So, you know, fuck us. National Review [my emphasis]: The House GOP’s conference call last week turned “ugly,” in the words of one Republican on the call, after Speaker John Boehner announced his intention to pursue a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government, hinting it would not use the bill to pick a fight over the implementation of Obamacare. Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia, one of about a dozen

Of course they do. But until they stop voting for wealthier blacks — or the white plantation owners that crack the identity politics whip for the Democratic Party — they’re out of luck.  Moreover, they have themselves at least partially to blame. The federal government wants control over education.  Teacher’s unions don’t want competition, nor do they wish their members judged with an eye toward the best and brightest, but

I was kinda hoping the list would reach 57.  You know:  One shocking fact for each state.  Or for each spice that keeps our greyhound-faced Secretary of State flush with yacht money, even as the Middle East burns. But beggars can’t be choosers, I guess: Compared to when [Obama] first took office, a smaller percentage of the working age population is employed, the quality of our jobs has declined substantially

Fox: A pair of Democratic lawmakers are proposing steep new taxes on handguns and ammunition, and tying the revenues to programs aimed at preventing gun violence. Called the “Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act,” the bill sponsored by William Pascrell, D-N.J., and Danny Davis, D-Ill., would nearly double the current 11 percent tax on handguns, while raising the levy on bullets and cartridges from 11 percent to 50 percent.