The New York Times visited Charlottesville recently to learn more about the Koch brothers, including David's run for Libertarian Party vice president in 1980.
Powerline found the article, which tells lessons learned from the run.
You can also find how things haven't changed in 34 years.
He denounced the “harassment” of Koch Industries and implored the activists to make the party “a force that will roll back the coercive force of government.”
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Should Rove apologize?
The big news on the Sunday shows is Karl Rove's discussion of Hillary Clinton's health.
Should he apologize for what he said?
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Should he apologize for what he said?
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Honor for D'Antoni
It's not been a good few weeks for former Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni.
His 100-year-old dad has been doing better, earning an honorary degree from Concord University Saturday.
He congratulated the graduates of 2014 from the podium, noting, “I know that you are anxious to receive your diplomas. Seventy-seven years ago, I was in the same situation, waiting to receive my diploma.
“I would like to tell each graduate that the world is waiting for you, so I say to you, go after them. ... I want to wish you the best of health and a happy life.”
No one was protesting his speech.
His 100-year-old dad has been doing better, earning an honorary degree from Concord University Saturday.
He congratulated the graduates of 2014 from the podium, noting, “I know that you are anxious to receive your diplomas. Seventy-seven years ago, I was in the same situation, waiting to receive my diploma.
“I would like to tell each graduate that the world is waiting for you, so I say to you, go after them. ... I want to wish you the best of health and a happy life.”
No one was protesting his speech.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Just wait 'til the next life
Aleister at Legal Insurrection notes the Satanists feeling like victims after their plans for a Black Mass.
Here’s the MSNBC segment featuring the head of New York’s Satanic Temple. He clearly thinks he and his fellow devil worshipers were the victims in all this. Chris Hayes is all to happy to indulge them.
With what they were trying to do, have they thought about their reception in the next life?
Here’s the MSNBC segment featuring the head of New York’s Satanic Temple. He clearly thinks he and his fellow devil worshipers were the victims in all this. Chris Hayes is all to happy to indulge them.
With what they were trying to do, have they thought about their reception in the next life?
Facebook quote of the week
There is nothing worse than cold rain hitting the top of your head #bald
Friday, May 16, 2014
Guess what day it is
If you're tired for the Geico camel commercials, there's reason to look at them differently.
They bring out the idiot in some liberals.
Kevin D. Williamson asked this question earlier -- do leftwing students at these less-prestigious schools think they can increase the prestige of their school by out-radicalizing better schools?
Do they think that they can boost their own schools' mediocre academic standing by simply carrying on like petulant little dum-dums?
I've noticed this myself. The dummies in the dumber schools tend to be more stupidly radical than the not-quite-so-dumb dummies at the better schools.
We've now heard of this college.
We're not impressed.
They bring out the idiot in some liberals.
Kevin D. Williamson asked this question earlier -- do leftwing students at these less-prestigious schools think they can increase the prestige of their school by out-radicalizing better schools?
Do they think that they can boost their own schools' mediocre academic standing by simply carrying on like petulant little dum-dums?
I've noticed this myself. The dummies in the dumber schools tend to be more stupidly radical than the not-quite-so-dumb dummies at the better schools.
We've now heard of this college.
We're not impressed.
Coalition of the unwilling
The Spectator looks at an issue likely to split Democrats - the Keystone Pipeline.
It has now become obvious that the economy is never going to improve under Obama because he and his supporters don’t want it to. It might hurt the planet. So it’s procrastinate and procrastinate and procrastinate until the next election and maybe even the one after that.
The pipeline is the keystone to our economy - sorry environmentalists.
It has now become obvious that the economy is never going to improve under Obama because he and his supporters don’t want it to. It might hurt the planet. So it’s procrastinate and procrastinate and procrastinate until the next election and maybe even the one after that.
The pipeline is the keystone to our economy - sorry environmentalists.
Less powerful than Powerline
Powerline notes the problem faced by the New York Times seeking a strong internet presence - traffic count.
On page 23 of the report, there are charts showing the paper’s internet traffic. The Times currently gets around 6 million page views per day. That is a lot, to be sure. But Power Line averages over 200,000 page views per day. On a big news day, we may get more than 500,000. So day in and day out, the New York Times gets around 30 times the traffic that we do.
No wonder the Times has trouble finding a viable business model! We are four guys running a web site in our spare time. We have no expenses other than hosting fees of around $1,000 a month. We have no payroll and no advertising expenses. And yet the vast, expensive apparatus of the nation’s supposedly premier newspaper can muster only 30 times our traffic.
Keep working hard to the news, but we're not eating at your table.
On page 23 of the report, there are charts showing the paper’s internet traffic. The Times currently gets around 6 million page views per day. That is a lot, to be sure. But Power Line averages over 200,000 page views per day. On a big news day, we may get more than 500,000. So day in and day out, the New York Times gets around 30 times the traffic that we do.
No wonder the Times has trouble finding a viable business model! We are four guys running a web site in our spare time. We have no expenses other than hosting fees of around $1,000 a month. We have no payroll and no advertising expenses. And yet the vast, expensive apparatus of the nation’s supposedly premier newspaper can muster only 30 times our traffic.
Keep working hard to the news, but we're not eating at your table.
Weekend watchdog
It's been the longest run without a Triple Crown winner since the races started in the 19th century.
California Chrome hopes to keep its championship hopes alive at Pimlico Saturday.
NBC carries the Preakness Stakes, starting at 4:30 p.m. If California Chrome wins, it's off to Belmont for a shot at the Triple Crown. If not, it's wait until next year again.
The Kings and Ducks have their series-deciding game Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The conference finals start Saturday at 1 p.m. when Montreal hosts the New York Rangers on NBC. Chicago plays the winner of Friday's game Sunday at 3 p.m.
It's down to the Final Four for the NBA. The Heat and Pacers start the Eastern Conference finals Sunday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, and the Spurs and Thunder will start their series on Monday.
The Orioles head to Kansas City, with games on MASN2 for the rest of the weekend. The Nationals host the Mets on MASN Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
ESPN offers the Red Sox and Tigers Sunday at 8 p.m. The Pirates visit the Yankees on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m.
On college diamond, Comcast offers North Carolina at Miami Friday at 7:30 p.m. Florida travels to Tennessee Saturday at 1 p.m. Kansas State hosts Texas Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on FoxSports1.
FoxSports1 carries the NASCAR all-star race Saturday at 8:30 p.m., after the all-star qualifying race at 7 p.m. ESPN has the Nationwide race from Iowa Sunday at 2 p.m.
The field for the Indianapolis 500 will be set after qualifying Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on ABC.
A pair of ACC teams try to advance to the NCAA lacrosse final four Saturday, with Maryland facing Bryant at noon followed by Albany-Notre Dame.
D.C. United hosts Montreal Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast.
It's time for the Byron Nelson Championship on CBS Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Portland plays San Jose in Arena Football on ESPN2 Saturday at 10 p.m.
The NCAA softball tournament starts Friday on ESPN2 with South Florida-South Carolina at 4:30 p.m. followed by Fordham-Florida State. Play continues in the Tallahasse regional on ESPN Saturday at noon, with three games before heading to Tucson at 7 p.m. The regional finals are Sunday at noon in Tallahasse and Tucson at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
New York plays Chicago in WNBA action Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Tour of California continues with stages Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. on NBC Sports network. Stage eight will be Sunday at 1 p.m. on NBC.
California Chrome hopes to keep its championship hopes alive at Pimlico Saturday.
NBC carries the Preakness Stakes, starting at 4:30 p.m. If California Chrome wins, it's off to Belmont for a shot at the Triple Crown. If not, it's wait until next year again.
The Kings and Ducks have their series-deciding game Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The conference finals start Saturday at 1 p.m. when Montreal hosts the New York Rangers on NBC. Chicago plays the winner of Friday's game Sunday at 3 p.m.
It's down to the Final Four for the NBA. The Heat and Pacers start the Eastern Conference finals Sunday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, and the Spurs and Thunder will start their series on Monday.
The Orioles head to Kansas City, with games on MASN2 for the rest of the weekend. The Nationals host the Mets on MASN Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
ESPN offers the Red Sox and Tigers Sunday at 8 p.m. The Pirates visit the Yankees on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m.
On college diamond, Comcast offers North Carolina at Miami Friday at 7:30 p.m. Florida travels to Tennessee Saturday at 1 p.m. Kansas State hosts Texas Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on FoxSports1.
FoxSports1 carries the NASCAR all-star race Saturday at 8:30 p.m., after the all-star qualifying race at 7 p.m. ESPN has the Nationwide race from Iowa Sunday at 2 p.m.
The field for the Indianapolis 500 will be set after qualifying Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on ABC.
A pair of ACC teams try to advance to the NCAA lacrosse final four Saturday, with Maryland facing Bryant at noon followed by Albany-Notre Dame.
D.C. United hosts Montreal Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast.
It's time for the Byron Nelson Championship on CBS Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Portland plays San Jose in Arena Football on ESPN2 Saturday at 10 p.m.
The NCAA softball tournament starts Friday on ESPN2 with South Florida-South Carolina at 4:30 p.m. followed by Fordham-Florida State. Play continues in the Tallahasse regional on ESPN Saturday at noon, with three games before heading to Tucson at 7 p.m. The regional finals are Sunday at noon in Tallahasse and Tucson at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
New York plays Chicago in WNBA action Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Tour of California continues with stages Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. on NBC Sports network. Stage eight will be Sunday at 1 p.m. on NBC.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Rush rides to the win
DaTech Guy noticed Rush Limbaugh won an award for his Rush Revere book.
And the spin attacking the book.
Which was just that - spin with no proof.
She said this was the seventh year of the awards. I asked he about press coverage in the past and she told me every year press releases would be sent out announcing nominations and winners. I asked if the press had contacted her about the awards in past years and she answered they had.
I then mentioned the AP story above and asked if in any past years the press had inquired about the integrity of the voting for the award. Not only did she say the press never had questioned the integrity of the award in the past but stressed that there was absolutely no reason to question the integrity of the vote this year either.
Good thing more people read Rush Revere than read the critics.
And the spin attacking the book.
Which was just that - spin with no proof.
She said this was the seventh year of the awards. I asked he about press coverage in the past and she told me every year press releases would be sent out announcing nominations and winners. I asked if the press had contacted her about the awards in past years and she answered they had.
I then mentioned the AP story above and asked if in any past years the press had inquired about the integrity of the voting for the award. Not only did she say the press never had questioned the integrity of the award in the past but stressed that there was absolutely no reason to question the integrity of the vote this year either.
Good thing more people read Rush Revere than read the critics.
Teen wants to go to Charleston
West Virginia held its primary Tuesday.
In the Eastern Panhandle, a high school senior won the Republican primary - in a Republican-leaning district.
Blair campaigned on an antiabortion, pro-Second Amendment platform, offering her cellphone number to constituents and pledging not to go negative. She spent about $4,800 on her campaign, state finance records show (Kump, a former lobbyist, only spent $1,800 on his reelection bid).
“I think I’m fully capable of doing the job, and I don’t think it’s rocket science by any means — not if you just listen to the people,” Blair told the Hagerstown Herald-Mail this week.
She can run for President in 2032.
Will you join her campaign?
In the Eastern Panhandle, a high school senior won the Republican primary - in a Republican-leaning district.
Blair campaigned on an antiabortion, pro-Second Amendment platform, offering her cellphone number to constituents and pledging not to go negative. She spent about $4,800 on her campaign, state finance records show (Kump, a former lobbyist, only spent $1,800 on his reelection bid).
“I think I’m fully capable of doing the job, and I don’t think it’s rocket science by any means — not if you just listen to the people,” Blair told the Hagerstown Herald-Mail this week.
She can run for President in 2032.
Will you join her campaign?
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The newest Tea Party star
Ben Sasse won the Republican nomination for Senator in Nebraska.
Rich Lowry looks at his line of smart decisions.
Sasse established his identity as a fierce opponent of Obamacare early on, and — in a strategic risk — went up with TV advertising very early. The campaign did this even though it knew it didn’t have the funds to stay up on TV and would have go dark for a long stretch during the heart of the campaign.
The advertising drove attendance at town-hall meetings, which were basically the only campaign events Sasse did. He was doing them all around the state when he was no longer up on TV, driving his message and establishing personal contact with a big swath of the primary electorate. His campaign robo-called local Republicans to get them attend, and even if they didn’t show up, they heard a brief version of Sasse’s campaign pitch on the phone. Sasse brought a 9.5-foot tall stack of Obamacare regulations to every town hall, almost guaranteeing a picture of him and the stack in every local paper.
Time to watch and learn, Republicans.
Rich Lowry looks at his line of smart decisions.
Sasse established his identity as a fierce opponent of Obamacare early on, and — in a strategic risk — went up with TV advertising very early. The campaign did this even though it knew it didn’t have the funds to stay up on TV and would have go dark for a long stretch during the heart of the campaign.
The advertising drove attendance at town-hall meetings, which were basically the only campaign events Sasse did. He was doing them all around the state when he was no longer up on TV, driving his message and establishing personal contact with a big swath of the primary electorate. His campaign robo-called local Republicans to get them attend, and even if they didn’t show up, they heard a brief version of Sasse’s campaign pitch on the phone. Sasse brought a 9.5-foot tall stack of Obamacare regulations to every town hall, almost guaranteeing a picture of him and the stack in every local paper.
Time to watch and learn, Republicans.
Who has "brain damage?"
DaTech Guy tips his hat to Karl Rove's comment about Hillary Clinton's health.
Consider: You want to interject an issue into the political conversation (Hillary’s Health & her concussion) when you are facing a press that is not only universally against you but dedicated to protecting the target of your attack.
You give them a statement designed to get your foes to charge like a bull:
That's the difference that it makes.
Consider: You want to interject an issue into the political conversation (Hillary’s Health & her concussion) when you are facing a press that is not only universally against you but dedicated to protecting the target of your attack.
You give them a statement designed to get your foes to charge like a bull:
Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what’s up with that.The reaction was all that he could hope for people jumped all over him Rove game them a full news cycle of attacks on him, the Today Show, CNN and the NBC nightly news.
That's the difference that it makes.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Taxing Johnny Football
Sports Illustrated looks at the tax implications of Johnny Manziel going to Cleveland - instead of staying in Texas.
Manziel can still avoid Ohio's income tax on most of his endorsement earnings simply by making sure that he remains a Texas resident. He's thus likely to keep his Texas residency and not avail himself of Ohio tax law unless it's absolutely necessary. A local trading card show or endorsement for a Cleveland car dealer would trigger Ohio tax law, but national endorsement deals would not. Expect Manziel to avoid spending 182 days in Ohio, as doing so would risk him being classified as a "full-year nonresident" under Ohio law and having higher taxes.
Maybe the NFL draft should be a Tea Party.
Manziel can still avoid Ohio's income tax on most of his endorsement earnings simply by making sure that he remains a Texas resident. He's thus likely to keep his Texas residency and not avail himself of Ohio tax law unless it's absolutely necessary. A local trading card show or endorsement for a Cleveland car dealer would trigger Ohio tax law, but national endorsement deals would not. Expect Manziel to avoid spending 182 days in Ohio, as doing so would risk him being classified as a "full-year nonresident" under Ohio law and having higher taxes.
Maybe the NFL draft should be a Tea Party.
Life's not a beach during beach week
It's almost graduation time.
High school graduates think about going to the beach.
Parents better think twice about signing for a beach house for the kids.
Parents with experience agree.
"No matter how responsible HE THINKS his kids may be, their friends likely are not. At 17 or 18 you haven’t witnessed enough cops getting called and pukings to learn the fine line between fun and problems.”
High school graduates think about going to the beach.
Parents better think twice about signing for a beach house for the kids.
Parents with experience agree.
"No matter how responsible HE THINKS his kids may be, their friends likely are not. At 17 or 18 you haven’t witnessed enough cops getting called and pukings to learn the fine line between fun and problems.”
Can Sam be cut?
The Federalist looks at a reason why teams might have passed on Michael Sam - fear of how it would look if he's not good enough for the 53-man squad.
This is the real thing the NFL is concerned about: as a seventh round tweener DE/LB, the odds don’t favor a long career for Sam. Maybe he’ll beat those odds, and the league would love it if he does. If he has a long and productive career, the league office would be overjoyed as will most fans. But this unnamed team is acknowledging that this cuts both ways, and they fear that whether he succeeds or fails, Sam will not be viewed as an individual player, and instead as a representative of a class, and that the team that cuts him will be accused of bias or homophobia or worse.
The Rams are a safe place for Sam to land - not a contender and close to his college. Eventually, his play will have to be the story.
This is the real thing the NFL is concerned about: as a seventh round tweener DE/LB, the odds don’t favor a long career for Sam. Maybe he’ll beat those odds, and the league would love it if he does. If he has a long and productive career, the league office would be overjoyed as will most fans. But this unnamed team is acknowledging that this cuts both ways, and they fear that whether he succeeds or fails, Sam will not be viewed as an individual player, and instead as a representative of a class, and that the team that cuts him will be accused of bias or homophobia or worse.
The Rams are a safe place for Sam to land - not a contender and close to his college. Eventually, his play will have to be the story.
Overcoming evil with good
DaTech Guy has pictures of the thousand-plus people who came out for good - when evil wanted to hold a "Black Mass."
Black Mass, they kicked your ---.
Black Mass, they kicked your ---.
#weak
"Hashtag Diplomacy" has a major weakness - doing nothing while others do something.
So parents have in some cases taken bows and arrows into enemy terrain to hunt for their children, because the guys commanding the most powerful and technologically advanced armies in the world are holding up cardboard signs and looking glumly into the camera, as if Boko Haram will be moved to charity by the ostentatiously pathetic nature of it all.
We've got a mob of people feeling they are doing something.
And the girls are still missing.
So parents have in some cases taken bows and arrows into enemy terrain to hunt for their children, because the guys commanding the most powerful and technologically advanced armies in the world are holding up cardboard signs and looking glumly into the camera, as if Boko Haram will be moved to charity by the ostentatiously pathetic nature of it all.
We've got a mob of people feeling they are doing something.
And the girls are still missing.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Watch for brown M&Ms
A nice video of David Lee Roth explaining the "no brown M&Ms" rule in contracts.
Ace dark; Jesus alive
There are server problems over at Ace of Spades today.
They are working to restore content, but until then this is the most recent post.
It's Easter morning again.
Maybe we need the reminder that the Black Mass at Harvard doesn't matter.
That side lost on Easter morning.
They are working to restore content, but until then this is the most recent post.
It's Easter morning again.
Maybe we need the reminder that the Black Mass at Harvard doesn't matter.
That side lost on Easter morning.
This week's long-distance dedication
How would you like to be the lawyer for Kasey Kasem's wife?
You get to tell the court you have no idea where your client has her husband - the father of those on the other side of the case.
It's a good way to lose your case - and endure the shame you deserve.
You get to tell the court you have no idea where your client has her husband - the father of those on the other side of the case.
It's a good way to lose your case - and endure the shame you deserve.
For an event with no mass appeal
DaTech Guy watches Harvard flounder trying to avoid bad news with the scheduled "Black Mass" by one of its student groups.
We do not agree with the student group’s decision to stage an event that is so deeply disturbing and offensive to many in the Harvard community and beyond.
Translation: After a weekend of national coverage that has not been favorable having no opinion o this event is no longer tenable, and note the use of the word “we” who is “we”? Is it we the university, we the exchange club, we the people fielding the phone calls from all over the nation?
It's my privilege to ignore you
Do you owe your success to "white privilege?"
This guy doesn't think so.
The privilege game is designed to circumvent arguments based on reason and facts and evidence, so the way to win it is to defeat it on its own terms.
Call: “Check your privilege!”
Response: “What you call ‘privilege’ is just me being better than you.”
It's his privilege to mock you.
This guy doesn't think so.
The privilege game is designed to circumvent arguments based on reason and facts and evidence, so the way to win it is to defeat it on its own terms.
Call: “Check your privilege!”
Response: “What you call ‘privilege’ is just me being better than you.”
It's his privilege to mock you.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
When the chips are down
Dustbury finds science - a chart showing a correlation between the price of potato chips and falls from wheelchairs.
Maybe they need bags of chips around the wheelchair to break their falls.
Maybe they need bags of chips around the wheelchair to break their falls.
Koch adds life to West Virginia
I'm visiting southern West Virginia this weekend, so I got to see an anti-Koch Brothers ad.
Nick Joe Rahall has to thread the line - being a Democrat where President Obama is immensely unpopular.
The ad hits the Koch Brothers and Massey Coal as helping his Republican opponent.
The Democratic Koch craziness has spread.
Nick Joe Rahall has to thread the line - being a Democrat where President Obama is immensely unpopular.
The ad hits the Koch Brothers and Massey Coal as helping his Republican opponent.
The Democratic Koch craziness has spread.
Lead, follow or get out of the way
Bull Elephant has a good post on what 's going on Rep. Cantor's district.
A friend remarked to me after Cobb’s defeat that what made this possible was the unique vitality of various Tea Party groups within the 7th District. I responded, “Do you think that’s a coincidence?” In fact, it is not, but is instead a direct consequence of the way Rep. Cantor and his supporters have consistently circled the wagons around the Congressman to ensure as much control of the local politics surrounding him as possible. Where in other districts, like the 1st District where I live, Tea Party and libertarian newcomers have been welcomed into the GOP tent, in the 7th they have consistently been made to feel unwelcome inside the GOP.
The Republican party isn't your private party.
The battle for the heart and soul of the party continues, and those who's been leading need to follow the voice of the people.
Or get out of the way.
A friend remarked to me after Cobb’s defeat that what made this possible was the unique vitality of various Tea Party groups within the 7th District. I responded, “Do you think that’s a coincidence?” In fact, it is not, but is instead a direct consequence of the way Rep. Cantor and his supporters have consistently circled the wagons around the Congressman to ensure as much control of the local politics surrounding him as possible. Where in other districts, like the 1st District where I live, Tea Party and libertarian newcomers have been welcomed into the GOP tent, in the 7th they have consistently been made to feel unwelcome inside the GOP.
The Republican party isn't your private party.
The battle for the heart and soul of the party continues, and those who's been leading need to follow the voice of the people.
Or get out of the way.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Tea for you
Rep. Eric Cantor's district has a new chairman - from the Louisa County Tea Party.
Maybe bringing people to a convention on Saturday morning means more than bringing in money.
We'll see how Cantor works with his new crew.
Maybe bringing people to a convention on Saturday morning means more than bringing in money.
We'll see how Cantor works with his new crew.
Fighting the clingons
Powerline notes how different parts of the Democratic party pull against each other - like those who hate Wal-Mart dealing with President Obama praising them.
But I see this morning that Robert Reich is angry with the White House for arranging for President Obama to visit a WalMart in order to praise WalMart’s commitment to “sustainability.” But WalMart is evil:
I agree with Reich that there are plenty of numbskulls in the Obama White House.
But this isn't one of the ways.
But I see this morning that Robert Reich is angry with the White House for arranging for President Obama to visit a WalMart in order to praise WalMart’s commitment to “sustainability.” But WalMart is evil:
Reich, who served under President Bill Clinton, called Walmart one of the country’s “worst employers,” with “low wages, unreliable hours, few benefits, discrimination against women and anti-union” offenses. “What numbskull in the White House arranged this?”
I agree with Reich that there are plenty of numbskulls in the Obama White House.
But this isn't one of the ways.
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