s not exclusively about Obamacare, but for the administration to claim the so-called Affordable Health Care Act is not partially responsible for any of it is pretty ridiculous.
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