NLRB Refuses to Comply With House Oversight Subpoena
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) claimed on Friday that the National Labor Relations Board had refused to comply with a subpoena the committee issued on Sunday. The subpoena asked for documents related to the NLRB’s action against Boeing, and requested they be sent by today at noon. “The National Labor […]
Obama: Salesman of the Year
By B. Lopiccolo Early this year when Trump was leading us to speculate he may run for president, the one thing is said Obama was successful at was his election campaign. Not many can deny Obama and his administration know how to sell the voters on why they should elect him for president, he is […]
U.S. Appeals Court Declares “Obamacare” Unconstitutional
The 11th Circuit U.s. Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia has declared the “individual mandate” provision of President Obama’s health care bill unconstitutional, calling it an “unprecedented exercise of congressional power,” Reuters reports. The section of the bill in question made it illegal for an individual not to have health insurance, and is one of […]
Long-Range Strike: The American Javelin
While American defense budgets are in a rapidly escalating free-fall, Chinese defense budgets have seen annual double-digit increases. China’s rapid military modernization is focusing on anti-access and area denial (A2/AD) technologies, which are designed to deny American naval and air forces access to the skies and waters off the Chinese coast. The problem is that […]
Ahmadinejad Calls on UN to Investigate UK Unrest
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the UN Security Council to step in and investigate the recent unrest gripping Britain. The Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as having told reporters after a cabinet meeting, I advise the British statesmen to be aware that the era of colonialism has come to an end. And they […]
Switzerland: Democracy at Its Best
The Direct democracy that prevails in Switzerland differs from the representative democracy of the US or India, where people delegate power to the elected representatives. But the Swiss political system has both the elements of direct democracy and parliament and so it is referred to as the semi-direct democracy. Government of the people, by the people […]
Problems Exposed in SEC Whistleblower Law
The folks at the National Whistleblowers Center (yes, there is one) like to tell of Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven, two sailors who landed in the brig in 1778 in retaliation for blowing the whistle on the commander of the Continental Navy, who had “treated prisoners in the most inhuman and barbarous manner.” Their bravery […]
Years of Liberal Dogma have Spawned a Generation of Amoral, Uneducated, Welfare Dependent, Brutalized Youngsters
By MAX HASTINGS A few weeks after the U.S. city of Detroit was ravaged by 1967 race riots in which 43 people died, I was shown around the wrecked areas by a black reporter named Joe Strickland. He said: ‘Don’t you believe all that stuff people here are giving media folk about how sorry they are […]
Memo to White House: Unemployment Benefits Aren’t So Stimulating
You might think that a White House press briefing would be the one place where it’s safe to ask the Obama Administration a question about its economic policy. Well, think again, especially if you’re questioning the underlying premise of the Administration’s economic philosophy. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler asked White House press secretary […]
China Tests New Aircraft Carrier
China began on Wednesday to test its first aircraft carrier, The Washington Post reported. The carrier is a retrofitted former Soviet ship called the Varyag. It is considered the first step in China’s plan to eventually build a handful of carriers as part of a wider development of naval might. China bought the carrier from […]
Forgery Claims Research Expert Ron Polland PhD: I created Obama’s certification of birth
Though nothing new, it is amazing how issues with Obama’s so-called original birth certificate just keep crawling out of the woodwork. Earlier this spring, in an attempt to silence well-founded rumors that Obama is in fact not an American citizen – and perhaps not even a legal immigrant! – the White House posted an image […]
