Month: November 2010

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The TEA Parties have fired a shot across the bow of the old guard of the Republican Party. You will know the old guard better by their philosophy. Simply put: “if you are right on abortion hardly anything else matters.” Not fiscal conservatism. Not small government. And especially not winning national elections. Representatives of the…

Over at the official TSA Blog, I found a great question: Why did Janet Napolitano decline to go through the backscatter machine? That’s just too good to ignore. I’m hoping maybe readers can offer answers to the riddle. Then there’s this: I’ve worked as an electron microscopy tech and while there was extremely little risk…

Here is a link to the Official TSA Groping Instructions T-Shirt. Never fly without it. And wouldn’t you know it. Amazon has an instructional video: Groping America H/T Gates Of Vienna Cross Posted at Power and Control

Read more at We Won’t Fly. Here are some scary thoughts for those who OPT OUT. How to Opt Out: Say “I Opt Out” Should you decide to opt out, you must be aware that the TSA will perform a pat down instead of subjecting you to the WBI/AIT (AKA porno-scanner). The TSA may try…

David Rittgers at National Review takes a look at how a Supreme Court decision on the Drug War is being used to justify the individual mandate in the recently passed Health Care Bill. Here are Dave’s opening remarks: If the generation of “limited government” lawmakers freshly chosen to man the trenches in Washington wishes to…

I’ve been flying since I was a small child, and until now I have never been afraid to fly. Of course, it’s not the actual flying that I fear so much as an insane, out-of-control government which is now treating American citizens to humiliating and invasive searches as a condition of boarding a plane. This…

“The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost.” I don’t know how to wrap my mind around that one. I hope it doesn’t mean that the ability to not think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at no emotional…

Some folks are complaining about the Soros Plan to overthrow the US Government. The country has already been overthrown: “The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It’s possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.” – William Colby, former CIA Director,…

According to this report by a supposed Washington insider, speaker Pelosi (soon to be former speaker) is sharpening her sword and is working to take Obama down. Once again, CLOSELY watch for Pelosi news. Speaker preparing for departure from Congress, but going to burn bridges as she does so – namely all those leading to…

While I don’t have much to say today, Glenn Reynolds’ link to Iowahawk (currently under suspension for “prohibited activities”) led to an interesting discovery. Apparently, there is an official cigarette of the First Amendment: When protesting the Orwellian suspension of Iowahawk, enjoy the rich menthol flavor of Kools – the official cigarette of the First…

I take issue with the “fact” that the pyramids were built 10,500 years before Christ. Modern scholarship puts the pyramid age at 4,600 years old. About 2,600 BC. And I’m not convinced of all the parallels in the video. But there are far too many for there to not have been borrowings. In fact borrowings…

Something Glenn said earlier really caught my attention: IS THIS HOPE, OR CHANGE: In Las Vegas, 80% of homes are underwater. Actually, it is neither hope nor change. The only possible explanation is global warming — just as Al Gore warned us! Remember this? I well remember the warnings, but I didn’t realize it would…

The British Invasion (which followed the Beatles) pretty much wiped out Doowop music, and Americans were forced to reach back into their roots. Paul Revere & The Raiders were “presented as the American response to the British Invasion.” Here’s “Just Like Me” (1965) from the “Hullabaloo” show.

Speaking of marriage, something has to be done about the plight of gay vultures. Seriously, German bigots are breaking up gay vulture couples, on the grounds that they don’t make good parents! But over in gay-friendly Israel, they let gay vulture couples raise children! What’s the world coming to? I thought the Israelis were supposed…

In today’s fierce moral urgency of change news, it turns out the market for government health insurance for the uninsured is about 50 times smaller than Obamacare proponents told us it would be. Of course, we opponents of Obamacare were arguing last year this problem was overblown, and it appears in retrospect even our most…

If there is such a thing as a right to privacy that allows a woman to terminate her pregnancy, I’m having a lot of trouble understanding how can that be squared with the idea that the state has a right to test her fluids without her consent to ensure that she does not consume substances…

Great piece from TNR on Gary Johnson, perhaps the highest elected libertarian in recent times, and candidate for President in 2012: “That’s the first sign you know you’re a libertarian,” he says. “You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there’s not a car in sight. And you put your foot on the…