Friday Morning Open Thread
I will be away from my computer this morning. Have at it!
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Scorching logic and hard facts from Paul Ryan
Obama is so insulated behind his compliant media and his worshipful staff, I wonder if he’s ever heard before the facts Ryan spells out so clearly here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPxMZ1WdINs[/youtube] My favorite line: “Hiding spending does not reduce spending.” Brilliant core statement about the myriad flaws in the bill. Also, he drills
Continue readingYoga for real people
This gal either has raw courage or is totally unselfconscious. Either way, it’s hilarious: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2DQC-ghio[/youtube]
Continue readingInsurgents in blue land
Marin County — bluest of blue spots on the American political map. And yet, just today, a friend of mine spotted the following posted anonymously on the bulletin board at a well-traveled supermarket in Sausalito: More than 5,000 years ago, Moses said to the Children of Israel, “Pick up your
Continue readingIt reminds me of the plot of a bad movie
The more I hear about the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, with the ever increasing number of British passports allegedly involved, the more I wonder whether this was a Mossad led assassination, or if it’s a double blind. You see, it strikes me as a very clumsy job, especially
Continue readingPCUSA not only ignorant, but mercifully out of step with the American mainstream *UPDATED*
Brutally Honest brought to my attention the fact that the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUSA) has released a statement denouncing Israel in terms that a Hamas member or Ahmadinejad could easily love: The Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUSA) is about to release a report which denounces
Continue readingYet another New York Times columnist proves that he is an idiot
Joseph Stack, the man who flew a plane into the IRS building in Austin, Texas, left a long, a very long, pre-suicide/pre-murder screed identifying those issues that drove him to commit his act. The most obvious thing about the screed is that it is the work of someone with cognitive
Continue readingThe importance of remembering that scientists are not mathematicians
I’ve been reading Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem, by Simon Singh. Normally, I’d shy away from a book like this — after all, it’s about math! — but it was required reading for my book club, and it’s proven to be delightful. To
Continue readingOrwell in the UN
I can’t find a date on this speech, but I’m pretty sure it’s not recent. It came to me from a relative in Israel. It shows a member of the UN Watch castigating the UN’s Human Rights Council for its manifest disregard of all human rights but for those purportedly
Continue readingDallas Tea Partiers take on Keith Olbermann’s obsession with race
This video speaks for itself: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMdPTpOyUk4[/youtube] Hat tip: Power Line
Continue readingSeparated at birth
I hadn’t been playing close attention so, when I saw a famous Olympic athlete interviewed on TV, I got confused. You tell me whether or not this is a case of separated at birth: Shaun White: Carrot Top: Although I will freely concede that White is much more wholesome looking
Continue readingLooking for the Happy Warrior *UPDATED*
Andrea Shea King has an interesting post today, castigating Mark Levin for his “petty” and “envious” attack on Glenn Beck. Her post is very useful in highlighting the divisions in the conservative side of the political spectrum, divisions that are sometimes so deep, both as to style and substance, that
Continue readingThe new plot for our life’s musical — by guest blogger Sadie
Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs from the musical, such as “Almost Like Being in Love” have become standards. It tells the story of a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years,
Continue readingRe-elect Obama!? — by guest blogger Danny Lemieux
Hear me out. Sure, the public is indignant about our current state of affairs, especially the mushrooming deficits that have pretty much sealed our national bankruptcy (in my humble opinion). What worries me, though, is what needs to be done to fix the problem. I personally don’t see any solution
Continue readingJon Stewart: genuinely ignorant or just hiding the ball when it comes to socialism
I caught a few minutes of last night’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart, during which Stewart amused himself by taking potshots at a very big target: CPAC. I haven’t paid much attention to CPAC, so I can’t and therefore won’t comment on whether his shots were righteous or dishonest. If
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