Friday Night Fluffy Bunny BBQ

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Liberalism Died in a Drone Attack

I’ve sometimes used the term “liberal” to describe the subset of President Obama supporters who put the most positive left-leaning spin on the administration. He gave us “health care” is used when what we really got is a series of waivers, mandatory insurance purchases and a bunch of exchanges which will eventually cost more and [...]

Herman K. K. Kain is a racist!

It just keeps getting weirder and weirder: Cornell Belcher: Cain’s “Brainwashed” Remark Was “Racist, Bigoted” Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher says there is a media “double-standard” over Herman Cain saying blacks have been “brainwashed.” Belcher calls Mr. Cain a bigot and a racist and says this incident is a “teachable moment.” It’s the revenge of Clayton [...]

I feel so much safer now

Jake Tapper: The Terrorist Notches on Obama’s Belt The list of senior terrorists killed during the Obama presidency is fairly extensive. There’s Osama bin Laden, of course, killed in May. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Anwar al-Awlaki as of today. Earlier this month officials confirmed that al Qaeda’s chief of Pakistan operations, [...]

This is Kafka on bad acid

Marc Rubin: Every day I get emails from a variety of “progressive” groups and the theme is always the same. “Republicans want to destroy this”, or ” Republicans want to kill that”. They want money for their organizations or political campaigns and they want it based on telling you how bad Republicans are. Well, okay, [...]

The Rule of Law

As you already know, alleged terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed by a Predator drone strike in Yemen. A lot of people who should know better are cheering for his death. The most common reaction seems to be “Good riddance, he was a scumbag.” I don’t know if he was a scumbag or not. Frankly [...]

Execution without trial

BBC: Islamist cleric Anwar Awlaki ‘killed in Yemen’ The US-born radical Islamist cleric and suspected al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen, the country’s defence ministry reported. US administration officials confirmed the reports, according to US media. Awlaki, of Yemeni descent, has been on the run in Yemen since December 2007. The US [...]

Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

Joseph Cannon has a pretty good post about Occupy Wall Street: The “Occupy Wall Street” movement is morphing into a nationwide movement called “Occupy Together.” (Stupid name, but let’s not quibble about nomenclature.) Why haven’t I mentioned the protests in New York heretofore? Because I am unsure if any good can come of them. There [...]