Woman killed while heading home from an anti-violence event among the victims. (h/t Weasel Zippers) Sometimes irony just sucks ass. Tie this together with the FEDEX shooting — the building featured a prominent placard showing that firearms were not permitted on the premises, something the shooter either inadvertently overlooked or, to the more cynical, used to his advantage — and what you have is yet further evidence that the anti-gun

See?  I knew something positive would come out of Boehner’s taped comments mocking conservatives who disagreed with him on the prioritizing of “comprehensive immigration reform” as cowards.  Namely, backlash.  Which led Boehner to buckle and deal — even though he’s done so two years too late.  Because, well, dude.  Washington Examiner: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has decided to establish a special select committee to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012,

…do you think maybe we can criticize the President without being called racist conspiracy mongers? I know, I know.  I kid! Lookit: Obama, Clinton, et al., found a fall guy and allowed him to be arrested and imprisoned for a year — essentially putting a lifetime target on his back — knowing full well that he had no part in what took place in Benghazi. We know now that the

I have to take Tanner for a haircut, then my wife and I are going to grab some lunch. None of which concerns you — or interests many of you in the slightest — but I share because I care. And that used to mean something. Thursday update:  Another not-terribly-successful fundraising drive comes to an end today. I appreciate greatly all of you who contributed.  Times are lean, I realize. 

From GoLocalProv: Citizens for Responsible Government, a coalition of Rhode Island individuals and organizations including the AFL-CIO, has launched a campaign to defeat a potential Constitutional Convention in the Ocean State. “A Constitutional Convention is a significant threat to our civil rights,” stated coalition spokesman Pablo Rodriguez, who is also President of Latino Public Radio. “Across the country, issues like affirmative action, reproductive rights, gay rights, worker rights, senior citizen

Just as a federal judge in Arkansas did recently, as well — even though the “indigent” the justice seemed so concerned who are allowed to cast provisional ballots would be able to obtain IDs for free, and in fact, are required to have ID to sign on to assistance programs, or cash checks, etc. In the Wisconsin law, the ruling is even more absurd, claiming as it does that “low-income

Washington Examiner: Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a bill to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour, arguing that the central legislation in the Democrats’ “fair shot” agenda would kill jobs and hurt the economy. The vote was 54-42, falling short of the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster. The debate started just hours after the Commerce Department reported the U.S. economy barely grew at

Parsing the numbers, it sure looks like it.  But, like, free contraceptives!  And abortion on demand in all circumstances! Because punishment.   And freedom!  CNS: If you simultaneously accept estimates published by the Census Bureau and the Chief Actuary of Social Security, then illegal aliens who misused Social Security numbers to work illegally in the United States in 2010 earned more on average than American women did. The Office of the