Not painful for him, at least so far
When the EPA made gas-fired utilities “the standard,” it meant that coal would be going away over time. It’s “painful,” but not so much for the still-employed bureaucrats. HT: GP
View ArticleCopycats
The RNC is copying Obama ads from 2008, almost word for word, typeface for typeface, rhythm for rhythm. Very amusing. They had this one in the can and were just waiting for the pull-quote to appear....
View ArticleFrom the files of the honest and dishonest
Democrat Mickey Kaus: The maddening details of Obama’s DREAM Decree are becoming clearer. As this CIS report notes, 1) The decree doesn’t just apply to illegal immigrants who were “brought to this...
View ArticleTwo lists………..oops, make that three lists
A long list, and a short list. And a lit of fantasies as uncovered by David Maraniss via the Daily Mail. This is one deeply weird guy. HT: IMAO
View ArticleIt’s getting weird out there
It was Forkless Friday the other day. Then there’s news from Hollywood: “We need you to panic NOW!” And what sort of people don’t give birthday presents to the kids? It gets weirder and weirder.
View ArticleAmusing discussion
Can’t you right-wingers get this straight? It’s not a tax, it’s a mandate, which is something completely different that also costs you money and is collected by the IRS. HT: GP
View ArticleBizarre claim: “I was outspent in 2008″— he outspent McCain over 2 to 1
We know this fellow has at best a casual relationship with the truth, but this is bizarre. Moreover it’s not an accident since he did the same thing the other day — twice! (He must have forgotten...
View ArticleCapitalism of a specific sort
The truth about cars While General Motors is touting their 32 percent year-over-year increase in sales, a closer look at the numbers reveals a couple of things. According to Bloomberg, inventory for...
View ArticleCalling rubbish rubbish
One problem with talking rubbish and having no concern whatsoever for the truth is that it just might catch up with you. Good.
View ArticleThe Roanoke Address
We quote more of the memorable words we noted the other day: There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t — look,...
View ArticleLA Confidential, Mulholland Falls, etc.
There’s nothing particularly special about this trailer that Warner Brothers has pulled from just about everywhere. No doubt the violence is amped up from LA Confidential and Mulholland Falls and made...
View ArticlePretty creepy
Werner Herzog or someone claiming to be him reads Where’s Waldo?, which apparently is a series of children’s books by a British illustrator. In light of Aurora, the story is disturbing. It turns out...
View ArticlePreference Cascade Ahead?
Glenn Reynolds describes a preference cascade: If the secret police and the censors are doing their job, 99% of the populace can hate the regime and be ready to revolt against it — but no revolt will...
View ArticleSay something obvious, get called names
Romney via CNN: if you can learn anything from the economic history of the world, it’s this: culture makes all the difference…you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Atlanta?
Nothing, apparently, if you’re the media. Doesn’t fit the narrative if there’s only good-natured fun and no protests to film. (Except it did turn out to be the biggest day in a company’s history as...
View ArticleNearer the end or the beginning of this phase?
The cultural degradation of America has accelerated in recent years. The vulgarity on twitter, the vile lyrics of popular music (and the complicity of companies advertising through product placement in...
View ArticleAn obvious point, but one worth making
We’ve seen quite a few people from New York media outlets and elsewhere who are happy with the Paul Ryan selection. He turns a referendum election into a choice election. Fair enough. But the...
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