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It’s time to dump the Wicked Party and the Stupid Party and to move on to a Third Party option. Via Yahoo News:  The idea of Gary Johnson for president is a lot less crazy than it used to be. Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president, was an intriguing candidate in the 2012 GOP

What’s the variable? Increased Muslim immigration, gun restriction of citizens, extreme liberal policies, etc.

Because this has worked so well in Europe… Via RedFlag:  The Obama administration reacted to yesterday’s shooting in San Bernardino – likely carried out by a Muslim terrorist – by insisting that “common sense” gun laws will deter jihadists who are planning attacks. Reporter Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest: “Does the

Via The Blaze:  1. Those blaming the NRA, rather than radical Islam, ought to be ashamed. ISIS Suspects by State in the United States | InsideGov   2. Liberals are focused on hating Christians, but radical Muslims are the ones murdering gays.         Major ISIS Directed and Inspired Attacks | Graphiq

Via the DCGazette:  Chick Fil A has made national news for it’s owners’ stance on gay marriage. Anytime they do something even remotely non-PC, their supposed slip up goes viral. Hash tags pop up all over the place. So why is that what they have done in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting hasn’t

The following is from Hillary’s Twitter feed:  “Let’s be clear: Islam is not our adversary. Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism.” — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 19, 2015 That statement goes way beyond saying that Islam doesn’t preach terrorism. It claims that terrorism has nothing to do

A court commissioner says Western State Hospital CEO Cheryl Strange must report to jail Wednesday if she doesn’t admit the patient. [Western State Hospital is located just southwest of Tacoma, WA]. Strange says she will not skip over other, possibly more ill patients on the hospital’s long waitlist. Via the Seattle Times: Western State Hospital’s

Via Vocative: ISIS Amaq News Agency has officially claimed responsibility for the deadly shooting in Orlando, saying that “a soldier of the Islamic State has carried out the attack.” Suspected gunman Omar Mateen killed 50 people inside a gay nightclub early Sunday morning; shortly beforehand, he called 911 to pledge his allegiance to the Islamic

According to CBS News, the gunman who shot up an Orlando nightclub this morning may have had ties with Islamic terrorism. Now watch Democrats have apoplexy. That goes against their meta-narrative that gun violence is from white cracker males. Plus, he was a registered Democrat (gasp!)  Sources have confirmed to CBS News that authorities are

From the Washington Post:  When the U.S. economy slowed during the recession, so did one of the major demographic shifts of the last several decades. For a brief respite, the Northeast and Midwest stopped shedding quite so many residents to the burgeoning Sun Belt. That trend, though — which has big consequences for politics, among

Via the Associated Press:  Donald Trump can be an effective president, and he’s going to win with you or without you, Republican Chairman Reince Priebus told several hundred of the party’s top donors and strategists Saturday. Trump is setting a dangerous example for Americans by promoting “trickle-down racism,” and the party must look beyond this

Via the Associated Press:  Groups are challenging the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission over its recently adopted grizzly bear management rules. The Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Biological Diversity and Jackson, Wyoming-based filmmaker James Laybourn filed a lawsuit against the commission Friday in state court in Cheyenne. The lawsuit claims the

Via ABC News:  A federal judge has tossed a charge of using and carrying a firearm in the course of a crime of violence for eight people involved in the occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/25U2SiT) that David Fry’s defense lawyer Per C. Olson argued that the charge be dismissed for

Via the Associated Press:  After months of public hearings with pot growers, lawmen, public health officials and others, an Oregon commission is racing to finalize recreational marijuana regulations and issue licenses to hundreds of businesses within a few months. But those who aim to produce souped-up coffee and other niche products might have to wait

Via Betsy Russell’s blog An Eye on Boise at the Spokesman Review : Idaho state general fund revenues for May came in 3.1 percent below forecasts, but 0.2 percent above the previous May; for the fiscal year to date, that puts state tax revenues almost right on forecast, at 0.7 percent below, and 3.5 percent above the

Via Betsy Russell’s blog An Eye on Boise: Idaho 2nd District GOP Rep. Mike Simpson has joined Sen. Mike Crapo in decrying Donald Trump’s comments that a federal judge can’t be fair in his Trump University fraud case because he is of Mexican heritage. Here is Simpson’s statement: “America is a country where all people are

Details from Spokesman Review Betsy Russell’s blog An Eye on Boise. Hispanics accounted for 42 percent of the enrollment growth in Idaho’s public schools in the last five years, according to a new report from the University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research. In fact, 10 Idaho school districts – and eight Idaho counties, including