Monthly Archives: July 2010

Balance the Budget In One Easy Step

Anybody else see the obvious answer? The commission leaders said that, at present, federal revenue is fully consumed by three programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “The rest of the federal government, including fighting two wars, homeland security, education, art, … Continue reading

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How Does BP Compensate Gulf Coast Folks When They’re All Tax Cheats?

During my recent sojourn in the hospital, I had some interesting conversations with a particularly cynical nurse, a refugee from New Orleans. He’d lived in various places along the Gulf Coast most of his life before quitting his CPA job … Continue reading

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QOTD

“Unfortunately, this is rarely what actually happens, and we instead wind up with a political class that repeatedly and consistently loses sight of the fact that, once elected, they’re actually supposed to govern.” RTWT

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$92.86

That is how much your government gladly spent to help to destroy a firearm. But it didn’t just help to destroy one. It helped to destroy 1.4 million of them. And it gave that money to the UN to do … Continue reading

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The Rules, they are a-changin’

By Phil Kadath: For no particular reason other than I’m cleaning up the sidebar and freshening up the blogroll. I thought it appropriate to fiddle with “The Rules Round These Parts”. This list now goes to 11. This post will … Continue reading

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The RNS EMail Addresses

Same excuse as above. Phil : randomnuclearstrikes (at) gmail (dot) com David : davidwhitewolf (at) yahoo (dot) com MadRocketScientist : N/A Scott : N/A Dave the RNS Photographer : N/A

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RNS Quote of the Day, 07/10/10

Weigel and Klein are not only what’s wrong with contemporary journalism, they’re emblematic of what plagues the whole country right now, which is being run by a collection of ardent adolescents, devoid of experience but brimming with fierce rectitude and … Continue reading

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Calling Gamers: Try Stabilizing the Federal Debt

The game is here. Try it — it’s fun! Goal is to drop the federal debt to 60% of GDP within a certain number of years. Takes about five minutes of your time. Most frustrating thing is that some things … Continue reading

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Your Daily Geek – Pour Me Some Body Armor

UK Scientists get liquid body armor right

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He’s a success

For his party. Not for America. We’ve all already heard about the problem with the DOJ and the dropping of almost all the charges in the case against the New Black Panthers. But it gets worse. For more than three … Continue reading

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