Category Archives: American Politics

#hashthuggery

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Well, there are people who still have a functioning brain willing to resist peer pressure. National Post – “we” are not Charlie hebdo Rex Murphy is one brave man. He is willing to point out that the same people swooning … Continue reading →

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Randall Bloomquist has had enough

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Randall Bloomquist is a radio consultant type guy. I don’t know much about him other than a vague memory of reading something he wrote and not thinking much of it – it was a lot of spin that was fact … Continue reading →

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Jurisdiction and the Rule of Law

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Imagine that you’re driving down a residential street – and when you stop at a stop sign, a person in a car labeled “official government business” pulls you over. They walk up to your window and I announce – “hello, … Continue reading →

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Making the next two years count

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Rush Limbaugh followed through on his interview with Chris Wallace, which he previewed on his Friday show. His key point was that the Republican establishment secretly wants to pass immigration reform, and is using the “threat of the consequences of … Continue reading →

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President Obama rushed to Walter Reed

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

With the incredible success of the Orion spacecraft, I was unable to find President Obama calling NASA to congratulate them on turning his smart idea into reality. I came up empty, and now we may have a hint on why. … Continue reading →

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News Media Bias

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is not the first time I’ve pointed it out, but the runoff Election in Louisiana is a good case study. A nice objective headline might be “Bill Cassidy defeats Senator Mary Landrieu in Louisiana runoff”. Many of tonight’s headlines … Continue reading →

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The Twitter generation kills New Republic magazine

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Fred Stiening

New Republic magazine is the magazine speaking for the so-called Progressive movement for 100 years. Two years ago, one of the co-founders of Facebook “saved” the magazine and started laying the foundation to transform New Republic from a boring long … Continue reading →

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Election Day in Louisiana

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I happened to have a station in Louisiana on Friday morning and the host was talking about the probable blowout on Saturday of Senator Mary Landrieu. The only reason there is a need for this election is libertarians siphoned off … Continue reading →

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Say Goodbye to Wall Street Journal Radio, Howie Carr

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Today’s Tom Taylor newsletter is full of bad news. Dow Jones has pulled the plug on Wall Street Jornal this morning and related programming. The program was distributed by Compass Media Networks, who is making noises about putting together a … Continue reading →

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Phyllis Schlafly Update

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Bored with radio, I decided to play today’s Alex Jones podcast. Just about as I was falling asleep, Phyllis Schlafly appeared. If you remember who she is, you’ll definitely want to seek it out. Phyllis is 90 years old and … Continue reading →

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