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Rule 5: Georgina Burke

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Posted on May 31, 2014 in Rule 5, The Culture

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Fish story

Posted on May 30, 2014 | 2 comments

If the Californicators coming here in droves seem to prefer our drought to the California one, maybe it’s because we’re not helping the feds ship water to fish that could go for people and crops.

The next time you hear a Democrat complain about how climate change (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat party) is adding to the California drought, remember this fish story.

It will remind you you’re not hearing genuine concern, only the usual political humbug.

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Posted in Obamalot, Texana, The Culture, Weather/Climate

Trigger Warning

Posted on May 29, 2014 | 2 comments

I should probably make the headline a permanent sidebar hereabouts ( like the Everlasting Phelps did) for the precious little buttercups who might be, gasp, offended by something here. Altho the “I (heart) Israel” notice might be enuff.

I have to admit I always thought a trigger warning was a) not to put your finger on the trigger until you intended to fire the gun or b) to be prepared to be shot when you saw someone else’s finger on the trigger of a gun pointed at you. I guess you had to go to Leftist schools like UC Berkeley to know better. Live and learn.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Guns, Israel, Obsessions, The Culture

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Marty Robbins: Gangsta Rapper

Posted on May 28, 2014 | 2 comments

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Woke up the other morning inexplicably humming this Marty Robbins oldie, a big hit in 1960, which, of course, you never hear on the radio any more but sure ’nuff did way back then.

I wonder if Scott Chaffin does that from time to time, stirring from a doze in his box seat at the baseball diamond in the sky? Would not be surprised. It was Scott’s idea to include Robbins in the Gangsta Rapper Pantheon. Works for me.

I love the idea that the character of “wicked Felina” was adapted from a girl Robbins had a crush on in fifth grade. As they say, write what you know.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Music, Obsessions, South of the Border, Texana, The Culture

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The dead the Google Doodle forgot

Posted on May 27, 2014 | 3 comments

The Google Doodle today celebrated DDT-banning green purist Rachel Carson for her great love of animals and nature. Her millions of African children malaria victims were not available for comment.

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Capitalism vs Socialism

Posted on May 27, 2014 | 1 comment

Wormtongue’s persistent complaints about inequality of income and/or wealth—you, know, the 1 percent and all that Lefty humbug—is based on such as French socialist economist Thomas Piketty’s book “Capitalism In The 21st Century.”

Comes now a Financial Times review of the book to say that not only did Piketty misinterpret his own data, but he appears to have exaggerated it to make the inequality worse than it really is. Boy, now there’s a surprise.

Meanwhile, while the Worm bashes the folks whose private investments actually create jobs, his prime constituency, black Americans, have the worst employment prospects of all.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE:  Others also have noticed Piketty’s errors.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Obsessions, The Culture, The Economy

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The coming end to transgender bathrooms

Posted on May 25, 2014 | 2 comments

I don’t think transgender bathrooms are going to work so well. In Houston or anywhere else. Maybe in theory, but not in practice.

Men aren’t likely to complain about the women-pretending-to-be-men who show up, but women are very likely to complain about the men-to-women creatures, especially those who haven’t yet received all of their equipment.

And the women are likely to rule on this as they do in so much else these days.

No, this new aspect of the modern American circus could be folding its tent before you know it.

Via Mouth of The Brazos.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Obituaries, Texana, The Culture

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