Month: October 2013

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Hammer, The
By Hammer, The
Hammer, The Member
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I had a little extra time this morning, not having anywhere to be until 9:30. That meant a cup of coffee, freshly brewed at home. That meant a long, hot shower, and a piece of toast with butter. Another piece of toast; more butter. That meant that the kid with his little runny nose got […]

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Duane OyenJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
By Duane Oyen
Duane Oyen Member
Ricochet's resident RINO-squish (in the finest Rob Long tradition) who most recently worked for a government-owned entity before retiring. Worse yet, 3 of 4 family members are associated with Big Academia (none private). Hopelessly compromised.
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If you recall, David scolded us during the PPACA debate that we should have negotiated and compromised on this legislation; he was wrong because we’d never get enough to make it worth having our fingerprints on that cow pattie. Now, in his piece “The ObamaCare Ripoff”, he has discovered that people get their insurance canceled […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Nanny State Tries to Shut Down Sriracha

Jon Gabriel, Ed.
By Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel, Ed. King
Jon Gabriel (a.k.a., @ExJon on Twitter) is the Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet. He is a political writer and marketing consultant, contributing articles to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and USA Today among others. Until 2012, he served as Director of Marketing for the free-market Goldwater Institute, where he converted policy initiatives into compelling stories. In the private sector, Jon led marketing efforts for Cold Stone Creamery, Honeywell, and several technology companies. In his… [more]
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Every time I visit California, it seems there’s a new nanny-state rule. There are now more warning signs at LegoLand than I used to see on weapons-filled nuclear submarines.

But now they want to take away my Sriracha? From my cold, dead hands…

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Kevin Creighton
By Kevin Creighton
Kevin Creighton Contributor
I'm an ex-photographer, recovering nerd, online marketing guru, father to two growing young men, husband to a wonderful woman and a servant of the King. In ascending order of importance. I've led the marketing for a number of companies in the firearms world, and I'm an active competitor in USPSA, IDPA and 3 Gun. I'm an NRA-licensed firearms instructor and I have hundreds of hours of training from some of the top names in the business like Bob Vogel, Rob Leatham, Gabe Suarez, Massad Ayoob and a b… [more]
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I’m honestly curious about this question myself, and I don’t think I’m the only one… With the rise in popular of Rand’s work in the last 10-20 years, can one be a Christian and an Objectivist? Is there a dichotomy between a philosophy that teaches that an “individual should ‘exist for his own sake, neither […]

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Mollie Hemingway
By Mollie Hemingway
Mollie Hemingway Contributor
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is a columnist for Christianity Today and contributor to GetReligion.org. Her writing on religion, economics and baseball has appeared in The Wall Street Journal</
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A polling firm came out with a look at libertarians that included this snippet: Compared to the general population, libertarians are significantly more likely to be non-Hispanic white, male, and young. Nearly all libertarians are non-Hispanic whites (94%), more than two-thirds (68%) are men, and more than 6-in-10 (62%) are under the age of 50. […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. A Political Crook Without a Party?

Jack Dunphy
By Jack Dunphy
Jack Dunphy Contributor
"Jack Dunphy" is the nom de cyber of a police officer in Southern California.  Twitter: @OfficerDunphy.
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Echoing reporting from Al Jazeera, the Los Angeles Times reports tonight on allegations that California state senator Ronald Calderon accepted more than $60,000 from undercover FBI agents purporting to seek legislation favorable to the film industry. But if one is curious as to which political party Calderon belongs, nowhere in the 500-word story is this information revealed, an omission that of course tells the astute reader he’s a Democrat. (In an editorial fig leaf, a caption below the accompanying photograph identifies him with a “D-Montebello.”) Al Jazeera somehow manages to squeeze Calderon’s party affiliation into the second paragraph of a 360-word piece.

And now my questions to the Ricochetti: If Calderon had been a Republican, how many times would this have been mentioned in the L.A. Times story? And how is it that the L.A. Times and all the other California media outlets got scooped on this by Al Jazeera?

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Albert Arthur
By Albert Arthur
Albert Arthur Coolidge
Albert Arthur is a member of Ricochet.
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In his Morning Jolt newsletter this morning, Jim Geraghty puts together an impressive (depressing?) list of the dismally small numbers of successful Obamacare enrollments in various states. It turns out that not very many states have been able to get anyone to sign up. After One Month, Quite a Few States Don’t Have 1,000 Paid […]

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LanceJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
By Lance
Lance Inactive
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Today’s selection is dedicated to Ricochet’s own Frozen Chozen, with whom I have chatted up in this forum many of the Twin Cities based acts I have been turned onto over the years. A favorite connection has been Trampled by Turtles, an upper Mid-West band whose accoustic blue grass runs almost entirely in the opposite […]

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Daniel Sattelberger
By Daniel Sattelberger
Daniel Sattelberger Inactive
Born in Arizona, raised in Vermont, now an undergraduate majoring in Actuarial Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. Philosophically libertarian/conservative, but open to squishiness on some
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Note: This is a day old because I only just got the time to do it. If anyone else has already written on this, let me know; I’m sorry for stepping on your post. Buzzfeed has a post up by community member Michael Blackmon entitled “17 Deplorable Examples Of White Privilege“. Some of the entries […]

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LensmanJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
By Lensman
Lensman Thatcher
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Powerline really nailed Obama for his Big Lie tonight: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/10/obama-lies-health-care-dies.php The Republicans have had an issue handed to them for the 2014 election: “Obama lied to you and then made sure to protect his crowd of union members and government workers. We (the GOP) stand for Main Street America that wants a REAL free market […]

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Tim H.
By Tim H.
Tim H. Member
Mild-mannered college professor by day, astrophysicist by night.  Methodist, Southerner, East Tennessee hillbilly. I'm a traditional Southern conservative with a strong libertarian streak.  A sunny disposition and a trust that America will survive the problems we face.
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Last weekend, the Mrs. and I were invited to supper with the smart and gracious Janna Levin, a cosmologist, artist, and writer, who was visiting campus for a couple of days of talks. The Mrs. and I are both astrophysicists, and Mrs. H. does the same research Levin does, so it was a great chance […]

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Vermonster
By Vermonster
Vermonster Inactive
Recently-retired neo-geezer in the wilds of the Northeast Kingdom of the Peoples' Republic of Vermont.
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I’ve started a “second career” as a junior college instructor in science. The college has enrolled me in a couple of month-long workshops on teaching methods, where I encounter edubabble. Can anybody recommend a Primer on Contemporary Edubabble? (This could be a book or review article, I suppose). Preview Open

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rosegarden sj dad
By rosegarden sj dad
rosegarden sj dad Inactive
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Much has been made, quite legitimately, about Obama’s baldfaced lying about the impact of Ocare (“You can keep your doctor and plan”). I just wondered how the Ricochetti felt this ranked given other, previous, Presidential and Admin statements that, shall we say? stretched the truth. I offer the following to get us started: Preview Open

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Promoted from the Ricochet Member Feed by Editors Created with Sketch. Insurance Insiders: White House Is Pressuring Executives to Keep Quiet on Obamacare

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Insurance industry sources have told CNN reporter Drew Griffin that White House officials are telling executives not to talk about the Obamacare rollout.

Multiple sources declined to speak publicly about the push back because they fear retribution.

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Higgs
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Higgs Inactive
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I caught the last two minutes of Hannity’s interview with the authors of the above mentioned book. I believe it will be an interesting read. If the truth ever materializes as to how our enemy gained the knowledge of who was on that Chinook helicopter that night, I reserve the right to tell my parents […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Time for the GOP to Close the “Compassion Gap”

Carol Platt Liebau
By Carol Platt Liebau
Carol Platt Liebau Contributor
Carol Platt Liebau is an author and commentator based near Manhattan.   She has served as a guest radio talk show host for the nationally-syndicated “Hugh Hewitt Show,” for KABC in Los Angeles, and on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis. Her book, “Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!)” was released by Hachette Book Group (formerly Time Warner Books) in November of 2007. She has contributed to the editorial pages of papers including The Los Angeles Times, … [more]
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ObamaCare is a disaster. Our enemies could hardly have contrived a more destructive, divisive set-up for the practice of medicine. But if there is any silver lining to this national nightmare, it’s that it offers a second chance to a party that badly needs one.

So let’s seize this opportunity to re-introduce the Republican Party to America. 

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