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States Hire Food Stamp Recruiters to Grab Federal Bucks

In their neverending quest to grab federal dollars, states are now competing to sign up their citizens for federal food stamps. A piece in Wednesday’s Washington Post details the efforts of states ranging from Florida to Rhode Island to Alabama

States Hire Food Stamp Recruiters to Grab Federal Bucks

Washington State Dumps 'Sexist' Words Like 'Penmanship'

The war on the English language from gender-neutrality advocates has reached new lows in Washington state, where the governor signed a new piece of legislation dictating that the terms “fisherman,” “freshman,” and “penmanship” all be replaced because of alleged sexism.

Washington State Dumps 'Sexist' Words Like 'Penmanship'

Report: Boston Bombing Suspect Admits Guilt

The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has now admitted that he and his older brother Tamerlan were indeed behind the bombings: Dzhokhar was read his Miranda warnings on Monday. UPDATE: The Boston Globe

Report: Boston Bombing Suspect Admits Guilt

Affidavit: Dzhokhar Shot in Head, Neck, Legs, Hand

The criminal complaint against surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsanaev contains an affidavit from Special Agent Daniel R. Genck, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is assigned to one of the Boston Field Office’s Counterterrorism Squads, and is

Affidavit: Dzhokhar Shot in Head, Neck, Legs, Hand

Boy Scouts Move to Change Openly Gay Scout Ban

After years of severe pressure from legislators, including a recently-proposed California bill that would remove their nonprofit status, officials from the Boy Scouts of America said Friday that they would look to end their ban on openly gay scouts. The

Boy Scouts Move to Change Openly Gay Scout Ban

CA Senate President Pro Tem: 'No More Cuts'

California’s fiscal future may look bleak, and its current funding source may be bond-buyers on Wall Street, but according to California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), the problem with California is that it’s too fiscally responsible. Giving the

CA Senate President Pro Tem: 'No More Cuts'

Obama Budget Increases IRS Funding $1B

While President Obama’s budget cuts discretionary funding for the Department of the Treasury by 2.3 percent, it dramatically increases funding for his favorite agency: the Internal Revenue Service, which will be tasked with enforcing Obamacare taxation schemes. “The Budget,” Obama’s

Obama Budget Increases IRS Funding $1B

Obama Budget Skyrockets Gun Control Funding

President Obama’s budget contains a significantly elevated level of spending dedicated to enforcement of federal gun control. According to the budget, the Department of Justice will be granted some $395 million “to combat gun violence, and ensure that those who

Obama Budget Skyrockets Gun Control Funding

CA Urges Citizens to 'Believe In Something Bigger': Powerball

California’s Lottery Commission has spent upwards of $8.4 million to promote the state’s newest initiative aimed at siphoning money from the poor: Powerball, which begins on Monday. Running commercials across radio and television urging citizens to “BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BIGGER”

CA Urges Citizens to 'Believe In Something Bigger': Powerball

Gov Worker Unemployment Rate Just 3.6%

The latest jobs numbers look pretty awful for most Americans – but they don’t look so bad for certain classes of Americans. Americans aged 25 and up with a college degree or more have a 3.8 percent unemployment rate. But

Gov Worker Unemployment Rate Just 3.6%

Obama Declares Easter Sunday 2013 'Cesar Chavez Day'

President Obama released a statement on Friday, March 29, proclaiming March 31st “Cesar Chavez Day, 2013”. March 31st marks the birthday of the co-founder of the United Farm Workers (formerly National Farm Workers Association), and also falls on Easter Sunday

Obama Declares Easter Sunday 2013 'Cesar Chavez Day'

Update: Google Sticks with Chavez Logo All Easter Day

Last night Pacific Time, Breitbart News reported that Google was featuring a Doodle of labor leader Cesar Chavez … on Easter. We also suggested that Google would “likely switch out to an Easter logo sometime today.” We were apparently in

Update: Google Sticks with Chavez Logo All Easter Day

How Google celebrates Easter

The Google search website uses “doodles” to re-decorate the company logo in honor of holidays and other major events.  I see they’ve chosen to commemorate Easter Sunday by celebrating the birth of labor leader Cesar Chavez.  There isn’t even a

Happy Easter: Google Celebrates Cesar Chavez's Birth

March 31 marks the birthday of National Farm Workers Association (later United Farm Workers) co-founder Cesar Chavez. Chavez, who was trained by Saul Alinsky in the tactics of community organizing, has become a cult figure in California due to his

Happy Easter: Google Celebrates Cesar Chavez's Birth

Report: Slate Economics Blogger Buys $1.2M Condo

Nothing says wealth redistribution like purchasing a $1.2 million condo in the heart of Washington D.C. What else to make of reports from the Washingtonian that Slate economics and business blogger Matthew Yglesias, an ardent redistributionist, owns a three-bedroom, three-bath

Report: Slate Economics Blogger Buys $1.2M Condo

America's Black Market May Be Exploding

According to Rick Newman of US News and World Report, America’s consumer confidence continues to rise, and their out of pocket spending has been solid. Yet credit card spending has not risen, and incomes have not risen either. So what’s

America's Black Market May Be Exploding

Palestinian Authority Newspaper Runs Pro-Hitler Op-Ed

Israel’s supposed peace partners in the Palestinian Authority have been promoting Hitler again. The PA official newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jedidah has run an op-ed suggesting that Nazism was an honorable ideology that would greatly have benefitted the planet had it prevailed

Palestinian Authority Newspaper Runs Pro-Hitler Op-Ed

CA Approves $8.6B More Debt for High-Speed Rail

While California suffers through a nation-high 9.8 percent unemployment rate, a state budget debt of $34 billion, and $766 billion in unfunded liabilities, Democrat-appointed officials have okayed borrowing another $8.6 billion to begin work on the state’s vaunted high-speed rail.

CA Approves $8.6B More Debt for High-Speed Rail

Boehner: I 'Absolutely' Trust Obama

On ABC’s This Week, hosted by Martha Raddatz, Speaker of the House John Boehner appeared to downplay the problem of national debt while loudly proclaiming his wonderful relationship with President Obama. “The president and I, as I have made very

Boehner: I 'Absolutely' Trust Obama