Earlier this week, Congress shat out a grotesque log of legislation so smelly that it temporarily unified the left and right in horrified disgust. If you were expecting government goodies in your Christmas stocking, you got a big fat poo from Uncle Sam in there instead. (Spoiler alert: that’s no Baby Ruth bar.) The Consolidated…
by Conner Drigotas In the last hours before a final vote on the second COVID stimulus bill, two members of Congress had the same principled reaction to a very important point. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Representative Justin Amash both tweeted their disgust that mere hours before a pivotal vote on the omnibus COVID stimulus…
Few people realize that the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19—which the FDA has finally declared “highly effective,” and which is now being distributed to Americans—has actually been available for nearly a year. But the government wouldn’t let you take it. The vaccine, a triumph of medical science known as mRNA-1273, was designed in a single weekend,…
Andrew Kerron Erie County, New York, has spent $227,000 in federal CARES Act funds intended to help fight the coronavirus on raw pork, pots, pans, cutlery and other foodstuffs, according to the county’s chief accounting officer. “They bought pots and pans with CARES Act funding. How the hell is the purchase of pots and pans…
Offensive tackle Russell Okung has made a name for himself on the field as one the most dominant players in the NFL. Standing six foot five and weighing more than 300 pounds, Okung, the sixth overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, has chalked up a Lombardi Trophy and two Pro Bowl nods in his…
Yet another side effect of the government’s response to Covid-19 is shining through in recent business headlines. In a widely-touted deal last week, Salesforce acquired Slack for over $27 billion. The purchase is one of the largest ever in the software industry and is the largest cloud software deal ever. While the Salesforce acquisition is one of the…
In California and other parts of the country, Americans are headed back to lockdown or otherwise facing renewed restrictions on their day-to-day lives amid another spike of COVID-19. Yet a new Gallup poll shows these lockdowns come as people are already struggling with their mental health. “Americans’ latest assessment of their mental health is worse…
Thomas Catenacci Plainclothes New York police officers arrested a bar owner for violating coronavirus restrictions after executing a sting in which they ordered food from the restaurant, the Associated Press reported. The New York City sheriff’s deputies entered Mac’s Public House in Staten Island, New York, and ordered $40 worth of food and beverages, according…
Why should we be surprised that the Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect situation for viewing political hypocrisy? It allows politicians to order us around using language couched in protecting our safety while hoping our actions keep the public space safe for them to do whatever they want “safely.” Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, is the…
12/01/2020 UPDATE: ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED WIRH A SCREENSHOT OF THE TWEET AS GEORGINA SMYTH HAS LOCKED HER TWEETS TO PRIVATE Australian Journalist Georgina Smyth, reporting for CBC News Vancouver in Canada tweeted an ill-received video where she staked out churches, filming worshippers entering. After capturing people on video committing the crime of attending a…