I guess this guy didn’t memo… You don’t mess with a Mama Grizzly: Sheriff’s officials in southwest Florida say a clerk at a 24-hour food store shot and killed a man who tried to rob her and take her 1-year-old daughter. According to news reports 22-year-old Elizabeth Easterly was alone in her families landmark corner store […]
Archives for October 2011
The Obama-Romney Tariff
Lord help us… Senators Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham are at it again, this time pushing a monumentally bad idea, called the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act through the Senate: The world has done surprisingly well since the Great Recession began at not making things worse with trade protectionism. But that may soon change […]
Ron Paul: Killing Of Anwar Al-Awlaki An Impeachable Offense, a Step Toward “Tyranny”…
I want to like Ron Paul, he makes a lot sense when he talks about monetary policy and the need for greater transparency and oversight of the Federal Reserve, but he loses me when he starts talking about foreign policy and says things like this: Ron Paul said Monday that President Barack Obama’s targeted killing […]
Breaking: Amanda Knox Murder Conviction Overturned
Nearly four years after she was first arrested on suspicion of murder, an Italian appeals court has overturned Amanda Knox’s murder conviction and order her released. Her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito’s conviction was also overturned: Both were expected to be freed after being returned to prison to collect their belongings. Earlier Monday, a tearful Knox told […]
Democrats to Push Tax Hikes First in Deficit Talks
From Reuters: Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year’s budget fights, sources told Reuters. The tough stance by Democratic members of the powerful 12-member congressional panel reflects the party’s wariness that Republicans might […]