The Problem with Mayor Bill

New York City’s finest, the New York Police Department are engaged in a work slow down and all the Mayor Bill de Blasio seems to care about whether he getting his full ration of respect, from Murray Weiss, DNAinfo:

The envelope please, and now for the coveted Bitsblog Snark of the Year from Howard Dean:

“The core problem under the damn law[Obama Care] is it was put together by a bunch of elitists who don’t fundamentally understand the American

What constitutes the proper civilized response to a barbarian act?  Lord if I know.   Looks like the Los Angeles Police Department tried to thread that needle. from Doug Powers @ Michelle Malkin:

Anti-police protesters call the police after road

I don’t get to pick the next President.  Rather all I can do it to support the best alternative.   Such is life.   I am not now, nor expect to be a Jeb Bush fan.   That said, Bush’s emergence been encouraging

Hey let us ban DDT, and save the little birdies, from Associated Press:

Figures are always estimates in Guinea, where half the 12 million people have no access to health centers and die uncounted. Some 15,000 Guineans died from

Bernie Sander (socialist – Vermont) wants to run for President:

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’ll decide by March whether to launch a 2016 presidential campaign and, if so, whether he’ll seek the

Blondie, b/k/a Ann Coulter, tells us what she really thinks of Kwanzaa, from Daily Caller:

It’s as if David Duke invented a holiday called “Anglika,” which he based on the philosophy of “Mein Kampf” — and clueless public school

Roman Polanski confessed and convicted rapist and fugitive from justice thinks forty-two days is an ample sentence for statutory rape, from Reuters:

Polanski, 81, was charged in 1977 with raping a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles after plying her

A little warning from someone who used to be held as a hero….

There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public.

Faux Rape, first at Duke and now University of Virginia  Time line: on 19 Nov.  Rolling Stone published a fabricated story of a gang rape on the University of Virginia campus; in response, UVA president, Teresa Sullivan, suspended all fraternities

Want to stay alive? Don’t pull a gun on a cop. That’s about as straightforward as it gets.

Edtor’s note:

Once again as in years past, I’ve found my inbox filled with messages from longtime readers who wonder if I’m going to be re-posting “A Bithead’s Christmas”, and begging me to do so.

As I believe I’ve told

Exposing the lie based protest movement, Heather Mac Donald, City Journal:

The Big Lie of the Anti-Cop Left Turns Lethal

The real story behind the murder of two NYPD officers

Since last summer, a lie has overtaken significant parts

http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/2014/12/nfl-members-protesting-darren-wilson-decision-records-arrests-substance-abuse-suspensions/

Is anyone surprised by this, at all? They’re not worried about racism, they’re looking for justification and acceptance of their criminal behavior. At the end of the day that’s what it boils down to.

I have several resolutions for the New Year. Treat myself better, is one thing. I’ve been awfully hard on my body these last couple of years on the road. And it’s time I think that I started treating myself better.