Tech at Night: It’s easier to get private Broadband than public Water. Google and eBay take stances.

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  May 4th at 12:30 AM  | 

So the left is mad that the President’s new pick for Commerce isn’t totally in the pocket of the unions, and they’re mad the new pick for FCC, Tom Wheeler, isn’t a radical socialist like Bernie Sanders. I’m not all that optimistic about either pick though. The President is choosing bundlers for personal loyalty, which means radicalism on his terms, but still radicalism.

This is amazing though, and this is something the radicals will never tell you: more Americans lack access to public water than to broadband Internet. Twice as many, in fact. Government is a failure, compared with private competition.

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Energy Week in Review

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  March 30th at 11:01 AM  | 

Dispatch from the Oil Patch for the week ending March 29, 2013

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Ron DeSantis Wants to End the Palestinian Charade

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 21st at 02:49 PM  | 

One of the more intractable components of our foreign policy dating back to the Clinton years has been the obsession of creating a Palestinian state.  The career egghead diplomats in the State Department believed that if we would only send billions in aid to the venerable leaders of the Palestinian Authority and grant them statehood, they would put down their terror toys and sing kumbaya.  | Read More »

The Unique Challenges Israel’s IDF Faces

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  March 20th at 09:04 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by a Major in Israel’s IDF to discuss the challenges Israelis face with a war so close to home, an enemy that blends so easily into the background and the role of UAVs in modern warfare.

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What New Conservative Members Need to Know About AIPAC

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 7th at 10:48 AM  | 

Roll Call reports today that teams of AIPAC lobbyists are fanning out across the Capitol in an effort to block sequester cuts for Israeli foreign aid.  We’re talking about a $155 million cut from $3.1 billion, for goodness sakes. Nonetheless, here’s a novel idea that would kill two birds with one stone.  Egypt receives about $1.5 billion in foreign aid per year.  Additionally, Obama is | Read More »

Chuck Hagel’s Israel Problem

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  January 9th at 10:04 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Aaron Blake to discuss Joe Biden’s courting of the NRA, how Chuck Hagel’s past comments on Israel are causing him problems on both sides of the aisle during his confirmation, and why potential 2016 candidates are being so brash.

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A handy checklist for the rumored Chuck Hagel appointment.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

Just some things to keep in mind: Chuck Hagel has a problem with Israel. Specifically – and as per the, um, National Jewish Democratic Council – Chuck Hagel has a real problem with supporting Israel over the terrorist groups that have been trying to destroy Israel within my lifetime, and probably yours as well. It was reported that American Jewish leaders gave administration staffers an | Read More »

Jed Babbin Talks Fiscal Cliff and the Middle East

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  December 5th at 10:02 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by Jed Babbin to discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations, why Republicans are losing the argument over taxation and our damaged image in the Middle East.

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Can We Finally Bury the Palestinian Fairy Tale?

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  November 30th at 08:36 AM  | 

Nothing has illustrated the definition of insanity more than the cycle of propping up the Palestinian Authority under the the assumption that they are moderates, in the hopes of achieving peace.  Yesterday’s vote by the UN to recognize a Palestinian country on parts of Israel’s sovereign territory should be the final straw to end this craziness that has consumed our foreign policy for 20 years. | Read More »

Tech at Night: Google back on the Net Neutrality train. Anonymous declares war on Israel.

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  November 18th at 04:00 AM  | 

Hey everyone. Sorry for not doing this Friday night. I was a bit out of it. So, we’re doing this Saturday night.

Some people just don’t learn, though. Google is still defending Net Neutrality incredibly enough. So are Facebook and Netflix, by the way (shameless plug for Amazon Prime streaming alternative).

Of course, there’s a problem here: Google’s PAC splits evenly D/R in donations, but The people of Google lean so far left they gave $737k to Obama, versus $31k to Romney. Think about that. Mo wonder they’re still trying to feed a beast of regulation that may try to break it up.

If anything does in Bay area innovators, it’ll be their slavish devotion to big-government Democrats.

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Tech at Night: We need to attack the core problem of state-run cyber attacks, not grow government

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 8th at 11:30 PM  | 

So, more cybersecurity. The government is starting to recognize state actors online, which makes sense given that enemies like Iran aren’t shy about it. That’s good. Recognizing fact is a prerequisite to making good policy. But I think trying to dictate to private business is the wrong idea. Huawei and ZTE may be organs of the People’s Liberation Army, which would make it a good | Read More »

Charles Boustany: The Most Pro-Palestinian Republican in Congress

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  September 28th at 01:21 PM  | 

The primaries ended a long time ago, and we are all focused assiduously on the general election.  However, there is one major Republican primary contest that is still outstanding.  The member-on-member battle between conservative Jeff Landry and pro-Palestinian leftist Charles Boustany in Louisiana District 3. Louisiana holds a jungle primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, are put on the same ballot on | Read More »

Why Do They Hate Us? Because It Works Like Hell.

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  September 12th at 11:30 AM  | 

People seem perplexed as to how to get what they want from our president. They claim he is aloof, out of touch and too busy fundraising with Flo-Rida and “Pimp with a limp” to properly attend to their dearest desires. Fortunately for all five or six of my constant readers, I’ve discovered the key to getting whatever you want out of Barack Obama. You beat the man into submission when he is most vulnerable. If you are nice to him instead, you will be considered weak and urinated upon accordingly.

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Democrats Exposed Naked on God and Jerusalem

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  September 6th at 12:07 PM  | 

The real momentous news at the DNC yesterday was not Bill Clinton’s Clintonian speech.  It was the imbroglio over God and Jerusalem in the party’s platform, when party leaders were forced to reinsert references to God and Jerusalem to the dismay of the party faithful.   Here are a few points to consider: 1)      The two parties are a mirror image of each other in terms | Read More »

Forward, Really?

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  September 5th at 09:27 PM  | 

Forward™ reads the DNC motto in delusional Stalinesque grandeur. They are marching beyond traditional boundaries. God is a mere delusion. Strike it from the platform. America’s love for Israel is from that crazy Jeebus Book. We can’t defend that (expletive) country in a Democratic Party platform. Plus, Progressives have moved far beyond mere serfdom or chattel slavery. We don’t belong to the landed gentry, nor are we private property. With successful nationalization; we now only belong to the Government! Big Brother is now watching – even when you skinny-dip.

The DNC has run all three ideas up the flag-pole and watched with amazement when lightning struck the same flagpole three times. The DNC has now made like Brave Sir Robin and bravely ran away. It started with the “We Only Belong to Government” agitprop from the North Carolina Central Committee. Obama couldn’t proclaim its non-existence, so he disowned the North Carolina State Party by refusing to agree that it was done in his name. This will make it vastly easier for North Carolina Democrats to disown Barack Obama while the run down-ticket this November.

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