Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Are the wheels coming off the bus, or are we witnessing the most brilliant, and dangerous, political theater in our life times? Here’s what it looked like a few days ago: the President caved on maintaining the current tax rate, leaving Republicans triumphant. In exchange, it seemed as if the
Continue readingIt turns out that the young man who hung on the Union Jack flag in order to climb a cenotaph dedicated to the dead of WWI, a cenotaph that has inscribed on it in large letters “the glorious dead,” has apologized, claiming he knew not what he did. Hogwash. First
Continue readingLife can be tough when you break the law. The people who murdered Annie Mae Aquash discovered this fact when they were arrested and tried for murder 35 years after killing Aquash. Sara Jane Olson, an SLA terrorist during the 1970s, discovered that when her quiet, suburban life in Minnesota
Continue readingEleanor Powell and friend: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0ogCn7f2I[/youtube]
Continue readingOh, my! Here I am, reading this week’s Watcher’s Council submissions (which you’ll find here), and I forgot to tell you what last week’s winners were. It’s never too late, though, so here are last week’s winners: Council Winners *First place with 3 votes! – The Razor –– America’s China
Continue readingZombie believes that the Berkeley City Council, with its unerring instinct for getting to the heart of the matter, and then going in the wrong direction, is on to something with its decision to laud Bradley Manning as a great American hero. After all, while Assange gets the fame, it
Continue readingAlthough Congress is in lame duck mode, it’s still a Democrat-led Congress in both houses, so much so that Dems can, technically, pass anything they want without Republican votes. That’s why I found these two headlines so funny, one of which places all blame on Republican shoulders, and one of
Continue readingI doubt many people living today even recognize the old saying that “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” Nevertheless, they live daily with the reality of that saying: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwMEtuL-GQ[/youtube]
Continue readingIt’s a morning of incredibly good stuff, as I troll through my usual list of daily reading material. I’m sharing it with you in real time as I read it myself. Start with J.R. Dunn’s look at the new world of warfare, one that takes place, not on battlefields but,
Continue readingI don’t see Harry Reid having the political umph to pass the DREAM Act, but I also never imagined back in 2007 that Barack Obama would be President, so what do I know? I do know that I have a problem with the DREAM Act, and that’s despite the fact
Continue readingYears ago, I predicted that Obama, when challenged, would either go ballistic or would fall apart at the seams. I was almost right. Rather than doing one or the other, Obama seems to have managed to do both (emphasis mine): Max’s shout [in Where the Wild Things Are], and the
Continue readingMuch, much, much better. Way much better. Truly, really, totally much better. Better than what? Better than this.
Continue readingLaer Pearce is one of the sharpest political observers out there. He blogged for many years at Cheat-Seeking Missiles, and gathered a loyal following, myself included. He put the blog on hold, though, to write a full length book about a subject near and dear to his heart — the
Continue readingI heard about Blake Gopnik’s attack on Norman Rockwell (as part of his defense of the “Ants on Jesus” video), and actually started writing a post on the subject. Life caught up with me, though, and I abandoned the post and doubt I’ll return to it. Fortunately, Anchoress has been
Continue readingDo you think this story is real or a hoax? If real, it’s terribly disturbing. If it’s a hoax, well, it’s also terribly disturbing that someone would do something like that. Right now, Noisy Room is assuming it’s real but, because NR is committed to honest reporting, any useful information
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