Unfortunately, it turns out the major media — in addition to being an activist arm of the progressive movement — are also given to bouts of (well-deserved) self-loathing, and being treated like lowly useful idiots by someone so Historic and Transformative as Barack Hussein Obama….well, that’s like letting Madonna take a shit on you on stage, or getting to sniff and then cuddle one of Kurt Cobain’s vomit-riddled t-shirts!  Sure,

As whatever it is that has infested our intestinal tract here at casa de protein wisdom continues to ebb and flow — with an emphasis on the flow — we as its hosts and servants continue to muddle on and through, serving as parent volunteers on school field trips, wrestling coaches, tournament-grade wrestlers, and an extraordinarily powerful 19-month old who, though he’s been battling the the runs, continues to amaze

I have no idea if this is a staged parody or for real. Doesn’t seem to matter, though.

Today’s must read, Silicon Chasm. Master and servant. Cornucopian wealth for a few tech oligarchs plus relatively steady but relatively low-paying work for their lucky retainers. No middle class, unless the top 5 percent U.S. income bracket counts as middle class. Silicon Valley is a tableau vivant of what many economists and professional futurologists say is the coming fate of America itself, a fate to which Americans, if they can’t

Which of course can never happen — nobody is going to confiscate your weapons, and registries make us all safer! — so stop your hyperventilatory scare-mongering, you gun-fetishizing nutters, with your ammo hoards, your generators, and your pre-fab bucket food stored in your basement bunker. Why do you insist on seeing little school children mowed down with military-styled assault rifles and their deadly adjustable stocks and rails for strobing lights? 

Thanksgiving Proclamation President George Washington City of New York, October 3, 1789 Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of

The ruling class vs. the rest of us.  Doesn’t really matter if they wear a flag lapel pin and call themselves Republicans or not:  the GOP establishment is run by corporatist interests, which is why, for instance — though the American people are fundamentally against amnesty — the GOP leadership is working with the Democrats to get “comprehensive immigration reform” passed.    The Dems get voters; the Dem tech billionaires