From the department of “holy shit!”: Tancredo applauds the law in that Arizona took control of enforcing laws the federal government hasn’t enforced. But he questions how police can stop people for any reason. “I do not want people here, there in Arizona, pulled over because you look like [you] should be pulled over,” says […]

The oil rig that sunk last week is now causing a serious environmental hazard: Officials worked Sunday to try to stop oil leaks coming from the deepwater well drilled by a rig that sank last week near Louisiana, but they acknowledged that it could be months before they are able to stem the flow of […]

These stories are becoming all too common: Asheville Regional Airport police arrested a 23-year-old Ohio man who was carrying a handgun and listening to police radio scanners near the runway around the time President Barack Obama’s flight was leaving Asheville, according to investigators. Joseph Sean McVey, of Coshocton, in southeastern Ohio, pulled his vehicle in […]

Here’s an interesting story out of Arizona (via DKos): A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway. Abdon, who did not want to use his last name, says he provided several key pieces […]

So I was reading this over at Power Line: Whenever President Bush talked about immigration, his approval ratings went down. It was like clockwork: liberals never understood that the fatal decline in Bush’s popularity during his second term had at least as much to do with his advocacy of “comprehensive immigration reform” as with war-weariness. […]

From Another Black Conservative: This story, like so many we have all heard before, is just more proof that the big government socialist model is ineffective. Just think, horny incompetents like the ones at the SEC will soon be involved with your health care. First I really don’t see how this has anything to do […]

So this morning I read this interesting article: Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission following reports that senior agency staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were supposed to be policing the nation’s financial system. California Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House […]

For this to happen in Kentucky is pretty amazing: The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Baptist university can’t keep $11 million awarded by state lawmakers some four years ago to open a pharmacy school. The case, which involves the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, had been closely watched by advocates for other […]

Not politics, but totally freaking cool. Even more awesome images available here.

Yesterday on Hardball I heard the most amazing spin/lie I think I have ever heard. While discussing the new law in Arizona that says candidates must show their birth certificate to be on the ballot, Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) decided to totally twist the reason for the new law and declare that it is aimed […]