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• University Will Investigate Christian Professor’s Intelligent Design Class Following Atheist Furor

  May 20, 2013 at 10:19pm

  No offense to those students who are all up in arms about this, but I am sure he is not the only professor teaching classes in this field of study. If you can’t stand his beliefs, then choose another instructor in a different section who teaches this course who doesn’t do so (It should be listed in the academic schedule of classes.) Colleges were once a place where people of different views could hash out & debate ideas. (But, those days are gone…such an old-fashioned notion away, which stood in the way of the conception of progress according to some.)

• Washington Times Writer: Fox News Scandal Goes ‘Much Deeper,’ W.H. Sitting on Something Top Obama Aides ‘Terrified’ About

  May 20, 2013 at 9:55pm

  I will say this: I wish the Blaze would wait for further info before posting a story (but, I do appreciate the stories that do come up that the LSM decides not to report out of ignorance or bias; and, go ahead trolls who skim this site, to lambast me. I’ve faced worse in my life.) I will say this: if there are anymore scandals in this admin, then be prepared to see even more people thrown under the bus; all in the name of plausible deniability. And, when the ready supply of folks available in various government departments is depleted, then it will be open season on whole swaths of the public citizenry at large (they are already doing this in some cases.) Which comes to two possible conclusions: someone even more radical comes in the 2016 campaign who whips up public sentiment for securing the Office of POTUS (and, in the end just does more of the same); or, folks decide to deep-six the current crop of “leaders” for public office, and get back to the basics with common sense types. (Feel that the latter is a pipe dream; with people in this country being who they are, who love the entitlements and other assorted goodies, we will probably end up with the former.)

• CBO: Obamacare in its First Decade Will Cost Double What the President Promised

  May 16, 2013 at 9:51pm

  And, cue “The Price is Right” music when the contestant loses the game they are currently playing…

• The Sneaky Change to Traffic Lights in Florida That’s Now Leading to More Tickets

  May 15, 2013 at 10:06pm

  In reply to Anonymous T. Irrelevant.

  I remember when I was stationed in San Diego, the city/county did the same thing (installing RLC’s and shorting the yellow light.) A year or two later, the county council was concerned about the increasing number of “vehicular collisions at intersections” and why traffic safety numbers were declining. I don’t condone unsafe driving (I’ve done some stupid things while driving, and I deserved the citations issued), but it doesn’t help things along when these folks want more revenue for some pet project or “buying” votes for the next election cycle from certain groups or segments of society (usually both.)

• AP: Cancer, MS Patients May Face Outrageous Costs Under ObamaCare

  May 13, 2013 at 4:00pm

  I guess Alan Grayson was right when he said some will be asked to die quickly. He was just wrong on who would be asking those individuals to do…

• SHOCK: IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups During 2012 Election, Apologizes

  May 10, 2013 at 6:46pm

  7-8 months after the fact (and, past the election), and it’s “Oops…our bad; Sorry”. This apology doesn’t matter, really; the message that was wanted was sent in time for end of campaign season. Also, the IRS spokesperson saying “I not good at math.” If there was a clear example of a double standard, this is it. Perish the thought if those who are responsible for revenue collection aren’t really the best with numbers; But, as taxpayers, don’t you do it; I am not good at math is not accepted as a legitimate reason.

• Is There a Scary Biometric ‘National ID System’ Tucked into the Immigration Bill?

  May 10, 2013 at 5:44pm

  In reply to Baddoggy.

  You are right on that one; I did a research paper for a class (I go to AMU in WV) on border security, and this was one of the technologies that I covered. FR tech is becoming more effective and effcient everyday. But, I am surprised that they have not just started doing it with no legislation requirement. Think about it: if you have ever been in the Armed Forces, held a job at a company on federal property (airports, etc), visited a government building with visual security equipment (almost all of them), applied for a Conceal/Carry permit, and the rest of things in life that require some bit of personal data…well, you are in a database somewhere. (I know first hand: When I got a job at a air freight carrier at IND, my fingerprints were cross indexed with those when I enlisted in the Navy.)

• Revealing New Statistics Seem to Debunk Key Claim Made by Gun Control Advocates

  May 8, 2013 at 10:43pm

  CalmVoiceofReason, I respect your opinion. However, you would also entertain (based on your reasoning) that pro-gun control groups like The Brady Campaign and The Joyce Foundation also use stats to effectively endorse legislation that fits into their mindset? If the NRA is a corrupting influence for one side, then would it be reasonable that other groups with a differing viewpoint be using their influence to do so also? As I like to say, politics is where issues, like water from two different streams, become murky beyond all belief.

• ‘Bureaucracy Out of Control’: EU Proposes Now Controlling…Seeds

  May 8, 2013 at 10:20pm

  Well, its in the “interest of public health and the economy”…note, in the interest of the economy; it is almost like Wicker vs. Filburn, only in an a European version. But hey, maybe the 1930′s central planning mindset will work this time… (As the central planning train of thought goes: Your labor is not your own; and your productiveness, in the zero-sum belief goes, must take away from the potential from those are less inclined to attempt to do so. Therefore, it must be managed and regulated. I see this everyday where I work.)

• Sometimes Armed Home Intruders Just Have to Learn the Hard Way

  May 6, 2013 at 8:00pm

  In reply to GotzvB.

  I am with you on the Zombiemax rounds; have the 12 ga Zombie Max (staggered with Winchester PDX-1′s) in my Mossberg Mariner. Keep my SP2022 loaded with Hornady Critical Duty (hollow-point plugged bonded 9mm) at 135 grain. I have shot them before, and they are damn good rounds. (I call them “stoppers”.)