Every time some Hollywood celebrity opens their mouth and condmens the American military or participates in a "peace march" with leftist loonies holding "We Support Troops when they kill their officers" it makes the evening news and is shown time and time again on cable TV. Well, Smash has word that Academy Award-winning actor Denzel […]
Back during the 2004 presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry, the Democrat nominee, refused to sign what is known as a "Form 180". A 180 waives privacy rights with regard to military records and allows others to see them. Bush signed a Form 180 long before the 2004 election cycle -- though he got flak from […]
I've got to confess I'm befuddled by this maneuver. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked a judge overseeing a racketeering case against major cigarette makers to impose a long list of penalties on the companies, including a nationwide stop-smoking program and restrictions on tobacco marketing. "During the course of this trial, the United States has met […]
Sunday's Union-Tribune had a very interesting article focusing on Eric Kyner, a guy with a M.A. in Economics who makes a six figure salary as a private tutor at UCSD. Kyner teaches 30 upper-division economics courses each quarter. He estimates he's taught thousands of UCSD students over the past five years, charging $10 per 90-minute […]
Various Web sites are claiming that the new Xbox 360 will cost $375 to manufacture and will sell for $299. The news sites then turn this into a $76 loss per console to Microsoft -- not unusual, because the money is made on the video games. But I'm thinking the loss is going to be […]
I mentioned yesterday Sen. Harkin's slur against "Christian broadcasters" -- and by extension Christians who listen to or watch them. I've criticized Falwell and Robertson in the past -- along with the Christian Coalition and their voter guides -- for things they've said. I think Falwell's comment that the 9/11 attacks were "God's judgment" was […]
So, I linked to that truly helpful chart on President Clinton's late second-term judicial nominations, and what do I get? Grief. Quiddity, the pseudonym of the author of the Uggabugga blog who created the chart, is apparently offended that Sidney Blumenthal brought his chart to the attention of Powerline (where I saw it) and has […]
After hearing two weeks of testimony in Chelan County Superior Court in Washington state detailing falsified election reports, evidence of votes by more than one thousand felons, dozens of people voting twice and several dead people, Judge John Bridges ruled this morning that none of that is convincing enough to throw into doubt Christine Gregoire's […]
OK, so maybe that's not the nicest description for our opponents on the other side of the aisle, but a recent back-and-forth between former Clinton attack-man Sidney Blumenthal and the Powerline guys has me thinking that at least some Democrats' minds must be twisted by some illicit drug. The debate began here when Powerline took […]
Some of you may have noticed that the Krugman banners have changed ever so slightly -- I've added the Web address for this site to the banners. Why? Well, I found someone using the banner who wasn't linking back to this site, but instead to the original Krugman column. That I can deal with. But […]