Gun Inequality — Liberals now complaining about “hardcore super owners” Americans own an estimated 265m guns, more than one gun for every American adult, according to the most definitive portrait of US gun ownership in two decades. But the new survey estimates that 133m of these guns are concentrated in the hands of just 3%…
Anti-elitism vs. Knownothingism
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…
There Is No Way On God’s Green Earth That Hillary Will Bow Out
Say what you will about the drunken, neurologically impaired harridan with the blood of at least four Americans on her hands….She is tenacious and driven and will never, ever voluntarily give up her shot at being president. She will have to be driven out by a concerted effort from the entire Democrat party, and that…
ISIS Understands The Security Implications Of The Burqa, But We Don’t….
In the latest example of the obvious fact that ISIS is certainly not the JV team, but we are….They have banned the wearing of the full body covering known as the Burqa or Niqab into secure areas. Daniel Pipes makes some good points here. It is silly to ban Muslim headscarves, because that is simply…
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…
2012 Polling Fantasy Redux?
I remember well, because I was one of the deluded that the polls were, quite frankly, bullshit. Of course Romney was going to beat Obama….his economic record alone would doom him to defeat. Not to mention the catastrophe that was ObamaCare. Or the never-ending apology tours he was so fond of. That they were neck…
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…