Allowing the Left to Set the Rules

Great piece yesterday, at The American Thinker by Black conservative Lloyd Marcus:

I am so sick of the Left being allowed to make the rules. Imagine the absurdity of a competition in which one side is allowed to set the

“New York’s iconic Empire State Building will light up red and yellow Wednesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of communist China.  The Chinese consul, Peng Keyu, and other officials will take part in the lighting ceremony which will bathe

Eric rambled about the old Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:

THE RETURN OF THE VWRC: Monica’s boyfreind still thinks the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is to blame, even for Obama’s current problems. I’m telling you, folks, it’s gotten to be a

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

• ANNOYING: One of the more serious annoyances involved in this operation called BitsBlog is the serious lack of time remaining to balance

Does being of  the left mean near endless suffering from pseudo-medical political aliments?   After over eight years of BDS, Bush Derangement Syndrome,  is the left fated to suffer from over three years of OFS  (Obama Fatigue Syndrome)?   Howard Fineman, writes

Max Boot in this morning’s LA TIMES:

During last year’s campaign, Barack Obama stressed that while he wanted to withdraw from Iraq, he was no pacifist. “As president,” he said on July 15, 2008, “I will make the fight against

The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, one of the two printed dailies that I read, has done some work to revamp the Politics section of their web site.  As part of that effort, they have added “Featured Political Bloggers”, providing perspectives

The World’s most famous pervert and fugitive from justice has been arrested in Switzerland,  DRJ, Patterico’s Pontifications:

Director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland after he flew in to attend the Zurich Film Festival.

Patterico  has included the victims

Big Russ has passed:

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The father of the late “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert, the inspiration for his son’s best-selling book about their relationship and lessons learned, has died.

The family of Timothy

The New York Times is reporting:

William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop’s treasury of articles

An interesting “Mia Culpa” from the New York Times this morning, in the form of an article from Clark Hoyt, The Times “Public Editor”

ON Sept. 12, an Associated Press article inside The Times reported that the Census Bureau had

A rule that is being phased in this year requires that the names on IDs and tickets match perfectly; it’s not permissible to have an ID that reads “John Smith,” your legal name, and a ticket as “Jack Smith,” the

Does Obama use more Botox than Mrs. Pelosi.  The last item that saw that moved less than  Obama’s face had pigeon droppings on it, video:

Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

Hat tip: Fausta.

Armenia, with a population of three million, has won the last two men’s world team chess championships, beating opponents including Russia, China, and the US. What is their secret? David Edmonds travelled to the country to find out.
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The old emo standbys, Hot Topic and Spencer’s, have a few men’s styles, but the real motherlode is the Topman store in SoHo. The men’s jewelry section offers probably 40 or 50 different varieties, from dangling daggers to an Eiffel