Author’s Note: Title has been changed to reflect a correction made to this article. Originally the title stated that $1.7 billion of government funds are spent on binge drinking every year. The actual number is $171 billion. I feel dirty linking to Think Progress, but I had no idea that binge drinking has such a …
US Spends Over $170 Billion on Binge Drinking Every YearRead More »
With nations all over the world cracking down on an open internet — and it’s not just China and Iran — the team at Pirate Bay released a new browser for their tenth anniversary. For those wondering “what’s a Pirate Bay,” the website is the leading database for torrent downloads. The Icelandic team at Pirate …
Pirate Bay Releases a Browser to Circumvent CensorshipRead More »
A lot of talk going on about Obamacare and Mike Lee’s strategy (along with Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and others) to defund Obamacare before it is implemented October 1. Here is what Lee says: If the president won’t act to protect families and individuals, Congress should. It holds the power of the purse …
Obamacare Defund Strategy: Support Or Oppose? A Discussion ChallengeRead More »
Wait, what? In a survey of 2,500 federal workers conducted by FedSmith.com, 92.3% of respondents said that they oppose Obamacare. This isn’t good news after the IRS came out in opposition of the Affordable Care Act as well. And it’s not just federal employees and the IRS unhappy with the bill. Merrill Matthews’s op-ed in Forbes …
Federal Government Workers, the IRS, and Private Unions All Oppose ObamacareRead More »
Recently, decisions by several state legislatures, including Texas and North Carolina, that limit abortions after 20 weeks have stoked political and moral debate. Even the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation in June banning abortions after 20 weeks of fetal gestation. Various motivations underlie the 20-week abortion ban, but a scientific one has moved to the …
Representative Ron Paul was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Monday night. Cavuto asked Paul about Governor Christie and his “feud” with Senator Rand Paul. Not surprisingly, Ron Paul isn’t all that enamored of Chris Christie, stating that Christie is a proponent of “big government” in the interview. The Daily Caller included the following excerpt from …
In News That Shocks No One, Ron Paul is Not a Fan of Chris ChristieRead More »
Not quite sure how this happened, but the city of Detroit managed to post the wrong date for the city’s election on billboards across the city. And the date isn’t off by a few days — it’s off by two months. Politico reports: The billboards purchased by the city urge citizens to vote Sept. 2nd in …
President Obama cancelled September’s scheduled summit in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The suspected reasoning behind the cancellation was the Russian government’s decision to grant former NSA contractor Edward Snowden temporary asylum. There exists a milieu of tensions between the United States and Russia — any one of which, or all of them together, can be …
Obama’s Cancelling Meeting With Vladimir Putin Weakens AmericaRead More »
I’ve been actively involved in politics for over 20 years. I’ve seen many politicians come and go. Politicians, particularly Presidents are routinely mocked, laughed at and joked about. No President was immune. I remember a cartoon where somebody was asking President Reagan where he got the inspiration for his haircut. There was a bubble over …
The Cult Of Personality: Obama Rodeo Clown EditionRead More »
I love movies. So do Matt and John. We’re always talking about movies on Twitter so I had the idea of doing a podcast where we discussed some of our favorite movies. We realized this might be the worst thing in the history of ever so we decided to go with 5 greatest movies of …
Top 5 Movies Of All Time: Podcast With Jay, John Ekdahl & Matt HockmanRead More »