We are navigating through truly uncharted political and economic territory. Members of the financial cognoscenti have freshly alluded to the notion of the ‘government bubble’ as the next blow to the world economic order. Since 2008 we have seen the
From Reuters: A judge in Florida on Monday became the second judge to declare President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, appointed
This past fortnight has delivered us citizen uprisings against the (to varying degrees) totalitarian governments in the Muslim-majority nations of Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen. It now appears that the Ba’athist Syrian regime also sees something coming their way. Flashback
It probably has something to do with the fact that the Iranian mullahs are willing to be as brutal as necessary to stay in power. Reuters is reporting that a Dutch citizen arrested after the Iranian protests of 2009 has
The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner recently hosted a dinner for the man who’s holding the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner in prison. The Hollywood community and their human rights lobby were oddly silent on this event. Could it be
Catherine Ashton of the European Union paid a visit to Iran. Apparently she was too hot to handle for Iranian censors. Here’s a photo of that visit from Reuters: And here’s same scene, with a different neckline, published in the
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets012611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Jim Pethokoukis and Pejman Yousefzadeh to discuss last night’s State of the Union speech. We’re brought
According to Reuters, Senate Leaders are considering a law allowing states to declare bankruptcy. (Yeah, that will end well.) As the article notes, the states’ biggest problem is paying pensions and benefits to its retired workers. Thanks Big Labor!
For those of you unfamiliar with the Parents Television Council, it is an apolitical organization with a politically diverse advisory board, and was founded by the great Brent Bozell with the primary goal in mind of of keeping politics out
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets012011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Scott Conroy, a reporter for Real Clear Politics, to talk about Sarah Palin’s early groundwork in
From Reuters: President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday loosening more restrictions on U.S. travel and money remittances to Cuba, a further step in his efforts to reach out to the people of the communist-ruled country. The latest
From Reuters: The House of Representatives will resume debate next week on legislation to repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday. The House had been expected to act this week on the repeal
It is only the middle of the week of referendum voting, but Reuters, Al Jazeera, the BBC and other media all report that South Sudan’s leadership is indicating that the 60% threshold of registered voters has now been passed by
After a Pakistani Governor who opposed strict blasphemy laws was assassinated last week, thousands have rallied in the streets to support the law that he opposed. Popular support for strict Shariah adherence is nothing new in Pakistan according to Diana
Why is the lead investigator opining about a case which he should be investigating instead of using for political spin? [youtube FyJMS16u8uM nolink] It’s irrelevant to me that Dupnik is a Democrat and an elected official; he should not be
Poor Robert Gibbs. In what are his apparently final days in the White House, you’d think he’d like to take some last wistful walks around the place and maybe stop by a going away party or two. Instead, it looks
From Reuters: Republicans roared to victory in the November congressional elections by targeting President Barack Obama’s fiscal policies and asking, “Where are the jobs?” Once they take power from Obama’s Democrats in the House of Representatives when the new Congress
2011 – 2050 trends for the New Year affecting two competitors in a dangerous world: Saudi Arabia and China. Good news if we take charge of the situation; not so much if we wait, deer-in-the-headlights, in the mode of the
Just in time for Christmas, Muslim terrorists deployed a new weapon: the Burqa. But few in the American Make-Believe Media seem impressed. In fact, coverage of the Burqa Bomber by Reuters and CBS News was dwarfed by that of traditional
It was a press conference pep rally: Barack Obama held a press conference the other afternoon after Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed and the liberal Senate passed START Treaty and the 9-11 Emergency Responder’s Bill. The first reporter Caren
On Sunday, 10,000 red-shirted protesters from the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) crowded into a major intersection in central Bangkok, according to Bangkok Post. Thailand’s red-shirt protests (Bangkok Post) They were commemorating the 91 protesters that were killed
What would we ever do without the Hollywood left, especially Michael Moore (and, of course, Keith Olbermann), and his special way of setting off a firestorm every time he opens his mouth. For such a tolerant leftist, he is short
Yemeni authorities in Sana’a prevented a bomb attack on a car carrying four U.S. Embassy personnel, the U.S. State Department reported Thursday. On Wednesday, police caught a Jordanian citizen as he attempted to plant explosives next to the car, which
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets121710.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss what the dead $1.1 Trillion Omnibus spending bill means for small businesses,
A leader of a homegrown terror cell plotting an attack that would be “bigger than the World Trade Center” was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. A federal judge rejected the pleas of leniency from Abdul Kadir, a former
