Norks Preparing Another Nuke Test

North Korea might be preparing for another nuclear test.  I'm sure Kim Jong-Mentally-and-Physically-Il is shaking in his tiny, Baby Gap boots over the fact that the United Nations passed stricter sanctions against he Norks that aren't even mandatory.

 

Democrats are making plans to bring Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the United States for trial.

 

Congress is trying to mandate the volume on television ads.

 

If the Congressional Budget Office says that the Democrats' health care plan will be more expensive than what they want them to say it will be, then they plan on ignoring the nonpartisan body and instead listen to the White House.

 

Obama's economic advisor says that the bailouts have been necessary to save markets.

 

The Department of Energy is going to spend $240 million to research more fuel-efficient large trucks and passenger vehicles.  Meanwhile, the eco-Nazis in San Francisco are making composting mandatory.  The United Nations eco-Nazis weren't able to come to an agreement to cut "greenhouse gas emissions" in part because the Chinese won't agree to cut anything.

 

There could be up to $50 billion in stimulus waste, not including the bureaucratic costs of spending $787 billion.  The "stimulus" bill is also starting to cause people to lose their jobs in the Pennsylvania steel industry.

 

The IRS wants to start taxing the personal use of work cell phones as a "fringe benefit."  The Washington Post says that the IRS is trying to "simplify" the cell phone tax law.

 

The federal government implemented 3,830 new rules last year, costing $1.17 trillion to implement.

 

Here's a shocker:  the Council on American-Islamic Relations hasn't condemned the Little Rock shootings last week.

 

In the wake of the Holocaust Museum shooting, the AP runs a story claiming that "some say" there is an increase in white violence.

 

The FDA will have the power to regulate the tobacco industry under a bill that passed the Senate yesterday, 79-17.  Where's Nick Naylor when you need him?

 

The French Constitutional Council (the equivalent of our Supreme Court) has declared that access to the internet is a basic human right.

 

The switch to digital television is now complete.  Bob Barr says that the whole thing is a mistake due to the federal mandate.

Will Tetris be the next Olympic sport?  The creator wants it to be.

 

The city of Perry has nixed their proposed tax increase.