… to protect your hearing. Really. They’re calling it the “Hearing Protection Act of 2015,” and it was introduced by an Arizona Congressman. I’m not kidding. Read the story here.[...]
Archive for October, 2015
October 23rd, 2015 - 3:34 pm § in Misc.
Bankers sent to prison — in Iceland
The 2007-2008 financial crisis nearly destroyed Iceland’s economy. Since then, the tiny island nation has made a remarkable comeback. The country’s president explained, “We were wise enough not to follow the traditional prevailing orthodoxies of the Western financial world in the last [...]
October 23rd, 2015 - 3:28 pm § in Politics
Texas ramps up harassment of Planned Parenthood
Texas is a state run by Republicans who don’t like Planned Parenthood because the health care provider also operates abortion clinics. In Congress, Republicans are trying — so far without success — to cut off approximately half a billion dollars of Medicaid reimbursement to PP nati[...]
October 23rd, 2015 - 2:21 pm § in Misc.
Romney’s Hypocrisy
Robert Sargent Mitt Romney, on his friend Tom Stemberg who died today, and was the driving force behind Romneycare: “Without Tom pushing it, I don’t think we would have had Romneycare. Without Romneycare, I don’t think we would have Obamacare. So, without Tom a lot of people wouldn’t have he[...]
The Danger to The UW of an SEIU Union: BY THEIR FRIENDS SHALL YE KNOW THEM
….Matthew 7:16 The SEIU brings with it an agenda that few faculty are likely to accept and that certainly will turn off most legislators. The post on the left shows the problem . The organizations on this post are no more likely to get what the UW faculty wants from the legislature than an [...]
October 23rd, 2015 - 12:46 pm § in Uncategorized
Is Trump fading?
Two new Iowa polls show Trump solidly trailing Ben Carson, which prompted The Donald to call Iowa Republican voters “stupid,” then blame the remark on an intern after it provoked a firestorm. (Read the story here.) We probably haven’t heard the last of him yet, but maybe there̵[...]
October 23rd, 2015 - 12:15 pm § in Politics
FBI ends IRS probe; no charges
“The Justice Department notified members of Congress on Friday that it is closing its two-year investigation into whether the IRS improperly targeted tea party and other conservative groups. There will be no charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner or anyone else at the agency, the Jus[...]
October 23rd, 2015 - 11:40 am § in Politics
Paul Ryan’s family-leave hypocrisy
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) apparently will be the next House Speaker, succeeding Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) who threw in the towel after trying in vain to control his unruly Tea Party caucus, whose 40 or so members believe they alone have the right to run the country and to hell with the 90%-plus of Americ[...]
October 23rd, 2015 - 11:28 am § in Misc.
First U.S. combat death against ISIS, as Delta Force rescues 70 hostages
Thirty U.S. “Delta Force” troops mounted a helicopter assault against an ISIS prison in northern Iraq where 70 captives were about to be executed, after an attempted raid by Kurdish forces was overwhelmed. One U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was killed in the operation, while about 20 I[...]
Anthony Washington: Thomas Jefferson is a hero to most, but not for me