Category: Culture

Representative Paul Broun is Getting Jersey With It

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Yesterday, Republican Representative Paul Broun, of Georgia no less, played the Jersey card. He not only invoked Snooki, of the Mtv show Jersey Shore, but also “The Situation.” You go, Pauly! Broun: Snookie has more substance than Obama’s bipartisanship “offer” (Washington, D.C.) U.S. Representative Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) released the following statement after President Barack […]

 

Anti-War Hiroshima A-Bomb Book Caught With Multiple Fictions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

When it debuted the left instantly hailed it as an anti-war masterpiece. The book “The Last Train from Hiroshima,” a popular history of the WWII A-Bomb drops on Japan, quickly accumulated much acclaim. This was “gleaming” wartime history according to The New York Times. It was so poignant and solemn that moviemaker James Camereon was […]

 

The Latest 10 Books I’ve Read

Posted on by John Hawkins

As part of a never-ending series, I like to do short reviews of the books I read. Here are the latest 10 books I’ve read with the previous 150 that I’ve perused linked at the end of the post. PS: If you’re wondering why there are very few low rated books on this list, it’s […]

 

Slut TV: Feminists Mute, But We Have Them to Blame for It

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Feminists are mute on Slut TV, but we have them to thank for it. Perhaps thank is the wrong word; we have Feminists to blame for the influx of Slut TV. Yet, their silence regarding the same is deafening. Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Rock of Love, The Bad Girls Club, even Mtv’s The Real World, all epitomize the very worst in female degradation and show just how much damage the “sexual empowerment” fallacy, pushed by the Feminists, has caused. Okay, so maybe we should thank them for that; we are now seeing proof of their agenda driven theories failing in practice.

 

One whale of a disconnect

Posted on by Ron Coleman

I’m not someone who wants to see a killer whale killed just because it killed someone. : It’s what killer whales do, and of course Dawn Brancheau, the Seaworld trainer who was killed by an off-kilter orca yesterday, knew that well. : Still and all, there’s something not only circular but disturbing about the reasoning displayed in […]

 

Bottoms up!

Posted on by Ron Coleman

Today is the Jewish holiday of Purim. (Unlike the biblically-based Jewish holidays, this is one, like Chanuka, on which orthodox Jews such as myself are allowed to blog!) As well explained in the Book of Esther, it’s the holiday of turnabout, surprises, false identities, intrigue, perhaps some emotional legerdemain, and not a little spiritual confusion. […]

 

Lug me tender

Posted on by Ron Coleman

Should a law school be tendering seven figures of money to a minor league baseball team for stadium naming rights? : That is certainly a novel question. I tackled the whole concept of branding, memory and stadium names in the context of the Mets’ Citi Field deal a few years ago–but a bank is one thing. […]

 

Mob Rule, Alive and Well, Despite Coughing on Second-Hand Smoke

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

As I was roaming about the house, muttering under my breath with outrage at yet another “How dare you question The One! Racist Crackers! ” demonization of conservatives, I couldn’t help but think, and thus become further dismayed, that I wasn’t really surprised. It is obvious that few, including Congress, understand that America is a […]

 

The Future Under Useful Idiocy

Posted on by Dave Blount

The Soviet Union is dead, but useful idiots continue to propagandize on its behalf. Communist Daoud Hamdani takes progressive projection to new extremes of self-parody while commenting on a pro-Soviet art exhibit in Airstrip One: I’m no art critic, but I was fortunate enough to be able to look at this exhibition from an informed, […]

 

New Video: ‘Ayn Rand: Goddess Of The Market’

Posted on by Ed Driscoll

Jennifer Burns, the author of the best-selling late 2009 book on Ayn Rand’s remarkably contentious history with the American right stopped by the vast Silicon Graffiti production facilities last week to discuss her book and the research that went into it.

 

Instead of Understanding, Liberals Feel

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

My recent flap with the extreme leftists in the comics community brought home once again the simple fact that liberals don’t understand the definitions of words, cannot think logically, and don’t have the tiniest ability to understand complex concepts. Despite their mental incapacities, though, they are sure they are smarter, more civilized, and more tolerant […]

 

“Conformo-Radicalism:” Strike A Pose, There’s Nothing To It

Posted on by Ed Driscoll

The politics of rebellion for its own sake in America has morphed considerably over the years. In his latest column, Mark Steyn describes the current utilitarian pose for the masses as “conformo-radical”, but to understand how it got there, let’s set the Wayback Machine for almost a century ago, when the first round of American “progressives” walked the earth.

 

Time Magazine: Hummer, Model T Some of ‘Worst Cars of All Time’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

When you are asked what is the “worst car of all time,” what first runs through your head? The Le Car, the Corvair, maybe the Edsel? Cars that had horrible sales records, bad safety or engineering records or were just all around failures? Aren’t these the sort of cars that first runs through your head? […]

 

Planned Parenthood Pushes Sexualization of Ten-Year-Olds

Posted on by Dave Blount

One indication that moonbattery is not just misguided but evil is that progressives have an obsession with corrupting children. This is why, under our Hopey Changey regime of pure moonbattery, our federal “Safe Schools Czar” is a militant pervert associated with NAMBLA. It’s also the reason for this: A new report by the International Planned […]

 

Diesel’s Ad Campaign to Teens: “Show Us Your Boobs”

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

It seems that: advertising executives now think it’s totally cool to include teens in that whole “sex sells” marketing tool. Diesel Jeans has a new ad campaign running,: called Be Stupid (sadly, they don’t mean it ironically) wherein they encourage people to “have balls.” Okay, “having balls”, or as grown-ups like to say, taking risks, has its […]

 

Hitchens Says Sports Suck… And I Agree

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, Christopher Hitchens has finally written something with which I can whole heartedly sign on. In his latest Newsweek piece Hitchens decries the sham that is sports — especially international soccer tournies. He slams the supposed benefits of sports and rightly pinpoints the singular truth that sports brings out the worst in everyone. Hitchens eviscerates […]

 

Web Surfers Have More Depression

Posted on by Melissa Clouthier

Hmmmmm…… A “dark side” to the internet suggests a strong link between time spent surfing the web and depression, say psychologists. British scientists found that the longer people spent online, the less likely they were to be happy. A small group of the worst affected individuals were both depressed and addicted. But it was not […]

 

Union Chief: Senators Are ‘Terrorists’ For Not Voting With Big Labor

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern said that Senators that vote against his ideas are “terrorists.” That’s right, folks, this union chief is saying that any politician that votes against the politically motivated ideas of Big Labor should be branded a “terrorist.” This is the sort of gutter rhetoric that union thugs specialize in […]

 

Bump: Abortion as Entertainment

Posted on by Dave Blount

It’s official — moonbat civilization has reached rock bottom. Abortion is now the subject of a tacky pseudoreality show that launches online today at BumptheShow.com. The fictional docudrama features characters of varying degrees of vileness toying with the idea of abortion. The audience votes on whether the baby should live. Think Jerry Springer meets Oprah […]

 

Lancet Blames Israel for Muslim Misogyny

Posted on by Dave Blount

Generations of terrorism and whininess have deeply endeared Palestinians to progressives; consequently, they can do no wrong according to our liberal elite ruling class. If they beat their wives, it could only be because Israelis made them do it. Just ask the liberal establishmentarians at The Lancet. Chesler Chronicles reports on a newly published article […]