I don’t know…
…whether to consider this skydiver lucky or unlucky. But I do know that what happened to him was so unusual as to seem virtually impossible. And yet it happened:
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Brendan Eich and the gay marriage zealots
[NOTE: In my earlier post today on the Charles Koch piece at the WSJ, I mentioned that I couldn’t get through the firewall to the article. Since then, the WSJ has kindly removed it from behind the wall, and this … Continue reading →
This is not photoshopped: Marilyn Monroe the bodybuilder
Taken for a 1952 photo essay in Life, this picture was one of a series that never got published in the original article:
Continue reading →Koch in the WSJ
I’m told that todays’s Charles Koch opinion piece in the WSJ is good, but I can’t seem to get behind the WSJ firewall. The usual tricks to do so aren’t working, so I’ll link to this excerpt, and leave it … Continue reading →
Understanding the significance of McCutcheon: campaign finance and the history of free speech protection
I must confess that the McCutcheon case that was decided by SCOTUS yesterday rested on an area of law with which I wasn’t all that familiar. One of the big questions yesterday’s ruling raised for me was: if campaign contributions … Continue reading →
Reid: hey, it worked the first time, so why not?
There Reid goes again: Senate majority leader Harry Reid has a whole page on his official Senate.gov website devoted to revealing “THE FACTS ABOUT THE KOCH BROTHERS.” One of the alleged facts promoted on Reid’s website is that the Kochs … Continue reading →
Supreme Court strikes down limits on amount of total campaign donations by individuals
Not the ceiling on each campaign contribution, mind you, but their total. The vote was the very familiar 5-4: Wednesday’s decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission…did not affect familiar base limits on contributions from individuals to candidates, currently $2,600 … Continue reading →
What are the previously uninsured doing about Obamacare?
How many uninsured people there were in America prior to Obamacare has been a mystery wrapped in an enigma (see this for an analysis of the misleading figures), ready to be exploited for propaganda purposes. That confusion was not just … Continue reading →
Department of no surprise at all: Israel/Palestine talks stall
Surprise, surprise: The Middle East peace talks verged on a breakdown Tuesday night, after President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority defied the United States and Israel by taking concrete steps to join 15 international agencies ”” a move to … Continue reading →
When is a juicy cinematic corruption scandal not a juicy cinematic corruption scandal?
When it’s about a Democrat.
Continue reading →New Hampshire needs room
You may think that Vermont and New Hampshire are similar, but they couldn’t be more different. Yes, they’re both small, long, and thin, cold, and mountainous (Green vs. White). But Vermont is the most leftist state in the union, while … Continue reading →
I wonder how many…
…of the Obamacare “enrollees” are illegal aliens? The Obama administration has been helping to facilitate a series of events nationwide at Mexican Consulate offices to enroll people in Obamacare ”“ and a key activist says the efforts are “our responsibility” … Continue reading →