But no worries. We’ve got Mitt. Mitt. Mitt, Mitt, he’s our man, if he can’t do it, well, maybe Jeb Bush and Karl Rove can get together with Chris Christie and figure something out. (thanks to geoffB, who notes that Kimberlin and crew get a mention at about the 33 minute mark)
June 16, 2012
“Only free enterprise puts people first” [Darleen Click]
Why capitalism is the only system worthy of a free people … in under one minute!
June 16, 2012
Assertion: when it comes to interpretation, it matters what it is we think we’re doing when we interpret
Darleen sends this bit along: A new book co-authored by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and legal writing expert Bryan Garner accuses judges – including some on the Supreme Court – of loose and unprincipled decisionmaking that has tarnished the reputation of the judiciary. “The descent into social rancor over judicial decisions is largely traceable to nontextual means of interpretation, which erode society’s confidence in a rule of law that
June 15, 2012
Martin Bashir engages in a little assassination p0rn … [Darleen Click]
So, has the Secret Service paid him a visit? And if not, why the fuck not?
June 15, 2012
nutritional musings, 1
So as I’m standing at the counter drizzling greasy-slick chili-sesame oil on my (rather heavily) sea-salted edamame, it occurs to me: I may have just caused Michele Obama and Michael Bloomberg’s heads to explode. At the same time! — Which, awesome!
June 15, 2012
It’s not “amnesty,” you alarmist bitter-clingers…
It’s an exercising of discretion. Like the following of any law is, in this, the anti-foundationalist postmodern States of United American Fairnessness. Forward!
June 15, 2012
Just who is the ’50s throwback again?
It’s the Obama version of “Happy Days”! (Only without the Fonz. Because the Fonz was cool. And “cool” is racist code. For “bumbling economic illiterate marinated in Marxism and radical chic,” or some such.) Jim Pethokoukis: Get ready for some Baby Boomer nostalgia from our 21st century, ultramodern president: “In the decades after World War II there was a general consensus that the market couldn’t solve all of our problems
June 15, 2012
It’s a rhetorical question
Crawford, in the comments: Can anyone tell me just WTF is the value of being a US citizen? Don’t need it to vote — at least, according to Holder’s DOJ. Don’t need it to work in the US — according to just about everyone in DC. Don’t need it to get handed taxpayer money — ditto. Having it means you’ll actually have to serve time for crimes, and you’re on