— Often — and for reasons I can’t fathom — from out of state Democrat Congresspeople. For instance, this one arrived this morning from North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District Representative Jason Thigpen, who wants me to help him help America by insisting that Congress have a say on what employers are required to pay workers, given the horrific gap between the rich and poor. Writes (whomever wrote this for) Thigpen:
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February 18, 2014
“Against heterosexuality” [Darleen Click]
A thoughtful and thought provoking piece by Michael W. Hannon, who agrees with “poststructuralist queer theorists in their vigorous critiques of the naive orientation essentialists”. First of all, within orientation essentialism, the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality is a construct that is dishonest about its identity as a construct. These classifications masquerade as natural categories, applicable to all people in all times and places according to the typical objects of
February 18, 2014
John Kerry: forget all the snow and ice. Think of it as a metaphor for fire and drought.
Honestly. The projection involved in asserting that it’s conservatives who are anti-science is astounding in its audacity. But then, it’s supposed to be that way, because the true audacity at the source of it all is the refiguration of science as something driven by politicized consensus and a simple repetition of inconvenient untruths. For instance, John Kerry spent time in Jakarta, fresh from calling the threat of global warming a
February 17, 2014
The Climate Change hoax, continued
Human exhalation is not a pollutant. Neither is water vapor. If both were so, then we would be cancers on a host planet, and as such, be in need of eradication. The only moral measure to be taken, if you anthropomorphize the planet — or worse yet, turn it into a vulnerable God troubled by its creations (and how can this not be what you’re doing, given your strict adherence
February 17, 2014
On President’s Day
Here’s my thought on today, which I offer in passing: when we get back to having a President of the kind envisioned by our Framers and ratified by those who ratified the Constitution, then I’ll celebrate President’s Day. What I won’t do is celebrate “Faux-charismatic, Marxist-Manchurian-dictator-surrounded-by-a-phalanx-of-communist-acolytes-and-the-protective-cocoon-of-a-state-run-media-Day,” even if that makes me a really racisty racist who hates him the blacks (except for a few notable Uncle Toms, like Thomas Sowell,
February 17, 2014
“What if they gave a war and nobody came?” [Darleen Click]
I can’t help but recall that hoary old Vietnam era slogan when considering that no one is showing up to oppose this kind of jack-booted idiocy. The .gif from this bit of rather bland, standup humor … … when shared is a “racist microagression” with consequences just short of something North Korea would admire: Brian Farnan, Vice President for Internal Affairs at the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) in
February 16, 2014
Johns Hopkins University to permit opposite-sex dorm rooms [Darleen Click]
You know, for the gender inclusiveness This year, for the first time in the University’s history, students signing up for on-campus housing will be able to choose to register in gender inclusive units. This option will be available for all students living in on-campus housing next year, including incoming freshmen, current freshmen and upperclassmen. The policy shift reflects a step the University is taking to make its housing environment more
February 16, 2014
It must be Sunday [Darleen Click]
The WaPo is running yet another insufferable piece of self-absorption to demonstrate how cool they are, unlike you insular, heteronormative rubes in the sticks. When you don’t look like a typical girl — or feel like an average boy — there are few more confusing places than the gym. Yet, even in an ostensibly liberal, open-minded city such as Washington, gender policing abounds. The gym is the place where people
February 15, 2014
Wisdom and class [Darleen Click]
A letter from Ronald Reagan to his son, Mike, 1971 Dear Mike: Enclosed is the item I mentioned (with which goes a torn up IOU). I could stop here but I won’t. You’ve heard all the jokes that have been rousted around by all the “unhappy marrieds” and cynics. Now, in case no one has suggested it, there is another viewpoint. You have entered into the most meaningful relationship there