politics

A lost war then, a lost war now. The fall of Saigon (and helicopter rides) then, the fall of Kabul (and helicopter rides) now. Inflation then, inflation now. Gasoline shortages then, potential gasoline shortages now. Looney environmentalism then, looney environmentalism now...

A politician finally breaks down and visits a rural town way out in the boonies. With news crews following him* around as they tour the place, he asks the mayor if there was anything the town needed. “Well,” says the mayor, “We have three very important needs. First, we have a medical clinic...

"What Chinese products can you do without?" "Okay, I'll start.... Joe Biden." --- End of line (MCP)

Let me get straight to the point -- many, MANY people seem to be confused as to what socialism is and what socialists believe. A large part of this is due to both American media outlets referring to liberals as socialists (which they aren't), and Bernie Sanders and his supporters being referred...

I am NOT posting this article to generate outrage, snide comments, trolling, etc. (in either direction. Or any direction, for that matter). I AM posting because I find the dynamic/phenomenon interesting and thought other members of the forum might, as well...

Here are three articles I came across recently. All were worth the read, but for different reasons. All are somewhat related. Each will take less than five minutes to read. One of them is a hoot. No snips; wouldn't do any of them justice. First...

The forum software won't let me post the complete text of AG Barr's speech given this past Friday at The Federalist Society gala (far exceeds the character count!). So instead I'll post a link: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/11/barr-drives-left-even-more-nuts.php I'm sure there are...

https://babylonbee.com/news Even though it looks like I've linked to a specific story, the link actually takes you to The Bee's home page so you can see its latest stories. Very, very funny. The gender reveal one had me :roflmao: --- End of line (MCP)

An interesting contrast. One knows how Trump is currently portrayed/spoken to by the MSM. Contrast it with what was said by the MSM to/about his predecessor: --- End of line (MCP)

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Fair warning: probably TL;DR Came upon an interesting post from Arnold Kling: http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/correlation-without-causation/ Which is a quick synopsis of this (a really, really good post): https://quillette.com/2019/07/30/the-other-crisis-in-psychology/ Caused to me snip what...

I just read a Powerline blog post from John Hinderaker commenting on a post by James Howard Kunstler. Here's a link to the Powerline blog entry: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/a-righteous-saturday-night-rant.php Anyway, Hinderaker's comments and snips were interesting enough...

If you enjoyed the "Hoax Funnel" post, I think you'll enjoy this. If you didn't, well, you're probably sitting in the theater that's showing Movie #1 (click on over and this will become clear): https://www.scottadamssays.com/2019/08/07/how-to-determine-who-is-hallucinating-about-politics/ Many...

Some of you may have previously seen posts by the author, Scott Alexander, mentioned in a wide variety of posts by both conservatives and liberals, by economists and political science junkies, by..., well, you get it I suspect. He has a fairly large following and for good reason. Anyway, this...

https://spectator.org/from-the-babes-mouth/ Three snips. One from mid-article, one toward the end, the last from the closing: Not sure who started the "sports team visits" thing. Honestly, don't really care. I do know, though, that for some time I haven't liked them as neither party...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2014/01/13/are-todays-progressives-actually-totalitarians/#4ea062541684 Two snips for you: And: --- End of line (MCP)

From Wikipedia: Solipsism (/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/ (listen); from Latin solus, meaning 'alone', and ipse, meaning 'self')[1] is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the...

T J Helmstetter - former associate DNC comms director https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/07/05/lol-get-rekt-ahole-a-former-associate-dnc-comms-director-got-kicked-out-of-a-d-c-restaurant-after-harassing-a-maga-hat-nazi/...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/27/twitter-says-it-will-start-labeling-tweets-from-influential-government-officials-who-break-its-rules.html Snip: In the new policy released Thursday, Twitter said that for people who fit its new criteria, it will place a notice over tweets that violate its...

https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-new-york-senate-chuck-schumer-c3d4491c-2bbc-4246-b46b-5cf134b9ace6.html Apologies if duplicate post; searched, didn't see.... --- End of line (MCP)