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November 28, 2011

Old football players never die

…they just fight each other with canes. Or centerpieces. Or whatever else may be close by. Rumors abound that the only reason Zombie Ray Nitschke didn’t join in the melee is that he’s been busy training to “eat the shit” out of former Bears halfback Gayle Sayers “sometime real soon.”

Probably just a coincidence, this

Richmond Tea Party demands deposit refund, receives audit notice. For social justice. — Which, before you Hobbits start prattling on about imaginary left-wing conspiracies, let me remind you that when the very “progressive” Occupy LA protest group began, like their Richmond TEA Party analogues, making ludicrous demands of city government, the Democrat mayor (like the IRS) responded quite forcefully. By, you know, negotiating with them and granting Occupy LA free

"Protecting America from the EMP Threat"

Turns out protection involves a layered missile defense system. Which means we can forget about it. So long as a single child in the US is forced to watch standard DVDs or drink powdered fruit juice, the US military has no business gearing up for the unlikely event that sage, circumspect actors like North Korea or Iran, et al., might try something so silly as an EMP attack. Besides. We’re

"Obama campaign abandons white working-class voters in favor of minorities and the educated"

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

POLITICAL SHOCKER: Revered Republican spokesman who went for Obama in 2008 thinks unseemly Hobbits lack the intelligence and nuance to properly decide what candidate best represents their interests

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

Barney Frank to retire from Congress

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

"The United States of EPA "

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

"Chevrolet Volt Flunks Two Out of Three Crash Tests, Triggers Formal Investigation" [updated and updated again]

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