Hey, another “boys are stupid” post!

There was a shooting at a school in Tennessee, where a 15-year-old freshman walked calmly up to another student, and shot him in the chest. He then walked away. This is a horrible tragedy, obviously, but a blogger, Katie Allison Granju (never heard of her until now) has figured out why this happened. It’s because […]

 


“And then there’s the death threats…”

Not as cool as his famous YouTube video (“You’re a thug. He’s a thug. Your boss is a thug…), free speech activist Ezra Levant’s new radio interview is still as entertaining, inspiring and educational as you’d expect. Among many other things, he discusses the Canadian pastor who’s just received a lifetime ban on quoting certain […]

 



Why It’s Not Bayh

So there’s all sorts of buzzing about Evan Bayh being Obama’s Veep choice. Here’s my deep analysis: the art on the bumper sticker falls waaaaaay below Obama’s slick media standards. NewsMediaJim via Twittter reports activity, including a prank pizza delivery, at Joe Biden’s place. Whatevuh. It’s just not pretty enough. It needs to be prettier. […]

 

The Vicious Cycle of Democrat Control

Thank you Glenn Beck, for shining some light on a telling correlation. The American cities with the worst poverty have been run almost exclusively by Democrats. Nearly a third of the residents of Detroit and Buffalo live below the poverty line. Here’s why: Detroit, whose mayor has been indicted on felony charges, hasn’t elected a […]

 

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The Pattern Repeats

Ralph Peters takes a look at the Russo-Georgian confrontation and points out that in reality, this is nothing new. Russia, observing what has been going on with Iran and the West, did what it was sure it could get away with: The result? Russia won this war, energetically integrating the various elements of governmental power-military, […]

 


Grim Forecast for the Obamessiah

Gerard Baker has some grim news for the Obamessiah and his followers: [A]s cruel geography and the selfish designs of the American Founding Fathers would have it, Europeans don’t get to choose the US president. Somewhere along the way to the Obama presidency, somebody forgot to ask the American people. And wouldn’t you know it, […]

 


Q&A Friday #93: What Is Hillary Really Up To?

Question: “What is Hillary really up to?” — Mike_M Answer: First of all, I don’t think Hillary is going to try to swipe the nomination from Obama. Even if she could pull it off, she would be widely viewed as having stolen the nomination from Obama and the backlash would not only make it impossible […]

 




Q&A Friday #93: My Top 10 Pet Peeves

Question: “What are your top 10 pet peeves?” — Don_cos Answer: Not in any particular order, * People who talk or have crying babies in a movie theater. * People talking on a cell phone while driving. * TV and movies that portray socially awkward white people trying to “act black”. * Trashing people after […]

 

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25 Reasons You Might Be A Liberal (Part 2)

With yet more apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, you just might be a liberal if… * You blame the oil companies for high gas prices, but believe in doing everything humanly possible to keep them from drilling for more oil. * You’d have no problem with a Democratic President talking with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Kim Jung-Il […]

 



Illegal Aliens Sexually Harass Little Girls

One drawback to allowing ourselves to be colonized by an invading army of the Third World’s dregs is that little girls can’t even walk to school without being harassed by savages. From Hayward, Mexifornia: Walking to and from school has been a nightmare for Amoni Packnett, an eighth-grader at Cesar Chavez Middle School. The 13-year-old […]

 

Woe is Me – America Sucks (as usual)

KameraDSM of the Daily Kos is just depressed when he (or she) considers our prowess in the Olympics and a bunch of statistics he (or she) ran across when looking for negative info on the US: As we continue to celebrate the Olympics with profound pride and patriotism, I wanted to share some disheartening rankings […]

 

Inbred Professors

Glenn Reynolds links to these alarming statistics brought to us by the Tax Prof: A key finding of the report is the partner status of full-time faculty: Academic Partner: 36% Employed, Non-academic Partner: 36% Single: 14% Stay-at-Home Partner: 13% Well, if the professors weren’t screwing students, they were screwing each other and then screwing the […]

 

Entitlements or Strength?

The WSJ connects the dots between Obamenomics and military weakness: Given the hearty support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama received in Europe last month, he must have noticed the surprise and skepticism among some Germans when he asked that Europeans contribute more for defense. Many Europeans argue they cannot afford such an additional expenditure. Better […]

 

Q&A Friday #93

Today is Q&A Friday #93 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about just about anything; politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian […]

 

The 12 Best Unique Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen

I’m a big fan of off-the-wall movies and with that in mind, I thought I’d suggest a few movies you’ve probably never seen before that aren’t the standard movie schlock. (Descriptions cribbed from Netflix) Battle Royale: Kinji Fukasaki’s explosive drama takes place early in the new millennium, with Japan on the verge of societal collapse. […]

 


The Great Windmill Swindle

No one questions the fact that oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear power can fuel our country’s energy needs because they already do. But, what about the hot, sexy alternative power source that’s now being touted non-stop by the Left and T. Boone Pickens, wind power? How feasible is it that wind power is really […]