Author: Duane Lester

And why wouldn’t they do this? : Who’s going to question them? : The press? In 2009, in the earliest weeks of President Barack Obama‘s administration, the White House made the controversial decision to take the unprecedented step of moving the Census Bureau from control of the commerce secretary over to the White House ahead of the […]

What kind of person sets a puppy on fire?   Larry Wallace, 66, from Arcadia near Tampa was booked into the DeSoto County Jail on Monday. Wallace was apaprently surprised at his arrest and had owned the dog for less than a year. He now faces charges of arson and animal abuse, both felonies. Police […]

It’s unclear whether Obama threatened to hold his breath until he got one, but I’m guessing that’s the case: Neurosurgeon Ben Carson says the White House wanted him to apologize for “offending” President Obama after he famously delivered a conservative message at the National Prayer Breakfast last year. Carson, the former director of pediatric neurosurgery […]

Tell me again that “climate change” isn’t another name for “central control by carbon.” The United Nations (UN) has: delivered its latest verdict: on the measures necessary to save the world from global warming and the news is as grim as it is predictable and wearisomely familiar: More regulation from “experts”, technocrats and bureaucrats at supranational organisations, […]

Sen. Harry Reid has an addiction to Koch. I’m not kidding. Watch this video: Now, here’s comes the head exploding time: During the past five congressional campaigns (2006-14) Koch money went to President Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer and other members of Congress. The chart below represents direct donations […]

Clearly, George Will is a racist, or something: “Liberalism has a kind of Tourette Syndrome these days. It’s constantly saying the words racism and racist.: There’s an old saying , if you have the law on your side, argue the law. If you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. If you have neither, […]

There was a time when a conservative would say, “Why not set the minimum wage at $20 an hour? and liberals would say, “Don’t be ridiculous.” : Today, they say “That’s not enough.” From fighting Google buses to protesting Ellis Act evictions, San Francisco’s 9,475-member Service Employees International Union local has been leading the campaign for […]

The sad thing is, the judge thinks Holder cares about the law: U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor Jr., a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, expressed his unease with Holder directive to federal prosecutors on reducing prosecutions and sentencing for drug crimes, thus bypassing the regular commission process. “The law provides the executive no authority […]

I assume by “regular citizen” he means a person not hiding behind the president’s power. : But he’s right. : If you or I did the things he’s done, we’d be under the jail: When it was time for Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX) to question Holder on his refusal to supply Congress with requested documents and to […]

We should send everyone with a COEXIST sticker over there to teach them about tolerance: This young girl was employed in Palmelkh Saudi Arabia had the audacity to say that Jesus Christ is her Savior. This angered much of its official work, and who ordered his men to carry out the process was to sew […]

Worst. : Venture capitalist. : Ever: Critics of Democrats calling for additional subsidies for electric vehicles are pointing to the financial troubles of one stimulus-backed car producer that just announced it is closing its U.S. plant. Missouri-based Smith Electric Vehicles: said: this week that it is suspending operations in the United States due to a “tight cash-flow situation.” Its […]

Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the quicker the world dies in a fiery methane induced inferno: People should eat fewer baked beans to reduce flatulence which can contribute to global warming, a minister suggested today. Fears were raised about the impact of ‘smelly […]

It seems like Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings has been bad. : Rep. Darrell Issa wants to know why his staff was asking questions from the IRS, why these questions weren’t disclosed and why Cummings denied these actions when asked about them. Issa wants answers: “Although you have previously denied that your staff made inquiries to the […]

Because the Second Amendment is for other states: Lawyers representing Gabriel Razzano claim the process is a violation of the: Fourth Amendment: which: prohibits unreasonable: searches and seizures: and requires any: warrant: to be judicially sanctioned and supported by: probable cause. The registration process, according to the summons, is secretive and “results in a mandatory, warrantless Penal Law 400 gun removal visit from […]

We’re told that there’s nothing to worry about when it comes to Common Core. : If that’s true, what’s with the intimidation and the punishment for those who oppose it: A 13-year-old student at Orange-Ulster BOCES believes she was suspended from school this week as a result of telling other students they didn’t have to take […]

I smell a recall election: One-thousand “brothers in blue” came to pay their respects this afternoon to Officer Alexander Thalmann, 22, killed in the line of duty in New Bern, N.C., last week. Thalmann’s partner, Officer Justin Wester, 23, is recovering from a gunshot wound to his leg from: the shootout that left convicted felon, Bryan […]

Who needs freedom of association, anyway? The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide if a New Mexico wedding photographer was within her rights when she refused to work at a same-sex ceremony. The denial leaves standing a decision by the state’s highest court that went against the photo studio – although the local dispute has […]

Reminds me of that scene in “Tremors.” : You picked the wrong home to invade, didn’t you: Earlier this morning: the Pena family awoke shortly before 7 a.m. to the sound of somebody rattling the back doors of their house.: Luis A. Pena: went to check on that and found somebody attempting to break in to the : french doors […]

Don’t talk about it. : Be about it: The House Ways and Means Committee will vote this week to formally ask the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges against former IRS employee Lois Lerner, an official at the center of Republican probes of the matter. The committee will mark up a letter to Attorney General Eric […]

We know that if Bill O’Reilly tells the truth, liberal heads explode. : What happens when Bill Maher, noted liberal, tells the truth? : Same thing: Talk show host and comedian Bill Maher sparked controversy during his Friday night show when he warned against crossing the ‘gay mafia’. His comments, made on the online-only segment of Real […]

Probably not racist, or something: Last week, all eyes at the Barclays Center weren’t on Jay Z’s better half, Beyoncé – but on the coaster-size golden pendant swinging from the rapper’s neck as the couple sat courtside. Asked once if the group’s symbol – an eight-pointed star with the number 7 in the middle – […]

That popping sound you hear? : That’s the sound of liberal head exploding across the country. : Why? : Bill O’Reilly told the truth, and you know how they feel about facts: During his passionate monologue, he completely called out black community leaders who have failed their own people. O’Reilly argues that such leaders would rather belabor the […]

I’ve been told that Common Core is the best thing to happen to education since John Dewey. : At least, that’s what a math teacher recently told me. : I’ll wonder if she’d approve of this curriculum:   How are parents supposed to help their children with Common Core math when it’s just flat-out wrong? Parent Mina […]

Hard to believe, what with Barry’s powerfully strong leadership: More than half of the 2.6 million Americans dispatched to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan struggle with physical or mental health problems stemming from their service, feel disconnected from civilian life and believe the government is failing to meet the needs of this generation’s […]

Nothing, and I mean nothing, takes priority over the agenda: The Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting dangerous experiments on humans over the past few years in order to justify more onerous clean air regulations. The agency conducted tests on people with health issues and the elderly, exposing them to high levels of potentially lethal […]

This is what America has come to: Police in Philadelphia were left scratching their heads when they were approached by a badly beaten man claiming that his four roommates held him down and forcibly tattooed racial slurs and X-rated images on his body. The two men and two women, who range in age from 19 […]

More? : We need to stop giving anything and kick the whole lot out of the country: When U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday,the panel will consider a budget request for international organizations that is 33 percent bigger than last year’s, including a 43 percent hike […]

I know it’s God’s job to judge, but I hope he’ll excuse my assessment that this guy is a bit of a grifter: The Archbishop of Atlanta’s Roman Catholic Diocese has been put on the defensive after it was revealed he built a multimillion dollar mansion for himself using church funds. Archbishop Wilton Gregory’s $2.2million, […]