Commentary

Readers of the BardeBlog may have noticed in the second to last edition (read it here) that the return of the zombie apocalypse is gathering by the Fourth Ward preparing to parade down C Street. Two lifelong members of the Storey County Payroll club are “retiring” on June 30, 2017. …

Republished From the ConservativeHQ George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 5/12/17 Candidate Donald Trump promised a new approach to American foreign policy and national security. One that emphasized securing our domestic borders and defeating Islamism by destroying the Islamic State and organizations, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, that support and encourage …

The corrupt Louisiana State Lottery company, which issued this 1889 ticket (shown front and back), gave lotteries a bad name. In the late 19th century, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, the sixth Librarian of Congress, went looking through America’s early newspapers for the earliest notice of a lottery he could find. What …

After more than 100 days in office, President Trump’s approval rating is at 42 percent, the lowest for any president in the post-WWII era. Trump criticizes the filibuster, claiming it forces the government to make bad decisions. Lacking any significant legislative accomplishments, and governing almost exclusively by executive order, Trump …

Donald Trump is proving he has a mild grasp oft the economy killing nature of confiscatory tax rates. He cut taxes last week but raised taxes er… tariffs on Canadian Lumber killing 8600 jobs and slowing the American housing market. Ronald Reagan learned from his first hand experience. Tax and …

exploitation |ˌekˌsploiˈtāSH(ə)n| noun 1 the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work: the exploitation of migrant workers. 2 the action of making use of and benefiting from resources: the Bronze Age saw exploitation of gold deposits. 3 the fact of making use of a situation to gain unfair advantage for …

This recap of the Storey County Commissioner Meeting is from Nicole Barde of  bardeblog.com. Looks like Mike “Mission Critical” Nevin presence is so essential to county governance that he can’t be allowed to retire. He just signed a no bid contract that nets him $4500.00 a month. Um… Jason Van …

So rather than subject the readers of the Highlands Chat Group to an endless loop of blather, I figured I’d bring it here where fewer people will be offended. Kris Thompson, the yapdog for Commissioner Gilman wrapped us in Tin Foil and used lots of Trumpimisms like huge, massive, very …

I first learned of the real world practice of capitalism and free markets avoiding the insurance-company-government-collusion-for-coverage-but-no-actual-care hustle known as ObamaCare from Dr. Josh Umbehr on the Tom Woods Show.  With ObamaCare (and TrumpCare if it ever becomes a thing) everyone hoots and hollers about paying for cheap (or free) coverage, but …

Remember this?   They said it would only tax (i.e. steal from) transient semi-trucks in the TRIC area. They said it would only be indexed at 3 percent a year. They said it would sunset in ten years. What they didn’t say was they were praying for it to make …