To Do Capitalism Right, You Really Need Some Experience With Communism…UPDATED WITH KRUGMAN BASHING

I think that’s at least one explanation for how Estonia bounced back from a recession worse than Greece’s on an austerity regime with almost no social unrest. These people clearly remember when times were much worse. Canadian Rattlesnake has the details. UPDATE: In related news, the President of Estonia just ripped Paul Krugman a new one on… Read More To Do Capitalism Right, You Really Need Some Experience With Communism…UPDATED WITH KRUGMAN BASHING

7 Jun 20127 Jun 2012 AndrewLeave a comment

The Eight Deadly Sins

“There’s lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride, and comma splices.” And so am I introduced to the Blah Blah Blog.

7 Jun 2012 Andrew1 Comment

Ray Bradbury is Dead

Which reminds me how much I liked Fahrenheit 451 when I read it in grade school. It was a bit much for me to process, actually. I might have to re-read it. It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass… Read More Ray Bradbury is Dead

6 Jun 2012 Andrew1 Comment

Democrats on Twitter Behave With Grace and Dignity in Defeat.

SIKE! Democrats Threaten Walker Assassination | Power Line. Just remember how this is not “violent, eliminationinst rhetoric,” but the true voice of the people. Or it’s just a bunch of people blowing off steam. In either case, doesn’t count.

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Bad Times For the Communist Dynasty

Francis Fukuyama discusses the “Bad Emperor” problem. I had a meeting a couple of years ago in Beijing with a mid-level official heading a Central Committee office, who told me over a long lunch that I could not possibly understand contemporary China without appreciating what a total disaster the Cultural Revolution was, and how the… Read More Bad Times For the Communist Dynasty

5 Jun 2012 AndrewLeave a comment

Walker Wins?

At Ace’s Live Coverage thread, MSNBC has called it for Walker. Of course, the top aggregation on Memeorandum right now is about how the GOP cheated. They must have. Because Walker can’t win. Duh. UPDATE: Fox and CNN have chimed in as well.

5 Jun 20125 Jun 2012 AndrewLeave a comment

Lileks Roasts Bloomberg, and All His Flying Monkeys, Too.

Epic. (h/t Instapundit) As I said, it’s not about health. If it was, no one would mention the cost of obesity. It’s an issue only because the rest of us have to pay for it? If that’s the case, then there’s no end to the restrictions we can conjure up and impose with equal parts… Read More Lileks Roasts Bloomberg, and All His Flying Monkeys, Too.

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The President Was Too Nice and Other Palpable Untruths.

Memeorandum links a long essay by Peter Wehner in Commentary, discussing the liberal explanations for “the unexpectedly shovel-ready high-speed intercontinental 57-state train wreck that is the Obama administration” (is that what they call a meme aggregation?). According to Wehner, they are as follows:

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Gay Green Lantern is Gay (UPDATED)

This is why I pretty much only read Batman. Because Batman is too completely messed-up a character to have a normal sexual life, his comic is also blessely free of this kind of horsefeathers. Green Lantern sucks. I know this because I have never read it. I have never read it because it’s a dude/series… Read More Gay Green Lantern is Gay (UPDATED)

2 Jun 20125 Jun 2012 Andrew10 Comments

The Fundamental Weakness of Barak Obama

I didn’t know, until this year, that Obama: ate dog snorted “a little blow” came from a line of polygamists had claimed to be born in Kenya in the first draft of his autobiography That’s a problem for Obama. Not because it denies him my vote; such was never going to be his anyway. But… Read More The Fundamental Weakness of Barak Obama

1 Jun 2012 Andrew2 Comments