I didn’t post a December fundraiser bleg because I’ve been gone most of November, and because so many of you helped while I was trying to deal with my brother’s perfidy and the financial strain it (temporarily) put on us: nobody’s expecting to have to hand over $16K with a day’s notice, particularly after they’ve just purchased a house and used their savings and out of pocket money to secure
December 4, 2014
Scalise / Hoyer working together to bring Boehner votes
Because that’s what the American people demand: that Congress Get Things Done and Govern Effectively. And by gum, the GOP is going to show it won’t let something like principals or campaign promises get in the way of this political objective! It’s bipartisanship in action! It’s compromise writ ostentatiously! And Americans love that shit — even if it means dumping 5 million new illegals into the work force as legal
December 3, 2014
States act while Congress dithers on Obama’s unilateral amnesty orders [Darleen Click]
A coalition of 17 states files lawsuit AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is leading a 17-state coalition in suing over the Obama administration’s recently announced executive actions on immigration. Many top Republicans have denounced President Barack Obama’s unilateral move designed to spare as many as 5 million people living illegally in the United States from deportation. But Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott took it a step further Wednesday, filing a lawsuit
December 2, 2014
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves [Darleen Click]
Headline: About 100 brains missing from University of Texas All from the Admin Building, I assume?
December 2, 2014
Twana Brawley 2.0 [Darleen Click]
The whole UVA “I was gang-raped at a frat party” story in The Rolling Stone is raising some troubling questions. Could it be a hoax? Magic 8 ball sez signs point to yes Last week, writer Richard Bradley published an essay essentially applying the criteria of dissimilarity and embarrassment to the by-now world-famous Rolling Stone story about a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity. Bradley, who as editor
December 2, 2014
Racist incident revealed to be a hoax; University of Chicago shrugs [Darleen Click]
Because the political agenda behind the hoax is something they embrace. A University of Chicago student who claimed his Facebook page was hacked and filled with racist and violent messages against him and another student has now admitted he faked the attack. Intended to shame the school into making drastic changes around race and speech on campus, the hoax appears to have worked. The students behind the ruse, the hoodwinked
December 1, 2014
Blood ties
Went in this morning to have some blood drawn to see if we can get to bottom of some of the health problems I’ve been experiencing. Sorry for my prolonged absence. Since my mother’s death, I’ve been dealing with the legal system, family, etc., and trying hard to put the pieces back together somehow. It’s only now really hitting me that my Mom is gone, so quickly did everything happen
November 30, 2014
The $6.8 trillion Keynesian bubble in China [Darleen Click]
American Leftists pine for the authoritarian rule in China that will make sure The State runs the economy and “gets things done” … so how is that working out? The Chinese economy has wasted $6.8 trillion (£4.3 trillion) in investment during the last four years. Six-point-eight trillion dollars. That’s according to a report from China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the Academy of Macroeconomic Research, written up here in
November 30, 2014
Wanderers … [Darleen Click]
Wanderers – a short film by Erik Wernquist from Erik Wernquist on Vimeo.
November 29, 2014
Shit keeps on happ’nin’ [McGehee]
Sounds like a line from an old Stevie Wonder tune. Let’s climb up on higher ground and take a look at what’s going on beyond Ferguson and D.C. “The outcome of the 2008 2010 2012 2014 elections is the End of Politics, proving once and for all that [x] is true false true false and ending the argument for all time. I won, so all you Republicans Democrats Republicans and