More UN idiocy: Iran to Oversee Arms Treaty Conference
On par with choosing Bernie Madoff to police fraud on the stock market, Iran was chosen to help oversee a month-long UN conference to finalize the controversial global arms trade treaty.
Entries by Joe Miller
TSA will confiscate your sealed soda but not your 300 lb pot-bellied pig
Pot-bellied pigs must be granted passage on airplanes if they are used for “emotional support” by their owners, states the federal draft manual on equity for the disabled in air travel. Under the new rules, a 300-pound pot-bellied pig flew on a US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Seattle.
BP suspends massive Liberty Project in Alaska
BP has indefinitely suspended a $1.5 billion offshore oil project in Alaska due to cost overruns and technical setbacks, a company spokeswoman said on Monday.
Five men indicted for shooting death of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
Five men were named Monday in a federal grand jury indictment unsealed in Tucson, Ariz., in the December 2010 shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry, with the FBI announcing a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of four of the men designated as fugitives.
Obama is “fundamentally transforming” the US military
Under Obama, service members’ rising fears of being prosecuted for acting to protect themselves and their missions are among many ways in which the military is being “fundamentally transformed,” to use Obama’s now-infamous turn of phrase
Obama’s Transportation Secretary says we should be like Communist China
Obama’s Transportation Secretary’s comments are stunning: in praising China’s problem-plagued high speed rail system, he claims the U.S. should become more like this authoritarian regime.
Iran’s Supreme Leader is telling nation to prepare for “end of times”
Iran’s supreme leader, for the first time, is telling his nation that it must prepare for war and “the end of times” as it continues to develop nuclear weapons.
Conservative-led states creating far more jobs than those supporting Obama
Conservative governors added far more jobs to their respective state’s payroll than states controlled by Obama allies. Why? Socialism is a failed economic model.
Obama circumvents Congress again, giving $1.5 billion to Muslim Brotherhood
Obama is circumventing Congress and giving the Muslim Brotherhood $1.5 billion in fulfillment of his threat last year that, where “Congress is not willing to act, we’re going to go ahead and do it ourselves.”
Google kicks off gay rights campaign in countries opposed to homosexuality
Google kicks off a gay rights campaign in countries that have anti-sodomy laws on the books. Citigroup and Ernst and Young have joined on as partners in the effort.