Month: March 2015

Nixon went after cannabis to jail his political enemies. The essence of Stalinism. “Look, we understood we couldn’t make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be,…

Earlier today I watched Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech about the danger of Iranian nukes. Not only did I agree with him, but I think the Obama administration is engaged in Neville Chamberlain style appeasement. I don’t watch the news all that much, but I sometimes like to contrast Fox and CNN coverage. Fox is…

Bird Fries is not some grand new culinary delicacy. It is the result of an experimental solar power station in Tonopah, Nevada. We also know that wind turbines kill birds in flight. It used to be that Greens and conservationists liked birds.

There has been a lot of news about CPAC. One item of note left out of the reports is an organization called RAMP. Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition which had a booth at CPAC. Here is how they describe themselves. We are Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition (RAMP), a nonprofit organization and political caucus within the GOP…

Russia is freezing prices to stop inflation. Venezuela is doing the same. And here are the results: Over the past 15 years, coffee farming has gone into long-term decline. When late socialist President Hugo Chavez took office, he implemented retail price controls, and later expropriated private roasters. Decline. That is not all the news from…

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The Bush family has a new policy. Honesty. Jeb Bush will not sign any “no new taxes” pledges or any other pledges if he decides to seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, a spokeswoman said on Saturday. The statement from Bush spokeswoman Kristy Campbell was in response to an appeal from anti-tax champion Grover Norquist…

The Department of Homeland Spying has a funding problem. But is that a real problem? Don’t we already have the FBI for that? Besides the DHS has supposedly declared war on Conservative Americans. Why the surprise that they are returning the favor? We have the DEA to go after the young, the poor and Blacks*.…

I read a long and depressing Atlantic article about the Islamic State which offers an interesting glimpse into their mindset. Example: In September, Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the Islamic State’s chief spokesman, called on Muslims in Western countries such as France and Canada to find an infidel and “smash his head with a rock,” poison…