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The New York Yankees fan who was caught snoozing during one of the games, and who was poked fun of by the games sports broadcasters, is now suing the world  for the remarks made against him. How comfortable is that?

It’s clear that five and a half years into his presidency, Barack Obama doesn’t give a rip about optics.  That’s why he continues to golf every weekend as the fledgling democracy of Iraq descends into violent chaos. It’s why his

Salon is not quite beyond parody as this excellent parody Twitter account demonstrates. On the other hand it gets harder every day to distinguish the real site from the jokes. Case in point, an article published today proposing that Google

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

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

Last week the White House indicated the President would respond to the border crisis by seeking authorization to expedite deportations of unaccompanied minors. But the White House has apparently reversed course since last week and will no longer seek to

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

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

According to the USA Today, the American Dream has a price tag of $130,000 for a family of four. If you are not living in a $275,000 home, spending $13,000 a year on food, driving a four-wheel-drive SUV, and spending

The Obama/Democrat messaging machine is bracing for some bad ObamaCare news that should hit voters by early Fall – right before the midterm elections. That’s when most state insurance rates are scheduled to be approved, and they’re expected to sky-rocket. The

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

While their captors were attacking a military base near Damboa, Nigeria on Friday, more than sixty woman and girls managed to escape a Boko Haram encampment. A local vigilante told journalists he had “received an alert from my colleagues… that about

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’

While Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans have bragged about their desire to destroy the so called Tea Party, or their own conservative GOP base, even their own polls are demonstrating how they may have over-reached and

In 1996, Hillary Clinton penned, It Take A Village. Currently under fire for her six figure speaking fees, it seems It takes a foundation is Hillary’s current mantra. Unfortunately, Hillary’s defense doesn’t do anything to relieve the frustration of students

At the eleven minute mark of this 15 minute interview, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is reduced to a stumbling, bumbling pile of a 47 years in Washington incumbent who can’t manage to coherently explain why he doesn’t actually live in

The White House has all but abandoned a message of income inequality it had focused on last year. It turns out Americans are not moved by the topic and prefer a message based on opportunity. The Washington Post reported yesterday

Although Jay Carney recently said in an interview that he hasn’t made any decisions about his next move, sources inside MSNBC are saying the former White House flack is in talks for a contributor position there. “I’m not going to go back

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.

A new conventional wisdom is forming which says Democrat’s gaffes don’t matter because they aren’t connected to (bad) Republican policies. There’s a grain of truth to this argument and yet it misses the big picture. Hillary’s policy positions won’t be

Signing the Declaration of Independence was not without its costs. Below are quotes are  from some of the signers of  America’s Declaration of Independence. There, I guess King George will be able to read that. – John Hancock They that

Appearing on a Kansas City local radio talk show on KCMO Thursday morning, Senator Pat Roberts made a verbal gaffe that plays right into his primary opponent’s main talking point against him. Reports show that Roberts spends very little time his

In a piece published in the Washington Post, former Venezuelan journalist Rafael Osío Cabrices describes his decision to leave the country with his family and become an immigrant in another land. We were proud of the job we were doing

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

Bill Ayers had been in the news again lately after agreeing to be interviewed by Fox’s Megyn Kelly this week. This brings up one of the most contested issues from the 2008 race when Democrats insisted Obama had only a

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

You might have seen some online chatter about a new series of elevated terror warnings at international airports.  The UK Telegraph explains what it’s all about: Terrorists are plotting to use new stealth bombs in laptops and even humans to

If a ballot proposition passes later this year, the state of California will be in control of setting insurance rate increases. Proposition 45 has already been placed on the ballot for 2014. It would allow the state’s insurance commissioner to

In response to How Long Until Tim Howard Gets Tim Tebow’d?: I can’t give you a calendar date for the potential end of Tim Howard-mania, but I can tell you the event that would precipitate it: if he says anything

In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, the Obama administration received an important letter on Tuesday signed by “14 different religious leaders, including Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church in California, Gabe Lyons of Q Ideas, and Michael

While many moderate Republican talking heads continue to push the narrative that the Tea Party is dead and buried, it simply isn’t supported by events on the ground. The New York Times recently credited the conservative wing of the GOP

Democratic Governor Jerry Brown once fought to keep out South Vietnamese refugees from being delivered to his state during his first stint as governor of California in the 1970’s. Although he remains silent on the crisis that is happening on

I’m not a soccer fan and didn’t pretend to be these last few weeks.  I am a fan of America though, so I rooted for our team and its break-out star, Tim Howard.  He’s been making the media rounds, but