Monthly Archives: August 2013

Quote of the Day

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Benedikt could lecture you until the cows came home about your moral obligation to public schooling, but you still wouldn’t leave your kids in a school where the teachers were being set on fire.

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Blogroll Addition: Legal Insurrection

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I’ll be wearing my science fiction hat a lot this week, so expect light posting through Labor Day (and maybe a little beyond). So instead of Actual Content, I’m going to highlight some new additions to the Blogroll. First up: … Continue reading →

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Let’s Have A War!

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Here’s Fear previewing Obama’s Big Adventure:

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So We’re Gonna Bomb Syria

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Lawrence Person

At least that’s what the tea leaves say. So we’re going to fight a proxy war against a Russian client in Asia. What could possibly go wrong? Are we now the World’s Policeman again? When did that happen? Was there … Continue reading →

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I’m Gonna Get Me A Shotgun And Kill All the Whiteys That I See!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Lawrence Person

“Ayo Kimathi is an employee at the Department of Homeland Security. His job description? Purchasing ammunition and weapons. He’s also the owner of waronthehorizon.com, a website dedicated to advocating the murder of white people.” The cherry on top? “He’s also … Continue reading →

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What Was David Dewhurst Thinking?

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Lawrence Person

It seems that David Dewhurst’s relative Ellen Bevers was arrested for (allegedly) shoplifting in a Kroger in Allen (a Metroplex suburb between Plano and McKinney). That’s not really news. It’s, at most, 3-line wire service filler everyone forgets about the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 23, 2013

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Another Friday LinkSwarm on Friday, to make your Friday seem more like Friday: Why work when welfare pays better? Europe’s Jews fear that their days are numbered. Ted Cruz: traitor to his class. From the number of MSM attacks on … Continue reading →

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Camille Paglia Bashes Weiner, Hillary, Victimhood Feminism, and Foucault

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Camille Paglia is always good for an orthogonal view on current pieties, and this interview with her (warning: Salon) is no different. She also has a gift for intellectual putdowns that work at a much higher level of reference than … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Amnesty

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Is amnesty dead this congressional session? That’s what a lot of observers, on both left and right, are saying this morning. Mickey Kaus isn’t so sure. In The Atlantic, Molly Ball claims that amnesty proponents are winning August. And I … Continue reading →

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Egypt: Dispatches From the Continuing Crackdown

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Lawrence Person

There’s a lot of Egyptian news going on, much of it of the classic Middle East Problem Solving variety. In particular, the Egyptian government seems to be doing most of the “solving,” so expect to see some 50-100 members of … Continue reading →

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