Jul 26, 2014 – The act implies an equivalence between Israel and South Africa in the minds of the leadership in the White House. … Political pressure from within the US immediately forced the White House to relent. The FAA lifted the ban. … The only thing that has altered the White House calculus is the push-back they are getting in The Senate.…

Jul 25, 2014 – the other House and the President who signed the bill. … The view that courts should read statutes to mean what they say, rather than trying to bend them to whatever “purpose” the court thinks … view that courts should read the Constitution to mean what it said – and was understood to say – at the time it was written.…

Jul 23, 2014 – Stumping In The Snow Ahead of The New Hampshire Primary So you’re tired of the hypocrites and the 3rd party types that flame out. … He is the one true channeler of the Dark Force. He is none other than Darth Vader. … Pray that he doesn’t alter the deal any further. The Wonk Blog at The Washington Post has told you your future.…

Jul 23, 2014 – Safety Act of 2013, the version of the statute that passed the Maryland Senate would have prohibited Beretta U.S.A. from being able … to manufacture, store or even import into the state products that we sell to customers throughout the United States and around the … decided that it is more prudent from the point of view of our future welfare to move the Maryland production lines in their entirety…

Jul 22, 2014 – Unfortunately, the answer to that question was about the only thing the panelists did get right. … To address the stigma of abortion, Phillips pointed out the work of the 1 in 3 campaign, which plays off the fact that 1 in 3 women … The campaign seeks to tell the stories of post-abortive women with the ultimate goal of normalizing killing children in the womb.…

Jul 22, 2014 – with the Department of the Army Inspector General’s office at the headquarters of the US Army Recruiting Command. … The ideal recruiting environment, the Happy Hunting Ground, if you will, was an area with good schools (so kids scored high on the … It is the knowledge that you are wanted and useful. Even the most tedious job gives us a place in the world.…

Jul 21, 2014 – This is an important mantra to keep in mind when analyzing the fight for the political mind of the much-maligned millenial generation … The bottom line result is that the Millenial generation can’t and shouldn’t be written off by the GOP as a lost cause. … But the rising generation shows some overall sound instincts about the evils of government intrusion into the marketplace and the value…

Jan 9, 2013 – with the Department of Labor, it is highly likely that the Department of Labor will require the replacement workers themselves have … to file with the DOL, which will then make the information public, on the internet, for union bosses (and others to view). … proposed “dramatic updating” of the nation’s child labor regulations, the Department of Labor is considering eliminating many of the…

Jan 8, 2013 – them at the apparent request of his client, the Speaker. … But the looming question is whether the ongoing threats by Straus will lock down the race for speaker yet again. … These emails appear to me to be just the tip of the iceberg.…

Jan 8, 2013 – The fact that the longer we subsidize these people, the more these sort of people will become the future of America. … This program gives us a nice, naturalistic, smell-the-runny-bastard-poop view of what we win if we raise our debt ceiling high enough … As the household grows, sometimes so does the dysfunction, leaving the man of the house to split his affection multiple ways while…

Jan 20, 2013 – project’s muddy construction site in the middle of the night. … Working out of view in the meetinghouse’s freshly cemented basement, they sliced off dozens of bolts securing the bare steel columns … authorized, or engaged in the act of, the vandalism.…

Jan 17, 2013 – They’ll borrow the money.  Second, Republicans won the tax debate, imbuing hatred for more taxes in the hearts of the voters.  … Many Republicans view the fiscal cliff tax hike as a victory for conservatives.  … Let everyone see the consequences and feel the pain of the federal leviathan. …

Jan 15, 2013 – Now he will put the Democrats on the line. … In all the talk that has happened and will happen, the press and the general public seem willing to ignore the actual purpose of the … Many historians have come to view the American Revolution as a conservative revolution.…

Jan 15, 2013 – The Deadbeat Wears Prada It kind of makes me sick when the deadbeat wears Prada. … Nobody would issue a bond in the New York Stock Exchange.” And of course, there is the plaintiff’s point of view. … It’s almost like the E-Vil Rethuglicans were refusing to raise the debt ceiling or something. Think of The Children.…

Jan 14, 2013 – The White House has informed House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that it will miss the legal deadline for sending a … But you have to take the long view, sometimes. … Moe Lane (crosspost) *You can also tell partially by the way that people will pop out of the woodwork to assure the American people…

Jan 14, 2013 – Arts and the National Endowment of the Humanities. … Raul Labrador, who represents Idaho’s first district, is a committed conservative, who in the view of Simpson, is irresponsible and … Simpson should listen carefully when the Constitution is read from the House floor this week so he can understand the proper role of…

Jan 11, 2013 – The problem is that, for orthodox Christians, it is still a sin and the world is increasingly hostile to the idea that any sexual sin … A time is coming where Christians will have to choose between the Word of God or the words of a bunch of secularists out to make the … When it is now impossible for one who holds to the catholic Christian view of marriage and the gospel to pray at a public event, we…

Jan 29, 2013 – White House or on the campaign trail or covering the politicians who’ve governed the country these last few decades. … His courteousness to the people when he did not have to be courteous and the fact that in the 21st century that’d happen at all really … For all the hate and angst from a lot of folks on the right over me going to CNN, I know many of the contributors I consider good friends…

Jan 28, 2013 – their country of origin – the place of the real line).  … Furthermore, even if by some miracle Democrats agree to this grand bargain, they will view this as the first step, not the final piece … We can never get to the left of the Democrats on the issue. …

Jan 23, 2013 – The bill will also call on the Senate to pass a budget by April 15 – with the threat of cutting off pay for a dereliction of this duty … I can respect that view, although they would be wise to study the evolution of welfare reform and balanced budgets in the ‘90s.  … The full copy of the letter can be viewed here . …

Jan 22, 2013 – It is, in fact, at the core of the parallel he draws between how modern American liberalism sells itself and how fascist movements … And that’s all very interesting, because I believe that the consensus from the Left was that there were no insights to be gotten from … I dunno: the guy must have read the book since he reviewed it*. Moe Lane (crosspost) PS: Of course I took a screenshot.…

Feb 7, 2013 – Text appear throughout the video so the viewer doesn’t misinterpret the messages. … Considering the fact that the vast majority of North Koreans are denied access to the internet, the country obviously posted the video … for the rest of the world to view.  …

Feb 6, 2013 – for the vote of the “47%.” … Whether or not we view that as what happened, the people we’re talking to certainly did. … As the headline says, “It’s the messaging, stupid. It’s the stupid messaging.”…

Feb 5, 2013 – And the administration does not have the inclination, and does not feels that it has the need, to particularly clear with anybody their … taking the shot if a suitable target hoves into view. … Given the nature of, for example, the terrorist attacks on September 11, in which civilian airliners were hijacked to strike the World…

Feb 5, 2013 – On the one hand, they seek to use the boot of government to obliterate every last inherent difference between the genders, even in … The new reauthorization includes the following added perks: The last reauthorization expanded the programs and protections to the … The irony of this entire debate is that it comes on the heels of the Pentagon’s announcement that women will be placed in direct ground…