Democrats are curious creatures. Remember when cigarette taxes couldn’t be lowered because we had to have that revenue? Crisis! Economic collapse! Well, this week Democrats are giving up tobacco revenue to make smoking illegal.
Left-Wing Bread and Circuses – Star Witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman Commits Perjury
We now know with relatively high confidence why the lefty media has been so protective of Lt Col. Alexander Vindman. He appears to be a leaker and it looks like he is also a liar.
Tales from the BudComm – about that $100,000?
For you folks out there on BudComms how many of the departments, Municipal or School District, have revolving funds? Yeah, a bit wonkier than my normal Tales from the Budcomm (TftBC) posts but this is important. What’s a revolving fund and why am I writing about it?
Ann Kuster and Another Opioid Knights of the Round Table
Congresswoman Ann Kuster recently held an opioid crisis roundtable in New Hampshire (DC). A meeting of stakeholders working out how to get more money from the federal government to address a problem created and exacerbated by Ann Kuster.
“Of the beginning of Civil Society” – Part 2
We see this delegation and retention of power in Exodus 22. In general, the adjudication of theft is left to society. The theft is brought before the judges to determine guilt and the amount that must be repaid. However, it begins in Exodus 22:2 with the principle that there is no guilt in killing someone who breaks into your house at night.
“Of the beginning of Civil Society” – Part 1
John Locke having defined what qualifies as a civil society in Chapter Seven. That it is not merely family groups, or master-slave relationships, but is a coming together of equals for mutual benefit and protection. He opened with this declaration which ought to be familiar to the people of New Hampshire.
22.1 Million Illegal Immigrants
An MIT-Yale study of government data finds the current population in the country to be 22.1 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. That means we currently have an illegal alien population of about 6.7%. That’s more than one in every 20 people in the country is here illegally. The number of illegal immigrants in the … Read more
South Dakota Taxpayers shell out $450k to Declare “We’re on Meth”
File this under #GovernmentFail… a shining example of just how badly people can screw something up when they are spending other people’s money, for the purported benefit of someone else. (See Milton Friedman’s Four Ways to Spend Money.)
The Culture & Religion of Peace Teaches Children to Shoot Jews
Official Palestinian Authority TV has run a blatantly anti-Semitic series that ignores factual history and features an adult man teaching a child how to shoot “the Jews,” and characterizes the Jewish people as “cowards,” rapists, “impure schemers,” and “the enemy.”
The Patriot Initiative goes to UNH- Interviews with students
Last month, Turning Point USA held an event at UNH in Durham. Charlie Kirk and Senator Rand Paul were the featured speakers. The Patriot Initiative went to get a sense of what students currently think about the culture war. Questions were asked on a few topics facing the nation, including tolerance on college campus. The … Read more
I have a Theory Why Democrats Shifted to Bribery to justify Impeachment (Despite no Evidence)
The Democrat impeachment game is always changing but for the moment, it has settled on bribery. Maybe (just maybe) because the word bribery is actually in the constitution. Great. What a huge step forward. And a bigger step back. There is even less evidence of bribery.
Destruction of Our Constitution Death of the Nation
The subject of impeachment has always been accompanied by solemn pronouncements. We must invoke it sparingly and not for narrow partisan or political purposes. The use of impeachment is to be for extreme cases; to preserve the Constitution and the rule of law.
An Open Letter to Senator Jeanne Dietsch
Dear Senator Dietsch; In your letter today slamming ‘libertarianism’ you seem to insinuate that Government solved the slavery problem. While that may be true, in part, in the United States, it is not a fact globally. There are, according to estimates, over 40 million humans still being victimized by one form of slavery or another … Read more
Is Elizabeth Warren’s Strength her Biggest Weakness? And Can It take The Democrat Party Down with Her
Even if you hate the New England Patriots, they do one thing well. Each week they focus on neutralizing their opponent’s biggest strength. Liz Warren thinks her biggest strength is planning. She has plans. But could it also be her biggest weakness?
Lessons in Left-Wing Activism are Now Part of Elementary School Curriculum
Very few things about this hobby make me go, ‘what the..?’. This, I admit, comes close. Public schools are not just filling heads with progressive mush. The curriculum includes educating elementary school kids in radicalized left-wing community organizing.
So a TV show predicted AOC and Bernie??
While the show offered a sense of an idyllic lifestyle of eternal beaches, sunny (mostly) and temperate clime, and that food was never an issue. I just could never figure out, even as a kid watching the show, how could that radio’s batteries last so long??? Not only that, but it appeared their clothes never … Read more
It’s a Global Tea Party! Tax Revolts Worldwide
It’s a Global Tea Party! Tax Revolts Worldwide Chile: Government raised subway fares – riots ensue. Iran: religious dictators triple the price of gas – now mullahs have riots on their bloody hands as well as a crashing economy.
The U.S. Constitution and Executive Power
The American presidency is a political and constitutional institution. It has been one of the most successful features of our constitution in protecting the liberties of the American people. More than any other branch it has fulfilled the expectations of the framers.
What to do with all those climate deniers? Ask you know who:
(H/T: Powerline) You know, the Climate Change fanatics are absolutists – there is only “their” way. Almost as bad as university Speech Code Police but just the fact that the former use the word “denier”, they show that Climate Catastrophe aren’t science driven – it is more religion. And nothing says religious in imposing it … Read more