Peggy Noonan talks to a Donald Trump supporter to find the motivation.
His rise is not due to his supporters’ anger at government. It is a gesture of contempt for government, for the men and women in Congress, the White House, the agencies. It is precisely because people have lost their awe for the presidency that they imagine Mr. Trump as a viable president. American political establishment, take note: In the past 20 years you have turned America into a nation a third of whose people would make Donald Trump their president. Look on your wonders and despair.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Look up
Tonight brings the second full moon of July, and a pass of the International Space Station up the east coast just before 9:30 p.m.
Fetal parts control
Gun safety advocates think the world would be so much safer with gun control.
More laws would work.
Except for those who want to skirt the laws for money and power.
Like Planned Parenthood.
We have laws against selling parts from unborn babies.
Doesn't seem to bother them.
If laws can't stop selling parts from unborn babies, how will they stop gun violence?
More laws would work.
Except for those who want to skirt the laws for money and power.
Like Planned Parenthood.
We have laws against selling parts from unborn babies.
Doesn't seem to bother them.
If laws can't stop selling parts from unborn babies, how will they stop gun violence?
Weekend watchdog
Saturday is August 1.
The time of the baseball season for contenders to kick into gear and pretenders to begin thinking about Spring Training 2016.
The Nationals hold the lead in the National League East, and visit the Mets for the weekend. Games are on MASN Friday and Saturday on MASN before playing Sunday night on ESPN.
The Orioles have a series with the Tigers. Games Friday and Saturday will be on MASN2, with the series finale Sunday afternoon on MASN.
FoxSports1 has the battle of Los Angeles between the Angels and Dodgers Saturday at 4 p.m., and TBS offers Yankees-White Sox Sunday at 2 p.m.
NASCAR visits Pocono, with the Sprint Cup race Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The Truck race goes Saturday at 1 p.m. on FoxSports1, while the Xfinity Series visits Iowa Saturday at 8 p.m.
The PGA tour visits Northern Virginia this weekend, with coverage on CBS Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
ESPN2 carries the British Women's Open, with play Friday at 9 a.m. The third round hits the links Saturday at 10 a.m. and final round Sunday at noon.
The best NBA players from Africa take on the world in South Africa Saturday at 9 a.m. on ESPN. Former NBA players try to shine in the Basketball Tournament semifinals Saturday at 2 and 4 p.m. on ESPN. The winners meet for the championship Sunday at 3 p.m.
Saskatchewan takes on Edmonton in CFL action Friday at 9 p.m.
D.C. United hosts Real Salt Lake Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast. San Jose tangles with Portland Sunday at 5 p.m. on ESPN2 while Dallas heads to Chicago on FoxSports1 Sunday at 7 p.m.
ESPN2 has the semifinals of the BB&T Atlanta Open Saturday at 4 p.m., with the final Sunday at 3 p.m. There's World Team Tennis play Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Special Olympics World Games continues Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
The time of the baseball season for contenders to kick into gear and pretenders to begin thinking about Spring Training 2016.
The Nationals hold the lead in the National League East, and visit the Mets for the weekend. Games are on MASN Friday and Saturday on MASN before playing Sunday night on ESPN.
The Orioles have a series with the Tigers. Games Friday and Saturday will be on MASN2, with the series finale Sunday afternoon on MASN.
FoxSports1 has the battle of Los Angeles between the Angels and Dodgers Saturday at 4 p.m., and TBS offers Yankees-White Sox Sunday at 2 p.m.
NASCAR visits Pocono, with the Sprint Cup race Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The Truck race goes Saturday at 1 p.m. on FoxSports1, while the Xfinity Series visits Iowa Saturday at 8 p.m.
The PGA tour visits Northern Virginia this weekend, with coverage on CBS Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
ESPN2 carries the British Women's Open, with play Friday at 9 a.m. The third round hits the links Saturday at 10 a.m. and final round Sunday at noon.
The best NBA players from Africa take on the world in South Africa Saturday at 9 a.m. on ESPN. Former NBA players try to shine in the Basketball Tournament semifinals Saturday at 2 and 4 p.m. on ESPN. The winners meet for the championship Sunday at 3 p.m.
Saskatchewan takes on Edmonton in CFL action Friday at 9 p.m.
D.C. United hosts Real Salt Lake Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast. San Jose tangles with Portland Sunday at 5 p.m. on ESPN2 while Dallas heads to Chicago on FoxSports1 Sunday at 7 p.m.
ESPN2 has the semifinals of the BB&T Atlanta Open Saturday at 4 p.m., with the final Sunday at 3 p.m. There's World Team Tennis play Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Special Olympics World Games continues Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Diminishing returns
The new Social Security report is out.
One year closer to reduced benefits - and demographics is destiny.
One year closer to reduced benefits - and demographics is destiny.
Not viable
Another day, another video about Planned Parenthood.
The secrets are coming out.
The health of the organization is not looking good.
The secrets are coming out.
The health of the organization is not looking good.
Love your work
At the job, the theme for the year is "Love your work."
I think we're just friends with benefits.
I think we're just friends with benefits.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Life is more than the sum of its parts
National Review collects some of the best tweets on Unplanned Parenthood.
Glad to see them celebrate life.
Glad to see them celebrate life.
Parting over parts
Powerline tries to find Hillary Clinton's position on the Planned Parenthood videos - knowing there's more to come.
While Hillary professed that she’s unalterably pro-choice and plans to “stand with Planned Parenthood,” there was the telltale hedging, as though she wants to leave room to run for the tall grass if subsequent videos are, as they may well turn out to be, even more indefensible.
While Hillary professed that she’s unalterably pro-choice and plans to “stand with Planned Parenthood,” there was the telltale hedging, as though she wants to leave room to run for the tall grass if subsequent videos are, as they may well turn out to be, even more indefensible.
Don't trade in - destroy
Tom Brady can work for cell phone companies during his suspension - his idea of destroying his phone works better than trading it in.
For the cell phone companies.
For the cell phone companies.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
That's where I come from
Real Clear Politics tells of Scott Walker's tour of the town where he spent part of his youth.
Walker’s greatest asset in Iowa, however, might be his proximity. When he discusses his record as Wisconsin governor, Walker talks about what he did “just across the Mississippi [River].” At each stop, he shows a faded photo of himself and his brother David as small boys, holding an Iowa flag they raised money to buy for the Plainfield town hall. He jokes about the Big Ten, and he seizes any opportunity to use “Midwest” in the first person plural.
“That’s the kind of people we are here in the Midwest,” Walker told a crowd in Council Bluffs. “We stand up for what’s right, we do the right thing. We don’t make a lot of fuss about it, we just do it.”
Walker’s greatest asset in Iowa, however, might be his proximity. When he discusses his record as Wisconsin governor, Walker talks about what he did “just across the Mississippi [River].” At each stop, he shows a faded photo of himself and his brother David as small boys, holding an Iowa flag they raised money to buy for the Plainfield town hall. He jokes about the Big Ten, and he seizes any opportunity to use “Midwest” in the first person plural.
“That’s the kind of people we are here in the Midwest,” Walker told a crowd in Council Bluffs. “We stand up for what’s right, we do the right thing. We don’t make a lot of fuss about it, we just do it.”
Recycling update
Another recycling trip and another drop in the price of aluminum cans - down to 30 cents per pound.
Almost down to the levels of January 2009.
Hope the people who support President Obama adjust their memes accordingly.
Almost down to the levels of January 2009.
Hope the people who support President Obama adjust their memes accordingly.
Weather makes them sad
Mark Steyn shares the sad news about sad scientists - worried about their future now as much as the global warming they see.
If you're having trouble keeping score, the old post-traumatic stress disorder is what you get if you're just some nancy wuss pantywaist who goes to Iraq and gets blown up by an IED. But the far more serious pre-traumatic stress disorder is what you get if you sit around on government grants all day worrying about sea levels in the Maldives in the early 22nd century.
If you're having trouble keeping score, the old post-traumatic stress disorder is what you get if you're just some nancy wuss pantywaist who goes to Iraq and gets blown up by an IED. But the far more serious pre-traumatic stress disorder is what you get if you sit around on government grants all day worrying about sea levels in the Maldives in the early 22nd century.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Make room for Carly
Carly Fiorina has high hopes to make the top 10 in the poll before the first Republican debate.
She loves to knock on Hillary Clinton.
Put her next to Donald Trump - that will be fun.
She loves to knock on Hillary Clinton.
Put her next to Donald Trump - that will be fun.
The cost of free healthcare
Ace provides the list of woes for states trying to have their own insurance exchanges.
figure.
My favorite.
2. Magical thinking.
figure.
My favorite.
2. Magical thinking.
Twelve states and the District of Columbia fully control their markets. Experts estimate about half face financial difficulties. Federal taxpayers invested nearly $5 billion in startup grants to the states, expecting that state markets would become self-sustaining. Most of the federal money has been spent, and states have to face the consequences.Self-sustaining? How was "more services" and "fewer costs" ever going to be self-sustaining? It was magical thinking, as Vermont discovered:
In Vermont, a debate has been raging about whether to abandon the state exchange. Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin originally wanted a single state-run system for all residents, along the lines of Canada. Shumlin backed off because it would have meant prohibitively high taxes.
Hoping this isn't you
Along with parents dreading the empty nest, summer is the time when the nest fills back up.
Congratulations. Two months ago, your kid graduated from college, bravely finishing his degree rather than dropping out to make millions on his idea for a dating app for people who throw up during Cross Fit training. If he’s like a great many of his peers, he’s moved back home, where he’s figuring out how to become an adult in the same room that still has his orthodontic headgear strapped to an Iron Man helmet.
Congratulations. Two months ago, your kid graduated from college, bravely finishing his degree rather than dropping out to make millions on his idea for a dating app for people who throw up during Cross Fit training. If he’s like a great many of his peers, he’s moved back home, where he’s figuring out how to become an adult in the same room that still has his orthodontic headgear strapped to an Iron Man helmet.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Ready for the empty nest
Some moms are having problems letting go of their college-bound children.
Singing the Frozen song doesn't work.
Singing the Frozen song doesn't work.
Love telling the story
The youngest, now 14, wants to understand the sign of Virginia coming back to our state.
Why does it say "Virginia is for Lovers"
Glad I had the answer before checking Wikipedia.
Why does it say "Virginia is for Lovers"
Glad I had the answer before checking Wikipedia.
Listen to what Trump said
Don Surber finds something good coming from the mouth of Donald Trump - a truth about Hillary Clinton.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump on Saturday seized on new reports that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under criminal investigation for her private email server, warning that “bad things have to happen.”
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump on Saturday seized on new reports that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under criminal investigation for her private email server, warning that “bad things have to happen.”
“I don’t know how a person with that cloud over their head can actually be running for president,” Trump told a rally in Iowa.
Spock for the pipeline
The proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline continues to cause troubles, because people don't want it in their backyard.
Or ever built.
They just see the pipeline pushed by a business, instead of how it will provide cheaper, more secure energy for millions who depend on that.
(while we wait for the sun to shine or windpower that doesn't kill birds)
They forget the words of Spock.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Build the pipeline. It's only logical.
Or ever built.
They just see the pipeline pushed by a business, instead of how it will provide cheaper, more secure energy for millions who depend on that.
(while we wait for the sun to shine or windpower that doesn't kill birds)
They forget the words of Spock.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Build the pipeline. It's only logical.
Idea for liberals - show me the money
Liberals are now trying to remove Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from the names of their events.
Turns out they were bad in some way. (Besides helping start the Democratic party).
I'll help any liberal who doesn't like the idea of Jefferson or Jackson out there.
Jefferson is on the nickel.
Jackson on the $20 bill.
No way you can use those.
I'll take your money with those offensive images, and you can feel better.
Turns out they were bad in some way. (Besides helping start the Democratic party).
I'll help any liberal who doesn't like the idea of Jefferson or Jackson out there.
Jefferson is on the nickel.
Jackson on the $20 bill.
No way you can use those.
I'll take your money with those offensive images, and you can feel better.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Fix the system first
Via Powerline, the answer for those asking how Thursday's shooter was allowed to get a gun.
The system - already in place - failed.
Liberals are constantly proposing legislation to extend NICS to firearms transactions that don’t involve licensed dealers. As I have written repeatedly, the major problem with NICS is not that it doesn’t cover transactions between relatives, etc., but rather that the database is deficient. All mass shooters (I am not including terrorists here) are more or less crazy, but the vast majority are not in the database. So the exercise becomes futile, as it was here.
The system - already in place - failed.
Liberals are constantly proposing legislation to extend NICS to firearms transactions that don’t involve licensed dealers. As I have written repeatedly, the major problem with NICS is not that it doesn’t cover transactions between relatives, etc., but rather that the database is deficient. All mass shooters (I am not including terrorists here) are more or less crazy, but the vast majority are not in the database. So the exercise becomes futile, as it was here.
His account is in arrears
Facebook gives you a wild view of the world.
Like the Wyoming man caught with eyeballs - from cows at a slaughterhouse where he works - in his bowels.
“Company won’t let us take animal scraps home and instead toss them in the landfill,” Tilbott said in the police report. “They’re a very wasteful company. We should be allowed to take scrap meat and other parts home. The company should start a green initiative. They don’t even have recycling at the plant.”
Tilbott explained his actions: “I enjoy eating bovine eyeballs and smuggling them out in my colon was the only way I knew how to get them out without potentially getting caught and fired.”
btw dude, your plan didn't work.
Like the Wyoming man caught with eyeballs - from cows at a slaughterhouse where he works - in his bowels.
“Company won’t let us take animal scraps home and instead toss them in the landfill,” Tilbott said in the police report. “They’re a very wasteful company. We should be allowed to take scrap meat and other parts home. The company should start a green initiative. They don’t even have recycling at the plant.”
Tilbott explained his actions: “I enjoy eating bovine eyeballs and smuggling them out in my colon was the only way I knew how to get them out without potentially getting caught and fired.”
btw dude, your plan didn't work.
Who could have seen this coming?
A federal grand jury indicted a psychic on fraud.
She said she could see the future.
Why didn't she see the indictment coming and prevent it?
She said she could see the future.
Why didn't she see the indictment coming and prevent it?
No place in the tent
Politico notes the woes of Southern Democrats - watching the national party turn left and doom their chances.
“The national Democratic Party’s brand makes it challenging for Democrats in red states oftentimes and I hope that going forward, the leaders at the national level will be mindful of that and they will understand that they can’t govern the country without Democrats being able to win races in red states,” said Paul Davis, who narrowly failed to unseat Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last year.
“The national Democratic Party’s brand makes it challenging for Democrats in red states oftentimes and I hope that going forward, the leaders at the national level will be mindful of that and they will understand that they can’t govern the country without Democrats being able to win races in red states,” said Paul Davis, who narrowly failed to unseat Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last year.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Show us that it works
Liberals want a $15/hour minimum wage.
Conservatives say it won't work.
That it will kill jobs.
Shouldn't liberals just pay their employees $15 an hour or more, to show us how it's done.
Right, Senator Sanders?
Conservatives say it won't work.
That it will kill jobs.
Shouldn't liberals just pay their employees $15 an hour or more, to show us how it's done.
Right, Senator Sanders?
Seeing the sites
My favorite billboard on today's trip into West Virginia?
The sign for the Beef Jerky outlet.
Next exit.
The sign for the Beef Jerky outlet.
Next exit.
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