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Images and some random thoughts for the day

Dean
5/18/2012 12:00:00 PM
.Michael Ramirez, the best political cartoonist in America has been on it lately.Here's his take on "Julia", the Obama composite woman and statist love-child of which our thoughts can be found here.(click to enlarge)Because submitting yourself to a comprehensive, full-service, cradle-to-grave nanny state is what (full-circle) feminism is all about. Hey, there's an undeniably attractive[...]

The Beers with Demo Caucus springs into action

Dean
5/17/2012 5:24:00 PM
.But first, Chuckie Schumer outrageously outraged over the fact one of the Facebook co-founders skipped the country to avoid paying capital gains taxes.Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S. again.In September 2011, Saverin relinquished his U.S. citizenship before the company announced its planned initial public offering of stock, which will debut this week. The move was likely a financial one, as he owns an estimated 4 percent of Facebook and stands to make $4 billion when the company[...]

Obama "Born in Kenya" Literary Agent Affair

5/18/2012 11:41:00 AM
Hat-tip BreitbartBy the Left Coast Rebel  I'm sure you've seen the Obama lit agent Kenya controversy so I won't bore you with rehashing the details; rather I thought I would just quickly check in here with a few thoughts on the issue.Two possibilities are at play here:Obama was born in Kenya (the least likely). What do we do about that? Nothing, except[...]

On Capitalism and a Proper Morality...

5/17/2012 12:26:00 AM
by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- Tyranny Ayn Rand Lexicon - Theory: Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.The recognition of individual rights entails the banishment of physical force from human relationships: basically, rights can be violated only by means of force. In a capitalist society, no man or group[...]

Weekend Music Chill

B-Daddy
5/18/2012 8:16:00 AM
This song is one of my favorite's from the 70s; I like Warren Zevon's wit on display in this rendition of Lawyers, Guns and Money.

Zero Interest Rates are Wrecking the Economy

B-Daddy
5/17/2012 7:55:00 PM
David Einhorn, President of Greenlight Capital, has published a brilliant article exposing why the Fed's policies are counter-productive to economic recovery, because they don't produce the effects intended. (H/T WC Varones) Although, he doesn't explicitly say so in the article, I believe he is also making a good case for the gold standard, because only a gold standard would prevent the Federal Reserve from playing these kinds of games with the economy. It's difficult to do justice to an article of that length, but[...]

Asking For An Act Of Kindness

K T Cat
5/18/2012 7:34:00 AM
For more than 6 years, we've had a blogging relationship with Courtney Macha. She posts over at Memoirs of a Feline Empress. We've linked back and forth and had lots of fun.Courtney has had some really tough times lately. It would mean a lot to all of us here in the Catican if you popped over there and gave her some words of encouragement.In more than 6 years of blogging, I think we've only skipped one day posting here. The Scratching Post has been the biggest non-family driving force in our lives. Everything else is a distant second.To show you how much this means to us, we're going to stop blogging here until Monday so this post stays at the top and gives as many visitors as possible a chance to give Courtney a comment[...]

It's All About Me

K T Cat
5/18/2012 6:49:00 AM
So Elizabeth Warren isn't a squaw after all. She checked a box on some of her applications saying she was an American Indian thinking, if we are to give her the benefit of the doubt, she was 1/32 Cherokee. Checking that box got her benefits and no one monitored her heritage claims.Elizabeth Warren is a progressive. In the most credulous analysis of her positions, she's a True Believer in the cause. She devoutly defends Affirmative Action and all manner of racial set asides. In her mind, we need to make sure there are seats at the table for members of underprivileged groups and people who have faced discrimination.Neither underprivileged nor discriminated against nor appreciably Cherokee, she took one of those seats. Ostensibly, there was someone out there with those qualifications who[...]

Condelences Mish

Negocios Loucos
5/18/2012 5:35:00 AM
We at W.C. Varones are very sorry for your loss.

I have become comfortably numb

W.C. Varones
5/17/2012 9:11:00 PM
I had the pleasure of seeing Roger Waters at the San Diego Sports Arena last weekend. I hadn't seen any of the Pink Floyd crew since seeing David Gilmour and the boys at Earl's Court in London in the mid-90's. Suffice it to say, Roger Waters is still against American fascism and imperialism, even under the Obama Hope & Change brand. A great show, all in all.

The 2012 Economy IS NOT the Issue

Doo Doo Econ
5/18/2012 12:37:00 AM
My background is finance and technology. Most of my younger days were spent on developing my understanding of supply and demand models and advanced math. It would be terrific for my blogging commentary if the 2012 economy was the issue of the election, "but it ain't".The economy will spatter and sputter and probably crash around December. It may be a little late to this prediction and wait until 2013 due to some QE or other psychological trick. It will be anemic and surrounded[...]

Obama 2012 Prayer Rugs 

Doo Doo Econ
5/15/2012 12:05:00 AM
Some readers of this blog are concerned with the amount of discussion related to President Barack Obama.  He has been a historic president in many ways and not all of them have been good. Doo Doo Economics is happy that America has it's first non-white president. America is diverse and opportunity should never be restricted based upon appearance. We should all be judged based upon our character and abilities. Also, we feel sorry for the left as

Sacrificial Scams

Thu, 17 May 2012 03:32:17 +0000
By the incomparable Ann Coulter The real class warfare in this country isn't rich vs. poor, it's government employees vs. we, the taxpayers, who pay their salaries. Working for the government is supposed to be a trade-off: You can't be Continue reading →

Spinning Same-Sex Marriage

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:16:29 +0000
(This is a guest editorial, from an old friend, Russ Farris. Here he opines on the subject of same-sed marriage; something our President now says he favors. It was so well expressed, I wanted to share it with you, my Continue reading →

California TEA PARTY VOTER GUIDE: San Diego, June 5th 2012 Edition!

mutnodjmet13
5/14/2012 11:54:39 AM
Dear Readers: Several members of the San Diego Local Order of Bloggers (SLOBs) have noted that they are getting a lot of queries on the following search topic Tea Party Voter Guide. So, we have all begun organizing our recommendations from varying perspectives; because there is no leader, I will offer my Blue-Dog Democrat perspective [...]

Egypt’s QUEEN TAUSERT: All Woman, All Warrior

mutnodjmet13
5/10/2012 11:04:20 PM
Dear Readers: As I have been recovering form hip-replacement surgery, I have had a chance to catch up on some of my reading. I finished a wonderful book, TAUSERT: Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt (edited by Richard H. Wilkinson). Because it has been a while since I prepared a pure Egyptology post, I thought [...]

If You're not on Twitter, You Should Be

Shane Atwell
5/13/2012 11:40:00 AM
Here's a good post at Legal Insurrection, which begins:As has been said on here before: If youre not on Twitter, you need to be. Nowhere is this point made more readily apparent than the way in which the Tea Party has utilized social media outlets like Twitter, to begin to reshape the Republican Party from the inside out.After watching the Democrats sheer dominance over social media forums during the 2008 Presidential election, it is doubtful that anyone could have predicted the conservative base would supplant them so quickly.But beginning with the midterm elections[...]

Watkins: What's Really Wrong with Entitlements

Shane Atwell
5/9/2012 2:00:00 PM
I just received the following announcement from the Ayn Rand Institute. Should be a good talk:Whats Really Wrong with EntitlementsA talk at the University of California, San DiegoWho: Don Watkins, fellow at the Ayn Rand InstituteWhat: A lecture examining Americas entitlement stateWhere:Price Center West, Eleanor Roosevelt College Room, UCSD [Map]When: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 7 p.m.Description: It's an open secret that America's entitlement state is in disarray, and that the United States faces a crushing debt thanks to programs such[...]

Is Anyone Buying the President's "Evolution"?

SarahB
5/9/2012 3:11:00 PM
Did anybody believe for one moment that Barrak Obama EVER opposed same-sex marriage? We all know he just trotted out a 'pro-family' position in 2008 to get elected. It was the safe, chicken-shit position for a died-in-the-wool Liberal to take while pretending to be moderate. So I'm unimpressed by the enlightenment that was forced on him by last week's Binedism. Obama painted himself into a corner and nobody should be patting him on the back for finally being honest.

If I wanted America to fail

SarahB
4/25/2012 9:28:00 AM
Drudge and Michell Malkin have already posted this video by Free Market America, so you may have seen it...but it is so, SO GOOD that it is worth sharing again. A beautifully articulated statement about draconian, oppressive, and corrupt environmental policies...and a perfect example of how free-minded America needs to use media to counter progressive pop-culture.

STAND UP FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RALLY MARCH 23,2012 by Dawn Wildman

Today I attended one of the 140 Stand Up for Religious Freedom rallies. This one took place in San Diego, CA , where over 2000 people exercised their First Amendment right in all its forms. They stood up against the HHS mandate that flies in the face of their religious ...

What I Learned From the Tea Party

When Sarah , Leslie and I held the first tea party in San Diego, California on February 27, 2009 I had no way to know all the things I would learn about politics from that day on to the present day. People from all political philosophies and every demographic took ...