De Blasio’s New York
As might be expected, the Squeegee Men starting to come back. As is a new variety of panhandler/extortionist, the Sunday Hijacker.
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Hillary Clinton: throwing Obama under the bus
Hillary Clinton’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg features so much criticism of Obama’s foreign policy that the editors of the Weekly Standard have decided to feature lengthy quotes of Hillary’s in an editorial of theirs which is signed, “Hillary Rodham Clinton, … Continue reading →
Robin Williams, RIP
When I first heard the news of Robin Williams’ death I thought it shocking because he was “only” 63. When just a moment later it came out that he probably had killed himself, that was even more shocking. But then, … Continue reading →
What took the coal miners so long?
The coal miners have finally turned on Obama That’s not the mystery. The mystery is why they ever supported him in the first place. He kept many things a secret during his 2008 campaign, but his plan to bankrupt the … Continue reading →
ISIS and “understanding” evil
ISIS is the very personification of evil. But: “We don’t understand real evil, organized evil very well,” said America’s former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, in an interview with The New York Times. “This is evil incarnate.” “People … Continue reading →
Helicopters on the mountain
Too little, too late. At least for the moment, though, our assistance seems to have actually assisted the Kurds, although Maliki is playing political games and may be digging in and refusing to relinquish power. [NOTE: The title of this … Continue reading →
Musings on a Sunday
This and that… Let me make this clear at the outset: I do not think Romney should run in 2016, and I do not think he will run in 2016. That said, I agree with this article that points out … Continue reading →
A little too Cozy for me
Somebody’s been making a ton of money off Cozy Classics, which are board picture books for toddlers. They feature a single word per each of twelve pages and are meant mostly to amuse their parents, I would guess: Read the … Continue reading →
ISIS, the rough beast
Read this, and think of ISIS: THE SECOND COMING (W.B Yeats) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed … Continue reading →
Obama’s tough love towards Iraq: that’ll teach ’em
Quite some time ago I came to the point of having difficulty reading Obama’s speeches and interviews in full. I don’t mean cognitive difficulty; I understand them well enough. I mean a weariness at the overwhelming combination of factual errors, … Continue reading →
Peace Prize in our time
That Nobel Peace Prize for Obama certainly was premature, wasn’t it? Since he has become president, it’s been a challenge to name a part of the world that has not gotten worse rather than better. Turns out that America as … Continue reading →
John Hinderaker on Obama’s bombing announcement
Platitudes are not policy. At least, they shouldn’t be. But they’re all Obama’s got. Read the whole thing. Does Obama actually believe his own gobbledegook? Hinderaker seems to think so, but I have grave doubts.
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