1984

How convenient.  Just in time for Fall Pledge Week, NPR is restricting its employees from attending political rallies.  Mustn’t get caught publicly supporting any lame-ass progressives, dontcha know.  Slanting coverage is still OK though. Update (21 October).  The NPR-ness of it all continues with the firing of Juan Williams.  If this perennial thumbsucker is too Read more

…is alive and well at Google with their recently announced automated cars.  Amidst all the hype about cars that drive themselves, no one seems to have thought about the fact that these GoogleMobiles have logged over 140,000 miles in secret on California public highways with no official oversight or permission.  Two obvious problems here:  no Read more

Richard Fernandez writes: We are all of us to some extent, marred or inoculated by this dark meme. To some degree the current world crisis is at heart an immune reaction to themes which have so embedded in the Western society that they are almost unnoticed. Unnoticed that is, but for the fact that they Read more

The first round of Affordable Care Act waivers are out, and guess who gets to keep their existing health plans?  Farm workers and employees of McDonald’s and Jack in the Box!  I’m sure they all have fantastic plans right now.  Sure they do. Tip from the Drudge Report, where they wouldn’t know a permalink if Read more

The Responsible Greenies have taken down the 10:10 video, but Simon Jester still has a copy.  I think the ending says everything there is to say about True Believers. Tip from The Instapundit. Update (3 October):  Iowahawk imagines the development of this video. Update (5 October):  We’re sorry we got caught: In a statement, 10:10 Read more

I expect fans will soon discover that the Silver Scorpion is also a transgendered environmentalist with a learning disability, recovering from substance abuse brought on by living in a dysfunctional family from a city oppressed by Republicans.  Too bad the name was already taken back in 1941.  (Back then SS was female, so maybe I’m Read more

Peyton Miller calls out state lotteries for what they really are, a regressive tax on the poor.  Here in Texas, 27¢ of every lootery lottery dollar is taken by the state, off the top. Tip from the Corner. Read more

Like old-time racial discrimination, it’s status anxiety.  Good discussion in the comments, too.  This theory definitely has the Ring of Truth to it. Tip from the Instapundit. Update (14 September).  But wait!  there’s more! Update (20 September).  Hindu speaks in something simpler than the usual riddles in the comments! Read more

Typical behavior from the folks who want to manage the economy, energy policy, agriculture, and health care. Tip from the Technology Liberation Front. Read more

Wretchard explains the Professional Left.  Elitism IS a dirty word. Read more