Busted for Possession of Legally Possessed Gun
Take your blood pressure medicine before reading this one. According to a story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal today, 42-year-old Derrick Stiff is the parent of a student at Liberty High School in Las Vegas with “no known problems with students, parents or teachers.” Mr. Stiff also has a concealed weapon permit. So far, so […]
Don’t be a Chicken – Stand Up for Free Speech!
At the annual Conservative Leadership Conference that my organization, Citizen Outreach Foundation, hosted last weekend, political pundit Jon Ralston, on a panel discussing media bias, asked the audience how many people thought we were living in a socialist country today. Only a smattering of hands went into the air. After the panel, I suggested to […]
Rapist’s Character Witness Offers to Bribe Victim’s Sister
Here’s the Reader’s Digest version of a story as best as I can recollect which now ought to end Nevada state Sen. Dennis Nolan’s (R-Las Vegas) political career for good.
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 25, 2010
Some readers have written asking if I’m going to make endorsements in this year’s primary races. I hesitate to call them “endorsements,” but based on what I’ve heard and learned about the candidates in some races, here’s who I would vote for if the election were held today – which it’s not, so there’s still […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 19, 2010
• The success of tea party voting in electing Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts in January, chasing Charlie Crist out of the GOP U.S. Senate primary in Florida last month, ousting Sen. Bob Bennett in Utah two weeks ago, and nominating Rand Paul yesterday in Kentucky has been seen as less likely to be replicated […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 18, 2010
• A member of Congress resigned today for having an extramarital affair with a female member of his staff. No, silly, not Sen. John Ensign. You’d have to feel shame and think of people other than yourself to do the right thing and resign in such a situation. That clearly isn’t John Ensign. No, we’re […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 17, 2010
• “Chris Christie, the new governor of New Jersey, continues to make big cuts to balance the state’s red ink-drenched budget,” reports Stephen Moore in Political Diary today. “Last Monday, Mr. Christie proposed a permanent 2.5% limit on annual raises for public workers. That salary cap would apply to police officers, firefighters and teachers, and […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 15, 2010
After much sound and fury, threats of derailing the election of Mark Amodei as the new Nevada GOP chairman signified nothing. The Nevada News Bureau reports that Amodei was overwhelmingly elected 218 to 54, surviving a last-minute floor challenge by our friend and Ron Paul supporter, David Isbell. Best of luck to Chairman Amodei.
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 14, 2010
“A study group appointed by majority Democrats in the Nevada Legislature is proposing sweeping changes to raise taxes and reshape state government to improve the quality of life in the state over the next 20 years,” reported the AP yesterday. “Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons quickly dismissed the proposals to change Nevada’s tax structure and diversify […]
Citizen Outreach Foundation Ponies Up for Appeal of Ashjian Ruling
Chuck Muth, president of Citizen Outreach Foundation, has agreed to provide the legal fees needed to file an appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court over a lawsuit filed several weeks ago to disqualify Tea Party of Nevada (TPN) U.S. Senate candidate Scott Ashjian from the 2010 ballot for failing to comply with Nevada’s election law.
Fat Lady May Be Warming up on Anna Nicole Smith Lawsuit
Last month I wrote about the seemingly never ending saga over the estate of J. Howard Marshall II – the late husband of starlet Anna Nicole Smith. Last week, the 9th Circuit Court denied Smith’s lawyers the opportunity to waste any more of the 9th Circuit’s time on this case. As with every step of […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 12, 2010
• First things first. Congratulations to Nevada GOP Communications Director Ciara Turns, who is now Mrs. Ciara Mathews after marrying last week Andy Mathews, Communications Director for the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Let’s hope the new conservative power couple makes lots and lots of little conservative comunicators in the years ahead. We’re gonna need ‘em!
Governors & the Tax Pledge
The following is a list of incumbent governors and gubernatorial candidates around the country who have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge promising voters of their states that they will oppose and veto any and all efforts to increase taxes. Forget “Where’s Waldo?” Let’s play “Where’s Sandoval?”
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 10, 2010
• I haven’t watched professional basketball regularly since around the days of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, but I think I’ll take an interest in the championship series coming up this week. Lakers or Jazz…doesn’t matter to me. As long as they beat Steve Kerr’s “Los” Suns!
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 9, 2010
• Harry Reid says a lot of stupid, outrageous things, so his comments on a Univision program this morning won’t surprise….though they will, rightfully, get Republicans’ blood boiling once again.
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 7, 2010
• Congratulations to Navy SEAL Matt McCabe who was cleared yesterday of charges that he gave a captured terrorist – the mastermind behind the Fallujah murder of those Blackwater employees – a fat lip and a punch to the stomach. Two other SEALs in the incident had already been cleared. • And while we’re happy […]
Hep C Victims Play, Hit Nevada’s Lawsuit Lottery
A licensed, highly-trained professional doctor in Las Vegas reportedly told his licensed, highly-trained professional nurses to reuse syringes to save money, ultimately and not surprisingly resulting in patients who were injected with the dirty needles becoming infected with Hepatitis C.