Monthly Archives: August 2014

Veritas Salad

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Designated2

First a pithy poster from the excellent terrellaftermath.  Worth a thousand of our words on the immigration controversy: Moving on . . . this from our Illustrious Senior Editor, DLH Guess who was missing at the funeral of the highest … Continue reading →

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Worthy Commentary – Liberalism, Libertarianism, Conservatism

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Designated2

The following  excerpts are from today’s Jonah Golberg  The Goldberg File, a National Review newsletter we highly recommend.  Sure we know matters are more nuanced than he characterizes “libertarianism”  and we disagree with some assertions. Frankly we don’t think we … Continue reading →

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On the Pope, Bureaucracies and Christology

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Designated2

Pope Francis definitely has a way with words Addressing the throng in South Korea voluntarily assembled to hear him the Pope laid a prayer on them: “May they combat the allure of a materialism that stifles authentic spiritual and cultural … Continue reading →

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Obamas B’Ball Defense Policy

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Designated2

“Rebalance” . . .  “Pivot”  . . . play from a short bench with Clueless Chuck Hagel as team captain Some time ago Obama announced a pivot of our military toward the Pacific theater. In other words announce a retreat … Continue reading →

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Republicans Fiddle – Avoiding Any Brand Association

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Designated2

Why aren’t Republican touting the James O’Keefe / Project Veritas video’s profound demonstration of border insecurity? Many of our readers may have seen the image of an “Osama bin Laden”  terrorist crossing the river separating the US and Mexico in … Continue reading →

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Veritas Salad

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Designated2

But that was then and this is….FORE!!! I was once told by an affluent, “well-educated”  liberal acquaintance that my admiration for Sarah Palin reduced his “regard” for me by “two notches”. This is a guy who voted for Obama TWICE…what … Continue reading →

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Iowa Treasurer Candidate Sam Clovis Making Waves

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Designated2

For the benefit of taxpayers . . . Many a politician holding a more obscure office looks for ways to project name ID to the voting public, to implant their name and make it “friendly familiar.” When voters cast their … Continue reading →

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Open Secrets – Useful . . . But

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Designated2

Open Secrets.org (OS) tracks political donations from various sources and publishes their findings and analysis.  The overview of their latest research for the 2014  election cycle is set forth below under their Creative Commons use policy.  The links provided are … Continue reading →

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Junior Varsties, Pinpricks, and Other Famous Obama In-depth Analyses

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Designated2

Even the Washington Post is beginning to see the Obama administration’s complete absence of coherence: Was it only last January Our Dear Leader assured us that ISIS was like a “junior varsity” basketball team? And how long ago has it been … Continue reading →

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Mayor Bill Gluba’s Immigration “Charities”

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Designated2

Ed. Note: this article has been added to since the initial posting yesterday The following is a list of Federal taxpayer paid benefits that may be available in whole or in part to anyone given “legal status” to be present … Continue reading →

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