Reliability and the New York Times
So, today the New York Times offered a small article reporting the New England Patriots visited the White House as has been customary for the Super Bowl winners. That was about the only factually...
View ArticleIn the Past Week or So …
So, a 11 ton bomb was dropped. Apparently, as a result, some have decided “Mr Trump has no strategy”. How they know that, the press forgot to ask. Oh, wait. they didn’t ask because it’s clear those...
View ArticleWhich Is Worse?
Item 1. Judicial malpractice, some judge thinks Mr Trump can be “held liable” for incitement to violence. Not surprisingly the rhetoric cited is mild at best when compared to the former President and...
View ArticleMental Schism
So apparently Mr Trump is a fascist. He is actively working to reduce the size of the federal government and the regulatory state. Every other fascist in history collected and centralized power. It is...
View ArticleElection Meme Still Required
A blog I’ve followed, “Just a Earth-bound Misfit, I” has forgotten a meme from the election. On of the differences noted between those who had positive things to say about Trump and the reporters and...
View ArticleAcademic Insanity
Noted. Seriously, how dumb can you be. Although perhaps he was just repeating a common left wing meme. Now, in the last two terms Mr Obama was secure from the threat of impeachment largely for two...
View ArticleWhy Come Back?
Well, after a year and a half of silence, why come back? Why come back now? Politics I guess is part of it. Right now the political landscape has gotten weird. As the election season came along, I...
View ArticleI’m No Expert But … This Isn’t Passing the Scratch/Sniff Test
Mr Rowe writes: Drawn in part from the writings of Christian Reconstructionists, that narrative recasts modern-day Republicans as the racially inclusive party, and modern-day Democrats as the racists...
View ArticlePatriotism
A “moderate” posts some view on patriotism and between her attempts to poke those with whom she apparently disagrees also thinks patriotism is synonymous with progressive and that the notions of...
View ArticleTwo Really Good Answers to “If you knew then what you knew now” Question
On Iraq Invasion … Answer: How many iterations do I get? I mean, we know a lot now about what worked in Iraq and what didn’t. If I knew what worked I could alter my tactics and strategy and do it far...
View ArticleKinda Dumb, Question Remains, Intentional or Not?
So, this sort of thing is going around in many ways all over. Succinctly put (from here): If you want to feel depressed about the future of American politics, Obamacare confirms an unnerving phenomenon...
View Article“Islam is not the Problem”… Is that Right?
Many of our intellectual elite keep (White House, others) keep repeating that Islam is “not the problem” behind the terrorism, violence and so on in the Middle East and elsewhere (France for example)....
View ArticleReader’s Exercise
So, Mr Obama is going to offer his “executive order” on immigration tonight. Constitutional scholars are going to offer their opinions. But I’m going to give you a homework assignment, in two parts no...
View ArticleAnd They Pretend Ms Palin is Stupid
Ms Clinton trumps everyone on the stupid-meter. If there is any justice, listen to Ms Clinton. This has to be one of the top 10 stupidest things said by a politician, “business doesn’t create jobs”....
View ArticleSimple Consistency
So, if as noted last night, consistency in political stance was seen as valuable is this even possible. Consistency, or the lack thereof, is used often as a rhetorical weapon for example, “how can you...
View ArticleA Confusion of Party
In the US, Democrats (liberals) and the GOP (conservatives) are confused. Liberals fear jingoism, patriotism and enthusiasm for the country, yet prefer and support big government. Studies show...
View ArticleOur Stupid Crocodilian Leaders
Reflect a moment on the Olympics, the US and many Western leaders have decided “not to attend”, Google followed suit with a rainbow Olympic rings display, and publicly gay (privately … who knows)...
View ArticleIn Which I Am Confused
Obamacare, much in the news lately, has noted that it depends on millions of young healthy individuals who are not currently insured to sign up for insurance, in a large part to pay for the coverage...
View ArticleOf Henry and Barack
Henry II had a stalwart friend and assistant in Thomas Beckett his chancellor. When there was a chance to elevate Thomas to a position of arch-Bishop of Canterbury Henry did so, thinking he’d have a...
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