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April 2013

Quote of the day – PJ O’Rourke

“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child – miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” H/T Jagged Rose

Governor Maggie Hassan Nominates Joseph Foster for N.H. Attorney General

I guess the good news is that Governor Hassan did not nominate gambling Lobbyist Lucy Hodder.  Instead, the Union Leader reports today that Joseph Foster is her pick for NH Attorney General. Foster is a former NH House rep 1994-1998, former State Senator from 2002 to 2008  (D- Nashua), in the employ of McLane law in Portsmouth.  (I’ve …

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Be on the Lookout. It Might Be Coming for You….

Will it creep up on you like a Democrat looking for new taxes in the night…or barrel toward you like a Mack truck, air horns blaring! Whichever it is, it is coming soon to a podcast near you.   Only we know for sure when, but soon — you’ll know too.

Pushing On A String – Dollar Without Visible Means Of Support

We already know that the Euro is pretty much held up by Leprechauns and rainbows, but what’s holding the Dollar up? Thanks to currency wars, which the G20 swore off for just long enough to hold their news conference in February, the aggressive printing of Euros and Yen are driving investors toward Dollar investments, even …

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Will Al Gore Have To Cancel His Subscription Now?

The Economist is a highly regarded global news source, though with admittedly left leaning tendencies.  Its archives provide a global and international perspective on events here in America going back to before the American Civil War.  And until recently it has been a proud sponsor of the intellectual argument for Climate change, formerly known as …

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Confessions of an Unrepentant Realist – Part 2

…continued from Part 1 It is the crowd that is asleep.  The crowd that is in denial. Some in the crowd are unpersuadable.  These are the Jacobins and 21st century Robespierre’s supporting their varietal “Committee for Public Safety”.  They are already lost.  They’ll only come round as Robespierre finally did when he caught the blade’s …

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