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Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs sends tasteless Pearl Harbor tweet. But that’s not what’s epic.

December 7, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

So Patton Oswald noticed and made a funny photoshop. Which … [Read more...]

Mark Steyn: The Post-Work Economy

December 7, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Mark Steyn writes: One wouldn’t expect the governing class to be as far-sighted as visionaries like Bezos. But it’s hard to be visionary if you’re pointing in the wrong direction. Which is why … [Read more...]

‘[L]ibertarians who reject reality may be doomed to extinction’

December 7, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Ilana Mercer writes: Picture this: You walk past a feral gang of black youths, like the ones depicted in all these terrifying YouTube clips. You grin bravely, place honky hands on ears … [Read more...]

Talk Radio Watch: Weekly recap of conservative talk radio highlights

December 7, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Enjoy FREE audio highlights, including:

  • Limbaugh's switch to three major markets
  • Aaron Klein's "Worst Person of the Year"
  • Two books that inspired Glenn … [Read more...]

‘Blue Sunshine’ (1978): Delayed reaction LSD a fine metaphor for Age of Aquarius aftershocks

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Blue Sunshine is such a great concept, it's disappointing that it misses the mark. See for yourself on TCM Saturday 2 a.m. [T]he flinty $500,000 production proved prescient in its own way, anticipating (or inspiring) the … [Read more...]

My Altamont anniversary post at PJMedia

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Here ya go... "I was in my thirties when I learned that Meredith Hunter, the fellow who’d … [Read more...]

Adam Carolla talks to Nick Lowe, who looks 200 years old now please kill me (video)

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

I find The Clash funnier than Lowe does, however. It's what saves them from being entirely horrible doctrinaire bores. The captions in Before and After alone are quite clever. It's too bad they didn't show that side of themselves more often, but I think they were afraid of turning into … [Read more...]

Saint Mandela? Not so fast

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

William F. Jasper writes: [T]he "hate speech" police in our media, who are quick to pounce on any real or fabricated racial or "homophobic" gaffe by politicians, celebrities, or common … [Read more...]

Daniel Greenfield: Mandela’s Death Gives Western Liberals Permission to Stop ‘Caring’ About South Africa

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Spotted by Laura Rosen Cohen: Even as the mourning for Mandela goes on, one child is raped every three minutes in South Africa and three children are murdered every day. If there is … [Read more...]

‘The Roaring Twenties’ (1939): Cagney and Bogart fight it out on the Warner’s lot. Any questions?

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Thank God for TCM. Search this one out if you haven't seen it yet ([Read more...]

‘Back when you were alive’

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

As Bob Dylan's "Newport" guitar goes on the auction block today... [Read more...]

How ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm, after they’ve seen the farm?

December 6, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Jonah Goldberg writes: As Wired’s Kevin Kelly notes, “Two hundred years ago, 70 percent of American workers lived on the farm. Today automation has eliminated all but 1 percent … [Read more...]

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