College-level speaking not required at the GOP debates Trump is speaking at a fifth-grade level, according to an analysis of three GOP debates. And Cruz is the only candidate at a high school level. Source: College-level speaking not required at the GOP debates Here is a particularly illuminating insight into how liberal media bias works,…
Month: October 2015
Limbaugh: Republican Bipartisanship Has One Goal….The Destruction Of Conservatism
I happened to listen to Rush Limbaugh yesterday as he railed against the Republican party and specifically the leadership’s incomprehensible (to him) rush to the left. His rhetorical flourishes aside, he describes the situation accurately, but as I listened, I kept saying to myself (well, yelling it) “Where the fuck have you been?” Limbaugh is…
Students warned: Bulging biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity
Vanderbilt’s Women’s Center tells men how to be men at ‘Healthy Masculinities Week.’ Source: Students warned: Bulging biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity – The College Fix The Women’s Center tells men how to be men? Oh. Thanks for the tips, girls. Now we need some fraternity brothers to give the distaff side some tips…
Cycles of History
From Ace of Spades book thread this morning, where OregonMuse allowed: I thought the USSR was therefore here to stay, because nobody wanted to go that route. The future was pretty grim. And then one day in 1989, poof, it was gone. Just like that. Of course it wasn’t “just like that”, the USSR was…
Ourobouros
Annie Teriba issues apology after admitting she had failed to get full consent before having sex with someone at this year’s NUS black students’ conference Source: Oxford student activist resigns from posts over non-consensual sex | Education | The Guardian I knew we shouldn’t have followed the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole, and this…
“This Is How We Wage War. This Is Why We Keep Losing”
John Schindler wrote this excellent article “Bureaucracy Keeps Doing Its Thing” last year, and posted a link to it recently on his Twitter feed. It’s a depressing analysis of the possibly existential damage that the creaking bureaucracy of the Pentagon, aided and abetted by Congress, has done to our ability to win wars. His perspective…
Candidate Appeal: Sanders
Every so often I call back the memories of my stupid youth when I was a liberal (Gun control, welfare, right down the line. Social issues weren’t too huge at the time so I didn’t do much of those.) I ran though the old “If you’re not a liberal by the time you’re 30…” bit…
Trey Gowdy need only ask one question tomorrow of Hillary
Ok, to be fair, one question and depending on the answer one or two follow-ups. There’s been a lot of talk (Screw you Kevin McCarthy) over whether or not this is a political inquiry. To which the answer is: No, except that Hillary made it one by looking out for her political future over the…
Why Iowa’s Graduation Rate Is So Much Higher Than California’s
Source: Why Iowa’s graduation rate is so much higher than California’s For the second time in as many days the LA Times has distinguished itself yet again, for some values of distinction, with this piece from the Ministry of Truth. Since it represents the confluence of the problem with the media with that of California’s…
On White House science day, Obama displays his geek-in-chief side
Sorry for the long radio silence, but life has intervened, necessitating expenditures of time and attention that precluded posting recently. But my wife drew my attention to this article, which punched through the intellectual and temporal carapace surrounding me right now, and which demanded address as one of the more egregious media tongue baths I’ve…