Venezuela’s descent into chaos
TweetIt should come as no surprise that Venezuela's economy under Hugo Chávez, admirer of Castro, Ortega, Gaddafi, Lukashenko, Ahmadinejad, and Mugabe, has been disintegrating despite soaring oil...
View ArticleWho are the attackers?
TweetRemember the "Five Ws" of journalism — who, what, when, where, why? Apparently, they don't at the Associated Press. Here's an AP story about an anti-Semitic attack in France — see if you think...
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Brits push knife control
TweetI followed Instapundit's link (aptly introduced as "CULTURAL SUICIDE") to this Daily Mirror story about London's new mayor urging residents to become more cowardly and helpless: Boris Johnson...
View ArticleName that party
TweetFinally, I get to play the "name that party" game that scores of libertarian and conservative bloggers have been playing for so long. It works this way: Find an MSM news story about a politician...
View ArticleLEAP billboard up in Omaha
TweetThanks to a generous donor, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) has its first billboard up. Check it out — it looks pretty good. Here's the scoop from Tony Ryan of LEAP: That’s right –...
View ArticleBreaking into your own home
TweetBigFurHat* broke into his own home once and was nabbed by the cops. He was hauled off a bus, handcuffed, and put in the back of a patrol car. But there was no loud confrontation, no crowd of...
View ArticleMore guns, fewer murders
TweetThe Second Amendment Foundation noted that the murder rate declined in the first half of 2009, while gun sales were at record levels: The FBI released data Monday that shows murders dropped by 10...
View ArticleProtecting the Black Panthers
TweetThe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is investigating the Justice Department's dismissal of Voting Rights Act violation charges against the New Black Panthers — a dismissal that was ordered after...
View ArticleGreat moments in environmentalism, part 2
TweetTracy Province, a convicted murderer who escaped from an Arizona minimum-security prison and went on a crime spree before his capture, told authorities he went to Yellowstone with the intention of...
View ArticleThe crime of failing to be omniscient
TweetA disturbing idea has taken root in the Western world in recent decades: that whenever anything bad happens to anyone, someone must be blamed. And made to pay. This may be the most bizarre...
View ArticleWhen straws are outlawed…
TweetEvery time I think I’ve encountered the ultimate example of “zero tolerance” policies run amok, it later turns out I was mistaken. It’s happened again. The Supreme Court has refused to hear Mikel...
View ArticleMore guns, less crime
TweetFrom the Citizens Committee for the Right to Bear Arms: BELLEVUE, WA – The FBI’s semi-annual uniform crime data for the first half of 2013 confirms once again what the firearms community already...
View ArticleGlobal warming will increase murders and rapes
TweetIt’s getting harder and harder to distinguish real news stories from stories you might see in The Onion. Global warming has already been blamed for droughts, floods, record heat, record cold, more...
View ArticlePueblo school takes kids shooting, making them and society safer
TweetIn a rational world, this story by Katie Pavlich wouldn’t be particularly newsworthy. Unfortunately, in this day and age, it is: School officials in Pueblo County, Colorado are bucking the...
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Mug shot of the week
TweetMichael Whitington, the charming fellow to the right, robbed a bank on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver on Tuesday. He attempted to get away by boarding the nearby light rail train. Which...
View ArticleA familiar refrain
TweetRegarding the “mentally disabled” young man who was held captive, tortured, and beaten for 24-48 hours in Chicago, with some of the torture streamed live on Facebook, there’s this news: CHICAGO —...
View ArticleGood guys with guns aren’t very newsworthy, but are effective
TweetLast Thursday, in the most recent example of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy, the bad guy started shooting into a busy Oklahoma City bar and grill when two armed citizens independently...
View ArticleAnother “do as I say, not as I do” Democrat
TweetEpisode #13,496 of Not The Onion: She ran on responsible gun regulation, now she’s accused of killing her campaign treasurer ATLANTA – A former Georgia Congressional candidate has been charged...
View ArticleGlobal warming: what can’t it do?
TweetFor several decades, climate scientists dependent on government grants for a living have been warning us of all the dire consequences of anthropogenic global warming (AGW; recently rechristened...
View ArticleIt’s TLAPD!
TweetHappy Talk Like A Pirate Day! Please enjoy the day responsibly. You could run afoul of federal laws. “Talk Like A Pirate Day” is all fun and games until someone gets indicted. Don’t get indicted....
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