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Category Archives: National
The Saint & The Statistic
Ah, the St. Martin Luther King 50th TV wankfest. On This Week With George Snuffaluffagus, Dan Balz recites the holy script, kneejerk-lib, MLK-50th, echo-chamber-meme that, while there’s been great progress in civil rights, the…. drumroll… “persistence of the gap between … Continue reading
D.C. — Subsidized Weed For The ‘Poor’
The Great Liberal Utopia keeps gettin’ better: An unprecedented D.C. government program will require medical marijuana dispensaries to put aside 2 percent of their profits in order to subsidize pot purchases for poor patients. Under the proposed rule, which was … Continue reading
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American Homicide
I just watched Ohio State history professor Randolph Roth discuss his book American Homicide on C-Span’s “Book Notes”. The thrust of Roth’s thesis: When trust in government is relatively high, the homicide rate is relatively low; when trust in government … Continue reading
Newtown – 2X
After the Newtown shooting, the residents of Newtown — enlightened through tragedy — have become a monolithic, pro-more-gun-control entity, collectively placing their guns (those awful, murderous weapons) into a giant bonfire. Peace henceforth ensued in Newtown, in perpetuity. Oops, actually, … Continue reading
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The Worst Decade of the Past 60 Years
Ann Coulter, in her latest column: Examining nearly a century of U.S. census reports, [sociologist Erol] Ricketts found that between 1890 and 1950, blacks had higher marriage rates than whites. Until 1970, black women were more likely to get married … Continue reading
Culture
“The only difference between California and yogurt is that yogurt has active culture.” — Woody Allen
Rise of the Warrior Cop
Radley Balko has a good piece in the WSJ on the militarization of American policing. It’s something that’s increasingly ominous, part and parcel of the rise of the (politically-correct) fascist state.
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As Goes Detroit…
From a USA Today article titled “Detroit not alone under crushing pension obligations“: WASHINGTON — Detroit may be alone among the nation’s biggest cities in terms of filing for bankruptcy, but it is far from the only city being crushed … Continue reading
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Mania
Wow, where to start… Expected demographic? Check. Standard-issue, one-size-fits-all, ‘No Justice No Peace’ slogan? Check. Marxist ANSWER affiliation? Check. Misspelling on sign? Check. Trendy, ghetto-bootlegged, cause célèbre T-shirt? Check. Meanwhile, from an ANSWER rally in… drumroll…. San Francisco: ‘Whole System … Continue reading
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