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October 2012

Finally, the definitive reason for Obama’s poor debate performance is revealed

And that reason, according to the President, was Mitt Romney.  Mitt Romney made the President lose the debate.  And he did so, nefariously and without a shred of fairness, by not adopting the “Mitt Romney” persona created for him by the press and the Obama campaign.  That is, he did so by bringing actual reality into an arena the President mistakenly believed would still be guided by those special rules

On intentionalism and “boys”

Kevin Baker, Harper’s: [Obama]didn’t show a spark of anger, even when Romney slyly found a way to call him a boy, comparing Obama’s statements to the sorts of childish lies his ‘five boys’ used to tell.  How the right’s hard-core racists must have howled at that! Mitt, at long last, has secured his base. Well, what can I say?  We allow such arguments because we allow (incorrectly and from a

A reminder, given the attempts of late by the legacy media to massage the news cycle

An ambassador was murdered and dragged through the streets, likely after being ass-banged by Islamists.  Al Qaeda was behind the hit, which was planned in advance and orchestrated carefully. It is likely that the US State Department — and perhaps the President (were he at one of his daily briefings, say by accident or something) — knew of the attacks in advance. Both the Israelis and MI6 have noted that

“Economist: Unemployment drop ‘implausible … a statistical quirk’”

John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros of RDQ Economics: This report is a tale of two labor markets.  The establishment survey (payrolls) painted a picture of moderately growing employment over the last three months but at a marginally slower pace than over the last year.  At this pace of job creation, the unemployment rate should be barely drifting lower given underlying demographic trends.  In contrast, the household survey painted a picture of a

Remember when I suggested the way to beat back the Leviathan was through ballsy state maneuverings?

Well.  Some lawmakers in AZ have got sack. Proposition 120 would amend the Arizona Constitution to grant the state exclusive control over air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state’s boundaries.1 In 1910, the federal government granted nearly 11 million acres to the Territory of Arizona as part of the Arizona-New Mexico Enabling Act, allowing it to become a state. In accordance with this legislation,

Success! “Unemployment Rate Plummets to 4.3% — For Government Workers”

CNS: The best news anywhere in the U.S. economy over the past three months has been in the government sector, where unemployment has dropped dramatically from 5.7 percent in July to 5.1 percent in August to 4.3 percent in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both the federal and state governments increased their employees in July, August and September. The Obama administration has added 10,000 civilian workers to

Serendipity! Unemployment rate falls to 7.8% right before the election

October surprise!  Great news for Obama. Proof that, while it took longer than anticipated, we’re finally really moving in the right direction! Except, it’s utter bullshit — and it’s bullshit I predicted months ago would take place magically in the month leading up to the election. It’s who these people are.  It’s what they do. ALG: Today’s unemployment report met the political threshold set by Obama of being below 8

“NAACP Official: Obama Campaign Staffer Threatened Me” [Darleen Click]

Ah, the acrid smell of desperation in the air CHICAGO (CBS) — The President of the South Suburban Branch of the NAACP alleges a director of the re-election campaign of Barack Obama has threatened and intimidated him because he doesn’t support the president. […] David Lowery says he believes he was threatened during a phone conversation with Louis Raymond, the Illinois political director for Obama for America. Lowery says he

When the revolution comes…

…and if we outlaws have any true revolutionary spirit, we’ll greet the mainstream press first, with hot tar, filthy pigeon feathers, and stocks built and set out in the public square. To be followed immediately by the merciless taunts of John Bolton’s mustache, Regis, echoing in their blistered treasonous ears. As for Axelrod’s mustache, I say we have that thing forcibly shaved off, carefully reconfigured, and then returned to Stalin’s

Social Security is structurally sound!

If by “structurally sound,” Obama meant $8.6 trillion in the hole, and worsening. I guess it’s all a matter of perspective: if what you want is the whole system to topple, knowing that the money will run out and the system will then collapse, atop which rubble you plan to build a liberal fascist / socialist Utopia run by a permanent ruling class that isn’t held in check by hoary