Alyssa Milano Told Me This Video Was Cute — And She Was Right!
Why I am blogging about this silliness? Because I’m fighting sudden-onset Blogger Mood Disorder. I spent many hours yesterday trying to develop a complete aggregation on the Florida school board shooting — see also here — and while perhaps it wasn’t a complete waste of time, others got credit for blogging today what I first blogged last night. Because […]
In Which Ace of Spades Notices the Big Tax ‘Compromise’ Is Greased With Pork
“Obama needs this deal as much as the Republicans want it. We do not have to play the shakedown game and pay him off in billions to get him to do what he is already forced to do.” — Ace of Spades, “The Porky Tax Deal” This is kinda like the moment at which a […]
The ‘Ick Factor’
“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of […]
Math Problem: If the Atlantic Monthly Makes a Profit of $1.8 Million a Year . . .
. . . and Andrew Sullivan “account[s] for more than a quarter of the site’s unique visitors and close to half its visits,” then isn’t Sully the most important member of the Atlantic Monthly‘s staff? A lot more important than the “cadre of young writers [who] began filling the newsroom’s cubicles” after they moved to D.C.? […]
You May Have Noticed . . .
. . . I didn’t do a post about Elizabeth Edwards dying of cancer last week. Or maybe you didn’t notice. Famous people die every day, and I seldom comment for good or ill. Donald Douglas commented on Elizabeth Edwards’s death — and generated 133 comments, including a lot of the “hurry up and die […]
President Obama Abandons White House After Bill Clinton Says ‘Please Go’
Wow. Who knew it would be so easy to get rid of him? Click the image to watch this incredible video: Classic headline at Hot Air: Great news: Bill Clinton apparently now president again The story from the Washington Post: Obama introduced Clinton, said that the two had “just had a terrific meeting” and that […]
New Democrat Scandal: F***Gate
The House Democrats were talking about the president’s “package” yesterday and . . . The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday’s House Democratic Caucus meeting. One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” while Rep. Shelley Berkley was defending the package […]
Clearing the Browser Tabs
Borrowing Jimmie Bise’s meme once more, it’s been a heckuva few days, with offline work stacked up like cordwood, various Dad-the-taxi-driver errands to run, etc., and so many trolls and feminists to smack around. Honestly, I’d ignore those pests, but it’s Holiday Traffic Suckage Season. At this time of year, the potential traffic lost by not […]
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