Nixon’s Final Days
Saturday, August 8th, 2009Glenn Reynolds: Paranoia, insularity, hatred of criticism, trying to get union goons to “knock their heads off” to end protests. Good thing that’s all in the past. Heh.
Glenn Reynolds: Paranoia, insularity, hatred of criticism, trying to get union goons to “knock their heads off” to end protests. Good thing that’s all in the past. Heh.
Going to August Townhall Meetings is the Most Important Thing You Can Do. Jim Treacher: If Kenneth Gladney was an Obama supporter, right now he’d be more famous than Rodney King. Al Sharpton would have a whole rack of new suits.
Well, at least Obama is thinking stupid (his favorite word). Kathryn Jean Lopez: Just as we lose our minds. From the Wall Street Journal: France Fights Universal Care’s High Cost By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS When Laure Cuccarolo went into early labor on a recent Sunday night in a village in southern France, her only choice was [...]
Mark Steyn: When the Government Runs Your Bathroom . . . the Charmin gets squeezed out: A five-month wait for toilet paper? I think that falls under what Obama would call “the fierce urgency of now.” And a classic line from Jules Crittenden: Cuban Tissue Crisis.
I do not agree with this definition of an artist’s “duty,” but at least Patrick Courrielche is consistent. The Artist Formerly Known as Dissident: It’s time for the art community to return to its historical role in political affairs, which means speaking to power, not on behalf of it. Which leads me to the second [...]
I’ll bet you thought the Top Ten Cars on the list were all small and “environmentally friendly,” right? Wrong: Here’s the original top ten list. Toyota Corolla Ford Focus FWD Honda Civic Toyota Prius Toyota Camry Hyundai Elantra Ford Escape FWD Dodge Caliber Honda Fit Chevrolet Cobalt And here’s Edmunds’ list, using the definition of [...]
Lovely.
Yikes: In this case it took the Internal Revenue Service’s (”IRS” or “the Service”) aggressive interpretation of the tax code to part millions of Americans with billions of dollars in excise tax collections. Even this remarkable feat did not end the IRS’s creativity. When it finally conceded defeat on the legal front, the IRS got [...]
But wait, they’re ObamaCare supporters! The end is good too. . . .