Pres Obama Saves US Taxpayers $5 Million
The Preezy of the United Steezy just sent an al-Qaeder responsible for the murder of 17 of our boys on the USS Cole to Jihad Puppy Heaven. Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile...
Author: Tom Van Dyke
Obama: Man Bites Dog
Mitt Romney’s a vanilla fella. There isn’t much earthshaking to say about him for good or ill; it’s his virtue, it’s his flaw. Democrats have been keeping their powder mostly dry about a rather...
I Knew It! I Knew It!
“Everything we have in the book is documented. It is not theory or hypothesis. It is fact,” renowned private investigator William C. Dear told The Huffington Post about his book, “O.J. Is Innocent and...
ALL YOUR FACEBOOK ARE BELONG TO US.
So now, if you’re applying for a job, or applying for an athletic scholarship—and Lord knows what else to come—they want to know what you’ve put up on your Facebook pages. Not just the...
The 14th Amendment vs. Plato
Did the ratification of the 14th Amendment in the 19th century abolish “traditional” morality in the 21st? Yes, says a growing body of judicial review. District Judge Jeffrey White’s opinion in Golinski v. United...
What are women for? JFK Edition
Via Timothy Noah @ TNR, JFK enjoyed not just using them for the sex but for the sexual power game, in this case playing a 19-year-old Social Register type named Mimi Alford. Never even...
Pew Poll: Obama vs. the Bishops
Among Catholics who have heard about the issue: 55% favor exemptions from HHS directive 39% don’t Protestants: 51% yes 39% no All voters: 48% yes 44% no Quick Analysis: This is not a non-issue.
Borat, Art, and the Eye of the Beholder
Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!” Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?” Borat: “Very proud!”. KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a...
Another $0.02 on Art
Well, $0.04. Mrs. TVD & I [she’s an actress, a musician and an all-around aesthete] think of it like competitive diving–degree of difficulty times excellence of execution. Anybody can do a cannonball, or take...
Obama’s Separation of Church and State
According to Bloomberg, Catholics Joe Biden and ex-Chief of Staff Richard Daley tried to warn President Obama off this latest debacle, that the [contraception] mandate would be seen as a government intrusion on religious...
Where’s TVD?
Thanks and regards to those who asked. For the past few weeks I’ve touring hospitals in Philadelphia, adding some hardware to my right femur. A web image, but that’s pretty much what it looks...
Don’t Be a Tellarite
“Tellarites do not argue for any reason; they simply argue.” –Ambassador Sarek On the “censorship” front: Here @ LoOG BlaiseP nukes a Tellarite; even the usually gentle Dr. Saunders goes to DefCon 2 on...
NYT Blog: Huntsman Out
“Mr. Huntsman, who had struggled to live up to the soaring expectations of his candidacy…” Nobody can make me laugh like the NYT when
Bain Capital Occupies Wall Street
Via Jim Garrity: Gordon Gekko: [at the Teldar Paper stockholder’s meeting] Well, I appreciate the opportunity you’re giving me Mr. Cromwell as the single largest shareholder in Teldar Paper, to speak. Well, ladies and...
Europe is better than the US
Well, it is the NYT, so I can’t vouch for it: But G.D.P. per capita (an insufficient indicator, but one most economists use) in the U.S. is nearly 50 percent higher than it is...
The Cordray and NLRB Recess Appointments
There are two legal/constitutional objections: First, that the president can’t make a recess appointment for a post that requires Senate confirmation if the Senate’s not in recess. Technically, it hasn’t been. The second objection...
Conflict at the Heart of Scientology
Conflict at the heart of Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard. Sea Org. Debbie Cook. David Miscavige. Enough said.
