Evil Makes You Dumb

Evil Makes You Dumb

Tech giant Google are learning that rethinking their initial position re: being evil hasn't been the win-win scenario they expected. For example, an internal briefing recently leaked to Breitbart reveals that Google is sucking up to totalitarian dictators by censoring users. An 85-page briefing entitled “The Good Censor”, exclusively leaked…
October 11, 20189 Comments
Don’t Think They Won’t Pay

Don’t Think They Won’t Pay

Jude Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. The Senate approved the Republican judge despite a Democrat smear campaign that turned what should have been a routine confirmation process into a three-ring circus. The final vote of 50-48 mirrored Friday's cloture vote with the exception of…
October 6, 201821 Comments
Enjoy the Wedding Steve

Enjoy the Wedding Steve

Let us draw together for judgment. Key Senate swing votes Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, and Joe Manchin have announced they will vote yes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court this weekend. After months of debate, last minute allegations of sexual assault, an FBI investigation and dozens…
October 5, 20184 Comments
What Enthusiasm Gap?

What Enthusiasm Gap?

Nate Silver's vaunted Enthusiasm Gap, which was supposed to drive the blue wave and give Democrats control of Congress, has closed. Just over a month away from critical elections across the country, the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according…
October 4, 201827 Comments

Dems Are Afraid

Reader Durandel comments on yesterday's post: Republicans show their demoralization by being quiet. Libs show it by having histrionic displays of emotional incontinence. Republicans are “fired up” when they express righteous indignation and post dank memes. Libs do the same by telling dumb jokes and mocking their enemies on tv…
October 3, 201812 Comments
Democrats Play with Fire

Democrats Play with Fire

And are getting duly burned. As of now, in the wake of the testimony, only 37 percent want Kavanaugh confirmed, but only 44 percent say he should not be confirmed. But… Because “corroboration” is the only standard a wide majority of Americans care about, if this FBI investigation clears him,…
October 2, 201817 Comments
SCOTUS Held Hostage

SCOTUS Held Hostage

In a twist so on-the-nose that no self-respecting fiction author would have written it with a straight face, the US Senate and Supreme Court find themselves at the mercy of a single political hack named Flake. The latest curve ball in a harrowing committee process that has seen Judge Brett…
September 28, 201817 Comments
Liberalism in Slow Motion

Liberalism in Slow Motion

Catholic blogger Peter Kwasniewski observes that Conservatism is Liberalism, only slower. A conservative is one who wishes to conserve the good at hand, which means maintaining the status quo while correcting notorious deviations. But the conservative has no principled motivation to return to and recover what has been lost, for…
September 27, 20188 Comments

Fighting the Void Once More

The fine folks over at Fighting the Void invited me back to their live stream. Loyal readers will know I've been making the podcast rounds lately to promote Combat Frame XSeed, but these guys approached me some months ago to come on and discuss my political views. It was a…
September 25, 20183 Comments
Which Constitution?

Which Constitution?

A common refrain from Conservatives is their stated desire to return to the principles enshrined in the Constitution. What they never consider, and what no one ever asks, is which Constitution? Many of them claim to be constitutional originalists, but it's doubtful they'd relish going back to the original Constitution.…
September 22, 20189 Comments