I thought that green energy programs were about saving the planet. Meant to create jobs and cut reliance on foreign oil, Obama’s green-technology program was infused with politics at every level, The Washington Post found in an analysis of thousands of memos, company records and internal e-mails. Political considerations were raised repeatedly by company investors, […]
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The only income inequality that matters. Mr. Pastor buys a Powerball lottery ticket every weekend and says he does not consider himself rich. Indeed, within the halls of Congress, where the median net worth is $913,000 and climbing, he is not. He is a rank-and-file millionaire. But compared with the country at large, where the […]
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And here goes the fifth. In early December, Attorney Scott G. Millard was held in contempt and jailed by 58th District Court Judge Kenneth Post for insisting that his client not answer questions about any prior drug use for fear of self-incrimination. Millard’s client, who was charged with a minor in possession of alcohol, was […]
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Someone forgot to tell these guys that Islam is the religion of peace. Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day – three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people – raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war. The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to […]
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Yet another broken promise. President Barack Obama warned Congress this afternoon that he considers numerous provisions of the megabus spending bill to be unconstitutional, including provisions relating to detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. “My Administration has repeatedly communicated my objections to these provisions, including my view that they could, under certain circumstances, violate constitutional […]
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Nah!! How dare any of you pesky civil libertarians conclude that there is some kind of double standard under which cops don’t get punished for doing the same things that would land the rest of us in jail for very long periods of time!! A former Indianapolis police officer who set a string of apartment […]
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Tenth Amendment? What Tenth Amendment? The New York Times on a decision to use the Department of Justice to block a voting law in SC: The Justice Department on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that would require voters to present photo identification, saying the law would disproportionately suppress turnout among eligible minority voters. […]
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Yeah. Law enforcement DEFINITELY needs one of these. I mean with all of the restraint law enforcement shows and everything, surely nothing could go wrong, right? The solution is a new weapon aimed to stop smugglers and criminals before they reach Texas’ shores. At 34-feet long, powered by three 300 horsepower engines and armed with […]
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Not even government can’t tell you how much money they spend, yet we’re expected to believe that they somehow need more? From the GAO: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) cannot render an opinion on the 2011 consolidated financial statements of the federal government, because of widespread material internal control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, and other […]
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My Fox Tampa Bay on the outright torture and murder of an Ohio man by Lee County, FL deputies: “This photo is a picture of a man who is strapped to a chair naked inside a jail for hours with a hood over his face. That evokes thoughts of being tortured,” says Cleveland-based lawyer Nick […]