1984

“I just find the whole thing ironic that FHA is providing financing for luxury housing.”  Ironic?  IRONIC?  I’d describe the situation as corrupt, greedy, pork-laden, self-dealing, exploitative, welfare-for-the-rich, or undemocratic.  But NOT ironic.  More like typical for this Administration. FHA will finance up to 96.5% if you qualify (perhaps by being a friend of Angelo, Read more

John McWhorter, reviewing Amy Wax’ Race, Wrongs, and Remedies: "…the bulk of today’s discussion of black America is performance art." Tip from the Instapundit. Read more

Looks like it went to Europe.  Kinda like FLOTUS. Update (14 August).  President Zero and family will make a 27-hour drive-by through Panama City for a roundtable discussion.  Hopefully the 0’s won’t be exposed to any of the Wrong Kind of White People, like unemployed fishermen or oil workers. Another Update (14 August).  Now I Read more

The US Navy is building a secret list of "diverse" officers slated for fast-track mentoring and promotion.  The Wrong Kind of White People need not apply. Tip from Phi Beta Cons. Read more

Pat Sajak confuses Global Warmists with Protestants and suggests they witness their faith. Call me when I can get some photos of the pigs flying by… Tip from Planet Gore. Read more

You really didn’t think that Sarah Palin’s "death panels" were going to consider patients on a one-by-one basis, did you?  No, the way the healthcare bureaucracy will get you is by providing ever more limited services, like we do for kidney patients, or like the NHS is planning for the Brits.  Think I’m kidding?  Try Read more

Team Pelosi has commissioned the ultimate fundraiser, a Diane Von Furstenberg-designed tote bag: Hey, guys, it’s only $65, and that’s before using the discount code!  I’m tempted to buy one, just to high hat all the granola eaters down at Whole Foods.  After, nothing says frugality and Saving the Planet like a $65 cloth bag.  Read more

Steven Wynn prefers the business climate in China to that here in the US: http://plus.cnbc.com/rssvideosearch/action/player/id/1506508223/code/cnbcplayershare Tip from Patrick McMillan. Read more

What IS it with the Lefties when they’ve pulled a fast one?  Here’s a USDA official bloviating to the crowd at an NAACP function and bragging about slow-rolling a white farmer who was in the process of losing his farm.  Her almost unspoken message seems to be "payback time." Tip from the Instapundit.Apparently the USDA Read more

"I am disinclined to take lectures on racial sensitivity from a group that insists on calling black people, ‘Colored,’ " Tip from Language Log, where the commenters remain blissfully unaware of any organization changing its name, like BP or NPR. Read more