Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This post doesn’t actually have anything to do with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but it falls in the genre of people elevating animals over humans — hence the post title. If you’re at all familiar with San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, you know that it is an
Continue readingI don’t need to tell you how about Islamism (that is, extreme Islam aimed at reinstating Sharia law worldwide), nor how dreadful I think it is. I also don’t need to tell you how I admire Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Nor do I need to tell you that many in the
Continue readingAt the Weekly Standard, Irwin Stelzer explains that, while we don’t know how deleterious global warming might be, we do know already how damaging, for the poor, efforts to stop global warming already are. This is especially true for ethanol, which turns food crops into fuel. Turns out the remedial
Continue readingJames Taranto, in writing about the Pelosi/Lantos idea that the two them should begin dealing with Iran, caught John Kerry in a telling Freudian slip. (You know those: when your secret desires slip out in ill-chosen words.) Meanwhile at the Puffington Host, John Kerry* defends Pelosi’s junket to Syria: We
Continue readingIt’s hard to believe it’s been 23 years since Ghostbusters came out. I’ve always liked that movie, particularly the seen where Bill Murray’s character is trying to convince New York’s mayor that he’s got a problem on his hands: Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical
Continue readingI don’t think I need to add any comments to this segment of a larger news report about John Kerry’s recent visit to San Francisco: Romney, during an Iowa campaign stop Wednesday, joined the White House in criticizing Pelosi’s diplomatic efforts. “I just don’t know what got into her head,
Continue readingThe title of my post must be the second most popular bumper sticker in the Bay Area, right behind “No War For Oil.” Considering that the troops themselves believe support is shown by approving of their mission and providing them with funds, I’ve always been bewildered by the attitude that
Continue readingEvery time I see this picture of Nancy in Syria, my first impression is that she’s smoking a joint: I’m pretty sure it’s a cookie or fig in her hand, but the relationship between fingers and mouth is just so, well, like someone holding onto that very last little bit
Continue readingThe MSM loves human interest stories about profoundly damaged military personnel returning from Iraq; or stories about the families left behind when a member of the armed forces was killed in Iraq. (Today’s NY Times story is but one example of many.) I fully appreciate that pathos and bathos sell,
Continue readingHere’s the story: Neville Chamberlain, on a visit to German, said on Wednesday Adolph Hitler was ready to hold peace talks with the Jews. Okay, I lied. That’s not the story. This is the story, with the Jews instantly and credibly (given actual events, not propaganda) exposing the lying liars
Continue readingHave you noticed that, of late, whenever something anomalous occurs, it’s blamed on climate change? This has slowly been seeping into my subconscious, and suddenly burst to the forefront of my mind when I saw today’s SF Chronicle, with a story about shorebird die-offs. Not to speak disrespectfully of these
Continue readingA liberal friend told me today that it’s okay that Al Gore lives high on the energy hog because, while his message is important, you can’t really expect him to change his lifestyle: “He’s entitled to expect a certain standard of living.” Same friend was unfazed by the fact that
Continue readingIn some way, the intellectual differences between moonbats and me can easily be distilled down to thoughts about 15 captured British sailors. Rosie O’Donnell, an exhibitionist lesbian who would quickly be put to death were she an Iranian citizen, earnestly opines on American television that the Iranians acted in good
Continue readingIt seems as if, to the extent the administration still retains cajones, they’re put to a single (and laudable) service: we will not arbitrarily withdraw from Iraq. As to everything else, I think Ann Coulter’s latest screed is correct: Democrats have the breathtaking audacity to claim that Bush’s replacing his
Continue readingAccepted wisdom is that one of the reasons the voters gave Republicans the boot was that the Republicans, although they did lower taxes and increase federal revenues, spent money like it was going out of style. The Democrats, for the first time in their political history, positioned themselves as the
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