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  • 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…

  • Florida’s Bigoted New Education (Union) Standards

    Asian students should be the smartest, and teachers will expect the least from blacks.  That’s the case in Florida, at least, where the Board of Education has agreed to pass a revised plan that outlines new academic goals for students based on race.  … Under the approved strategic revision, 90 percent of Asian students, 88…

  • Connecticut Dem Jokes Promises Vote Corruption

    Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch is at it again. The Democrat who presided over a 2010 vote casting and counting scandal in the tight race for governor was caught on video Friday guaranteeing Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Christopher Murphy a big result in the state’s largest city–even if it takes days to count. Bridgeport provided a…

  • Secrets Of the College Admissions Office

    1) It sucks to be a middle class white applicant. 2) East Asians can be disadvantaged too. 3) Athletes bring down the quality of the class. So do legacies, but not nearly as much. 4) Early admission is less competitive, despite what the College claims. 5) Most college essays are too boring. via Business Insider.…

  • MSM a/k/a The Ministry of Truth vs. Romney

    This (sadly) is not a spoof: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFrB1-cD2Zc?rel=0]

  • Real Commercial or a Spoof?

    I honestly don’t know. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9Twgif9gM?rel=0]

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