Author: TrogloPundit

Greg Sargent thinks we should look at what David Plouff really said about unemployment. Indeed, we should. Just two days ago, I took HuffPo’s Michael McAuliff to task for misrepresenting something Sen. Jeff Sessions said. So for me to misrepresent something somebody said myself…well, I’m sure it wouldn’t be the first time. But this once, […]

Okay, maybe he does recognize the irony. I’m only reading what he wrote, after all. I can’t tell how he was reacting while writing it. Maybe he was laughing out loud. Or smirking, at least. Or turned to a co-worker once he was done and remarked “you won’t believe what I just wrote.” But there’s […]

That’s if Obama is smart. Not as smart as David Plouffe, obviously, because, come on. Who’s as smart as David Plouffe? Nobody. That’s who. Promote this guy. Fast. Top Obama adviser says unemployment won’t be key in 2012 Genius. Cross-posted at The TrogloPundit. UPDATE — somebody make Joe shut up! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-eeWow_WU&w=480&h=390] UPDATE II — […]

Headline: Exclusive: Treasury secretly weighs options to avert default I think somebody at Treasury ought to look up the word “secretly.”

…I feel compelled to notice this story: In the spring of 1961, President Obama’s father revealed a plan for his unborn son that might have changed the course of American political history. The elder Barack H. Obama… declared that they intended to put their child up for adoption. Questions: So? Why’s this story coming up […]

In the 1987 movie “No Way Out,” Gene Hackman plays the Secretary of Defense, feuding with a Senator whose pet project is to build a submarine “as big as a city.” One adulterous affair and probable manslaughter investigation later, the Senator catches Hackman at a vulnerable (and potentially explosive) moment. To the rescue leaps Hackman’s […]

But it’s not quite as bad as it sounds: Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios gave distributors around the world the option of shortening the title of “Captain America: The First Avenger” to simply “The First Avenger,” out of concern about anti-American sentiment. But the only countries that took them up on it were Russia, Ukraine […]

And look, I’m not some guy who just shuffles from job to sitcoms to bed to job every day. I’m constantly checking up on internet news sites and political blogs. But until yesterday, “Casey Anthony” was just a vaguely familiar name. Oh, sure, I think I knew she was involved in a trial of some […]

“The subterranean demographic just never watched,” a CNN executive explained. “We needed those viewers. Even a few eyeless fish would have helped.” Full disclosure: I made the preceding quotes up. You may have figured that out. The story: CNN Cancels ‘In the Arena’ With Eliot Spitzer I never watched it, so it’s probably my fault. […]

Replace Pi with…Tau? “I know it will be called blasphemy by some, but I believe that pi is wrong.” That’s the opening line of a watershed essay written in 2001 by mathematician Bob Palais of the University of Utah. In “Pi is Wrong!” Palais argued that, for thousands of years, humans have been focusing their […]

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is among the most liberal members of Congress. A 7-term incumbent, representing a district dominated by uber-liberal Madison, there is very little chance that Republicans will ever knock her off. Thus, this is good news: Baldwin: ‘I think I am likely to run’ for Senate U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) tells […]

In case you missed it: a Wisconsin firefighter’s union refused to support a parade float honoring 9/11 firefighters because the firefighter behind the float doesn’t support the union’s politics. The public, however, had a different response. The float was entered in two parades yesterday, and Charlie Sykes reports: In the annals of tactical blunders, the […]

The Hoover Institution’s Michael McConnell, on whether or not the federal debt ceiling is “unconstitutional:” The theory is bunk. Yes! Bunk! That’s what I’ve been saying! McConnell, a Stanford University law professor and former federal judge, uses a lot more words to explain himself than I did (as one might expect from a hifalutin’ law […]

Bill Clinton said what? When I was president, we raised the corporate income-tax rates on corporations that made over $10 million [a year]. It made sense when I did it. It doesn’t make sense anymore — we’ve got an uncompetitive rate. We tax at 35 percent of income, although we only take about 23 percent. […]

Changing things up a little: now the links are above each picture*. First up, via Paco: Israelly Cool: Trog, with a special hat tip to Boots and Sabers: AOSHQ: Right Thinking: Trog: John Hawkins: Previously: This Week in Automotivators, June 13-19 This Week in Automotivators, June 20-26 Make your own automotivators. * Because I’m an […]

Six and a half months out, and Republican presidential candidates are already flocking to Iowa. New Hampshire, too. And for good reason: if the same candidate wins both those states, that candidate’s likely to be the Republican nominee for President. On the other hand, a candidate who does poorly in either or both is likely […]

You know the drill: click on the link under each picture for more info. Sometimes the sites I link have a whole different angle on a story, too. Might be worth your time. Link: Brian J. Noggle Link: Flap Link: Bill Teach Link: I Own The World Link: Camp of the Saints Link: Paco. I’d […]

So President Obama’s going to bring 30,000 or so military personnel home from Afghanistan just as soon as he’s done closing Guantanamo Bay. No, wait, he said next Summer. He’s going to bring 30,000 troops home by next Summer. Good idea? Militarily, I leave it to those with more information, knowledge, and experience than I […]

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Alan Reynolds says higher tax rates don’t equal higher tax revenues: When the highest tax rate ranged from 91% to 92% (1951-63), even the lowest rate was quite high–20% or 22%. As the nearby chart shows, however, those super-high tax rates at all income levels brought in revenue of […]

Just a few stories from the past week, some of which I blogged about, and some of which I didn’t. Click the link under each picture if you’re not sure what the hell I’m talking about. Link: American Thinker. Link: The Sundries Shack. Link: Weasel Zippers. Link: Real Debate Wisconsin. Picture via Sen. Leah Vukmir’s […]

Yesterday, I noted this story: A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order. My entirely rational and measured reaction: …take your stupid undervalued money and put it someplace else, you don’t […]

Just a few stories from the past week, some of which I blogged about, and some of which I didn’t. Click the link under each picture if you’re not sure what the hell I’m talking about. That’s a reference to Grandpa Steve, who doesn’t like to brag, but who married Grandma Linda on June 6 […]

…it’s just that I think they should take their yuan and shove ‘em. A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order. “In our opinion, the United States has already been defaulting,” […]

Now that it’s the rumor-du-jour (unless it’s bad form to use a Frenchism while talking about a Texan) that Texas Governor Rick Perry might actually become a presidential candidate… Perry has admitted publicly that he is actively considering a White House run. Adding more fuel to the fire, a source close to Perry’s political team […]

Just a few stories from the past week, some of which I blogged about, and some of which I didn’t. Click the link under each picture if you’re not sure what the hell I’m talking about. Link: Pundit Press. Link: Hot Air. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: Charlie Sykes. Link: Smitty. Link: Grandpa Steve. Link: […]

I missed this Paul Krugman column earlier this week: Against Learned Helplessness …on both sides of the Atlantic, a consensus has emerged among movers and shakers that nothing can or should be done about jobs. Instead of a determination to do something about the ongoing suffering and economic waste, one sees a proliferation of excuses […]

Just a few stories from the past week, some of which I blogged about, and some of which I didn’t. Click the link under each picture if you’re not sure what the hell I’m talking about. Link: Liberal Values. Link: Scared Monkeys. Link: No Sheeples Here. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: From On High. Link: All American […]

Just a few stories from the past week, some of which I blogged about, and some of which I didn’t. Click the link under each picture if you’re not sure what the hell I’m talking about. Link: Piece of Work in Progress. Link: Trog. Link: Trog again. Link: The Other McCain. Link: Lonely Conservative. Link: […]