Nightly Ramble: Minimum Wage, Those Who Don’t Vote

First stop this morning was in New Paltz New York, essentially within shooting distance of McPhillips. I regret my schedule doesn’t leave me enough time to offer him some coffee. It would be an interesting meeting, I think.
I managed

I’m coming off the first extended weekend I’ve had in several weeks. Kinda nice being able to spend some time around the house. My truck needed some work anyway, and I had some paperwork that I had to complete. the

A cynic, such as myself, might be tempted to conclude that Barack Hussien Obama simply spent too much time with the likes of Frank Marshall Davis.   I would explain Obama love of murderous dictators, from Eli Lake, Bloomberg:

The Snark of the Day, Senator John McCain, from Blaze:

“Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President.”

Maybe McPain got Dim Won confused with a republican?

Prince Charles, maybe the world’s most overpaid welfare queen, bites that hand that feeds him, via Gateway Pundit:

“Prince Charles spoke of an “economic system that seems to have enormous shortcomings” at one of the final events of his

I suppose that it doesn’t quite match the stereotypical criteria for a truck driver, but I’m sitting here relaxing and watching the miles go by, listening to some smooth jazz on the mp3 player, and sipping on some chai tea.

I’ve decided just now to start posting nightly rambles again. Watch for nightly rambles starting on Monday.

Item:

LOS ANGELES/SEATTLE, March 18 (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and Congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on U.S. race relations has

Did the open opposition to Bibi by the regime, in itself, propel him to victory? From Politico:

Netanyahu also cast himself as the target of foreigners — and while he was vague about the details, pro-Netanyahu media outlets often

The Snark of the Day, from Stacy McCain:

Jeffrey Williams: Soon to replace Mumia Abu Jamal as a liberal hero?

Not unless one, or both, of the officer dies.

Just how bad is Mrs. Clinton tanking?   Bad enough for Ezra Klien, Vox, to call for the return of Candidate Hanging Chad and Mr. Climate Change himself, Algore, from Tom Johnson, News Busters:

Many Democrats would like to see

I think the voters are ready for a candidate who doesn’t have personal attack dog named James  Carville,Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

:

There other GOP candidates who may provide bright contrasts to Clinton. In many ways, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

The Snark of the Day, from Kurt Schlichter, Townhall:

Does anyone think Bill Clinton is going to be able to keep it in his pants just because Hillary’s in the White House?

The Clinton’s have long maintained that with

A few thoughts on Hillary Cltinon’s emails.

First, it strikes me that when you’re talking about at E-mail system, you’re talking about messages that go out from that system to other systems. Other people. It is a communications device that

For a long time now, I have had issues with extreme libertarians on the issue of the role of government. Extreme libertarians as a rule generally want government removed. Period.

I’m with the founders… I think government has a place,