After relenting to media requests to provide access to an initial swearing in ceremony, also live-streamed here on the Web, Democrat Bill de Blasio paid a $9 filing fee and became the 109th mayor of New York City, being sworn in
Obamacare will be one of the biggest stories of 2014, not about the website. The Obamacare hangover begins on January 1 and lasts all of 2014. The big lie of 2013 by Obama (If you like your doctor you can
After toasting the New Year at a farm in the starkly beautiful wine country near Cape Town, we arrived back in the city to see Table Mountain illuminated (finally!) from below–and a ring of fire on neighboring Devil’s Peak. The
On Monday, MSNBC’s Joy Reid, declared that the “Knockout Game” is a non-story that conservatives are going “absolutely ballistic” about in order “to stoke issues of race.” The segment in which she made the remarks was hosted by none other
If you like action movies you’ll be familiar with most of these iconic lines. There are only a couple that seem a bit out of place. The one from Steven Seagal’s Hard to Kill makes me laugh. That film was
Did anyone doubt for one second, that GLAAD and the rest of the “Queens” who are proponents of same-sex marriage, are the biggest hypocrites for protesting Duck Dynasty, yet feel it is ‘Ok’ for them to preach the same-sex agenda
Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson seems to be a little upset at what former Congressman Allen West said on Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly show, when West stated that he believes Grayson will lose to a “pretty good challenger” in the 2014
In response to Curb Your Obamacare Enthusiasm: I’m still astounded that the media is willing to sit back and take these wild figures from Administration that has repeatedly been caught lying about ObamaCare, and which also continues to claim their
Obamacare enrolled nearly 2 million people in paying plans in the first three months, which means it only fell about 50 percent short of its goal, i.e. 1.3 million people. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Obamacare
NASHUA, N.H. – Rep David Campbell, D-Nashua is the focus of a police investigation…but not for any political malfeasance. Campbell, a longtime state representative from Nashua admitted he accidentally ran over a flock of ducks outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in Nashua. It
CHINA – A 23-year-old student studying design at Jilin University in Changchun will be executed after being convicted of hanging two prostitutes and having sex with their corpses. The Daily Mail reports that the student, whose surname is Lee, told police he
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the US Government yesterday to force disclosure of the executive order dealing with electronic surveillance. The suit relates to executive order 12333 that governs surveillance of foreign entities. Under the order, the
Doug Ellin, the creator and producer of the HBO television series Entourage, tweeted out a pretty nasty remark to ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch Phil Robertson on December 22. : I think it would be a better show if gay people got
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – On November 24, at about 1 a.m., members of the Bakersfield Police Department were dispatched to the 700 block of Geneva Avenue after shots were reportedly fired. When they arrived, officers found a crowd gathered and the body
TAMPA, Florida – Late Sunday evening, police arrested 24-year-old Jonathan Charles Stevens after they say he hit the red and blue flashing lights in Chevrolet Tahoe to stop a Tampa officer to report a reckless driver in Ybor City. Stevens
Following through on a campaign promise, New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has pronounced the traditional horse drawn carriage industry in NYC’s Central Park “over,” claiming he will act quickly to end a practice he views as inhumane. Unfortunately,
The NY Times published a lengthy story by David Kirkpatrick Saturday which attempts to explain what took place last September 11th in Benghazi. Much of the story confirms things reported elsewhere, but the author comes to a different conclusion about
This will seem a bit random but, has anyone else noticed that according to Obama Nation, and the its press shop (NBC, CBS, ABC, NY Times, Wash Post, etc.) it is ‘Ok’ to bash the Catholic Church for opposing same-sex
Big Labor wins court battle in Washington State, and now employers in SeaTac, Washington wil have to pay transportation and hotel workers $15 an hour. The minimum wage was $9.32, but with the new ruling, employers will look to cut
In response to Whitewashing al-Qaeda involvement in Benghazi: John notes that “the people who were in Libya on 9/11/12 are said to be angry at the Grey Lady for its assertions.” “Angry” might be an understatement. According to Fox News’ Adam Housley,
Hundreds of messages proclaiming Iranian resistance to the United States have been published as comments on Barack Obama’s official Facebook page. “Hey America, Be Angry at Us and Die of This Anger, Go Die” is one of many which have
The past two weeks in South Africa have provided an opportunity for me to catch up with local politics. From afar, it has often looked quite petty, as personality conflicts and the peculiar Kremlinology of the ANC capture national attention.
In response to Even Democrat Adam Schiff Doesn’t Buy NYT’s Benghazi Story: I’ve seen a good deal of head-scratching about this portion of the big New York Times story. The paper seems to have taken the word of a few
We should review our relationship to each other as a culture. Too many Americans are sheep. Our daily lives are busy and complex but this is no reason to accept the new norm which is mediocrity for many. We are
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – Everybody loves a winner. In fact the 1967 song by William Bell provides an excellent musical accompaniment to this story if there are those looking for a multimedia experience. Listen here and then return to read the story. On
PORTLAND, Ore. – When police arrived at a building on the corner of S.W. 15th Ave. and S.W. Yamhill on Saturday, they found a naked man standing on the ledge, cutting himself and threatening to jump. Sergeant Drake Hull who was
Yesterday, Spiegel Online revealed details about an elite hacking unit at the National Security Agency called Tailored Access Operations (TAO). The Agency not only uses fancy high-tech tricks to get information from it’s targets on the digital front, it also
My friend Vicky Ntozini was a successful township entrepreneur until she was murdered last year by her husband. After reading online that her children were still running her bed and breakfast in the sprawling township of Khayelitsha, I decided to
Ben Stiller’s remake of the Danny Kaye classic is one of the strangest movies I’ve seen lately. A little under halfway through its running time, it simply stops being “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and becomes an entirely different
In response to Less than 13K Sign Up for Nevada Health Exchange: I notice the Administration is claiming that it finally got a million enrollments nationwide – which, if true, would still be a horrific failure. That’s not even a
While appearing to strain to give a recent New York Times’ report on Benghazi at least some credit by saying it “add’s valuable insights,” even Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) agrees with Republican Mike Rogers that the Times’ report is inaccurate.
In response to The year’s most disappointing movie: Too bad I didn’t read your review before I committed the rental sin and watched Elysium last night. Who really buys Matt Damon as Hispanic and a plot line that is old
As of the December 23 deadline, fewer than 13,000 Nevadans had signed up for their state-run health insurance exchange. Half of those signed-up, have yet to pay. The target sign up number for the state is 118,000 by March 2014.
On Friday evening, I visited a cousin whose home was a regular refuge for me during my seven years here in Cape Town. He and his family live in a delightful house that they built themselves in the windy neighborhood
Described as “China’s Elephant Man,” 37-year-old Huang Chucai has lived most of his life with one of the most severe cases on record, of a rare genetic disorder known as neurofibromatosis. Massive tumors associated with his condition have left his face
Four American military personnel who were working at the United States Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, were detained today by the Libyan government.. Details are sketchy, but according to the New York Times, “the four were believed to have been reviewing
There are plenty of just plain bad movies out there. Some of them are quite entertaining in their own way. For a movie to be disappointing, you’ve got to go in with high expectations – better yet, high hopes for
The longer someone is on employment benefits… Skills atrophy New people enter their particular field The economy suffers in an aggregate manner as productivity stays low Labor participation rate suffers More tend to drop out of the workforce and rely
In what Entertainment Weekly calls a “Hail Mary” move, reports that A&E has backed down in its confrontation with Robertson family patriarch Phil Robertson come with an announcement that the network will also be producing a series of PSAs “promoting unity,
Amid news that Robertson family patriarch, Phil, will effectively not miss a beat in his participation in A&E’s Duck Dynasty, his son Alan released a statement to E Online, “Our family has become even closer through the past 9 days