Category Archives: Politics

An open letter to the NY Times editors

Dear New York Times editorial staff: You do realize, don’t you, that most of the people who read your paper weren’t going to vote for Romney/Ryan anyway? Seems to me you’re just wasting space going off on Ryan twice in … Continue reading

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Stupid headline of the day

New feature! Because this is one of the stupider headlines I’ve seen in ages, I’m going to feature the Stupid Headline of the Day from time to time, and odds are, it’s going to involve the Republican candidates for president … Continue reading

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Decoding the media line on Paul Ryan

The MSM is hating on the Ryan pick, except for William Saletan, who just hates on Republicans and pretends he might vote for Ryan in four years (shyeah, right). So let me decode what might have been: Scenario 1: Romney’s … Continue reading

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And it’s Romney-Ryan

Mitt Romney went with the more exciting choice, not the dull one, and the Obama administration is going to have to retool its opposition strategy. Paul Ryan is the VP pick. Personally, I love watching Ryan speak. He’s so cuuuuuute. … Continue reading

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Do not meddle in the affairs of billionaires

It’s not smart to libel billionaires. The DCCC (oh, go look up what the acronym stands for; it’s in the article) issued an apology in the hopes of stopping Sheldon Adelson from suing them for libel. Yeah, good luck with … Continue reading

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Wednesday I’m now part-time briefs

Yep, it’s my first day as a part-timer at Co. in NorVA, so I have more time to do things like write. And blog. Culture matters: Mitt Romney doubles down on what he said in Israel that so pissed off … Continue reading

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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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Thursday briefs

Chuck Schumer, defending Big Business against the little guy: Only he’s with the publishers and Apple who colluded to set higher prices on ebooks. He’s getting slammed at Ars Technica, even though its Apple editor wrote a fairly favorable(to Apple) … Continue reading

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Sunday, briefly

Oops: So much for that vaunted Lebanese technology. Didn’t we hear Chipmunk Cheeks bragging about how great the Lebanese weapons were over Israel’s? You know, while he’s in hiding in some undisclosed location for fear of a Hellfire missile with … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

But it’s not anti-Semitic: Michael Gerson on the ruling in Germany that makes circumcision a crime. Also a critique of Andrew Sullivan, the anti-Israel, anti-circumcision, but not anti-Semitic columnist. He doesn’t hate Jews. Just the Jewish state and circumcision. Give … Continue reading

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This is why I no longer vote for Democrats

Illinois suburban Jews are abandoning the Democratic party. These are Chicago suburbs we’re talking about. Keep this in mind as you read on. David Harris, the head of the National Jewish Democratic Council is calling on Mitt Romney to return … Continue reading

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Friday head-scratching briefs

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/the-stink-of-cologne/2012/06/27/gJQAqe0d7V_blog.html All is not well in Assadville: A big defection in Syria, some big-time general. You know, that Arab Spring is going to cause a Winter War, if you ask me. Israel had better gird its loins. What kind of … 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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More concerned with history than with law

One of the reasons the Supreme Court Justices are elected for life terms is so that they can consider the laws without regard to who is offended by the judgments they make. But the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court … Continue reading

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