Monthly Archives: May 2014

You Can’t Make These People Up

To all those “can’t happen here” optimists, I would refer them to this one story. In effect, Harry “Turd-weight Champion of the World” Reid (that weight division was named in honor of Harry’s brief, but notable amateur boxing career) has … Continue reading

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Media Shots Regarding Senate Race

As others have enlightened us, and upon second reading, there is more to the QC Times “Hip Shots” regarding Monday’s Senate forum than we previously commented on.   That article is credited to the QCT Editorial Board but we might presume … Continue reading

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Senate Campaign Produces a Pox On Two Houses?

This week, on the 20th and 21st, the two large postcard mailings from the Marc Mark Jacob’s campaign appeared in our mailbox. They are shown below front and back. The designs and content are intended as pure attack pieces on … Continue reading

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Argus -Dispatch Fans Flames of Global Warming Hysteria

We had almost come to the point of suggesting that the Argus-Dispatch (A-D) was marginally better than the Times-Democrat  QC Times for general news fairness and objectivity when we were confronted with this bogus headline. They have managed to fail … Continue reading

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Senate Forum

The candidates for the Republican nomination to fill Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat met in a controlled forum last night at Bettendorf High School.  All announced Republicans were present which included Sam Clovis, Scott Schaben, Mark Jacobs, Matt Whitaker and … Continue reading

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Why Oppose Gas Tax Increase

See end of article for summary statements in opposition A Gallop poll about a year ago found that Two Thirds of Americans Oppose Gas Tax Increase. According to the report in Newsmax, the survey found that overall sixty-six percent of … Continue reading

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Alan Caruba: Time for the States to Take Back Their Land from the Feds

Sunday, May 18, 2014.  Posted here in its entirety with permission. See Alan Caruba’s daily posts by visiting  Facts Not Fantasy. By Alan Caruba According to a 2012 report by the Federal Research Service, “The federal government owns roughly 635-640 … Continue reading

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Face Palm Stories and Pithy Posters

Jeb Bush The following excerpts from Lucianne Godberg (Lucianne.com) and Tony Lee writing at Breitbart bring palm to face. Lucianna.com:   Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the … Continue reading

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Immigration Zombie – Dead — Not Dead — Dead

Report Says Obama Admin. Released 36K Criminal Illegal Aliens in 2013    That revelation was Wednesday. Given the very serious nature of the crimes and that the convicts were released into communities only pending deportation (do you think any of them … Continue reading

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Why Oppose Internet Sales Taxes

Proposals for collecting internet sales taxes continue to reveal their ugly head.  Individual states have imposed them but the siren call is for federal regulations that will require other states to collect them, or other schemes to obtain such revenue … Continue reading

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