Category Archives: American Scene

Late Monday briefs

Just goes to show you, school hasn’t changed at all since I was in it: Well, except the reading teacher in my high school ultimately got fired after he was caught screwing a teenage girl. Looks like it’s still going … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Shades of 1930s Europe: Switzerland joins Germany’s war on Jews and Muslims by banning circumcision. First they ban kosher slaughter. Then they ban circumcision. Give them time, and they will ban Judaism completely. They did it before. Israel remembers the … Continue reading

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When the police are minutes away, seconds matter

David Frum on how safe Americans really are, so they don’t need guns: The police can protect you, and will, and do. And a gun in the house is not a guarantee of personal security — it is instead a … Continue reading

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Briefly

Not enough: I think they should have called down the “death penalty” on Penn State, but at least their football program is mostly dead now. Here’s a good take on why. Crazy or not, the death penalty works for me: … Continue reading

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Have a Glorious Fourth!

And on this date, every year, I write: Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans, and to my fellow Americans in spirit. Two hundred and thirty five years ago, our forefathers gave us this: The unanimous Declaration of the … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Oh, so that’s why summer feels so long already: Did you know there was a leap second added to the year? And that it wreaked havoc on the interwebs? More evidence of Justice Roberts’ cowardice: More articles are coming out … Continue reading

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Post-Obamacare briefs

That new civility: “it’s Constitutional. Bitches” is the tweet sent by the executive director of the DNC. Not a staffer. Not a young intern. The man in charge of the Democratic National Committee. To quote Todd Manning from General Hospital: … Continue reading

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Breaking: Obamacare passes the Supremes

Time to repeal it. From SCOTUSblog’s liveblog: Amy Howe: The individual mandate survives as a tax. Tom: So the mandate is constitutional. Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Court. Tom: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, … Continue reading

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Three more days until the Obamacare ruling

Nothing from the Supreme Court today, but the next (and last for this season) session will be on Thursday, when we will hear Chief Justice Roberts read the opinion of the Supreme Court. It is widely expected to be a … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning political news briefs

Suck it up and pay for your own damned pensions: Scott Walker’s recall election is today, and it’s ending as ugly as it started. The unions are in full-blown panic mode, because when the government doesn’t take union dues out … Continue reading

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On Memorial Day

Think of the veterans. And read America: Her finest hour is yet to come

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Peaceful, happy Occupy protesters arrested from sea to shining sea

Oh, those crazy kids. They totally got their message across. Wall Street is greedy? Nope. They are the 99%? Nope. Fairness and justice for all? Nope. They’re a bunch of spoiled, petulant thugs and criminals? You got it. New York: … Continue reading

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Briefly briefs

This is what genocide looks like: It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah. And? The UN has noticed there is no truce in Syria, unlike the media, which never notices when terrorist groups break the truce with Israel. Awesome. The Secret … Continue reading

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More Failtilla briefs

Yeah, definitely Failtilla: When they stoop to calling Israel racists for refusing to let them enter the country, well, epic fail. The widdle kiddies are thwowing a tantwum. Edited or not, this seems like unlawful force: The ISM idiots who … Continue reading

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Quick links

Lee Smith on whether or not the White House is behind the leaks about Israel’s Iran plans. More preconditions, less talk, same-old, same-old. The most amazing thing about yesterday’s tornadoes? No one was killed. Hamas politico admits what everyone already … Continue reading

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