Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
It’s already old news that Obama halted what was supposed to be an automatic shipment of rockets to Israel to re-equip the Iron Dome system that protected her citizens so well from the thousands of rockets Hamas aimed at Israel from schools, hospitals, playgrounds, and homes in Gaza. One shipment
Continue readingYesterday, the phone or the doorbell rang every 10-20 minutes all afternoon and evening. We had a rotating cast of characters for dinner, one of my dogs hid for the day, and the other dog barked itself into laryngitis. I have no complaints, as I like a social house, but
Continue readingOne of the things I’ve noticed about modern medicine is that, once doctors start poking around inside the human body, they find all sorts of things that aren’t picture perfect. I remember a long ago hearing an NPR story about a small town with a scary increase in the number of
Continue readingNo ruminations today. I’m just diving into the post: We have met the enemy, and it isn’t us, it’s ISIS One of the tocsins I’m relentlessly ringing on my “real me” Facebook is that what we’re seeing in the Middle East — in Syria, in Israel, in Iraq, in Egypt
Continue readingRead Charles Krauthammer on Barack Obama’s unconscionable amnesty impeachment bait. To begin with, the amnesty proposal is built upon several layers of fraud, ranging from lies about a “do nothing Republican Congress” to lies about Constitutional authority. As to that last, Krauthammer cites to an unimpeachable (pun intended) source: Third, and
Continue readingAs you’ve probably noticed, I’ve re-jiggered these portmanteau posts, with a new name and a new image. I’d like to thank all of you for your suggestions. I’ve gone with a vaguely newsy title and a picture from one of my favorite illustrators, and it just feels right. I’ll continue
Continue readingThe Times of Israel has published what is alleged to be a transcript of a leaked telephone call between Obama and Netanyahu. Both Netanyahu and Obama are denying its truth, but I wonder. The substance is entirely consistent with Obama’s and Kerry’s public pronouncements, although much ruder, hectoring, hostile, and autocratic
Continue readingPresident Obama and Michelle Obama released a joint statement to commemorate Eid-al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. The statement contains a very interesting turn of phrase (emphasis mine): In the United States, Eid also reminds us of the many achievements and contributions of Muslim Americans to building the very
Continue readingIf you read only one thing today (and tomorrow too), I think you should read Sam Harris’s “Why Don’t I Criticize Israel?” In it, Harris, who is renowned for his very well-articulated atheism, explains that one doesn’t have to believe in Israel’s religious right to the land in order to
Continue readingNothing says "sustainable" like 10 acres of manicured bluegrass in the desert. MT @PzFeed Barack Obama buying a house pic.twitter.com/zzcyYGLeQF — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 22, 2014
Continue readingOne of the classic signs of serious mental illness is “inappropriate affect.” In this context, “affect” is the emotional face we present to the world. To the extent that a narcissist’s only emotional fixed point is his own need, most of a narcissists affects are actually faked, but that doesn’t
Continue readingI’m not the savviest person when it comes to body language, but even I can tell when someone is using inappropriate laughter (h/t PJ Media). In this case, that person would be Barack Obama, who is just cracking up during a meeting with Texas governor Rick Perry. This wouldn’t be
Continue readingI believe I’ve spoken here before about “gaslighting,” because it’s a stock technique for malignant narcissists and other sociopaths, two personality disorders I think characterize the Left generally and Obama specifically. To gaslight someone is to. . . . Never mind. Why should I explain it awkwardly, when Bill Whittle
Continue readingThe Left liked to call George Bush a “cowboy,” implying that there was no telling what he’d do. Even the Left, of course, must have understood that this was a rhetorical trope and that there was no possibility that Bush would ever push the red button and start a nuclear
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