Author: TrogloPundit

The money. So far, that’s the liberal excuse #1 for “why we lost the recall.” Walker spent so much money! Case in point: And sure, if you only look at what the candidates themselves spent, they’re right: Overall, over $63.5 million was spent on the recall effort by various parties. Walker spent about $30 million; […]

Just a few stories from the previous week (and one, technically, from next week), whether or not I blogged about them at the time. Click the link under each one for more explanation. Link: Hot Air. Link: American Thinker. Link: Trog. Link: The Wyblog. Link: View from the Porch. And: Previously: This Week in Automotivators, […]

Does everybody know what “The Tragedy of the Commons” is? It’s an economic dilemma wherein multiple people have incentive to work against their own long-term interests. Here, let Walter Williams explain it: Imagine there are 100 cattlemen all having an equal right to graze their herds on 1,000 acres of commonly owned grassland. The rational […]

Just a few stories from the previous week (and one, technically, from next week), whether or not I blogged about them at the time. Click the link under each one for more explanation. Link: Althouse. Link: Right Reactions. Link: Althouse again. Link: Trog. Link: The Other McCain. Also, gleefully swiped from Dan Collins: Onward: Link: […]

I’ve made this same point before, with no effect. So maybe now that Byron York is writing about the latest “Obama citizenship” flap, we can make some headway. York writes: The Constitution specifies that a president must be a “natural born citizen” of the United States, but it does not define the term. The Supreme […]

Just a few stories I noticed over the course of the past week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the links under each picture if you need a little background. Link: Goldfish and Clowns. Link: Politico. No link for that one. Sorry. Link: Daley Gator. Link: Paco. If you click only one link today, […]

Madison blogger David Blaska — make that Madison conservative blogger David Blaska, which I know sounds like an oxymoron — is sending this bill to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin: Dave writes: I am sending a taxpayers’ bill for $16 million c/o Mike Tate, Democrat(ic) Party of Wisconsin, 110 King St., Suite 203, Madison, WI […]

On the other hand, maybe California’s Gov. Brown would like to invite Gov. Walker out for a little shop talk? SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion – much larger than had been predicted just months ago – and will force severe cuts to schools and public safety […]

Just a few stories from the week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the links for more information if you don’t get the reference, or just to send the blogger a hit. Link: The Other McCain. Link: Trog. That’s from my Valeria Lukyanova posts, here and here. Link: The Wyblog. Link: Althouse. Link: […]

Just a few stories from the past week, whether I blogged about them or not at the time. Click the link below each picture if you don’t get the reference. I can be a little obtuse sometimes. Link: Trog. Link: Trog again. Link: Don Surber. Link: Camp of the Saints. Link: Laughing Conservative. Link: Proof […]

Click the links below each picture for more info on the story. Link: Pundette. On the other hand, the end of the Shuttle program might be the best thing that’s ever happened to Earth’s anti-asteroid defenses. Link: Smitty. Link: Trog. Link: Trog. Link: New York Post. Link: Yahoo News. Link: Jim Treacher. Previously: This Week […]

Click the links! Link: The Looking Spoon. I was going to do something about the Fed and inflation and how dollar bills won’t be worth enough for anything else soon, but it just took too much explanation. Link: All American Blogger. Link: Wyblog. Link: Marathon Pundit. I also couldn’t resist: More: Link: Moe Lane. Link: […]

What? No, I most certainly did not mean to imply any sort of drug, or drug paraphernalia. Joint. Y’know, as in place. Oh, let’s just start at the beginning: According to Madison-area blogger Dave Blaska, the police have been called to the Occupy site 80 times in the 150 days it has been active; more […]

Got this in my inbox today: a comparison of how Wisconsin schools fared in past years vs. this year, and a comparison of what WEAC – the state teacher’s union – said about those past years vs. this year. FYI: those past years, there was a Democrat in office. A Case Study: WEAC Then and […]

Just a few…ah, you know the deal. Link: Trog. Link: Pundette. Link: Say Anything Blog and Sunshine State Sarah. Link: Questions and Observations. Link: Camp of the Saints. And finally: Previously: This Week in Automotivators, March 19-25 This Week in Automotivators, March 26-April 1 Make your own automotivators.

Dan Mitchell is, of course, correct when he says: This is an appropriate point for the disclaimer that Obama is not a socialist, which technically requires government ownership of the means of production. As I’ve explained before, it’s much more accurate to say he’s a statist, a corporatist, or a redistributionist. True enough, as long […]

Just a few stories from the past week, covered Automotivatorly. Click the link below each picture for more details. Link: Legal Insurrection. Link: Daley Gator. UPDATE — yes, I know, Spike made good on the whole thing. I couldn’t resist. Link: American Power. Link: Fishersville Mike. Link: Marathon Pundit. Link: Trog. Link: Nice Deb. And […]

Just a few stories or other interesting bits I noticed, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture if you don’t quite get it. Like that needs any explanation. Link: The Trog, here and here. Link: Grandpa Steve. Link: The Sundries Shack. Link: Political Clown Parade. Link: Brian J. Noggle. Link: […]

Back in 1735, using poles and chains and the sun, surveyors mapped out the border between North and South Carolina. But today: …modern-day surveyors, using computers and GPS systems, redrew the border to narrow it down to the centimeter. Their results put the new line about 150 feet south of the old one and placed […]

Whatever comes of the SCOTUS case coming up next week, we’ll always agree on that. Couple law professors wrote in the Baltimore Sun the other day, arguing that Obamacare is, too, Constitutional. Here’s the best part: The individual mandate is the centerpiece of a complex regulatory scheme that accomplishes two objectives: obligating insurers to cover […]

Just a few stories I noticed this week, when I wasn’t being distracted by the gorgeous weather outside my window. Click the link below each picture for more explanation. Link: The Other McCain. Link: I Own the World. Link: Legal Insurrection. Link: Dan Riehl. Link: The POH Diaries. Link: Trog. Link: Steveegg. And finally: But […]

As usual, click the link under each picture if you don’t get it. The link might help – or might not – but at least it’ll tell you what the story is. See if you can detect the themes this week: Link: Smitty. Two links on this one. All American Blogger, and Grandpa Steve. Suck […]

At least, California would probably like to force Coke and Pepsi to put ugly, graphic, gross pictures of severely ill people on every can. But since they can’t: Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates […]

Instapundit had this quote the other day, from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Alex Tabarrok: In 2009 the United States graduated 89,140 students in the visual and performing arts, more than in computer science, math, and chemical engineering combined and more than double the number of visual-and-performing-arts graduates in 1985. On its face, that’s downright […]

I’m a little Trog-heavy this week, which I usually try not to be. But what the hell. Click the links under each picture if you need a little more explanation about what it means. Link: Trog. Link: Trog again. Link: Enterprise Blog. Link: Pundette. Link: Steve Prestegard. Link: Trog yet again. Link: Obi’s Sister. Link: […]

Click the link under each picture if you need a little more explanation. Link: Grandpa John, although I think he was referring to something else. Link: Laughing Conservative. Link: Trog. Link: Also Trog. Link: Pundette. Link: The Wolf Files. Link: Smitty. And: Link: Real Debate Wisconsin. And by the way: I’m setting the over/under on […]

This video’s been up on Yahoo’s homepage today: Yeah, like only three or four rhinos could ever beat an elephant. Oh, sure, the rhino seems like he’s backing the elephant up at first. Seems like he’s got the upper hand. Tusk. Whatever. But eventually the rhino gives up and runs away, and all his wussy […]

Click the link below each picture if you don’t get it. Link: Pundette. Link: Althouse. Link: Trog. No link there. If you don’t get that one, just turn on ESPN for thirty seconds. Link: Chris Wysocki. Link: Fishersville Mike. Link: Eye of Polyphemus. Link: Trog. And: Link: Smitty. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, January 30-February […]

It’s hard to understand, I know, but: the Obama campaign thinks their old “Hope and Change” slogan won’t work this time around. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Winning The Future. Greater Together. We Don’t Quit. They may not be official but those are all phrases that could in one form or another be candidates to become President […]