Dr. Doolittle would approve…
…of iPads for apes.
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Obama, Romney, the gay electorate, and the press
Obama’s declaration about gay marriage is getting an unbelievable amount of press. It’s as though it actually means something, other than that for some reason Obama has decided to abandon his pretense of being against gay marriage. It’s being framed … Continue reading →
President Obama…
…does the expected flip-flop on gay marriage.
Continue reading →Hillary Clinton says she no longer cares about hair and makeup…
…while looking nicely coiffed and wearing tasteful makeup. And yet I’m not going to hit her for hypocrisy. Hillary Clinton is now sixty-four years old, and although she’s no glamour puss, she looks perfectly fine for her age. Every now … Continue reading →
New Russian jet missing over Indonesia
This is absolutely terrible on both the human and the economic level, and for the Russian aviation industry specifically: …[A] a Sukhoi SuperJet-100, the first completely new post-Soviet jetliner, went missing during a promotional tour in Indonesia. The plane is … Continue reading →
Lugar and the press
Richard Mourdock primaried and yesterday ousted six-term Republican senator Dick Lugar in Indiana, and the MSM is very upset. As Michael Brendan Dougherty of Business Insider succinctly points out: The only time the press weeps at the loss of a … Continue reading →
This woman…
…is a plus-sized model. Go figure.
Continue reading →Richard Cohen tells Obama to be like LBJ
Richard Cohen advises Obama to read Robert Caro’s latest biography of LBJ and learn how to make friends and influence people like Johnson did. Dream on. In an alternate universe, maybe. In this one, a person can learn a few … Continue reading →
How many pairs…
…of gloves can Obama take off and still have more to go? I am so, so tired of reading that Obama is finally taking the gloves off. And amazingly enough, Obama seems to be asking people to keep hoping. It’s … Continue reading →
I think…
…that this story can only redound to Romney’s credit. But maybe that’s just cause I’m such a rebel. Question authority! Power (boats) to the people!!
Continue reading →Looking at the French elections
I don’t pretend to be an expert on internal French politics, but here’s a little summary of what winner Hollande stands for: He’s a Keynesian (although the article doesn’t mention that word) who favors stimulus as the answer to France’s … Continue reading →
France chooses…
…another round of socialism, first in 17 years. Dominique Strauss-Kahn must be kicking himself: shoulda, coulda, woulda. And Greece is confused, but it sounds like the voters might like more socialism, too, only with a different party in charge than … Continue reading →