Category Archives: Obsessions

RFK’s Jr. wants to jail warming deniers

Posted on September 23, 2014 | 3 comments

Like father like son?

Daddy is infamous for ordering the FBI wiretapping of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1963-66, supposedly because two of Dr. King’s advisers were members of the American Communist Party — which wasn’t illegal then and isn’t now.

Now sonny, a marcher in Sunday’s socialist meetup in NYC at the Dictator’s Club, aka the UN, says Americans who dispute global warming are guilty of “a criminal offense — and they ought to be serving time for it.”

Just a chip off the old Democrat’s block. Fortunately for us, without Daddy’s power. Dream on, Junior, dream on.

Via Instapundit.

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Rule 5: Viktoria Manas

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Posted on September 20, 2014 in Obsessions, Rule 5

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Rule 5: Brooke Max

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Posted on September 17, 2014 in Obsessions, Rule 5, The Culture

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The Democrat Depression, Part Deux

Posted on September 16, 2014 | 1 comment

Wonder why we’re enduring a now 6-year jobless recovery and very likely even worse to come? Part of it, according to a new international tally, is because we are close to the worst among industrialized nations in our tax burden on business: 32nd out of 34. Only better than Portugal and France.

“Since capital is mobile and businesses can choose where to invest, tax rates that are too high ‘drive investment elsewhere, leading to slower economic growth,’ as the Tax Foundation puts it.” Simple, really. Econ 101.

But don’t expect the Democrats to admit it. They love to tax. At least you can enjoy their rhetoric, if you don’t look behind the curtain. They’ll babble on about income inequality and how they’re going to punish those nasty one percenters who’re taking their investments elsewhere.

Feel better? They hope so. While always keeping their hands out under the table.

Via WSJ.

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Are video games a sport?

Posted on September 15, 2014 | Comments Off on Are video games a sport?

At least one, League of Legends, is. And varsity, at that. At least at one private university, Robert Morris, in Chicago. Why, they’re even offering scholarships.

Which I found Googling the title question after seeing it posed for an essay in Mr. B.’s high school English class. And I thought he’d been wasting his time all these months. ‘Course he is playing Call of Duty, which is not on the team. Yet.

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Is it okay to steal soap from hotel rooms?

Posted on September 12, 2014 | 2 comments

Miriam of Miriam’s Ideas worries about this because of a family connection:

“One of my relatives who travels extensively has not bought soap in 20 years.  Apparently the complimentary soaps he takes from  hotel rooms fulfill the sanitary needs of his entire family.”

It’s a common behavior, apparently, since her post has drawn scores of hits, including mine. I always swiped the soaps when I traveled but I’d prefer to buy soaps than travel

Via Miriam’s Ideas.

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Rule 5: Brooke Max

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Posted on September 11, 2014 in Obsessions, Rule 5, The Culture

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