White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer appears to be the administration’s “short straw” mouthpiece. With some regularity, he is handed the duty of defending the president on Sunday morning chat shows on the heels of particularly bruising news weeks. Perhaps his most memorable performance came last spring, when he bungled a series of interviews on […] READ MORE
Potential Crimea Sovereignty Change Fits With 1000 Years of European History
The borders of Europe have been static since the breakups of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and the reunification of Germany, but look set to shift shortly, if the Duma in Moscow ratifies the stated desire of a Crimean majority to quit Ukraine for Russia. But a broader perspective, taking into account the past […] READ MORE
World’s Largest Life Insurance Policy Taken Out By California Billionaire
An unnamed Silicon Valley billionaire has purchased the world’s most valuable life insurance policy. The San Jose Mercury News reported Saturday that Guinness Book of World Record officials say the $201 million life insurance policy is more than double the previous record. A Southern California financial services company who helped put the deal together declined […] READ MORE
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As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, the State Department is spending U.S. tax dollars on some interesting titles to stock the library of the American Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The library, which specializes in “U.S foreign Policy, U.S. social and cultural issues, Art, Management, U.S. history, geography, the Economy, Human Rights, Press and […] READ MORE
Crimea Passes Vote To Secede From Ukraine, Likely Will Join Russia
Russia gave its clearest signal yet Monday that it plans to move fast to annex Crimea, defying U.S. and European threats of sanctions a day after a referendum in the breakaway Ukrainian region to secede passed handily. The Moscow-backed leadership of Crimea wasted no time in formally asking to join Russia following the hastily called […] READ MORE
Video: Missing Malaysian Jet Likely Hijacked By Pilots Says Wall Street Journal
A new video produced by the Wall Street Journal explains how possible sabotage to the missing Malaysia Airlines jet would have likely been conducted. According to the Journal, the first thing likely disabled was the plane’s transponder. This would have likely required unplugging circuits in the cockpit. READ MORE
A Miscommunication Leads To These Sheriffs Being Asked To Disarm
Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert traveled to Oklahoma City, the state’s capitol, earlier this week with 40 other sheriffs from around the state like they do every year — to meet with politicians and lobby. Everything was going fine in the state capitol building on Tuesday. More than that, “everybody in that building knew who […] READ MORE
Of Course the Government Is Lying About 9-11
This month, a campaign in Canada is challenging the government’s 9-11 story. I am in favor of this, both as a professionally trained historian and as a believer in a general policy of examining official government positions. Here is a short video on the campaign. It is a professional looking video. It may work. Lots […] READ MORE
How Exactly Does Obamacare Help Americans, If 80% Of Deductibles Rise?
Four out of five U.S. companies have either already raised deductibles on their employee health plans or are considering it thanks to Obamacare, according to a survey of over 700 businesses by consulting firm Mercer LLC. A third of the companies surveyed have already hiked deductibles or co-pays and another 48 percent are contemplating options […] READ MORE
Bill Gates Gives Picture Of Future Of Computing
Within 20 years, “software substitution” will dramatically reduce the demand for many types jobs, Bill Gates said Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute. It’s a gloomy prediction that he says many people, including governments, aren’t prepared for. Make no mistake, “software substitution” is a fancy way of saying software automation — as in “bots” and […] READ MORE
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