Archive | June, 2010
Videographer Kicked Out Of Giannoulias Fundraiser
I’m trying to find more backstory, but for now here’s Politico’s report: The latest video to surface shows a confrontation with a videographer at a rooftop event in Washington, D.C for Illinois Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias. The clips appears to show guests confronting a video tracker and asked him to leave what they say [...]
Good News: Afghan Military Members Go Missing From Air Force Base
17. June 2010
FOX News has obtained a nationwide alert memo from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Dallas, warning that 17 members of the Afghan military have gone missing from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The members, both enlisted men and officers, are in possession of identification cards that provide access to secure defense installations in [...]
Coast Guard Stops Gulf-Cleaning Barges
17. June 2010
In the latest attempt to prove the federal government is entirely incompetent, the U.S. Coast Guard decided to stop barges from cleaning up spilled crude from the Gulf of Mexico. Governor Bobby Jindal (R) of Louisiana had ordered the barges to start cleaning up the Gulf eight days ago. After sitting idle for 24 hours [...]
Thanks To New Regulations, An End To Free Checking
17. June 2010
Well what do you know. Apparently regulations don’t always leave the consumer better off. In fact, the harm inflicted on the affected company is actually — hold on to your seats, folks — passed on to the customer. You know about free checking, right? Banks have been allowing people to open and maintain checking accounts [...]
Taxpayer-Funded Study Labels Taxpayers Racist
17. June 2010
Part #1,265,789 in the series “Your Tax Dollars At Work”. The National Science Foundation has handed $50,000 in taxpayer funds to a UCLA professor for a report labeling opponents of government-run health care racist. For the record, 58% of the public supports repealing the health care reform law passed by Congress and signed by Barack [...]
Stimulus Dollars At Work: $54 million For Wealthy Indian Tribe
17. June 2010
How did your tax dollars find their way to a wealthy Indian tribe that runs one of the most successful casinos in the United States? Ask Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). Apparently he decided that the tribe really needed your money because that $1.3 billion per year isn’t enough. With the support of Sen. Chris Dodd, [...]
New Legislation Gives Obama Power To Shut Down Internet
17. June 2010
Be prepared to fight the biggest threat to our First Amendment rights in modern history. A new bill sponsored by Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and supported by other liberals would give Barack Obama the power to shut down the internet at his whim. A new US Senate Bill would grant the President far-reaching emergency powers [...]
Obama Administration Spends $1.2 Billion On Cycling, Walking Initiatives
17. June 2010
Twenty years ago the federal government was spending just $6 million on the promotion of cycling and walking. Taking inflation into consideration, that’s about $10 million in 2010 terms. The federal government has no business telling me to ride a bicycle to begin with, but $10 million wouldn’t even make the radar of outrage today. [...]
Russian Police Seize Anti-Putin Books
16. June 2010
Evidently expression of dissent still isn’t tolerated in Russia, at least not dissent against Vladimir Putin, leader of Russia for life. 100,000 copies seize, no excuse given. Copies of ‘Putin. The Results. 10 Years on’, written by opposition politicians Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov were “intended for participants of the forum”, starting Thursday, according to [...]
Analysis: Packgen Boom Was Just Fine
16. June 2010
Let’s review. There’s a company in Maine (Packgen) manufacturing boom faster than the company can find room for the oil blocking material. The company has been calling the federal government for weeks now, to no avail. Finally on June 11, Jake Tapper of ABC News asked Admiral Thad Allen of the Coast Guard about the [...]
17. June 2010
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