Bill Kristol's mystery candidate for president reportedly turns out to be David French, a writer for National Review.
I like French. He's a smart, knowledgeable guy, and a principled conservative. He also has no party backing, no organization and no money, and, as far as I know, the thought of running for president never entered his head until he was wooed by Kristol. If someone can make a compelling argument that French can win outright in a four-way race (can't forget the Libertarians), I will gladly support him. If, however, this is part of a #NeverTrump scheme to siphon off enough votes in a few swing states to deprive the Republican and Democratic candidates of a majority in the electoral college, thus throwing the election to the House of Representatives in the hope that the House will choose this (presumably) more likable version of Ted Cruz, then that is utter bulls**t fantasy, and I'm not buying it.
Update: I should have pointed out, I suppose, that the probability of convincing me that French can win outright is zero.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Yeah, by all means, do your best
But the odds still don't look too good: "How to win a fight with a shark".
That toddlin' town
Or is "tottering" more apt?
This is probably the most comprehensive and detailed presentation on Chicago's homicide statistics to be found anywhere (covering everything from aggregate murder totals to how many people get shot in the gluteus maximus or in the "junk").
This is probably the most comprehensive and detailed presentation on Chicago's homicide statistics to be found anywhere (covering everything from aggregate murder totals to how many people get shot in the gluteus maximus or in the "junk").
Sunday, May 29, 2016
"Hey, whadaya know, it really works!"
Dr. Heimlich finally gets a chance to try out his famous maneuver in a genuine, life-threatening situation.
Sunday funnies
Breaking b-a-a-a-a-d.
Probably just selling magazines (H/T: Mrs. Paco).
At Paco Enterprises, we borrowed a line from Ben-Hur to serve as our employee management philosophy: "We keep you alive to row this ship, so row well and live". Other companies have what might be called more progressive ideas.
FAQs from around the country.
Open-carry in other countries...
Probably just selling magazines (H/T: Mrs. Paco).
At Paco Enterprises, we borrowed a line from Ben-Hur to serve as our employee management philosophy: "We keep you alive to row this ship, so row well and live". Other companies have what might be called more progressive ideas.
FAQs from around the country.
Open-carry in other countries...
Friday, May 27, 2016
More healthy psychological behaviors noted
"The pup-play movement 'grew out of the BDSM community and has exploded in the last 15 years as the internet made it easier to reach out to likeminded people,' The Guardian's Nell Frizzell explained. 'Human pups tend to be male, gay, have an interest in dressing in leather, wear dog-like hoods, enjoy tactile interactions like stomach rubbing or ear tickling, play with toys, eat out of bowls and are often in a relationship with their human handlers.'"
So, it's a two-fer: a homosexuality and bestiality combo.
So, it's a two-fer: a homosexuality and bestiality combo.
Good parenting = racism
"According to a professor at the University of Warwick in England, parents who read to their kids should be thinking about how they’re 'unfairly disadvantaging other people’s children' by doing so.
In an interview with ABC Radio last week, philosopher and professor Adam Swift said that since 'bedtime stories activities . . . do indeed foster and produce . . . [desired] familial relationship goods,' he wouldn’t want to ban them [well, thanks for that, perfesser! - Paco], but that parents who 'engage in bedtime-stories activities' should definitely at least feel kinda bad about it sometimes.'"
Sounds about right. Let's create an even bigger pool of ignoramuses so nobody's feelings will get hurt.
In an interview with ABC Radio last week, philosopher and professor Adam Swift said that since 'bedtime stories activities . . . do indeed foster and produce . . . [desired] familial relationship goods,' he wouldn’t want to ban them [well, thanks for that, perfesser! - Paco], but that parents who 'engage in bedtime-stories activities' should definitely at least feel kinda bad about it sometimes.'"
Sounds about right. Let's create an even bigger pool of ignoramuses so nobody's feelings will get hurt.
Happy Feet Friday
In commemoration of Memorial Day, here's Kay Kyser and his band playing a WWII favorite, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Wait...I blew myself up for WHAT?
“The word for virgin has been mistranslated. The original word that was used in the Koran was the word for raisin. Martyrs would get raisins in heaven, not virgins.”
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Katie Couric's mad trick photography skillz
Noted television burn-out Katie Couric recently produced an anti-gun documentary that used some clearly dishonest editing to discredit 2nd Amendment advocates. As reported in the Washington Free Beacon:
Update: Much more from Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, includingastomishing pretty predictable responses from Couric and the program's defenders.
I guess this is an exemplar of the "magical realism" style of journalism.
“Katie Couric asked a key question during an interview of some members of our organization,” he said. “She then intentionally removed their answers and spliced in nine seconds of some prior video of our members sitting quietly and not responding. Viewers are left with the misunderstanding that the members had no answer to her question.”Here's a tip, KC: if you're going to be this dishonest, you'd better be a lot less obvious about it.
Update: Much more from Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, including
I guess this is an exemplar of the "magical realism" style of journalism.
The big climate lie
How a third became a majority.
We find that 66.4 percent of abstracts expressed no position on AGW, 32.6 percent endorsed AGW, 0.7 percent rejected AGW and 0.3 percent were uncertain about the cause of global warming. Among abstracts expressing a position on AGW, 97.1 percent endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing global warming.H/T: Tim Blair
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Follow-up
In retrospect, I believe I probably should have provided some context for the title of my post, "One neck, one leash". The phrase was inspired by a scene in The Fountainhead, in which the deliciously sinister cultural critic and collectivist, Ellsworth Toohey, describes the mechanics of totalitarianism (a system of which he heartily approves):
Everything I said is contained in a single word – collectivism. And isn’t that the god of our century? To act together. To think – together. To feel – together. To unite, to agree, to obey. To obey, to serve, to sacrifice. Divide and conquer – first. But then, unite and rule. We’ve discovered that one last. Remember the Roman Emperor who said he wished humanity had a single neck so he could cut it ? People have laughed at him for centuries. But we’ll have the last laugh. We’ve accomplished what he couldn’t accomplish. We’ve taught men to unite. This makes one neck ready for one leash. We found the magic word. Collectivism.In the film version, these words are spoken by the marvelous Robert Douglas in what is (in my opinion) his greatest movie role. I linked to a YouTube clip of the scene a year or so ago, but I think it has been taken down. If you haven't seen the movie, that one scene, alone, is worth the price of admission.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Remember to say "sleaze and thank you"
Virginia Governor Terry McLowlife is being investigated by the FBI for "possible campaign violations":
As Michael Walsh so accurately said, the Democrats are a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.
Update: More on the donation made by Chinese billionaire Wang Wenliang (I wonder what possible interest he can have in the politics of my beloved Commonwealth?)
McAuliffe is a one-time board member of the Clinton Global Initiative, the foundation set up by former President Bill Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.What a coincidence!
The former chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2000 to 2005, McAuliffe was also a co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Records show more than 100 donors contributed to both the foundation and McAuliffe's campaign.
As Michael Walsh so accurately said, the Democrats are a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.
Update: More on the donation made by Chinese billionaire Wang Wenliang (I wonder what possible interest he can have in the politics of my beloved Commonwealth?)
Monday movie
Some good, old-fashioned anti-communism in this episode of The Big Picture, a television series produced by the U.S. Army in the early 1960's. This episode boils down the history of communism, and includes some very interesting archival footage.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Grade A hypocrisy
"National Security Advisor Susan Rice told graduates at Florida International University that the presence of too many 'white, male, and Yale' staffers is posing a threat to the security of America."
As if Susan Rice, non-white, holds any opinions significantly different from those of Ben Rhodes, lily-white. You have all the colors, ethnic types, sexual "orientations", and races imaginable under the Obama administration, and it's all just a rainbow of leftist group-think. Ignorance, political partisanship, and presidential hero-worship are the glue that holds this administration together, and no amount of superficial "diversity" is going to change that fact.
As if Susan Rice, non-white, holds any opinions significantly different from those of Ben Rhodes, lily-white. You have all the colors, ethnic types, sexual "orientations", and races imaginable under the Obama administration, and it's all just a rainbow of leftist group-think. Ignorance, political partisanship, and presidential hero-worship are the glue that holds this administration together, and no amount of superficial "diversity" is going to change that fact.
I guess "One neck, one leash" would have been a little too obvious
"Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said Sunday that her campaign’s main slogan is 'Stronger Together' in an effort to define her candidacy’s message as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Donald Trump have successfully done with concise phrasings of their own to gain support this election season."
Nah, let's go with truth in labeling:
Nah, let's go with truth in labeling:
Sunday funnies
If meat eaters acted like vegans...
Meanwhile, in Russia...
Important safety tip: when you buy a tree at a home improvement store, shake it - or, rather, have one of the employees shake it - real good before you leave (H/T: Mrs. Paco).
Bison for sale, housebroken.
Key and Peele capture lightning in a bottle.
Meanwhile, in Russia...
Important safety tip: when you buy a tree at a home improvement store, shake it - or, rather, have one of the employees shake it - real good before you leave (H/T: Mrs. Paco).
Bison for sale, housebroken.
Key and Peele capture lightning in a bottle.
Friday, May 20, 2016
A soldier's soldier
I may have posted about this before, but it just cropped up in the news again, and bravery of this order should be extolled as often as possible: "That day a lone Gurkha took out 30 Taliban using every weapon within reach".
So, what's up with Target?
I'm not talking about their bathroom policy. I'm wondering why they would sue a customer who saved a 16-year-old girl from a knife attack?
Happy Feet Friday
Benny Goodman and the boys in a live radio broadcast of Clarinet Marmalade on the Camel Caravan program (intro by Johnny Mercer, and hot solo by one of my favorite trumpet men, Ziggy Elman).
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Radical leftism finally enters the rubber room phase
Not long now before they'll be fitting NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for a bespoke straight jacket and feeding him apple sauce on a long spoon through the bars of his cell:
Greeting customers as “Mr.” or “Mrs.” — or even not using the pronoun “ze” or “zir” — could prove costly for New York City businesses under rules drafted by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bureaucrats.Absolutely nuckin' futs.
The Gotham mayor’s Commission on Human Rights says entities that fail to address customers by their preferred gender pronouns and titles are in violation of the law and could be subject to penalties of up to $250,000.
EgyptAir passenger jet down
So far, it looks like a terrorist attack.
God have mercy on the souls of the passengers, and may the psychopaths responsible one day be exterminated.
God have mercy on the souls of the passengers, and may the psychopaths responsible one day be exterminated.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Zero tolerance = Zero common sense
Five-year old girl suspended from kindergarten for bringing a bubble-blowing "gun" to school.
In loco parentis - emphasis on loco.
“My reason for doing this story is because the principal didn’t seem like she wanted to have a conversation with me this morning about it,” said the mother. “It was a very superior attitude. She made it very clear that she didn’t care what I had to say and that it didn’t matter what I said. It was something that she was going to enforce no matter what.”No tyranny like a petty tyranny.
In loco parentis - emphasis on loco.
I've heard of a clown car
But this looks more like a clown ambulance: "University forms ‘first responder … Bias Response Team’ made up of 7 top-level administrators".
Nailed it
Sen. Tom Cotton has captured the revolting essence of the Obama White House, referring to the president's national security team as a collection of “yes men and fan boys”.
Monday, May 16, 2016
I'll spare you the maddening details...
Minister without portfolio
And without pants, too, if I know Bill. In any event, Hillary wants to employ her husband as an integral part of her junta.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Sunday funnies
Do they hunt swans in Russia? I'm not sure why else you would need a swan blind...
Russian lumberjacks don't let a shortage of axes stop them...
Reminds me of employee performance evaluation time at Paco Enterprises.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage moose...
A guy does da right t'ing, tries to be a gent, and look what happens (H/T: Mrs. Paco).
"Scientists discover first ever group of lesbian gorillas" (H/T: that relentless seeker after knowledge, Captain Heinrichs).
Russian lumberjacks don't let a shortage of axes stop them...
Reminds me of employee performance evaluation time at Paco Enterprises.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage moose...
A guy does da right t'ing, tries to be a gent, and look what happens (H/T: Mrs. Paco).
"Scientists discover first ever group of lesbian gorillas" (H/T: that relentless seeker after knowledge, Captain Heinrichs).
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Looks like America is starting to object to being turned into Obama's private freak show
And maybe even this arrogant and stupid administration is beginning to realize that it has bitten off more than it can chew.
Update: Twelve states now pushing back.
Update: Twelve states now pushing back.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Uncle Barry's Carnival of Weird
As Larry O'Connor says over at Hot Air, "if anyone wondered what President Obama meant when he promised to 'fundamentally transform the United States of America,' now they know":
Update: An obvious outbreak of transphobia in Chicago as restaurant patrons violently object to a man using the women's bathroom - and, um, choking an 8-year-old girl into unconsciousness.
Update II: Go Texas!
The Department of Education will instruct every public school in America to provide “suitable” bathroom and locker room facilities to match transgender students “chosen gender identity.”Who would have imagined, just eight years ago, that the federal government would wind up arrogating to itself the right to dictate the establishment of unisex bathrooms in public schools? I do not mean it facetiously when I say that Barack Obama is Public Enemy Number One. And note well how this lame duck, with less than a year to go in his horrible reign, is still assiduously dropping bird s**t over our Constitution and our culture.
Update: An obvious outbreak of transphobia in Chicago as restaurant patrons violently object to a man using the women's bathroom - and, um, choking an 8-year-old girl into unconsciousness.
Update II: Go Texas!
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Some astonishingly frank observations coming out of the UK
From the “founding chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission”, no less. A sample of Trevor Phillips’ exercise of common sense (or uncommon sense I suppose it should be called, these days):
“Squeamishness about addressing diversity and its discontents risks allowing our country to sleepwalk to a catastrophe that will set community against community, endorse sexist aggression, suppress freedom of expression, reverse hard-won civil liberties, and undermine the liberal democracy that has served this country so well for so long.”One more taste:
“We maintain a polite silence masked by noisily debated public fictions such as ‘multiculturalism’ and ‘community cohesion’.
“Rome may not yet be in flames, but I think I can smell the smouldering whilst we hum to the music of liberal self-delusion.”
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Sure, the Democratic Party is a clown car
But it's a car filled with evil clowns: "Dem AG Targets 90 Conservative Groups in Climate Change Racketeering Suit".
War on First Amendment - check.
War on Second Amendment - also check.
War on First Amendment - check.
War on Second Amendment - also check.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Monday movie
To commemorate the decline of civility and of the integrity of democratic institutions, how about a two-minute hate?
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Sunday funnies
Making things clear to the meanest intelligence: Be careful, comrade!
Canadian couple's first trip to Florida...
I suppose if you ever wanted to eat toast in the dark, this might come in handy.
I would have told the cops the monkey was driving.
Canadian couple's first trip to Florida...
I suppose if you ever wanted to eat toast in the dark, this might come in handy.
I would have told the cops the monkey was driving.
Friday, May 6, 2016
The amateur
Ben Rhodes' curious rise to the top of Obama's inner foreign policy circle (or "Reason #937 Why Obama is the Worst President in American History").
Sorry to sound like a broken record on the subject
But you'd better load up while you can: "Six Parts of Hillary Clinton’s Plan to Disarm Citizens".
WW II comes to Virginia
William Geroux has written what appears to be an interesting book about U-Boat activity off the coast of Virginia: The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-Boats.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
As the old saying goes...
... the problem ain't so much what we don't know, it's what we know that ain't so.
For decades, the reputation of the greatest Tiger of them all, Ty Cobb, has been tarnished with allegations of racism off the field and bloody-minded tactics on it (e.g., sharpening the spikes on his shoes in order to intimidate basemen with his slides). Paul Beston, at City Journal, reviews a recent biography of Cobb by Charles Leerhsen and discovers that, while Cobb did, indeed, have issues with his temper, many of the charges against him stem from the largely made-up scribblings of a hack sportswriter named Al Stump. A sample:
For decades, the reputation of the greatest Tiger of them all, Ty Cobb, has been tarnished with allegations of racism off the field and bloody-minded tactics on it (e.g., sharpening the spikes on his shoes in order to intimidate basemen with his slides). Paul Beston, at City Journal, reviews a recent biography of Cobb by Charles Leerhsen and discovers that, while Cobb did, indeed, have issues with his temper, many of the charges against him stem from the largely made-up scribblings of a hack sportswriter named Al Stump. A sample:
Time and again, what Leerhsen discovered through exhaustive research undermined the Cobb created by Stump, who didn’t source his work (“because he produced fiction,” as a contemporary said). Leerhsen could find no tangible evidence that Cobb hated blacks. On the contrary, he spoke in support of baseball’s integration when asked—and he wasn’t asked, as best Leerhsen can tell, until 1952. “The Negro should be accepted and not grudgingly but wholeheartedly,” Cobb said then. “The Negro has the right to compete in sports and who’s to say they have not?”
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Hard to argue with this
"There is virtually no area of policy where Donald Trump might go astray where Hillary Clinton can be rationally expected to produce a better result."
High caliber
B. Gil Horman at American Rifleman talks about one of my favorite calibers: the .41 Remington Magnum.
RIP - Charlie Keating IV, Navy SEAL
An advisor to the peshmerga, Keating was killed in combat with ISIS in Northern Iraq on Tuesday. God rest his soul and comfort his loved ones.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
The lights are going out all over the world
Ted Cruz has suspended his presidential campaign after losing in Indiana.
A sad day for Cruz; a sadder day for the rest of us.
Update: A little positive spin from Roger Simon.
A sad day for Cruz; a sadder day for the rest of us.
Update: A little positive spin from Roger Simon.
The ship of state is taking on water
At an alarming rate. Dennis Prager provides a brief outline of our woes.
We will fight on, of course, as Prager says. But it is hard not to think, sometimes, that America has begun the great winding down.
We will fight on, of course, as Prager says. But it is hard not to think, sometimes, that America has begun the great winding down.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Another act of asinine presidential clemency
"OBAMA FREES USS COLE BOMBING TERRORIST":
Sabri was rated as a high risk terrorist who is ”is likely to pose a threat to the US, its interests, and allies”, but that was no obstacle for Obama who had already fired one Secretary of Defense for being slow to free dangerous Al Qaeda terrorists and was browbeating his latest appointee over the same issue.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Sunday funnies
Russian man caves.
Prehistoric cat...
Young people should start thinking about their future early...
Bear country...
Kevin and Celina's love story - interpreted via a 73-second video featuring LEGOs.
Prehistoric cat...
Young people should start thinking about their future early...
Bear country...
Kevin and Celina's love story - interpreted via a 73-second video featuring LEGOs.
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