Racists
Wheat & Weeds – Con Census
Skipping the actual form…
I checked “other” and put American. Which I’m guessing census readers will interpret as “white,” but the defiance felt good. (If you choose to do the same, and there’s a national movement to respond so, be aware that if the feds choose to be picky, [...]
Categories: Politics
An Unaccessible Doctor For All!
Genius!
The uninsured, it’s said, use emergency rooms for primary care. That’s expensive and ineffective. Once they’re insured, they’ll have regular doctors. Care will improve; costs will decline. Everyone wins. Great argument. Unfortunately, it’s untrue. A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the insured accounted for 83 percent [...]
Categories: Politics
Appealing To Their Interests in Not Ruining the Economic Strength of the Country
From Cato:
State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent candidate for governor, today offered a wide-ranging and scathing criticism of the state’s universal health care law, saying it is bankrupting Massachusetts and will do the same nationally, if a similar plan is passed in Congress. “If President Obama and the Democrats [...]
Categories: Politics
The New Black Helicopter Crowd
Cute:
A New Hampshire neighbor of mine did this ["Find a strip of land, live off the grid, stockpile ammunition, raise emus for meat, and keep your eyes peeled"] for a while. Then he figured out the ATF guys don’t need to besiege his stockade. What with GPS and so forth, Obama can take [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
Moral Degeneracy and *Your* MSM!
I missed this. A report of Toby Harnden’s from 2004, relinked to by Instapundit, talking about yet another idiotic antiwar movie that’s bombing (I’d never even heard of it till last night) (I’d link to the original Spectator article but it just punts to the home page):
The other day, while taking a break [...]
Categories: War and Peace
Obama Needs Naptime Or Else He’ll Create a Diplomatic Incident
Telegraph – Barack Obama ‘too tired’ to give proper welcome to Gordon Brown
Barack Obama’s offhand approach to Gordon Brown’s Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America’s economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.
How does he explain the [...]
Categories: Politics
Oh, Gag Me With A Kate Spade Spoon
Telegraph headline:
Reese Witherspoon chides Michelle Obama for stealing capital’s style crown Reese Witherspoon says her “Legally Blonde” character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the US capital by Michelle Obama.
Categories: Entertainment
More Than Crazy, Perhaps
An infographic:
North Korea: The Craziest Country In the World
Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs
What Doesn’t Represent a Majority of the Republican Caucus
NRO – AWOL in the Bunning Battle The GOP shows why Obamacare is a good bet for the Left. By Andrew McCarthy
If Obamacare passes, Obamacare is forever. Just ask Jim Bunning. The Kentucky Republican finally caved in Tuesday after relentless pressure from other senators — including Republicans — to drop what [...]
Categories: Politics
In Which War, Crime, Hunger Are Banished, Harmony and Fair Business Dealings Achieved For All
A few examples of the authorities trying to find ways to make themselves useful in this new paradise we find ourselves in:
BBC – ‘Nose blow’ driver case dropped
Michael Mancini said he had been given a fixed penalty notice after using a handkerchief while his van was stationary in traffic in Ayr. [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
A Tale of Two Crappy Vice Presidential Picks
I’ve never thought of it this way:
NY Daily News – Palin vs. Edwards, a case study in media bias
When in 2004 John Kerry picked Edwards, whose entire resume in public life at that point consisted of six years in the U.S. Senate, to be his vice-presidential nominee, few questioned whether Edwards was qualified [...]
Categories: Politics
Alexander Haig
Honestly, I’d never heard that story about him and the White House and Reagan getting shot. So here’s RC2, for all your remembrance needs:
Wheat & Weeds – No Longer In Charge
Poor Alexander Haig will always be remembered for his Constitutionally-mistaken effort to keep everyone calm when President Reagan was shot. Everyone acts as [...]
Categories: Politics
Still Sick; Take It Away, Mark Steyn
Macleans – The absurd trial of Geert Wilders, by Mark Steyn
Point A:
Geert Wilders, by contrast, is one of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands, and his fate is central to the future of his kingdom and his continent. He is an elected member of parliament—and, although he’s invariably labelled “far right” in [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
The I’m Sick Link Dump of February, 2010
SO MUCH but so little energy…
On Unions and how to deal with them:
Corner – State of the Nation, by John Derbyshire
This headline brightened up my breakfast: Unionized Rhode Island Teachers Refuse To Work 25 Minutes More Per Day, So Town Fires All Of Them [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
Greece!
This whole thing has been very entertaining. The situation they’re in, the protests, then the German reaction, etc etc…
Germans say euro zone may have to expel Greece: poll
The poll also showed 67 percent of Germans did not want Germany and other EU states to give billions of euros in credit to Greece. [...]
Categories: People and Current Events
