Stryker Corporation has announced that it will close its facility in Orchard Park, New York, eliminating 96 jobs next month. It will also counter the medical device tax in Obamacare by eliminating 5% of their global workforce, an estimated 1,170 positions. Jon
What exactly is Howard Kurtz’s job? At his blog, Kurtz is described as the guy who “virtually created the media-criticism racket,” and every Sunday on CNN he hosts a roundtable of guests who are presumably there to criticize the media,. But
Defiant and reflective, 80-year-old Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio told Breitbart News after winning re-election that he has a message for President Barack Obama: granting amnesty to illegal immigrants is unfair to legal immigrants. And Arpaio would like to
For the first time since the election and the breaking of the Petraeus scandal, White House spokesman Jay Carney held a full briefing with the White House Press Corps today. And what a shock it was to see the White House Press
He’s back. President Barack Obama reportedly asked Eric Holder to stay as attorney general after he’s inaugurated for a second term, and the controversial Cabinet head agreed. “I don’t know if everyone in the White House wants him [Holder] to
Bono temporarily warmed the hearts of conservatives everywhere recently when he embraced capitalism as a key charitable weapon. This week, the U2 lead singer is cozying up to the freshly re-elected President Barack Obama. Bono called Obama “an extraordinary man”
Last week, President Obama promised to bring people together from all sides to discuss what to do about the fiscal cliff. By all sides, he apparently meant unions, Hollywood, and wild left interest groups. Here’s the guest list today at
News that SolarCity, another recipient of millions in government largess from the Obama Administration, would be issuing an IPO forced the disclosure that the IRS and the Treasury Department were now investigating the company, and others, for potential abuse of
Last week, as the Petraeus sex scandal broke, The Mighty Charles Krauthammer said something that got a lot of play in New Media. He seemed certain that “sex” and the fact that Barack Obama was safely reelected would be the
Republicans and Democrats may end some of the the oil industry’s biggest tax breaks during the fiscal cliff negotiations in Congress. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has indicated oil industry tax breaks will be on the table during the upcoming
This past week’s installment of the Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” recalled one of the most famous and daring Special Forces missions in modern history. The “Operation Thunderbolt” episode reviewed a military action best known as the raid on Entebbe, the Israeli
The United States of America just re-elected the most radical president in its history after four years in which he expanded the power of the state, spent lavishly on redistributive programs, and adopted a policy of “leading from behind” in
Reports claim that Attorney General Eric Holder learned of the investigation into CIA Director David Petraeus’ affair with Paula Broadwell during the summer of 2012 but said nothing. Allegedly, Holder and the rest of the DOJ, including the FBI, sat on
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough: “I’m going to go through my emails that are far more abusive and far more threatening than the ones that this lady probably got, and I’m going to call the FBI. I’m going to demand that
Yesterday, President Obama asked Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to back off his proposed plan to unilaterally declare Palestinian statehood. According to the White House: In his discussion with President Abbas, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to Middle East peace
Two days ago, Karen Hughes, communications director for the Bush White House, announced, “If any Republican man makes a comment about rape other than it’s a heinous act, I’ll personally cut out his tongue.” Her comment was made, of course,
One week before the presidential election, a Congressional committee released Obama administration emails that showed a pattern of political pressure from President Barack Obama and others in his administration. The emails indicate favoritism toward Democrat politicians and donors in the
With Barack Obama in the White House for second term, Republicans need to dig in their heels and stick to their principles come hell or high water. Although this will lead to gridlock and stalemates on multiple fronts, it is
President Barack Obama once promised, as a U.S. Senator, to honor veterans of the Cold War, who have never received official recognition and are therefore prevented from full participation in many Veterans Day celebrations. But he never fulfilled that promise–neither
BuzzFeed Politics was forced on Friday to ask the question that all tween girls find themselves pondering about their first crush: why won’t he talk to me? Andrew Kaczynski seemed confused and distraught that President Obama issued a statement without
Even by the standards of the friday afternoon news dump tradition, yesterday’s news that Gen. David Petraeus had resigned from the CIA was a stunner. The most heralded military officer of his generation fell from grace after it was revealed
It’s known by everyone from my dog to my mailman that Hollywood is filled with left-leaning “artists” who make lazy ads for President Barack Obama and yell at anything that can even be perceived as conservative. Some of these artists
Today, Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, called on President Obama to identify White House staff members who may have unlawfully disclosed intelligence on the Benghazi attack to journalist Leslie Gelb. Last month
The lines are now set for the battle over the fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff, which is a combination of expiring lower tax rates and automatic cuts to government spending, largely focused on the military, is set to cripple our
