Author: TrogloPundit

That’s right, gone huntin’. As such, I’m not here to comment obsessively on whatever popped up on Memeorandum in the last five minutes, like I’d usually be. Instead, I’m doing what bloggers always do when we really, really want to make sure and post something but won’t be around to do it: I’m cheating. In […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture if you need a little explanation. Link: Pundette. Link: Nice Deb. Link: Scared Monkeys. Link: No Sheeples Here. Link: Smitty. Link: The Blogprof. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, November 1-7 This Week in […]

Conservatives, Republicans, libertarians (both big-L and small-l): please don’t take this the wrong way. Your opinions are important to me. I’d hate to think that you think that I want President Obama (circa 2011) to become anything other than former President Obama (circa 2013). But. For two veteran political operatives to suggest that Obama should […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture if you need a little more backstory. Link: The TrogloPundit Link: Jammie Wearing Fool Link: Ed Driscoll Link: The Other McCain Link: John Hawkins Link: I Own the World Previously: This Week in […]

The headline: Gibbs: GOP efforts to repeal healthcare won’t get past Senate It’s not “healthcare.” Nobody’s trying to repeal “healthcare.” If anything, we’re hoping Republicans in Congress will make sure “healthcare” is more available in the future than it will be, should the recently-passed, 2,500+ page, trillion-dollar-plus push toward fully socialized medicine in America ever […]

Happens every time: The 2010 campaign was by far the most expensive midterm election in history. While we won’t have the final numbers until January, spending estimates last month put the price tag at roughly $4 billion. That’s $12.90 per U.S. resident. Not counting illegal immigrants, I don’t think. Of that total, at least $293 […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Legal Insurrection: Obama Works The Reverse-Midas Touch In Rhode Island Yahoo News: New Species Discovered in Amazon Left Coast Rebel: Presidential: Obama on the Daily Show Me: Didn’t I tell you people this would happen? Yes, I did. I […]

Former something-something Secretary Robert Reich has a warning for businesses: fear the Tea Party! Because they hate government, and they’ll cut spending, and… …no, really, that’s his argument. Read it for yourself: Beyond fiscal rectitude and less spending, tea party candidates are targeting the central institutions of American government. The GOP Senate candidate from Kentucky, […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye, whether I blogged them or not. Link. Link and link. Link. Photoshop by Grandpa Steve who, by the way, has an even better one. Apologies to Mister Pterodactyl. Go ask him why. Link. Link. Link. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, September 27-October 3 This Week in Automotivators, […]

Wisconsin native David Zucker cracks me up. ‘Airplane!’ director cuts ad poking fun at Boxer for ‘ma’am’ exchange with general A well-known Hollywood producer and director has cut an ad against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) riffing on when the senator chided an Army brigadier general last year for calling her “ma’am.” David Zucker (Wisconsin native […]

There’s a half-off sale in the world’s tallest building: Even with an address at the iconic Burj Khalifa, rents for residences in the tower are not immune from Dubai’s real estate crash. Indeed, nearly a year after it was inaugurated with a massive water-and-fireworks display, about 825 of the tower’s 900 ultra-luxury apartments remain unoccupied […]

Barack Obama, speaking in Richmond last month: “Now, I’m not a math teacher. But I know a little bit about math. They’re proposing about $4 trillion worth of tax cuts. About $700 billion of those tax cuts are for people who typically are millionaires and billionaires, and on average would get $100,000 in tax relief–$700 […]

Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged about them or not. Link and link. Link. Link and link. Link. Link. Plus, you can find those two women on Twitter and YouTube. Link. And, a bonus automotivator exclusive to Right Wing News: Link. Previously: This Week in Automotivators, September 13-19 […]

“…to solidify his standing with the Earth dwellers as a person deserving the respect due royalty.” Obi’s Sister, speculating on the rise and fall of Darth Obama: Could Obama have been secretly tutored, then rejected as unsuitable, by Darth Sidious himself? She had me right up to the point where she compared the Tea Party […]

Hey, man, don’t get cocky! The quote in the title is Allahpundit, commenting on this: That’s Republican candidate Ron Johnson trending up, while Democrat incumbent Russ Feingold trends down. Don’t get cocky, man. Don’t. Allahpundit writes: Is the DSCC going to have to pull the plug on more ad money for Wisconsin and leave Feingold […]

It was just under two weeks ago, when Sean Duffy – candidate for Congress in The Best-Looking Congressional Race…Ever – released his latest ad featuring himself, chopping a log in half with the same skill and gusto we hope he’ll take to the federal budget. At the time, I suggested a script for his next […]

Nothing like a tough re-election to bring Democrats around on taxes. Ed Morrissey writes: Forty-seven Democrats have publicly demanded that Pelosi acquiesce to an across-the-board extension of existing tax rates on capital gains and dividends. Plus: House Democrats on Wednesday barely won a 210-209 vote to adjourn the House without extending the Bush tax cuts. […]

…I’ll instead take a swipe at Dr. Richard Thaler, who, in the New York Times this weekend, wrote: Want to give affluent households a present worth $700 billion over the next decade? Regular news junkies will recognize that “$700 billion” number as the estimated value of extending the Bush tax cuts for those earning more […]

Headline: Prof calls fellow academics ‘sanctimonious bigots’ The nutshell: a University of Illinois professor criticized Muslim human rights violations in a letter, and asked a bunch of other professors to sign it. Many of those other professors had already signed a similar letter attacking Israel. Almost none of them agreed to hold Muslim nations to […]

The headline: Medical marijuana growers join Teamsters union In California, the teamsters have organized 40 marijuana workers. They work as gardeners, trimmers and cloners. It’s not clear how labor laws will apply to this situation, since medical marijuana is legal in California but is still a federal crime. Still, the workers got a new contract […]

“…and in the process, beneficiaries would face painful cuts to these programs.” That’s a point Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Awesome) made in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last month. It’s also a point I wish he would have made in this “debate” with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Headinthesand): Hat tip to Smitty for the video. By ignoring […]

Everybody’s seen Sean Duffy’s new ad, right? That’s Sean Duffy, the Republican district attorney, lumberjack champion, Real World alumnus, and one-half of the Best Looking Congressional Race…ever,who’s running for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. In case you haven’t seen it, here: You know what that is? That’s a damned fine ad. Courtesy of Grandpa Steve. I […]

Paul Krugman: …the deeper explanation of the tax-cut fight is that it’s ultimately about a radicalized Republican Party, which accepts no limits on partisanship. But: At least 38 House Democrats have now come out publicly in favor of at least a short-term extension of current income tax rates for couples earning more than $250,000 and […]

So, that net neutrality thing. Pretty exciting, huh? Um. On a scale of watching grass grow to starring in a live Superbowl commercial while watching the game from your favorite team’s sideline, this ranks around pairing up socks in the laundry room, except with more keyboard-face. Stacy McCain called it the World’s Most Boring Policy […]

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Saturday, September 25: there’s going to be an Open Carry picnic in West Baraboo*, Wisconsin. Just down the road from here. Those of you who find firearms frightening – you may want to stay inside that day. Doors locked. Blinds drawn. Huddled quietly in the corner with the “9” and the “1” already dialed and […]

President Obama: “We are ready, this week, to give tax cuts to every American making $250,000 or less. For any income over this amount, the tax rates would go back to what they were under President Clinton. This isn’t to punish folks who are better off — it’s because we can’t afford the $700 billion […]

I hesitate to blog about this and, perhaps, give somebody on this side of the world new ideas. On the other hand, what the hell. Might be fun. The story: Romanian witch tax not ‘brewing’ with lawmakers there Lawmakers Alin Popoviciu and Cristi Dugulescu of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party drafted a law where witches […]

This is Phil Davison, who’s running for that position in Stark County, Ohio. It’s…well…let’s just call it zealous. I’m not normally one to suggest decaffeinated coffee, but…Phil, bubbelah, it may be time. UPDATE — Allahpundit says: Three words: 2012. Convention. Keynote.

Ha! Just kidding. Here’s the actual headline: Rosh Hashanah Celebrated in Israel Despite Concerns for Peace Damn you, Jews, for celebrating your holy days despite all our concerns for peace! Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year — started at sunset Wednesday. According to this website, it’s one of the holiest days of the Jewish […]