Author: Duane Lester

Wait, what? A Muslim inmate filed a class action against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, claiming that Islam prohibits Muslim men from wearing pants below their ankles, but his prison prohibits him from hemming pants above the ankles. Yahya “John” Lindh sued the directors of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the warden of the […]

At least he’s honest: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne has a request for potential buyers of the automaker’s Fiat 500e electric car: Don’t buy it. He’s tired of losing money. Speaking at a conference in Washington on Wednesday, Marchionne said Tesla Motors Inc was the only company making money on electric cars and […]

All I can say is, amen: Rep. Louie Gohmert predicts that even if Republicans retain control of the House in 2015 John Boehner won’t be returning as speaker.“I do think it’s kind of like the VA,” the Texas Republican said Wednesday on: Sean Hannity’s radio show.: “When you’re not keeping your promises, nothing personal, but it’s time […]

There’s a: law in Arizona that prohibits abortions that are based on race, meaning it’s against the law to abort: a baby because it’s black. : The NAACP is trying to overturn that law. You read that right: A pro-life legal group is having to go to court to help the state of Arizona protect its law it […]

As per the norm, Rush is right: If there is a group of people the government is really gonna look out for and really try to take care of, it’s going to be people who have worn the uniform.:  Everybody has just understood this.:  Which is why: all of these years of the horror stories of […]

She’s a Democrat, so of course the media is silent: Democratic Nassau County, NY Legislator Ellen Birnbaum has caught heat from fellow lawmakers after she allegedly said, “This is a bad neighborhood because African-Americans live there. Very few people would want to go there.” Those remarks were in reference to an area near the Yes […]

What are the pitfalls of working with white people? : Well, we ask stupid questions for one. That’s what the flyer at the White Privilege Conference says anyway: (Click to embiggen.) My personal favorite is “Get too friendly too fast.” : Because we all know if we took our time getting friendly with non-white people, we wouldn’t […]

Where do you even begin? :  Few workers would turn down a raise. Union members, however, can have raises turned down on their behalf. Employees of a Pennsylvania grocery store learned this the hard way. Managers at the Giant Eagle grocery in Edinboro, Pa., wanted to reward hard work. So they boosted the wages of […]

The news here isn’t that Carney lied. : It’s that someone called him on it: At the White House briefing today, Press Secretary Jay Carney repeatedly suggested the American Legion had praised the Department of Veterans Affairs for the resignation Friday of top VA health official Dr. Robert Petzel. It turns out, however, the American legion […]

Welcome to my home state. : Freedom has not be forgotten here: Although lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would override federal gun laws, the Republican-majority Legislature has approved and now forwarded part of that legislation to the governor’s office. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon will now decide whether teachers and other school personnel will be […]

Because freedom of speech is so 18th Century: On May 15, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on June 3 on amending the U.S. Constitution to limit political speech. If ultimately adopted, it would mark the first time in American history that a constitutional amendment rescinded […]

Who better than a convicted terrorist to trust with the private information of American taxpayers? A former Illinois Obamacare navigator discovered to have been a convicted terrorist may now plead guilty over failing to tell immigration officers about her conviction when she moved to the U.S. Rasmieh Yousef Odeh was sentenced to life in prison […]

Your tax dollars, put to good use, or something: The United States Agency for International Development is planning to spend $24.5 million to circumcise an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 male infants and males aged 10 to 49 in the kingdom of Swaziland by 2018. The Kingdom of Swaziland has the highest rates of HIV in […]

Do you have any idea how dangerous rogue field corn can be? : I mean, the: USDA: totally needs this: A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks “the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W.” According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an “ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic […]

Thanks for the heads up: Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the U.S. welfare state through the “Great Society,” if he were elected president. According: to the: Miami Herald, Bush made those comments Wednesday night in San Antonio, Florida at Saint Leo University, while […]

This is a strange story. : I thought the border was secure. : How is this possible: Border Patrol agents in South Texas have arrested nearly 180 illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes since last October, Customs and Border Protection announced this week. The majority of the offenders’ crimes were committed against children, the worst of which […]

I believe this is what is called “speaking truth to power.” :  Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston and chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said on Tuesday that the regulation issued by the Obama Administration under the Affordable Care Act that requires health insurance plans to cover […]

Torture might be a bit of a stretch, but let’s not worry about words. : There’s a victim to exploit to further the agenda: Georgia’s prison officials will have to explain themselves in court if they continue to refuse hormone therapy to transgender inmates, warns a letter delivered to the state’s Department of Corrections on Tuesday […]

Because guns don’t kill…t-shirts kill: A Hinsdale Central High School student is challenging a suspension he said he received for wearing a T-shirt that depicts an AK-47 to school. Senior Chris Borg, 18, of Hinsdale, appeared before the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 school board Monday to make the request that the suspension he […]

Hard to see where his logic is flawed: Latinos will fill the United States with Latino babies, Uruguayan president Jose Mujica told President Barack Obama in an Oval Office meeting Monday. “You will have to become a bilingual country … because the strength of Latin women is admirable and they will fill this country with […]

Define “oxymoron.” : I’d point to the idea of an atheist chaplain, which is what leftists are now calling for: A source tells Fox News that the Military Association of Atheists and Free Thinkers plans to make the request on Tuesday, floating its president Jason Torpy as the proposed chaplain. Asked for comment, the association referred […]

Sorry, Barack. : This wasn’t “workplace violence.” : It was a terrorist attack, and should be treated as such. : Thanks to Republicans, it will be: Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee will overturn one consequence of Obama’s unwillingness to recognize the terrorism of the Fort Hood attack: victims will be eligible for the Purple Heart, allowing […]

They can’t just drop the hammer. : I mean, they’re just hurting females: U.S. Islamic leaders won’t try to formally excommunicate the Islamist Boko Haram group unless they can meet with its leadership to debate the religious legitimacy of its actions, a spokesman for a leading mosque told The Daily Caller. “There is a great reluctance […]

Veterans take a back seat to the agenda: Some military veterans are being forced to leave their nursing home. It’s an unintended consequence of President Obama’s executive order in February to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. Sandy Franks, public affairs officer at Shreveport’s Overton Brooks […]

It’s easy to call for a minimum wage increase when you have the loot to replace all your cashiers with machines: Panera Bread CEO Rob Shaich, a Democratic donor and minimum wage supporter, recently announced that he will be replacing cashiers with computers. Shaich, who donated $35,800 to the Obama Victory Fund, said he wanted […]

The White House is going green, or something: A solar panel array now adorns the roof of the White House and will produce an elephantine amount of solar power when the sun is actually shining: 6.3 kilowatts. If 6.3 kilowatts sounds like a lot of energy, it isn’t. The average home consumes 27 kilowatts of […]