#2: Donald Trump:  When a 2005 recording in which Donald Trump brags about kissing and groping beautiful women without their consent surfaced in October, the Republican nominee described his vulgar boasts as “locker-room banter,” and his wife blamed the other party to the conversation, Access Hollywood anchor Billy Bush, for encouraging her husband “to say dirty and bad stuff.” But a […]

#1: Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton blames FBI Director James Comey for her humiliating loss in last month’s presidential election. If only Comey had not reminded voters about her sloppy email practices as secretary of state a week before the election, Clinton thinks, she would be taking the oath of office on January 20 instead of Donald Trump. That argument

No significant changes detected in Colorado or among high school seniors in Washington; eighth- and 10th-graders in Washington are a different story. One thing not discussed: self-reporting by adolescents is notoriously bad. Via Reason:  A new analysis of survey data finds that marijuana legalization was associated with more cannabis consumption among eighth- and 10th-graders in Washington but

Citizens of Oregon are harassed and even jailed over ponds they have on their land. The government is currently trying to force one couple to fill in a 40-year-old pond. Another man was jailed for 90 days for building ponds on his land. Via ZeroHedge: With each passing year, SHTFPlan.com’s Mac Slavo notes there are more and more

Tom Bossert will join the Trump administration as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Bossert previously served in the Bush administration. So much for new blood. Via ZeroHedge:  President elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Tom Bossert, former national security aide to President George W. Bush, will join the Trump administration as

If you are interested, here’s an archive of his columns back to 1998. 

The man believed to be Stoykov, dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, aims a targeted kick at her back, toppling her down the stairs.  The attacker’s three companions glance at the woman lying on the floor before leaving. One of them even leans down to pick up a beer bottle and then walks off. 

Men, aged 15 to 21, are suspected of torching the victim as he slept on platform Six suspects of the attack at Schönleinstraße station are Syrian and one is Lybian Detectives in Berlin have opened an attempted murder investigation after attack Men appear to flee on train and are spotted celebrating as they watch man

The CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against the CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for failure to comply with a Freedom of

President Obama said in an interview released Monday that he could have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “if I had run again.” In his most pointed critique yet, Obama said Hillary Clinton’s campaign acted too cautiously out of a mistaken belief that victory was all but certain. “If you think you’re winning, then you

The US was the seller for half of all the world’s weapons sales in 2015. It’s a good thing that Obama is a Dove and won that Nobel Peace Prize. What would the last 8 years have looked like if he were a Hawk. </sarcasm>  Via AntiWar:  The latest arms sales figures are in, and

So much for Facebook’s fixing the Fake News.  Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Today, the social network falsely activated its Safety Check feature after a flood of fake news suggested that there was an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand. Users in the country saw an alert to mark themselves safe, but saw little details

A new version of Huck Finn removes the n-word. 

At age 86, Tom Sowell has decided to retire as a regular columnist. Sowell is one of my heroes — a brilliant economist and insightful columnist; I will miss reading his columns. This is his final column. Here are some highlights:  Looking back over the years, as old-timers are apt to do, I see huge changes, both

This would be a great start to draining the swamp.  US President-elect Donald Trump may reverse up to 70 percent of President Barack Obama’s executive orders, practically erasing the legacy of the first African-American head of state, Former House speaker Newt Gingrich told Fox.  Read Full Article

You cannot make this stuff up! Via Kate Hardiman at the University of Notre Dame:  George Washington University recently changed its requirements for history majors, removing previously key courses for the stated purpose of giving students more flexibility. The department eliminated requirements in U.S., North American and European history, as well as the foreign language

The folks at Grabien have gathered together the ten most disturbing and embarrassing media moments of 2016. After Donald Trump’s underdog victory, many in the media looked for scapegoats. But TBS’s Samantha Bee went the furthest — blaming white people for “ruining” America.  Hillary notoriously avoided direct questions from the press all year. So when Lester Holt became one

Fake news is bad — unless it supports your own agenda. There’s too much here to highlight. Read the whole thing. Via Jonah Goldberg:  Here’s a paradox for you. Whenever there’s a terrorist attack, the immediate response from government officials and the media is: “Let’s not jump to conclusions.” Yet when there are breaking reports

Kind of in our back yard. 🙁  A neo-Nazi website has called for an armed march against a Montana Jewish community, using a graphic which shows the entrance to the notorious Auschwitz death camp and a yellow Star of David with the word ‘Jude’ printed on it.  Read Full Article