The other day Ace linked a post with much praise arguing against elitism. Despite my academic background, I, myself am no fan of elitism and thus went to read the post assuming I’d find myself much in favor of it. My thoughts on it were mixed, mostly because I fear we’re going to overshoot anti-elitism and…
Author: tsrblke
Zeke Emanuel: Always Arrogant, Frequently Wrong.
Ezekiel Emanuel (yes Rahm’s brother) was the true architect of Obamacare, not Jonathan Gruber (who merely did some economics and made some admissions against interest.) Don’t believe me? Let’s look at Wikipedia since I’m too tired to reread and summarize his work myself. In articles and in his book Healthcare, Guaranteed, Emanuel said that universal…
Let’s Talk Immigration
Trump is a conman. A fraud. He means nothing he says. But decades of totally incoherent, stupid immigration (non)policies have caused this. — John Schindler (@20committee) September 1, 2016 Say what you will about Donald Trump, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day (if you’re a Trump fan then he’s not a stopped…
Trigger Warning: Trigger Warnings Are Not a “Pedagogical Tool”
So, the University of Chicago has decided to issue a statement that is, in part, opposed to Trigger Warnings. (I hesitate to say “bans” because as Popehat points out, it may not be that bold.) While I’m amazed at them for doing this, I’m even more amazed at the swift response that this actually harms…
Crowdfunding A Hillary Clinton Press Conference
As of my typing this, it has been 262.9 days since Hillary Clinton’s press conference. Courtesy of the Washington post you can get a real time counter to see how long it’s been. Obviously Hillary Clinton does not want to hold a presser because it would prevent her from keeping up the incredibly scripted image…
Of Course the RNC Doesn’t Get it
"Down ballot" as if that matters. Exclusive: The Republican Party’s Chairman’s Warning to Donald Trump https://t.co/zh9ujXEqAO — tsrblke (@tsrblke) August 11, 2016 Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told Donald Trump in a phone call last week that if he doesn’t turn his flailing campaign around, the national party may shift its focus from his…
Media Oddly Confused On Idea of Incitement, Threats
As many of you may have figured out, I live a stone’s throw from Ferguson, in an undisclosed location somewhere in the Greater St. Louis Area. So when the media went nuts over Trump’s “Threat!!!!ELVENTY!” I was reminded of events in the past. Compare: “I think he was expressing a sentiment that a lot of…
There’s No Good Way Out Of This
I keep telling you all, We’re Screwed. But no one seems to listen. To pick on one of my twitter followers: The worst case scenario under Clinton is still better than the best under Trump. — MoeFwacky ⚠ (@MoeFwacky) August 8, 2016 (To be fair I’m not sure the best case scenario under Clinton is…
Blog War: Counter- Counter Point: We’re screwed.
I am, apparently, deluded. So says the man responsible for the existence of this blog in the first place. I should perhaps clarify my original post first. You’ll note that I said (among other things): If you wanted to go this route (and I’m not even sure I would, I’m just brainstorming…) To wit: I’m…
Protest Voting: GOP Edition
There are a lot of people on both sides upset with the outcome of these primaries. I’ll leave to the Democrats to figure out how to send their party a message. But what of us conservatives? The way I see it we have three options: Don’t vote (at least for the presidential race.) Vote for…