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  • Bank of America Hates the Second Amendment

    McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing and McMillan Group International have been collectively banking with Bank of America for 12 years. But no more: In a recent meeting, the mega-bank told the firearms company that its business is no longer welcome. Operations director Kelly McMillan told the Daily Caller that his company has never been…

  • Trayvon Martin Case Causing More Beatings?

    Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he’s in critical condition. According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night. They say the kids left and a group of adults returned, armed with everything but…

  • » Spike in Autism Linked to High-Fructose Corn Syrup

    A new study published in the journal Clinical Epigenetics reveals that both the Standard American Diet (SAD) and various toxic environmental factors play a definitive and synergistic role in the development of autism.  According to the study, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), mercury in vaccines, and agricultural pesticides are among the many cofactors that contribute to…

  • Tale of Two Missions

    Absolutely amazing piece of work about Chicago’s failing schools. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmnFQkD0Eg0] I have considerable new found respect for Mr. Williams after seeing this.  I always thought we was railroaded out of NPR unfairly.  But I also thought he was a little light intellectually.  Whatever his faults (and we all have faults) it’s clear he cares…

  • How Big Should Government Be?

    A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.— Gerald Ford, Joint Statement to Congress, August 12, 1974. I had not heard this before two days ago (yes, I don’t know where I’ve been either.)  But it struck me. We, as a…

  • Pentagon Smears Critics

    The first casualty when war comes is the truth. — Hiram Johnson No one knows this better than the folks at the pentagon. The newspaper USA Today said Friday an editor and reporter probing Pentagon propaganda efforts have been targeted by an online “misinformation campaign.” Fake Twitter and Facebook accounts have been created under the…

  • Keith Olbermann Wanders Aimlessly in NY

    Unemployed, perennially confrontational talking head Keith Olbermann aimlessly wandered around Central Park South earlier this week, seemingly looking for a friend or a purpose. Our spies snapped unflattering pictures of Olbermann decked out in a giant red pullover and clownishly baggy jeans as he strolled 59th Street near Seventh Avenue, smelling the roses — or,…

  • Climate Alarmist Says Burn Down Skeptics’ Homes

    Climate Alarmist Calls For Burning Down Skeptics’ Homes “Let’s start keeping track of them…let’s make them pay” via  Infowars. Really?! Ya, really! “We know who the active denialists are – not the people who buy the lies, mind you, but the people who create the lies. Let’s start keeping track of them now, and when…

  • We’re Dying — Another 5.4 Million Get SS Disability

    Yesterday I re-wrote about Tytler: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. The post when on to cite recent news about how we’re nearing this point.  We have a record number of folks on…

  • Prescient or Racism?

    Again, a UK paper carries a story no U.S. media outlet would touch. In his three years as U.S. president, Barack Obama has been dogged by claims he is not patriotic enough.  … Now it emerges that similar fears were expressed about his father, who was categorised with others as ‘anti-American and anti-white’ when he…

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