Lion and tiger and bear, oh my!
Don’t try his at home. These are not cuddly creatures: The secret appears to be the Oreo cookies.
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CNN stands firm against covering Benghazi, and against feeling shame
Neo-neocon, writing on the morning of Monday, May 19, 2014: …[Trey Gowdy’s questions for the press show] how negligent and/or collusive with [the Obama] administration the press has been in covering (or rather, covering up) the Benghazi incident. If it … Continue reading →
1956: Robert Frost, commencement speaker
All this news about commencement speakers being scared away or disinvited or staying the course despite adversity or giving students a tongue-lashing makes me want to return to a commencement address from an earlier time. That time was 1956, nearly … Continue reading →
Oregon’s ban on gay marriage struck down
Oregon’s gay marriage ban has been declared null and void: In a ruling that might never be tested in an appeal, a federal judge in Oregon at midday Monday ruled that the state’s ten-year-old ban on same-sex marriage is invalid … Continue reading →
Obama says “if only Obama knew”…
…about the problems in the VA: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney…told reporters that President Barack Obama first learned from a TV news report that his Veterans Administration was denying medical care to vets with secret off-the-books-waiting lists. The actual … Continue reading →
When you look like Halle Berry, you can wear anything
You can wear anything, I say. Well, maybe not:
Continue reading →At the moment, it still looks good for Republicans in 2014
At the moment, anyway. Polls taken in states with competitive Senate races and many contested Congressional districts indicate that people are leaning Republican for 2014. The reason seems to be Obamacare, Obamacare, Obamacare: As for Obamacare, only 16 percent favor … Continue reading →
The VA hospital scandal spreads
I haven’t yet written a big post on the mess at the VA hospital system, and this won’t be that post. But the news on the VA is one of those outrages that even the left can’t quite coverup, it … Continue reading →
Why the Jill Abramson story interests me
I know a lot of you aren’t interested in it. After all, who cares what’s going on at that leftist Pravda the Times, except for the fact that the story vaguely embarrasses the paper and exposes its hypocrisy and disorganization? … Continue reading →
Trey Gowdy: “You were supposed to provide oversight”
This video of Trey Gowdy speaking to the press on Benghazi demonstrates a few things simultaneously. The first is why Gowdy was a very successful prosecutor. The second is that the manner in which the Obama administration has handled the … Continue reading →
More on the Abramson story: what’s this “public mistreatment” bit?
To me, the most curious phrase in the newest Sulzberger statement about Jill Abramson is this one [italics mine]: During [Abramson’s] tenure, I heard repeatedly from her newsroom colleagues, women and men, about a series of issues, including arbitrary decision-making, … Continue reading →
Lactose and me
People often claim they’re lactose intolerant. But few people know for sure because few people have been tested for it. I am one of those lucky, lucky few. For some reason (sadism?), a doctor subjected me to the test many … Continue reading →