In response to Illegal Immigration Influx Along US Southern Border Is A National Security Issue : You’re absolutely right, from the standpoint of thwarting not just terrorists, but also gang members and individual criminals. While we wait for the terrorists
by John Hayward17 Jul 2014, 8:13 AM PST0
While we’re busy retiring the phony Obama talking point about how a 2008 anti-human-trafficking law means he can’t do anything to repel the human wave coming out of Central America, let’s also dispense with the equally bogus talking point that
by John Hayward16 Jul 2014, 1:28 PM PST0
In response to Congressional Democrats Stonewalling Any Border Fix: It’s not surprising to see this sad little spectacle, as Democrats scramble to block any fixes to the law they claimed, just days ago, was tantamount to the hellish George Bush
by John Hayward16 Jul 2014, 9:26 AM PST0
I’ve been fascinated by the search for extraterrestial life since I was a little kid, so I wasted no time clicking on the Drudge Report’s headline about NASA saying that the discover of intelligent life on other worlds was less
by John Hayward15 Jul 2014, 9:36 AM PST0
In response to Bowe Bergdahl Returns To Regular Duty As ‘Investigation’ Ensues: I heard some reasonable theories yesterday that Bergdahl was returned to active duty because if the military cut him loose, it would be harder to pursue the investigation
by John Hayward15 Jul 2014, 7:17 AM PST0
In response to Three More Reasons to Appreciate Rush Limbaugh: You wouldn’t happen to have anyone else in mind as a contrast to those three excellent points about Rush Limbaugh, would you? Hmm… a prominent conservative media figure who recently
by John Hayward14 Jul 2014, 9:38 AM PST0
Further evidence that “hashtag diplomacy” is worse than useless, as the Islamist thugs of Boko Haram release a video mocking the weepy efforts to beg them to release the large number of young women they have abducted: By “bring back
by John Hayward14 Jul 2014, 7:44 AM PST0
In response to Obama, Democrats Self-Destructing Over Immigration Policy: I think one reason this situation is souring badly enough for even the Washington Post to sound red alerts is that it’s the crisis next door for everyone. It’s not just
by John Hayward13 Jul 2014, 3:45 PM PST0
There’s actually a smartphone app for tracking terrorist rocket attacks on Israel. Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) was meeting with the Israeli ambassador on Friday when the Ambassador’s phone started popping off with red alert messages, prompting the Congressman to install
by John Hayward12 Jul 2014, 7:12 AM PST0
Facebook is a fascinating success story (good enough to make a movie about!) but that story might be entering its final chapter, as Robin Harris of ZDNet cites search-engine data that suggests interest in Facebook has already peaked, and is
by John Hayward11 Jul 2014, 2:03 PM PST0
Jonah Goldberg at National Review has a fine column today in which he dynamites the Obama talking point that our cross-border invasion is a flood of refugees from shocking new war-zone conditions in Central America, and has nothing to do
by John Hayward11 Jul 2014, 8:22 AM PST0
House Speaker John Boehner wants to push back against Barack Obama’s abuses of power with a lawsuit, which couldn’t possibly accomplish anything until Obama was out of office. Sarah Palin is talking about impeaching him, which is the Constitutionally-provided tool
by John Hayward10 Jul 2014, 11:34 AM PST0
The ongoing exposure of the Surveillance State from materials appropriated by Edward Snowden continues, as Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain at The Intercept report that five Muslim Americans with no detectable link to national-security threats were treated to the old
by John Hayward10 Jul 2014, 10:52 AM PST0
My spin-detection antennae went up as soon as I heart numerous people on the Left, almost simultaneously, begin fretting that Obama’s refusal to visit the border in Texas could be his “Katrina moment.” Something fishy is going on when everyone
by John Hayward9 Jul 2014, 9:46 AM PST0
Hey, remember when everyone was upset because Obama’s deliberately-created border crisis was going to cost taxpayers $2 billion for refugee care? No one should be surprised that the tab has already jumped to $3.7 billion, or that the Republican Party
by John Hayward9 Jul 2014, 9:22 AM PST0
The strange story of Diane Stretton, widely known as the “Nanny From Hell” (evidently sometimes known less poetically as the “Won’t-Go Nanny” by some local media) has been bubbling along for about a month now. In short, Stretton is an
by John Hayward8 Jul 2014, 11:33 AM PST0
In response to Hillary Changes Story on Rapist Defense, Claims She Had No Choice: Boy, you can tell this whole “Hillary Tapes” thing really struck a nerve. She’s taking a huge chance by attempting to brazenly rewrite history, and… well,
by John Hayward8 Jul 2014, 10:45 AM PST0
One of the strangest little corners of the Internet is the CIA’s official Twitter feed, which went live a month ago with a hilarious message: “We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first Tweet.” What ensued was
by John Hayward7 Jul 2014, 6:23 PM PST0
In response to ”USA Today’ Knows Nothing About the American Dream: If you’ll permit me a bit of drive-by cross-linking, this is part of what I was talking about earlier with the “Takers who are also Makers” post. Part of
by John Hayward7 Jul 2014, 2:58 PM PST0
Last week, we heard about an epidemic of lice and scabies running through the population of young illegal aliens surging across the border and piling up in refugee camps for temporary storage, before they can be dispersed across the United
by John Hayward7 Jul 2014, 11:39 AM PST0
I thought I’d grown numb to the media’s relentless efforts to manufacture good news for Barack Obama, but the June unemployment report really takes the cake. It was almost universally reported as phenomenal good news, with caveats brusquely related 10
by John Hayward7 Jul 2014, 8:03 AM PST0
The two biggest, most corrupt disasters in the history of Big Government collide, as whistleblower Scott Davis from the Atlanta branch of the VA tells the same story we’ve heard many times before, from around the country – 17,000 veterans’
by John Hayward6 Jul 2014, 2:24 PM PST0
One bit of evidence I presented in May, to back up the contention that the Obama Administration is unwise to cede Internet control to an international body, was the creation of a “right to be forgotten” by Europe’s highest court.
by John Hayward5 Jul 2014, 5:58 AM PST0
Gaze not overlong into the Facebook abyss, for it gazes also into you. And messes with your timeline, to manipulate your emotional state and monitor the results. One of my all-time favorite “Dilbert” cartoons highlighted the danger of not
by John Hayward3 Jul 2014, 3:27 PM PST0
Here’s a little dose of “leadership” from the most divisive President in modern history: Throwback to last week when a woman–not her boss–made her own decisions about her health care. #TBT pic.twitter.com/xmQ5e7DFmW — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 3, 2014 This
by John Hayward3 Jul 2014, 1:30 PM PST0