Boston Bombers’ Family Got $100K in Welfare and Other Benefits.
I am probably racist for passing this along. (Via HotAir) Why do I work again? Happy May Day, Comrades.
Chicago: Where “Alderman” means the Same as “Godfather” means the same as “Baron”
Our Ruling Class is So Eminently Deserving Of Their Powers. Two police sources—a former gang investigator and a veteran detective—bluntly acknowledge that even if the police know of dubious dealings between an alderman and a gang leader or drug dealer, there is little, if anything, they can do, thanks to what they say is the… Read More Chicago: Where “Alderman” means the Same as “Godfather” means the same as “Baron”
Every Political Argument on Facebook, Ever.
Via Viral Read.
And Now For an Article in Which The Writer Pretends to Prefer That Harrison Ford had Stayed a Carpenter
The picture at the top is better than the article, but the article’s not bad. Fame on that level closes as many doors as it opens. Few superfamous actors have ever seemed as uncomfortable with superfame as Ford always has. (Actual Google hit count for “Harrison Ford reclusive”: 28.7 million.) Maybe it was that the… Read More And Now For an Article in Which The Writer Pretends to Prefer That Harrison Ford had Stayed a Carpenter
What Raging Rebecca Martinson Should Have Written
Like a majority of college students, I didn’t belong to a frat or sorority. And like a majority of those, I had attitudes and prejudices about those that did. They weren’t terribly original, and I won’t recount them. I don’t have them anymore. Looking back with a bit of wisdom, Greek Life has a certain… Read More What Raging Rebecca Martinson Should Have Written
Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello
(Dirk Gently reference.) Periods of time come when the thought of adding content to a blog puzzles the will. The evergreen political nonsense saps the spirit. Repeating the same arguments to the same applause sounds agonizingly dull. Besides, it’s springtime outside. The human animal was not meant to remain inside shut up with People Being Wrong… Read More Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello
We Do Not Understand the Middle East
That’s a pretty obvious statement, but Michael Totten’s article about the End of Hezbollah (his lips to God’s ears) underlines it wonderfully: Part of Hezbollah’s support used to come from the fact that they were perceived as not being corrupt, but that’s over now, too. “Even my family members who are big Hezbollah supporters are… Read More We Do Not Understand the Middle East
The Irony, It BURNS!
Footage of the car stolen by the Boston bombers in last-night’s shootout: @katmckinley @benhowe Here it is: twitter.com/chelseagrunwal… — Chelsea (@chelseagrunwald) April 19, 2013 Yeah, that’s a “Co-Exist” bumper sticker there. Yeah…. And now, some Dropkick Murphy’s. Because I can think of nothing more useful to do.
Notice to Everyone Who Said “Gay Marriage Will Not Lead to the Legalization of Polygamy.”
You are now officially bigots. We have a tendency to dismiss or marginalize people we don’t understand. We see women in polygamous marriages and assume they are victims. “They grew up in an unhealthy environment,” we say. “They didn’t really choose polygamy; they were just born into it.” Without question, that is sometimes true. But… Read More Notice to Everyone Who Said “Gay Marriage Will Not Lead to the Legalization of Polygamy.”
A Bunch of People Violently Died, Which Means It’s Time for Chris Matthews to Beclown Himself.
And Outrage becomes cliche. At different points during the day, I had the TV on three different cable channels: Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. None of them have covered themselves in glory — Allah has video of CNN’s Wolf Blitzer yammering pointlessly – but Chris Matthews was atrocious beyond description. The worst part of ideological cocooning lies in how… Read More A Bunch of People Violently Died, Which Means It’s Time for Chris Matthews to Beclown Himself.
