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Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans

December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games.  Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who’s sponsoring this year’s post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas [...]

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Mandatory Minimum Wage Increases Cost Jobs

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Data released by the Employment Policies Institute shows that mandatory wage hikes cause increased job losses, particularly among vulnerable groups, according to a news release today.

In Missouri, for example, yet another increase in the minimum wage rate becomes effective Jan. 1.  The 2009 hike to $7.05 marks the third straight year the wage has increased, [...]

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Non-Resident Obama Staffers Vote in Swing States

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Reports of vote fraud — up to and including members of Barack Obama’s campaign staff registering and voting in states where they are not residents — are everywhere this election day morning.  Just the tip of the iceberg, I’m sure, are the two examples below:

Palestra.net reported yesterday that Obama campaign staffers are voting in swing [...]

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There Will Be No Righting Voting Wrongs in Ohio

October 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Reporting in the DC Examiner today, Quin Hilyer reports that there will be no righting voting wrongs in Ohio, in part because of the fact that Department of Justice lawyers who should be paying attention are not.  Instead, they’re “in the tank” for Barack Obama:

The kicker: The DOJ attorney on the case, former Ted Kennedy-affiliated [...]

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Supreme Court Confirms It: The Fix Is In! (Updated)

October 17th, 2008 · 8 Comments

An Associated Press report late this morning confirmed that, thanks to a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States on the matter of voter registration fraud in Ohio this morning, the fix is in on the 2008 election cycle.
The justices — otherwise known as “Nine Idiots in Robes” — overruled a federal appeals [...]

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