Author: Simon

Drug Prohibition is now officially a joke. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union targeting pot. State Rep. Diane Russell, who supports legalizing marijuana, said city voters approved the ordinance for the same reason Prohibition was ultimately overturned. Outlawing alcohol and marijuana didn’t stop consumption or substance abuse, she said; instead, it led to a black market with…

I had put up some Dire Straits in my post Money For Nothing (about the Federal Reserve) and commenter Kathy brought up the subject of anti-war songs. I brought up the fact that you want as high a proportion of psychopaths as you can get in front line troops because they will be less affected…

Here is a snip of a little conversation I was having at Zero Hedge. Isolationism became very popular in America in the 1920 to December 1941 era. We got a temporary cure on 7 December 1941. It looks like the medicine has worn off and we will be getting another dose.

Money for Nothing is screening in select theaters or you can buy a DVD. Reason Magazine did an interview. Video below. At the Washington Post: Filmmaker bet on financial crisis, used profit to make documentary about Federal Reserve. And what would a Money for Nothing post be without a little Dire Straits? And a political…

From ex-SKF blog. Team Obama Changes Course, Appears to Accept China Air Defense Zone, Says Foreign Policy Magazine Japan looks so solidly under the bus now, even as the ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party and Komei Party (plus Your Party and probably Japan Restoration Party) pushes the passage of the State Secrecy Protection Law…

Wonderful news. KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on a cooperation pact with Iran on Sunday, an Afghan official said, while continuing to resist signing a long-term security agreement with the United States. Add in Congress fuming over U.S. purchase of Russian helicopters for Afghanistan. And then there is the Russia – Iran…

“I” war is information warfare. Propaganda. According to this video by Russia Today (RT), the US is losing. Well it is not just information warfare that the US is losing. Our pResident is losing allies. But that is another story. I’d say that on the home front this is very good news. In terms of…

Re: The Pledge about 6 minutes in. I pledge to the Constitution. “I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America and to the Republic which it creates, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

President ∅bama’s job approval is in free fall among those the Democrat Party depends on to win elections. The president’s job approval averaged 41 percent last month, down 12 percentage points from his 53 percent approval last December. During that same time period, support for Obama among Hispanics dropped 23 percentage points — from 75…

A comment found at A Miracle Drug Cured Ed Levitt of Stage IV Lung Cancer. Then the FDA Withdrew it From the Market: When I worked in a pharmaceutical co, our division’s flagship drug was a treatment for Hunter Syndrome, which dooms kids to die around the age of 15. Given our treatment, the kids…

Wretchard at Belmont Club is taking a look at the lies of ∅bama. McCarthy’s observation is interesting because it suggests the existence of a “legend”, a term is used to describe a synthetic identity which replaces an actual biography. It is not about occasional, isolated falsehood but about a comprehensive alternative reality. But like all…

Women, the backbone of the Democrat coalition are unhappy with 0bamaCare. Democrats should be far more worried about white women who do not have a higher education. The numbers are astounding: In the latest Kaiser poll, 50 percent have a “very unfavorable” view of the law—9 points higher than in October. An additional 13 percent…

But It doesn’t violate policy. John Hamilton, an associate professor of criminal justice administration at Park University and a retired Major with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, told the news station that the officers’ threats may not be illegal, though they’re inappropriate and it’s possible they violate department policy. He also pointed to the…

I note there is an outpouring over the death of Nelson Mandela. He was a Communist. And that is all I’m going to say.

I never knew the Dylan Song “Like A Rolling Stone” had a University of Chicago connection. But it does. Consider the link “liner notes”. I get the UC Magazine (I’m an alum – X63 – as is my #2 son who graduated with honors) and was going through some back issues and found the article.…

Commenter Man Mountain Molehill doesn’t like Credence. I couldn’t help myself. And for something different – an entertainer Man Mountain Molehill likes And some more 50s music. Because I like it.

From: Physician says Obamacare is causing ‘chaos’ for doctors which is referred to in the video as the back back end problem. The back end problem is also called the 834 problem. So called because of the name of the data transmission. Which is not working.

It is now up to 40%. I believe that is due to his program of continual improvement. “If you like your health care plan you can keep it.” I look forward to the day when it improves to 35%. Given the trajectories shown in the graph that day may not be far off. I attribute…

Suggested by Bill Whittle starting about 1 hour 49 minutes in to the video linked. All we need do is stand and fight. We have a certain fearful slime who has attached its self to us. Why us? Because he lives in fear. And he attempts to infect us with his fear. And if he…