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  • CCW in Illinois? Without State Action?

    In the only state that doesn’t let its residents walk around with concealed firearms, a northwest Illinois county could become the testing ground for gun enthusiasts who want a clean sweep for their Second Amendment rights.  … The county has scheduled a pair of hearings this month to determine whether it should allow people to…

  • Bus-Only Lanes Hurt Everybody

    CTA super-express buses that will operate on 21-mile stretches of Ashland and Western avenues will have the benefit of using full-time bus-only lanes, under a still-evolving concept the transit agency and the city will present this week at three open houses, starting Tuesday. via  Chicago Tribune. This is just an extension of the ongoing war…

  • Obama Comments on Minaj vs. Carey; No Comment on Economic Outlook

    The President of the United States has weighed in on the greatest feud of our time. And by that we mean yes, Barack Obama has commented on the on-set tensions between “American Idol” hosts Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey.  … Naturally, a feud of such magnitude was top of mind when the president called in…

  • U.S. Postal Service is Dying, Why You Should Care

    The USPS has been teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. A key reason was a 2006 law that required the postal service to make annual payments of about $5.5 billion for 10 years to pay for future retiree health benefits.  … In the three months that ended June 30, the agency reported net losses of…

  • Marines Guard Embassy … in Barbados

    When terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of this year and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, there were no U.S. Marines deployed in Libya to defend U.S. diplomats, diplomatic facilities and classified information and equipment. However, says the State Department, a Marine Security Detachment was deployed on…

  • Benghazi Security Cut; Vienna Gets Chevy Volts

    While our consulate in Benghazi was guarded by unarmed Libyan contractors making $4 an hour, our embassy in Vienna received an expensive charging station for its new electric cars to help fight climate change.  … [There were] 230 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012. With 48 taking place in Benghazi, two…

  • Dem Dems are a really really violent bunch. Someone needs a group hug.

  • I don’t know if this is funny or scary. I can tell you the comments on Twitchy are hilarious.

  • DNC, Obama Campaign: It’s “Okay” to Vote Twice

    When undercover reporters visited various [DNC] locations across the country they received the same response from Obama campaign staffers – that it’s basically okay to vote multiple times if you happen to be registered in two or more states. In Houston, Texas, for example, the Project Veritas reporter made her intentions known, and rather than…

  • Biden: Doesn’t Know his Own Votes

    “By the way, they talk about this great recession like it fell out of the sky–like, ‘Oh my goodness, where did it come from?’” Biden said. “It came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card, at the same time, put a prescription drug plan on the credit card, a trillion…