Good morning, it’s Thursday, June 8, 2017. Forty-nine years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy was laid to rest on a green hillside near one of his two older brothers at Arlington National Cemetery. Many trees have been felled producing paper for the vast archive of books written about the Kennedys. Much of this literature is hagiographic, some ferociously critical. Occasionally, […]

Hey gang: My wife has been driving a Volvo Cross Country over at least 13 years, and we have had no problems with the performance of the 3 vehicles we’ve owned during that time. However, back in 2011, the, 2008 “Safest Vehicle”, she was driving was T-boned on the driver’s side door by a teenager, and the driver’s side airbag […]

by Warner Todd Huston and Jeffdunetz  |   The Lid Its common knowledge that parts of Michigan are falling apart. One reason for the disintegration of infrastructure within Michigan is a jobs-killing union rule that drives up the cost of government projects. This puts many necessary repairs and upgrades outside the reach of State’s budget. Finally, this budget-killing rule has been thrown […]

NASA announced Thursday that its Curiosity rover had found organic matter on Mars, a new but inconclusive finding suggesting that the Red Planet might have had the building blocks of life. The samples were taken from 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale Crater. “These results do not give us any evidence of life,” said study lead author Jennifer Eigenbrode, a […]

Celebrated author and chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s award-winning series Parts Unknown, has died in an apparent suicide, CNN reported Friday. He was 61. “His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink, and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller,” the network said in a statement. Bourdain, whom the Smithsonian once called […]

The Trump administration on Thursday reached a deal with Chinese telecom company ZTE, ending devastating U.S. sanctions but requiring the firm to pay a $1 billion penalty for violating U.S. rules on trading with Iran and North Korea. The deal also requires ZTE to pay for a U.S. compliance team that the U.S. is “literally embedding” in ZTE, Commerce Secretary […]

Rescuers suspended the search for survivors in areas devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano on Thursday because weather conditions and still-hot volcanic material were making the work too dangerous. “It rained very hard yesterday. … The soil is unstable,” said Pablo Castillo, a spokesman for the national police. Some distraught residents kept looking for missing loved ones using […]

The Justice Department said in a brief filed Thursday in a Texas federal court that it would not defend the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, against a court challenge by 20 Republican-run states. The case, pushed by the Texas attorney general and fellow Republican leaders in other states, argues that the elimination of the health-care law’s tax penalty for uninsured […]

Written by  Selwyn Duke Could California pastors be charged with a crime for using Christian doctrine to help someone leave homosexuality? This could be the case if a new Golden State bill, AB 2943, becomes law. Making matters worse, some critics claim it could even be used to impede sales of the Bible. California, 11 other states, and D.C. already ban […]

Written by  Selwyn Duke New York City’s best high schools — the “specialized” ones, as they’re known — may not be the best for long. That is, if Mayor Bill de Blasio (shown) has his way, as he wants to dumb down admissions standards to increase “diversity.” City Journal provides some background: For decades, admission to New York City’s eight elite “specialized high […]

By Steve Sheldon   |   Townhall Kansas Gubernatorial Candidate, Kris Kobach recently scored some serious body blows against the “Everything Offends Me Crowd” during a recent parade. He had them running for their safe spaces, shielding their children, and calling in their therapists for an emergency session. To state that the People Always Nauseatingly Scared In Every Situation (PANSIES) were triggered […]

By J.E. Dyer [See UPDATE at the bottom — yes, this is going to get bigger. – J.E.] This seemed to come out of the blue late on Thursday, 7 June, and only the bones of it are known from the early reports. But it looks to be clearly related to the Russiagate inquiry. The FBI has arrested the Senate Intelligence Committee’s former director […]

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- Several North Carolina legislators have introduced a common-sense solution to increase protection for schools in North Carolina. The bill, HB 1039, also known as the School Self-Defense Act, has been introduced, but has not been voted out of committee.  It is in the Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. The premise of the bill is simple. Take […]

New Jersey – -(Ammoland.com)- In a fervor to exploit tragedy and advance a longstanding agenda to limit gun rights, a majority of Garden State lawmakers voted today to pass a package of gun bills that target the rights of law-abiding citizens instead of severely punishing criminals and madmen who misuse firearms. “None of the bills passed today will make anyone safer,” said […]

Art by A.F. Branco While the media stays obsessed with Russia collusion Trump continues on being focused on making America great and fulfilling his promises.

Written by The Common Constitutionalist A school teacher in Brownsburg, Indiana has recently been fired because he refused to call students by the name they prefer rather than their given names. No, it wasn’t a case of Robert wanting to be called Bob, or Juliet wanting to be called Julie. That would have been simple. But it seems life in the […]

(Conservative Tribune) – The state of California held its “jungle” primary elections on Tuesday, in which the top two vote-getters in each race — regardless of party affiliation — move on to the general election in November. Republican candidates did surprisingly well in the Democrat-dominated state, but that was not the biggest story to emerge from Tuesday’s elections, at least […]

We wonder if we can order things from here online….. USA TODAY NETWORKWBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tenn. An East Tennessee hardware store owner decided to express his beliefs following the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage by putting up a sign that reads, “No Gays Allowed.” Jeff Amyx, who owns Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Grainger County, Tennessee., about an hour outside of […]

June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year. Holidays Christian feast day: Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering) Chlodulf of Metz Jacques Berthieu Jadwiga of Poland Medard Melania the Elder Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA)) Thomas Ken […]