A collection of interesting articles and discussion from around the Internet
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
CNN continues to Smear Ron Paul
Whether it is that they fundamentally do not understand his positions or are simply pushing an agenda because they disagree with him: CNN continues to smear Ron Paul. They are smearing him for his position that he thought that AIDS victims contributed to their own misery by the lifestyle they led, and other such positions that suggest people take personal responsibility.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Florida Marine Veteran Shot in Craigslist Deal to sell Necklace
Florida Marine Shot selling his Necklace to people he met through facebook: the men have been arrested and face attempted murder charges
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
An open letter to social conservatives
An open letter to social conservatives: many of you want big government to tell people what to do, you just want that nanny state to agree with you. Many of us other conservatives want the government to leave everyone alone so that we may all act as we please so long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Judges in Wonderland
I don't know how they come up with stuff like this: judges ruled that Michigans law banning preferential hiring or discrimination violates the 14th Amendment (which requires equal treatment of all citizens).
Monday, December 5, 2011
Ignorance and Corporate Taxes
Ignorance exploited and Corporate Rates: why low corporate taxes make sense and help workers
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Lawsuit goes beyond ridiculous
Man who kidnapped a couple is suing for breach of contract. He states that they formed a binding oral agreement with him when they agreed to hide him from police.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Are we all Online Criminals
With new laws prevented at thwarting hackers, have they turned us all into online criminals. Any violation of a user agreement (the 7,000 word things that no one reads and you just click "I agree" to) is now a crime, which technically makes underage google-ing a crime.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Teacher's Unions versus Democracy
Teacher's Unions declare that they are in favor of letting democracy speak, except in cases that don't favor them, and then they are in favor of suing.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The exploitation of the student athlete
Student Athletes produce millions for universities, then when they are injured some of them are discarded as trash.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
NFL: The All-22 Football Footage
NFL video footage: the All-22 man angle. People love NFL football, and the NFL records an angle that allows you to see all 22 players at the same time, an angle that would allow you to better understand what is happening during the game, but they don't release that footage to the public.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The Worst Health Care Insurer of them All
The Biggest Headache of an Insurer, the one that denies claims and does not allow doctors to practice in the best interest of its patient: Medicare and Medicaid.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Rick Santorum on Economy
Rick Santorum would like less focus on the Economy and more on moral issues such as banning abortion and discharging gay services members.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Neighbors file suit over dog poop
This week in ridiculous: neighbors file suit over dog poop that hasn't been picked up... if you don't like something, sue someone.
A lawsuit requiring every taxi to be wheelchair accessible
There is a new lawsuit being filed that aims to make every taxi cab in New york city wheelchair accessible. If you believe the advocates of the lawsuit the increase cost will amount to $2,000 per cab ride used by someone in a wheelchair, if you go by New York City's estimate (based on a pilot program) the number is closer to $63,000 per ride. Is this reasonable?
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Beauty of a Union
Two Union officials subbed for a day and are now eligible for hefty teacher's pensions in Illinois, and its all legal. Unions were well represented at occupy wall street, where should people show up to occupy union bosses?
7 Great Government Backed Inventions
7 Great Government Backed inventions. Thank you for the internet, GPS, etc.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Hamas, Israel exchange prisoners
Hamas and Israel exchange prisoners including one Israeli soldier who had been held captive for five years.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Regulation Nightmare keeping down small business
For many small business owners, keeping up with regulations is all they have time to do. It is keeping down the economy and costing the US jobs.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Running with Bulls***
In spain you have the running with the bulls, in America... its running with the Bulls***. Trying to organize your own running with the bulls in the US is an obstacle course of legal protections, red tape and trying to limit your liability. Because in the US there is always the threat of a lawsuit.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Defense Secretary to Troops
Defense Secretary to Troops: I've got your back in regards to ongoing negotiations with Iraqi government officials about whether or not to keep American troops in Iraq.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Must See Documentary
A Must See Movie is about Bobby Hurley's Basketball Program at St. Anthony's in Jersey City. Not only has he won the most high school basketball state championships, but he molds young men and sends them to college. A great story about a man who has devoted his life to shaping impressionable young men.
The Documentary is "The Street Stops Here"
The Documentary is "The Street Stops Here"
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Federal Legal protections eroding, making more people criminals
With more and more Federal Legal Protections, more and more people are becoming criminals as we are all having our freedoms slowly taken away.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Dancing with the Stars Controversy
Some conservative christian groups are making hay over the fact that a transgender individual will appear on this season's dancing with the stars. Lewis Black wonders why a transgendered person is so controversial and not all of the convicted felons that have been on the show.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
What Teachers Want to Tell Parents
What Teachers want to tell parents. A lesson on why most teachers only last 4.5 years (on average), why some teachers give straight A's (so no one will bother them) and how teachers want to work with parents.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Santorum asks for Google to Censor its search of him
Rick Santorum asks google to alter the search results for his name. It should be noted that Yahoo, and Bing show the same #1 result for "Santorum"
Arsenic in your apple juice
Dr. Oz recently reported that some apple juice is unsafe for consumption due to arsenic. The FDA has called him irresponsible and accused him of fear mongering and called his report 'misleading'.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Bachman's comment will have ripple effects
Bachman's comments on the HPV vaccine are likely to have ripple effects for years. Currently 4,000 Americans die from cervical cancer, the HPV vaccine can prevent most forms of disease that cause cervical cancer.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Obama's Fact Check on Buffet Rule
President Obama recently stated that Millionaires shouldn't pay less in taxes than their secretaries and they don't. The average Federal Tax rate for a millionaire is 29.1%, the average federal tax rate for someone making 50-75K is 15.1%.
In all the top 10% of Americans pay the majority of federal taxes and 70% of federal income taxes.
In all the top 10% of Americans pay the majority of federal taxes and 70% of federal income taxes.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Obama's Debt Plan
Obama's Debt Reduction Plan: Raise Taxes, primarily on people that won't be voting for him.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
ADA: license to sue
A man in California makes a living by suing businesses for ADA violations. He has no other job, he makes his living by suing businesses.
Friday, September 16, 2011
HPV Vaccine Controversy
The Daily Show Lampoons Michelle Bachman for slamming Rick Perry over the HPV vaccine. Even Rush Limbaugh has slammed Bachman for her claim that HPV vaccine could cause mental retardation.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Challenging what you know about AIDS in Africa
In a 15 minute talk on Ted.com Emily Oster flips the script about AIDS in Africa and analyzing the data like an economist.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Fact Checking Bachman
Pediatricians are Fact Checking Michelle Bachman's rant against the HPV vaccine. It's safe and it saves lives.
Medical Coding and the government
The Medical Billing coding is about to get a lot more specific. It is about to expand from 18,000 to 140,000 medical codes, including 312 codes for injuries related to animals. It also includes a code for if you have walked into a lamppost.
On Regulation Crushing Business, Freedom
Federal Law alone contains over 160 million words, laws too specific and complex to allow businesses to adapt freely. Regulations have become overly burdensome.
Monday, September 12, 2011
60 Minutes interviews "the interrogator"
An excellent piece by 60 minutes about the FBI's top interrogator who helped uncover the mastermind of 9/11 and how he was replaced with "enhanced interrogators".
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Rape Myths do harm too
1 in 4? Rape Myths do harm too. It is time we all recognize that the number 1 in 4 is a myth.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tales of Manufactured Conflict
From Jon Stewart Tales of Manufactured Consent.
President Obama scheduled a speech to talk about jobs. Republicans asked him to move it because there is a Republican debate on that same day. The president made a reasonable accommodation and everyone should be happy our politicians acted like adults. Somehow the 24 hour news media managed to try and turn it into "schedule gate" or "speech gate". Reporters spent more time on the scheduling non-issue than on the substance of president Obama's jobs plan.
President Obama scheduled a speech to talk about jobs. Republicans asked him to move it because there is a Republican debate on that same day. The president made a reasonable accommodation and everyone should be happy our politicians acted like adults. Somehow the 24 hour news media managed to try and turn it into "schedule gate" or "speech gate". Reporters spent more time on the scheduling non-issue than on the substance of president Obama's jobs plan.
The Campus Rape Myth
Debunking the myth that there is an epidemic of rape on college campuses. People often cite the number 1 in 4 women will be the victims of rape or attempted rape during college. This would mean that the rate of violent crimes is 10 times higher on college campuses than they are in Detroit. Does that even make sense? This article explains how the number 1 in 4 is obtained and why it is dishonest. Of those 1 in 4, 42% reported having sex with their "attacker" again.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Rape: 1 in 4... really?
Many people assert that one in four college women are the victims of sexual assault. There is even a non profit called 1 in 4.
But if you crunch the numbers... they just don't add up. Even if you make an assumption that 90% of rapes are unreported then you still can't get anywhere near the 1 in 4 number.
But if you crunch the numbers... they just don't add up. Even if you make an assumption that 90% of rapes are unreported then you still can't get anywhere near the 1 in 4 number.
The biggest rally in the history of Israel
Biggest Rally in Israel's history for economic reforms, cost of living expenses.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Rape: False Rape Accusations
The issue of rape is often a hot topic in our society. I hope that this can be a forum where people feel free to challenge some of the common preconceptions we have about rape and rape statistics.
This first article was a several year long study of a small city that looked at the percentage of false rape accusations.
This first article was a several year long study of a small city that looked at the percentage of false rape accusations.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The dangers of outsourcing
The perils of outsourcing. Outsourcing can lead to lower costs and better business, but sometimes it leads to headaches, cut corners and disasters. Boeing learned that the hard way with the 787 dream liner.
The New Rules for Sex on Campus
Philadelphia magazine has an excellent piece about the idiotic new regulations passed by the federal government that turns most college men into sexual predators. This shouldn't shock anyone that the government would fly in the face of common sense.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Wiki Leaks releases entire archive of US embassy cables
Wiki Leaks releases entire archive of US embassy cables. The move was criticized by newspapers as it may compromise confidential sources.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Broken Tax System
Jon Huntsman says that we don't have a 21st century tax code, that it is broken and we need to start from scratch and fix it.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Liberal Censorship and Political Correctness
Juan Williams tried to have an open dialogue about racism and discrimination against Muslims. NPR fired him for it. The clip can be viewed here. Juan Williams said that "he feels uncomfortable when he sees a Muslim on his plane" that he has a moment of hesitation and anxiety, but also cautioned against blaming Muslims for 9/11 because we don't blame christians for the actions at Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh.
Good Documentaries
Street Fight: A Film by Marshall Curry is a stunning documentary about Cory Booker's attempt to unseat one of the most corrupt Mayors in the country and how the system comes down on him and his supporters.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Paradise Lost: story of the West Memphis three
The movie Paradise Lost is a documentary about the "West Memphis three" for those who want more information about the story.
Good Documentaries
Murderball is a movie about the US athletes that participate in the para-olympics. It is thought provoking and inspiring.
What is fueling divorce in the Bible Belt?
Taking on Lemonade Stands
Why is the government shutting down child hood lemonade stands? Is there no common sense left in government?
Friday, August 26, 2011
Ron Paul on the Lou Dobbs
Ron Paul interviewed on Lou Dobbs about his views on what the role of government should be.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Paypal founder invests in floating Island
Paypal founder Peter Thiel has sunk 1.25 Million dollars into an island project that is purported to be a utopian society in international waters and not under the jurisdiction of any government.
Good Documentaries
A documentary about Oliver North running for US Senate. A good documentary for all those who love a good political documentary.
Good Documentaries
If you are looking for a good documentary that is smart and informative Waiting for "Superman" is a great documentary about the school system.
Are playgrounds too safe?
Playground equipment has become too safe, boring kids and leading to inactivity, and prevent children from taking risks and building confidence.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Today's deficits aren't due to entitlements
Long term debt obligations are due to entitlements but the trillion dollar deficits of today are due to runaway spending, not entitlements.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Medicaid bankrupting the states, the nation
A new report shows that medicaid spending is unsustainable. Unfortunately an article written in 1993 pointed out the same problem that medicaid growth was unsustainable, maybe our politicians will wait until the money runs out before anything is done.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
CNN is terrible
A gem of a misleading article by CNN where they state that Jon Huntsman won't rule out impeachment. Which is an odd question to ask someone who is not a member of congress and therefore isn't a relevant question to him. But he said that he thinks "congress should do what congress does"... wow what an inflammatory statement.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)