Iran is a naughty little nation. Not so little. But they are proud to be the world’s leading supporter of international terrorism. They seize oil tankers in the Gulf. Block IAEA Inspectors. Ignore European outreach. And have been enriching uranium in violation of international treaty. And they want reparations from the US.
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Stimulus
Biden-Republican Seems Genuinely Shocked That Biden Intends to Govern as a Socialist
So Biden-Republican Michael Graham appears genuinely shocked that Joe Biden really means to follow through on all those things he pledged/promised in the primary: From the article linked in the last screenshot: Giving away $800 billion in direct stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits will be easy. … But the plan also includes a $350 … Read more
As Pelosi Touts 600 Dollar Stimulus Payout “Crumbs” Remark Continues to Age Badly
The Trump tax cuts fueled an economic boom that set records. Unemployment for minorities, women, youth, everyone collapsed. You didn’t just benefit from a tax cut. You got a job, a better job, more money in your pocket, and lasting peace of mind. In 2018 Pelosi, famously, called it crumbs.
Blogline of the Day – OK, appeal to their own self interest
SEEN ON FACEBOOK: “If they handed out stimulus checks at the voting booths, people would find a way to get there. Guaranteed.”
Going to Recess Instead of Problem Solving
In a true exhibition of leadership, the House of Representatives is going to recess instead of problem-solving. There is $1-$3.5 trillion coronavirus stimulus measure hanging fire. There are multiple versions of the bill. The negotiations have been ongoing. The latest stumbling block is USPS funding.
The Limitless (Constitutional) Hypocrisy of the Democrats
This: I’m not going to opine on the dispute between Sununu and the Democrats about who controls the Coronavirus money shipped to the State by the Feds. That’s besides the point. The point is that the Democrats don’t really give a damn about the Constitution. It is, to them, just something to be invoked when … Read more
Union Leader Now Carrying Water for Jeanne Shaheen on Coronavirus
This: The linked “article”, if you want to be kind and call it that, resembles John DiStaso’s “coverage” – essentially cutting and pasting Jeanne Shaheen’s press release and signing your name to it: The grants come on top of $1.25 billion New Hampshire will receive under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, the … Read more
Democrat State Senator Melanie Levesque Vows to Use Money From Just-Passed Stimulus-Bill to Turn Out More Democrat Voters
This, which Melanie tweeted at 3:41 PM yesterday: The $400 million is part of the massive list of PORK that Jeanne Shaheen got added to what was supposed to be a Coronavirus-relief bill by filibustering. All the measures Melanie wants to institute in New Hampshire help Democrats and hurt Republicans. For example, “vote-by-mail” would allow … Read more
Based on the Senate Bill (as Passed) Will You Get a ‘Virus’ Stimulus Check and if so, How Much?
Working from the Senate’s Coronavirus Porkulus spendasaurus palooza bill, it is possible to determine who in the name of expanded debt service might see a check from the Feds.
About a Quarter of All Americans
About a quarter of all Americans are under orders to close up shop and stay home. Lawmakers in the District of Columbia are nearing a stimulus deal. It could pump over a trillion dollars into the economy. The agreement is on the stated need for a stimulus package. All want to limit the economic damage … Read more
Senator Rand Paul Positive for COVID-19
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tested positive for COVID-19, according to his Facebook Page. Someone wrote: Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He was not aware of … Read more
America has had its first-ever bond auction where there were no buyers…
You can pay me now or you will pay me later. That’s what your mechanic will tell you when you bring your car in. We pay for the maintenance now or we pay for the repairs later. But we are going to pay. The question is only how much and when. Is increasing national debt a good idea? And if so, how much is too much?
GrokTALK! – Electronic Health Records – Where we’ve Gone Wrong
We discuss Dr. Singer’s recent article in the Wall Street Journal and the problem with electronic Health Records (EHR’s). And the problem isn’t the EHR’s, it the government take over and how arbitrary Federal mandates have made them less effective. We also cover some of the false presumptions people have about them
GrokTALK! March 14th, 2015 with Senator Ted Cruz
This week Texas Senator Ted Cruz joins us GrokTALK!, but before that we have Dr. Jeffrey Springer on the issues with government mandates on electronic health Records, and Jane Cormier discusses Right to Life and the cultural change she sees taking shape on the issue of life Note: The first broadcast segment of today’s show … Read more
Is Senator Shaheen Your Senator…or Just the Democrat Party Senator?
New Hampshire US Senator Jeanne Shaheen is not here to talk to any little people that are not her little people. When asked a question about more spending stimulus, as recommended by President Obama, that would be more debt spending at the expense of our children and their children, she couldn’t even be bothered to respond. I guess she’s … Read more
Obama Promises – when does this expiration date come up for renewal?
Pray tell, if he can’t keep his promise of better results on unemployment on a massive $1 Trillion Stimulus, what is his promise on the newest $50 Billion one he wants as part of the Fiscal Cliff? (H/T: AEI)
You’ve Heard of Make Work Jobs? How About No Work Jobs?
Four more years of this? It’s the Democrat Potemkin Jobs Plan. We give foreign companies US tax dollars to open a building for people to show up at to do nothing. Now that is what you call a Green Job. Forward!
President Obama Inherited an Economy Coming Out of a Recession – Yes, You Read That Right.
For years now, and especially recently, we’ve been awash in rhetoric that claims that President Obama inherited a recession and that without spending $831,000,000,000 in stimulus money we don’t have the United States would enter into a depression.
The president’s door-to-door acolytes continue to hose the unlucky that answers the knock with claims that the president couldn’t do in 4 years what it took FDR 12 to accomplish. The premise of this hogwash implies that the two conditions are comparable. They’re not. FDR was dealing with an actual depression (and protracting it, in my view, see Robert Higgs’ “Depression, War, and Cold War” for more information) and this president was not.
Well the acolytes can keep blasting the firehouse of mistaken rhetoric, but anyone that decides to shelter themselves from this falsehood can do so. President Obama inherited an economy coming out of a recession.
The Question For Our Time
In the historic Presidential tradition of leaving phrases imbued into the mind of the citizenry to echo for generations, one of the phrases for this era is crystallizing. Remember Kennedy’s, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”, or Reagan’s, “Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall”, … Read more
Obama Fail Spotlight: I Will Go Line By Line to Remove Wasteful Earmarks…
If you missed this post, there is a link to a blog that is compiling 1001 reasons to vote against Obama. There are at least 600 reasons so far. But as I reviewed the first 100, which I included in my linked post, I came across a classic Obamaism that deserved special attention.
The promise to go line by line through legislation before signing it, to remove wasteful earmarks. Of course his first major piece of spending legislation was the stimulus, and what wasn’t for public sector union bailouts was wasteful earmarks.
So Mr. Obama was either lying or he is not very good at reading legislation (A common problem for Democrats, or so I hear).
“Candidate Barack Obama publicly promises to go “line by line” through legislation to remove wasteful earmarks.”
- Obama stimulus gave $200,000 to teach Siberian lawmakers how to engage Russian policy makers in Moscow.
- Stimulus funding of $250,000 went to bug storage for an insect museum at North Carolina State University that gets 44 visitors a year.
- Gave $500,000 to put microchips in recycling bins to check up on the recycling efforts of senior citizens.
- $5 million to create a geothermal energy system for the Oak Ridge City Center shopping mall in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
- $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades.