The judge who decided the Proposition 8 case in California yesterday is gay: The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay. It’s funny I didn’t hear of this [...]
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Angelo Codevilla’s latest article in the American Spectator chronicles the rise of the “Ruling Class” in America. Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits. These amount to a social [...]
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From the National Enquirer: The ENQUIRER reports in an exclusive bombshell exclusive that police have investigated charges from TWO MORE WOMEN who claimed they were abused by former VP AL GORE! The allegations come hot on the heels of an ongoing Portland, Ore., police investigation that reopened after The ENQUIRER exclusively revealed accusations by a [...]
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Everywhere conservatives are screaming-they are now labeled “right-wing extremists” by Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security. They are proud of the label since they are opposed to the entire Obama administration, but they are scared at the same time-the “right wing extremist” document(s) probably prompted a large portion of the conservative base to [...]
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Rick Perry just made my day.
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With all the complaining about the outrageous government spending by President Obama, there is a huge point that most people tend to ignore (usually by ignorance of the subject). We all know that government will always tend toward growth-this is why we’re taught in elementary and middle schools that the “American experiment” was to create [...]
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It appears that during the shooting last week in southern Alabama federal troops were deployed without the consent of the President or the Governor. We’re living in strange times.
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“In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.” ~ Bertrand Russell
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Wilt Alston’s column brings up a point that is going to be talked about a lot in American politics over the next few years: what is equality and how do we make sure people are payed “equal” amounts for “equal” work? At some point, the basics of human action have to become apparent to those [...]
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I haven’t expressed a lot of concern over the AIG bonuses because I really don’t care, but Stephen Kinsella summed up what I think my opinion on the matter is: There’s a lot of chatter about bonuses paid to employees of bailed out companies. Even lots of libertarians seem to be angry about it. One [...]
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Listening to NPR this morning I heard a story about the growing number of “loan sharks” in Italy. Apparently (according to the report) in the middle of a recession we should be most wary of “loan sharks” and make sure that no one is being ripped off. The Italian Mafia profits from these hard times. [...]
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Peter Schiff makes a great point in his article today–credit does not come from thin air! What everyone seems to have forgotten at this point is that credit does not come from thin air. Even in a system in which bank reserves are leveraged many times, someone has to put savings in a bank for [...]
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No one should stop WalMart from creating its new Hispanic stores in the Southwest, but the market is just reflecting the enormous demographic shift we have had. This is not the America of 1980 or 1984 and Republican majorities will never be around again–the Hispanic voters will be largely Democrat and largely pro-government and it [...]
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Open immigration and anti-Western ideologies (social democracy and neoconservatism) are leading to the destruction of the West. Muslims in Britain can now openly call for their flag to fly on Downing Street. Anjem Choudary said he wanted the “flag of Allah” flying over Downing Street, all women wearing burkas and caning for drunkenness. This is [...]
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Nope. There’s a logical reason why earmarks are, at least in our current situation, good for the government to spend money on (on a utilitarian basis). An explanation is located here [Earmarks: Much Ado About Nothing] plus an interesting call from the House floor:
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No. That’s the argument put forth by Austrian economist Bob Higgs. This great podcast explains why the economic situation is viewed incorrectly by most modern economists. I just ran across a quote by Tom DiLorenzo on what the real “stimulus” was in the late 1940s: It was a “stimulus” provided by about a two-thirds reduction [...]
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Take the CPAC poll with a grain of salt. Mitt Romney wins? Make Romney the Republican nominee and the only way he will win is if there is a Democrat candidate in the worst possible situation (think Johnson 1968 perhaps). With 20 percent of the vote, Romney finished ahead of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who [...]
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