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Google Needs Extra Time to Spy on Your Kids

It seems that Google is constantly falling afoul of conservatives, consumers, pundits, regulators and really everyone else on earth (except for the Obama campaign) for its privacy-infringing tendencies. It got ...

A Timeline of Islamic Expansion In The Dark Ages

Let me put down here some facts that are worth returning to from time to time, as arguments over the history of Islam and Islamism are back in the news with today’s beheading in London. In debates over the history of tension between Muslims and Christians, the Crusades are often cited, out of their historical context, as the original cause of such clashes, as if | Read More »

Barack Obama finally cops to ordering a drone strike on an American citizen…

The New York Times baldly says why (bolding mine): “One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.” Best to have that finally on the record before said speech, eh? – Particularly since the administration needs to tread | Read More »

Why Jindal is Right To Reject Medicaid Expansion

Right now, the Louisiana Legislature is considering legislation to force Governor Jindal to accept the Medicaid expansion portion of Obamacare, and some Republican legislators are supporting it. While I may not agree with our governor 100 percent of the time, Gov. Jindal is 100 percent right in rejecting the expansion. Over time, the Medicaid expansion will impose a greater financial burden on Louisiana’s state government, | Read More »

“Immigration Reform” and Political Parlance

The best way to win a political argument is by manipulating the rhetoric used to describe the two sides in a debate.  The Democrats and the Chuck Schumer Republicans have done a marvelous job hijacking the term “reform” and deriding those who oppose their bill to grant mass amnesty, double record immigration levels, and hamper future enforcement, as anti “immigration reform.”  They have repeated the | Read More »

Jesus Vs. Muhammad: Steven Crowder Goes There (Again)

Four years ago, comedian and Fox News contributor Steven Crowder issued his first Qur’an Challenge video wherein he explored who Muhammad was and if the Muslim religion really was the “religion of peace.”   He asked viewers to let him know if he was misinterpreting the Qur’an and/or if anything had changed in the religion since the book was first written.  The video was a hit | Read More »

Democrats, Corruption … and Pie

First Bill Jefferson, now Martha Shoffner. Cash-filled pie boxes are a recurring theme among corrupt Democrats.

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The Permit Power, The IRS and The Troll Under The Bridge

Since August or September of 480BC, Western Culture has been well aware of the power multiplier that comes with establishing and holding a choke point. When King Leonidas of Sparta held a vast army of Persians at bay for several days with a smaller force at Thermopylae; the world then knew that chokepoints were strategic fulcrums from whence power could be leveraged far beyond its initial limits. The economic analog to such a chokepoint is the monopoly. The government permit power is just such a chokepoint generating function to empower the state beyond its circumscribed constitutional limits.

When the government controls activity via permit, they are able to do several things that go far beyond their enumerated Constitutional powers. They can pick winners and losers. They can dictate the size and scope of activities without having to depend on the approval of courts or legislators. An agency wielding permit power can skim a surplus off the top through fees that go beyond the cost of providing inspection and certification related to the permit. Like a gang of brigands controlling a bridge, a regulating agency can use the permit power to dictate who gets to pass, how much traffic traverses the road and how much in bribes have to be paid in order to get across the river

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Join the Relief Effort for Victims of the Devastating Tornado in Oklahoma

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Kristina Ribali to discuss her work with The Blaze and their Mercury One charity to help victims of the devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma earlier this week, the 24 hour telethon they are having tomorrow on The Blaze Radio and how you can contribute to their relief efforts.

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It’s the ‘Wacko Birds’ vs. the Wackos Again

If I were granted one wish about the state of today’s politics it would be for the Democrats to be saddled with their own version of John McCain.  Once again, McCain is working to score points for Democrats and undermine Cruz/Paul and Lee – the “Wacko Birds” – in their attempt to prevent a free debt ceiling increase. Back in January, Republicans and conservatives got | Read More »

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  • #rsrh QotD, Lamar! edition.: http://t.co/GppYfXeoMo
  • #rsrh Quick poll of the readership: should Scott Walker run in '16?: http://t.co/vCY3KEfZ9F
  • #rsrh At-risk Senate seats, 05/22/2013 assessment.: http://t.co/ofhRc29HvH
  • #rsrh FBI agent shoots, kills person 'of interest' wrt Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.: http://t.co/oJTfsoQisj
  • Some say Schumer was upset when Reid won reelection. Nah..He got a better job. He's now GOP leader #rsrh
  • It is stupefying that Republicans would grant Obama the biggest victory of his presidency while he is embroiled in scandal #rsrh
  • #rsrh The Nation calls out the Center for American Progress for *selling* out to corporations.: http://t.co/NHa5LRMtDu
  • #rsrh For the record: I think the WH is telling the Journolisters that Eric Holder is resigning.: http://t.co/o7NyxRRJtA
  • #rsrh Lois Lerner to take the Fifth tomorrow on role in IRS attacks on Tea Party.: http://t.co/610sGda1XD
  • #rsrh The New York Times sub rosa declares for the Obama administration in DoJ/AP dispute.: http://t.co/CBkkG5VPVc
  • Dems just voted against an amdt to block the refundable portion of child tax credit for *future* illegals #rsrh
  • #rsrh Eugene Robinson... points out troublesome behavior from Obama towards the press.: http://t.co/5M215jxCPT
  • IRS scandal should remind us why campaign finance 'reform' is so pernicious: it lets govt regulate politics. #rsrh
  • Democrats just rejected an amendment to ban gang members from receiving amnesty. You can't make this stuff up #rsrh
  • #rsrh Oh wow this is not good news for the Obama administration.: http://t.co/z1DFaFLMJt
  • Dems opposing amdt to block asylum status for those who return to their country just like the Boston bomber's parents #rsrh
  • Obama met with IRS union cheif the day before they targeted the TEA Party http://t.co/wDfiFPf4PR http://t.co/4XcOEk7N4J #RSRH
  • Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel launches campaign for U.S. Senate. http://goo.glXlqik A fresh voice. #GAsen #RSRH
  • Unions representing 20,000 federal immigration enforcement agents oppose Senate immigration bill. http://t.co/O772pQ4faJ #cir #RSRH
  • #rsrh QotD, The Thing About #Benghazi Is That It Was Sadly Predictable edition.: http://t.co/WYhI1KqYZb
  • #rsrh Why Dan Pfeiffer called the law 'irrelevant.' (Spoiler: so people won't go to jail.): http://t.co/FIUsVs2hcS
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  • #rsrh This would be EW Jackson http://t.co/uvAr803kta This is suddenly going to be a MUCH more entertaining VA-LTGOV race. (via @JohnG405)
  • #rsrh Of *course* Ed Markey is hiding from Massachusetts voters.: http://t.co/kzUef1Pq2O
  • #rsrh Hastily-retiring Max Baucus suggests more IRS revelations.: http://t.co/ElYCPYsZ4k
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  • #rsrh Let me just be honest here about 'Watergate.': http://t.co/WLu6UrRQ0F
  • Well, you learn something every day. #eggonmyface #rsrh http://t.co/5jK2SUHwee
  • How does burning 6 lbs of gasoline generate almost 20 lbs of CO2? #junkscience #conservationofmass #rsrh http://t.co/5B19gPSB7p
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