Well, if you’re the right sort, that is. Pony up! From Dan Collins: What is the matter with these people? The U.S. government has accepted 10 percent of the profits of the upcoming “Passion of the Christ” prequel in a plea deal with a Mexican drug smuggler, despite apparently knowing the royalties had been obtained illegally. According to AP reports, Jorge Vázquez Sánchez, 34, pleaded guilty to money laundering and
May 18, 2012
“In Obama’s economy, it’s better to forget college”
Forward! For how many generations have parents told their offspring that a college education would virtually guarantee economic success in life? Well, not in Obama’s economy. All part of his hopeless change. Our perspicacious IBD colleague Jed Graham has been studying the latest labor force data. Here’s his eye-opening finding: “For the first time in history, the number of jobless workers age 25 and up who have attended some college
May 18, 2012
Election 2012: Romney camp indicates early surrender
We knew it would be this way: it’s 2008 all over again, with the GOP Establishment having convinced itself that it was the presence of Palin that likely sank the good and mavericky McCain juggernaut. Which is why we’ll likely get some milquetoast VP candidate like Portman. To vindicate McCain. So, to recap. The Romney campaign — along with the GOP intelligentsia (but I repeat myself) — has signaled that,
May 17, 2012
Dennis Miller: “Is this where 50 years of feminism has lead us …” [Darleen Click]
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Hilarious bit about gender-neutral bathrooms begins at the 4:40 mark, but there are some gems in the first part, too. h/t The Right Scoop
May 17, 2012
Politico, Boehner, and the value of trust [bh]
Politico says the House Republicans are planning on saving multiple aspects of Obamacare. Other folks are reporting otherwise and include firm denials from key players. So, is this something? If you don’t trust Politico and you don’t trust Boehner then it’s hard to say, isn’t it? Update: Here’s Levin on the matter. (Thanks, mc4ever59.)
May 17, 2012
Uncle Tom Watch [Darleen Click]
Zimmerman is white, Warren is a woman of color and these guys are not really black: Thomas Sowell What the authorities and the media seem determined to suppress is that the hoodlum elements in many ghettoes launch coordinated attacks on whites in public places. If there is anything worse than a one-sided race war, it is a two-sided race war, especially when one of the races outnumbers the other several
May 17, 2012
“Thank you for your conformity” [Darleen Click]
Probably not the best ad I’ve seen … I would prefer a more mocking tone. But it absolutely hits it out of the park when it comes to demonstrating how the Left considers any woman who dissents from its dogma as “inauthentic.”
May 16, 2012
“SHOCK REPORT: Recoverable Oil in Federal Lands Worth Over $60 Trillion”
Unfortunately, money that takes the form of profitability — like coal and, in this case, shale and the oil extracted from it — is dirty dirty dirty, not like spending beyond our means for “fairness,” or, as an objective correlative, organically-harnessed green energy that, with the proper nudging from the most enlightened and best among us will one day propel all our cars and return the earth to its most