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Tuesday, January 8. 2013“We all know now that Al Gore is nothing but a bulls***ter.”Says Al Gore's staff. Slow learners, I guess. From Sultan's scathingly entertaining Hollow Men:
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Minimum wage for interns?I'm not sure what is driving this movement. Unions, perhaps? My kids have all had various internships, paid and unpaid, some very well-paid. Internships are an opportunity for the student and, in most cases, a bit of a hassle for the person offering them. If a person thinks it worth their while to take an unpaid internship, why not? If they were paid, they might not be offered at all.
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Tuesday morning linksI Call Them 'Bat-Chomping, Bird-Slicing Eco Crucifixes' Because They ARE Bat-Chomping, Bird-Slicing Eco Crucifixes From a Lefty: In Defense of Sports - Why let capitalists have all the fun? How Law Schools Evade Market Competition Guns have become symbols in our polarized society, figurative Nationwide Gun Confiscation Australia ... 6 minute video case study A ceasefire in the war on drugs There's method in Chris Christie's madness Coyote: My Tax Proposal Question of the Week: “Can America Be Saved? Why Double Taxation Must Cease - Economic growth and rising living standards depend on saving and investment Charles Krauthammer Nails the Pelosi-Obama Motto: “We Have Not Begun to Tax and Spend” Starving The Poor To Feed Green Illusions Global outlook rosy; Europe's outlook grim Free enterprise Is Coming to Africa Image below via Theo Monday, January 7. 2013Do Americans want to live like Europeans?
There will be large tax increases on the middle class. There is no getting around it, if people want so many government benefits. Those Obamacare taxes are just the beginning. With that will come ever-slowing growth of jobs and income. The downward creep of regular tax increases has already begin (h/t Insty): The Stealth Tax Hike -- Why the New $450,000 Income Threshold Is a Political Fiction. I remain confused about why Europe seems like a good role model for a vigorous economy with opportunity for all. Now Democrats Aim for a Trillion in New Taxes. It's never enough.
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Monday morning linksYesterday was Epiphany Mom shoots intruder, saves kids “Justice” Comes to Islington - A London borough makes townhouses available to the poor. America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem, It Has a Gang Problem How Walt Disney Cashes In on Corporate Welfare Breaking Up Banks Is Easy When They Aren’t Failing Dodd-Frank may produce more problems than it solves. Simpson and Bowles Savage Obama, Cliff Deal NICE JOB, BLOOMBERG: NYC welfare funds being spent in strip clubs, porn joints, liquor stores... New Obamacare Law Is Already Forcing Premiums to Double in Some States Feud over Obama health care reforms to intensify in coming monthsSamuelson: If we can’t kill farm subsidies, what can we kill? Examiner Editorial: One term gone and no recovery in sightJoel Kotkin: California's politics of farceIsrael's Arabs: Deprived or Radicalized? Sunday, January 6. 2013Sunday morning linksPic: We ain't taking sides, because, for one thing, we have Alabama relatives. For another, we believe that rooting for teams is rooting for laundry - in Seinfeld's immortal words. I just liked this photo. But what the heck, it's all about money and fun and athletic talent, which are all good things. But "Brian Kelly" - sheesh. Irish enuf? Are you kidding me? Notre Dame vs. Alabama: College Football's Epic Rivalry Lou Holtz, the man who led the Irish to their last national title, on the health of college football amid big money, big injuries and big scandals. Our Culture, What's Left Of It: Interview with Theodore Dalrymple Wisdom from Psychopaths? A scientist enters a high-security psychiatric hospital to extract tips and advice from a crowd without a conscience 10 Things Happy People Do Differently (h/t Insty) Rent a Scottish Castle (or country house)
Frosties and Coco Pops today. But don’t be fooled into thinking it will end there. The Brits: 60,000 patients put on death pathway without being told but minister still says controversial end-of-life plan is 'fantastic' The Episcopal Church: Nothing Like Consistency (With Comedy Video Bonus) Behind the December jobs report -- why America's unemployment rate remains so high Do You Believe This Garbage?… Obama Resorts to Outright Lies in Weekly Address How the world's most prominent environmentalist learned to stop worrying and love Big Oil. Here Comes The Student Loan Bailout Your Government Forced You to Place a Cancer Menace In Your Home Belly up to the ATM, boys — drinks are on the taxpayers. I’m wondering if Elizabeth will advocate for the Times to get rid of their own armed guards?
Do women want the toughest fighting jobs? Abbas Salutes Hitler-Supporting Mufti, Terrorists in Anniversary Address CAIR chief claims Muslims discovered America first Overheated rhetoric on Israeli settlements Image below via Moonbattery Saturday, January 5. 2013Saturday morning linksReport: Drowsy driving is dangerous -- and common How To Cook Steaks On Your Stovetop That Taste Better Than in a Fancy Restaurant That's how I do ribeyes - crusty on the outside, rare inside. A grill does not do justice to good Costco ribeyes. One per person, please. A real treat. Construction is complete on behemoth airship; first flight planned Crime in England to Post on Facebook That “All Soldiers Should DIE & Go To HELL!” When did the Brits give up on free speech? We’re Saved! Concord Bans Planet Killing Water Bottles Internet emissions are terrible for the planet I Support President Obama’s Plan for Making Schools Safer The Guardian offers some moral support for pedophilia Heck, Bonobos do it all the time. We're just monkeys, right? Some Pluses, Many Negatives for Higher Education Obama Supporters Hit Hardest in Latest Jobs Report – Blacks, Hispanics and Young Adults Continue to Suffer New Hampshire Legislator: We Need to 'Restrict Freedoms' of Conservatives New York Green Weenies Almost Out of Gas Cruz Sworn In As Texas’ First Hispanic US Senator, Will Introduce Bill To Repeal ‘Obamacare’ Emmett Tyrrell: Liberals will learn that it's still about the economy And now the “rich” will pay… Why Obamacare's Health Care Cost Controls Won't Work - Our sad, failed history of technocratic cost controls. Schumer: Dems Won’t Negotiate With GOP On Debt Ceiling Illinois Tax Hikes, Two Years Later: A Failure - The Land of Lincoln is still aflame. CAIR demands media drop term “Islamist” An Appeal for Dictatorship Comes Out of the Closet at the New York Times It's termed "Liberal fascism." They are certain that they are wiser than us humble, feckless, ignorant
India and the United States: How Individuals and Corporations Have Driven Indo-U.S. Relations Ancient manuscripts indicate Jews thrived in Afghanistan a thousand years ago The Israelis should take it over. In five years, it would be the tech center of the world. Al-Jazeera’s “Alternative Viewpoint” in Qatar’s Paradise Friday, January 4. 2013Friday morning linksA free ad for Angie's List. We use it for almost everything these days. It's a great biz concept. Crony Capitalist Blowout - A tax increase for everyone but the favored wealthy few. McFortress - An antigun newspaper avails itself of the Second Amendment. Former Democratic NYC Mayoral Candidate Equates Gun Owners to Child Molesters FBI: More People Killed with Hammers, Clubs Each Year than Rifles $822,000 Worker Shows California Leads U.S. Pay Giveaway So What's Next, Mr. President? Nearly every decision made during Obama's presidency has been conducted under the canopy of catastrophe. Krauthammer: Return of the Real Obama - The president is dedicated to the expansion of the welfare state:
Gloom update: America: Doomed by Scarcity, Doomed by Plenty, Doomed, Doomed! BBB's charity ratings, seal of approval under fire Holder Brags About Burning 3,000 Bankers At the Stake Another Pigford government fraud? Egyptian Magazine Claims 2 High Ranking Homeland Security Officials are Muslim Brotherhood Operatives Hamas, PA reportedly refuse to take in Palestinian refugees from Syria Thursday, January 3. 2013Welcome to AmericaAl Gore may not have invented the internet or Global Warming, but his name will be forever associated with both. He certainly found ways to profit from these themes. Now he's found a way to profit from TV, which he never claimed to invent, but hoped to 're-invent' with his Current TV network. An unwatched network airing questionable programming, pursuing a bizarre agenda that was mildly anti-American to most of us. Well, now he's out of the TV business and turning the reins over to another crowd of potentially anti-American broadcasters. I can see the conspiracy theorists lining up behind this one. If Al-Jazeera somehow turns the U.S. into a Muslim nation, will Al Gore take credit for being the founding father of Islamic U.S.A.? Thursday morning linksPhoto is Between the woods and frozen lake, on Tuesday Single-molecule motor sits on a single-atom ball bearing The Rumford Meteor's Top 100 News Stories of 2012. One sample: Wiscasset Ladies Organ Society Gets Together And Wishes More Of Their Organs Worked Harvard Law to offer first free online course Examiner Editorial: Worst 2012 lawsuits argue for 2013 reforms CBS "Evening News" Report: Is ObamaCare Bad For Business? Higher ed: an obituary - On the future of higher education in the Internet age. The War on Drugs revisited 'Gun control' doesn't survive Christmas Michelle: Obama’s Tax Evaders of the Year VDH: 2013: Welcome to Very, Very Scary Times Democrats Quietly Allow Social Security Taxes To Rise U.S. Needs a 12-Step Program for Spending - It's as addictive as crack cocaine and even more dangerous. A Must-See Film on Being Over 50 and Out of Work Moscow flash mob: Puttin on the Ritz Wednesday, January 2. 2013Weds. morning back-to-work linksRoad sign seen in Lyme, CT, in November When College is a "Waste of Money" Prof. Mead had a wonderful New Year's Eve at the opera The Hobbit: Narrative Validation or Vandalism? 150 Years Ago Today… Republicans Freed the Slaves Toyota: Settlement of the year Fiscal Cliff Deal: $1 in Spending Cuts for Every $41 in Tax Increases Zero Hedge: Putting America's Tax Hike In Perspective Sheesh In 2013, Years Of Obama Reparations Planning Pay Off In Pigford DriscolI: Human Nature has no History Two Options for Home Invasions Tuesday’s tax increase is the biggest in decades David Brooks: This Fiscal Cliff Deal Is Rather A Crapburger, Eh? Mort Zuckerman: Brace For an Avalanche of Unfunded Debt Biden May Be the Most Influential Vice President Ever Seidman: “Let’s Give Up on [Parts of] the Constitution” A New Year’s Prediction Challenge For Climate Alarmists Ari Fleischer may give less if charitable deduction is limited; Libs freak out Brokaw: 'The system is rigged' US Marine Pens Viral Letter to Anti-Gun Senator Dianne Feinstein: “No Ma’am”:
Collision course with Israel How the Right Can Reclaim its Edge on Foreign Policy Court appeal of dissident Vietnam bloggers is rejected Israel economy best in the west Tuesday, January 1. 2013Tuesday morning linksI am bird-hunting today with Gwynnie, a real dog, and some friends. 20 ga., not binoculars. Hope our readers have a fine and jolly day too. I am in fine fettle, having only indulged in one beer last night, and early to bed. With a little luck, some pheasants for a late dinner tonight and a little vino. US on Pace for Slowest Decade of Population Growth Since 1930s Mead: Why did God choose the Jews? Sentimentalizing Serial Murder - A recent book exemplifies the erosion of moral judgment in Britain. Public Funding for Stadiums Jumps the Shark in Miami Top 10 Food Policy Success Stories of 2012 - This year had its share of good news for supporters of food freedom. US Shale Boom Is So Big You Can See It From Space NYC Wants to Mandate a No-Smoking Ban in Peoples’ Homes A Liberal Comes Clean: We Hate the Constitution Shaidle: Ban Schools, Not Guns Two interesting infographics were published recently that make it so easy to see the decline of the West, even a caveman can do it. Obama demonstrates the virtue of the sequestration Are you ready? ObamaCare: Pain 2.0 Health costs on top of tax hikes Health care law may mean less hiring in 2013 Watch Out: Your 401(k) Is Being Targeted Krauthammer: Obama showed´incredible arrogance´ in´astonishing´ press conference Hiring criminals: EEOC Protected Classes Steven Korn's Disastrous Tenure at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A Postmortem A Life of Integrity: Vladimir Bukovsky at 70 Bad news, Hamas. Israel’s Iron Dome gets better every day
Monday, December 31. 2012Monday morning linksSpectacular photo captures moment great white is gobbled by an EVEN BIGGER shark as it's hauled into fisherman's boat Modern Science Writers Leave Science Behind Obama's labor board bails out big unions again Scott Brown, time to start the truck Three things conservatives must know about progressivism in order to defeat it Old Aleppo, frontline ghost town of ruined treasures Visit Your Parents: It’s the Law Sunday, December 30. 2012Movie Review: DjangoSo you won't be disappointed, this will not be so much a review of the movie Django Unchained as a review of many reviewers. I've read about twenty reviews after seeing the movie. Django is pure Tarantino, over-the-top vulgar and violent, funny at times, the photography excellent and the actors fulfilling their roles well. In short, Django Unchained is a terrific shitkicker. It is an action-revenge film that takes place in the pre-Civil War South, which along the way grips the viewer with White-on-Black violence and degradation of the worst imagination or fact and Black-on-Black violence (the Mandingo fighting a historical fraud, according to experts) and intra-Black slavery-facilitating discrimination and repression. Most reviewers and audience polled give the film a high rating at review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. They just take it as Tarentino's outrageous brand of entertainment. Probably most viewers knew that going in to the theater. Some reviewers, Black and White, criticize the ahistorical emphases within the film or the depiction of some Blacks (I don't recall any of these reviews reflecting similarly about the Whites), or wonder whether the film is a useful ideological guide to today's Blacks. They are entitled to their points of view, and their excesses can be forgiven for having to find enough words to fill their column. Still, most manage to lesser or greater extent applaud the film's execution even if disturbed by its supposed meanings. Instead, don't look for meanings, or imagine them. Just enjoy a pure Tarantino shitkicker, with Shaft melded with Clint Eastwood and upping the gunplay, and every bad guy blown to spectacular smithereens.
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Sunday midday linksPic above pirated from Pirate Create Your Own Thomas Friedman Column The European Buffalo returns to Germany Archaeologists Think Hidden Imperial Tomb May Be Too Deadly to Explore Cool trip: INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU Red Kites in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys 'Class: A Guide Through the American Status System' 3 Reasons You Should Quit Social Media In 2013 ASPCA Pays Circus to Settle Suit DOJ Forces Mega-Mosque on Norwalk, CT Community A Blow to the College-Industrial Complex Law of unintended consequences: Subsidizing Flights of Fancy Gun Control Tramples On The Certain Virtues Of A Heavily Armed Citizenry What Wingate Wrought - The astonishing raids of a Special Operations pioneer in Palestine, Abyssinia, and Burma Pentagon, defense industry brace for looming spending cuts 5 Key National-Security Issues for 2013 Palestinian "holy Trinity": Jesus, Arafat and Abbas Saturday, December 29. 2012Saturday morning linksFood info: Eating Out in Italy Prayer and The Sadness of NHH Christmas Sudden Death of Show Pony Clouds Image of Elite Pursuit Clemson student's turtle project takes dark twist
Is it just me, or does Kwanzaa seem to come earlier and earlier each year?
The NYT is worried that the energy boom in eastern Montana has created too many high-paying jobs for Americans. Why not let taxes rise on the middle class? The other, other cliff: With no farm bill, milk prices set to soar Hobby Lobby Says It Will Defy Obama’s HHS Mandate Ring in the New Year with your New Healthcare Taxes Steyn: Laws Are for Little People:
Volokh: So What Are We Going to Do About It? I've previously noted that Something, perpetually, Must Be Done "Gregory had no intent to commit a crime; he was committing journalism instead." Hundreds of Ohio school workers want to carry guns Cornel West: 'No Tears' for 'Vanilla' Sandy Hook Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers CAIR Teams up With Banned Islamist in Mohammed Movie
Friday, December 28. 2012Friday morning linksOxygen TV to Run ‘All My Babies’ Mamas’ Show American Fathers Disappearing Mead's Yule Blog: Jesus' bio Can you spot the 'invisible animal'? Incredible images show nature's disappearing act when predators are near The Higher Ed Bubble: Medical Schools Offering Short Courses KUHNER: Jamie Foxx and the rise of black bigotry In which the Guardian’s George Monbiot encounters the underclass and shows how his worldview is quite different from yours PETA's culture of death ‘Right to Work’: Is Ohio Next? After Indiana and Michigan, Ohio must compete. Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed? The danger of treating gun violence as a mental health problem Men and Women Can't Be "Just Friends" - Researchers asked women and men "friends" what they really think—and got very different answers Someone tell Rahm Emanuel his children are protected by armed guard at school When kitchen knives are outlawed only outlaws will have kitchens. Activist re-launches anti-toy gun campaign Boy uses Dad's AR-15 to shoot home invader Henninger: The Biggest Cliff of All - The largest threat in the world is the collapse of public policy making. Dockworkers Strike Threatens to Close East Coast Ports Germany accused of 'deporting' its elderly: Rising numbers moved to Asia and Eastern Europe because of sky-high care costs Here’s How Darpa’s Robot Ship Will Hunt Silent Subs
Thursday, December 27. 2012Going for the big 100K
It should come as no surprise that certain people didn't especially take to this. Thousands Sign Petition to Deport Piers Morgan
Make that 'outright attack on the Second Amendment', to be precise. More fun and games below the fold, including a link to the petition. We're currently at the 82K mark. Forward! Continue reading "Going for the big 100K" Thursday morning linksThis morning's art photo stolen from Moonbattery Sowell: On Christmas, Liberals Are By No Means Liberal:
Disabled Workers Hit New High in December – Nearly 90,000 Apply For Federal Benefits The ‘Open for Business’ Tax Plan - Let’s eliminate tariffs and corporate taxes. The Case Against Public Education David Gregory should be arrested for violating DC’s gun law End the Food Protectionism Racket - Food protectionism is harmful, rampant, and stupid. A book: Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949 Look At All These Guns People Got for Christmas (h/t Insty) Not your father's UK: Arrested for having Swiss Army Knife in car Depardieu Move to Belgium Divides France A Message From China’s Collectivist Utopia Why Arabs Hate And Kill Palestinians US lambasts China for breaches of trade rules
Wednesday, December 26. 2012Entertaining Vietnam: A Major Treat of a FilmThose of us who served in Vietnam have fond memories of the traveling cover bands, usually very good, and their female dancers and singers, also very good and sexy. I saw a quote earlier that although we are now old, at least we got to see the great music groups. I'd include these show people who brought fun into our horny lives in Vietnam. Cinammon Stillwell is an accomplished reporter. Her mother made this documentary about the entertainers who visited us wherever we were in Vietnam. It is one of a kind, something that to my knowledge has not been documented before. The film does not have an embed, so you have to go to this site to watch it. I know that us Vietnam vets will, and I think others out there will enjoy it and learn something different than many misconceptions. Just for the heck of it, here's one of my blurry (I should say beery) photos in the 1st MarDiv HQs E-Club from back then:
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Do American citizens require everything in their lives to be controlled by their "betters" in government?We always say that "freedom is messy" and that "Freedom is not for sissies." From Sultan's A Perfect Prison:
(Hizzoner, of course, has been surrounded by armed men since he got rich on Wall St, long before becoming Mayor. Must be nice to afford armed bodyguards and armed drivers of your Lincoln Town Car while you sip single malt Scotch in the back with your latest squeeze while denouncing legal gun owners.) The eternal problem with widespread freedom from state control is that some small minority of people can't or won't handle freedom, personal independence, self-control. For whatever reason, they do not buy into our social contract or are unable to fulfill it. Perhaps they never even heard of it, never were informed that a person makes a deal to be a citizen here and that it is a historically-unique privilege, responsibility, and challenge. How come nobody told them that life in America is supposed to be difficult and risky, but filled with opportunity? It's not about safety and comfort and was never meant to be based on anything but virtue and freedom. Our streets are not paved with gold, but with blood, sweat, and tears. These failures of a minority of bad apples to get with the program invite the state to step in in an effort to provide controls and supports externally. Thus we all lose a bit of freedom each time some jerk, idiot, sociopath, addict, or lunatic abrogates his American dignity and fails at running his own life in the manner of an honest, free, law-abiding and upstanding citizen. It's a shame - and wrong - that the least moral and worse-behaving of our population should have the power to deprive freedoms from the vast majority of decent citizens who aim to construct honorable, dignified, and independent lives by following their consciences or God's will as best they can. Go ahead and ask me why I might want a 30-clip magazine, or a Big Gulp Coke. Well, I don't really want those things, but I don't want them forbidden me. I have a handgun carry permit, but I don't walk around armed all the time. Rarely, in fact. I might as well ask why you need a car that goes 110 mph, when car deaths in the US are far higher than gun deaths (32,000, vs 600 deaths by rifle - half of them suicides and others accidents). (For other stats: Swimming pool drownings in the US: Approx. 3000 per year, mostly young kids. Backyard pools frighten me far more than guns do. I hate pools and I like guns... Also, firearm murders with illegal handguns thus far in the gun-banning village of Chicago, 2012: 470.) Leftist control freaks often try to find signs of "market failure" to justify government intrusion into the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services. Similarly, they seek signs of "freedom failure" with the same goals. It's about power of the elites over us little people - always for our own good, of course, because we are "the masses." However, there are no "masses" in America and there is no aristocracy of any sort, political or otherwise. Isn't obesity a "freedom failure"? Of course it is. North Korea has no such problem because they enforce "food control." So my final thought on this topic tonight: Why does the government allow Medicare-aged people to be overweight? 500,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease per year. Surely some controls are called for to address this crisis of excess freedom which results in so much disability and death, and burdens everyone else with their medical bills. Easy for the government to fix that: just offer to pay for medical care based on your BMI. If it's over 27, no free doctors. They are heading that way in the UK already. My view is that if you want to be heavy, do so and enjoy it. Not on my nickel, though. My freedom to life and property should trump all else because it is a gift from God. Image is via Theo
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A horrific event revealed On the other side are people who apparently want to see eagles starve to death. I'm honestly not sure why these virulent animal haters are even given a say in the matter, but such is the nature of a modern society that allows the voices of all to be heard. The seizure of the child was caught on smartphone. I think it should be obvious that this is not for the squeamish. Management strongly urges all liberals and young children to immediately leave the room. Luckily, there's not a lot of blood.
I think it's safe to say the eagle learned a valuable lesson that day in nutritional management. But for an inside look into this horrific nightmare, let's go to the video:
I thought it amusing that both sides of the interview said something quite naive. "Did it surprise you that everybody thought it was real?" No, you mental midget, six people spent over 300 hours on it so it would look fake! But one of the guy's comments was even more innocent. "We never thought people would analyze it frame-by-frame." Guys, I was analyzing it frame-by-frame the first time I watched it expecting it to be fake! Not in the exact sense he means, but as an acknowledged video guru, I know what to look for. I bought the whole thing right up to the close-up of the I suppose it was also a point of naivete when the teacher set the grade of 'A' at a mere 100,000 views. When something goes viral these days, it's almost always in the millions. But huge kudos for an outstanding fake-out. Kids these days, huh? Wednesday morning linksAmong the more irritating manifestations of political correctness, at least to this historian, is the attempt to replace the terms AD and BC with CE and BCE. Tom Brewton's new book: The Liberal Jihad: The Hundred Year War Against The Constitution How the Welfare State Traps the Poor in Dependency, the British Version Time for Some Common-Sense Publishing Controls - What would Second Amendment bloviators say if we applied their logic to the First Amendment? Prof. Richard Parncutt: Death Penalty for Global Warming Deniers? Prince Harry in Taliban 'kill' mission Driscoll: Two CNNs In One I nominate Ann Althouse for the Light of Reason Award. Douthat: Gun debate is emblematic of our dysfunctional politics Glenn Reynolds is still awaiting answers from gun-control advocates Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg about the guns used by their security details in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre. CHANGE: In 2012, Generation Y voted to impoverish themselves With full implementation of Obamacare, the bureaucratic cost will rise to ≈50%. Gun-Control Today; Fat-Control Tomorrow? Merry Christmas: a (partial) list of Obamacare taxes, fees The Leftist delusion of a world without danger Fathers disappear from households across America-Big increase in single mothers Tenth most popular request for kids' Christmas gift: a 'dad' With Election Over, Americans Find They Were Duped By Democrats And Obama Bill Whittle: The Obama Administration Is Deliberately Attempting to Destroy This Economy Steyn: Tapper’s promotion to CNN a lesson for the ‘J-school zombies’ in the WH press corps California’s Largest Corporation is Headed for the Exit
Timbuktu: When the Saints Go Marching In Big Red One, Second Brigade to Africa Nigeria: Muslims murder six Christians at Christmas service The Waqf is continuing to destroy Jewish antiquities on the Temple Mount in a direct violation of a court ruling, new report finds. Christmas in Indonesia: Savage Muslim mob pelts Christian worshippers with rotten eggs, bags of urine and dung Christianity 'close to extinction' in Middle East Postcard from Myanmar, the world Obama left behind after visit Tuesday, December 25. 2012A very special Christmas gift
No, not that gift, silly. That was just the warm-up. This is a serious gift. After first learning the tragic news that this is the last Christmas in America from News Junkie, then hearing that this is one of the most depressing, gloomy Christmases that many can remember from Barrister, then discovering that our modern Christmas is just a cheap, commercialized mockery of its former glory from Bird Dog, I realized something. I realized I had a very special Christmas gift for these very special people. The gift is, thankfully, you're all dead wrong.
You're very welcome. Merry Christmas, after all. And greetings from the incredibly awesome state of California. You remember California, don't you? From the tall virgin forests of the Trinity Alps in the far north, to the Death Valley deserts in the far south. From the eerie volcanic fields of Mt. Lassen in the Sierras, to the pristine white talcum powder sand of Pismo Beach on the central coast. From the majesty of the sharp, towering mountains above Lake Tahoe, to the greatest agricultural valley the world has ever known. You know. That California. Current temperature back home in the Florida Keys? A delightful 71. Current temperature here in Palo Alto, California? 46. I sure wish that global warming stuff would hurry up and get going. Overnight would be preferred. Best Christmas wishes to our readers all around the world.
Monday, December 24. 2012Monday morning linksMy pic is the Congregational Church of lovely and quaint Lyme, CT last week. Have a Merry, guilt-free Christmas. D.C. has power and wealth while the rest of the country suffers. It's not a question of who the odds favor. The federal government has emerged as one of the most potent factors driving income inequality in the United States - especially in the nation's capital. Do women need marriage anymore? Obama Uses Funeral Service to Talk About Himself Gun control advocates are utopians. Their perspective is that, if guns are no longer readily available, that violence will evaporate. Should Americans Learn From Israeli Gun Laws ‘How Dare You Let Your Mental Illness Disturb My Gun-Control Narrative?’ Dalrymple: It is not likely that psychiatrists could have prevented the massacre. Police Officers in School Don’t Work, That’s Why Obama’s School is Hiring One Gun Control Advocates' Loudest Voices Are Most Heavily Protected Social Security and Medicare Are Already Welfare Tax code milking cash cow dry DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS in Maryland, NJ, NY and Massachusetts Face Prison Time for Voter Fraud New Study Finds Democrats Fully to Blame for Subprime Mortgage Crisis that Caused 2008 Financial Disaster Sen Tim Scott: A party that doesn't think with its skin Is Shear serious? The GOP should abandon it’s principles because Obama is more popular?
Tom Friedman's view:
This Just In: John Wayne Is Dead The crisis of American conservatism Moving from an Emboldened Left in 2012 to a Legal Insurrection in 2013
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