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Month: February 2013

  • Joe Biden Knows Nothing About Guns (or Women)

    Ok, yes some of these ladies have poor form and would be fine with some proper training. But the truth is that an AR is far (FAR) easier to hold on target and fire than any shotgun on the market. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafkVM-jnbE]

  • John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley

    TURLEY: That’s exactly right. In fact, President Obama has not only maintained the position of George W. Bush in the area of national securities and in civil liberties, he’s actually expanded on those positions. He is actually worse than George Bush in some areas. CUSACK: Can you speak to which ones? TURLEY: Well, a good…

  • Widespread Violence on the CTA

    With almost 20,000 CTA bus trips a day, tempers sometimes flare on a few of them. Regular users of the CTA know what an obstacle course it can be. On the CTA’s 1,200 rail cars, riders are often met with a variety of frightening encounters- from armed robbers and cell phone thieves to fist fights…

  • Judge Jeanine on CPD Chief Garry McCarthy

    It’s time for a vote of no confidence in Garry. He’s let his mouth run too much and is simply no longer credible on any topic. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuXDYb8tcRg]

  • Dan Bongino’s Stump Speech

    Hope to see more of this guy in the future. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8WLXhahw_A]

  • A Black Man in a KKK Hood: Race & Crime in Philly

    In 2013, no one expects to see a man dressed in a Ku Klux Clan robe mid-morning in Center City, Philadelphia.  … The man, who stood on the corner of 13th and Filbert on Tuesday, is not out to lynch or kill black people. In fact, he is black.Thirty-five-year-old Sixx King says he’s using the…

  • Illinois Pensions — A Simple Primer

    I found this while at the Khan Academy. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tczu_dvVuuk]

  • Quinn Spends Another $1.5 Billion We Don’t Have

    Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday signed into law an extra $1.5 billion in spending for road construction and child welfare investigations, even as Republicans decried the measure as including ill-timed, pork barrel money. via Chicago Tribune. What is wrong with this guy?  Really? Quinn already stopped a bond auction because the rates for Illinois…

  • Illinois Never Met a Tax it Didn’t Like: Sneakers? Really?

    The cost of a new pair of basketball shoes could jump by 25 cents under a proposal floated this week by an Illinois lawmaker. State Rep. Will Davis, D-Hazel Crest, wants to create a new tax that would generate an estimated $3 million annually for a youth job preparation program. He said the added cost…

  • Bacteria Creates Microscopic Gold Nuggets

    Among the more peculiar organisms that inhabit our Earth exists a bacterium that turns water-soluble gold into microscopic nuggets of solid gold, scientists said Sunday.  … The answer, suggest researchers in Canada, lies in a molecule excreted by the microbe that both shields the organism and transforms the poisonous ions into particles.”This finding is the…