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Category Archives: Media Criticism
California Is A European-Style Social Democracy
And he says that like it’s a good thing.
The Social Issues
Where do Republicans go from here?
Note that, despite the derangement of some, this has almost nothing to do with the Tea Party, which was successful in 2010 because it pretty much ignored them. Unfortunately the Democratic operatives with bylines (like George Stephanopolous) wouldn’t allow that to happen this year.
Layers And Layers Of Fact Checkers
The Petraeus story continues to make no sense (just because the FBI is doing a potential criminal investigation in which Petraeus was not a target is no reason for the Attorney General to fail to inform the president that his DCI had some potential security issues as soon as he knew) but I love this:
The sources said agents followed department guidelines that generally bar sharing information about developing criminal investigations. The FBI is also aware of its history under former director Herbert Hoover of playing politics and digging into the lives of public figures.
Is there no depth of the evil of that skinflint Republican president in the minds of the leftist media? Now it turns out that he usurped J. Edgar’s role.
And yes, I took a screenshot. It’ll be interesting to see if they memory hole it, or provide an erratum.
[Update a while later]
OK, according to a commenter, they memory holed it. And indeed they did (just reclick the link above).
But as I said, I took a screenshot.
Cannibals
Bill Whittle isn’t happy. But he hasn’t given up.
Born Yesterday
So the administration would have us believe that only after the election was the president told by the FBI that an investigation with possible national-security implications — involving no less than the director of the Central Intelligence Agency — has been going on since the summer. We’re also to believe that the director’s resignation after the election and before congressional hearings on Benghazi is purely coincidental. Not only that, but when the most powerful man in the world learned of the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, he immediately ordered that everything be done to secure all personnel at the site — but apparently, everyone ignored him. So he did what any commander in chief would do under such circumstances — he went to bed.
Yes, they really do think we’re that stupid.
Well, unfortunately, it appears that a little over half of us are.
“To My Concerned Fans”
A longish, but worthwhile message from Sarah Hoyt, on the politics of SF writers.
Larry Correia isn’t going to take any more, either.
It’s The Frontier, Stupid
Charles Miller explains the only real reason to spend money on human spaceflight. But it has to be economically sustainable, something that NASA’s approach has never been.
“Stalin Porn”
…from Oliver Stone. I wish I were surprised.
Simon Jester
…is back. And just in time.