Our Kiwi Kommenter wrote, at 2340 on Sunday, 20 March 2011: My prediction is that we’re going to see yet another cycle of mission creep, with Dana and co supporting escalating force every step of the way, provided they can square it with their loathing for the ni-usurper in the White House. It’s March. I [...]
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One last post: the Jim Thorpe 2011 Veterans’ day Parade
I’m posting this here primarily so I can post the pictures on Truth Before Dishonor without eating up too much of Mr Hitchcock’s bandwidth! More pictures after the fold.
The death of CSPT
I am closing down CSPT. It has become nothing but a meat-grinder for political animosities which have turned into personal animosities. I really don’t like the idea of having to restrict commenters, but not having done so has become an experiment which is simply failing. I can understand that the Phoenician is simply an ass, [...]
The Weekly Standard missed the “nuance”
From : Obama: ‘I Think We Are Better Off’ Obama last month: ‘Well I don’t think they are better off than they were four years ago.’ 10:11 PM, Nov 1, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER In the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan encouraged voters to ask themselves, “Are you better off than you were four years [...]
I disagree with what they are doing, but at least they are going about it in the right way
From Think Progress: Senators Introduce Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United By Zaid Jilani on Nov 2, 2011 at 9:50 am One of the overarching themes of the 99 Percent Movement is that our democracy is too corrupted by corporate special interests. This corruption was worsened last year by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, [...]
The Greeks are revolting
It looks like Greece is about to foul up: Government in Greece Teeters After Move on Referendum By RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS Published: November 1, 2011 ATHENS — The government of Prime Minister George Papandreou teetered on the verge of collapse on Tuesday, threatening Greece’s adherence to the terms of a new deal with [...]
If you are going to run for President, you had better not have this in your background
I sure don’t like to see this, but if it’s true, it’s the death knell for the candidacy of Herman Cain: Exclusive: Two women accused Cain of inappropriate behavior By: Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman and Anna Palmer and Kenneth P. Vogel October 30, 2011 08:00 PM EDT During Herman Cain’stenure as the head of [...]
Freedom of speech and our friends on the left
From Donald Douglas: The Hate Speech Bugaboo This is an unbelievably ridiculous piece, from Erna Paris, at Toronto’s Globe and Mail, “There *are* limits to free expression.” And from the comments: Hate speech is less prevalent in Canada today because Canadians don’t like it and don’t want it, not because of any law. Canada is [...]