Category: Bits and Pieces

Apparently there is now an IQ test for Congressional Democrats.  If you test too high, you’re disqualified.  How else can one explain, in this day and age of alternative media, the Dems’ decision to prevent Republicans from sending out this chart, which is the Republican view of the current health

I’ve got to work, but I still read a few things this morning, during my regular rounds of morning blog favorites, that I think you’ll find interesting too: Power Line on Obama’s bizarre approach to health care reform: “One would expect a leader, paricularly one who is considered highly cerebral

This is one of the saddest stories I’ve seen in a long time, especially when looking at the before and after pictures.  Life can be very cruel.

I remember him when he was just a baby — but now Phibian is five years old.  Please head on over to his blog and help him celebrate this momentous occasion.  If you’ve been there already, you know you’ll enjoy the trip; and if you haven’t been there yet, you’re

My new Kindle = good The new Harry Potter movie = tired, but competent (the production values, I mean) Son = sick and going to the doctor Open thread = here and now UPDATE:  My son was diagnosed with a generic “virus.”  It might be swine flu, just as the

It’s a totally unscientific poll, but there’s no reason not to let your voice be heard. UPDATE:  Welcome, Wizbang readers!  Since Kim was kind enough to give me a big link for a little blog post, I feel as if I ought to say more on the topic.  With regard

Bowing to Obama, U.S. Senate, in one fell swoop, destroys jobs and dramatically decreases American security.  Are the voters paying attention? Obama may not be reading the monstrous health care bill, but others are.  Current bad provisions are the destruction of private insurance, a point as to which Obama out

Kim Priestap has a superb post that (a) details some of the worst aspects of the current health care bill; (b) calls out Obama for lying about the CBO report; and (c) exposes the fact that Obama, despite his increasingly ferocious attempts to foist this bill on the American people,

A debate has been raging in my email forum about America’s true enemy:  Is it Islamism abroad or Obamism at home?  In some of the emails exchanged, people have drawn very bright lines, arguing that we are wasting energy that should be focused on fighting the “real” enemy (Islamism or

Or, never judge a book by its cover. Hat tip:  Maggie’s Farm

On the subject of early 1980s silliness, this video speaks for itself: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cD9cBEaNBc[/youtube] As does this one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZDmbJ_Rzg[/youtube] My kids have no silly music.  It’s all so serious.  Poor things. UPDATE:  The quality is poor, but I’ve got the Purple People Eater for you. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE[/youtube]

Pluto: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7liotfQUE[/youtube]

I won’t be blogging tomorrow (Sunday), because I’ll be at a Civil War reenactment.  It’s wonderful fun and has become a summer tradition for us. Consider this an open thread.

Stumbling On Truth has an amusing and devastating deconstruction of the myths fueling the Democratic side of the health care debate.  (Hat tip:  gpc31)  Here’s just a small sample of this longer article: Myth #1 Health Care Costs are Soaring No, they are not. The amount we spend on health

With the news being unrelentingly depressing (especially news, not of things as they are, but as the Dems plan them to be), I thought this would be a good joke: Four little old Jewish ladies are sitting around the table. “Oy,” sighs the first. “Oy, vey,” moans the second. “Oy,