That is, to the extent it’s possible. Take solace in family and friends and know that you won’t be alone in your sufferings. It’s barely 8:45 am here, and I’m already drinking. Take that as a sign. Also, I’m going to leave this post here as an open thread of sorts, for when we get the announcement that, naturally, the GOP has folded on the “fiscal cliff crisis” just in
December 2012
December 31, 2012
NYT Op-ed: “Let’s Give Up on the Constitution”
So argues Louis Michael Seidman, who, as is routine with progressives from Woodrow Wilson onward, is gracious enough to keep the parts of the Constitution he likes, but bemoans the very checks and balances that serve to protect individuals from the government, and deny temporary demagogues the power to affect enormous sudden systemic change. He also (predictably) ignores that the Constitution contains an amendment process, a strategic rhetorical bracketing on
December 31, 2012
This is gom jabbar [McGehee]
In the comment thread to this post I brought up Dinesh D’Souza’s 2010 book, The Roots of Obama’s Rage, which D’Souza touts as a theory of Barack Obama that works. It does, in my opinion, do a very effective job. But in responding to this comment by Pellegri this morning I realized I’ve already been touting a theory of not only Obama but the progressive Democrats he leads, that also
December 30, 2012
Tactics, trajectory, takeover: connecting the dots
Reading through several emails I received this morning it occurred to me that, though each note addressed a disparate bit of leftist dogma, in the aggregate the emails were essentially talking to one another — combining to draw a picture of the contemporary Democratic Party and its complete usurpation by those historically referred to as the New Left. To try to make coherent the connectedness of these various strains of
December 29, 2012
Oakland, CA, knows its priorities — while 130 homicides to date for 2012, focus to be multi-gender indoctrination of grade-schoolers [Darleen Click]
December 29, 2012
California Supreme Court channels Animal Farm [Darleen Click]
Where Union animals are more equal than others. The California Supreme Court upheld two state laws Thursday that permit labor unions to picket on privately owned property at store entrances. The two state laws, which specifically prevent courts from interfering with peaceful labor pickets on private property, are justified “by the state’s interest in promoting collective bargaining to resolve labor disputes,” Justice Joyce L. Kennard wrote for the court. Other
December 29, 2012
A reminder for Dianne Feinstein, and any other Congress person intent on disarming us
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government” — Thomas Jefferson Believe it or not, many of us still know this. And we aren’t into losing more slowly.
December 29, 2012
“Want to Defeat a Proposed Public Policy? Just Label its Supporters as ‘Extreme'”
Language matters. Who knew? New research shows how support for a generally liked policy can be significantly lowered, simply by associating it with a group seen as “radical” or “extreme.” In one experiment, researchers found that people expressed higher levels of support for a gender equality policy when the supporters were not specified than when the exact same policy was attributed to “radical feminist” supporters. These findings show why attacking
December 29, 2012
“Feinstein’s Gun Control Bill Will Trigger The Next American Revolution”
Quick. Somebody alert Professor Kiteley so he can ostentatiously distance himself from such eliminationist rhetoric. Then tell him he owes me an apology. Because of the prescience.
December 29, 2012
“Nation running out of ammo”
Well, that title may be misleading. Because the ammo that was once available has been bought up by somebody. And those somebodies aren’t fixing to run out of ammo any time soon, is my guess. Still, I take your point.