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Fed Yearns for Higher Inflation to Disguise Asset Bubbles

Recent statements by Federal Reserve officials would lead just about anyone to believe that one of the bank’s central missions has always been to guard against the lurking threat of deflation. They warn that since official inflation has remained below the Fed’s 2 percent target for almost two years, the country is liable to fall into a stagnant morass unless […]

David Cameron gets it on immigration

There is nothing like a little heat from a third political party to get the attention of career politicians who wish to stay in office. Nigel Farage, leader of the upstart UK Independent Party (UKIP), has been turning up the heat on British Prime Minister David Cameron over the issue of migrants who come to […]

‘The Ox-Bow Incident,’ Ferguson and the rule of law

Remember “The Ox-Bow Incident”? No? It’s positively ancient, and it’s easy to see why it’s been forgotten. For one thing, it’s in black-and-white. And it offers no eye candy: no explosions or moaning flesh, or fast cars or epic battles. But I’ve been thinking about it lately, especially now, with what’s going on in Missouri, […]

Texas Gov. elected Greg Abbott leads coalition of 17 states in lawsuit against Obama’s executive order on immigration (Video)

These are the types of GOPers we need in D.C., not afraid to take it to Obama! Fox News reports Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing the Obama administration over the president’s executive actions on immigration. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Texas on […]

Live Frog Found in a Woolworths Salad

Frog salad may become the newest delicacy, if Woolworths has anything to do with it. For the second time, a customer has found a frog in one of their salads — only this time, the frog was still alive! Another frog has been found in a Woolworths salad according to a tweet – but this […]

Cruelest Prank Ever: Husband Sets Up Cameras and Pretends to Throw Toddler Son Off the Balcony in Front of His Horrified Wife… and She Doesn’t Find it Funny (WATCH)

A video that shows a husband pretending to throw his toddler son off a balcony to the horror of his wife has gone viral. He laughs it off as “just a prank”, but his wife clearly didn’t find it funny. The stunt, which was posted on YouTube on November 30 and already has almost 5 […]

[VIDEO] Benghazi Heroes Debunk House Intel Report As ‘Full of Inaccuracies’ with Firsthand Account

Global Response Staff, security contractors on the ground working for the CIA in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 to September 12, 2012, provided testimony to the House Intelligence Committee. The team of CIA security contractors consisted of Kris “Tanto” Paronto, John “Tig” Tiegen, Mark “Oz” Geist, Ty “Rone” Woods (now deceased), Jack Silva, and DB […]

Prince Charles Plans to Be “Defender of Faith”

Arnold Toynbee had it right: Here is evidence: Prince Charles’s coronation should include a reading from the Koran, a Church of England Bishop has said. Lord Harries of Pentregarth, a retired Bishop of Oxford, said that such a gesture at the traditionally Anglican service would be “creative” and make Muslims feel “embraced” by the nation. […]

[VIDEO] Pastor who had sex with members of his congregation and didn’t tell them he had Aids returns to court in bid to keep his job

An Alabama minister who confessed to having sex with church members without telling them he had AIDS is fighting through the courts to keep his job. McFarland had served the church for 23 years before he confessed to his congregation that he suffered from AIDS. His shocking revelation, coupled with his blatant disrespect for his […]

Weather Is Totally Hotter And Weirder Because Of “Climate Change” Or Something

Let’s review: “climate change” refers to anthropogenic global warming, a notion that Mankind is causing the Earth to become warmer through our output of greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide. It was renamed “climate change” in order to cover ever single weather occurrence, including cold, snow, and ice. Furthermore, calling it “climate change” allows Warmists to […]

Did IRS Illegally Share Taxpayer Data With White House?

It sure appears that way, since the IRS is defying a court order to turn over documents. It also should come as no surprise that most media outlets have completely ignored this story (Fox News) An IRS watchdog is acknowledging that thousands of documents related to requests between the White House and the tax agency […]

Nothing on Terry Bean

If real estate mogul and deep-pocketed White House donor Terry Bean were a Republican, he’d be a household name by now. Bean’s face would be splashed all over the covers of grocery-stand newsweeklies. The garrulous hostesses of ABC’s “The View” would be haranguing the GOP to return his campaign contributions. Child-welfare advocates would be demanding […]

Place Your Bets

Want to bet on tomorrow’s NFL game between Chicago and Dallas? I do. Newspapers and websites all over America tell their readers that Dallas is favored by three points. That’s the “spread” posted by bookies. Millions will be bet on that game, and billions will be bet on other games this weekend — college football, NBA games, […]

Can Racial Discrimination Explain Much?

In the medical profession, there is the admonition primum non nocere, the Latin expression for “first, do no harm.” In order not to do harm, at the minimum, requires accurate diagnostics. Suppose a patient presents with abdominal pains, and the physician diagnoses it as caused by the patient’s ingrown toenails. If that isn’t the cause, […]

The Real Racist Conspiracy In Ferguson

After a grand jury in St. Louis, Missouri, voted against the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old black man Michael Brown, President Obama gave a short address to the nation. In it, he said he understood why some would feel disappointed at the verdict — an odd statement, given that all […]

Lies About VA Reform Come To Light

Sharon Helman, director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System in which vets needing medical care languished on secret lists, finally got sacked last week. She was the face of the VA scandal. Yet firing her took seven months. Unions have the Department of Veterans Affairs in a headlock, and nothing in the phony reform […]

Rape story sends shock waves — and stretched credulity

Rolling Stone has published an incredible story about a rape at the University of Virginia, sending shock waves around the country. But when I say the story is incredible, I mean that in the literal, largely abandoned sense of the word. It is not credible — I don’t believe it. I’m not saying that the […]

Eyewitness: Before St. Louis Hammer Attack, ‘Black People’ Ran Up And Down Street Yelling, ‘Kill The White People’

A video provided to St. Louis blogger Bob McCarty of the crime scene at the South St. Louis Bevo Mill neighborhood where a group of black teenagers bludgeoned Bosnian immigrant Zemir Begic to death with hammers, strongly suggests the motive for the attack – retaliation for the Michael Brown shooting. 32 year-old Bosnian refugee Zemir […]