Monthly Archives: March 2011

Geraldine Ferraro RIP

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Former Walter Mondale Vice Presidential pick Geraldine Ferraro has died at age 75. If Mondale had not made this liberal New York congresswoman his running mate, her obituary would barely be a blip nationally. If the Ferraro pick was meant … Continue reading →

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A Small LinkSwarm of Local News

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A confluence of events (a cold, doing my taxes, and a miscellany of more minor concerns) has cut into my blogging time, so it might be a few days before my roundup piece on Libya is ready to see the … Continue reading →

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Moonbat Zero Comes Out in Favor of Nuclear Power

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

An interesting development, to say the least. I still think Monbiot is more loon than not, and Anthropogenic Global Warming more scam than threat (I think it possible that the earth has warmed slightly, but regard the case for this … Continue reading →

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This Week in Jihad for March 18, 2011

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Been one of those weeks, so this is a little shorter and later than usual: Army reprimands 9 scapegoats for its own political correctness in Nidal Hasan’s Ft. Hood shooting. U.S. resident Pakistani charged with illegally smuggling nuclear material to … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few quick links: Liberals are racists. Big-spending Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez recalled from office by an almost 9-1 ratio. Alvarez was a RINO that acted like a full-bore Democrat, hiking property taxes and giving big pay raises to unionized … Continue reading →

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Japan Tsunami/Earthquake News

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I haven’t been posting much here, as I’ve been putting up a lot of news and videos on the Sendai earthquake on my personal blog. But I did think this bit caught in my spam filter over there was worth … Continue reading →

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This Week in Jihad for March 10, 2011

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Another week of Jihad news from the usual sources: Multiculturalism is a failure in France, Germany, and the UK. Egypt has sent special forces into Libya to help topple Gadhafi. Turkey cracks down on critics of the Islamic government. Alabama … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Lawrence Person

It’s a busy week for me, so here are a few links to tide you over: Wonder what a serious attempt at reducing the deficit looks like? It looks like this. Thomas Sowell on Unions: “The biggest myth about labor … Continue reading →

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Iowahawk Strikes Again!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Evidently I wasn’t the only one struck by Iowahawk’s masterfully takedown off Paul Krugman and The Economist on the middling (at best) performance of Wisconsin’s unionized education system. Now Iowahawk strikes again to confirm that, yes, he was right the … Continue reading →

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Iowahawk Defends Texas (And Slaps Paul Krugman and The Economist Into Next Sunday)

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Iowahawk took time out from his busy schedule as the web’s premiere political satirist to evaluate some claims Paul Krugman and The Economist made about the educational achievements of Texas. Wait, did I say “evaluate?” I meant “demolish like a … Continue reading →

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