Friday, February 1, 2013

Burger King admits horse meat found in patties - Houston Top News | Examiner.com

Burger King admits horse meat found in patties - Houston Top News | Examiner.com: "Great Food Comes First" is one of the proud slogans Burger King displays on its website. However, a portion of its 11 million daily customers are finding out that they have been consuming horse meat Whopper Jr's. On Jan. 31, Burger King admitted that its European suppliers provided burger patties with small traces of horse meat to British customers."

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Highly Compensated Athletes Fleeing State of California as New Tax Rates Kick In

Highly Compensated Athletes Fleeing State of California as New Tax Rates Kick In: "The Golden State’s new 13.3 percent income tax on top earners prompted golfer Phil Mickelson to say earlier this month he was considering a move, and according to the accountants who advise millionaire athletes, he was just saying what a lot of jocks were already thinking."

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Armed Guard Stops School Shooter After He Opened Fire at Atlanta Middle School | TheBlaze.com

Armed Guard Stops School Shooter After He Opened Fire at Atlanta Middle School | TheBlaze.com: " A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said."

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Rich People Fleeing High Tax States : Political Outcast

Rich People Fleeing High Tax States : Political Outcast: "The economic news is not good overall. The economy is contracting, not expanding. Sure, people are making money, but there are fewer people working. This means that companies have cut back on employment, trimmed costs, passed on extra costs to their employees, and cut perks. After the fiscal meltdown in 2008, one of the companies I am involved with made drastic cuts. The first thing I did was fire my wife and took a pay cut."

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Media Spins Unemployment Increase as Good News | Conservative Byte

Media Spins Unemployment Increase as Good News | Conservative Byte: "After the American economy delivered more bad news today in the form of an increase in the unemployment rate and job growth that barely kept up with the increase in population, it took exactly 4.3476 seconds for the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein and some flak for NBC News to jump before the “Morning Joe” cameras to assure Americans this was good news."

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Dispelling a Common Gun-Control Myth

Dispelling a Common Gun-Control Myth: "Gun-control advocates in the wake of the Sandyhook school shooting have used a particular statistic over and over again: "As many as 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check." While President Obama, Vice President Biden, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and many others have used the "fact" repeatedly, it is false, says economist John Lott in the National Review."

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How to Balance the Budget in 10 Years

How to Balance the Budget in 10 Years:

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