“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” — George Orwell
By Jimmie on Dec 17, 2008 in Featured, Rampant Geekery | 0 Comments
Remember’s Joss Whedon’s little internet creation “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”? Of course you do because you like clever humor and snappy dialogue and people singing about a villainous horse and also because of the posts I wrote about it, too.
Well now it’s out on DVD and it is a must-have for anyone in your life [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 16, 2008 in Featured, Music | 0 Comments
Today is Beethoven’s birthday and I would bid you hasten to Ron Coleman’s blog for an appropriately thought-provoking tribute.
To celebrate, how about his Egmont Overture, conducted by the peerless Herbert von Karajan?
And more. The scintillating first movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, also directed by Karajan. This is, to my thinking, the finest opening of a [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 12, 2008 in Featured, The Economy and Your Money | 12 Comments
If you’re one of those who still doesn’t believe that the UAW owns some serious responsibility for the sorry state of the Big Three automakers, you need to do just a little bit more reading.
I’d say a week’s worth should be about right.
No wonder our car makers can’t get their heads above water. They [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 8, 2008 in Featured, Moonbat Nonsense, Our New Democratic Overlords, The Social Issues | 0 Comments
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Progressives are only tolerant of those who agree with them.
Here’s yet another example of that principle at work.
For another recent example, go back and look at the coverage of Hillary Clinton as she ran against the Progressive Messiah Barack Obama. Uglier treatment of a woman [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 6, 2008 in Featured, The Good Old US of A, The Social Issues | 1 Comment
When I heard that Bill Ayers had an op-ed in today’s New York Times, I thought I’d have some fun with the soggy little simp. After all, it’s not every day you get a living, breathing, whining 60’s leftover coming out into the light reeking of fake humility and patchouli-stank for us to point and [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 27, 2008 in Featured, The Shack | 3 Comments
There really isn’t much of a need for you to join the free for all that is Black Friday at your local mall when you have the internet. Amazon has a bazillion deals today, and they’re rotating special offers through their Gold Box Deals. There’s a good chance that something you will want to buy [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 25, 2008 in Featured, The Economy and Your Money | 8 Comments
How big is the bailout? Bigger than World War II.
A lot bigger.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis bailout is now the largest outlay In American history.
Jim [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 24, 2008 in Featured, Gimme that Old Time Religion, The Rise of the Nanny State, The Social Issues | 3 Comments
National Review, on the bigotry and violence of the Proposition 8 supporters in California:
The outbreak of attacks on the Mormon church since the passage of Proposition 8 has been chilling: envelopes full of suspicious white powder were sent to church headquarters in Salt Lake City; protesters showed up en masse to intimidate Mormon small-business owners [...]
