Archive for April, 2010
Places, People! Places! The Kabuki Theater is About to Begin!
So Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has announced that he’s going to retire now, while the Democratic party still has a virtual stranglehold on the Senate (as opposed to waiting and pushing the nomination battle past the November elections, where the Democrats are likely to get crushed). This, of course, will spawn a mind-numbing [...]
This Week’s News, Automotivator-Style
It wouldn’t bother me one little bit if more bloggers decided to take up Troglopundit’s new weekly round-up meme. This motivator poster, from last Sunday, still makes me laugh. (Cross-posted at The Delivery Show)
Morals? Ethics? Not in the MSM’s Dictionary.
What it is we expect from our major media outlets? Integrity? Consistency? Professionalism? Ethics? Yeah, don’t hold your breath, folks. We’re talking about the industry in which utter fictions can run around for weeks as facts without retraction even though the only sources for the story were the aggrieved parties themselves.
Polish Government Devastated; Freedom Loses a Friend
Tragedy today in Poland. Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed early Saturday along with his wife, several top military officials, and the head of the national bank when their plane crashed at a western Russian airport, officials said. “There are no survivors,” said Sergey Antufyev, the governor of Smolensk, where the plane was trying to [...]
Democrats: From Way Back Here, Obamacare Looks Wonderful!
If government-run health care is so very awesome, why are so many Democrats running away from it now? In districts and states where the overhaul was most controversial, town-hall meetings have been replaced with tightly controlled business roundtables and other gatherings with voters. In Nevada, first-term Democratic Rep. Dina Titus defended her vote for the [...]
Attacked You Say? With Machetes You Say? By God, I Shall Write A Letter to the Editor!
This has to be some sort of low-key Canadian humor. Otherwise, Canada has lost its flipping mind. Machete attack shows lack of tolerance The machete attack on the Chaudière Bridge preceded by a similar attack at a Gatineau bar is a matter that must be addressed by cooler heads and minds. Well, yes. It should [...]
2011: The Year of The Newbie Congress?
Were I a member of Congress, I would take care that I didn’t get too mouthy (Senator Coburn) or condescending (Speaker Pelosi) with the electorate. We’re in a bit of a “throw all the bums out” mood, and when I say “a bit”, I mean get the pitchforks and torches. That chart is packed full of [...]
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