So Saturday night I spent over at a buddy’s house for his birthday, a former special ops guy who doesn’t usually drink very much but who did that night — my whole family had a great time, incidentally, despite the carousing — only to wake Sunday, hung over, to see that another internet “conservative” had decided I needed to be taught a lesson. Over a Tweet I made in April.
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July 21, 2014
“Ten Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Leftist” [Darleen Click]
Mugged by reality Those posting messages in this left-wing forumpublicly announced that they did what they did every day, from voting to attending a rally to planning a life, because they wanted to destroy something, and because they hated someone, rather than because they wanted to build something, or because they loved someone. You went to an anti-war rally because you hated Bush, not because you loved peace. Thus, when
July 20, 2014
Mexicans fire .50-caliber rounds at US Border Patrol across the Rio Grande [Darleen Click]
Build the frakin’ fence, Obama. EXCLUSIVE: RINCON PENINSULA, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents on the American side of the Rio Grande were forced to take cover Friday night when high-caliber weaponry was fired at them from the Mexican side of the river, sources told FoxNews.com. The weapons were fired at the U.S. side of the riverbank in the area of the Rincon Peninsula across the Rio Grande from Reynosa,
July 20, 2014
RIP James Garner [Darleen Click]
One of my favorite actors — from the movies he did with Doris Day to the still watchable Rockford Files — James Garner has passed away. Few actors could register disbelief, exasperation or annoyance with more comic subtlety. James Garner had a way of widening his eyes while the corner of his mouth sagged ever so slightly. Maybe he would swallow once to further make his point. This portrait of
July 19, 2014
“The more people are exposed to socialism, the worse they behave” [Darleen Click]
Leftist dogma holds that individuals are not responsible for their failures and any successes are just “luck” (“You didn’t build that”) so why is it surprising that higher numbers of them would cheat? “UNDER capitalism”, ran the old Soviet-era joke, “man exploits man. Under communism it is just the opposite.” In fact new research suggests that the Soviet system inspired not just sarcasm but cheating too: in East Germany, at
July 19, 2014
Christian extremists found to have ‘taken over’ 13 schools in Britain … [Darleen Click]
The report found that the extremism went unchecked because the council “disastrously” prioritised community cohesion over “doing what is right”. It concluded that there was a “determined effort” by “manipulative” governors to introduce “unacceptable” practices, “undermine” head teachers and deny students a broad and balanced education. Sir Albert Bore, Birmingham’s leader, apologised for the council’s handling of the scandal. He said: “The actions of a few, including some within the
July 19, 2014
Russian-backed separatists tampering with MH17 crash site [Darleen Click]
Muddying up an already contentious situation. Almost two days after Flight 17 was downed by a missile over rebel-held territory in the east of Ukraine, representatives from the Kiev government had still not been allowed access to the mammoth crash site, and rebels were preventing local emergency services personnel from gathering evidence, Ukrainian officials said. “They’re playing a game with the state. They behave as an independent country. The reason
July 19, 2014
American Fascism [Darleen Click]
Process as punishment. The Food and Drug Administration is putting the squeeze on J.C. Newman Cigar Co. — a 119-year-old family owned company — with the rules and regulations in Florida, which could lead the company to close down. “Founded in 1895 by Julius Caesar Newman, a Hungarian immigrant, the Tampa-based family business is the last of what was once 150 ‘Cigar City’ factories,” Watchdog.org reports. Food for thought: the
July 18, 2014
“Mr. President, when did the Democratic Party declare war on the Catholic Church?” [Darleen Click]
Rhetorical question, eh?
July 18, 2014
Nudge Nation [Darleen Click]
Michelle Obama has done so spectacularly well with school lunches, it is only natural and right for the USDA to look at ways to regulate grocery stores … For our own good, of course. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is suggesting major changes to grocery stores to “nudge” Americans to purchase healthier foods when they shop. The agency commissioned an “expert panel” to make recommendations on how to guide