If you don’t read James Toranto’s “Best of the Web” each day then you’re missing out on some great stories. Today we have a story on how Socialism rots your brain. First, some background: Great Moments in Public Education–I An article in New York Teacher, the magazine of the state teachers union, pays tribute to […]
For today’s entry in the “Shocking News — Say it Ain’t So!” category, we have these updates on the parasites who re-located to Houston from New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina. It seems that the “evacuees” have worn out their welcome. In Katrina Evacuees Wear Out Stay in Houston, Angela K. Brown (Associated Press) writes […]
Look what instapundit found: meddling, out-of-control government legislators and officials in Texas. The Nanny State knows no limits. TEXAS’ AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT of public intoxication laws has generated considerable backlash. Perhaps that’s because the Texas legislature seems to be really, really dumb: Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, was instrumental in getting the increased staffing, as a member […]
“The Islamic threat is greater than German and Soviet threats were” is Dennis Prager’s latest on why this generation faces a unique threat from radical Islam. Only four types of individuals can deny the threat to civilization posed by the violence-supporting segment of Islam: the willfully naive, America-haters, Jew-haters and those afraid to confront evil. […]
In case you haven’t seen the images of the Mexican flag flying over an upside-down American flag, here you go (thanks, Michelle): 03/28 : Student protest Whittier area students from Pioneer, California and Whittier high schools walked out of classes to protest the proposed federal immigration bill March 27, 2006. The protestors put up the […]
French authorities, addressing concerns about personal hygiene among French youth, have instituted a new social welfare program to be administered under Public Health: Le Bain Libre (free bath). The program provides free, daily showers to hard-working student protestors who don’t have access to the personal hygiene services affordable to the rich. “They smell much better, […]
Illegals (and supporters) assert that America is a ‘Stolen Continent’ Don’t miss Thomas Sowell’s essay Guests or gate crashers on the criminals who have illegally invaded this country. Immigration is yet another issue which we seem unable to discuss rationally — in part because words have been twisted beyond recognition in political rhetoric. We can’t […]
The protests by the illegal aliens have been colorful and enlightening, and Michelle Malkin has links and updates at “Welcome To Reconquista”. Note how these protestors resemble the unassimilated Muslims rioting throughout Europe? Witness the ultimate goals of the multicultural, “diversity” crowd: hoards of Hispanics who are in America illegally and proud of it! Hell, […]
Check out Abdul Rahman to be Released by Michelle Malkin for FULL COVERAGE and all the details. A sample: The Anchoress asks: Is it just me, or does it feel like a giant, cosmic gauntlet has been thrown down from on High? Like in this Lenten season, leading up to Easter, the Christian nations are […]
Three takes on Afghani Christian Abdul Rahman who faces death for “converting from Islam.” Steyn poses the key question that we must address: “If Islam is a religion one can only convert to, not from, then in the long run it is a threat to every free person on the planet.” That pretty much sums […]
From ‘The Return of Chef!’The boys attempt to rescue Chef from the Super Adventure Club, a reference to Scientology Last week we covered the fight between the creators of South Park and scientologists Isaac Hayes and Tom Cruise in South Park Battles Scientology. Last night, the South Park team began their revenge by kicking off […]
(thanks, Boortz) Thank you, Hillary, for demonstrating yet again why you are a political whore not fit to occupy the office of Dog Catcher. Specifically, we’re referring to Hillary’s statements on illegal immigration reported in Clinton vows to block bill criminalizing illegal immigrants. From the article: Clinton, a potential 2008 presidential candidate and relative latecomer […]
Michelle Malkin has an article on a persecuted (and prosecuted) Afghani Christian Abdul Rahman entitled, “Who Will Save Abdul Rahman?” If you’ve read our stories here and here then you are familiar with the essentials of this travesty. Malkin has the latest including the silence on the issue from President Bush. She offers this sobering […]
Street demonstrations against a French law giving employers more flexibility when hiring workers got a little out of hand in Paris yesterday. (Photo Credit: By Pascal Le Segretain — Getty Images Photo) French Take to the Streets to Preserve Their Economic Fantasy is the title of Steven Pearlstein’s article in today’s Washington Post on the […]
(UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has posted a letter from a reader who called the Afghani embassy in Washington, DC. Read what transpired, and use the posted number to call the embassy.) *** Houston, we have a problem. There is reason to believe that Afghanistan and Iraq — the two countries that our fighting men and women […]
Here’s an example of “freedom” in Afghanistan — yet another one of our so-called “allies” in the War on Terror. We liberated these folks from the brutal, oppressive Taliban, and here’s what “democracy” and “law” look like under the new Afghan constitution: Benjamin Sand has this article, “Afghan Man Faces Execution After Converting to Christianity” […]
It’s Monday morning, and you’re at work. You could really use a laugh to start the week off right. Watch this video of some funny cat antics. Show the boss. He could probably use a good chuckle too.
UPDATE: If you enjoy Michael Crichton’s comments cited below, don’t miss his essay Aliens Cause Global Warming — a key argument in one of our posts, The Prince Should Stick to Polo. *** (thanks, slashdot) This Essay Breaks the Law by author Michael Crichton demonstrates the absurd state of US patent law and the US […]
If you are an aspiring student of Journalism, the worst thing that you can do for your career is listen to the old dogs of the mainstream media. Not only are they incapable of learning new tricks, but they also fail their own standards. Their inability to adapt to the new media, combined with their […]
(03/20/2006 UPDATE: Watch the South Park episode, “Trapped in the Closet”.) If you saw last season’s South Park episode “Trapped in the Closet” about Stan as the reincarnation of Scientology-founder L. Ron Hubbard, then you undoubtedly laughed as hard as I did. Xenu, depicted in South Park Or, maybe not if you were Isaac Hayes […]