North Korea is threatening to wipe the United States off the map. I don't think they have accurate maps in North Korea.
President Obama says that government health coverage will not hurt private insurers, directly contradicting what he said yesterday. Despite the fact that some Democrats are now opposing the public option, Obama says that his health care reform plan will get finished this year. Meanwhile, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) proposed a government-funded "voucher" health care system as the Republicans' response to the Obama plan. Republicans are proving themselves to be worthless once again.
With a vote on cap-and-trade coming later this week, the Congressional Budget Office issued a vast underestimate of the cost of the bill. The latest "green" fad is nudism.
Even though the force being used by the government there has slowed down some of the protests in Iran, there reportedly are more protests around their parliament today, with some Iranians shouting "death to the dictator!" President Obama still has not expressed support for the protestors, but last month he did send a letter to the Ayatollah hoping for "cooperation in regional and bilateral relations."
Citi is going to raise employee salaries to offset the fact that they can't award bonuses. They're trying to stop the "brain drain."
Teenage girls are being paid $1 per day to not get pregnant. Babies cost a lot more than $1 a day; how about just educating them about that?
Massachusetts is spending $2 million per month to house homeless people in motels, and "homeless advocates" still don't think that's enough.
Barney Frank is at it again, asking Fannie and Freddie to loosen lending standards on condos. He won't stop until the whole economy is nationalized, and Holman Jenkins says that nationalization of banks will be on the agenda if the economy doesn't recover soon.
The United Auto Workers aren't the only union with a jobs bank. About 700 New York City teachers are paid over $70,000 to do nothing all day, every day.
The Customs and Border Protection agency is considering expanding a ban on knives that could include pocket knives.
Democrats are working on pushing amnesty for illegals this year. I knew this would come up this year.
Other wastes of your money that have been dug up are $100,000 for the Wyoming Toad Recovery Program and $10 million for education in Cambodia.
The anti-smoking health Nazis have officially cost 500 cigar jobs in the Tampa area. There are some jobs destroyed by government.
President Obama wants the United States to sign onto a treaty that says that children have "basic rights" to education, health care, and protection from abuse.
A Frito-Lay employee in Oklahoma City hired a prostitute by offering her a $30 case of chips.
Governor Perdue has told state agency heads to cut spending by 3% in July to deal with continuing drops in revenue.
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