Author: TrogloPundit

The place: Hebron, an Israeli-occupied Palestinian city. Or so I read. The event: Remember a few weeks back when a video featuring a group of U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan performing their own version of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video stormed the Internet? Well, it looks like they’ve got some competition from their counterparts in the […]

Or maybe I should ask: are goals hurting futbol? Those Germans, you know, in the World Cup, they’re scoring an awful lot. That can’t be good for the game. Another question: is all the rain we got in June hurting the corn crop? Are muscles bad for competitive bodybuilders? Should Usain Bolt slow the hell […]

And not just ObamaCare, but government programs in general. See, the problem is: people have trouble accessing health care. Thus, we need government programs. Those government programs will grant the access that the free market failed to grant. That’s how it works. Government provides. And yet, we get stories like: Emergency rooms, the only choice […]

You don’t look a day over 240. In celebration, Ted Nugent, playing the Star Spangled Banner: And check this out from TedNugent.com: On Independence Day, the AmazonMP3 store is having a very special one day sale! 30 different tracks from Ted Nugent – in a special compilation called Happy Defiance Day Everyday – will be […]

Good news: the ozone layer is growing back to what it was, pre-human screwitupititis: While the hole in the Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly healing, its recovery might have a downside, scientists say: Climate change could change wind patterns and send ozone from high in the atmosphere down to the surface, where it is […]

You’ve probably seen this exchange between Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Awesome) and SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan already: Coburn asks: If I wanted to sponsor a bill, and it said Americans, you have to eat three vegetables and three fruits every day. And I got it through Congress and it’s now the law of the land. Gotta […]

So I’ve been keeping vague track of global economic news lately. In particular, like so many others, I’ve been kind of watching — catch as catch can — the Greek economic…thing. Their bond market, in particular, is doing poorly. I know that, because I read this: Greek Bond Risk Jumps to Record on Signs of […]

Phew! President Barack Obama has signed a bill that temporarily spares doctors from a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments. One could also say it “temporarily spares” patients from that 21 percent cut. Doctors will lose business, naturally, if they stop taking Medicare patients because of the low pay, but they’ll still have business. Medicare […]

Forget what the Senate did – the House is a whole ‘nother story: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struck a combative tone tonight, rejecting the Medicare “doc fix” passed hastily through the Senate Friday until Senate Republicans allow a vote on jobs measures that have passed through the House. That’ll be a 21.3% cut to the […]

I haven’t heard any Lefties saying this, so I’m saying it for them. Maybe they just need somebody else to be first. Or maybe they just want to nod their heads, knowingly, while somebody else says exactly what they were thinking. So here goes. Afghanistan. The good war, right? Yeah, right. Here we all thought […]

Government programs are magical, see. Or…well, I thought they were. I thought …didn’t I hear somebody say this? I thought that once the government takes over providing a service – let’s say, for example, medical care – then you’ve got the service. You’re taken care of. No problem. Covered. Nobody goes without when the government […]

A few of the stories that caught my eye over the past week, whether I blogged them or not: Link Link And finally: Link Yeah, this one’s a little shorter than usual, but stay tuned. You never know when the Automotivating bug will hit here at TrogloPundit. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, May 31-June 6 […]

There’s a finite amount of stuff, see, so somehow, someway, we have to distribute it among all the people who want it. Some people believe that having the government do that job will lead to fairness — a highly educated, expert bureaucrat can decide what goes where and when (and, possibly, why) more efficiently than […]

The year: 2006. The State of the Union Address. President Bush began to scold congressional Democrats for refusing to consider changes to a badly unbalanced Social Security program. He said: “Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security…” And the Democrats interrupted…with cheers! They leaped from their seats, applauding the […]

And won’t that then lead to waiting lists, or even patients unable to find a doctor? Unable to get the medical care they need? I thought government-run health care was the solution! The Senate adjourned Thursday evening without voting to prevent a 21.3 percent cut to the payments doctors receive under Medicare. The payment is […]

Why is Steve Benen so worried about an Obama impeachment? What does he think Obama has done? He writes: It’s tempting to think of impeachment as a far-fetched, silly idea, barring actual impeachable offenses. But the more I think about it, the more I remember this is the House Republican caucus we’re dealing with. They’re […]

Actor Jeremy Irons says there’s just too many damned humans around here: “One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it’s unsustainable,” he said in an interview with The Sunday Times. “I think we have to find ways where we’re not having to […]

We’ve had Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, to protect the ideal of free speech from two kinds of people: those who will threaten violence in order to suppress speech they don’t like; and those who will give in to the threats. We might also need an Everybody Speak Politically Day, too, for very similar reasons. Via […]

May is a big month, Star Wars-wise. Star Wars Day, naturally, was May 4th. All six Star Wars movies were released in May. The Empire Strikes Back had its 30th anniversary on Friday. It’s more than a movie series now. It’s part of the American culture. A cultural phenomenon is what it is, and sometimes […]

And finally: This Week in Automotivators wishes everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. Especially all the moms. TWiA also wonders whether there should be a day for those who aren’t parents. But if there was, who would buy the cards? As seen on TrogloPundit. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, April 19-25 This Week in Automotivators, April […]

Here’s what Dick Morris said (on Fox News with Greta van Susteren): (The results of the 2010 election are) going to totally change the education debate. You are going to see school choice, and charter schools, and vouchers, and that stuff become the commonplace method of education. And: It’s an antipathy to the role of […]

Over the last two days, I’ve had two: Liberals don’t understand economics (at least, not nearly as well as conservatives); and Liberals don’t care about science unless it confirms their predisposed notions. Well start with the first. A post titled: The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics: Some of the results […]

I’ll also swipe this one from Grandpa Steve: Previously: This Week in Automotivators, April 19-25 This Week in Automotivators, April 12-18 The TrogloPundit

Senate Democrats unveiled an immigration reform proposal on Thursday, which includes more money, more cops, more equipment, and: It would create a national ID — which is dubbed a “biometric social security card.” Though Democrats insist that it is not an ID card and can only be used for employment purposes. Yeah, their assurances do […]

Things that make me think of other things. One: United Nations Names Iran to Commission on the Status of Women Because women always suffer the most in earthquakes, the United Nations has named the grrrl-powered Islamic Republic of Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women. The UN made the move after Iran withdrew […]

Did anybody else know that November 5th is “widely known” as “Guy Fawkes Night?” Those are Benen’s words. “Widely known.” Guy Fawkes was a British wannabe terrorist. He planned to blow up Parliament, but was arrested before he could bring the plot off. Much more recently — and much more relevant to Western cultural references […]

Because recent history kind of indicates that you don’t. The story: an insurance company called WellPoint appears to be canceling health insurance policies when women covered by those policies are diagnosed with breast cancer. Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know. If it’s true, holy crap how stupid. Seriously: this is exactly the kind […]