House Committee OKs Labrador Land Bill
The United States government owns 47% of all land in the West. In some states, including Oregon, Utah and Nevada, the majority of land is owned by the federal government. Idaho’s Congressman Raul Labrador asks for 2% back, and the Dems go hermantile.An Eye on Boise at the Spokesman Review : The House Natural Resources
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State Board of Ed bans alcohol sales to ticket-holders at BSU, UI home football games
Booze is only avaialbe to those willing to pay for VIP seats. How egalitarian. Via Betsy Russell’s blog An Eye on Boise at the Spokesman Review: Idaho’s State Board of Education today voted to ban alcohol sales at most home football games at Idaho universities for the coming season – including to ticket-holders at Boise State University and
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Vox writer calls for Obama to ‘unilaterally ban all Americans from purchasing guns’
Here’s a totalitarian view for you, asking the President to overthrown the US Constitution. From The Washington Times: Vox Media writer Dylan Matthews drew social media ire on Thursday when he called for President Obama to “unilaterally” deny Americans their constitutionally protected rights. “This is not Dems‘ sales pitch but I’m totally down with letting
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Maine restaurateur bans owners, supporters of AR-15
How would she even know if her customers owned an AR-15? From The Washington Times: A Maine restaurateur is facing calls for a boycott after she announced she was banning owners of semi-automatic rifles from her restaurants, as well as people who support the private ownership of such rifles. Anne Verrill explained in a now-deleted Facebook
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Guns sales spike among gays, lesbians after Orlando terror
From The Washington Times: Last Sunday’s terror attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, has sparked a surge in gun purchases on the other side of the country. George Horne, owner of The Gun Room, told a local Fox affiliate on Tuesday that sales have probably quadrupled compared to this time last year. “For
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CIA director: Islamic State promoting ‘lone wolf’ attacks, scheming to infiltrate West
A bleak assessment from the CIA Director. Via The Washington Times: The Islamic State has “a large cadre of Western fighters” who could carry out attacks in the U.S. and Europe, CIA Director John O. Brennan said Thursday in a sobering — at times pessimistic — assessment of the threat facing the U.S. and its allies
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Clinton losing interest in accommodating Sanders and his liberal followers
Hillary had to move left during the primary in order to beat Sanders. Now that she’s in the general election cycle, she wants to move towards the center; but Sanders isn’t letter her do that. From The Washington Times: Progressive leaders are still hoping to force likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to the left,
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Howard Stern slams gun-control push: ‘Imagine if the Jews’ had AR-15s
It’s worth reading what Howard Stern says here. From The Washington Times: Radio shock-jock Howard Stern went off on pro-gun control politicians Wednesday, saying they wish to strip Americans of their guns and turn them into sitting ducks. “I’m so upset about Orlando and what went down, but I can’t believe these people who come
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Philadelphia OKs Bloomberg-backed soda tax; 1st major U.S. city to do so
The nanny state is at it again, telling citizens what they can & cannot eat/drink. Salvation via the stomach. From The Washington Times: Years of shaking up the can finally led to an explosion, as Philadelphia on Thursday lifted the lid on a long-sought soda tax. City Council voted 13-4 to enact a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax
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Donald Trump joins Democrats in post-Orlando gun control push
Well, what do you expect. He is a New York liberal after all. From The Washington Times: Brushing aside warnings that they’ll tip off terrorists to secret investigations, Democrats pressed ahead Wednesday with plans for new gun controls after the Orlando shooting, and even enlisted an unlikely potential ally — Donald Trump, who said he’s
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NBC’s Seth Meyers: Trump banned from my ‘Late Night’ show
From The Washington Times: In a segment on Tuesday’s “Late Night” skewering Donald Trump, host Seth Meyers declared that “as long as the Washington Post is banned from Donald Trump’s campaign, Donald Trump will be banned from ever coming on this show.” The “Saturday Night Live” alumnus expressed his frustration at the Republican presumptive presidential
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Republican Gov. Larry Hogan says he won’t vote for Donald Trump
Another prominent Republican politician bails on Trump. From The Washington Times: Maryland’s Republican governor said Wednesday that he doesn’t plan to vote for the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump. “No, I don’t plan to,” Larry Hogantold The Washington Post when asked Wednesday whether he would cast a ballot for Mr. Trump. “I guess when
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Pink Pistols, LGBT gun-rights group, sees membership spike after Orlando attack
This cannot make the statists happy. From The Washington Times: A nationwide gun club geared towards the LGBT community has reportedly seen its membership more than double following Sunday’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Pink Pistols, a 16-year-old organization that boasts dozens of chapters nationwide, went from having about 1,500 members
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Donald Trump prepared to go it alone if GOP won’t get on board
Trump is running as an anti-establishment politician. So this makes sense. From The Washington Times: GOP leaders have yet to abandon Donald Trump, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said this week he’s ready to kick them to the curb and go it alone against Hillary Clinton if they don’t man up. In some of
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Global Terrorism Database, Visualized
If you’re looking for a great visual resource on terrorism, the University of Maryland’s website “National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism” visual database is your place to start. Check it out! https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/globe/index.html
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Judge Dismisses Bogus Charge Against David Daleiden for Exposing Planned Parenthood
Via LifeNews: Undercover investigator David Daleiden has been vindicated. Today, a Harris County, Texas judge dismissed the bogus misdemeanor charge against David Daleiden for allegedly trying to buy body parts from the Planned Parenthood abortion business he was exposing for selling them as a part of the Center for Medical Progress’ undercover investigation. Daleiden has maintained
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Hillary-supporting website selling severed Trump head T-shirts
Image shows Clinton holding beheaded Donald based on story of Judith and Holofernes. Via Media Equalizer: Feel like Election 2016 could use a bit more incivility? Well, then, we’ve got the T-shirt for you! For a mere $27.68 a pop, the overtly pro-Hillary website Wonkette is peddling anti-Trump apparel, complete with Clinton holding The Donald’s severed
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