You gotta be kiddin’ me!
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Obamito Goes to Washington?
Rumor has it that San Antonio Mayor and Democrat Latino Heartthrob Julian Castro is being considered to become the next Secretary for Housing and Urban Development. Naturally, there’s already speculation in the Alamo City corridors of power about who will replace Little Obama when he leaves. Or is really leaving? The Internet has made opposition Read more
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Let’s take a day off on our day off
I see the IWW is calling for a general strike on May Day Which is very convenient for students at my university, where May 1st and 2nd are Student Study Days, with no classes, labs, or regularly scheduled office hours. What a bunch of tossers. Read more
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Vote for ObamaCare?
Looks like the implementation of the Affordable* Care Act is on its way to being all things to all people. The Obamacare exchange website is complicated to use and has seen more than a few glitches since it officially opened on October 1st, but the MacIver Institute has found that once you get through the Read more
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There’s a sucker born every minute…
…and apparently, the Crown Hospitality Group thinks most of them are born and raised in New York City. Got a corporate Amex? The $66 one-man ribeye is the priciest I’ve seen in New York; it involves a little bit of mineral-tinged meat and a lot of fat. You will leave hungry. And I’ve yet to Read more
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Stay classy, Montgomery
In a former life, I lived a year in Montgomery, Alabama. The state capitol was then a curious mixture of 20th century progress and 19th century backwardness, tinted with a bit of southern charm and lingering racial suspicion. Folks there would continually surprise me with kindness when I anticipated anger or apathy, or prejudice when Read more
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Wow! Down the (404) Memory Hole
DOTPOTUS Malia Obama and twelve of her friends are vacationing in Mexico (on our dime, no doubt), and it seems that stories about the trip are disappearing down the Memory Hole at an alarming rate. So far the Masters of the Universe haven’t been able to disappear Mexican reports. After all the travel advisories from the State Department and Read more
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The Super Bowl Finger Malfunction
So let me get this straight: Madonna is working her butt off trying to punch up a career which is getting a little long in the tooth, so she puts together a Super Bowl halftime show that very graciously showcases a whole gang of pop entertainers. In return, singer M.I.A. expresses her appreciation for being Read more
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All I want for Christmas is a tax-free tree
The Feds are imposing a 15¢ tax per tree to finance the USDA’s new Christmas Tree Promotion Board. I presume their valiant efforts will be aimed at encouraging Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Jews to start buying fresh trees, and for the rest of us Christians and Christianists to buy multiple trees. Just what we need to Read more
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“Multicultural” has officially Jumped the Shark
A few years back, one of my hipper students cracked up a lecture when I started sketching a diagram using colored chalks. “Oooh, DIVERSITY CHALK!” she quipped, and the entire class–Black, Anglo, and (mainly) Mexicano–convulsed in laughter. Now the joke’s on her, with Crayola’s new line of “Multicultural” markers: With this product, I think “multicultural” Read more
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