It’s time for some common-sense media control.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Lord Of The What?
Two Tolkien virgins review The Hobbit movie.
The State And Local Income Tax Deduction
Time to eliminate this subsidy to the rich.
Help, I’ve Fallen Down!
…and I can’t testify about Benghazi.
I’m sure the timing of this is purely coincidental.
A False Sense Of Security
It’s past time to put an end to “gun-free” zones.
Also, what can we do to stop massacres? Disarming the law abiding is exactly the opposite of what we need to do.
[Update a few minutes later]
The key difference between the Clackamas mall shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary.
Autism
The vast number (like 99.999….)% of autistics, and particularly Asperger’s sufferers have not, and will not slaughter kindergarteners. So let’s stop talking about the autistic sociopath?
My Fearless Prediction From The Latest Massacre
Someone will propose that kindergarten teachers with autistic children not be allowed to own guns.
The Federal Regulatory Tsunami
Scheduled to hit this year, with no warning. It’s like we’re reliving the Roosevelt administration.
[Update a while later]
Related: The wages of Wickard:
“The exhibition of the Hemingway cats is integral to the museum’s commercial purpose, and thus, their exhibition affects interstate commerce,” the court said. “For these reasons, Congress has the power to regulate the museum and the exhibition of the Hemingway cats.”
The USDA acted after a visitor complained several years ago about the museum’s care of the cats. The agency wanted the museum to obtain an animal exhibitor’s license; either cage the cats at night, construct a higher fence to contain them, or hire a night watchman to keep an eye on them; tag each cat; and construct “elevated resting surfaces” for animals, according to the opinion.
Can it get more ridiculous? I often say I’m glad that we don’t get all the government that we pay for, but things like this make me wonder if we actually do.
The More They Stay The Same
Business as usual in space policy.
It’s interesting to note that Augustine thought it would take six years for the first cargo delivery to ISS, when it really did happen in three.
The School Shooting In Connecticut
The politicizing has already begun, while the bodies are still warm. Bryan Preston is following and updating.
I’m wondering how many of the teachers in the school were male, and if any of them had carry permits?