June, 2012San Bernardino County eminent domain mortgage ripoffFriday, June 29th, 2012 June 29, 2012 By John Seiler Our colleague Steven Greenhut has a column up on Bloomberg on as scam in San Bernardino County: "Officials in San Bernardino County, California, believe they have figured out a clever way to solve the county’s, and possibly the nation’s, housing problems. ... Gov. Brown celebrates ObamaCare rulingThursday, June 28th, 2012Steven Greenhut: Gov. Jerry Brown is happy with the Supreme Court's ObamaCare ruling: “Today's dramatic Supreme Court ruling removes the last roadblock to fulfilling President Obama's historic plan to bring health care to millions of uninsured citizens.” That makes sense. The court decided th... Supreme Soviet upholds Obamacare dicatatesThursday, June 28th, 2012June 28, 2012 By John Seiler This just in: The Supreme Soviet just upheld the Obamacare socialized medicine scheme. The controversial "mandate" will just be relabeled a "tax." The majority opinion was written by "conservative" Chief Justice John Roberts. So all of you who supported Presiden... Unions on the defensive, facing voter wrath (video)Wednesday, June 27th, 2012June 27, 2012 By Brian Calle Public employee unions are on the defensive after facing voter wrath at the ballot box. http://youtu.be/y72ycNTgzbI Legislators still being paid for fake budgetMonday, June 25th, 2012June 25, 2012 By John Seiler If the California government followed its own laws, right now state legislators' pay would be suspended. They would be applying for EBT cards. According to Prop. 25, which voters passed in 2010, the Legislature must pass a balanced budget by the June 15 deadlin... Mike Feuer angry at ‘Der Feuer’ jabMonday, June 25th, 2012Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, left an angry voicemail for me today for my "utterly outrageous" reference to him as Der Feuer for his legislation that would have allowed police officers, judges and prosecutors to exempt themselves from open property records laws. Feuer argue... Loopy Old Judge Thierry Colaw Winks At Police MisconductSunday, June 24th, 2012Steven Greenhut: It's no surprise that we're seeing a spate of bad on-the-job behavior by police and deputies. Thanks to judges such as Pete-Wilson-appointee Thierry Colaw, of the OC Superior Court, cops know they can do anything they want and face no punishment whatsoever. As the Orange County Re... Der Feuer gets rebuked by SenateThursday, June 21st, 2012Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, has gone from friend of open government to champion of governmental secrecy. Not long ago, he argued correctly that opening children's court to the public and media was the best way to ensure accountability, but lately he has seen the light, or... |