So. Obama wants a permanent big government client state that keeps the poor dependent and keep the ideological left, churned out by the institutions its overrun and coopted as “educational” organs, employed as its propaganda arm — challenged with keeping those on the taking end of the centralized redistributive model with “voting their economic interests” And more, he and his campaign are actually willing to come right out and profess

Okay, so I paraphrased. But you get the idea. Honestly, guys. If you don’t vote GOP and you don’t support the conservatism putatively at the Party’s ideological heart, then from an ontological standpoint I’m not quite sure what it is, exactly, that allows you to claim yourself a “Republican” to begin with? What? The No Labels Party not exactly catching fire like you expected? No populist uprising for your sort

Imprimatur of legislative respectability for improperly-zoned gay brothels / getting rich off of market collapses engineered by government, hardest hit. Legacy! My only solace is that when other politicians for whom Frank has legitimated cynical corruption begin building statues to him or naming buildings in his honor, the youth of America will — at times unknowingly, and without the ironic foresight — properly and justifiably deface such totems with Sharpie

Seems a natural follow-up to my previous post: after all, if we’re going to be “nudged” into the 21st-century version of the Pinto, we might as well understand how we wound up strapped in to our fuel-efficient tin cans, praying Tom Hanks and the boys can figure out a way to keep us from burning up on re-entry. WSJ: Here’s one good way to consider the vote in 2012: It’s

It’s not easy being green-ish: As promised, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) looked into the safety of lithium batteries after a Chevrolet Volt caught fire back in May. After conducting three different tests two weeks ago, the NHTSA found that the Volt’s battery either caught fire or began to smoke in two out of the three. General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Volt underwent several tests in a NHTSA Wisconsin

Well? You heard me, Brian. Get to it. We’ve got shit what needs doin’, and your presence is expected. So. Chop chop! **** related: Dan takes a slightly different approach. The godbothering sap.

ELLI PEARSON: Well, we were protesting together, and the riot cops came at us, and we linked arms and sat down peacefully to protest their presence on our campus. And at one point, they were -— we had encircled them, and they were trying to leave, and they were trying to clear a path. And so, we sat down, linked arms, and said that if they wanted to clear the

A more complete accounting of what Roddy introduced in the comments here. ZeroHedge: The sale “prompted concerns the debt crisis was even beginning to threaten Berlin on Wednesday, with the Bundesbank forced to buy large amounts of the bonds to ensure the auction did not fail. The low yields offered on the 10-year paper deterred investors from the auction, especially because of growing concerns over the cost to Germany of

Washington Examiner: Leaders of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) last week officially endorsed President Obama for re-election in 2012. Endorsing a presidential candidate 11 months before the general election may seem a bit premature, but it’s not even the record for the earliest endorsements so far in this cycle. The National Education Association (NEA) endorsed Obama in July, 14 months before the voting. While these early endorsements highlight the

Sorry, I’ve got babies on the brain here of late. Whether you believe in a god or not is immaterial here: the fact that the code is so advanced that it can convince mathematicians of the existence of some necessary intelligent design can be just as likely a function of a human’s incapacity to comprehend the billions of years of selection, etc., as it is proof of directed design by