Extreme exercise
How much is too much?
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You really think this was a gaffe?
President Obama commits the gaffe of calling Romney by Mitt’s father’s name, George: During a speech at the New Amsterdam Theater in Times Square, the president mixed up his Republican opponent with former Michigan Governor George Romney while contrasting their … Continue reading →
The significance of today’s Wisconsin recall vote
Succinctly put: Unless the voters in Wisconsin decide to surprise us all [today], the trouble in the Badger State means trouble ahead for public sector unions across the country. A Scott Walker victory would reshape not just Republican politics but … Continue reading →
More Nanny Bloomberg…
…this time defending his proposed banning of the 16-ounce size of sugared drinks. His article is an almost perfect illustration of how to slide down the slippery slope. In it, he shows no awareness of the difference between bans that … Continue reading →
Tomorrow…
…is the Scott Walker recall election in Wisconsin. Should be interesting. Here’s a roundup, including some new polls (valid or not). And I wonder: do you agree with me that there seems to be a slight lull in the presidential … Continue reading →
White/Jewish
In the ever-expanding interests of diversity in academia and elsewhere, we’ve hit a new high (that is, low): Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.” CUNY … Continue reading →
Alien spam
I got some spam email in my mailbox that began this way: Who I am? Shiny green eyes, twenty two years… It went on to catalogue her other enticing body parts—“C cup,” for example, which I would have thought was … Continue reading →
Scott Walker’s love child…
…not. The wrong Scott Walker, apparently. And the whole thing also made me think of this period piece:
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You’ll never guess who this is from looking at it, even though it’s a very famous person who’s usually instantly recognizable: It’s Groucho Marx without his trademark mustache and bushy eyebrows or eyeglasses. And to me it looks a lot … Continue reading →
Some politicians are flip-floppers…
…but Elizabeth Warren is just a flipper. And also, I suppose, a hypocrite. Although it’s an interesting question: is a person who rails against “predatory banks and heartless foreclosures” allowed to profit from those foreclosures? Is Warren just against the … Continue reading →
Mubarak gets…
…a sentence of life imprisonment. Probably a rather short sentence, considering that the former president is 84 and ill. Predictably, protests erupted from some Egyptians wanting blood. The protestors, of course, are vocal and loud and get a lot of … Continue reading →
“In tough fight with Romney…
…Obama longs for McCain,” says the Washington Examiner headline. The above photo was presciently supplied by Vanderleun at American Digest back on Dec. 2, 2011. But he was joking about the Republican primaries; who knew it would be Obama who’d … Continue reading →