Do you Stand with Rand? Or does Rand stand with us? by Keith Farrell Who could forget Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s iconic filibuster over domestic drone use in the United States? The junior Senator’s 13 hour protest in favor of due process and transparent governance did not end drone use, nor was it intended to….
Liberty in California? “When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect…
You have the right to remain on camera! Carlos Miller of the Photography is Not a Crime blog has a story out of Massachusetts where an officer threatens a cameraman who is filming her in the line of duty. Officer Gretchen Allen harasses a local reporter, Robert Bastille for taking her picture while she inspected…
Worst Mother of the Year Award goes to… Krasnoyarsk – In the third largest city in Siberia, Russia a mother was spotted on security camera kicking her child who was misbehaving. A bystander intervened after spotting the woman violently kick the little girl who was lying on the floor crying. Despite the usual “bystander effect” where…
Is Obama losing his only friends over Syria? Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) is skeptical over President Barack Obama‘s urgency to attack the government of Syria. In an interview on MSNBC, the New York Democrat chided Obama, claiming that his red line was ’embarrassing’. From MRC: “I love Obama, and you’ll never find a truer Democrat…
Very funny Senator! Senator John McCain appeared on CNN to explain why he was playing poker on his phone when his colleagues were debating over whether to begin bombing Syria and aid al Qaeda forces against the government of Syria. His explanation? “Occasionally I get a ‘LEETLE’ bored…”
Show-me the money? How about I show you my gun? Jon Lewis Alexander is an Iraq veteran who served four tours of duty in his 30 years in the military. Video surveillance from a convenience store in Marionville, Missouri shows a thief entering and hesitatingly pulling a gun on Alexander. But the 54 year old…
The Washington Post is offering highlights and live updates from the Senate Syria hearing. John McCain playing video poker, John Kerry protested by Code Pink and more. They also have an estimated breakdown of how the votes on the resolution may break down. Syrian Vote Breakdown Estimate Provided to you by embedded link from TLR…
Meanwhile in Iraq… Iraqi army regulars killed 100 residents of camp Ashraf on September 1st, 2013. Many of the residents were killed with a single bullet to the head and others were reportedly shot while handcuffed. Ambassador Marc Ginsberg wrote: As international attention has been focused on the Syria crisis, Maliki allegedly ordered elements of…
Then why do you want to lob cruise missiles, Senator? Senator John McCain is making the rounds on national television today to make the case for attacking Syria’s government and involving the United States in another war in the Middle East. Appearing on “Today” he claimed he wouldn’t support the Syrian war resolution if he…