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Here’s your first pic… To find out what it’s all about, go read up over here. Bojangles is tops, in my book. I’d like to buy him a cube steak. Katie too. Hat tip to Nightfly. Cross-posted at House of Eratosthenes.

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which defends human rights and religious freedom said it is pleased that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has issued a public statement expressing concern for American Pastor Saeed Abedini — a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran because of his Christian faith. : “We’re very pleased that Secretary […]

Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s Executive Vice President and CEO, gave a poignant defense of our Second Amendment rights at CPAC today. : He admitted that his views on guns don’t get him “invited to a lot of parties in this town.” : He took a proverbial shot at the media for the NRA’s alleged extremism, […]

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) begins this week, and New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie wasn’t invited. His antics towards House Republicans, his bashing of the NRA, and his: unofficial endorsement: of Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made sure that wouldn’t happen. : Christie said that he agreed with Cuomo, one of the most liberal governors […]

During a discussion, with Cylar Z over at The Hello Kitty of Blogging, I pointed something out… I get the distinct impression that we’re all arguing about something here that doesn’t have anything to do with guns. Like Mencken said, puritanism is the fear that someone somewhere is having a good time; liberalism is a […]

NBC News: “In his four years as president a lot of amazing accomplishments took place,” said Jeb Bush, the son of former President George H.W. Bush, during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. “So my guess is that history will be kind to my brother, the further out you get from this and the […]

From Gateway Pundit: Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), a victim of a mass shooting in 2011, and her husband, Mark Kelly, testified before a Congressional panel on gun control in January. Kelly told the assembled members of Congress that modern weapons “Have turned every single corner of our society into places of carnage and gross […]

Via Jim Geraghty: Morning Jolt, Philip Klein gives us a concise: explanation: of why Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster was so effective: A lot of the outpouring of conservative support for Paul’s filibuster on Obama’s drone policy went beyond the libertarian and anti-interventionist blocs of the movement who were also deeply troubled by Bush era counter-terrorism policies. Even those […]

On the “Jedi mind-meld,” Sulu says the President got it right so that settles it…if we recognize an appeal-to-authority argument as valid. I’m afraid, though, if this demonstrates anything at all, what it demonstrates are the many flaws in that form of argument. To use one’s good name as a lever for moving insincere ambitions […]

Last week you probably heard about Democratic Colorado state Rep. Joe Salazar controversial remarks during a debate on the House floor over a concealed-weapons ban on college campuses. He argued that women do not need guns. He said that women fearing rape may accidentally shoot that gun at others. : He said, “It’s why we have […]

On the whole climate change thing, as far as the science goes, my position isn’t too remarkably different from blogger friend Phil’s. I think it is perhaps measurable lately, due to our inevitably sharpening skills and technology in measuring things, that human activity is having an impact on the environment around us. But not in […]

According to Joshua Miller’s: February 13 piece: on Roll Call, an Ashley Judd senate candidacy would give Kentucky Democrats “heartburn.” …for many Bluegrass State Democrats, a potential Judd run brings a different feeling: heartburn. : “If she runs, I think that it would be a catastrophe for a lot of downballot races in Kentucky,” said Jimmy Cauley, a […]

Spent yesterday bike riding around the Cupertino / Mountainview / Menlo Park area. I was thoroughly beaten down and exhausted by the end of it, by which time I’d been at it for over twelve hours including the long drive. This distresses me greatly, because my bike computer showed just over forty miles and my […]

From the twenty truths that are absolutely non-partisan, or damn well ought to be… 8. [blank] and [blank] are meaningfully different; what works for one does not necessarily work for the other. 9. [blank] and [blank] are functionally equivalent; they are not different in any meaningful way. Those two, #8 and #9, are perhaps the […]

Given the sudden interest in Obama’s drone wars, I wanted to remind you that some of us have long questioned Obama’s kill list and drone war. Many on the left are suddenly outraged by it. How: convenient:  AFTER the election. Here is a part of what I said a year ago in my post, “It’s Time […]

Iowa is about to have an open Senate seat for the first time in twenty-nine years. : Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) decided to bolt from the U.S. Senate, as did Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). : However, why are safe Democrats retiring from the U.S. Senate? : Rockefeller and Harkin, for example, could’ve been there for life. : Is it because […]

Every battle isn’t a Manichean struggle between light and darkness, the ends don’t always justify the means and just because someone makes an ass of herself doesn’t give you the right to try to publicly humiliate her in retaliation.   An Applebee’s waitress who posted: a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the […]

Which blog deserves to receive the People’s Choice Award at CPAC? Conservatives4Palin http://www.conservatives4palin.com/ Doug Ross http://directorblue.blogspot.com/ The Foundry http://blog.heritage.org/ Fire Andrea Mitchell http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/ Jammie Wearing Fools http://www.jammiewf.com/ Jihad Watch http://www.jihadwatch.org/ The Mellow Jihadi http://themellowjihadi.com/ Misfit Politics http://misfitpolitics.co/ Moonbattery http://moonbattery.com/ NiceDeb http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/ Patterico’s Pontifications http://patterico.com/ Politichicks http://politichicks.tv/ Protein Wisdom http://proteinwisdom.com/ The Shark Tank http://shark-tank.net/ Sweetness and […]

Not sure the motives involved. They are probably scattered in all sorts of directions. But this has been a theme we’ve heard more and more in the last couple decades or so: Everyone is now dumber for having heard that. I’m sure a lot of it is the comedy value, some of it is cool […]

De•tail•phobe (n.) (•phobia) (•phobic (adj.) ) Many among us have been noticing that, while a lot of widely-known events are game changers and should not be — in fact, shouldn’t even be widely-known — there are other such events that are not game-changers although they should be. The American people do not seem to be […]

This past week, I wrote loquaciously about a mindset I’ve seen and heard, either with greater frequency in recent years, or with a constant frequency that I notice more acutely during that time. It is difficult to tell which, and this is often the confusion to be tolerated when one’s awareness increases. The mindset could […]

Been on a bit of a wild tear lately about thinking errors. liberals seem to regard skill and proclivity to deceive, as some kind of a desirable individual quality; they appear to see all other individual skills and exceptional attributes, as bad things (which was a re-do of my earlier post about cockiness); they prioritize […]

…should be renamed to “Just stop using any style that isn’t exactly like ours.” Some folks may be shocked by this, but not everyone is fond of Strunk & White. However, before I join in on the assault, let’s get something out of the way. As far as that particular critique goes, I’m actually on […]

What’s this say about the people who haven’t? From Moonbattery. Cross-posted at House of Eratosthenes.

Item: There exists a thread about global warming, in which someone said something pretty damn enlightening and educational. This has sent a jolt through the long-dead four hundred plus comments long thread, which had previously been lying dormant for half a year. Much of the rest of it is stupid. After everyone’s said their piece […]