Category — For The Record

How many dead people and pets will be voting?   Read the rest of this entry »

Did you hear the news story about the new emergency broadcast system for cell phones? You can shut off all the alerts except one - which is "mandatory."   Read the rest of this entry »

With the recent passing of Andy Griffith, many looked back longingly at the town of Mayberry, where The Andy Griffith Show took place during its long television run during the 1960s. Of course, Mayberry was more a state of mind than an actual place. But, suppose it was real, what would it look like today?   Read the rest of this entry »

It looks like General Motors will be throwing everything in but the kitchen sink to help fluff its second quarter earnings numbers. Taxpayers continue to help with the cause as President Obama campaigns on the "success" of GM following the manipulated bankruptcy process that cost taxpayers $50 billion and another $45 billion of tax credits gifted to GM to help protect powerful UAW interests. We now learn that government purchases of GM vehicles rose a whopping 79% in June.   Read the rest of this entry »

Jonah Goldberg asks the question: Is the right more ideological than the left?   Read the rest of this entry »

Every single one of the 17 states to elect a tea party-supported Republican governor has seen its unemployment rate decline since January 2011. The states with Democratic governors didn't fare as well (surprise!).   Read the rest of this entry »

Some interesting things buried in this NYT article about the increased use of unmanned drones by various and sundry agencies of the federal government.   Read the rest of this entry »

This was a strange week, what with the Fourth falling on a Wednesday. But other than the faux-Friday, WWTFT was fortunate enough to be featured on the Fox News website. Now that is something that doesn't happen every day (at least to us!). Check it out here: http://nation.foxnews.com/founding-fathers/2012/07/03/what-would-founders-think Horn now properly blown, please check out this week's selections from around the blogosphere.   Read the rest of this entry »

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that is a surprise (to the observer), has a major impact, and after the fact is often inappropriately rationalized with the benefit of hindsight.   Read the rest of this entry »

Netanyahu Sends July 4th Message To US.

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