Justice Department puts Obama donor in charge of IRS scandal probe

Last year, when news broke that the IRS had been targeting Tea Party groups in what looked like an effort to help Barack Obama's reelection efforts, the President was outraged. He claimed that the incidents were "inexcusable" and promised a full investigation. His administration wouldn't rest until they'd discovered how something they so clearly condemn could have happened. After all, this was a scandal that struck at the very heart of the electoral process and, if there's one thing Obama loves above all else, it's Democracy.

An abdication of responsibility

When it came to the confirmation of Janet Yellen for Federal Reserve Chair, 56 Senators voted for her and 26 against. Where were the other 18? That is a disgusting display of gutless politics. Eighteen Senators who don't even have the backbone to take a stand.

UK Prime Minister Climate Change Opinion Not Backed Up By Science, Says Met Office

David Cameron’s comments that the recent floods are linked to climate change are not backed up by scientific research, the Met Office has said.

Of course Hillary's surge opposition was political

It's one of those stories that make you say, "I think it's remarkable that you think it's remarkable."

Service Exports Help Drive Growth in Well-paying Jobs

TORONTO, - While manufacturing has been struggling to recoup job losses, Canada's tradable services sectors have been expanding, providing an increased number of well-paying jobs in Canada in the midst of tough economic times, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Tradable Services: Canada's Overlooked Success Story," author Daniel Schwanen finds the relative strength of the Canadian economy has shifted towards the services side, and policy should now seek to exploit that strength. "Tradable services are an area of strength for the Canadian economy, and certainly one of relative success when it comes to exports and the creation of 'good' jobs," commented Schwanen.

Another form of tracking

Are you aware that with some credit cards (maybe all), you will be prohibited from charging if you wander too far from the billing address without notifying the credit card company? This happened to us recently on a purchase of much needed prescription refills.

Bad Tobacco Policies Drive Smokers to Black Market

TORONTO, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released today a new joint-research paper with the U.S.-based Reason Foundation. The paper looks at Canada’s tobacco tax rate changes in relation to the growth of the contraband market, making the case to reject higher tobacco taxes in Canada as well as President Obama’s proposal for higher tobacco taxes in the United States.

Three Things You Don't Need Robert Gates's Book to Know

Excerpts from a new tell-all book made quite a splash in Washington yesterday. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates apparently blasts President Obama on foreign policy and the U.S. military in his upcoming book, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.

Cameron Defies Tory Critics And Links Floods To Climate Change

Climate change may be to blame for the flooding and severe storms seen across Britain in recent weeks, David Cameron said today. The Prime Minister said that he “very much” suspects that the extreme weather seen over December and the new year could be attributed to rising global temperatures. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, he said that Britain was seeing “more abnormal weather events”. Mr Cameron’s decision to reiterate his belief in global warming will encourage environmental campaigners but will have ruffled feathers on his back benches. --Laura Pitel, The Times, 9 January 2014

England’s Children’s Commissioner thinks smacking (spanking) should be banned!

The Children’s Commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson, speaking to the left-wing Independent newspaper said that parents should be banned from smacking (AKA spanking across the pond) their children under any circumstances.

Christie, Mulvaney, and the Compromise of Compromise

““This is what compromise looks like. Sometimes it’s quiet, sometimes it’s loud.” – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie “That’s not compromise!” – South Carolina Rep Mick Mulvaney

Bibi and the Oy Response

There is a reason the Jewish word Oy has no English translation. Okay, sure, some would offer such phrases as Oh My God, too bad, who needs this, too much, etc. etc. To these interpreters I say, are you kidding me?

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Folk don’t need ‘the weatherman’ to tell them what it’s doing outside. They can just look out the window.

Cops blast Obama tapping cop killer’s lawyer for DOJ civil rights chief

America's largest police organization, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), sent a letter to President Barack Obama for nominating an attorney with a questionable background to become the head of an important Justice Department post, an "Inside the Beltway" watchdog group reported on Tuesday.

The Very Green Keystone Pipeline Delay

Stopping the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from carrying Canadian oil, a major trading partner and ally of the United States, is just part of a much larger environmental agenda aimed at preventing access to this energy source, but it is larger in scope; stopping or slowing the development of America’s huge reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas.

Reality vs. EPA’s Carbon Capture Dreams

The EPA published this week a rule in the Federal Register that will essentially ban the construction of new coal-fired power plants. This creates a carbon dioxide emission standard that is impossible for a coal-fired power plant to meet without technology known as carbon capture and storage (CCS) attached to the plant. EPA claims that CCS is “adequately demonstrated” as is required by federal law, but this is not true.

March For Life Chicago: Proclaiming Sanctity of Human Life and Marking Roe v. Wade Anniversary

CHICAGO, -- On Sunday, January 19, 2014, pro-life groups from all over Chicagoland will come together to proclaim the sanctity of human life and mark the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States.

End Taxpayer Funded Tourism Promotion

Governments everywhere promote tourism as though tourist attraction was a fundamental role of government. Wyoming's state government is no exception.

Referendum Overturning Co-ed Bathroom Law Advances to a Full Check of Signatures

SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- The coalition working to qualify a referendum to the ballot that would overturn a law forcing boys and girls in California's public schools to share school bathrooms, showers and locker rooms said it was pleased that the State has ordered a full check of signatures submitted based on results of random samples from the 58 counties.

Water is the Weather Wildcard

The climatists claim that atmospheric carbon dioxide drives global warming. But the past seventeen years of rising CO2 without rising global temperatures shows this is untrue.