Sunday, January 26, 2014
BORING: The State of the Union is a grand tradition — but only if people are listening. And they're not.
TWEET OF THE DAY: "Strange how 'inequality' never refers to 10% of the people paying 70% of the federal income tax." From Kevin D. Williamson at National Review Online.
FEDERAL JUDGE shoots down Chicago's gun sales ban. So according to liberal theory, we can expect Chicago's homocide rate to shoot up to match that of similar-sized Houston.
WHAT A BARGAIN: you can get absolutely nothing for a mere $47/month.
And a reminder: you would have to have a taxable income of more than $56,400/year to pay more than the 1% penalty (if you even chose to pay the penalty).
And a reminder: you would have to have a taxable income of more than $56,400/year to pay more than the 1% penalty (if you even chose to pay the penalty).
YOUR SUNDAY LAUGH: Rev. Jesse Jackson wants to 'build impoverished communities'.
Seems to me he's been pretty successful.
Seems to me he's been pretty successful.
ANN COULTER: the heroism of Wendy Davis. There's still time for Texas Democrats to nominate a serious candidate -- the primary is Tuesday, March 4th.
GUN FLIGHT: Smith & Wesson, Ruger quit California over microstamping requirement. Under the 'good for the goose, good for the gander' principle, if I were a firearms manufacturer, I would make it a company policy to sell only microstamped weapons to government agencies.
I KNOW PEOPLE who essentially hide large amounts of cash 'under the mattress'. Perhaps they're right: in England "[s]ome HSBC customers have been prevented from withdrawing large amounts of cash because they could not provide evidence of why they wanted it".
TEXAS HOSPITAL ordered to remove life support from pregnant brain-dead woman. It's a sad story, but a correct result. In my view, the final decision must always reside with the patient, or those closest to him/her.
TEXAS HOSPITAL ordered to remove life support from pregnant brain-dead woman. It's a sad story, but a correct result. In my view, the final decision must always reside with the patient, or those closest to him/her.
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