Too Much Time On Their Hands
This is what happens when a lawmaking body has too much time on its hands: Berkeley Finds a New Way to Make War Politics Local BERKELEY, Calif. — While the City Council here has little — read, no —...
View ArticleGreat Choices
Bill Jempty of Wizbang has chosen Mississippi State Representatives W. T. Mayhall Jr, Bobby Show, and John Read to receive his Knucklehead of the Day award. These three morons have sponsoring the...
View ArticleSome Will Never Understand
At least some of us get it. No, wait. I think the majority of us get it. Follodor points out why gun buybacks don’t work – people are not as stupid as the government hopes they are. I think I might...
View Article“Why isn’t there any fun anymore?”
John Brignell, in March of the zealots, explains why fun has gone out of style. In doing so he also explains a lot of other stuff. Consider yourself warned. Every age has its dominant caste. This is...
View ArticleWords We Think We Understand
Etymology. Callimachus explores word-pairs. His post led me to wonder what the etymology of “punish” is. That search led me to Etymologically Speaking, where I’ve spent the last two hours. Some of my...
View ArticleStupid, Evil, or
Pelosi, Reid, and the Democrats do not want to take “ownership” of the bailout. Sure, it’s a lot of money and they don’t want responsibility for a spending bill of that size. But does it go further...
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Gun Trivia
Alphecca recently commented on how the AP defines “assault rifle” or weapon. Basically, it’s a rifle that looks mean, or “military” and it really doesn’t matter how you define the terms. It’s been my...
View ArticleA Complaint Free World?
Touted as a revenue neutral proposal, Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) is pushing for 1% of the world’s population (approx. 60 million people) to become ‘complaint free’. The day before Thanksgiving is to be the...
View ArticleCookie-Cutter Tiny Houses
You know it’s a first world problem when your efforts to curb consumption are co-opted by copycats: Are tiny houses becoming too “cookie-cutter”? That’s the fear of Phoenix Vo-Dinh, a tiny-house renter...
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