The Occupy Wall Street movement had billed it as a Day of Action, marking the two-month anniversary of the movement, but it turned into a day of disgust and disgrace. Honestly, what possible positive argument can be made for terrorizing schoolchildren as a means of legitimate protest? They were caught in the middle of madness. […]
In the history of criminal enterprises, when all is said and done, what are the chances of the Federal Reserve going down as the largest, most diabolical Ponzi scheme perpetrated wholesale on the American public? I’d say it goes neck-and-neck with Social Security. This from CNSNews: At the close of business on Tuesday, the debt […]
Just when it looked like Newt Gingrich was gaining ground in the GOP’s perpetual presidential debate sweepstakes, surging in several polls to top-tier contender status, comes this from Bloomberg news: Newt Gingrich made between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consulting fees from two contracts with mortgage company Freddie Mac, according to two people familiar […]
The line goes something like this: Stricter government oversight and regulation of business is necessary because the greedy Wall Street speculators and large multinational corporations have unduly influenced the political process for selfish gain, enriching themselves at public expense and impoverishing the common working people through unfair domination of the world’s resources, resulting in a […]
As Occupy Wall Street protesters continue to linger in Charlotte and across the state, their ongoing encampments soaking up taxpayer dollars and oftentimes wreaking general havoc, support for the movement is losing ground as it compares to the popularity of the Tea Party, according to a recent Public Policy Polling survey. Asked to choose between […]
They say everything is bigger in Texas; I guess self-implosions are no exception. The scariest part about watching Rick Perry’s brutal brain freeze on stage during last night’s debate – aside, you know, from him not being able to name the three Cabinet agencies his flat tax and streamlined government would eliminate – is that […]
It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention, but this takes it to a new and truly twisted level. Facing up to 15 years in prison for charges of cocaine and heroin possession, a Salt Lake City man by the name of Jaime Alvarado essentially copped a get out of jail free card by […]
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday helped North Carolina’s GOP clear a major hurdle in securing a potential path to electoral dominance for years to come, giving approval – so-called pre-clearance – to redistricting maps drawn earlier this year, despite howls from critics who claim the plans discriminate against minorities and violate the Voting […]
Giving new meaning to political royalty, the State Department, and by direct extension taxpayers, have been helping pad the sales of books penned by The One. This from the Washington Times: The State Department has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key […]
How’s that hope and change thing working? This from ZeroHedge, on GDP vs. Debt and what portends to be a very scary Halloween for the nation’s economic coffers coffins: We decided to dig into the actual numbers (cancelling out the per capital denominator as it is the same on both sides of the equation) and […]
