When reading this by David Frum, just think of broken clocks. President Obama just slapped in the face one of America’s closest allies in Europe. I’m looking for comment in the American media, and I find … wire stories reporting a spokesman’s apology for the president’s “misstatement”? The president intended to honor Jan Karski, a Polish-born U.S. citizen, who died in 2000. Karski was a hero of the Polish resistance,
May 29, 2012
Of egret tracks and corporate risk aversion
The Swirly Cone of Allah, redux. I’d write at length about this — particularly about the underlying linguistic assumptions being relied upon here and about how surrendering to those assumptions will only lead to more linguistic tyranny — but honestly, why bother? I’ve done it before, and nobody much cares to take the steps necessary to regain control over the language. Mostly, it would seem, because it’s cost-prohibitive and potentially
May 29, 2012
And you thought justice was blind… [update]
“Aaron Worthing” / Aaron Walker was arrested after a hearing in MD for violating “peace order” against convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin. According to sketchy early accounts, Kimberlin claimed he’d received death threats as a result of Walker’s blogging about his past crimes and present activities. As some of you will recall, I was able to obtain a legitimate order of protection against serial stalker Deb Frisch, who was posting the
May 29, 2012
Escape from New York
Only this time it’s the sequel to Escape from LA rather than its forerunner. Not that it matters: many of the people who leave failed liberal states will simply settle into a new state and get to work on destroying it, too. For instance, the Colorado of the 70s didn’t eat quiche. Then California threw up. And now we’ve become inundated with social locusts voting themselves and the rest of
May 29, 2012
If people aren’t going to buy the message socialism peddles
…then it’s time to subsidize it. After all, how can a society like Britain’s justify not listening to visionaries who, as champions of the Greater Good working with the Best of Intentions, are so self-evidently righteous? Moreover, why should such an obviously benighted and unappreciative society even be allowed to try? Now. Eat your peas.
May 28, 2012
Wall Street Titans Outearned by Media Czars [McGehee]
Thus sayeth Bloomberg: For more than a generation, Wall Street has been able to recruit the world’s best and brightest mostly by promising them more money than they can possibly make elsewhere. Indeed it is the rare Wall Street employee, especially among those just starting out, who admit to being motivated by anything other than the fat paychecks they have been promised. But when that promise can no longer be
May 28, 2012
Yes, Virginia, it really is all about Him [Darleen Click]
This … on Memorial Day … Really
May 28, 2012
Memorial Day 2012 [Darleen Click] UPDATED
I just put up my flag this morning. My gratitude, thoughts and prayers to all the members of our military, past and present, and their families. UPDATE Nice Deb has a great series of videos in honor and tribute to the day.
May 27, 2012
SWATting the Ericksons — just another Brett Kimberlin coincidence? [Darleen Click]
We report, You decide Last week we spent a lot of time writing about Brett Kimberlin and the incident involving blogger Patterico where someone spoofed his phone number and told 911 he had shot his wife. Tonight, my family was sitting around the kitchen table eating dinner when sheriffs deputies pulled up in the driveway. Someone called 911 from my address claiming there had been an accidental shooting. It wasn’t
May 27, 2012
Guns!
A (semi) ubiquitous topic here, but I’m in the market for a concealed carry handgun — and one for my wife, as well — and am open to suggestions / favorites. Also, has anybody yet fired the Kel-tec KSG? I’m probably going to pick that up as soon as I can find it unless I hear really bad things about it from people here I trust on such matters. That