Category Archives: Order of the imperial upraised middle finger.

I’m a bit disturbed by the Repub Presidential candidates not going forth and being part of the next CNN/YouTube debate. Sure, less than 25% of the populace even bothers to watch them this early in the race, but c’mon, just … Continue reading →

A couple weeks back Imentioned that the local SEIU and another leftist pro-tax group had lost their case in trying to keep a Citizen’s Initiative that would have required a supermajority vote of the legislature to raise taxes off the … Continue reading →

h/t: Flashreport. A writeup on this outrageous boondoggle (including a private, well-furnished office for Rangel and a paid “secretary” to “organize his papers”) — and great video of Rangel’s hissy-fit on the floor — is here.

I saw an error in the Seattle Times the other day which I would like to correct at this time. The original intro to this article: As part of their campaign to soothe an anxious middle class, congressional Democrats are … Continue reading →

For what NM Governor Bill Richardson did last night at the debate. In polite society it is called putting your foot in your mouth. RNS is not quite a corner of polite society, so I will call it as I … Continue reading →

Government loves people. To death. A high-flying television producer died from a suspected epileptic fit while waiting for vital brain scans on the NHS. Laura Price, 30, who worked on shows such as Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing, was … Continue reading →

And nearly off the payroll Just when you thought partisan idiocy in Washington couldn’t get any worse, the House voted last night to cut off the salary of Andrew Biggs, the new Deputy Commissioner of Social Security. No one doubts … Continue reading →

Back in November of last year, local Reaganesque activists, The Evergreen Freedom Foundation, requested that certain documents pertaining to the union negotiations between the State of Washington and the state employee’s union, SEIU 775, be made public. In February the … Continue reading →

The Legislature and those who oppose Democracy, that is. Local pro-tax groups, FutureWise and the SEIU fought to keep a Citizen’s Initiative off the ballot this November. The Initiative was I-960. It would require a 2/3 Supermajority vote in the Washington … Continue reading →

To be cowardly. France: Hizbullah not a terror group Hizbullah is part of Lebanese politics and must not be regarded as a terror organization, said the French Foreign Ministry in a statement Thursday night. The statement was an apparent about-turn … Continue reading →