Saturday, April 12, 2014

THE TEA PARTY ECONOMIST 04/12/2014

Video: Stephen Colbert Takes On Common Core
Comedy Central frontman Stephen Colbert, who will soon replace David Letterman on CBS’s “Late Show,” openly mocked the Obama administration’s Common Core education standards. Colbert first poked fun at the public’s widespread paranoia of the standards, but he then shared some examples of confusing Common Core assignments, suggesting that perhaps that paranoia is warranted. READ MORE

New Evidence May Indicate NSA Took Advantage Of Heartbleed Leaks For Years
A new report about the massive internet security software bug that’s been shaking up the Web all week indicates the National Security Agency both knew about and exploited the flaw to to spy on internet traffic for at least two years. Bloomberg News broke the story in a Friday report citing two sources “familiar with […] READ MORE


Bus Bully Learns The Hard Way Not To Push People Too Far
An alleged bully was in for a major surprise after she decided to violently attack a boy on her school bus. While the victim initially sat helplessly as she punched him in the face, pulled his hair and slapped him, his eventual reaction stunned the young woman. In video of the attack that was captured […] READ MORE


Video: Did You Know Harry Reid Has A Koch Addiction?
For over a month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been obsessed with the Koch brothers. He condemns them on the senate floor on a daily basis. So, how many times has the strangely-obsessed Reid mentioned the evil conservative billionaire brothers? Thanks to our good friends at Washington Free Beacon, we now have the answer: […] READ MORE

Serious Online Security Breach Has Been Found, “Heartbleed” Widespread Problem
You know the lock icon that pops up next to URLs to tell you a website will keep your information safe? It turns out it has actually left your private data unsecured for more than two years. Websites encrypt your information, like emails, passwords and credit card numbers, so if anyone tries to snoop, they […] READ MORE

Schools Not Insulated From Violent Attacks, Despite Rules And Weapon Bans
As I rolled down my driveway and pulled onto the street Wednesday morning I turned the radio up and took a sip of coffee. A song was coming to an end as I reached to change the channel, knowing that I needed some music to get the blood pumping through my veins. The voice of […] READ MORE

Oops! Democrat’s Staff Sent Emails To IRS About Targeting
If you’ve paid even a modicum of attention to the House Oversight Committee hearings on the IRS scandal, you know that Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) has insisted from the beginning that the Republican-led investigation has been little more than a witch hunt. Cummings has been accused of virtually running cover for the White […] READ MORE

Air Force Museum Security Uses Excessive Force Against A Grandmother
A family says they continue to be haunted after they were pulled over and held at gunpoint by military police following a Friday visit to an Ohio Air Force museum. According to Alice Hill, her grandson was studying the Wright brothers at school and wanted to see the plane on display at the National Museum […] READ MORE

FED Drops Unemployment Target Even Lower
Federal Reserve officials had a secret video conference call in early March and reached a general consensus that the 6.5% unemployment rate threshold for the first rate hike was outdated, the central bank said Wednesday. A summary of the video conference was included in the minutes of the Fed’s March 18-19 meeting released by the […] READ MORE

How Black Players Made It onto Southern NCAA Teams
Open entry is a powerful force. We see it in the free market. But we see it even more clearly in sports. Numbers trump color in sports: points on the scoreboard. In the free market, only two colors matter: black ink and red ink. Here, everyone wants black. THREE PHOTOS This is from the 1965-66 […] READ MORE

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