The issue of the online sales tax is heating up in the Senate these next few weeks, and retailers are duking it out in a very public way.
Senate bill S.336, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, would address the longstanding issue of the online sales tax. The Washington Post has a...
The prosecution needs to prove its case against Kermit Gosnell beyond a reasonable doubt on each and every count.
Apparently it did not do that on some counts, particularly 1st Degree Murder as to three of the babies, so the Judge tossed the charges at the close of the prosecution’s case. ...
April, the month when the sting of the government’s overreach is most acute, provided the backdrop for a series of infographics illustrating just how onerous the tax burden (and fiscal irresponsibility) is to our country. Groups like the Cato Institute, AFP, Illinois Policy Institute, and the Heritage Foundation all found ways...
It’s being reported that Sen. Max Baucus will not run for re-election in 2014.
Our last poll of Montana found Baucus already running 5 points behind a pair of potential Republican candidates: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/02/s…
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) April 23, 2013
Montana Sen. Max Baucus will not seek reelection in 2014, becoming the latest senior...
1) Middle East arms deal
The United States is concluding an arms deal with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Hoagland: arms deal “weaken the only containment strategy Obama consistently practiced – the containment of Israel” wapo.st/12D0xtp
— Shmuel Rosner (@rosnersdomain) April 23, 2013
The New York Times reports U.S. Arms Deal With...
Can I call ‘em or what?
On Sunday, I wrote about how the media and left-blogosphere were trying to move the Boston Bombing narrative to focus on what is wrong with how we treated the bombers as immigrants and away from the problem of Jihadism,
Reader Thomas was not happy when he saw the Tea Party Bomb, the Worst Boston Bombing prediction in one image:
So he decided to respond:
No way I was going to let this one go without a rebuke.
Sydney Morning Herald, Salon.com, MSNBC and Wolf Blitzer can stick this one up their you-know-what.
(News and...
And the reason we need “immigration reform” urgently is?
I’m getting very uncomfortable with the rush to vote on an 844-page bill.
Let it hang out in the air for a while.
If...
Amanda Palmer, who grew up in Lexington, MA, is a graduate of Wesleyan University.
Two days before the Boston Marathon Bombing, Palmer “performed live at Wesleyan’s Humanity Festival, a one-day musical celebration in solidarity against bigotry, racism and social divisions within a community”:
In keeping with...
I previously have written how I saw Richie Havens live at My Father’s Place when I was in high school, at the time we ran several of his songs as Videos of the Day in late January 2012:
I saw Richie Havens at My Father’s Place (Facebook) in Roslyn, NY. Memorable.
It...
Plot was “al-Qaeda supported” by al-Qaeda elements “located in Iran” consisting of “direction and guidance.”
Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce later today they have thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack, arresting two suspects in Montreal and Toronto, CBC News has learned.
Highly placed sources tell CBC News the alleged plotters have been under surveillance for more...
” The pressure cookers also contained metallic BBs and nails.”
Criminal charges were filed against Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
While news reports indicate the Complaint and supporting Affidavit are sealed — a Magistrate Judge just granted a request to unseal those documents.
Here they are:
Interestingly, I don’t see any reference...
And you thought it was bad here.
Via Tim Blair’s blog (h/t sdog), an image that ran last Friday morning in...
No one cares about the skin color of the Boston Marathon Bombers except to push back against people like David Sirota of Salon.com who infamously hoped that a “white American” was responsible, and others in the media and left-blogosphere who were hoping that another Timothy McVeigh-looking person was the perp.
I’m sure the victims don’t care about...
1) The red line?
Back in December, NBC News reported that Syria had loaded chemical weapons onto planes and was prepared to use them against civilians.
Syria prepared to use chemical weapons against own people; military awaits final orders, US officials tell @nbcnews nbcnews.to/RCH3Cz
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) December 5, 2012
Late last week the...
