CALL IT THE “HUNGER GAMES” BUBBLE: What The Hell Is Happening In The DC Housing Market? “People seem to be buying $650,000 houses on the assumption that they will someday turn into $1,000,000 houses—that central Washington will turn into Manhattan.”
It’s all explained here.
JIM TREACHER: Congratulations To Our Next Secretary Of State.
MIKE BLOOMBERG: There Is Not ‘Anybody That’s Defended the Second Amendment as Much as I Have.’
What’s interesting isn’t that this is a skull-poppingly enormous lie. What’s interesting is that he thinks he has to say it.
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JAZZERCISE IS BACK. The story seems kind of mocking. Hey, I had a girlfriend in college who was a Jazzercise instructor and, well, that Jazzercise stuff worked.
BRIDGET JOHNSON: ‘Travesty of Justice’: Limits on President’s Detention Powers Stripped from Final Defense Bill. “The amendment from Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) to block the president’s broad power to hold American citizens without trial was stripped from the final defense authorization bill in conference, prompting a ‘no’ vote on the entire bill from Lee and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). . . . In a speech on the Senate floor, Paul called the exclusion of the provision ‘so fundamentally wrong and goes against everything we stand for as a country that it can’t go unnoticed and should be pointed out.'”
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: “All that anger, turmoil and hopelessness you’re experiencing comes from a feeling of helplessness. But that’s all it is—a feeling. You’re not helpless at all. You only think you are.” Yes, if you find yourself feeling hopeless, helpless, and demoralized, then the media’s plan is working. Don’t cooperate.
READER RICK REMINGTON WRITES:
If you would, please bump Larry Correia’s piece a couple times this weekend.
It is the best explanation of what’s going on there is.
PS Larry Correia for NRA Exec. VP!
Ask, and ye shall receive.
THINGS THAT DON’T SUCK: The Orgreenic Frying Pan. To be honest, I bought this mostly for the Insta-Wife’s reaction to the AS SEEN ON TV label. But it really works, the non-stickness is really impressive, and the cleanup was much easier than my Cuisinart or All-Clad nonstick pans. (Bumped).
BOB OWENS: For ‘A Well-Regulated Militia,’ What Firearms, Gear, and Skills Should You Own?
If this interests you, you might want to read It Takes a Militia: A Communitarian Case for Compulsory Arms Bearing, which Brannon Denning and I wrote for the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal a while back.
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A WHITE HOUSE PETITION TO ESTABLISH FRANK HERBERT’S Bureau Of Sabotage. Er, isn’t that called the Administration?
CIVIL RIGHTS: Holding your mayors accountable. “Remember, most of the mayors don’t know that Bloomberg is signing their names to letters to Washington & in newspaper advertisements. It doesn’t matter that they didn’t expressly approve it, their signature appears on the letter. Hold them accountable.” (Via Bill Quick.)
BYRON YORK: Obama Uses Clinton’s Playbook To Exploit Shooting.
In his news conference Wednesday, President Obama argued that because a deranged young man murdered 20 children and six adults in a Connecticut schoolhouse last week, Congress should immediately raise taxes on the nation’s highest earners.
No, it didn’t make much sense. But Obama is following the example of predecessor Bill Clinton, who in 1995 used the Oklahoma City bombing not only to press security-related measures but also to enhance his political clout in a desperate battle with Republicans. It worked for Clinton; the next few weeks will tell whether it will do the same for Obama. . . . In all, Obama listed eight goals that Newtown should inspire lawmakers to accomplish. Gun control was No. 6.
Cynical, disgusting — and utterly predictable.
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ROGER SIMON: Dershowitzophrenia.
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SCIENCE: Old Men Chasing Young Women: A Good Thing. “Older male fertility helps to select against damaging cell mutations in humans who have passed the age of female menopause, consequently eliminating the ‘wall of death.'”
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