Nothing to see, just no-label “extremists” BRUSSELS – Belgium said on Saturday it will deploy up to 300 soldiers to help guard vulnerable sites in its two largest cities, as governments across Europe stepped up security in the wake of the terrorist attacks in and around Paris last week. The troops will be deployed progressively from Saturday, and will concentrate on the capital, Brussels, and the port city of Antwerp,
January 16, 2015
In the midst of measles outbreak, anti-vaxxers “stand firm” [Darleen Click]
But but but it is the conservatives and “climate deniers” who are Anti-Science(tm) ALISO VIEJO (CBSLA.com) — Parents who have opted against vaccinating their children are standing firm with their decision amid California’s worst measles outbreak in 15 years. A measles scare shut down Sharp Health Care in La Mesa in San Diego County Wednesday, where six people went to the urgent care unit with rashes and measles-like symptoms. The
January 16, 2015
Oh dear God, make it stop … [Darleen Click]
John Kerry goes to Paris to apologize; James Taylor tags along to confront Islamism with a song … Under fire for being a no-show at the Paris March Against Terrorism, the Obama administration sent Secretary of State John Kerry to Paris today to give a “big hug” to the French. In addition to expressing solidarity with the French people, Secretary Kerry brought singer James Taylor to play his 1970s hit
January 16, 2015
Milton Friedman vs the “free immigration” libertarian zealots
Now, some libertarians (who call themselves Classical liberals, as I do) will suggest that Friedman supported illegal immigration, insofar as he points out the mutual benefit derived from such an arrangement. But that is a description, not an endorsement — and Friedman would no doubt understand that “allowing” illegal activity is anathema to a nation built around the rule of law, and that of course a country has both the
January 16, 2015
The cat is out of the bag: Rep Jeff Denham tips GOP establishment hand on comprehensive immigration reform
“GOP Retreat: Rep. Jeff Denham Says Party’s Quietly Crafting Broad Immigration Bill”: The GOP’s most outspoken proponent of comprehensive immigration reform let loose in an interview with reporters here, detailing quiet efforts to draft far-reaching legislation, saying House leadership is “committed” to bringing the hot-button topics on the floor and criticizing President Obama for carrying out too many deportations. “We’re the party of deportation? Look at this president’s numbers!” Rep.
January 16, 2015
The argument over Obama’s “fundamental transformation” is over
If you believe in liberty, which requires individual sovereignty and the eschewing of a powerful centralized authority in a free market economy, then this may be the most important article you’ll read in a long time, evincing as it does the death spiral of free enterprise and the unconscionable, anti-American (in the strictest sense) movement toward a liberal fascist political ruling structure — exacerbated under Obama and helped along by
January 15, 2015
“Of Course it is Islam” [Darleen Click]
Rich Lowry It is settled: The Paris terror attacks had almost nothing to do with Islam. If there is any doubt about this, consider that on the one hand, you have the chilling new tape of the Charlie Hebdo attackers declaring, “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad,” and on the other, you have the tortured reassurances of White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Which are you going to believe? The Obama
January 14, 2015
Is desiring a decrease in legal immigration “anti-immigration”?
This is the position of Alex Nowrasteh writing for Cato, who in the course of a useful Twitter exchange tried to convince me that his use of “anti” (see: “Rebuttal of Senator Sessions’ Anti-Immigration Talking Points”) was some accurate hyper-literal label, bracketing the fact that I’m certain he knows it to be fraught with the weight of implied xenophobia, nativism, et al. My response to Mr Nowrasteh was that favoring
January 13, 2015
D.R. Horton homes and the business of ethics [UPDATED: DR Horton refers us to their counsel; UPDATED again: class action suit?]
Okay, here’s the deal: my wife and I spent a good deal of money on our new home, including requesting lots of “custom” features that we had to have subcontracted out through the builder (spray foam, upgraded insulation, soft close drawers and cabinets, a pocket door in the jack n’ jill bathroom to fix a design flaw in the house, plumbing for the installation of our own upgraded laundry sink,
January 11, 2015
Hey, what happened to the phrase “I’m not anti-Semitic, I’m just anti-Zionist”? [Darleen Click]
Ah, the state of “journalism” today when a reporter — in this instance the BBC’s Tim Wilcox — lectures a frightened French Jewish woman on how the Jews are the ones really to blame for any hate directed at them … cuz ISRAEL!!