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Monday, October 25. 2010"Why can't we just arrest the Tea Partiers?"
That, with other deep wisdom including an irrefutable proof that Tea Partiers are racists, here.
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Monday morning linksNot from The Onion: Lefty academics convene in Berkeley to try to make sense of the Tea Party movement. Barack Obama echoes anti-Americanism of Europe in calling voters stupid But how did Americans go from smart to stupid in two short years? Don’t Tell Me Why I Hate Woodrow Wilson (h/t, View from 1776) Barone: Voters Fed up With Obama's Big, Bossy Government The out-of-control big-money donors this fall aren’t the U.S. Chamber of Commerce types, as the White House would have you believe. Mark McKinnon on the real culprits—union gifts to Democrats. The dirty ploy with the Chamber of Commerce was a red herring. Is Palestinian-killer the new Christ-killer?That dramatic � even inflammatory -- title, �Is �Palestinian-killer� the new �Christ-killer�?�, is the first question that occurred to me as I read news reports that a meeting of Catholic Bishops from the Middle East condemned Israel, called for withdrawal to 1967 borders, and that Jews have no Biblical right to Israel.
I just read the actual statement of the gathering. The initial impression I had was wrong, largely due to the poor news reporting and due to the press conference by the archbishop president of the gathering that went beyond the meeting�s report and beyond Catholic Church doctrine. Further, the report itself is not the official position of the Catholic Church. The Pope will consider it before issuing his final statement.
That impression given the world, that the Jews of Israel are, in effect, �Palestinian-killers�, consonant with the catechism of the Left in trying to delegitimize Israel�s very existence, was conveyed by the president of the gathering at a Vatican press conference:
The Israeli reply was sharp:
Continue reading "Is Palestinian-killer the new Christ-killer?"
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Saturday, October 23. 2010Saturday morning linksThat's an overstatement. Speaking of charity, Bracing for the Big State Bailout Also related, “Unions are desperate for a tax-paid pension bailout” On other topics, If Reagan couldn't do it, who could?
A Lukewarmer speaks at Watts. Good comments on the post. Prof B: How much is too much when it comes to taxes? Climate regulations coming for trucks, buses Let's bring on a new Ice Age No normal human does not enjoy the smell of bacon Moslems need to lighten up and learn more tolerance. FOX is the most tolerant network Greg Sullivan: Buy, Mortimer, Buy! - The Saga of Maine Family Robinson Continues Anchoress on The Brutality of Grace and Cormac McCarthy Did you ever see the film El Topo? McCarthy is like that. Three Charts that Will Infuriate Taxpayers Public Employees Union Spends Huge to Save Dems This is corrupt. The homelessness industry has re-branded San Francisco's street bums (h/t Lucianne). It's quite a story. The homeless advocates are begging and manipulating for money in a way which is similar to that of the seemingly-sociopathic panhandlers. Friday, October 22. 2010Via Theo
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Friday morning linksA Viking mystery in Oxford (h/t, Never Yet melted) Reason: The Eternal Return of Overpopulation. Well, I believe that there are too many people on the planet. Too many for what? That's a long answer, but let's just say for now that they are putting mini-mansions on some of the grouse coverts I grew up hunting. Driscoll on elitism: Puritanical Poseurs in Paradise Think Progress Discovers Conservative Philanthropy Is a Lot Like Progressive Philanthropy NPR: Here’s a quick billion dollars or so that taxpayers can save Culture of entitlement: French strike to save 'birthright' of privileges. How are hand-outs "privileges"? These people have no work ethic, and are still acting like disgruntled peasants instead of free people. Is "sustainable" taking over from "diversity" in academic fashion? NAACP: Tea Party needs to become racist so we can call them racists. Or something. Solar farms in England? What a joke. Your tax dollars at work, suckers. Makes as much sense as solar in Seattle. The Krautman: Obama Underappreciation Syndrome:
OK, Obama thinks that I am mentally disturbed. Of course I am. At least he didn't call me racist.
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Thursday, October 21. 2010h/t, Theo
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Will Maggie's Farm fire me?Will Maggie's Farm fire me if I agree with Juan Williams that Moslems on airplanes make me a little jittery too? Related in the LAT: A majority of Americans see too much PC
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Thursday morning linksMore on the embarassment at Widener Law School With open gays now free to join the army, Ivy League to bring back ROTC any second now, right? Soros Gives Media Matters $1 Million to Fight Beck and Fox NewsWho is giving a million to fight MSNBC? This is cruel: Maureen Dowd and Revenge of the Homely Redhead Carpe: The Antidote to Obamacare? Dr. Wal-Mart, Retail Clinics and Strip Mall Medicine Are Booming in U.S. Does the government have a grudge against salt? Classical: News Weak says the TEA Party folks have made a fetish out of the Constitution but worse - they get it wrong. I like the idea of wilderness preservation anywhere -but with allowance for careful oil drilling - and cops, for Pete's sake The UK: Osborne wields axe Tyrrell: It is over. He begins:
Wednesday, October 20. 2010Stupid O'DonnellStupid Christine O'Donnell. She claimed there was no rule in the Constitution requiring "separation of church and state." Her opponent and the law students mocked her and laughed at her. Of course, she was right (but all of our readers know what is said in the Constitution because it is our nation's secular bible).
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EarthquakeThe meaning of Prof. Lewis' resignation from the APS, at Pajamas:
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Weds. morning links
Politico: 99 Democrat seats on the wall, 99 Democrat seats … Surber: Generic polls are worse than Democrats think Dems have become the government union choice Amusing: Historic Illiteracy: Idiot Sarah Palin "Party Like It's 1773" After The Election! America needs more rich, not fewer It's a screwy election there. Hey, why not ask them whether it's OK for women to think for themselves? Or the men, for that matter. Harsanyi's Rise of the Bitter Clingers:
I blame Bush.
Tuesday, October 19. 2010Obamacare: A tax or a fine?Murchison: How Big Should Government Be? A quote:
If the Feds can tax a non-activity (ie not buying the insurance plan they want us to buy), they can tax anything we don't do, "for our own good." I am annoyed with Obamacare for at least three additional reasons: 1) I am very happy with my catastrophic ("major medical") insurance plan. It covers nothing elective or "preventive," no obstetrics, no vision, no dental, and has a $5000 deductible. I can see any physician I choose. Even including the deductible, it's relatively cheap. Under Obamacare, I cannot own this insurance. 2) The politicization of medical care promises to be an unholy mess. 3) There will be perverse incentives for your doctors to under-treat you.
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Say what?Bill Clinton on the campaign trail in the South (I thought ex-Presidents traditionally stayed out of active partisan politics. How come nobody talks about that?):
What? Not America's best interests? He's telling us to vote our personal self-interest. Good grief.
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Tuesday morning linksNew Poll: Van Tran Pulls Even with Loretta Sanchez in CA-47 Democrat Dirty Tricks: The Next Round Related: Did you hear about Axelrod's bestiality problem?
How Diversity Punishes Asians and Poor Whites A reader pointed out that schools use two categories: "Minorities" and "Underrepresented Minorities." Asians are overrepresented minorities. Poor whites are, well, white - and whites who cannot pay full freight, so nobody wants them. Governor Moonbeam Offers Free College for Illegal Aliens Dick Morris: Dems have no message. Yes, they do. They just won't say what it is. Obamacare will kill the private practice of medicine (on purpose) More on that $250 bribe the over-65 set got in the mail. As we said, timed perfectly to send it off to your favorite Tea Party candidate Coyote: Government: The Solution to Failed Programs is to Double Their Size (h/t Shrinkwrapped's Connecting the Dots) That means there can be no such thing as a failed policy experiment. ObamaCare’s Unseen Costs - Taxes will go up under the new health care law—and the costs will be more than you think. What's the Matter With America? President Obama's false consciousness theory of economic worries Related, the post below, Fault Lines, is a good overview of what is going on politically these days. A quote from that essay:
Monday, October 18. 2010Quote of the dayVia Coyote, spoken by a WVa congressman:
Exactly.
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Monday morning linksA good line: Fiorina Says Boxer 'Too Extreme' for California Too bad it isn't true. Why sex in space is a bad idea Why don't Asians count as racial or ethnic minorities? I always wonder whether people from Spain count as Hispanics. Also, do Moslems count as minorities? Also, as 1/16th American Indian, am I a minority? (If so, gimme the $ and the freebies.) The people are scared, explains Obama: Our psycho-babbler-in-chief The only thing we have to fear is loss of our job itself. And more Dem job-destroying and economy-stifling insanity. Top 400 Charities See Billions Less in Donations Debicella now a dead heat in CT-4. It's time for New England to elect at least one Repub congresscritter. Rasmussen: McMahon Closes Gap on Blumenthal Linda Chavez: Obama has no clue about entrepreneurship Well, he has done a heck of a job getting government to grow Surber: No, we are not afraid Screaming "Allah Akbar" before you open fire is the confusing part Washington Reb: Growing Up Conservative Leftoid violence does not exist. NRO: Some Context on the Wilders Case Related: Wilders Is Right: Europe Needs a First Amendment Perino asks Why is Maureen Dowd so angry? Everybody knows the real reason in her case. However, Leftoids to tend to be angry people in general. Sunday, October 17. 2010Voters are hungry for change - againWe are a fickle nation, are we not? Buyer's remorse. We bought a pig in a poke, and now people are wising up. Well, every generation needs to get conned by a few pols before they understand the game. That's why nobody under 40 should be allowed to vote unless they are in the Armed Services. Poll: Many Obama 2008 supporters defecting to GOP Vodkaman: Handicapping the House — Weekend Brief Sunday morning linksMerkel says German multicultural society has failed Desmond Tutu: Obama’s Other Anti-Semitic Guru Murdoch: The goal is to make Israel a pariah David Warren: End our 'multiuniversities' Gelinas wonders whether TARP was good or bad, effective or ineffective Tides Foundation CEO To Fox News Advertisers: Drop Glenn Beck Or Have Blood On Your Hands A great example of an elitist viewpoint, with takedown by Dino Betsy: Teachers putting themselves ahead of their students Ahmadinejad’s Deadly Triumph in Lebanon Driscoll: All the Way with LBJ! Union Bosses Are Funneling Millions to Democrats to Keep Money Flowing To Them
Saturday, October 16. 2010Some Saturday morning linksBarone: The Democratic 'D' Now Stands for Demagoguery If we tried to start The Home Depot today, it's a stone cold certainty that it would never have gotten off the ground. Peter Wehner on the discontent in the White House The Texas Model: Texas created half the news jobs in the US last year. How? Government Regulation of the Economy Is the ‘Silent Killer’ Neither of these seems too swift to me, but Reid lost the debate to Angle Private Health Insurance Will Be Dead in 3 Years People aren't spending money Roger Simon: Is California Insane? A quote:
It's difficult for anybody to keep up with the most current correct views on homosexuality The French really do not like to work. It's much more fun to protest, meet chicks, drink wine, etc. Nanny Bloomberg and the truth about second-hand smoke. (It is harmless.) Mankiw: Barney Frank, Then and Now Iowahawk: Beltway Adventure. Wonderful.
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Friday, October 15. 2010AmazingFrom Dick Morris:
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Some Good News From IsraelLast night, Professor Barry Rubin, Director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center in Israel, and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal, author of over 50 books, was the guest of the San Diego Israel Coalition (SDIC). The SDIC, with about 600 Jewish and Christian members, near packed the large auditorium in La Jolla, and heard good news from Israel. This may have come as a surprise to many, accustomed to the gloomier commentary in the US from supporters and adversaries of Israel. According to Barry Rubin’s view from Israel, Israel is in the strongest situation in decades. It is the West and Arab states that are in the weakest. Continue reading "Some Good News From Israel"
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Two points of view
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Friday morning linksHow worrisome is habitat loss? I find it highly worrisome. There are many ways for free-market Conservatives to be Conservationists. I am just one example. There are tons of us tree-hugger and turtle-lover Cons out there. Boot: Shift in momentum in Afghanistan Tea Partiers love killing miners? The guy has fallen off the reality cliff. News flash: First Lady eats burger and fries Krauthammer on "appearances":
Weight of Taxation Is Heavier Than Most KnowKKK Kleagle and a Man Who Allowed Woman to Die are Icons, Witchcraft BadJonah: Obama's Arrogance Starting to Get Noticed Feed the Indians, get votes.
I have a father. Do not need another one. But, Prof B, watch your "it's"es. Scott Brown endorses in MA Barone: They ignored us Am Thinker: Three Things Government Cannot Do:
Thursday, October 14. 2010Fact and Fiction at Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn College English professor Moustafa Bayoumi’s books continue to be at the center of whether fact or fiction will prevail at Brooklyn College. This might even be viewed as indicative of the wider struggle within US academia over the influence of the Left and many of its adherents’ support of Islamist views. Last month, as an alumnus, I posted my disinheriting the college in protest against one of Prof. Bayoumi’s books being the required sole Common Reading for incoming students. Unexpectedly, this touched a wider nerve which led to all three major NYC newspapers and many prominent blogs (here and here are follow-ups) reporting on the issue and one of the major newspapers blasting the college’s selection in an editorial. The two books are Prof. Bayoumi’s required reading for entering students, the sole one, that Arab-Americans are excessively the brunt of discrimination, and his current book attacking the Israeli actions regarding the Mavi Marmara blockade-running attempt to deliver supplies to Gaza. We have one of the college’s most Distinguished professors, Broeklundian Professor Robert Cherry of the Economics department, self-professed man of the Left, expert in discrimination against minorities in labor markets, revealing the false statistics at the core of Prof. Bayoumi’s continual arguments that Arab-Americans are disproportionately discriminated against. We have the administration of the college continuing to act without transparency as to how Prof. Bayoumi’s book came to be selected for all incoming students to read, in the absence of other books or views, and failing to publicly address how that process may be improved in the future. Perhaps, Prof. Cherry’s talk next Tuesday at the college’s Hillel, of which I have the draft text (below the fold), will spur more procedural openness and caution against ideological recklessness. Meanwhile, we have the Managing Editor of the campus newspaper, who in 2005 blessed (“Amen”) 9/11 Trutherism, writing a paean to Prof. Bayoumi’s collection of essays criticizing what the book titles the Israel “attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla” ship Mavi Marmara. Perhaps, students or faculty at the college may be spurred to pay attention to the news coverage, including from sources usually critical of Israel, to the contrary. Both perhaps are to be hoped for, but not to be counted upon unless there is more pressure from within the campus and its alumni. Continue reading "Fact and Fiction at Brooklyn College"
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