Wow. You’ll just have to see it to believe it, Prison officers have been told not to refer to their charges as “inmates” because it might offend them. Ministers claim the age-old term is not appropriate if criminals are to be treated with “respect and dignity”. …Earlier this year prison inspectors at Bullingdon jail in […]

There’s a certain level of unreality we have in this country about the debt the government runs up. It’s almost as if people believe that the government can go as far in the red as it likes without there being any significant consequences. Somehow, it’ll just all work out. However, any taxpayers in California who […]

On Monday, I’ll be putting out a once a year list: the most annoying liberals of 2008. I’m hoping you can help me out by suggesting some libs who belong on the list. Keep in mind that this is a list for 2008 — so, when you suggest a liberal, make sure to explain what […]

Here are the top 20 most viewed articles on Conservative Grapevine for 2008 that were written by columnists. 20) Mark Steyn: Obama nears the ‘now what?’ moment 19) Ann Coulter: My father passed away Friday morning… 18) Robert Novak: Trouble ahead for Obama 17) Peggy Noonan: They’re paying attention now. 16) Ann Coulter: This is […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Teaching Democrats new tricks Cracked: 5 homeless guys who accomplished amazing things Daily Express: Man takes day off. Asks his customers to just leave the money in a honesty box. How do you think that worked out? Flickr: Real life […]

I’ve got a new feature at RWN: homemade polling that only registered members at RWN can vote in. This system should be built out and working and this is the first public test. So, if you’re registered at RWN, go ahead vote in the poll. If you’re not registered, go ahead and register — it’ll […]

I received this in my email yesterday and thought it was funny enough to post,

I have 3 separate media relations people pitching me anti-card check articles. Card check is a terrible idea and it’s all good that there are people getting paid to pitch articles to bloggers (I’ve done it myself before), but at a certain point, it’s just like, buy a d*mn ad already.

20) China hosts the Olympics: The ChiComs held the Olympics and although most of the event has already gone down the memory hole, the massive opening ceremony, Michael Phelps winning eight gold medals, the filthy air, and the rampant Chinese cheating in gymnastics won’t soon be forgotten. 19) Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar: Had 130,000 people […]

YouTube is at it again, or something. We’ve blogged before and even taken to the airwaves to discuss the political abuse of YouTube’s terms of use, the copyright laws and the trademark laws. YouTube seems to have a great deal of tolerance for pretextual use of supposedly content neutral rule systems that just happen to […]

A few months ago a well-meaning friend — ok, ok, a consultant — told me that if I really wanted my blog to take off at this mature stage of the development of the general blogosphere, a good way to do it would be to get involved in Twitter. At first I was utterly stumped […]

From the inimitable Johnny Dollar at Olbermann Watch: A new year means a time to look back and honor those who have achieved greatness in the year preceding. For that reason, we take this opportunity to reveal the winners of the 2008 Olby Awards, as determined by the Olbermann Watch Awards and Recognition Committee. If […]

We bloggers like to bash the mainstream media, and often our ire is justified by the media’s persistent and deliberate refusal to hold themselves accountable to their own stated standards of professional conduct. Such behavior becomes particularly egregious when professional journalists tout the supposedly sacred trust reposed in them by the reading public to act […]

Overdid it last night? If you think your head hurts now, try listening to the caterwauling of these pro-terrorist moonbats: The enthusiastic support of British progressives for the Islamic terrorists who insist on picking fights with Israel is so extreme, they are actually attacking the BBC for being too sympathetic to civilization. Two protesters demonstrating […]

Incredible but true: the government may use money it takes from us by force to bail out the socialist mainstream media, which is going the way of the dinosaurs because ever fewer people will voluntarily subject themselves to the malignant lies it passes off as news. Unsurprisingly, it’s starting in moonbat-infested New England, where Connecticut […]

And you know what the United friggin’ Nations is doing to mark 2009? In his New Year’s message to Koreans, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the Korean government to take a more active role in global efforts to tackle climate change. Ban stressed that this is the UN Year of Climate Change, urging […]

A good day, which the Washington Post treats with respect, at least where it counts, ie, the first few paragraphs: As Clock Strikes 12, U.S. Hands Iraq Control of Green Zone The walls of the majestic Republican Palace in Baghdad’s Green Zone have been stripped bare. The vaults that secured American cash and classified documents […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Agent Bedhead: Scarlett Johansson is becoming offended that people are noticing her for the body she flaunts upon the general public Cracked: 5 drinking myths that can kill you Kit Lange: My predictions for the Obama “Presidency” COED Magazine: Frederica Fontana bikini […]

Today, I’m going to be out for New Year’s Day. However, I do have some guest bloggers filling in for me. They are, Bookworm from Bookworm Room Cassandra from Villainous Company Michael Illions from GOPUSA Northeast. William Teach from Pirate’s Cove. Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success. Make sure to give them a warm welcome […]

I’m on the radio with Rob Port from Say Anything’s tonight at 8:20 PM EST. It’s on WZFG AM1100 in South Dakota and you can listen live here.

It seems like each time some terrorist group attacks Israel and Israel responds we have to go about explaining “proportionality” again. That’s because it is obvious some self-appointed experts haven’t a clue. Some apparently think that a proportional response means the math must add up. If they only kill 2 or 3, that’s all you’re […]

At 4:07 PM EST, I’m going to be on the Jaz McKay show. Click on Stickam in the left corner to listen to the show.

Religions with limited appeal need to be spread by force. For example, atheism requires its adherents to believe there is no higher intelligence, and that all existence is a random, meaningless accident. This nihilistic view is both counterintuitive and unrewarding; consequently, its advocates prefer coercion to persuasion: The head of an atheist group that has […]

The liberal elite is gifted at using black skin to advance its figureheads, but that doesn’t mean moonbats want any darkies living in their neighborhood: ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) – As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud […]

The collapse of oil prices has created trouble for Iran’s petroleum-dependent economy: Iran’s president presented parliament with a sweeping economic package Tuesday that calls for scrapping costly state subsidies for fuel, water and electricity and raising taxes to make up for the steep slide in world oil prices. The move is a risky one for […]

“Look seans an old friend of mine and i didnt buy his performance at all — thought he did an average pretend acting like he was gay besides hes one of the most homophobic people i kno.” — Mickey Rourke on Sean Penn’s performance in ‘Milk’

I’m not sure whether to be more appalled that this anti-semitic sign was on display at a Pro-Palestinian protest in Manhattan or that someone who’s so stupid that he thinks you spell Jews — “juice” — is in our country. Please, please, please, let this idiot be some rich guy’s kid, here on vacation, who […]

5) Thought Of The Day: Too Big To Fail? The words “too big to fail” are often bandied about these days as an excuse to use billions more of our tax dollars to bail out yet another company. It seems to me that if a company is “too big to fail,” then perhaps it should […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ben Shapiro: Benjamin Button and the top 8 rules for good filmmaking Extreme Mortman: Top ten marketing flops bigger than Caroline Kennedy Thomas Sowell: The art of the impossible Open Forum: Ten tiny things every small business owner should do in 2009 […]