http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/07/31/post-hoc-or-propter-hoc-public-union-malfeasance-meets-academic-pusillanimity A couple of days ago, in a column called “Phony Cuts/Real Taxes,” [1] I reproduced here a chart from Connecticut’s Yankee Institute for Public Policy [2] that contrasted the growth of the state’s population for the last several decades — only a tiny uptick — with the growth of state expenditures: Yes, that’s right, […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/29/obamas-economic-collapse/ Smack in the middle of the debt-ceiling crisis comes word that the economic situation is worse than everyone thought. New Commerce Department figures show the gross domestic product (GDP) growing at an anemic 1.3 percent rate in the second quarter of 2011. Even more alarming, the initial first-quarter 1.9 percent figure was sharply downgraded […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/29/perry-slams-obama-administration-conservative-summ/ DENVER — Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged conservatives Friday to “push more liberals into the private sector” in the 2012 election – including the president – but the oft-mentioned potential presidential candidate declined to say whether he had decided to enter the race himself. Speaking to a packed house at the Western Conservative Summit, […]
Losers All Around in Debt Limit Debate Posted By Rich Baehr URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/losers-all-around-in-debt-limit-debate/ The House narrowly passed John Boehner’s debt ceiling, debt reduction package on Friday with no Democratic votes. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , due to the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster, is unlikely to get much further […]
MICHAEL SANDOVAL http://www.nationalreview.com/primary-event Denver – If Amb. John Bolton decides to mount a campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, foreign policy and national defense will clearly be a cornerstone in his bid. However, when asked point blank by Centennial Institute founder and event organizer John Andrews about a possible run, Bolton refrained from any […]
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/36926#CurDomainURL#/blog.cfm AWOL Pvt. Abdo’s anti-Semitic Da’wa Rants Evident During Training PFC Nasar Jason Abdo AWOL 21 year old Pvt. Nasar Jason Abdo was arrested for his purchase of weapons and bomb making materials for an attempted Jihad attack at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. More has been revealed about Abdo’s aggressive proselytizing of his training […]
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=231506 The greatest danger to Israeli democracy emanates from those masquerading as its champions. A great hue and cry has erupted recently in the wake of a number of parliamentary initiatives undertaken by what is usually characterized – pejoratively – as the “right-wing.”The purpose of these initiatives was to place mildly onerous constraints on the […]
Mini robot fires pencil-sized projectile to burn up, neutralize IEDs http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2011/08_03/mi.asp? TEL AVIV — A state-owned firm is developing a robot designed to neutralize improvised explosive devices (IEDs).Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has reached an advanced stage in the development of its Pincher anti-IED robot. Executives said Rafael was meant to neutralize IEDs from a safe […]
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – maybe THE CRABBE IS A DEAR PAL OF MINE WITH A GREAT BLOG….SEE: http://yeoldecrabb.wordpress.com/…GETTING OLDER BY THE MINUTE AND CRABBIER BY THE SECOND An old French adage posits the more things change, the more they are the same. But that’s not always true, historiographers, those who invent […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/hundreds-of-thousands-demonstrate-in-cairo-demand-islamic-state.html EGYPT IS NOW THE ARAB “SPRING’ BOARD FOR TERROR?….STAY TUNED ….MORE COMING ALL OVER AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST….RSK Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Cairo, demand Islamic state Note the frequent use of “ultraconservatives” in this piece. Again, for AP, to be “ultraconservative” means to want Sharia, and to be “ultraconservative” means to resist […]
