Jodie “Code Pink” Evans At a recent fundraiser for Jerry Brown at her home in Venice, CA, Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans – the queen of protest, was shocked to find a dozen protesters in front of her house on Palm Avenue. According to protester Melanie Morgan of Move America Forward, Evans did not handle … Continue reading
Cash for Clunkers Remember, just a year ago when the Federal government spent $3 billion dollars on their “cash for clunkers” program? Car buyers got a $3,500 to $4,500 check, paid for by taxpayers, in return for trading in their old car. The government program drove consumer spending to its highest level in eight years … Continue reading
The Killing Fields Of Caracas IBD Editorial 08/25/2010 Quick, what’s the murder capital of the world: Kabul? Juarez? Try Caracas, Venezuela, a city whose dictator, Hugo Chavez, has made murder a means of extending his control. The silent protest at Monday night’s Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas was invisible to nearly everyone — except … Continue reading
The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien Régime: extravagant and out of touch with the American people By Nile Gardiner – The Telegraph UK What the great French historian Alexis de Tocqueville would make of today’s Obama administration were he alive today is anyone’s guess. But I would wager that the author of L’Ancien … Continue reading
Cartels Move Beyond Drugs, Seek Domination AP August 4, 2010 MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that Mexico’s cartels in many cases have moved beyond drugs as their main money-earner and are even trying to supplant the government in parts of the country. Speaking at an anti-crime conference, Calderon said gangs are … Continue reading
The Worst-managed Organizations on Earth By Peter Foster – Financial Post Last year, a memo from a Norwegian diplomat described United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as “spineless and charmless.” Two weeks ago, an even more critical memo was leaked, from the outgoing head of the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), Inga-Britt Ahlenius, accusing … Continue reading
Shooting From the Lip 