Archive | November, 2011
David Gregory: Republicans Have No “Grand Wizard” to Force Cain Out
Right, because it was actually Democrats responsible for the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws. Republicans, on the other hand, were the party of abolitionism and civil rights. So Republicans lacking a “Grand Wizard” would make sense. Ann Curry, NBC News: “He’s not stepping down, continuing to suck the air out of the narrative [...]
Atlanta Voters Approve Sunday Alcohol Sales
9. November 2011
Big night for liberating the liquor market. ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta voters have overwhelmingly approved Sunday alcohol sales, clearing the way for shoppers to be able to buy liquor as soon as New Year’s Day in stores. Fulton County Board of Elections spokesman Mark Henderson says unofficial results show the measure has passed 81 percent [...]
Washington Voters Approve Privatization of Liquor Sales
9. November 2011
Another win for the free market and individual freedom: Washington voters have approved a plan to privatize liquor sales, siding with Costco in the costliest initiative campaign in state history. Unofficial results Tuesday night showed the measure passing with widespread support. Costco Wholesale Corp. committed $22 million to supporting the measure, which will dismantle controls [...]
Ohio Voters Reject ObamaCare Mandate in Referendum Vote
9. November 2011
In a ballot referendum this evening, voters in Ohio easily rejected the individual mandate element of ObamaCare. Ohio becomes the latest electorate to reject the unpopular government-run health care legislation’s central and unconstitutional element. Voters in Ohio have approved a ballot measure intended to keep government from requiring Ohioans to participate in any health care [...]
Obama Announces New Tax on Christmas Trees
8. November 2011
Exactly as it sounds. President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees. Um…Christmas trees have an image problem? In the Federal Register of November 8, 2011, Acting [...]
UN Confirms: Iran Working Towards Nuclear Weapons
8. November 2011
We already knew as much, of course, but now it’s official. United Nations weapons inspectors released a trove of new evidence on Tuesday that they say makes a “credible” case that “Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device” and that the project may still be under way… The report [...]
Atheists Pissed Governor Calls a Christmas Tree a Christmas Tree
8. November 2011
They’d much prefer we keep insulting each others intelligence by pretending the tree we put up every time around Christmas totally isn’t a Christmas tree. On Monday, Walker decided that he wanted to shake things up a bit. Rather than following recent tradition and referring to the (Christmas) tree that is placed in the Wisconsin’s [...]
Second Cain Accuser is a Democratic Donor
8. November 2011
National Public Radio reports: Until now, Karen Kraushaar has been known to many in Washington as “Woman A,” one of two employees who settled claims of sexual harassment against Herman Cain more than a decade ago when he headed the National Restaurant Association. On Tuesday, after another woman went public with her harassment accusation against [...]
Romney: Hey, let’s continue bashing Cain for a while
8. November 2011
Bad move. Republicans are skeptical about the story in the first place, and even if they’ve been turned off by Cain they’re not big fans of the left-wing media trying to destroy one of their party’s candidates. Romney is basically jumping on the lefty media’s bandwagon and joining in the pummeling. Republican presidential contender Mitt [...]
Gingrich Gains With Independents, Now Trails Obama by Just Six
8. November 2011
Just three weeks ago, former Speaker Newt Gingrich was losing independents to Barack Obama by a whopping 27 percent. Now a new poll shows the Georgia Republican gaining with indies, closing the gap to just six. Three weeks ago, Rasmussen’s poll of likely voters showed Speaker Newt Gingrich trailing President Barack Obama by a whopping [...]
9. November 2011
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