Category Archives: Jester’s Court

California legislators took sometime off from their yearly budget stalemate to vote on not banning plastic bags. “It’s a free country. I wish it weren’t,” from Massachusetts’ Governor Deval Patrick. What? The Obama administration has reversed itself and halted the … Continue reading →

The Congressional Budget Office has determined that the total cost of the eight-year Iraq war was less than the stimulus bill. Seven states suing to overturn the health care reform bill as unconstitutional are also seeking subsidies provided by the … Continue reading →

Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated nepotism rules in her foundation by awarding thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children. Massachusetts’ Senator Scott Brown responding to criticism from Sarah Palin that he … Continue reading →

Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious faiths each year. Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah’s Witnesses will remain eligible for the funds. Nevada Senate candidate … Continue reading →

If Republican proposals were enacted, estimates suggest that there would be fewer jobs and a larger deficit than under Obama. Joe Miller, who holds a narrow 1,668 vote lead over Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, is stepping on a lot of … Continue reading →

Now Barack Obama is being criticized for eating too much lobster. Louisiana Senator David Vitter is putting pressure on some state newspapers that are not absolutely clear that his chief of staff pleaded guilty to a lesser charge than attacking … Continue reading →

A federal court has ruled that it is not a violation of the Fourth Amendment for the government to secretly attach a GPS to a vehicle in a person’s driveway and track them. The reasoning is that no on has … Continue reading →

Alvin Greene, South Carolina Senate candidate, was kicked out of a restaurant after a woman accompanying him got into an argument with Democrats attending a meeting at the restaurant. North Korea has condemned Japan for blowing up a Korean ship … Continue reading →

Germany is considering a bill protecting employees from secret video surveillance and the reading of their emails, while limiting the information that can be used from their internet useor telephone calls, and restricting the use of medical tests. The bill … Continue reading →

Allen West, the Republican candidate for a House seat in Florida, accused a Democrat videoing him of using “Gestapo tactics.” The Democrat is the grandson of Holocaust survivors. Ann Coulter and World Net Daily are in a tussle over Coulter’s … Continue reading →

Barack Obama is being accused by Republicans of going on too many vacations. He has logged 9 vacation trips for a total of 48 days so far into his Presidency. At the same state in his Presidency, George Bush had … Continue reading →

A Saudi judge asked several hospitals whether they would conduct surgery on a man’s spinal cord so that he is left paralyzed, just like the man he attacked with a cleaver. Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Neumann outlasted his competitors … Continue reading →

Sweden’s Pirate Party is now hosting Wikileaks. Frauenkirchen, Austria, holds a patent declaring it the “center of Europe.” CIA Director Leon Panetta said that it is not known where all of Pakistan’s nuclear bombs are, but he feels that Pakistan … Continue reading →

Florida Congressional candidate Ron McNeil explained why he opposes the Ground Zero mosque. “That religion is against everything America stands for. If we have to let them build it, make them build it nine stories underground, so we can walk … Continue reading →

When a court ordered that the CIA release 92 interrogation tapes of 9/11 conspirators, CIA officials said the tapes were burned. Now the CIA claims a handful of those tapes have been found in a box underneath a desk. That … Continue reading →