…may now politically die by them.  And how tragic, if that ends up being the case.  Come, I will conceal nothing from you: this Twila Barnes individual comes across as having a chip on her shoulder, her nose out of joint, sore elbows from all the jabbing that she does with them, a permanent restless [...]Similar News >>

Slightly contra Instapundit, this call for Mickey Mouse as a write-in on the California ballot is a blogger’s joke rather than an actual movement [UPDATE: I am informed in comments here that this is meant absolutely seriously; please be assured that I had no intention of mocking either the sentiment or the activity], but if [...]Similar News >>

Yes.  Yes, there really is no good answer to that question… …which is why, of course, I am asking it.  The background… comes in three parts: Vice President Joe Biden, when he was Senator Joe Biden, happened to be a sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act.  We’ll pass to one side for a moment [...]Similar News >>

Honestly, at some point you have to start thinking of this as a cry for help.  What’s next?  Funny haircuts and whining on Facebook? Many of President Obama’s fervent devotees are young enough not to have much memory of the political world before the arrival of The One. Coincidentally, Obama himself feels the same way—and [...]Similar News >>

Self-explanatory, really: “It seems to me that Obama is intent on punishing anyone who is employed with a job over minimum wage,” [multi-generation white Ohioan Democrat Rudy] Guy said. “In the last three years, I’ve seen my spendable income drop, my cost for health-care insurance go up, and my benefits go down. “Three years ago [...]Similar News >>

(Via Hot Air Headlines) There is no indication that Senator Hatch sought this endorsement, or will do anything with it except fire it back at former Pennsylvania Senator Specter’s head at high speed.  Hatch’s smarter than that.  Which is why he’s still in the race, and, say, Dick Lugar is not. That’s it, except that [...]Similar News >>

(Via Hot Air Headlines) There is no indication that Senator Hatch sought this endorsement, or will do anything with it except fire it back at former Pennsylvania Senator Specter’s head at high speed.  Hatch’s smarter than that.  Which is why he’s still in the race, and, say, Dick Lugar is not. That’s it, except that [...]Similar News >>

I understand that you are probably very fond of your motto (well, one of your mottoes, probably): “Where culture comes alive!”  That’s fine.  It’s very sophisticated.  No quarrel with it, per se.  Still, if you want to use it… …then you probably shouldn’t mix that specific motto with the international warning symbol for Danger! Zombie [...]Similar News >>

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I understand that you are probably very fond of your motto (well, one of your mottoes, probably): “Where culture comes alive!”  That’s fine.  It’s very sophisticated.  No quarrel with it, per se.  Still, if you want to use it… …then you probably shouldn’t mix that specific motto with the international warning symbol for Danger! Zombie [...]Similar News >>

I understand that you are probably very fond of your motto (well, one of your mottoes, probably): “Where culture comes alive!”  That’s fine.  It’s very sophisticated.  No quarrel with it, per se.  Still, if you want to use it… …then you probably shouldn’t mix that specific motto with the international warning symbol for Danger! Zombie [...]Similar News >>

I am morally certain that the Republic will withstand anything that might crop up this morning with or without my oversight, but just to be on the safe side: no toppling of civilization until I get back. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPadSimilar News >>

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season), The Byrds Heh.  This feels kind of… anticipatory. Heh.Similar News >>

Second year running. Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration said Thursday that its new revenue projections show the state will finish the 2011-2013 budget years with a surplus rather than the deficit predicted earlier this year. The projections were based on stronger-than-anticipated personal income growth last year, Walker officials said. The numbers could give the governor [...]Similar News >>

Unfortunately, I don’t live in the bubble of privilege that you’ve enjoyed – and apparently don’t really appreciate – for the last two decades or so. As I noted yesterday, sometimes I forget… what cheap gas was like.  Almost sixty bucks to fill the tank today.  Thanks for nothing, you urban academic liberal sneers-at-cars-as-being-bourgeois elitist. [...]Similar News >>

It’s funny, really.  Somebody like Mark Halperin sees this: Barack Obama’s decision to base his re-election campaign outside of Washington seems to be working pretty darn well. The campaign’s massive, high-rise headquarters in Chicago’s Loop achieves a fine balance between 2008’s hip-casual dorm room (there’s a Ping-Pong table and cheeky homemade signage) and 2012’s systematized [...]Similar News >>

A lot of strange stuff going on… oh.  Right. Every day is going to be like this until, oh, November 5th or so. …Hey!  That’s Guy Fawkes Day! …Aw, crud. Time for some emergency Pachelbel: Moe Lane PS: Also my anniversary, so I should probably apologize in advance to my wife now.Similar News >>

Commie: (Call for NATO Chicago May 20th protests starts at 2:30) Fascist: Blackhawks Circle Low Through Chicago Skies as Secret Service Releases Security Details: MyFoxDC.com Blackhawk exercises in Chicago! OK, I’m being kind of unfair to Rahm Emanuel: when you’re dealing with the Black Bloc, well, they say that the first step in training a [...]Similar News >>

At this point, it’s ‘merely’ just an opportunity to score a good deal on all the multiple stretch goals that people have racked up already.  They’re not going to announce any more, so if you were holding out for the best result, there it is.  Anyway, thanks largely to my readership – which is a [...]Similar News >>

My wife – who is the most awesome wife EVER – emailed me to let me know that John Myers Myers’ Silverlock is on the Kindle.  If you’ve never heard of that book… you lucky so and so; that means that you get to look forward to reading it for the first time.  I envy [...]Similar News >>

I was just remarking to my wife that we hadn’t seen you in the comic for a while; and there you are.  You fit in… surprisingly well, really. Moe Lane PS: Nice hat. PPS: The Girl Genius store.Similar News >>