My daughter is in kindergarten and thinks police officers are the best people on the planet. Every time we see a police officer in a casual setting (getting lunch, let's say), she wants to say hi to them and shake their hands, and in the few times this has actually happened I have to say … Continue reading To protect, serve, and shove a kid through a plate glass window every now and then

My friends, the forces of creeping gay Islamic fascist socialism are always on the march, and so we must be ever vigilant. Today's update comes from Florida, which is probably to be expected, where intrepid State Representative Charles Van Zant told the patriots assembled at his "Operation Education Conference" that Common Core, and I think … Continue reading GAY ISLAM WATCH: May 20, 2014

Shorter Dick Cheney: Accountability for thee, but none for me! No, really: During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Chris Wallace asked Cheney if Clinton “did anything wrong,” and if she should be “held responsible for the events surrounding [the Benghazi attack].” “She was secretary of state at the time that it happened,” Cheney … Continue reading Dick Cheney demands accountability! For somebody else!

It took the murder of a few dozen vaccine workers and probably a couple hundred or so Pakistani kids getting polio in the year two thousand by god fourteen, but the US government has done some deep soul searching and decided that, you know, maybe we shouldn't let our spy agencies use fake vaccine programs … Continue reading The US government finally decides to get out of the antivax business

I hadn't seen this piece at Arms Control Now last night when I wrote about Iran's apparent demand for a much higher uranium enrichment capacity than anybody had expected. It's a look at what Iran actually needs as opposed to what it wants: Iran currently has very limited needs for enriched uranium fuel for energy … Continue reading Two good reads about the Iran negotiations

In yet another blow against freedom, Kenyan Usurper Barack Obama used his dark magicks to make it rain in the DC area this morning, disrupting the plans of the tens of millions of hardcore patriots who were planning to overthrow the government over the weekend: “It’s a very dismal turnout,” Jackie Milton, the head of … Continue reading The little revolution that could(n’t)

I don't pretend to have any great life lessons to impart, and I think even a cursory reading of this blog will make it apparent that I don't, but I do think I can offer one tip to any budding political advisors out there: try, whenever possible, not to repeatedly kick a restrained protester when … Continue reading Just for kicks, here’s my latest at Lobe Log

If this Reuters report is accurate, the two sides are a lot farther apart on the issue of centrifuges than anybody seems to have been thinking: "We need at least 100,000 IR-1 (first generation) centrifuges to produce enough fuel for each of our (civilian) nuclear (power) plants. We have informed the International Atomic Energy Agency … Continue reading Speaking of obstacles to a nuclear deal…

So one of the big stories today was that the Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, withdrew from her planned commencement speaker gig at Smith College because students and faculty had protested her selection. She is but the latest in a recent string of would-be commencement honorees who have chosen to, or been forced … Continue reading The looming commencement address apocalypse