July 08, 2012
“Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies”
A handy guide to two dozen common: fallacies.
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July 08, 2012
California 2012: It’s Nice Political Weather for Ducks
John Burton has achieved the impossible. As the author of the 2004 bill that led to California’s foie gras ban, the crusty former state senator, now chairman of the California Democratic Party, has made eating liver cool. Before the ban went into effect last Sunday, high-end restaurants offered last-bite foie gras fare, and frantic foodies […]
July 08, 2012
Words of Wisdom From Alan Dershowitz & Elie Wiesel
Random observations from the media over the last few days:: : : Great op-ed: : by: Alan Dershowitz in The Huffington Post on Sheldon Adelson: — Some key excerpts: “It’s hard to find anyone who has done as much for the Jewish community as Sheldon Adelson. Adelson grew up in: Boston: in near poverty and is a shining example of the American […]
July 08, 2012
Appeasing the American Loudmouth
Have you ever noticed a little kid throwing a huge fit in the grocery store check-out line as they run the candy bar gauntlet strategically set at 3-year old eye-level?: That kid is the one who is left happy and twitching from a sugar high after his milk chocolate meltdown. The squeaky wheel really does […]
July 07, 2012
Video Interview with Glenn Reynolds on The Higher Education Bubble
Since my blog was one of many inspired by Instapundit.com in the immediate wake of 9/11, and since it’s celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, I had wanted to do a video interview with Glenn Reynolds to discuss the history and state of the Blogosphere. Given that he has a new “Broadside” (much longer than […]
July 07, 2012
Is the individual mandate a penalty or a tax? Washington doesn’t seem to know
Since the Supreme Court ruled the individual mandate is a tax, the various Washington-based interests have pulled out all of the political stops in order to convince the American people that it’s a tax, unless it’s a penalty, in which case it’s a fine. Want to know for certain? Ask the 2009 version of President […]
July 07, 2012
It’s the Trog-style Free State Project, illegal immigration edition
Or it will be. Once again, California proves that no policy is too liberal for them: In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s SB 1070 law earlier this month, in which the justices (minus Kagan, who recused) unanimously upheld its core provision, the state of California is looking to reverse the trend of […]
July 07, 2012
WaPo Fact Checker: We Won’t Fact Check WaPo Articles
Only others should be held accountable, not the Washington Post. I suppose that is the stance of Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler if I read correctly his somewhat confusing July 2 article answering to the measurably false story the Post published claiming Romney out sourced jobs when he worked for Bain Capital. Fact checking […]
July 07, 2012
As Everyone Freaks Out Over Heat Wave, A Bit Of Globull Warming Reality
Over the past 10 days or so, we’ve been treated to a litany of unhinged discourse about this being what “global warming/climate change looks like.” If that’s so, then why do we have this, via Joe Bastardi (via Tom Nelson) climate clowns, willing sheep in MSM wont show reality . US hot spot outweighed by […]
July 07, 2012
Obama’s Weekly Address: Unintentionally Blames Self For Crummy Economic Conditions
And, of course, he’s taking total credit for what was a truly bipartisan piece of legislation (White House) Hi, everybody. I’m here in Ohio, where I’ve spent the past couple days talking with folks about our central challenge as a country — not just reclaiming all the jobs lost to the recession, but reclaiming the […]
July 07, 2012
“11 Most-Awesome Action Movie Finishing Lines”
“But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world . . .” and ten: others.
July 07, 2012
“5 Mountains Deadlier Than Everest”
In case you need to: know.
July 07, 2012
All-Time All-Stars: Part II
Trying to choose the greatest pitcher of all time is at least as difficult as trying to choose the greatest hitter of all time. In both cases, the best we can do is narrow down the list. Outside a charmed circle of five batters, no one had both a higher lifetime batting average and a […]
July 07, 2012
All-Time All-Stars
Nothing is likely to get an argument started among sports fans faster than attempts to name the all-time greatest in any sport, or even the all-time greatest in a particular aspect of a sport. However, in baseball, we can at least narrow down the list of possibilities — considerably, in fact — when it comes […]
July 06, 2012
The Job Sinkhole
Today the American unemployment rate remains unchanged at 8.2 percent.: The economy is still five million jobs shy of the breakeven point as America continues to drown in a sea of growing government red ink while struggling to tread water under the overburden of oppressive big government regulations. Since the start of the seemingly never […]
July 06, 2012
Obama Has Lied to Us For Years About Jobs Reports!
Once again we get a dismal jobs number from our government. So few jobs were created that we aren’t even keeping up with population growth! And once again Obama tells us not to pay any attention to those numbers. Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain! What is it they say in Obama’s […]
July 06, 2012
10 Ways Obama Is Killing The American Economy
The websites of Alex Jones can often be a beehive of conspiracy theories, and were the favorites of liberals who bought into the whole 9/11 Truth derangement. However, mixed between the conspiracy stories, some of which are legitimate, there are some great stories. Like this one Have you ever heard the old saying “the beatings […]
July 06, 2012
Bummer: Climate Change Stalls Reef Growth
Everybody panic!!!!!!!! (Time) A study published Thursday says our coral reefs could be in danger. Toth and her co-writers say in the study that El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) caused reef ecosystems in the tropical eastern pacific to collapse thousands of years ago, and pollution combined with global warming changes could now repeat the process. […]
July 06, 2012
Admin Which Just Invoked Executive Privilege Compares Romney To Nixon
Funny stuff from David Axelrod (CBS News) The Obama campaign is sharpening its attack on Mitt Romney’s personal business and financial dealings. In an interview with CBS Radio News on the sidelines of an Obama campaign rally Thursday evening in Parma, Ohio, senior campaign adviser David Axelrod called Romney, “the most secretive candidate we’ve seen […]
July 06, 2012
7 Unhappy Truths About Politicians
Many political observers believe Americans are too cynical about politicians. Take it from someone who has been blogging for more than a decade and has met countless politicians and political aides: if anything, people aren’t cynical enough. 1) The first priority of a politician is always getting re-elected: As Thomas Sowell has noted, “No one […]
July 06, 2012
Global Warming Blame-ologists Play with Fire
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Good news: The Waldo Canyon fire, which forced 32,000 residents (including our family) to flee, claimed two lives and destroyed 347 homes, is now 100 percent contained. Bad news: Radical environmentalists won’t stop blowing hot air about this year’s infernal season across the West. Al Gore slithered out of the political […]
July 06, 2012
Symptoms of a sick culture
The late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously remarked that, “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.” I’ve always liked that quote, but I think it misleads. That two […]
July 06, 2012
‘Republicans Want More Debt’ and Other Democratic Propaganda
Recently, White House senior adviser David Plouffe made a comment that didn’t receive the scrutiny it deserves. The statement demands attention because it frames President Obama’s re-election campaign theme and illustrates how grounded in disinformation the theme is. Apart from Team Obama’s formidable community organizing skills aimed at demonizing Mitt Romney as a wealthy, compassionless […]
July 06, 2012
To Fix Health Care System, Put Consumers in Charge
Democrats were riding high in the polls in 2006 and 2008, and one of their big issues was health care. Then, after passing the president’s health care law, the politics shifted, and the issue helped sweep the GOP to victory in the 2010 midterm elections. A few months later, Republicans had a 14-point advantage in […]
July 05, 2012
Liberals: The Real Race Peddlers
I am a republican. I don’t like black people. At least, this is what liberals believe about the GOP. Our views of the president and Eric Holder have nothing to do with policy. They have nothing to do with mind-boggling legislation that damages middle-class workers and endangers job creation. No, the Left really and truly […]
July 05, 2012
Politico Forgets to Mention Democrats Caused Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Problem
In its update on the coming student loan interest rate hike deal in Congress, Politico dances its blame-the-GOP tap dance once again saying that the coming rate hike is all just “politics.” But somehow Politico forgets to note that this interest rate problem is of the Democrats’ own making in the first place. Reporting that […]
July 05, 2012
Restaurant Investigated For Offering Church Members Discounts
This is un-freaking-believable….or maybe not so unbelievable in today’s America. Todd Starnes reports (Fox News) A family-owned restaurant in Pennsylvania is under a state discrimination investigation for offering a ten percent discount for diners who present a church bulletin on Sundays. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission confirmed there is an investigation against Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun […]
July 05, 2012
Bipartisanship & Big Government Buddies
On June 13, Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow in Labor Policy James Sherk released a paper analyzing how the Obama Administration’s auto bailout could have cost the taxpayer nothing in the long run if the United Auto Workers (UAW) had received normal bankruptcy treatment. Instead, they were provided special treatment which violated numerous aspects of traditional […]
July 05, 2012
Obama Uses Military Naturalization Ceremony To Push DREAM Act
Pathetic, just pathetic. (NMP) Obama can’t even let this fine folks have their day without turning it political (NY Times) President for half the country Obama for a fourth straight Fourth of July joined with military families to eat barbecue and watch fireworks from the White House lawn, but this year he also began the […]
July 05, 2012
Simulus Funded Nevada Geothermal Close To Going Bust
Back on June 26th, Obama cheerleading The Politico was rating “green” companies that received DOE loans, and determined that Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP) as a “mixed bag” Nevada Geothermal: The company’s Blue Mountain project in northern Nevada received a partial loan guarantee for $98.5 million in 2010. The project is already generating power, but production […]