Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

THE defining issue of the Obama presidency Brace yourself. The next couple of days, you will be hearing a lot about that horrible “Canadian Healthcare”, “long lines in Britain”, “Socialist Healthcare”, “France”, “Healthcare decisions made by bureaucrats in DC instead of your doctor”, and all the other dreck we have been hearing since 1993 from [...]

Deep, Profound Thoughts

How come when a dog wants to go outside he goes to the door and scratches, but when a cat wants to go out he claws your furniture? How come ground pepper costs half as much per ounce as whole peppercorns? How come those cans of “spray duster” for computers cost so much when they’re [...]

Happy Mothers’ Day!

It’s Mothers’ Day and time to celebrate all of the wonderful women who make the world a better place for us!  Happy Mothers’ Day to everyone. Share your special stories about “Mom” or your own motherhood tales.  It’s your day and HER day.

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

WHCD Obama had fun with his constituency President Barack Obama gets laughs at White House Correspondents’ Dinner Obama the Star at Reporters’ Annual Dinner We’re all waiting with bated breath Scouring Obama’s Past for Clues on Judiciary In Court Pick, Obama Seeks to Be Bold but Not Provocative Hispanics push Obama for a Supreme Court [...]

Obot – The Movie

I think I’ve found the secret to understanding the Obot mind (or what whatever it is they use in place of one) This is an open thread

WTF – Country & Western Edition

Big city folk shouldn’t talk about stuff they don’t know nothin’ about.  From the Washington Post: But the Atkins song and others of its ilk — from Jason Aldean’s “Hicktown” and Miranda Lambert’s “Famous in a Small Town” to Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried” and Josh Turner’s “Way Down South” — are narrowcasting to a [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

War on Judge Sotomayor (Cont’d) after taking some serious beating over his third-rate hatchet job on Judge Sotomayor, Jeffrey Rosen tries to polish the turd: More Sotomayor The headline–”The Case Against Sotomayor”–promised something much stronger than I intended to deliver. As soon as the piece was published, I regretted the headline, which I hadn’t seen [...]

On a lighter note

The reviews are in, and THIS is the movie to see. According to the critics true Trekkies will hate this movie because it’s cool and exciting to watch. (I really hope there are no Trekkies here, cuz I could use a few flame-free hours.)

Keeping your eyes on the prize

All of us have issues we care about, some more than others.  Some of us have one or two issues we are very passionate about.  That’s usually a good thing, unless our passion causes us to lose perspective.  It becomes a problem when we are so emotionally invested in an issue that we can’t tell [...]

Friday: Free Milk and a Cow- Reprise

The stress tests are finished and the verdicts are in:  The Bankers Have Won. James Kwak and Simon Johnson of Baseline Scenario have a not-to-be-missed post that lay it all out: In short, relationships between the government and the large banks have never been closer, with large amounts of money flowing in one direction, and [...]