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Showing posts with label federal budget. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Post #7263 M: Tariff Fight: California vs. Texas; Michael McConnell | Government Overreach Exposed: From Student Loans to Obamacare; The Debate Over the Big Beautiful Bill

 Quote of the Day

We should nevër permit ourselves to do anything that 
we are not willing to see our children do.
Brigham Young  

Tariff Fight: California vs. Texas

Michael McConnell | Government Overreach Exposed: From Student Loans to Obamacare

The Debate Over the Big Beautiful Bill

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Gary Varvel via Townhall

Musical Interlude: 1961 Top 100 Hits

Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Post #7223 M: The Crucial Principle and Data at Stake in the Soho Immigration Debate; Trump is a ‘faker’ on the debt: Former Reagan budget chief David Stockman; McClanahan on Ploughshares Into Swords?

 Quote of the Day

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, 
and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. 
And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. 
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. 
As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. 
And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. 
So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.
Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement speech, June 2005  

The Crucial Principle and Data at Stake in the Soho Immigration Debate

Trump is a ‘faker’ on the debt: Former Reagan budget chief David Stockman

McClanahan on Ploughshares Into Swords?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Steve Breen via Smerconish


Musical Interlude: 1960 Top 100 Hits

Beatnik Fly - Johnny & the Hurricanes

Friday, May 30, 2025

Post #7221 M: McClanahan on The Return of Gentlemen; Kibbe on Big, Beautiful Bill or Bloated Budget Boondoggle? ; America Has a Self-Deportation Option

 Quote of the Day

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. 
But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Mark Twain  

McClanahan on The Return of Gentlemen

Kibbe on Big, Beautiful Bill or Bloated Budget Boondoggle?

America Has a Self-Deportation Option

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Political Cartoon

 Courtesy of Jon Russo via Townhall


Musical Interlude:  1960 Top 100 Hits

Annette Funicello "O Dio Mio"

Friday, February 28, 2025

Post #7149 M: Europe’s Severed Undersea Cables: Why NATO Suspects Russia and China; A Brief History of Classical Liberalism in the United States; McClanahan on Trump v. Congress

 Quote of the Day

An educated man is one who knows a lot 
and says nothing about it.
Gracie Fields 

Europe’s Severed Undersea Cables: Why NATO Suspects Russia and China

A Brief History of Classical Liberalism in the United States

McClanahan on Trump v. Congress

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Gary Varvel via Townhall

Musical Interlude: 1960 Top 100 Hits

Sam Cooke - Chain Gang

Monday, January 13, 2025

Post #7088 M: McClanahan on What Should We Think About Trump on Day One? ; How can DOGE cut a trillion? ; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

Love will find a way. 
Indifference will find an excuse.
Author unknown  

McClanahan on What Should We Think About Trump on Day One?

How can DOGE cut a trillion?

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Henry Payne via Townhall


Musical Interlude: Duos

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Post #7053 M; Weekend Update; Stossel Interview: Lenore Skenazy; Yellen is sorry, Predicts financial crisis

Quote of the Day

Children are our most valuable natural resource.
Herbert Hoover  

Weekend Update

Stossel Interview: Lenore Skenazy

Yellen is sorry, Predicts financial crisis

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Political Cartoon


Courtesy of Chip Bok via Townhall

Musical Interlude: Christmas 2024

Pentatonix - Where Are You, Christmas? 

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Post #6419 M: Biden's $280 BILLION Corporate Welfare Scheme; Stossel on Budget Gimmicks; McClanahan on Secession and Reconciliation

 Quote of the Day

Great is the road I climb, 
but the garland offered by an easier effort 
is not worth the gathering.
Sextus Propertius  

Biden's $280 BILLION Corporate Welfare Scheme

Stossel on Budget Gimmicks

McClanahan on Secession and Reconciliation

Choose Life 

Musical Interlude: #1 Hits of 2020

DaBaby, "Rockstar" feat. Roddy Ricch

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Post #5054 M: Biden's $1.9T COVID-19 Relief Bill; Woods on the Religion of COVID-19;

 Quote of the Day

Do not throw the arrow which will return against you. 
Kurdish Proverb 

Biden's $1.9T COVID-19 Relief Bill

Woods on the Religion of COVID-19

Political Cartoon

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Musical Interlude: #1 Hits of 1971

Three Dog Night, "Joy To the World"

Friday, August 21, 2020

Post #4759 M: Reason Reviews the Democratic National Convention; Ron Paul Interviews Tom Massie

 Quote of the Day

When it is dark enough, 
you can see the stars.
Charles A. Beard  

Reason Reviews the Democratic National Convention

   

Reason Makes Biden Almost Seem Voteworthy

Ron Paul Interviews Tom Massie

 

Choose Life

 

Political Cartoon


Courtesy of Michael Ramirez via Townhall


Musical Interlude: #1 Hits of 1964 

There I've Said It Again/Bobby Vinton

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Post #4078 M: Busting Sex Myths; Ron Paul On Why Government Spending is Theft

Quote of the Day

The beauty of the soul shines out 
when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, 
not because he does not feel them, 
but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
Aristotle  

DEAD WRONG: Men Always Have Sex on Their Minds



Ron Paul On Why Government Spending is Theft



Democrats' Greatest Gaffes


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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Steve Kelley via Townhall


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

Genesis (featuring Phil Collins), "Jesus He Knows Me"

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Post #4030 M: Stossel on Progressive Academic Fraud; Ron Paul on the Expanding Spy Budget

Quote of the Day

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein 

Stossel on Progressive Academic Fraud



Ron Paul on the Ever-Expanding Spy Budget



Tom Woods on the Shrinking Index Card of Allowable Libertarian Opinion



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Political Cartoon



Courtesy of Mike Lester via Townhall

Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

Kelly Clarkson, "Already Gone"

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Ppst #4026 M: Ron Paul on Trump Administration Balanced Budget Rhetoric; Mises on Socialism

Quote of the Day

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were 
to success when they gave up.
Thomas A. Edison  

Progressive "Tolerance" Caught in the Act


Ron Paul on Trump's Vacuous Promise to Balance a Future Budget



Mises on Socialism



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Political Cartoon
Courtesy of the original artist via Igniting Liberty on FB


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You"

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Post #3750 M: Unlocking the Power of the Poor; Ron Paul On Our House of Cards

Quote of the Day

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
Mencius  

Unconstitutional Occupation Licensing Attempts to Regulate Occupational Speech



Unlocking the Power of the Poor



Ron Paul On Our Fiscal House of Cards



Ben Shapiro On Leftist Bullying


Political Cartoon


Courtesy of Steve Kelley via Townhall


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

Elton John, "Simple Life"

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Post #3668 M

Quote of the Day

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
Oscar Wilde  

The Coward of Broward County Has a $100K/yr Pension for Life


I mention this in a recent tweet.



The Second Amendment vs. Boulder, CO




Choose Life and Free Speech




Rand Paul's Penny Plan Unfortunately Lost in the Senate




Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Michael Ramirez via Townhall


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists


Stevie Nicks (Guest, John Stewart), "Midnight Sun". One of my all-time favorite hits. I first heard it on my first business trip to the Los Angeles area. Yes, I would meet once again the blonde trainer who missed her car's birthday while in Houston and mailed it a card. She drove me to some company event and pointed out the card dangling from her rear-view mirror on a lanyard.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Post #3602 M

Quote of the Day

I never said most of the things I said.
Yogi Berra  

Illinois Has a Property Tax and Public Spending Problem





What Happened to the GOP vs. a Profligate Congress?



So Much For Academic Freedom and Tolerance of Diverse Perspectives




Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Bob Gorrell via Townhall


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists


Neil Sedaka (featuring Elton John), "Bad Blood". His third and final #1 on the Hot 100.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Post #3549 M

Quote of the Day

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; 
but never hit soft! 
Theodore Roosevelt  

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Ron Paul On Abortion


via Catholic Libertarians

Rand Paul On the Hypocrisy Behind the Budget On the Senate Floor




Bad Elephant of the Year Nomination: Charlie Dent


I'll simply quote Pro-Life Libertarians from Facebook: it's self-evident.

One retiring Republican lawmaker, Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, went further.
"When Rand Paul pulls a stunt like this, it easy to understand why it's difficult to be Rand Paul's next door neighbor," said Dent, referring to the neighbor who assaulted Paul last year, breaking several of his ribs and sending him to the hospital. "The whole delay and filibuster exercise on the budget agreement is utterly pointless."


Girls Start Earlier On Arguing to Put Down the Toilet Seat: Daddy Is In Trouble

No daughter of my own, but 4 little sisters.



Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Michael Ramirez via Townhall


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists


Frank Sinatra, "That's Life"

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Post #3548 M

Quote of the Day

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
Martin Luther King Jr.  

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Rand Paul On the Sequester-Busting Budget Deal








Choose Life: Claire Culwell's Story





Political Cartoon



Courtesy of Gary Varvel via Townhall


Musical Interlude: My Favorite Singers


Frank Sinatra, "The Way You Look Tonight"

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Post #3410 M

Quote of the Day

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
John Quincy Adams


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Image of the Day


Via Liberty.Me

The Luddites of Public Broadcasting





The Right to Self-Defense





We Need To Cut Public Spending



Political Cartoon



Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists


Dolly Parton, "It's All Wrong, But It's Alright"


Sunday, August 13, 2017

Post #3323 M

Quote of the Day

There are two possible outcomes: 
If the result confirms the hypothesis, 
then you've made a measurement. 
If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, 
then you've made a discovery. 
Enrico Fermi  


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Image of the Day



The GOP Still Hasn't Learned the Lesson From the Bridge to Nowhere




Why Did Trump Win?




We're NOT the World's Policeman





Facebook Corner


It's Left-Handers' Day. Celebrate the creative people in your life. My high school nickname was 'Einstein' (in part, my curly hair, my scholastic aptitude, and a fellow lefty). Two of my goddaughters are lefties. Other prominent lefties: Aristotle, Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Prince William, Napoleon, several US Presidents (Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Obama). Not to mention nominees like Dole and McCain. In the last election cycle, my favored candidate, Rand Paul.

Political Cartoon



Courtesy of Glenn McCoy via Townhall



Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists


Barbra Streisand, "Songbird". Third #1 in a row on the A/C chart.