Fantastic Aussie TV interview with a sixteen year old after an awesome party he threw while his parents were on vacation. Plus: a nipple ring! Really, it’s a classic:
Yeah, I’m a little punchy today.
The Military’s Brain Drain?
Some worrying data.
The Press Wakes Up
A flare-up as AP reporter Glen Johnson calls Mitt Romney on a bald-faced lie. More, please. The endless untruths out of Romney’s mouth need to be addressed.
An Ad For The Starbucks Ghetto
Maybe it’s not right for Nevada, but this latte-sipping Oakeshottian loved it:
Pissing Off The Thought Police
This YouTube made me fall in love with Ezra Levant. Go get ’em, baby!
“Jumpstart”
Giuliani’s new ad promises to tax cut his way out of a recession.
Pandering Works
The lesson from Michigan.
Clinton, Obama And The Gays
Erica Barnett cites Clinton’s 89 percent approval from the Human Rights Campaign. Chris Crain, David Mixner and Kevin Ivers have sharper memories of the Clintons’ long betrayal and use of gay people and gay issues. I don’t trust either Clinton on gay issues. Sure, they’re better than any Republican on the issues we’re confronting. But they know that already. And they’ll never take a risk for gay equality because they assume we have nowhere else to go.
Johnson Apologizes
After Clinton mistakenly said he already had, he gets in line with the machine.
But What If He Wins??
I was chatting today with a friend about the reaction of some in the Democratic party to the actual, real, live possibility of a black man actually becoming the nominee. You know: not Johnson but King. Not someone instantly dismissable like Sharpton, but serious. Part of me thinks of Richard Cohen looking directly at the camera and gasping, with faintly disguised panic: "Schwarze!" But this scene – reminiscent of this gaffe in Colorado – is still the funniest:
