GOVERNMENT 'AFFAIRS': High-level federal employees used work Internet systems to join Ashley Madison.

More accurately defining government processes....

Even if it was a joke, it used to be "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you"; now it's "I'm from the government and I'm incompetent to help you". Now it's not a joke.

CHANGE YOU CAN HOPE FOR:

Daniel Snyder, owner of the NFL Redskins, has announced that the team is dropping the word "Washington" from the team name and will henceforth be simply known as "The Redskins".

It was reported that he finds that the word 'Washington' imparts a negative image of corruption, cheating, and lying, and is not a fitting role model for young fans of football.

From my email.

WHY DOES CNN hate women? I'm all for having two debates, on two nights, with the candidates for each debate selected randomly. Questions should be asked in 10 seconds or less, and 'gotcha' questions strictly prohibited.

THE GOLD KING MINE FIASCO: What it tells us about the EPA.

[F]ederal agencies like the EPA have become a law unto themselves. They have far too much power, and tend to regard Congress (and even more so, the voters) as a mere inconvenience. The only solution is to drastically reduce the agencies’ powers, something that Congress–which, as you might have forgotten, is ostensibly controlled by Republicans–can do.

So do it. Defund the EPA.

THE MEANING OF 'PROFIT'. Read the comments as well.

CARLY FIORINA'S POLL SURGE is killing Chris Christie. He's now in the top 11.

REDSKINS PRESIDENT WON’T CHANGE NAME even if new stadium [in D.C.] gets blocked. Good for them. Let the PC crowd lose money and get their knickers twisted

IT'S OFFICIAL: cats are better than dogs.

THAT MUCH? The California Clean Energy Jobs Act (Prop.39) that raised taxes on corporations to fund energy efficient projects in schools and create clean energy jobs has generated less than a tenth of the promised jobs.

The Associated Press reported that the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Prop. 39) has only created 1,700 clean energy jobs, despite initial predictions it would generate more than 11,000 each year beginning in fiscal year 2013-14.

And more than half of the $297 million given to schools for the projects has been funneled to leeches consultants and energy auditors.

Surprise, surprise. Throwing money at stupidity is just a fast way to create poverty.

REP. JOHN CONYERS (D-MI) Everyone 'deserves' Medicare - whether he wants it or not. But not too much Medicare.

For your average progressive, yes, choice is always bad. At least for the little people.

IT APPEARS the Social Justice Warriors have taken over the IEEE. Pity.

TENNESSEE COURTS reverse ban on 'mother' and 'father'. I guess they realized the next step, going full sex gender-neutral and referring to children as 'things' ('its'?) was a step too far....

MICHAEL B. MUKASEY: Clinton Defies the Law and Common Sense. [It's behind the paywall, but you can find it here.] The law is for 'little people' and common sense has always been in short supply in the progressive community.

From the comments:

You can be stupid and reach the Presidency. You can be a criminal and reach the Presidency. But you cannot be both stupid and a criminal and reach the Presidency.

I wouldn't be so sure. This election may prove the commenter wrong.

HOW MARKETS WORK: it's not by government turning the crank.

RANDOM THOUGHT: we're beginning to see policy proposals from the Republican candidates, some well thought out; some not. Have we seen any policy proposal from Hillary Clinton, other than 'more free stuff for the little people'?

CARLY FIORINA ON THE IOWA STATE FAIR SOAPBOX: "Everyone Of Us Is Gifted By God!"

THOMAS SOWELL has more random thoughts. Always worthwhile. Here's one:

Despite an old saying that taxes are the price we pay for civilization, an absolute majority of the record-breaking tax money collected by the federal government today is simply transferred by politicians from people who are not likely to vote for them to people who are more likely to vote for them.

And another:

Barack Obama wrote a book titled "The Audacity of Hope." His own career, however, might more accurately be titled "The Mendacity of Hype."

Read the rest. His final 'random thought' is worth seriously considering by every Republican presidential candidate.

YOUR TAX DOLLARS WASTED: NIH, the National Institutes of Health, spent $800,000 to study the dating habits of obese teen girls. (But not obese teen boys.)

To paraphrase Hillary, "What difference ... does it make (to know)?"

OKLAHOMA GUN STORE OWNER: This is a Muslim-free zone.

As noted, it's probably illegal, but then doesn't "no shoes, no shirt, no service" discriminate against nudists? And don't high prices discriminate against the poor?

Personally, I'm coming to favor repealing every anti-disrimination and 'fairness' statute passed since the founding of the Republic. If an honest cost/benefit study were ever to be done, I'd bet the real costs of anti-discrimination laws far outweigh even the perceived benefits of such legislation, much less the real benefits.

NO SHIT, SHERLOCK: “Today’s ‘progressives’ would have protested the horseless carriage.”