December 6th, 2011
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Medicare Has Spent a Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars on Penis Pumps
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss Medicare’s quarter-billion dollars spent on penis pumps for elderly men, how this is indicative of larger Medicare fraud and how lobbyists perpetuate the system. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment [...]
Cloture vote today on gun-grabbing, pro-lifer-hating Caitlin Halligan.
I got tipped this one by the Rick Perry campaign: surprised that I didn’t see this before. Halligan is up for a judicial appointment to the US Circuit Court of Appeals for DC, and she’s… well, read: Ms. Halligan’s confirmation has been vigorously opposed by the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, and Committee [...]
Debunking the Election Myths of the Republican Establishment
Ramesh Ponnuru, one of the more respected pundits of the establishment right, recently penned a widely-circulated article that took issue with the notion that Republicans lost their way during the Bush years to their political detriment. He argued that conservatives have created a false narrative, based on a bad reading of history, that “ideological purity, [...]
Nancy Pelosi and David Axelrod Open Their Mouths and We Make It Too Complex
I don’t want to offend any of my friends or colleagues, all of whom I have a great deal of respect for, who are positing various theories on why Nancy Pelosi or David Axelrod are saying things about Romney or Newt. Everyone seems intend on making it a conspiracy or about reverse psychology or something. [...]
Will Iowa Be the GOP’s Version of Gephardt vs. Dean?
Mitt Romney has to win New Hampshire. His own campaign has set those expectations. If he does not win New Hampshire it is game over for Mitt. Unfortunately for Mitt Romney, expectations have been set so high for him in New Hampshire, a win might not be enough if the win is close. And right [...]
Morning Briefing for December 6, 2011
RedState Morning Briefing December 6, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Will Iowa Be the GOP’s Version of Gephardt vs. Dean? 2. Nancy Pelosi and David Axelrod Open Their Mouths and We Make It Too Complex 3. Anti-Pipeline Dave Heineman Should Not Run for Senate in Nebraska [...]
Tech at Night: Carrier IQ a non-issue, Spectrum, ARRA failure, SOPA fight continues
It’s Monday night, so naturally we start now with my weekly appearance at the Daily Caller. This week I finally got around to reading up on the Carrier IQ scare, and decided it was just a scare. Smoke, but no fire. Keep calm and carry on, people. How about some spectrum? Jerry Brito takes on [...]
Nancy Pelosi retreating from insinuations of new dirt on Newt Gingrich.
For those who missed it: Last Friday Nancy Pelosi told Talking Points Memo that she had all sorts of investigative dirt available on current GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich. Specifically, “I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location [...]
Anti-Pipeline Dave Heineman Should Not Run for Senate in Nebraska
One of the biggest political and policy winners for Republicans is their strong support for expeditious approval of the Keystone Pipeline. Their unified support for this propitious project has provided voters with a sharp contrast to Obama’s casual disregard for private-sector job creation and cheap energy for consumers. Hence, it is a no-brainer that the [...]
So Why Really Care That Jon Corzine Spent The Money Of Others?
The clowns and villains who run America have accomplished something really epic: they have vanquished meaning. Nobody knows what anything means anymore. Anything goes now. All bets are off. (HT: James Howard Kuntsler) Given Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s eager determination to right all wrongs in America and extend the shining light of equality from [...]
