The White House’s top Counter Terrorism official told congress that the fall of Yemen to radical Islamists took them completely by surprise… So, yeah: A lot of our problems seem to revolve around incompetence.

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Big Three and Stocks in the News:

Michael Schaus talks about the importance of private property rights:

Del Wilber joined the show to talk about Ukraine, terrorism, and the media’s constant spin on Obama’s failures:

Ezra Klein is an idiot… But MSNBC is downright embarrassing: