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Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

So what’s up with Mark Steyn and National Review?

January 23, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Steyn writes: I'm not the first to discover too late that the American court system is no place for wee unsuspecting foreigners. Although I was the only one on the NR side who's actually won a free-speech battle (and so … [Read more...]

‘I have to say about all these videos…’

January 23, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

If you needed four guys to walk around in slow motion, we were the best at that. Vulture: The Oasis retrospective Time Flies was released way back in 2010, but it took until this … [Read more...]

Can you imagine John Derbyshire on acid?

January 23, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Well, now you can experience it (man)! My only other adventures with illegal substances were during a down-and-out spell in the early 1970s when I was working as a dishwasher in New Rochelle, New … [Read more...]

No, Topper: Ringo Star was the luckiest man alive (video)

January 23, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

PS: Here's the book. … [Read more...]

Regularly scheduled blogging will resume…

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Please enjoy today's "black and white 'Indian head test pattern'": … [Read more...]

Why Do So Many RomComs Use Songs By The Cure?

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

TheAwl wants to know: According to IMDb, one or more of The Cure's songs has been featured in 19 films in the genre, of their 84 soundtrack credits—all since 1997, which was the band's 21st … [Read more...]

‘Wouldn’t you prefer to have the government take your kidneys when you’re dead?’

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Life imitates Monty Python. … [Read more...]

I still say Bill Simmons is a fag (and trannies are nuts)

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Steve Sailer weighs in on the Grantland dead-tranny controversy: Simmons, … [Read more...]

See Los Angeles when it was still white: ‘Earthquake’ (1974)

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

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‘Not seen since its original 1959 broadcast’

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

I can't imagine why, can you? More proof that if the French were really so smart, they'd worship Dean Martin … [Read more...]

Washington Post, sometime in 2015: ‘Yeah, er, we’re going in a different direction…’

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Washington Post, yesterday: "Oh, yeah, we're giving the Volokh Conspiracy COMPLETE editorial freedom! We're hiring you because of who you are, you sillies!" Remember: … [Read more...]

Neil Young Doubles Down On the Crazy: My NEW PJMedia post

January 22, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

As most of you already know, Neil Young is at it again. This time, though, he's being challenged: “Neil Young has a monstrous tour bus. And, when he had his Canadian … [Read more...]

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