Just Because — Laurel & Hardy
From 1937’s Way Out West, one of the most charming movie moments I’ve ever seen: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0zv3M2ZNBU[/youtube]
Continue readingMonth: October 2010
J.E. Dyer provides a comprehensive California voting guide
If you’re in California, it’s easy to figure out which people should get your vote: Fiorina over Boxer, Whitman over Brown (and yes, that’s something of a nose-holder), anyone over Pelosi, etc. It gets much more confusing when you get to the numbered items on the ballot. Prop. 23 is
Continue readingMath-challenged Liberal/Lefties – II
The economy is all about disposable income. You can’t stimulate the economy by taking money away from people. Liberal /Lefties don’t get this point, I know, because math is hard. Let me try to explain. People generally receive a fixed amount of income, let’s call it a “pie”. Some of
Continue readingThe drive-by media plots Joe Miller’s assassination *UPDATED*
Some CBS affiliated reporters got together to figure out how to sabotage Joe Miller in the last days before Alaska’s election. Being horribly mean and vicious, though, doesn’t mean that one doesn’t make mistakes. After all, feral intelligence isn’t a complete intelligence. Here the mistake was that, somehow, the reports
Continue readingSunday morning open thread
Life in my house is never boring. I crave boredom. Have fun with this open thread until a boring window of time opens up in the chaos swirling around me, giving me a chance to read and write a bit.
Continue readingLeft again allies itself with radical Islam
My husband has, for years, castigated me for refusing to listening to Cat Stevens’ music. He makes two points, the first of which is valid, the second of which is not. First, he says, the music predates Stevens’ conversion. If I hear it on the radio, Stevens isn’t getting any
Continue readingObama urges hecklers to pursue his political opponents
I noticed earlier a story in which Obama was heckled by people who believe that the US has not done enough to fund AIDS programs around the world. I was going to write about it, but got distracted. Had I written about it, I would definitely have said this.
Continue readingHappy Halloween with a comedy riff from Tim Slagle
This seemed timely, very timely: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI9z_hSGIQ[/youtube]
Continue readingSoldiers’ Angels — Valour IT Fundraiser
It’s that time of year again, when Soldiers’ Angels asks people to donate to the Valour-IT fundraiser, which uses donations to purchase helpful technology for wounded warriors. This year, consistent with my Navy League affiliation, I’m urging you to donate in the Navy’s name:
Continue readingWinners at the Watchers – 10/29/10
Without further ado, this past week’s winners as the Watcher’s Council. Not surprisingly, I’m pleased with the outcome. Council Winners First place with 2 1/3 votes! – Bookworm Room – Why Tom Friedman is an idiot Second place with 2 votes – Mere Rhetoric – Turkey Leveraging Obama’s Failed Russia
Continue readingNPR’s carefully crafted tales — and why I don’t listen any more
When I left law school, a switch tripped in my brain. Whereas before I’d listened only to top twenty music, I suddenly got bored with music and switched to news. But not just any news. NPR news. Whenever I was in the car, I had my radio tuned to my
Continue readingWhitman finally has a fantastic campaign ad against Brown
If you have friends in California, send them this ad before Tuesday. That’s all you should have to do: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbIC_1syrqE[/youtube]
Continue readingThe vicious slanders against Christine O’Donnell
It turns out that Iowahawk isn’t the only gifted satirist in the conservative community. Zombie’s got the goods on O’Donnell (satirically, of course).
Continue readingSan Francisco sign threatens Fiorina and Whitman — by guest blogger Ms. GW *UPDATED*
UPDATE from Bookworm: Poor Enrico’s. Because its name features prominently on the building, people are assuming it posted the sign. It did not. From Enrico’s facebook page: You may have received an email about a sign that says “FU (spelled out) Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina” asking you to call
Continue readingThe good stuff from Chris Christie
Mmm, mmm, mmm: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpF7h1k8uE[/youtube] So far, I can still imagine myself voting for him in 2012. Maybe on a ticket with Bolton or Petraeus, for some real foreign policy gravitas. (Although, really, when it comes to foreign policy gravitas, it’s hard to beat Joe Biden, isn’t it? And yes, I’m
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