Daily Archives for October 11, 2012
VP debate – open thread
TweetPreliminary observation: Martha Raddatz can’t moderate anything. She can only lefterate it. Go!
Preparing for the Zombie apocalypse: training day
TweetTwo-magazine semi-rapid fire drill with hostage scenario using a SCAR-17, shooting 7.62×51 (147 grain FMJ mil surplus) at 100 yards off a swivel grip pod. Only killed the poor lady maybe twice — though I think one of the (potentially) … Continue reading
Obama deputy campaign manager: Benghazi Is Only an Issue ‘Because of Romney and Ryan’
TweetThe Islamist terrorist attack on American soil, the buggered and murdered ambassador, and the three other lives lost? Why, we would have gotten away with blowing that off entirely — that is, taking it off the table as a political … Continue reading
Truthiness and consequences
Tweet“Wasserman Schultz: Wrong Statements About Libya Doesn’t Mean They Were False” – Which, when you’ve accepted that all truths are contingent and man-made, a product ultimately of some cocktail of historical consensus and the motivations of a particular interpretive community … Continue reading
“Fla. education board OKs race-based academic plan”
TweetFunny. I suspect had John Derbyshire come up with an idea like this — one that has been approved, mind you — Rich Lowry would have hit the fainting couch with an audible gasp, and Jonah Goldberg would have rushed … Continue reading
“Mother of Slain State Dept. Official Tired of Being Lied To and Stonewalled by Obama Administration”
TweetAs you watch this, note that not a single Democrat who testified yesterday condemned the Administration’s response — which was less a “response” than it was an horrific scapegoating meant to buy time to produce a hastily constructed cover up. … Continue reading
“The real Libya scandal: The failure to respond”
TweetMarc Thiessen makes the case: Today marks exactly one month since terrorists attacked the U.S consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing our ambassador and three other American personnel. In the weeks since, Washington has been gripped by the unfolding scandals over … Continue reading
BLS morphs into the Ministry of Truth
TweetZerohedge,“Data Massaging Continues: Initial Claims Tumble To 339K Lowest Since 2008, Far Below Lowest Expectation”: After expectations of a rebound in initial claims from 367K last week (naturally revised higher to 369K), to 370K (with the lowest of all sellside … Continue reading
