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Hands off My Sharing Economy

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced Tuesday that the San Francisco ride-matching company had hired David Plouffe, the campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, as a senior vice president/campaign manager. This means war — an epic war — that will pit Uber and the Obama Whisperer against not only what Kalanick calls “the Big […]

Over-Covering Ferguson

Why have the protests and riots lasted so long in Ferguson?: Why have out-of-town agitators and opportunists like the Communist Revolutionary Party and the New Black Panthers flocked to a St. Louis suburb?:  Why, 12 days after Michael Brown was shot to death by a policeman, do the good people of Ferguson who want to see […]

Lawyer for a suspect in gruesome triple murder fears his client’s horns, elf ears and ‘666’ tattoo could turn jurors against him

Yes, that might be a problem: a lawyer for an accused triple murderer is afraid the jury will be turned off by his “unusual” appearance, which includes horns and a “666” tattoo. Caius Veiovis, 33, is the third suspect to face trial in the August 2011 slayings of David Glasser, Edward Frampton and Robert Chadwell. […]

Former Foster Mother, 64, Jailed For Raping Children

Yikes! Barbara Brooks, an elderly babysitter and former foster mother, has been jailed for raping four children in her care. The crimes happened while she babysat them at her homes in Mt. Healthy and Springfield Township. Brooks will be sent to prison for five years under a plea deal. She was sentenced to seven years […]

VIDEO: Sarah Palin Takes The Ice Bucket Challenge

Want to watch Sarah Palin take the Ice Bucket challenge? It’s definitely worth it! Post by Sarah Palin. Palin’s challenges for this one were fun, too. Seeing a hundred and forty year old, overly serious coot like McCain take this would be fun and Hillary? Well, I think this may be Palin’s way of knocking […]

Semi-Retired President Uses Weekly Address To Deal With Ex-Im Bank

Seriously, I just can’t understand why anyone would call him tone deaf (video here) (White House) One place to start is by supporting something called the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Its sole mission is to create American jobs. That’s it. It helps many American entrepreneurs take that next step and take their small business global. But […]

Not Nearly as Daunting as the 1960s Riots

Continued violence in Ferguson, Missouri, brings back memories of the urban riots of the 1960s. As it happens, I had a front-row seat back then, as an intern in the office of Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh during the six-day riot in July 1967. At one point I was alone in the so-called command center with […]

What is Ferguson Really About Now?

The initial outburst of rage, simmering for years in a brick and pavement community draped in poverty was genuine, and for many today is still genuine. It didn’t and will never matter to many in Ferguson what Michael Brown did or did not do. What remains is a white man of authority gunned him down […]

Are Republicans Abandoning the Obamacare Issue? Doubtful

In a bit of dubious cherry-picking, a new Bloomberg article concludes that the Affordable Care Act is losing its effectiveness as a political issue for Republicans and is diminishing as a major issue. How do we know the end is near-ish? Well, so many Americans are “benefiting from the law,” theorizes Heidi Przybyla, that political […]

The Fiddler Putts And Putts Away

Wake up America, wake up! This is the resounding call I have often read on social media postings and voiced by very frustrated people. I share their deep agitation at the Obama Administration’s retreat and suicidal weakening of this great United States of America. He is not an inept empty suit, rather a charging force […]