My colleague at Rock n’ Roll Archaeology, Maynard Edwards, has a piece up about the state of popular music that sounds awfully depressing . A few examples: 4.) Flo Rida’s “Low” has sold 8 million copies . . . the same as The Beatles’ “Hey Jude”. 11.) The cast of “Glee” has had more songs… Read More And Did I Mention That You Damn Kids Should Get Off My Lawn?
It seems as though everyone had something to celebrate from last night’s primaries (except of course, Ron Paul. Doubtless he had a moral victory). I watched most of the speeches last night, and these are the impressions they made on me: Newt Gingrich came across as a bulldog, but a bulldog that spent way too… Read More Three Wins, Three Speeches
The goose-stepping little martinet who took away a preschoolers’ lunch has been suspended. Or, an employee has been punished for following orders. The mother of the 4-year-old girl whose turkey sandwich was replaced by chicken nuggets says the teacher is not to blame and shouldn’t be punished. “We are concerned for Ms. Maynor [the teacher]… Read More The Scandal Isn’t Over Until the Scapegoat is Driven Off…
In New York State, they pretend that IOU’s are money, and borrow pretend money from them. It’s important to understand that they can’t not do this. They have gleefully incurred obligations that they know they cannot pay. Because the failure to pay is a cause for more money to be put into their pockets. So… Read More We Are Being Governed By Thieves
His crimes against lese majeste are all well known. Let his limbs be sent to the four corners of the realm, as a warning.
Apparently Georgetown University should also have to pay for sex-change operations. No word on whether they should have to cover abortions, but I doubt she’s a scrupulous supporter of religious freedom on this issue. Call it a hunch. Because the Mainstream is such a lame dream.
Which is to say, an explicitly religious club is not really religious, and therefore can’t ban non-believers. (h/t: Instapundit) Which is to say, the rules apply according to whether your group is on the approved list or not. Which is to say, the rules are not the rules. I wonder if they’ve considered what happens… Read More Christianity is Not a Religion
Ace fisks Frum on the strained nature of the “Tu Quoque” Fallacy. These are the same points I brought up earlier, when explaining that I did not care about Limbaugh’s outburst. But as Frum points out, Letterman did apologize for what he said about Willow Palin, as did Ed Schultz when he called Laura Ingraham… Read More There’s Always An Excuse For Your Slut
It’s almost as though the Government sucks at directing economic production: On Friday, General Motors announced that it will temporarily suspend production of the Chevy Volt and temporarily lay off 1,300 workers associated with the electric car. Three days prior to GM’s decision to halt production of the Volt, President Barack Obama spoke in Detroit… Read More Government Motors Fails
