Trompe l’oeil
A cardboard box of money isn’t always what it seems: People are amazing, aren’t they?
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Want to know what Scott Walker thinks about it?
He tells you, here, in a long interview with John Hawkins of Right Wing News. On Obamacare: …[W]hat we should be doing is sharing in the frustration that most Americans have with it and then showing them that we’ve got … Continue reading →
Obama announces new NSA policy—sort of
Actually (and I didn’t listen to his speech) it appears that he asked Congress to study the situation and make recommendations by the end of March as to how the phone metadata program can work to collect the information without … Continue reading →
“Wolf of Wall Street” fashion
And now for a change of pace—I guess they still call it “fashion.” These outfits were seen at the UK premiere of the Scorcese film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” I am in awe at the almost infinite variety of … Continue reading →
Senate Intelligence Committee report on Benghazi released
I’m not at all sure most people will care, because the left has succeeded in making just the word “Benghazi” a big yawn for way too many people. But for what it’s worth, the Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a … Continue reading →
The anti-Christie forces have settled on a meme…
…and the meme is “bully.” Which I think is an interesting word to use for a politician. “Bully” conjures up all the current anti-bullying campaigns that have to do with school and the playground, but politics is not the schoolyard … Continue reading →
Something people don’t seem to understand about Obamacare
I’ve noticed this before, and I noticed it again while reading this article in the Washington Examiner about Obamacare. Here’s the quote that caught my attention: Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey, a Republican who is now a health … Continue reading →
The ladder of evil
Commenter “Ymarsakar” made an interesting observation two days ago. The subject: When the world declares Jews, Republicans, and whites to be non humans that need to be exterminated to get rid of a threat to humanity, most people will Obey. … Continue reading →
The next time someone says to you “but the Republicans have no health insurance plans”…
…refer them to this. It’s quite a list, isn’t it? But the meme goes on, because Big Lies work.
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The FBI and the IRS: nothing much to see, move along now
The FBI’s investigation into the IRS scandal has yielded no criminal charges. That’s not so surprising, considering that the bar for criminal behavior is set fairly high. And that there really wasn’t all that much of an investigation: Cleta Mitchell, … Continue reading →
Obamacare is working!
It’s just that the plan may not have been what most people thought it was. And I’m not even talking about eventual single payer; I’m talking about Obamacare itself. Jonathan Cohn analyzes the first set of data we’ve received on … Continue reading →