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December 16, 2011

Pelosi's fuzzy math, redux

And by “fuzzy,” I of course mean, “Jesus, does this fucking moron have even the first idea how a market economy works? Or does she think money just magically appears by way of sweetheart deals and IPO tipoffs?” “Pelosi: Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Create ‘600,000 Jobs’”: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that extending unemployment benefits would add “600,000 jobs to our economy.” She also said that the money

Buckley's National Review, then and now [update]

Rich Lowry, “Run, Newt, Run! Gingrich 2008?,” National Review, 2006: The old conventional wisdom about Gingrich was that we wouldn’t have him to kick around anymore. The new conventional wisdom is that he’s back, and he’s doing the kicking. Ousted by his own party after its losses in the 1998 midterm elections, Gingrich has reestablished himself as a party leader through sheer intellectual energy. He has had something intelligent to