[specialized posting; feel free to ignore] From article hub — the ultimate in make believe expertise online. Looks like Jake Shannon is really getting his $450 worth! [Note: Shannon often uses these kinds of “articles hub” or “articles base” websites to link his pieces to one another and drive up their perceived importance in search engines. For instance, today’s “article” on “smears” is linked to things like “interior design” and

Last week: 11/16. Season: 103/163 New England over Detroit – YAY! New Orleans over Dallas – YAY! NYJets over Cincinnati – YAY! Green Bay over Atlanta – X Pittsburgh over Buffalo – YAY! Cleveland over Carolina – YAY! NYG over Jacksonville – YAY! Minnesota over Washington – YAY! Houston over Tennessee – YAY! Philadelphia over Chicago – X Baltimore over Tampa Bay – YAY! Seattle over KC – X Miami

In fact, just the opposite is true: by rallying to insist that a heretofore largely ineffectual establishment GOP wake up in time to stop Obama’s disastrous policy stewardship of the US, crazy nutbag wingnut teabaggers like me are hoping to preserve what’s left of a constitutional republic, wherein we as individuals are granted natural rights, not “managed” rights based on the whims of a liberal fascist President and select bureaucrats

[Feel free to ignore this post if you aren’t at all interested in the subject matter] Just received the following email regarding Libertarian congressional candidate and erstwhile hypnotist/fitness trainer/human rights investigator/polymath/scientific wrestling expert Jake Shannon:

It’s been mentioned before, but something to watch as a gauge of how seriously the GOP establishment took the message sent them by the Tea Party earlier this month is to whom they give the Chairmanship of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. One candidate getting serious consideration is Fred Upton, whose voting record shows (among other things) an affinity for both the EPA and federally mandated light bulbs, support

I think as a presidential candidate, Chris Christie would make a great NJ governor. Not that he’s planning on running for another office anytime soon. Just, well, I want to be clear about how I view the conservative flavor of the month. Because between his implied Ground Zero mosque support (or at least, his manner of chastising those opposing it), the Castle endorsement, the Palin-bashing, his weakness on real immigration

Why draw back amid public outrage when you can just double down: “[Terrorists] are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through,” Napolitano said in an interview that aired Monday night on “Charlie Rose.” “I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime. So, what do we

“Japan on High Alert Following North Korea’s Attack”. It will be interesting to watch both China and our President here. As well as Glenn Beck and SEK, I suppose. Developing…

Gerald Seib, WSJ: A popular theory of this year’s midterm election holds that Democrats took a shellacking in part because big chunks of the party’s core liberal base, discouraged at the path of the Obama administration, stayed home rather than show up to vote as they did in 2008. […] While it’s correct that some key parts of the Democratic coalition—young voters and African-Americans among them—didn’t perform as they did

So says Byron York. Replies a skeptical protein wisdom, “from your mouth to God’s ears, Byron…”: Barack Obama is only halfway through his term, but it’s not too early to ask: What is the biggest whopper he has told as president? So far, the hands-down winner is: “No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people. If you like your doctor, you will