State Politicians Cheer as Feds Choose Alaska as Drone Testing Site
News that Alaska has been chosen as a test site for the integration of drones into U.S. airspace is being welcomed by state political leaders.
Entries by Joe Miller
High Prices for Getting High Expected as Colorado Opens Legal Pot Shops
Demand likely to outstrip supply at first as Colorado opens legal marijuana boutiques.
Obama’s Email Declaring Total Victory in Healthcare Battle
Read the fundraising email sent on behalf of his political committee, Organizing for Action, where President Obama declares victory, suggesting that the nation’s healthcare problems have miraculously come to an end . . . effective January 1, 2014.
Cruz Closes High-Profile Year by Standing Tall; If You’re Trying to Change Washington, the Establishment Will Push Back
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz — on a host of short-lists for top 2013 news makers — on Sunday defended himself and his push to defund ObamaCare despite it resulting in a partial government shutdown.
Expert’s Predictions About ObamaCare Coming True; Another Says ‘Utter Chaos’ To Follow
“HHS maintains they’ll have these [Exchanges] up and running by October 2013. I don’t know anyone who is confident about that and I’m ready to predict that they will not.” — Michael F. Cannon, December 2012
German Magazine Claims NSA Hacking Unit Uses ‘James Bond-style Spy Gear to Obtain Data
A German magazine, citing internal documents, claims the NSA’s hacking unit uses James Bond-style spy gear to obtain data, including intercepting computer deliveries and outfitting them with espionage software.
‘Completely False’: Sources on Ground in Benghazi Challenge NYT Report
Fifteen months after the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the narrative of the attack continues to be shaped, and reshaped, by politicians and the press.
National ID Headed for Your Wallet, Purse
Just as you were wrapping your mind around the idea that under Obamacare and the accompanying changes in the health-care system, your medical records will be floating around in some online repository, available to far too many people, you’re being told you’ll soon have a National Identity Card and a Western Hemisphere-compliant travel document whether you want it or not, if you plan to drive in the United States.
Mark Steyn: Sharia’s Protector
A few years back, I ran into one of the U.S. prosecutors who helped set it up, with a grant from the Swedish foreign ministry. Mr. Qarizada currently sits on a committee charged with making revisions to the Afghan legal code. What kind of revisions? Well, for example: “Men and women who commit adultery shall be punished based on the circumstances by one of the following punishments: lashing, stoning.”
Alaska’s Chill Arriving in Time for Green Bay – Chicago Football Game
On Christmas morning, Chicken, AK (yes, that’s the name of the place) stood frozen in time at -58 degrees. Chicken is located in far eastern interior Alaska. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), other locales nearby were almost as cold (-40 and lower).