The pro-Clinton crusader accuses former Washington bureau chief Carolyn Ryan of helping to turn the paper into a ‘megaphone for conservative propaganda.’ Source: David Brock: The New York Times has ‘a special place in hell’ – POLITICO David Brock: The New York Times has ‘a special place in hell’ [Inadvertently omitted from the original post….
Month: September 2015
The “Do Something”(TM) Brigade
On Wednesday CNN did an interview with a former democrat congressman who was petitioning Obama to Do Something(TM) about the refugee crisis. I’ve written in the comments at the HQ about the perils of “Do Something”(TM) before but thought now might be a good time to rehash those arguments in a more visible (and more…
N.C. College Promise Punishment After Students Heckle Play
Performers claim remarks were so disgusting they vomited afterwards Source: N.C. College Promise Punishment After Students Heckle Play | The Daily Caller Apparently members of the freshman class at Greensboro College as well as some student-athletes (all of whom were press-ganged into attending a mandatory SJW agitprop about sexual assault, and were evidently not best…
Not This Again
Source: Brandon Marshall: White Players Treated Differently Than Black Players « CBS New York Brandon Marshall isn’t afraid to speak his mind, and that was on full display on Tuesday night. Discussing the nullification of Tom Brady’s four-game suspension on Showtime’s “Inside the NFL,” the Jets’ wide receiver theorized about how race might have played…
You Have to Laugh, aka Pharmacology Strikes Back
An alternative medicine conference has ended in chaos in Germany after dozens of delegates took a LSD-like drug and started suffering from hallucinations. Source: Homeopathy conference ends in chaos after delegates take hallucinogenic drug – Health News – Health & Families – The Independent First off, full disclosure: I consider homeopathy to be utter rubbish,…
Abrogating Responsibility (an ongoing series?): Charity
Last time in my haste to vent about my bad day, I wrote about abrogating our responsibility of protection and basic neighborly conflict dispute to police. In this post I’d like to look at a considerably larger problem: the shifting of the responsibility of charity onto government. (I’d like to say “this will be a…
Sir, No Sir!
A massive rally is set for noon on Capitol Hill today to protest the Iran deal. The President will be running away to Michigan in order to shield his ego from thousands of Americans rising up in protest. We know the Democrats are putting loyalty to Obama and the concomitant hatred of their own…
Troop Dismissed
If it isn’t apparent by now, let me state the obvious right here: Colin Powell has proven himself a total disgrace. In an interview last Sunday on “Meet the Press” he stated his unequivocal support for President Obama’s Iran deal: Powell, secretary of state under President George W. Bush, called the agreement “a pretty good…
What Hath Liberalism Wrought, Part 2
Chicago Schools Seek State Cash as Crunch Looms Liberalism always comes down to this: The school board warns of deep cuts later this year if Illinois, which faces its own fiscal crisis, doesn’t deliver an additional $480 million in the coming months, representing roughly 8% of annual district spending. So … let’s see… The state…
“Either you are human, or you don’t do it and then you aren’t human.”
Sometimes a flicker of hope appears in a sea of darkness. Last week, 5 yeshiva students took a wrong turn in Hebron on their way to visit the Cave of the Patriarchs. They were attacked, their car firebombed and were nearly torn apart by an enraged mob in the predominantly Palestinian city. Then, out of…