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Katie Ann Blanchard, Army Nurse doused in gasoline, set on fire and stabbed by civilian co-worker.

| August 12, 2017 | 105 Comments
Katie Ann Blanchard, Army Nurse doused in gasoline, set on fire and stabbed by civilian co-worker.

For over  a year Lt. Blanchard had warned her command that 54-year-old Clifford Currie was a threat to her safety. At approximately 5:10 p.m. on September 7, 2016, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, heard screaming from an office adjacent to hers at Munson Army Health Center. The civilian NP ran into the […]

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Cali SB 807; Tax Exempt Teachers

| March 16, 2017 | 53 Comments
Cali SB 807; Tax Exempt Teachers

WARNING: This is not Fake News, read at your own risk. Legislators in California recently introduced a bill that would offer educators major tax breaks in an effort to keep them in the classroom and combat the state’s growing teacher shortage. The measure quickly drew fire from taxpayer advocates who criticized it as politically inspired […]

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So, What Do Montana Teachers Have to Say About Plagiarism?

| July 31, 2014 | 31 Comments
So, What Do Montana Teachers Have to Say About Plagiarism?

They’re obviously against it, right?  I mean, it’s one of Academia’s cardinal sins. So they must be aghast at the prospect of a plagiarist being elected to the US Senate, right? Not so fast.  According to Eric Fever, president of the Montana Education Association-Montana Federation of Teachers, it’s no big deal: Husband, father, soldier, straight talking, […]

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“Look for, the Union label . . . .” (Redux)

| July 29, 2014 | 13 Comments
“Look for, the Union label . . . .” (Redux)

Think unions give a damn about their members, and look out for their best interests?  Really? Well, if you still think that – you might want to look at this. “Care about their members” my azz.  All unions care about these days is dollars and influence. It’s been that way for some time now. Maybe […]

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Publick Ejukashun Inn Shikahgo

| June 10, 2014 | 39 Comments
Publick Ejukashun Inn Shikahgo

Here’s what appears to be a photo of a prom invitation for a Chicago-area high school, Paul Robeson High School:     Sad. Just freaking sad. But what’s sadder even than that is the fact that the average salary for teachers in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system is approx $76,000 per year. Seriously. The […]

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Oh, That Ain’t Workin’ . . . .

| December 23, 2013 | 22 Comments
Oh, That Ain’t Workin’ . . . .

What would you say if you heard about situations where employees could be drunk (or be caught in possession) up to 3 times before getting fired show up for work drunk up to 5 times before being fired show up drunk at work, act lewdly and in complete violation of their profession’s ethics, and later […]

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Death gratuity payments on hold while leftist groups are given exemptions from shutdown

| October 8, 2013 | 60 Comments
Death gratuity payments on hold while leftist groups are given exemptions from shutdown

The selective manner in which budget items are prioritized and laws are enforced by the federal apparatus under the leadership of the Obama administration is getting sleazier by the day. We already know that death gratuity payments for service members killed in the line of duty have been suspended as “non-essential”. Are they, from the […]

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Right to Fight

| December 11, 2012 | 92 Comments
Right to Fight

Michigan union thugs are getting their hackles up and working themselves into a frenzy in Lansing, here’s the video from Fox News; Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Old Trooper sends a video of our buddy Michael Steven Crowder getting pummeled by union thugs; The Michigan Legislature on Tuesday gave final approval to contentious “right-to-work” […]

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