May

10

Obama’s Gay Marriage Distraction

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***** President Obama can try all he wants, but barring unforeseen catastrophic national security issues, the economy is going to decide his fate. Endorsing gay marriage (again) doesn’t lower the deficit; or affect jobless claims; or provide cover for all the “clean energy” ripoffs; or undo Obamacare; or halt the labor force exodus; or get [...]

Apr

18

Latest Job Created by the Obama Administration: Video Game Czar

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This new staffer is no doubt charged with finding ways to jam Obama administration propaganda into the nooks and crannies of as many games possible under the guise of “education”: If you’re training for a new job someday soon with a video game controller in your hands, thank Constance Steinkuehler. This summer, when your kids’ [...]

Apr

10

Miss Universe to Allow Transgender Contestants

Filed Under Culture, PC | 6 Comments

Good news for any of you guys who have been pulling for the Miss Universe pageant to feature more contestants who look like RuPaul and J-Nap: With newly inclusive pageant rules, transgender women can now aspire to the Miss Universe crown. The Miss Universe Organization announced Tuesday that it will allow contestants who were not [...]

Jan

22

Fox Sports: Joe Paterno Has Died

Filed Under Culture, Law, Sports | 4 Comments

A sad and swift addendum to an already horrible story: Joe Paterno, the iconic former Penn State football coach whose legend was tarnished when he was fired in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, has died, his family confirmed Sunday. He was 85. Doctors had said Saturday that Paterno’s condition had become ”serious” in [...]

Nov

22

Department of Homeland Security Warns of Holiday Threat

Filed Under Culture, Nat'l Security, Politics | 12 Comments

Now that Bin Laden’s dead the DHS has really gotten distracted: I’m more interested in knowing if somebody’s going to try and blow my ass up at the mall this weekend, but whatever. DHS linked to the video below. Isn’t assuming that a frozen turkey dunked in hot oil will explode in a ball of [...]

Jul

8

NY Mayor Bloomberg to Officiate Gay Wedding

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Mayor Bloomberg has muscled his way into officiating one of the first gay weddings in New York: New York City Michael Bloomberg will officiate his chief policy adviser’s wedding on July 24, the first day gays can marry in the state. The New York Times reports that this week, Bloomberg called John Feinblatt, who works [...]

Jul

5

Rush to Joplin

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Hopefully everybody had a nice Independence Day weekend! I still have all my fingers in spite of some fairly massive fireworks that we set off here at the compound, so I’ve got that goin’ for me. Yesterday Rush Limbaugh was in Joplin, Missouri and gave a rousing speech to a huge crowd in the town [...]

Jun

3

Jack Kevorkian Dies

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Years ago, I met Jack Kevorkian. It was “in passing,” but I did shake his hand and speak with him very briefly. He was cordial and so was I, but all I can remember thinking was how creepy it would be to sit in his rusty VW van… even creepier if he was hooking up [...]

May

3

‘Who is Osama bin Laden?’ — When Twitter and a Failed Educational System Collide

Filed Under Culture, World News | 16 Comments

Meet some of the people who one day (if not already) could be cancelling out your vote. From Business Insider as collected by Ned Hepburn, here’s a sampling: You know, I half expected to see a Tweet from James Clapper in that mix. Fortunately some are generously stepping forward to help explain: Better than nothing, [...]

Nov

5

The Media’s a Little Slow in Catching on to the Bert & Ernie Thing

Filed Under Culture, Entertainment, Media | 4 Comments

A section of my local paper offers a “scoop” about something I figured out when I was ten: The rest of America was thinking that by the mid-1970′s. I mean, come on: Bonus fun fact: There’s a 1 in 3 chance that Bert and Ernie voted Republican on Tuesday.

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