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How the Government’s “Voluntary” Pilot Programs Work

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Guest Poster

     Guest post from AoSHQ commentator “ChemJeff.”      Look, this is how these “voluntary” “pilot programs” work.      First, the pilot program is started by a bunch of lefty do-gooders who sign up all of their friends. Due to heavy selection bias, the … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween! (2013)

Posted on October 31, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror), the classic silent masterpiece.      May it be a happy respite from the real world horrors of Obamacare…

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Apotheosis of a Heroin Fiend

Posted on October 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     An actor on the show Glee, Cory Monteith, overdoes on heroin.  We are quite willing to be respectful to his kith and kin, nor do we have a problem with a respectful good-bye from his loved ones or his co-workers. … Continue reading →

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And Thus to an American Pertinax?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     From the IRS, which responded to Obama’s channeling of Henry II (“Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome Priest Tea Party?”), to the National Park Service, who have a deliberate strategy of making life difficult for people to win … Continue reading →

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Ministry of Pre-Crime

Posted on October 22, 2013 by The Political Hat

     British police now have greater powers to curtail the civil rights and freedoms of an insidious class of peasant: People who have committed no crime.      All a person has to do to be subject to this is to be “suspect” … Continue reading →

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Anti-Bullying Fail

Posted on October 18, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Real bullying is beyond contempt.  Physically harming or psychologically harassing someone who just wants out ought to be stopped.  It turns out, however, that anti-Bullying programs actually make bullying worse: “University of Texas at Arlington criminologist Seokjin Jeong analyzed data … Continue reading →

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Progressive Hypocrisy: Equality of the Sexes

Posted on October 17, 2013 by The Political Hat

     In 1975, The courts decided that it was illegal for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) to ban girls from playing on boys team.  The reason?  Equality.      Progressives demand that girls be allowed to play on boys teams and to … Continue reading →

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A Failure of Republican Congressional Leadership

Posted on October 17, 2013 by The Political Hat

     After all the theater and drama, a continuing resolution and debt limit hike were agreed upon by the Senate and House of Representatives.  Rather then a defunding of Obamacare, or any other victory, the Republicans got less than nothing.  The … Continue reading →

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The Secular Miracle of the English-speaking Peoples

Posted on October 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     There is something unique, something wonderful, about our civic heritage which defines us not by geography, or by race or ethnicity.  Yet again, MEP Daniel Hannon eloquently points out one of the major roots of this shared value, chief among … Continue reading →

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British Parliament to Abolish Freedom of the Press

Posted on October 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The British Parliament, with support from all three major parties in Parliament, has decreed that “there will be a new system of press regulation backed by law.”      The regulations would punish no-participating news sources by exposing them massive civil damages … Continue reading →

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