… Kevin McCarthy, third in line in the House GOP leadership, all but said that the Hastert Rule, which Boehner’s House has violated 3 times recently, is dead.  No more.  Sleeps with the fishes.  It has simply ceased to be alive. Which means, essentially, that the GOP leadership’s plan to “re-brand” the party is to freeze out conservatives entirely, ignore the wishes of those who foisted them into power to

It has to do with public safety. For the children! So howsabout you stop your griping. You stupid fat redneck paranoiacs. Submit! Because it’s not like liberal legislators are going to listen to your concerns anyway. (h/t GeoffB)

I tell you, it’s a growing movement, this outlaw! thing.  And that’s because an awakened free people simply isn’t going to accept forever being harangued and maligned by progressive statists (or their Republican counterparts) who believe they are the stewards of all that is good and right, especially when it is becoming increasingly obvious that they are no such thing, but rather are poseurs of  superficial intellect — dangerous, hateful

Turns out I was right. Kind of.  Because honestly, I was thinking more 1960s US, not 1930s Germany.  But it’s the thought that counts, right? CNS News, “Wisconsin’s VISTA Program Encourages Volunteers to Overcome White ‘Privilege’”: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) wants its white VISTA volunteers who work with low-income, racially diverse public schools to examine the “privilege” their Caucasian race confers on them. DPI devotes an entire

This is kinda awesome, really. I guess if you don’t ask, you’ll never know. Nice job, kid.