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Owing to the fact that the extension deadline is Thursday, and I have tax classes in the evenings this week, there may not be another post until Friday. We’ll see how it goes.

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Hare We Go
The Political Hat: Folk Metal Is Now Problematic
Da Tech Guy: This Is How You Tell Blue State Media From Red State Media
The Camp of the Saints: For The Admiral Of The Ocean Sea, A Hearty Huzzah!
First Street Journal: The Obama Administration And The Gutting Of Our Military
Michelle Malkin: Feminist Fabricator Lena Dunham Rides Again
Doug Powers: Ramp Up The Fear Mongering! New Study Says Miami, New Orleans To Be Underwater Soon Thanks To Global Warming
Twitchy: Egg White Privilege – WaPo Reports That The Rich Enjoy Better Breakfast Sandwiches
Conservative Intel: Actually, Things Aren’t That Bad In The House – Yet

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American Power: So, Looting Is Legitimate Political Protest?
American Thinker: Americans Void Of Critical Thinking Skills
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – Vince Flynn’s The Survivor, A Mitch Rapp Novel By Kyle Mills, also, Slaughterhouse
Conservatives4Palin: Democrats Could Sink Lower In Statehouses In 2016
Don Surber: WV Democrats Embrace A Welfare Coal Billionaire
Jammie Wearing Fools: Chicago Has Deadliest Month In 13 Years, President Gun Control Nowhere To Be Found
Joe For America: Ben Carson Agrees With Joe The Plumber On The Holocaust And Gun Control
JustOneMinute: Another Awkward Hillary Moment
Pamela Geller: German Authorities Playing Down Refugee Shelter Sex Crime Reports
Protein Wisdom: Attention Everyone! Tacos Are Now Culturally Offensive!
Shot In The Dark: From The Late Joel Rosenberg
STUMP: Calpers And The Benefits Of Public Pensions – Things Seen And Unseen
The Gateway Pundit: Jeb And GOPe Busted – Bush Staffer Planted In Audience, Used To Attack Trump
The Jawa Report: Sandcrawler PSA – Columbus Wasn’t English
The Lonely Conservative: Administration Bans Pork Products In Federal Prisons
This Ain’t Hell: McHugh Warns of “Thinly Stretched” Army
Weasel Zippers: National Security Advisor Susan Rice Blames Syrian Civil War On Global Warming
Megan McArdle: The Centerfold Dies So Playboy Man Might Live
Mark Steyn: The Uncowardly Lioness

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In The Mailbox, 10.08.15

Posted on October 8, 2015

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Hillary Clinton’s E-Mails – In The Cloud?
The Camp of the Saints: Ungrateful Little Shi’itehead
Political Hat: Diversity Is Now The Be All End All Of Academia
Michelle Malkin: Gitmo Extended Stay Suites In Colorado? Hell No!
Doug Powers: Global Warming Causes Sierra Club President To Melt Under Ted Cruz’ Questioning
Twitchy: “The Dim Bulb Thing Wasn’t An Act?” Andy Richter Tries His Hand At #GunSense
Shark Tank: Brian Mast – “Syrian Refugees Should Be Taking Up Arms To Fight ISIS”

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American Power: Gallup Won’t Do Tracking Polls For 2016 Campaign
American Thinker: Was The Oregon Shooting An Islamist Attempt To Assassinate Alek Skarlatos?
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – Buffalo Trail By Jeff Guinn
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin Shares Interview Of “Iconic Drudge”
Don Surber: Dave Weigel Seems To Think WV Will Go For Bernie Sanders
Jammie Wearing Fools: It’s Time To Impeach The IRS Commissioner
Joe For America: McCarthy Out Of Race For Speaker
JustOneMinute: Losing Their Religion
Pamela Geller: Captured ISIS Fighter Has Map Full Of Targets For Berlin Takeover
Protein Wisdom: DiBlasio Threatens NYC Museums And Cultural Institutions Over “Diversity”
Shot In The Dark: Keep Guns Out Of The Hands Of Straw Men
STUMP: What Should Be Taught, Part II – Reactions To Japan Humanities Ban
The Gateway Pundit: Ten-Year-Old Minnesota Girl Raped By Muslim Refugee In Elevator
The Jawa Report: We Gonna Make Them Pay
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Claims Defunding Planned Parenthood Would Wreck The Economy
This Ain’t Hell: Army Postpones SFC Martland’s Discharge
Weasel Zippers: Air Force Hero Who Helped Stop Paris Terror Attack Stabbed In Sacramento, Now In Stable Consition – Two Asian Men Sought
Megan McArdle: Facebook Is Big, But Big Networks Can Fall
Mark Steyn: The Undocumented Branch Of The Electoral College

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America’s Finest Literary Critic Is in Federal Prison, and Rightly So

Posted on October 8, 201524 Comments

Damn his atheist soul, but Barrett Brown is an excellent writer. His mistake was to think this qualified him to be an “investigative journalist,” a task for which his heroin addiction probably disqualified him, as if his habit of associating with criminal terrorists were not bad enough. Fortunately for Barrett, he flipped out in September 2012 and threatened an FBI agent in a manic YouTube meltdown. This has provided him the opportunity to write literary criticism, and this week Barrett Brown takes on novelist Jonathan Frantzen:

In Purity, marriages fail one after another in excruciating 50-page flashbacks. No one is particularly likable or even unlikable, though a few do manage to be insufferable. Toward the end we’re treated to one great character, the cynical plutocrat dad of one of the dastardly feminists, but then he disappears from view and promptly dies. The megalomaniacal information activist is admirably complex, but as a megalomaniacal information activist myself, I found him unconvincing. The one murder that serves to kick off the plot is perpetuated against an otherwise minor off-screen character rather than one of the several main characters whom the reader might have much preferred to see murdered. Franzen is also rather hard on the ladies, whereas everyone would have been better served had he instead been harder on himself and maybe put out a better book.
It’s worth reiterating, though, that this sort of subject matter is not my cup of tea to begin with, and I certainly don’t want anyone to refrain from reading a novel that might interest them simply because I said mean things about it. If you’re up for a “moving meditation on marriage and friendship,” then you should probably read Freedom over and over again until your eyes bleed. If divorce and infidelity and guilt and trial separation is your thing, then you’d better get your ass over to the nearest book store and pick up a copy of Purity. You need not worry about what I think. But if you’re curious anyway, what I think is that I hate you.

You can and should read the whole thing, and laugh as you envision Barrett doing hard time in a federal penitentiary, where he is paying his debt to society and writing witty essays.

In The Mailbox: 10.06.15

Posted on October 6, 20153 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
Da Tech Guy: Unexpectedly – Strange Framing On Israel, Oregon
The Camp of the Saints: #OUTLAW Activity – People In Roseburg Rebel
American Irony: How To Get Democrats To Agree Gun Ownership Is A Right
First Street Journal: Affirmative Action And Voting Patterns Of Asian-Americans, Jews
Political Hat: Feminism – A Totalitarian Movement To Destroy Civilization As We Know It
Conservative Intel: Watch Your Back, Joe Biden
Michelle Malkin: The Baby Butchers And Their Media Butchers
Doug Powers: Live From New York, It’s A Six-Minute Campaign Ad For Hillary!
Twitchy: Twitter Launches Human-Aggregated “Moments” Feature
Shark Tank: Rebecca Negron Struggles With Tax Reform Question

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American Power: Obama Not Welcome In Roseburg, Says Local Paper’s Publisher
American Thinker: “Gun Control” Is Actually Conservative Control
BLACKFIVE: Book Review And Interview – Why The World Needs A Powerful America
Conservatives4Palin: Queen Hillary – It’s Beyond The Pale For You Peasants To Question My Corruption
Don Surber: Speaking Of “Disaster” And “Catastrophe”, Charleston Gazette…
Jammie Wearing Fools: Republicans Accuse NY Gov Cuomo Of Using Oregon Tragedy To Promote His Agenda
Joe For America: Want To Know How Russia Handles Terrorists?
JustOneMinute: Gun Violence And Violence To Statistics
Pamela Geller: Swedish Bishop Calls For Church To Remove Crosses, Install Muslim Prayer Space
Protein Wisdom: Chick-Fil-A Opens In NYC, Liberal Heads Explode
Shot In The Dark: Watch Mitch Berg DESTROY This Liberal Hamster’s Argument With This One Weird Trick
STUMP: Illinois Finance – The Ongoing Non-Crisis And The Oncoming Real Crisis
The Gateway Pundit: Thousands Of PEGIDA Supporters Rally In Dresden Against Migrant Invasion
The Jawa Report: Russian War Porn – Raqqa
The Lonely Conservative: Middle Class Americans Worse Off Thanks To Obamacare
This Ain’t Hell: Anti-Gun Nuts
Weasel Zippers: Obama Administration Deports Record Low Number Of Convicted Criminal Illegals
Megan McArdle: Gig Economy is Piecework, But This Isn’t Dickens
Mark Steyn: The Two Faces Of Facebook

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