Update: @claires tells NBC 10 Consumer Advocate @NBC10_Emily it has hired an independent lab to test products that may contain asbestos. https://t.co/rtLTkINSdA pic.twitter.com/zFm0BSArcF — NBC 10 WJAR (@NBC10) December 28, 2017 Claire’s, the cosmetic and accessories company for young women, recently recalled nine cosmetic products because a mother had tested her six-year-old daughter’s makeup kit containing…
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The Story Behind Astros’ First Base Coach Rich Dauer’s Amazing Recovery
During the Houston Astros parade celebrating their first World Series title, something was terribly wrong with their first base coach Rich Dauer. No one knew it at the time, but he was suffering from an acute subdural hematoma, caused by a blow to the head when he had fallen the night before. Dauer didn’t realize he was injured…
Mark Steyn on California’s Racist Trees
Multiculturism is leading to the dumbing down of America. People today believe things that no sane person of any philosophical bent would believe if not beholden to bowing down to the multicultural alter. One of the primary tenets of multiculturism these days is that whites are racist, every one of them, even if they don’t know it. And…
Deficits and the Tax Cut: Some Folks Just Don’t Get It
A lot of media outlets are crying over the increased deficit caused by the GOP’s tax bill. Here’s what the Texas Tribune says: The bill is expected to deliver a tax cut to most Americans. But the majority of economists also expect it to widen the national deficit by at least $1 trillion over the…
Wind Power: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
An 1883 article in Scientific American noted that one of the main problems with wind power is “gathering it at the time we do not need it and preserving it till we do.” In other words, there was no way to economically and reliably store the electricity generated from windmills. Today, 134 years later, after having…
Whose Better for the Texas Economy: Hollywood Filmmakers or Texas Entrepreneurs?
Filmmakers and government economic development types are bemoaning the fact that Texas doesn’t offer as much as other states when it comes to film subsidies. “Texas is losing jobs because we cannot compete,” said Janis Burklund, director of the Dallas Film Commission. It may, or may not, be the case that Texas is losing jobs…
Harry Reid’s Cronyist UFO Hunt Cost Taxpayers $20 Million
A recent program in the Defense Department for the purpose of understanding “unidentified aerial phenomena” cost taxpayers at least $20 million. The program was initiated by Harry Reid, at the behest of a campaign contributor, when he was still Senate majority leader. Politico reports: Reid initiated the program, which ultimately spent more than $20 million, through an earmark after he…
Alexander Hamilton: Father of Modern Corporate Welfare?
Corporate welfare, the use of government to enrich corporate executives and shareholders with profits they can’t earn in the market, is rampant today. Title insurers, alcoholic beverage distributors, and renewable energy companies are just a few who rake in ill-gotten profits at the expense of taxpayers and consumers. Though cronyism today may be at its…
A Wild Ride
There were a lot of big hits for the Astros throughout their run to becoming World Series champs this year. But here is the call for perhaps my favorite of them all: He lifts it… Into left… Down the line… At the wall… Gone! Do you know which of the Astros’ record setting 15 home…
The FBI’s Effort to Undermine American Democracy
“I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office that there’s no way he gets elected — but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk. It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40.” That’s what Peter Strzok, one of the FBI’s top Russian counterintelligence…