Author: Simon

An opinion column in the Wall Street Journal notices a serious Problem with a Palin Campaign for President. She hasn’t been properly vetted. No. Really. That is what they said. Mrs. Palin’s initial mistreatment, by a press (on the right and the left) that was both jeering and patronizing, has in fact resulted in an…

Sarah Palin says: “I think that all of our energy subsidies need to be relooked at today and eliminated,” Palin told Real Clear Politics at a coffee shop in Dillsburg, Pa. “And we need to make sure that we’re investing and allowing our businesses to invest in reliable energy products right now that aren’t going…

Kevin Drum makes an interesting point about where the money for politics comes from. …in the real world, political parties need an institutional base. Parties need money. And parties need organizational muscle. The Republican Party gets the former from corporate sponsors and the latter from highly organized church-based groups. The Democratic Party, conversely, relied heavily…

George Will does a masterful job of proving his irrelevance. Via Crooks and Liars. (It figures) The Crooks? The Liars? do have one thing pegged. Palin is spooking the Republican establishment. The Republican establishment is really spooked at the idea that Sarah Palin might run for President in 2012 after she decided to take a…

What does the above Instapundit screen shot mean? Three Sarah Palin (www.SarahPac.com) ads for her bus tour. And she is asking for donations. For what purpose? The adverts don’t say. But it is “free money” (fewer FERC restrictions) that could be used for anything since she is “not running” for office. Yet. Smart cookie. It…

It has been a while since I did an Ulsterman update so here is an interesting tit bit. Q: Can you repeat what you told me before – how Richard Daley stepping down and Bill Daley coming to the White House, and then Rahm Emanuel becoming Chicago’s Mayer. How all of that relates back directly…

People tell me ridicule is the best medicine for a bad politician. So I have decided I need a new way of referring to the Resident. In honor of Donald Trump I have decided to refer to the Resident as often as possible as: the man from Chicago ne (Hawaii) Nice turn of phrase don’t…

First Egypt and now China. There is a growing trend in the Chinese blogosphere to vocalize praises and expressions of support for Hitler. If Chinese authorities fail to address this problem, dangerous consequences may ensue. The Rumor A rumor is spreading virally throughout the Middle Kingdom that asserts that Austrian-born Hitler was raised by a…

According to the Jerusalem Post the Nazis of Egypt are coming out into the open. A group of Egyptian political activists have announced plans to set up a local version “of the Nazi party,” an Egyptian newspaper reported on Thursday. Citing a leftist Egyptian news portal, the Al-Masry Al-Youm daily said that “the party’s founding…

A dietary supplement may be able to improve the lives of diabetics and the overweight according to Dr. Yaakov Nahmias. Israeli scientists may have discovered an effective new way to treat high cholesterol and diabetes naturally. Dr. Yaakov Nahmias from the Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science at Hebrew University and his colleagues have…

Of the ten most dangerous cities in America with populations above 100,000, Rockford, Illinois came in at number 9. Rockford has unusually high violent crime rates for a city of its size. Most notably, the city has the fourth highest rate of aggravated assault in the country, with 10.5 cases for every 1,000 citizens in…

Hill Buzz brings to my attention a curious fact about Sarah Palin. She has not announced for President. Instead she is taking a summer vacation. Touring America. Starting in Washington, DC. Today, Sarah Palin announced a bus tour called The One Nation Tour, organized as a “soft launch” to her Presidential campaign that will allow…

Ed Schultz is taking himself off the air over remarks he made a couple of days ago. Nearly 32 hours after his ill-conceived remarks about conservative talker Laura Ingraham, MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” host Ed Schultz appeared before his viewers to apologize for those remarks. Schultz, who had called Ingraham a “right-wing slut,” first apologized…

Well, that is my opinion. Who is she? Sarah Palin. And why do I think she is in? There is a movie coming out in June. Shortly after Republicans swept last November to a historic victory in which Sarah Palin was credited with playing a central role, the former Alaska governor pulled aside her close…

Rep. Eric Cantor had this to say. It is not morally equivalent when the offenses of terrorists are equated with the defenses of Israel. The following story illustrates Israel’s dilemma. A Palestinian woman from Gaza arrives at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba for lifesaving skin treatment for burns over half her body. After the conclusion of…

According to Debka – not always the most reliable source – the Palestinians have shot their wad and all they have to show for it is a messy clean up job. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has run into blank walls in his ploy for using a unity pact between his Fatah and the extremist…

You can skip strait to the good stuff which begins about 7 minutes in. In related news Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat said: If ’67 lines are an illusion, peace is an illusion. I think he got that one right. The Hamas Charter calls for the extermination of the Israeli Jews. To start with. But…

A couple of videos about how we are slowly losing our liberties. Except in the past few years the trend has accelerated. The title of this post refers to this video which was suggested by JPFO: The below video was suggested by Eric at Dogs and veterans given equal treatment. Watch the latest video at…

I was discussing the drug war as it relates to the Baptist/Bootlegger coalition and made this point: It is supremely ironic how “the truly God fearing” are so susceptible to Devils. All the Government has to do is to make a big enough image of a Devil and the Baptists fall right in line. The…

There was a TORNADO WARNING for Rockford, Illinois that expired a few minutes ago. As I was heading to the basement I stuck my head out the door and heard the roar. It kind of sounded like continuous thunder. Scared the hell out of me. And I don’t scare easy. All has passed now –…