Category: Society

  • Milton Freedman on Social Justice

    When you aim for equality A and B decide what C shall do for D. Except they take a little bit of a commission along the way. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMLjkt87ICo] Hat tip to TheTamminator // Hillbuzz

  • Islam in U.S. Schools – Brigitte Gabriel

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36bzSnoXCv0?rel=0]

  • Eat, Drink, & Be Merry For Tomorrow We Die

    Back on Monday I had a fairly lengthy email exchange with a colleague.  In addition to a prediction of the race he wanted something a little more down the trough so to speak.  I told him that if Obama won it would be the beginning of the end of our beloved U.S of A. I…

  • US Out Of The Top 10 In World Prosperity Index

    The Legatum Prosperity Index assessed and ranked the prosperity of 142 countries based on eight sub-categories: economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, health, governance, education, safety and security, personal freedom, and social capital. via Business Insider. We are now 12th. Embarrassing.  No wonder people are leaving in droves.

  • Socialism Hurts the Poor

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnX7TNFIELg?rel=0]

  • Forget FEMA, Get Walmart in There!!

    In the wake of hurricane Sandy we’re hearing stories of hungry New Yorkers being forced to dumpster dive for food.  This is in addition to the stories of looters dressing like Con Edison workers to get access to houses, elected officials expressing their frustration with the Red Cross,  state troopers being deployed to N.J. gas…

  • CPS Pays Parents for Good Behavior

    Blatantly stolen from Second City Cop: Is the lure of a $25 gift card enough to persuade a parent who’s not involved in their child’s education to get involved? Seventy Chicago Public Schools that have struggled to engage parents are about to find out. At Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s request, Walgreen Co. has agreed to provide…

  • Intellectual Flight from China

    Like hundreds of thousands of Chinese who leave each year, she was driven by an overriding sense that she could do better outside China. Despite China’s tremendous economic successes in recent years, she was lured by Australia’s healthier environment, robust social services and the freedom to start a family in a country that guarantees religious…

  • More Dem on GOP Violence

    ALTA LOMA, CA — Someone keyed the word “Obama” into two cars and slashed seats in another outside a residence that had Mitt Romney campaign signs. via CBS Los Angeles. But wait, that’s not all you get: Racine, WI — Before the event could get under way, though, organizers say a truck affixed with “Obama”…

  • Teen Loses Stomach After Drinking Liquid Nitrogen

    Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham, Lancashire, was celebrating her 18th birthday with friends at Oscar’s wine bar and bistro in Lancaster earlier this month when she drank two shots of the liqueur Jagermeister, which was laced with liquid nitrogen.  … It was made popular by celebrity chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, and is completely harmless as a…