Dear Prudence, My fraternal twin and I (both men) are in our late 30s. We were always extremely close and shared a bedroom growing up. When we were 12 we gradually started experimenting sexually with each other. After a couple of years, we realized we had fallen in love. Of course we felt guilty and [...]
Written By : William Teach With friends like this, who needs enemies? Jen Rubin starts off her article with a mention of an unnamed and completely anonymous Republican Senator “quoted” in an ABC article saying Santorum would lose 35 states, then on to another article using another anonymous “tippy top” Republican discussing the need for [...]
Written By : William Teach Of course, this is all about the contraceptive, sterilization, and abortifacient mandate (Time Magazine – Erika Christakis) There was lots of excitable talk last week about birth control, with President Obama dialing back his initial plan for mandating contraceptive coverage to exempt employers who object to such coverage on religious [...]
Written By : Warner Todd Huston The conservative bloggers at CPAC were happy to receive a visit from Representative Allen West (Florida, 22nd District) this year. The second he walked into the room he was mobbed by the bloggers and their ubiquitous handi-cams. West talked vice presidential possibilities, South America, his status as the most [...]
Written By : William Teach Late yesterday, excitable John Cole decided to name Tyler Cowen his “worst person in the world” (that’s not particularly civil discourse, but, then Powerline highlights that civil discourse is so 2011) for a tweet that wasn’t necessarily for Virginia’s abortion bill, but simply highlighted Liberal hypocrisy By informing consumers, he [...]
Written By : Chris Wysocki I saw this doozy earlier in the week and forgot to blog about it until a friend emailed last night, “can you believe it?” Sadly yes, I can believe just about anything when it comes to progressive do-gooders looking to save the world. Some New Jersey politicians want to buy [...]
Written By : Craig Newmark The KFC in Kathmandu and the Starbucks in the Forbidden City are pretty cool reflections of capitalism. Too bad the latter closed. 0
Written By : William Teach I knew there was something else I wanted to write about Friday. The 3rd anniversary of Obama’s massive, pork laden, campaign donor hookup entitled the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, otherwise known as The Stimulus That Didn’t. It’s rather strange that neither Obama nor any Democrats talked about how great [...]
Written By : William Teach That’s the question The Politico is asking Democrats have an unexpected new foil in their effort to label the GOP as hostile to women: Rick Santorum. After hammering away for a year at the message that Republicans are indifferent to women’s health and economic well-being, President Barack Obama’s party has [...]
Greece is expecting to agree the terms of European leaders for a rescue package this evening as the country seeks to avoid a default on its international debts. But Greeks fear that the cuts, imposed on them in return for a €130bn bailout, is sending the country spiralling into a catastrophic depression. …The mood in [...]
Written By : William Teach It only took him over three years to realize that Obama is a perpetual liar whose promises have a quick expiration date (CNN) President Obama has broken a promise to the American people to cut the deficit in half. His latest budget forecasts a $901 billion budget deficit for 2013. [...]
Written By : William Teach Many realize the need for cybersecurity, but are also wondering if this is legislation in need of a problem. One one has to wonder why Harry Reid would do this (The Hill) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to bring a cybersecurity bill straight to the Senate floor in [...]
Written By : Alexa Shrugged From Alexa Shrugged: Ok, considering I only took about 20 pictures, this listing could have been better. I was so lame at CPAC this year that I didn’t even see John Hawkins long enough to make it into his post The CPAC 2012 Experience: 43 Pictures like I have in [...]
Written By : William Teach Of course, many in the media and the Democrat Party (but, I repeat myself) are portraying this as Republicans caving. Pretty much because this is about the only thing that Obama has done that is actually popular, to a degree. Why removing money from the Social Security fund is popular, [...]
Written By : William Teach Now, that would be a hell of a thing, the top “law enforcement” agent in the country slapped with a contempt charge (Daily Caller) On Tuesday Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House committee on Oversight and Government Reform, took a major step toward holding Attorney General Eric Holder in [...]
Written By : Thomas Sowell Although Barack Obama is the first black President of the United States, he is by no means unique, except for his complexion. He follows in the footsteps of other presidents with a similar vision, the vision at the heart of the Progressive movement that flourished a hundred years ago. Many [...]
Written By : William Teach In what should surprise no one, Obama’s budget panders to the .000001% who might consider purchasing a Chevy Pyre (via Hot Air) (Daily Caller) The White House intends to boost government subsidies for wealthy buyers of the Chevy Volt and other new-technology vehicles — to $10,000 per buyer. That mammoth [...]
(Daily Caller) A little after 1 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2009, Karl Frisch emailed a memo to his bosses, Media Matters for America founder David Brock and president Eric Burns. In the first few lines, Frisch explained why Media Matters should launch a “Fox Fund” whose mission would be to attack the Fox News Channel. [...]
Written By : William Teach Those aren’t my words, but those of Politico writer David Rogers He ran on hope, governed through despair and now, with his election-year budget, President Barack Obama is trying to light the old spark, fleshing out a political narrative for America that can inspire with its romance but also seem [...]
Written By : William Teach Those aren’t my words, but those of Politico writer David Rogers He ran on hope, governed through despair and now, with his election-year budget, President Barack Obama is trying to light the old spark, fleshing out a political narrative for America that can inspire with its romance but also seem [...]
Written By : William Teach General Secretary Obama has spoken (CBS News) President Obama’s top aide addressed the latest controversy over contraception coverage, saying on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that the latest iteration of the new rule, which was announced Friday, will go forward. “We’re going to go ahead and implement it,” White [...]
Written By : William Teach General Secretary Obama has spoken (CBS News) President Obama’s top aide addressed the latest controversy over contraception coverage, saying on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that the latest iteration of the new rule, which was announced Friday, will go forward. “We’re going to go ahead and implement it,” White [...]
Written By : John Hawkins CPAC is a conservative Disneyland for bloggers. You get up early and stay out late, meet famous conservatives, hang out with friends you only get to see in person 2-3 times a year, meet dozens and dozens of new people, and hit parties and receptions galore. In addition, you’re constantly [...]
Written By : John Hawkins CPAC is a conservative Disneyland for bloggers. You get up early and stay out late, meet famous conservatives, hang out with friends you only get to see in person 2-3 times a year, meet dozens and dozens of new people, and hit parties and receptions galore. In addition, you’re constantly [...]
Written By : Craig Newmark Rosie O’Donnell tried out for the role of Elaine Benes on Seinfeld. Can you imagine? 0
Written By : William Teach A good night for Mitt (Washington Times) Mitt Romney won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll on Saturday, and also nipped Rick Santorum as the top choice of conservatives nationwide, according to a new version of the poll conducted for the first time this year that suggests Mr. Romney retains [...]
Written By : TrogloPundit Just a few stories that caught my eye over the past week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture for more information. Link: The POH Diaries. Link: The Pirate’s Cove. Link: Weasel Zippers. Link: Jimmie Bise. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: NRO. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: Boots Sabers. Previously: [...]
Written By : Craig Newmark Ayutthaya, the “world’s largest city in 1700 AD,” was new to me. -2
Written By : William Teach Come on, when this whole contraception fiasco with the Catholic Church (fiasco for Obama) started, you knew in your heart of hearts that some Lefty would tie it in to globull warming, right? Just like most holidays (I blew off any mention of “green” initiatives for the Super Bowl), it [...]
Written By : William Teach While Obama’s budget, which he plans to announce on Monday during what will be a campaign rally, significantly ramps up tax rates for small business owners, he’s looking to pander to corporations (Reuters) President Barack Obama will call for cutting the top 35 percent corporate tax rate as early as [...]
Written By : William Teach I’m sure we’ll get all sorts of talking points about how Paul isn’t actually a truther, he just doesn’t want to annoy potential donors (MSNBC) As libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul looks for a state he can win, some of his supporters have turned to a new theme: voting [...]
Herman Cain’s famous 9-9-9 tax proposal has inspired international admiration, and two Japanese activists hope to bring their own version of the Atlanta businessman’s plan to their country. During a private meeting Thursday with Tokyo Tea Party leader Yuya Watase and Jikido “Jay” Aeba of Japan’s Happiness Realization Party (HRP), Cain agreed to travel to [...]
Written By : William Teach The question is, how much will Obama scold people who have different beliefs than him, and how much will he lecture (ABC News) With the White House under fire for its new rule requiring employers including religious organizations to offer health insurance that fully covers birth control coverage, ABC News [...]
Written By : Victor Davis Hanson On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama once called for a “reset” policy with Iran. Supposedly, the unpopularity of the Texan provocateur George W. Bush and his administration’s inability to finesse “soft power” had needlessly alienated the Iranian theocracy. After all, the widely quoted but highly politicized 2007 [...]
Written By : William Teach We’ve already had confirmation on massive errors in the UN IPCC’s “science”, and know that the errors were used intentionally to scaremonger. We know that the data came from an unfounded report which had no scientific data, written by a grad student who did no field research, like so much [...]
Written By : William Teach It boggles the mind why Obama would want to pick this fight with Catholics, which also means Conservatives, Tea Party members, Republicans, and the 60+% of Americans who oppose ObamaCare get riled up again, in an election year. Democrats, including Obama, avoided mentioning ObamaCare during the 2010 mid-term elections in [...]
Written By : William Teach Tuesday night was all Rick (for the non-hockey fans, first, shame on you, and second, a hat trick is scoring 3 goals, after which people throw their hats on the ice. Not easy to score a hat trick) (Washington Post) Rick Santorum had a breakthrough night Tuesday, winning GOP presidential [...]
Written By : William Teach How many times have we been told that global warming climate change is going to be bad for humans? Disease and stuff will kill hundreds of millions, turning people into zombies….well, not really, they haven’t gotten to that jumping shark moment. Yet. Though, the Warmists have done “Zombie Walks for [...]
Written By : William Teach Let’s start off with this from LauraW at Ace Of Spades Did Catholic organizations support Obamacare because they either assumed or were told that they would get an exception based on their religious beliefs? Because if that is true, then essentially they agreed to support an infringement on others’ freedoms [...]
Written By : William Teach So, we can see the majority of the elements Democrats will use to attempt to get the Most Incompetent President Ever re-elected. Class warfare led by a rich guy who doesn’t pay his fair share? Check. Redistributive rhetoric led by rich guys who won’t give up their own money? Check. [...]
Written By : John Hawkins Greece is a crummy little country, with terrible demographics, a mediocre economy, and a massive government that has been spending far more than it has for far too long. Liberals, being liberals, in Greece and across the rest of the world, can’t accept the plain and simple truth; Greece is [...]
Written By : William Teach Grist let’s the cat out of the bag that the whole climate change movement is not about “the environment”, but about Big Centralized Government Why climate change will make you love big government This essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom’s kind permission. Look back [...]
Written By : Craig Newmark Interesting story. -1
Written By : Craig Newmark Kind of. The formula, it seems, is some combination of leadership, stability, buy-in across the board, talent (especially at quarterback) and tough love. -1
Written By : William Teach Not quite as big as some thought, as some were predicting a 50%+ win, but, very close. With 71% reporting as of 7am, we’re looking at Romney – 47.6% Gingrich – 22.7% Santorum – 11.1% Paul – 18.6% And (Politico) Network entrance polling showed Romney accomplished a powerful near sweep [...]
Written By : William Teach This is getting rather repetitive (Washington Examiner) “Let’s see it,” a frustrated Sen. Jeff Sessions said on the Senate floor Monday afternoon. “Let’s bring it forward.” By “it,” Sessions meant a Democratic proposal for a 2012 federal budget. In recent days Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, [...]
Written By : TrogloPundit Well this is interesting: The Newt Gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the Florida Republican presidential primary based on the Republican National Committee’s own rules which state that no contest can be winner-take-all prior to April 1, 2012. (See RNC memo.) The Romney campaign – and just [...]
Written By : William Teach It’s like all you Tea Partying climate realists are conspiracy nuts or something (via Tom Nelson) Said story: Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve [...]
Written By : Ben Shapiro In 1831, Henry Clay formed a new political party. He called it the Whig Party. His goal was to ensure Jeffersonian democracy and fight President Andrew Jackson, a Democrat. Over the course of the next 20 years, the Whig Party achieved several presidential victories. But as slavery assumed more and [...]
Written By : William Teach The decision by the Susan G. Komen foundation to no longer provide funds to Planned Parenthood has driven the abortion debate to front and center, and driven Liberals nuts, highlighting once again that abortion on demand is one of the bedrocks of their beliefs. And along comes Jamie Steihm at [...]