Some mostly political reading/watching for a Sunday morning: “So, you think President Obama had a tough week? Wait’ll you get a load of what happened to the Congressional Democrats.”  http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2010/08/25/handicapping-the-house-5/ From Politico “Bailouts, Bailouts, Bailouts. No investigation poses a more significant political danger to Obama than a no-holds-barred GOP probe [...]

Readers know that I am a big fan of Chris Martenson and his “Crash Course.” Everyone should watch it to understand where we have been, are and likely to go. Chris is in the midst of what some might call a survival series. I think it is more valid to [...]

Investing is never easy, although sometimes it seems that way. During a bull market, most everyone is successful and believes he has superior abilities. Many investors were geniuses, at least in their own minds, during the decades of the 1980s and 90s. In the 21st Century, markets and the economy [...]

I recommend highly an interview by Daily Bell with Dr. Walter Williams. The interview conveys what Dr. Williams is about and what America is supposed to be about. Very worthwhile and he is a breath of fresh air and sense. Daily Bell described Williams thusly: Yes, throughout his career Dr. [...]

A likely accurate representation of what might be called a “political activist.” This “concerned citizen” leads a useless existence, at least with respect to effecting change in what matters to him. From The Big Picture via via Windowless Van: Mauldin on the EconomyDecade Returns by Asset Class

Today’s Daily Rasmussen Presidential Tracking Report showed President Obama only 1 point from his lowest rating: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 25% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly [...]

It is possible this website triggered a Google Translate feature bar on your website. If so, I apologize. It is a pain. Here is how to get rid of it. I have removed the translate option from the website so it should not be triggered again, at least by me.

Another email, author unknown. Sure to make gun owners smile. Others probably will not see the humor. Things that I found helpful by living this long.    The purpose of fighting is to win..The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either… The final [...]

There can still be joy! Be as surprised and enjoy as much as the unsuspecting persons in the clip. On Saturday, April 24th, over 30 members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia Chorus and principal cast members from the upcoming production of La Traviata converged on the Reading Terminal Market [...]

Amazing WWII footage of VJ day in Hawaii. Go to the website below for more. VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.

50 Movies to view for Memorial Day http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/31/50-viewing-choices-for-memorial-day/

Randall Hoven frequently presents a “graph of the day.” As I see it, the purpose of the graph is to expose the mainstream media slant on the news with facts and data. In this piece, Mr. Hoven takes on Paul Krugman’s assertion of how well the socialist countries of Europe [...]

Liberalism is Imploding “Liberalism, as we have known it for decades, is on the defensive. With the welfare state unsustainable, it has nowhere to turn and its adherents are turning tail in every direction. They are mad and they are, in many cases, unmoored. Lifetime ideologies are beginning to crumble. [...]

A rather interesting racial dynamic is unfolding for future elections. The Democrats have always depended upon disparate groups, managing to hold them together. Sometimes they form a majority that wins elections. This balancing act of competing interests has always been difficult and often strained. It is about to become more [...]

The mystery of how a virtual unknown could be elected to the highest office in the land, if not the world, still puzzles many of us. How did a virtual blank sheet of paper obtain this office and what are the implications? These are issues explored in a disturbing analysis [...]

Our government has become quite Orwellian in its use of terminology and its outright untruths. This behavior did not start with Obama. The chutzpah of government officials to believe that they can blatantly contradict the truth and not expect people to get upset amazes me. It is a reflection on [...]

A selection of quotes from James Quinn on Greed. These appeared here. The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. Bodhidharma It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, [...]

All you need to know from Cafe Hayek by Russ Roberts This is supposedly from a powerpoint presentation (HT: Drudge) to US Army Generals to help them make sense of Afghanistan. But relabel it and it could be anything. It could be our health care system after ObamaCare is put [...]

For freedom-lovers everywhere, I recommend the Freeman. It provides sound economics and analysis to societal issues. Furthermore, it presents old FEE articles that demonstrate that current problems were predicted long before today. Try the site for interesting analysis.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwQTWvlsYeg[/youtube] The State Against Blacks and Other PeopleA View of the Banking SystemBP Spill – Humor

The recent passage of Obamacare is madness not seen before in this country. Any cursory review of government indicates that it fails at everything it does. It destroys rather than heals.  Just a few examples are the following: Social Security is insolvent. Medicare and Medicaid are insolvent. The Post Office, [...]

Mary Ellen Synon from Brussels provides this analysis of Barack Obama and her perception of how he views the world. It is a thought-provoking analysis based upon his roots or lack thereof. Her analysis appears to be consistent with his behavior to date. If correct, the implications are significant for [...]

President-of-the-World Obama is at it again. Apparently he feels the problems in this country are too small for him, or they have all been solved. His wisdom and greatness are too important to be squandered on only one nation. They must be made available to save the entire world. In [...]

I meant to get this up for Martin Luther King day but was not able to obtain permission from the author in time. Still worth listening to:  mlk-1 The site where this piece and others were originally published is The Seanachai. Good site! Thanks American Thinker (and Dr. Blinder)Dilbert on [...]