July, 2017

Let ObamaCare expire; there will be few mourners

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — President Trump tweeted in mid-July: “As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!”

Rage Has Become All the Rage

Americans are angry these days. As I watch the news and listen to people, everyone seems to be on some crusade. The polls show the rage. There is a constant grind of self-righteous hate and finger-pointing. Almost everyone hates Congress and half the people hate the President, mostly because they are being told to do so.

Emails show Seattle’s coordination with activists in minimum wage research

Last month, researchers from the University of Washington informed the city of Seattle that despite the best efforts of the Service Employees International Union they had failed to repeal the law of supply and demand. Contrary to the promises of city government, the UW team--originally commissioned to study the effects of the measure by the city government--found that the union-backed minimum wage hike to $13/hour (en route to further increases to $15/hour) had reduced lower-wage employees' earnings by $125 per month.

Biofuel justifications are illusory

The closest thing to earthly eternal life, President Ronald Reagan used to say, is a government program. Those who benefit from a program actively and vocally defend it, often giving millions in campaign cash to politicians who help perpetuate it, while those who oppose the program or are harmed by it are usually disorganized and distracted by daily life.

Republicans say one thing, do another

I know a lot of Republican officeholders, and respect them a great deal. I am the last person who would try to tell you that Republicans in general don’t really want to govern, but prefer instead to sit back and take shots at Democrats while they govern.

DITCH MITCH

Yesterday morning, the rationale for why conservatives across the country should support Republican Party candidates and enable the GOP to control Congress was completely shattered. By losing a 49-51 vote, the Republican led U.S. Senate failed a pass a “skinny” repeal of Obamacare, condemning the nation to more suffering from the horrors of socialized medicine.

“It All Depends On Whose Ox Is Being Gored”

Here's what the above idiom means. If something awful happens to someone you don't know, or perhaps dislike, you are likely to ignore it in the first instance, or may even applaud it in the latter instance. If something awful happens to you or your loved ones, well, that's a different story altogether. There will be no applause from you; there will be scorn and retribution if you can make that happen.

Charlie Gard: Britain’s Shame and a Symptom of the Decline of Nations

Decent people around the world have pondered, prayed, labored and wept over the little angel we know as Charlie Gard. None have been more exasperated and tortured than his parents. Now, it seems our thoughts and prayers must shift to them as little Charlie’s time draws near.

America’s two-party political system is dying

The failure of the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate to repeal ObamaCare signals that both major political parties have accepted the central role of the federal government in controlling the American healthcare industry.

Taxpayers can’t afford the bill for Diversity Gardens

PRINCE ALBERT, SK: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on federal, provincial and municipal governments to reverse their decision to spend $60 million on the Diversity Gardens project while running massive deficits.

Decision: Alberta’s discriminatory beer tax violates Agreement on Internal Trade

Today, an expert panel convened pursuant to the dispute resolution process of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) ruled that the Government of Alberta's Small Brewers Development Program, which discriminates against out-of-province craft beers, does not comply with the province's free trade obligations under Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade. The challenge is a huge victory for Artisan Ales, a Calgary owned-and-operated small business, whose business was devastated by the discriminatory policy designed to restrict access to the quality craft beers it imports from other provinces.

A Crude Primer: Would a Barrel of Oil by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?

When people talk about a barrel of crude oil, there is a tendency to lump all of it into one large category. The reality is that there are different flows of crude oil from all over the world that have various, distinct qualities. There are two main qualities used in the classification process. The first is API gravity and the second is the sulfur content.

Anyone who does not believe we are witnessing the end of the greatest country the world has ever see

Anyone who does not believe we are witnessing the end of the greatest country the world has ever seen must be both deaf and blind. We have a dysfunctional congress that cannot carry out the simplest of tasks. We have a White House in disarray.

Vladimir Putin opposes U.S. fracking because it threatens Russia’s energy exports

Russian connections to anti-fracking activism in the United States underscore Russian President Vladimir Putin's dedication to keeping Eastern Europe dependent on the oil and natural gas which flows from its state-owned energy giant, Gazprom. Russia has successfully stopped fracking efforts in Eastern Europe through phony environmentalist and media campaigns, and is now attempting to disrupt the surge in American natural gas production that is quickly bringing the U.S. into energy independence, and creating threatening unwanted competition for the Russian energy in Europe.

Hillary’s going to tell the world “What Happened” on Sept. 12

The big story the Mainstream Media will never write is that although Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, she still gets to run the White House in absentia.

Dear John McCain

I’m no financial expert. But I’m one heck of a well-informed consumer. And as a former healthcare lobbyist and someone who worked several jobs serving poor, disabled, immigrant, and underclass populations, I also know a lot about the many, many ways we deliver medical care to people who can’t afford to pay for it.

Mainstream Media Ignoring Democrats’ Abortion Debate

Here’s a story you won’t see in the mainstream media. Just when it looked as if pro-life Democrats were going to go the way of the Dodo bird, there appears to be some softening of the party’s strident pro-abortion stand.

Losing the House to Win the Future

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is worried about the failure of Republican governing reality to match Republican campaign rhetoric. Newt told Fox News, “I would say the highest focus ought to be on getting the tax bill through because if we don’t have economic growth next year, I think we’re in real danger of having Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”

What if the Trump-Sessions feud is a big, clever hoax?

What if the public feud between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions feud is one huge put-on? That’s the question Brian C. Joondeph asks in a thought-provoking column at American Thinker today.

Once a RINO, Always a RINO – McCain Sinks Obamacare Repeal

They say a leopard never changes his spots, and with that being a given, you could also say that a RINO never loses his horn… John McCain has made a career out of cultivating an image of being a “maverick”, or at least that’s what the mainstream media likes to call him. To anyone on the right, he’s nothing more than an egotistical blowhard who loves being a thorn in the side of his own party.