Promises, Promises

Via Lambert: Here’s the transcript: I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program.” (applause) “I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Outbushing Bush Barack Obama invokes Jesus more than George W. Bush The references serve at once as an affirmation of his faith and a rebuke against a rumor that persists for some to this day. As president, Barack Obama has mentioned Jesus Christ in a number of high-profile public speeches — something his predecessor George [...]

Late Night: Video Killed the Radio Star. Literally.

Pass the bourbon.  What’s keeping you up tonight?

We Told You So!

Another day, another broken promise: The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration. [...] In court papers, the administration said the appeals court ruled correctly in this case when it found that “don’t [...]

Whither John Ware, Alberta?

The promise of breakfast with friends was already being met when I saw Clarence sitting at the booth nearest the kitchen. My heart sung. I’d not seen Clarence for a long time, though he’d been a Saturday morning steady, and I appreciated the opportunity to share his warmth and his wisdom once again. I excused [...]

We own our votes

As Booman immolates himself in conflagration of Kool-aid fueled stoopidity, one of the asinine assertions he has made is that Obama won the popular vote in last year’s primaries. As evidence for this claim he cites this page at RealClearPolitics showing at the very top that Obama received 17,535,458 votes (48.1%) and Hillary received 17,493,836 [...]

Monday: Connexions

Remember when Lady Catherine De Bourgh condescended to pay Miss Elizabeth Bennet a visit to warn her not to quit her sphere because she had no connections (or connexions in my edition) to benefit her wealthy young nephew?  I always wondered what the heck she meant by “connections”.  It seemed to mean more than just [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Economy Watch Obama’s Economic Circle Keeps Tensions Simmering By all accounts, much of the tension derives from the president’s choice of the brilliant but sometimes supercilious Mr. Summers to be the director of the National Economic Council, making him the policy impresario of the team. The widespread assumption, from Washington to Wall Street, was that [...]

You don’t have to be stupid to be ignorant.

Steven, a friend who is ex-military, and a heavy equipment mechanic, said to me this morning at breakfast, “You don’t have to be stupid to be ignorant.” Booman’s slight of dakinkat is a case in point. Booman is not stupid. myiq notes that Booman can be sharp, but Booman is about as sharp as a [...]

A Glimpse into a World Where Females and Non-Alpha Males are the Socially Dominant Genders?

Note: the following is a repost of Part 5 of my prior essay on Social Dominance Theory.  I find Dr. Sapolsky’s research fascinating and worth a second look showcased on its own for those who may have missed it. Standford University neurobiologist Dr. Robert Sapolsky has published some very interesting observations about his studies of [...]