In much the same way the US Chamber of Commerce pumps up the benefits of Big Government Republicans and corporatism by backing incumbents, pushing for amnesty, and financing the campaigns of liberal Republicans. But that’s just my editorializing. Forgive the digression. Sean Hackberth: EPA argues that its proposed carbon regulations on existing power plants will offer $30 billion in climate benefits by 2030 with only $7.3 billion in costs. Sounds
June 9, 2014
“ANOTHER SHOE DROPS IN THE BENGHAZI SCANDAL: Taliban Now Targeting U.S. Troops With Stinger Missiles”
US Stinger missiles. With serial numbers that post-date the weapons supplied by the US during the Afghan-Soviet conflict. Look: it’s probably unhelpful to speculate, but much that’s been surmised about Ambassador Stevens’ meeting with Turkish Consul General Ali Sait Akin prior to his murder surrounded a Libyan-flagged vessel, Al Entisar, that was received by Turkey just miles from the Syrian border. News that US weapons Hillary Clinton and the CIA
June 8, 2014
The Clerisy — You will submit or else [Darleen Click]
From The Daily Beast. Really In ways not seen since at least the McCarthy era, Americans are finding themselves increasingly constrained by a rising class—what I call the progressive Clerisy—that accepts no dissent from its basic tenets. Like the First Estate in pre-revolutionary France, the Clerisy increasingly exercises its power to constrain dissenting views, whether on politics, social attitudes or science. An alliance of upper level bureaucrats and cultural elites,
June 7, 2014
Isla Vista is to teh Womyns as the Birmingham Church bombing was to blacks … [Darleen Click]
The Los Angeles Times decided to toss forth a token column featuring a common sense admonition against the Vagina Warrior faction’s co-opting of the atrocity in Santa Barbara. No talking point, however, has proved nearly as tenacious or tendentious as the misogyny angle. According to this narrative, and based on his videos and writings, Rodger committed his crimes because he hated women for not sleeping with him. And he responded
June 6, 2014
Pre-dry wall inspection today. Plus, societal upheaval at every level.
Dropping Satch off at a friend’s house, dropping Tanner off at a tiny tots daycare center, then the wife and I will be touring the new build this morning to check everything out before the spray foam goes in and the drywall gets hung, taped, mudded, and painted in place. That’s morsel number one. Morsel number two, via the Daily Mail (and many other sources, including our own racist speculations):
June 6, 2014
“You just do what you have to do, regardless.” [Darleen Click]
70th Anniversary of D-Day. Normandy, France (CNN) — Jim “Pee Wee” Martin acted like he’d been here before, like jumping from a plane is as easy as falling off a log. Maybe that’s because he had — 70 years ago. “I’m feeling fine,” Martin told reporters moments after landing in a French field. “… It was wonderful, absolutely wonderful.” Martin was part of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division that parachuted
June 5, 2014
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, abridged, 36
Sometimes that really is just a wrench in your pocket, while other times it is not. Embrace either situation. — But only one literally, if you happen to be in public, or around small children.
June 5, 2014
language matters
Based on all we’ve been hearing, I’ve been referring to Bergdahl as a deserter. And until he’s tried, that’s technically his status, I suppose. But if he deserted, then went to join the enemy, he’s a defector. And if that’s the case, we traded the murdering future rulers of a Taliban-run Afghan nation state, terrorists all, for a US soldier who may have actively helped a terrorist network target his
June 5, 2014
Good News!
Now that we’re all focused on Bergdahl and all things Bergdahlian, the VA’s top-down socialized healthcare system is entirely fixed, and the IRS scandal, along with the Benghazi scandal, have been resolved without further incident. Turns out they weren’t scandals at all: just racism looking to take its invidious toll on our Dear Half-Black leader, who is only hated because he’s half black, and not because he’s been an epic