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March 4, 2011

"Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers’ Coffee"

Yup. Hell in a frickin’ handbasket: A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations. The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers. The dispute involved the town of Orange and the local chapter of the United Public Service Employees Union. The board determined the town

another "Michael Moore Must Really Like Sausage" post

I can tell because he’s very very fat. So.

Unemployment Rate: 8.9%?

Doubtful. I mean, sure, if you reduce the size of the work force as a constant, as the Department of Labor had been doing, the unemployment rate will eventually drop. Meanwhile, in a world constrained by the laws of physics, Gallup finds a different trend. The MSM, naturally, will report the former number and largely ignore the latter. As they begin their latest push to re-elect a Marxist to the

a CITIZEN JOURNALIST prepares himself for life under Barack Obama’s Socialist Paradise, 5

REI hippie guy working the cash register, wearing the Obama button pinned to his stupid shirt: “Okay. So that’ll be $83.77.” me: “Cool! $41.89 it is.” REI hippie guy working the cash register, wearing the Obama button pinned to his stupid shirt: “Sir?” me: “No need to be all formal, brother. Classless society and all that.” me: “– Oh, and thanks for picking up your share of the cost for

"Federal Expenditures Topped $1 Trillion for February Alone, Says U.S. Treasury"

A trillion here, a trillion there — pretty soon we’re talking real money…

Not your daddy's GOP?

Well, we’ll see. But there are signs of fight in some of these lawmakers: GOP lawmakers have already moved decisively to curtail the power and influence of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has extended its regulatory reach without congressional approval. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rodgers (R-Ky.) has introduced a continuing resolution that would cut $61 billion from government operations through Sept. 30. Tea Party activists, who have very

The New Civility, 43

Sherrod Brown inadvertently reminds us that certain public sector unions, with their mandatory enrollment, their promotion of longevity over merit, and their close ties to a central authority, are very Deutsche Arbeitsfront-esque. So. Who gets to play Hitler in Sherrod Brown’s analogy?