Whenever conservatives question stale Regressive talking points they are accused of stifling dissent. Of the five myths frequently tied to conservatism – racism, poverty, sexism and environmentalism being the first four – this is the greatest myth of all. Once again, apply the slightest common sense to the Regressive’s accusation and it melts like ice […]
No real surprise here: the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 34-0 yesterday that Rahm Emanuel’s name can remain on the Chicago mayoral ballot. OK, I kid: it was a 7-0 ruling, but with Chicago politics… This from the Chicago Tribune: The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor […]
Ignore the drivel that flowed during this week’s national kumbaya address. Social Security: bankrupt Unemployment claims: climbing, up 51K Federal deficit: through the roof, hitting $1.5 trillion Obamacare: a flood of more waivers, surging from 222 to 729 Tidy how all the numbers were released after The One’s big show.
That would be Sen. Rand Paul, in his response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Some folks might think Paul is too over-the-top unrealistic with his proposal to cut the federal deficit by $500 billion. In one year. Yet at the other end of the spectrum, we have Obama feigning a new fiscal […]
To the tune of more than $160 million worth of legal bills in civil lawsuits accusing the mortgage finance companies and former top brass of fraud. This from the New York Times: The bulk of those expenditures — $132 million — went to defend Fannie Mae and its officials in various securities suits and government […]
Well, that didn’t take long. Rahm Emanuel is back on the ballot in Chicago, after the Illinois Supreme Court today issued a stay of yesterday’s appellate court decision the yanked Emanuel’s name from the mayoral race. This from Bloomberg: The high court ordered the city’s election officials to include Emanuel’s name on any ballots printed […]
A little something to help pass the time during tonight’s national kumbaya address: the official PunditHouse State of the Union BoINGO Card. Feel free to play along at home – on the honor system, natch – by checking off any phrases or words that President Obama uses in his speech. Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only; […]
Or not. With only four weeks until Chicago’s mayoral election, and with former Team BO chief of staff Rahm Emanuel holding a big lead in most polls, an appellate court panel ruled today that Emanuel’s name should be yanked from the ballot because he did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor. The […]
I really wish that somebody had explained to me earlier in life that it’s just plain stupid to actually work for money, when you apparently can just create it out of thin air. This from Forbes: The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the […]
I’m almost reluctant to post this one, fearing, of course, that it could inspire somebody from local government to go on a social justice jag and conclude that to be world class inclusive demands Charlotte-Mecklenburg follow suite. This from FoxNews.com: “Is Berkeley Ready to Pay for Sex-Change Operations?” Apparently, it’s not a rhetorical question and […]
