RCP On Tuesday, President Obama participated in the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University in Washington. While many topics were discussed, including the media, the president addressed the impact children attending private schools have on the “opportunity” for other children. Obama also said a private school education leads to “an anti-government ideology.” “What’s happened in our economy is that those who are doing better and better… are

Now, what is it again we call people who have no ownership of the fruits of their labor? A proposed new law in Denmark could be the first step towards an economic revolution that sees physical currencies and normal bank accounts abolished and gives governments futuristic new tools to fight the cycle of “boom and bust”. The Danish proposal sounds innocuous enough on the surface – it would simply allow

The historical NKVD: The NKVD struck with lightening speed. Less than four weeks into the invasion, the Belorussian NKVD had already identified no fewer than 3,535 counterrevolutionary “elements,” and by late November 1939 the organization had already arrested nearly 12,000 people throughout the former eastern Polish territories.11 When the NKVD chief in Belorussia reported the arrest of some 581 Polish officers and army reservists in early December, he emphasized that

Congresscritter Hank “Guam is gonna tip over!” Johnson goes full thug … Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) says with budgets like the GOP plan, “the have-nots of this country will rise up like the people in Baltimore.” During an interview last week on WABE radio’s “A Closer Look” program Johnson said he voted against the GOP budget measure because of its domestic spending cuts and added that its passage could result

Just a grandmabrag post … I took some pics of the two younger ones last week …

Fausta I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and, if I had $5 for every liberal idiot who looks at me and says “You don’t look Puerto Rican”, etc., because I don’t fit the Liberal template of what a Lateeeno/Lateeena should be like, this blog wouldn’t need to carry ads. Frankly, by now I expect to consistently encounter discrimination and bigotry from Liberals. It’s in their mindset – identity

Labour loses … What the election has fundamentally exposed is the existence of Two Britains. No, not a Labour Britain vs a Tory Britain — that old divide has been flagging for years. Not poshos vs workers, as Labourite commentators like to fantasise. And it’s not even England vs Scotland. Yes, that divide will undoubtedly be the source of instability in the coming months, but even it is merely a

Merrick: “I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!” me: “Objection! Assumes facts not in evidence!” Merrick: “I AM A HUMAN BEING!” me: “Sure, I know that. Just busting your enormous, calcified chops. Seriously, though: how much for the burlap drool sack? I know a guy on eBay that could turn that into big cash. $500 get it done?” Merrick: Merrick: “I AM NOT ONE TO BE LOW-BALLED!” me: “Really? Hardball? For a