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The Peasants are Rioting in Paris….

| December 2, 2018 | 62 Comments
The Peasants are Rioting in Paris….

The French are rioting over Macron’s increase in the carbon tax. https://www.atr.org/french-revolt-against-carbon-tax In France, diesel fuel is now at $8.20/gal and gasoline at $9.00/gal. The bulk of the price at the pump here is taxes, not fuel costs. Macron wants to increase the carbon tax in France to $63/tonne. There is no reason for it, […]

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Military to “Build that Wall” if Congress does not fund it.

| September 8, 2018 | 39 Comments
Military to “Build that Wall” if Congress does not fund it.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s considering using military resources to finish construction of his long-promised border wall instead of relying on Congress to fund the project through the Homeland Security Department’s budget. He also wouldn’t eliminate the possibility of a government shutdown if Democrats continue to confound his efforts to appropriate money for the project […]

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Cohen to Strzok: If I could give you a Purple Heart, I would

| July 13, 2018 | 94 Comments
Cohen to Strzok: If I could give you a Purple Heart, I would

NHSparky sends us a link to Fox News which reports an exchange yesterday between Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen as he gave FBI agent Peter Strzok a handy in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Law hearings yesterday; “Mr. Strzok, I don’t know where to start,” Cohen said as he started his allotted […]

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Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. suggests 2d Amendment remedy for Trump

| March 19, 2018 | 75 Comments
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. suggests 2d Amendment remedy for Trump

Mick sends a link to Fox News which reports that Representative Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., in a townhall meeting with his constituents that ther may be a 2d Amendment remedy for President Trump’s policies; A New York Democratic congressman is being accused of promoting violence against President Trump after suggesting during a town hall that citizens […]

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Cherokee genealogist: none of the evidence supports Warren’s version

| March 14, 2018 | 58 Comments
Cherokee genealogist: none of the evidence supports Warren’s version

The Washington Times reports that Cherokee genealogist Twila Barnes who has researched the story told by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren about her Indian heritage says none of it adds up; Ms. Barnes, who said her research into Ms. Warren’s family found “no evidence” of Native American ancestry, has challenged key elements of the senator’s tale […]

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Democrats suddenly worried about the troops and spending

| February 9, 2018 | 17 Comments
Democrats suddenly worried about the troops and spending

The Washington Examiner reports that four Democrat Senators, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Jack Reed and Gary Peters, are worried about the cost of Super Troll, President Trump’s planned parade, so they wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis expressing their concerns; “At a time of war, with American service members serving in harm’s […]

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Guess who else is boycotting the SOTU

| January 30, 2018 | 95 Comments
Guess who else is boycotting the SOTU

71-year-old Democrat Corrine Brown reported to the minimum security prison at the Coleman Federal Correction Complex in central Florida to begin her five year sentence yesterday; She was accused of using money from a charity for poor students as a personal slush fund. In May, a federal jury convicted her on charges including fraud and […]

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Corrine Brown sentenced

| December 4, 2017 | 46 Comments
Corrine Brown sentenced

The Washington Post reports that Congresswoman Corrine Brown was sentenced to five years in prison after a jury found her guilty of using her charity like an ATM machine. Prosecutors argued that the 71-year-old had turned a charity for poor students into an $800,000 personal slush fund, according to the Associated Press. After a nearly […]

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