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I was reading the latest bit of insider gossip (fiction?) from Ulsterman called: White House Insider: “President Obama is lost. Absolutely lost.” A very interesting read. As is the rest of the series. Let me give you the gist of the “Lost” story: In your email to me last week, you indicated a scandal was…

David Bernstein is discussing his forthcoming book Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights against Progressive Reform in this audio clip. You can download the clip for casual listening. The good stuff begins about 4 minutes in. The title of the post comes about 7:20 into the audio. The short version: a case of union extortion gone…

It is a good thing that many Americans have a low tolerance for Moral/Cultural Socialism. It will make it harder for Sharia to get a hold on the country. Conversely every place we allow government to act is another place it can act differently later. And often does. Cross Posted at Power and Control

I think one of the reasons the Democrats are losing political battles (they have already lost the zeitgeist) is that the Internet and instant money transfers have brought us into an age of flash Mob politics. Political parties no longer get to decide on a monolithic message. The people can bypass the parties and directly…

Tall Dave, who writes for Classical Values and who is an avid Polywell Fusion fan is having a birthday. I’m not at liberty to divulge his age. Happy Birthday Dave Cross Posted at Power and Control

Evidently saying the Pledge To The Flag is now an unusual occurrence before a political event. The whole thing got everyone in an uproar. Had I been there I would have pledged to the Constitution. Talk about increasing the uproar. Which brings up something I wrote the last time this craziness about pledges and flags…

Bury the Democrats on election day. TEA minus 12 and Counting. Cross Posted at Power and Control

My God is so powerful he doesn’t need any boosting from government. It is the weak gods that give us all the trouble. Always needing government help. Cross Posted at Power and Control

They might let the other side stink up the place for a while. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Watch this video. It is about a minute and a half. I’ll wait. And just in case you are not up to following orders from disembodied voices on the Internet. Good for you. Here is the money quote: “I don’t want to be in Washington another six years and watch the Republican party betray the…

I don’t usually straight up flog books. But this sale is too good to pass up. The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents–The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2) is available for $8.72. And if you order three of them (you have a friend or two who need an education.…

News Weak says the TEA Party folks have made a fetish out of the Constitution but worse – they get it wrong. In legal circles, constitutional fundamentalism is nothing new. For decades, scholars and judges have debated how the founding document should factor into contemporary legal proceedings. Some experts believe in a so-called living Constitution–a…

Well all you boomer haters (hippie punchers) on the right, Real Clear Politics has some news for you. This senior surge is, like the electorate overall, coming from the right. Democratic seniors and baby boomers are less engaged than past midterms. But at least seven in 10 GOP seniors and baby boomers, including right-leaning independents,…

The Weapon Shops of Isher By A.E. Van Vogt is one of my all time favorite science fiction books. It tells of a shadowy organization “The Weapon Shops” designed to redress the grievances of a corrupt galactic empire. It was brought to mind by a story Instapundit linked to about the breakdown in the mortgage…

Well at least three things. Says E.J. Dionne. 1. Flexible Platform At the first level are the party’s candidates, who can be as reasonable or as angry, as moderate or as conservative, as their circumstances require. You mean the Republicans are not a Borg? I dunno. That sounds like a pretty good feature to me.…

Buy Low, Sell High = FREE TRADE Buy High, Sell Higher = NO TRADE Any questions? Cross Posted at Power and Control

I am a member of a mostly lefty anti-prohibitionist list. The question to the list was: given Holder’s recent Oct. 2010 announcement that he would go after Calif if Proposition 19 passes, how would the youth vote break? Would Proposition 19 bring them out? Would Holder’s remarks make them vote R? Which made me link…

It turns out that Carl Paladino has an adviser. The adviser is pictured above at the Gay Pride Parade that Palidino said was unfit for Cuomo’s children. Probably. And just so it is clear. He is the person getting his ear licked. His name is Roger Stone and he has a few things to say…

As most of you know by now there has been massive incompetence or fraud (take your pick – the initial net result is about the same) in the mortgage issuance and foreclosure markets. I covered that at Who Has The Title? You might want to visit there for some background. The Financial Times finds that…

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