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Date: June 10th, 2009

Preventing hate crimes? Huffington Post article suggests concealed carry.

10 June, 2009 (22:19) | 2nd Amendment, Crime & Punishment, Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

I can’t begin to tell you how often I read something on The Huffington Post that has me shaking my head in amazement. In the aftermath of the shooting at the Holocaust Museum today, I was making the rounds to get a sense of what everyone (yes, everyone) was saying and I found this. Astonishing. [...]

AF447 had passengers on terror watch lists?

10 June, 2009 (17:05) | Aviation, GWOT | By: ricjames

Uh-oh. Two names on doomed Air France Flight 447′s passenger list also appear on a list of radical Muslims considered a threat to France, according to French investigators. French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31. Agents [...]

MS-NBC can’t handle the truth from someone they invited to appear and cut off his mic

10 June, 2009 (16:55) | Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Over at Hot Air, Ed Morrissey has a post titled, “Video: Ziegler gets him mike cut off by MS-NBC.” Invited to appear on MS-NBC to be interviewed by Norah O’Donnell, they pulled a bait-and-switch on Ziegler by not only changing the interviewer but by refusing to discuss the subject he was called to talk about. [...]

Marketing calls and caller ID

10 June, 2009 (11:52) | Human Interest, Politics, Technology, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

News flash to all of you political telemarketers: I don’t care who you’re working for or what you’re calling about. If you don’t display your caller ID information you’re not talking to me, period, ever.

Rasmussen: 45% of Americans say remaining stimulus spending should be canceled

10 June, 2009 (11:35) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

The latest Rasmussen polling asked respondents whether the remaining spending laid out in the $787 billion “stimulus” package rushed into law by the Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress should be canceled. A full 45% said yes, it should. Only 36% disagreed with 20% being unsure. A solid plurality of Americans want that remaining spending [...]

Summer has officially arrived

10 June, 2009 (11:03) | Academia, Human Interest | By: ricjames

It has, at least, by my daughter’s measure since today marked the last day of the school year. She’s officially out as of about 15 minutes ago and already she’s asking me where’s the party? Man, I remember the days….