Good. I make fun of video game players but people obsessed with planets and stars are almost as bad, except they're wrapped in centuries of romance AND science, which is a high grade combination for mischief. Star gazing is particularly stupid. It's quite possible that the "star" you're … [Read more...]
‘Born in 1963, died 2016 – alas poor Sex’
I hate the Guardian as much as the next person but I still get their daily email so I won't miss gems like this. I'm not being sarcastic: This is outstanding... Is it that you got … [Read more...]
Blogging resumes Monday morning…
‘Whatever happened to The New Yorker’s meticulous fact-checking?’ asks someone else now
I asked that last month in connection to the Gay Talese disaster, but now here's Ann Althouse with a subject closer to my … [Read more...]
“In the world of the Taliban, you don’t want to be a stone’s throw from anyone, especially if you’re a woman”
Gutfeld went on to say that Clinton continually suffers from a “lax security disorder” because everything in her life seems to be wide open — except her own personal life, that is. “Everything but her own privacy is an open door and priorities seem as skewed as her delightful bark,” he … [Read more...]
David Solway: Is Islam a religion?
David Solway writes: If Pope Francis is correct when he proclaims that “religions don’t want war,” then Islam is not a religion. Commenting on the Danish People’s Party’s call to shut down Muslim immigration, American … [Read more...]
‘How Jon Stewart’s Culture of Ridicule Left America Unprepared for Donald Trump’
HA HA!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Fags. PS: This video is embedded with the story, note the “None of whom are smarter than the … [Read more...]
James E. Miller on Erik Erikson’s ‘unholy crusade’ against Trump
I've always ignored Erikson and wondered how he even got to where he was, but James is always worth reading: This is far from the first time he has gone off the rails. The outspoken blogger has a history of making … [Read more...]
David Cole: Can Muslims be shamed as easily as, say, white folks?
David Cole writes: What would happen if a German “citizen journalist” armed with a video camera waded into the masses of refugees to ask one simple question: Do you think “the Jews” lied about the Holocaust? You ask 1,000 … [Read more...]
Trump jokes about killing people. Hillary actually kills people.
That's the only "spin" I can put on Trump's really dumb "joke" (not sure it was) about somebody assassinating President Hillary Clinton. I joke about killing … [Read more...]
Ian Curtis was right to kill himself
Joe Bob Briggs: How CVS Invaded My Brain
Joe Bob Briggs writes: My grandfather, a Texan who worked for the Katy Railroad and the Dallas troubleshooting division of International Telephone & Telegraph, was 30 years old when Franklin Roosevelt got the … [Read more...]