PTO ignores these trademarked names that are more offensive than Redskins

In its decision to cancel federal trademarks for the name of the Washington Redskins, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) cited Federal trademark law, which says: registration of trademarks ‘may not disparage’ or ‘bring into contempt or disrepute’ individuals or groups. : It seems like somewhat broad discretion has: given to the PTO in terms what deciding […]

 


Sick Vets Terrorized in DHS Show of Force

Before he destroyed his career through irresponsible self-indulgence, zillionaire trial lawyer John Edwards used to demagogue about there being two Americas. Maybe he was right. But it isn’t the two Americas of wicked capitalists and the righteous proletariat, as characterized by Edwards. The two Americas are the one veterans fought for, and the one they […]

 

Obama’s Pentagon Preparing to Use Military to Put Down ‘Civil Unrest’

Obama’s Pentagon is now studying “civil unrest” in this country and others looking for ways that the military can be used to understand, predict, and to put a stop to political protests, both non-violent and violent ones. We all should understand the desire that militaries have to study this field, of course. After all, security […]

 

Federal Government Forbids Aging Cheese on Wooden Boards

Tyranny has existed throughout human history, but modern liberalism is unique in that its proponents grind under their heels even the most innocuous and irrelevant aspects of society. For example, the federal government has now forbidden aging cheese on wooden boards: A sense of disbelief and distress is quickly rippling through the U.S. artisan cheese […]

 

New York Soda Ban Rises From the Grave

Nanny state totalitarian Michael Bloomberg is no longer Mayor of New York. But progressive tyranny works like a ratchet; notch by notch it is pulled tighter, never giving way in the opposite direction. So not even the most absurd of his restrictions are going anywhere. His soda ban was held up in court. No matter; […]

 

Now Obama Is Coming for Your Cigars, America

Obama’s Food and Drug Administration is targeting your cigars, America, and if you are a cigar lover you’d better pay attention because if Obama gets his way costs will soar. AP photo The USFDA is proposing a whole slew of new regulations changing the way the government treats cigars, one if which is to outlaw […]

 

Houston Mayor Says Men Should Be Allowed to Use Women’s Bathrooms, Dressing Rooms, Showers

The openly gay mayor of Houston, Texas, has declared that men should be allowed to use women’s bathrooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, and showers. It was an 11-6 vote of the Houston City Council prompting Democrat Mayor Annise Parker to issue her directive. Houston’s bathrooms, showers, and dressing facilities will now be open to all, […]

 

Colorado Civil Rights Panel: Christian Bakers MUST Make Gay Wedding Cake

So much for having freedom of association, private property rights, or being allowed to observe religious convictions in Colorado because now a “civil rights panel” in Colorado’s state regulatory scheme is compelling a Christian bakery to a wedding cake for a gay wedding. The Associated Press notes that Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission has issued its […]

 


Progressive Prigs Versus the Iron Pigs

Bacon tastes so good, you had to know it was only a matter of time before it was targeted it for restrictions: PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) has erected a billboard a mile from the Allentown Iron Pigs’ ballpark, comparing bacon to cigarettes and declaring: “Keep Kids Safe: Ban Bacon from Ballparks.” The Iron […]

 

Michelle Obama Says Kids Should Monitor Parents for Racism

Taking a page out of the political handbook of every fascist society and dystopian Sci Fi novel, Michelle Obama is telling kids to monitor their parents for crimes against the state. The woman who was never proud of her country until she and her husband were deposited in the White House spoke to a class […]

 

Pebble Mine: Emblematic of EPA Tyranny

The most malevolent ideology conceivable would by one holding the human race to be inherently bad and human activities inherently harmful. The full implementation of such an ideology would make fascism, Islam, and even communism seem downright benevolent by comparison. This is why the more power Obama grants to the Environmental Protections Agency to implement […]

 



Federal Bureaucracy Gets a Grip on the Throat of the Internet

Given the totalitarian proclivities of all oligarchical collectivists, you had to know that sooner or later Obama et al. would make their move on the Internet. An urgent warning from FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly: Internet application and content companies, what some refer to as “edge providers,” are increasingly concerned by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) […]

 

Justina Pelletier Still Isn’t Going Home

You don’t see her so much in the news anymore. But Justina Pelletier — who was confiscated from her parents by a Massachusetts hospital, much to the detriment of her fragile health — still isn’t going home: The teen at the center of a custody battle triggered by differing diagnoses by two Massachusetts hospitals will […]

 

White House Pushing Universal Internet IDs

Enjoy using the Internet in relative anonymity while you can. Like all good things, it won’t last long in the Age of Hope & Change: A few years back, the White House had a brilliant idea: Why not create a single, secure online ID that Americans could use to verify their identity across multiple websites, […]

 

Controlling Thoughts by Controlling Language in Albuquerque

Controlling people physically is easy. All you need is guns, clubs, and cages. Controlling their minds requires a little more sophistication. As George Orwell understood, it can be accomplished to a large extent by limiting their vocabularies, thereby limiting their thoughts. That’s why the Albuquerque edition of the Newspeak dictionary is striking terms like “illegal […]

 

Going After the Right of Assembly

The right to peaceably assemble is so important that the Founding Fathers put it in the First Amendment, right up there with freedom of speech and free exercise of religion. Like the rest of our constitutional liberties, it is under assault. James Madison, who drafted the Bill of Rights, was from Virginia. This is what […]

 

Why You Ought to Shop at Lowe’s

Since Home Depot threw itself whole-heartedly behind the gay agenda, repeatedly promoting it to children, I have come to think of Lowe’s as the conservative home improvement store. Looks like the Obama Regime has reached the same conclusion: The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [recently] announced a settlement with Lowe’s Home […]

 

Mass. Democrat Says Gov’t Should Control Media

That darned old media is just out of control and filled with “hate crimes,” Senator Ed Markey (D, Mass.) says. So, he thinks the best solution is that government should control everything we see and hear. What could go wrong with that, Mr. Orwell? Markey has proposed a tax dollar-wasting “study” to find ways to […]

 


Donald Sterling and the Slippery Slope Into Totalitarianism

The “conservative” wing of the establishment news media has degenerated into a pack of vicious dogs ripping some previously unknown sap limb from limb for having said something unflattering about blacks in a private conversation. Sean Hannity actually stopped denouncing the allegedly racist Cliven Bundy long enough to exclusively devote the first third of his […]

 

Eminent Domain: Colorado Couple Finds Out That Their Land Is Only Their Own Until the Government Wants It

This report has been contributed by Daisy Luther of : The Organic Prepper.: Daisy is the author of: The Pantry Primer: How to Build a One Year Food Supply in Three Months. Imagine this: You do your research and you choose a retreat property far off the beaten path. : You spend time and money developing it, making it […]

 



Purging Christianity From College Football

For the liberal agenda to succeed, individual conscience must be eliminated, so that only the State and its affiliates determine what is right and wrong. That won’t happen so long as Christianity exists in a meaningful form. Unfortunately for our liberal rulers, they do not yet have the political leverage to repeal the First Amendment, […]

 


Bureau of Land Management Thugs Prepare To Flee Conflict With Nevada Rancher

Whether you agree with rancher Cliven Bundy’s decision to allow his cattle to feed on federal lands without permission or not, the thuggish, heavy handed response of the Bureau of land Management should disturb you.If the government feels comfortable threatening a rancher in Nevada, it feels comfortable threatening the rest of us, too. That’s why […]