Author: TrogloPundit

Just thought you’d like to know: Social Security will run a permanent yearly deficit when looking at the program’s tax revenues compared to what it must pay out in benefits, the program’s trustees said Friday… But never fear! The trustees stressed that exhaustion of the trust funds doesn’t mean the programs will stop paying all […]

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: The Other McCain. Link: Gateway Pundit. Link: Trog. Link: Moe Lane. Link: RedState. Link: Don Surber. Link: TrogloPundit. […]

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: The Other McCain. Link: Maggie’s Notebook. Link: Theo Spark. Link: Charlie Sykes. Link: Weasel Zippers. Link: me. Link: […]

…then it didn’t work: President Obama received little boost from the Navy SEALs killing of bin Laden. Some numbers: Gallup: 6 points (46% to 52%); Rasmussen: no bounce (49%); Quinnipiac: 6 points (46% to 52%); CNN: 4 points (48% to 52%). The “bounce” was bigger if the poll asked specifically about terror or Afghanistan, but […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye over the past week, whether or not I blogged about them. Click the link under each picture for a little more explanation, or just because it’s nice to give random bloggers some hits. Link: Weasel Zippers. It’s from love, Glenn. From love. And we shall dub it: […]

If it wasn’t for that little shindig across the pond, this would’ve been the story of the day: The Colt revolver, a historic remnant from the shoot-em-up days of the old West, is now Arizona’s official gun. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Thursday signed a bill into law that makes the Colt Single Action Army […]

Not quite, but: The awarding of the air tanker contract to Boeing over European rival EADS has been making headlines lately, with the promise of thousands of jobs for U.S. workers and suppliers. There may be additional heartening employment news in the same sector, following a request by the U.S. Air Force to identify suppliers […]

Y’know, whenever I get to working on this, I’m always a little surprised at the stories I didn’t blog about. Most of these are like that. Click the link under each picture for a little more info. Link: Reaganite Republican. Link: Walter Williams. Link: GOP 12. Link: Cubachi. Link: American Power. Link: Clayton Cramer. Link…oh, […]

A lighter batch this week, even though it seemed like a helluva tempestuous seven days. Follow the links below each picture for more info, if you need it. Link: The Blogprof. Link: Cubachi. Link: Ann Althouse. Link: Jimmie Bise. And, just because: Which may have partially led to: Link: The TrogloPundit. Previously: This Week in […]

Megan McArdle: …every single voter who is benefitting from a government program right now not only wants to continue benefitting, but believes they have a moral right to do so. Word. On Thursday, I spent eight long hours at a public hearing. The subject: Wisconsin’s proposed state budget. The testimony fell into one or more […]

Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan is either a few days old or several years old now, depending on whether you’ve been paying attention to him since he first won election. So far, reaction falls into a few basic categories: It’s a horrific (and probably fascist) attack on the elderly, the poor, America, childhood, and rainbows; […]

If you’re not with us, you’re against us! That’s the “new tone” coming from union leaders in Wisconsin. In case you missed it, AFSCME has taken to sending letters to local businesses, containing a thinly veiled threat of boycott if those businesses don’t place a pro-union sign in their windows. Mister Pterodactyl linked the story […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. First, one I should have used last week: That’s from our Wisconsin Rules the World collection. Grandpa Steve mocked one up for me: Emphasis on “mocked.” […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. Link: Don Surber. Link: Ed Driscoll. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: No Sheeples Here. Link: Memeorandum. See the pouty baby, above. Link: Shark and Shepherd. Link: Grandpa Steve. […]

Raise your hand if you’re married. Now wonder: what if there was no such thing as a marriage license? Would you still be married? The marriage license: that seemingly insignificant piece of paper you get from and give back to your local county clerk. An afterthought, really. Just a quick couple penstrokes between the ceremony […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. Link: Fishersville Mike. Link: The Wolf Files. Link: Weasel Zippers. Link: The Other McCain. Link: Smitty. Link: Outside the Beltway. Link: Boots & Sabers. Previously: This […]

The really odd thing about the union protests in Wisconsin is: what Wisconsin’s doing isn’t all that uncommon: Only 26 states have laws that grant collective-bargaining privileges to substantially all public employees. Twelve have laws that give collective bargaining to some workers, and twelve have no statewide collective-bargaining law at all, though some municipalities may […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. Link: GayPatriot Link: American Glob Link: Fausta Link: Lonely Conservative Link: Mister Pterodactyl Link: The TrogloPundit Previously: This Week in Automotivators, February 14-20 This Week in […]

Not anymore, it seems. There’s this new book titled Not Quite Adults, which looks at “why it takes 20-somethings longer to reach the traditional ‘adulthood’ milestones.” The headline: Why GenY Might Be Too Frugal One of the answers: They might be too afraid of debt. The authors’ research suggests that GenY is so frugal that […]

When polls show Americans in favor of government unions, it means Governor Walker is a moron. Opposition to Obamacare was proof of President Obama’s great courage. Opposition to Governor Walker’s budget repair bill is proof that he’s flailing. When President Obama went full steam ahead despite the polls, he was risking his career to Do […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Click the link underneath each if you need a little more explanation. Link: Mister Pterodactyl. Link: Mind Numbed Robot. Link: Grandpa Steve. Link: Politico. Link: Hot Air. That’s the second time I’ve made that particular vague movie reference […]

This… …is such a common accusation in Madison today that one hardly notices anymore. Not that a Lefty calling a conservative “dictator” is new. To the Left, a “dictator” is a conservative who won an election. But: who, exactly, are the dictators here? In a dictatorship, there is no authority higher than the will of […]

There’s another theme on the way this week. Bet you can already guess what it is. As usual, click the link under each picture if you need a little more explanation. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: Hot Air. Link: Jim Polzin, Wisconsin State Journal. Link: Doug Ross. Link: Patrick McIlheran. There’s some discussion about the origin of […]

Just for fun: When Republicans win legal elections and then advance legislation by following all appropriate laws and rules, that’s tyranny. When Democrats subvert the system by ignoring a legal obligation to appear on the Senate floor and mobs take over the State Capitol in an attempt to intimidate the Legislature, that’s democracy. Got it. […]

Couple crowd shots: Thanks to the lady who was standing on the concrete railing for that second one. On Thursday, a group called American Majority decided to counter-protest the mega-union-protests taking place daily in and around Wisconsin’s state capitol. Two days later, thousands of tea partiers showed up. Those thousands were still vastly outnumbered by […]

Careful observers may notice a theme to this week’s This Week in Automotivators. Bear with me. Link: Freedom Eden. Link: Backyard Conservative. Link: Grandpa Steve. Link: Little Miss Attila. I’m not trying to rub it in, there. Second place does suck. Link: TrogloPundit. And finally: Fear not, fellow fans. The off-season can’t last forever. Previously: […]

It’s not just that Wisconsin stands atop the football world, or that Wisconsin is quickly ascending to the top of the political world. It’s that Wisconsin’s CEO has what’s commonly known as “a pair:” Walker budget plan would limit state unions to negotiating only on salaries Madison – Gov. Scott Walker wants to help fix […]