Month: September 2009

  • Tap tap tap…

    Quick question. Can cigarette smoke travel through walls? Because either it can or it can’t, and this angry woman has filed a lawsuit saying that her neighbor’s cigarette smoke did in fact go through walls of her townhouse: In an age when smoking has been outlawed in most public places – government buildings, bars and…

  • Will Obama Be Indicted?

    What did he know and when did he know it? When Democrat Andrew Romanoff made noises about mounting a primary challenge to Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), the White House contacted Romanoff and made an interesting — and arguably corrupt — counteroffer: Jim Messina, President Barack Obama’s deputy chief of staff and a storied fixer in…

  • The Narrative is “Just Shut Up”!

    Despite the occasional but fervent rantings of idiotarians like Matt Barber, gays in the United States generally do not seem to realize how good they have it. While Bush was president, an observation like that would have qualified as a gay Uncle-Tomism. But now that we have a “progressive” president who has made it clear…

  • Sara Palin’s Going Rogue #5 On Amazon

    Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue: An American Life is available for pre-order on Amazon and it is already up to #5 and there is not even a picture of the dust jacket available. I guess she is not as popular as every one thought. Cross Posted at Power and Control

  • What To Do Before TSHTF

    Wretchard and his commenters are discussing what to do before there is a breakdown in civilization. Of course there is the usual – buy guns and ammo. But what else could help? Stock up on tools. Even cheap Chinese stuff if it is not too junky. Voltmeters and for those who are somewhat adept –…

  • Discrimination against religion leads to discrimination in favor of religion?

    Is there a conflict between freedom of speech and freedom of religion? I don’t think there is, but I think the courts may have screwed things up to the point where people are forgetting something about the nature of free speech. A recent example involves a group of high school cheerleaders in Florida who were…

  • Holy assholes!

    Anyone remember this cartoon? Far be it from me to criticize artists, but in light of this news report, I think the bomb might be in the wrong place: (CBS) Al Qaeda has developed a new tactic that allows suicide bombers to breach even the tightest security, as CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports. Inside…

  • If running really produced a high it would be illegal

    For over 14 years, I have been running 3 miles nearly every other day. I had to force myself when I started back in 1995, and I hated running then and now. Really, I hate it about as much now as I did when I started. What I have never quite been able to understand…

  • Mark your calendars!

    I just learned that old blogfriends Kim and Connie du Toit have a new radio show that promises to be most exciting. The Kim and Connie Show begins on Saturday October 3rd on BlogTalkRadio.com. According to Connie, they “hope to present something akin to a ‘Salon’ but the show will probably take on a life…

  • Taking Literalism literally?

    There are those who believe that taking the Bible literally can be a form of satire, and cartoonist R. Crumb is one of them: PARIS — Subversive US cartoonist Robert Crumb, whose take on the Bible is about to be released worldwide, says people are “totally nuts” for taking the book so seriously for so…

  • Don’t Talk

    The speaker in the video is Mr. James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and a former defense attorney. Yeah. Don’t talk. The Mafia Code of Omerta. Silence. The Video explains why. Here is Part 2 by a police officer in case you need more reasons. Which brings up this book: Three Felonies a…

  • Saudis Green Light Israel

    According to The Daily Express UK Saudi Arabia has green lighted an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. INTELLIGENCE chief Sir John Scarlett has been told that Saudi Arabia is ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site. The head of MI6 discussed the issue in London with Mossad chief Meir Dagan and…

  • ACORNOMICS 101: An Economy by, for, and of the government

    The ever-didactic newly-Mrs. McArdle, taking what we all hope is only a brief break from breeding a new race of libertarian superhumans (Suderhumans?), notes a disturbing trend: On the other end, requiring LTVs of 80-90% would have made the markets much less vulnerable to a correction. … Meanwhile, what’s actually happening? The percentage of FHA…

  • I hope Polanski isn’t a metaphor for Poland!

    In a painfully thoughtful piece, Hollywood insider Roger L. Simon looks at the Roman Polanski case, and concludes that he is a metaphor for Hollywood: Look, Polanski is weak like the rest of us. But in the end, there is something about him that is a metaphor for Hollywood – despite that he has been…

  • SEIU Factor In Illinois Senat Race

    Illinois Republicans are making efforts to connect the Democrats to the SEIU in the race for Obamas old Senate Seat. Roland “I am not a crook” Burris (D – Crook County) is currently keeping the seat warm. Illinois Republicans are using a union endorsement Democrat Alexi Giannoulias received Thursday to again try to make disgraced…

  • Cannae

    Bill Whittle has a marvelous video that you should watch. And what is Breitbart’s strategy for continuing the attack? In a word make ACORN sue him. Which it has done. What was O’Keefe and Gile’s response when a suit was first mooted? “Bring it on.” Kathleen Parker suggests the next front in the war. SEIU.…

  • Lock ’em up and throw away the key!

    An Indiana grandmother has been arrested for buying more sudafed than the law allows: CLINTON — When Sally Harpold bought cold medicine for her family back in March, she never dreamed that four months later she would end up in handcuffs. Now, Harpold is trying to clear her name of criminal charges, and she is…

  • Strategic non-blogging?

    Gregory Kane thinks it would have been better for conservative bloggers to have ignored the Van Jones story in the hope that he would stay in office until shortly before the 2012 election– at which time his “exposure” could provide the much-needed ammo that the GOP will need to win: …did Republicans and conservatives do…

  • All the truth we can respect

    In her discussion of the amazing and incredible delay by the New York Times in reporting the ACORN child prostitution-enablement scandal, Ann Althouse derides this explanation from Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt: as more videos were posted and government authorities rushed to distance themselves from Acorn, The Times stood still. Its slow reflexes — closely…

  • Not with my money!

    I’m all for free speech, and I’ve criticized McCain-Feingold quite harshly. But this headline — “Supreme Court appears poised to allow corporate contributions” — worries me, because corporations aren’t the independent entities they once were. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc sounded poised Wednesday to strike down on free-speech grounds the nation’s historic ban…