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ECONOMY:

Jeffrey Tucker's prediction that this depression would cause people to dress better just like the last one has been proven correct.

Claim that the US lost 6 million jobs in the last year and government is lying about the unemployment rate.

TAX AND SPEND:

Democrats, who still have large majorities in the House and Senate, fail to extend jobless benefits, then blame Republicans.

Republicans introduce bill to permanently extend all Bush tax cuts.

"Make permanent the 2001 and 2003 individual income tax relief for all hard-working Americans, preserving the 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35% income tax brackets, rather than allowing President Obama and Democrats to increase the top tax bracket to 39.6% and increase taxes on the lowest earning Americans in the bottom 10% bracket.

Permanently repeal the immoral and unfair death tax;

Prevent the tax increase on the maximum tax rate on capital gains and dividends income for all Americans, rather than allowing the Democrats to increase the rates to 20% and 39.6% respectively, from the current 15%; and

Permanently patch the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) by increasing the AMT exemption."

You know how Democrats and their media propagandists will spin this.

For the record, Ireland's low corporate tax rates increased revenue. As with all governments, taxes aren't Ireland's problem. Spending is.

HEALTH CARE:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has halted sales of new, long-term health care policies because of Obamacare.

POLICE STATE:

Flight attendant and cancer survivor forced by TSA to remove her prosthetic breast from her bra and show it to them.

I don't think this terror trial is was a travesty at all. He allegedly bombed a US embassy in 1998. By any measure, we weren't at war with his organization in 1998. The travesty was this guy was held in Guantanamo without charges for years and subjected to harsh interrogation techniques and therefore couldn't be convicted.

California prosecutors threaten TSA agents with arrest if their pat-downs cross the line. Every TSA pat-down crosses the line. I don't understand this. TSA is groping people's private parts as a matter of policy. They should all be prosecuted. I was just following orders is no defense.

Pilots successfully carve themselves out an exemption from TSA scans and molestation. While this makes sense since they control the plane anyway, we can't let the bureaucrats divide and conquer us. No American should be subject to this abuse.

How do we make the TSA retreat? Don't fly, and tell the airlines why you're not flying.

POLITICS:

Former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta calls for Obama to implement a military dictatorship.

"The liberal Center for American Progress doesn’t believe significant GOP gains in the House and Senate should stop the president from implementing more of his polices. The group released a report Tuesday suggesting ways Obama can bypass Congress to accomplish a progressive agenda, and it cites the president’s power as commander-in-chief to make its point."

"How does one “move the country forward”? In the center’s report, Podesta explains that Obama can use executive orders, rulemaking, and even the armed forces “to accomplish important change” and that such means “should not be underestimated.”"

Don't you love those peaceful lefties?

Obama's former car czar Rattner agrees to SEC penalty and restitution.

Short Video: Soros Explains The Anti-Capitalist, Pro-Marxist Tactics He Used To Fundamentally Transform Countries

MEDIA:

After suspending Keith Olbermann for political donations, it does the same to Joe Scarborough.

LOCAL:

We often talk about road construction around here, but we should call it road destruction. There's going to rolling roadblocks on I-75 just north of downtown to fix potholes where they completely redid the highway a year ago. Stewart Street, recently reopened after months of repairs, is going to be closed again. Only government could be this incompetent.

MISC:

The mainstream media is picking up on what I keep saying, business leaders can't speak out against government because government is the god of corporations, and it can crush them like bugs.

Scientists discover life in the lowest layers of the earth's crust. It would rock if they also lived in the mantle. Since these bacteria eat hydrocarbons formed there, apparently the earth replenishes hydrocarbons.

Survival gardening.

The five best places to retire in South America.