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Category: Politics

  • Alderman Flip-Flops Again on Chick-fil-A

    A Chicago alderman once again is threatening to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in his Northwest Side ward because of the owner’s stance against gay marriage — after saying earlier that he had dropped his opposition to the fast-food outlet. Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno, 1st, accused Dan Cathy, president of the family-owned restaurant chain,…

  • Airlines Fees vs. Fares: Impacting Taxes

    The liberal Washington Post complains: There’s a 7.5 percent federal tax on every airline ticket. The money goes into a fund that pays for the air transportation system: airports, capital improvements and the operation of the Federal Aviation Administration.  … When the airlines kept ticket prices down by shifting $12.8 billion to baggage fees, they…

  • The Fed & Debt Cancelation

    I met a European trader in a bar this week, who brought up the possibility that at some point, the Bank of England might just rip up the UK government debt it has acquired through quantitative easing — just straight up throw it on the fire, and tell the government it no longer owes the…

  • Obama Illegaly Accepts Foreign Donations

    The Obama re-election campaign has accepted at least one foreign donation in violation of the law — and does nothing to check on the provenance of millions of dollars in other contributions, a watchdog group alleges. Chris Walker, a British citizen who lives outside London, told The Post he was able to make two $5…

  • Mitt Romney Banner Hung on Willis Tower

    John Rukavina, 74, a Local 1 ironworker — who claims to have put up “every antenna and tower in Chicago since Marina Towers in 1974” — affixed a Romney banner as well as an American flag on the ABC antenna on Willis Tower minutes after it was completed Sept. 30. “The flag is a symbol…

  • Cook County’s New Business Killers, a/k/a Taxes

    Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s proposed budget calls for a 1.25 percent tax on businesses that buy “non-titled” items like office supplies, equipment, building materials and even artwork from outside the county’s borders.  … County businesses would be allowed to purchase these goods up to $2,500 without any penalty, county officials said. The businesses…

  • 12-year-old Girl + Shotgun > Large Bad Man

    A 12-year-old girl is being hailed a hero for shooting a home intruder after she hid with a gun in the closet. Kendra St Clair, from Oklahoma, was home alone when she heard someone break in. She called her mother and asked what she should do, and her terrified mom told her to get the…

  • Benghazi Attack Organizer Mocks Obama

    Five weeks after an assault on the US consulate in Benghazi left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead, the reaction from Washington has been anything but fruitful. No elected official has yet to reveal with certainty who led the attack, and both the White House and the US State Department have at times…

  • Censorship: This is How it Begins

    Spain’s government is drafting a law that bans the photographing and filming of members of the police. The Interior Ministry assures they are not cracking down on freedom of expression, but protecting the lives of law enforcement officers.  … ­The new Citizen Safety Law will prohibit “the capture, reproduction and editing of images, sounds or…

  • Obama Wrong: US Troops to Remain in Afghanistan

    Despite repeated pleas from US President Barack Obama to conclude the war in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, a leading official with the State Department tells reporters this week that the United States is readying plans that will leave boots on the ground for the unforeseeable future, perhaps long after the Obama-insisted deadline comes…