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- Reagan, via @rushlimbaugh, is right: put the onus on the Left to PROVE the fetus is not human. Only then do you justify abortion. 11 hours ago
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“The Info Debris” requires you to responsibly sieve: I defend Twitter
As much as I admire columnist David Warren, I must disagree with this column. I called up a Twitter search yesterday, on the word “tsunami.” My screen immediately filled with tweets logged “10 seconds ago,” with a few at the … Continue reading
Get us out of the Stan
My glass is half empty today, folks. I present to you Andy McCarthy at NRO, who only speaks aloud what we’ve all been thinking for a while now. Afghanistan is a disaster and it’s time for us to come home. … Continue reading
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Why I believe Christie won’t run
He’s said it until he’s blue in the face. Chris Christie doesn’t want to run for president in 2012. Here was his latest disclaimer: “I’m not stupid. I see the opportunity. I see it. That’s not the reason to run,” … Continue reading
Spammed again
Well, folks, the evil penis promoters got us again. Technical fixes on the way . . . Don’t click through on anything with “prescription” in the link, in the meantime.
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I’ll give you one good reason to vote for Rick Santorum
…Because this kind of vote-tampering is despicable.
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Five Men really do rule the world: the interesting case of Pimco
And I mean this in the most complimentary sense! The Five Men have been the stuff of fiction for a long time. I seem to recall the fictional account of the Kennedy family, the tawdry and trashy novel Captains and the … Continue reading
Strangle the PC windmakers
Surely, a subject upon which principled conservatives can agree is that we must destroy “political correctness” in all its forms. Fascism of the mind and the tongue, PC is used by the Left as a bludgeon, in order to render … Continue reading
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The Beast is dead, long live The Beast?
As you may have noticed, The Filthy Beast was hacked. Every post was infiltrated with an ad placement link. The Beast, as we’ve known it, can be no more. (Going into each post and cleaning it up is untenable.) The … Continue reading
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Hauser’s Law means you get 19% no matter what
From 1930 to 2010, tax-revenue collection in the United States has never topped 20.9 percent, averaging 16.5 percent of GDP over 80 years. This despite the drastic historical fluctuation in tax rates on the wealthiest Americans. This is called Hauser’s Law, … Continue reading
If scientists are mountains, Newton is Everest
I’ve come across a long, fascinating article about Muslim contributions (or lack thereof) to scientific discovery. The author is no “apologist for Islam,” but he wants to grant credit where it’s due. The top Muslim scientist, working in the late … Continue reading
One year anniversary on the nine year anniversary
Why did this blog begin on this day one year ago? I don’t remember. The post didn’t relate to a memorial of 9/11, and I believe the date is pure coincidence. Or divine intervention. I’m proud to claim the date … Continue reading
Why in the world did Vegas Republicans pick @kenwegner?
I’m mystified. We had multiple candidates to choose from, some of them actually good. Yet we ended up with Kenneth Wegner again. Google Ken Wegner and you’ll see the word “again” a lot. Wegner was our standard bearer for NV … Continue reading
How many sins did the Madonna of Nagasaki absorb?
Archbishop Dolan on Our Lady of Nagasaki: Haunting … that’s the only word I can find to describe it … I’ve knelt before many images of the Mother of Jesus before: our Mother of Perpetual Help, the Pieta, the Virgin … Continue reading
Panhandling promotes a “human connection,” say lobbyist leeches
Las Vegas, like a few other cities, has begun using old parking meters as donation stations for the homeless. Money collected goes toward bus fare home or document retrieval (like a birth certificate) necessary for work. In other words, money … Continue reading
No Shirt, No Face, No Service: ban the veil
“Last month, in a speech from the Elysée Palace, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced his intention to enact a ban on the full Muslim veil.” Americans, hearing this news, are split between those who find the ban an abominable infringement … Continue reading
Fluff
Once again your narrator will dip her toe into matters far beyond her intellectual depth. Surprised that a post titled “Fluff” would contain any profundities? [Folks, I removed the picture because its size was slowing the site. Go here to see … Continue reading
Meet the Mad Monk
Now don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t vote for the loon while my bum pointed down but at least he’s interesting. cheap prescription drugs without prescription Half Jesuit, half crazed Millwall supporter, with a religious philosophy of “share in the … Continue reading
Reid’s “witch hunt” backfires
Harry Reid was busy running for reelection, and defeating his toughest opponent, way back in ’08. Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, Republican, was considered the leading contender to run against Reid in 2010 for U.S. Senate until, in December 2008, … Continue reading
What’s Rare?
How does this make you feel? “84 percent of the $1.05 billion in “green” stimulus funding distributed by the Obama administration since September has gone to foreign companies.” As if the stimulus wasn’t monstrosity enough, and if “profitable” green technology … Continue reading
Floating an idea
Today’s lesson, children, is on invasive aquatic species. Go ahead and lay your heads on your desks while I explain this. Look, this topic keeps popping up in the news. I have no choice but to discuss it. Our very … Continue reading
Senator Ensign fiddles while HSAs burn
Ensign will offer 30 tweaks to health care bill Critics say he’s out to attract attention, not improve legislation The LV Sun reports on our wayward Senator’s attempts to influence his fellow members on the Finance Committee. I know it’s the Liberal … Continue reading
. . . and Rory Reid is Calvera
Sandoval, former U.S. district judge, to run for governor By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Brian Sandoval (Quote redacted due to infantile LVRJ policy on suing bloggers, 8/23/10.) Like gunslingers in The Magnificent Seven, candidates for the Republican primary in the … Continue reading