CHECKMATE: THE ECONOMIC CHESS MASTERS PLAY A LOSING GAME: “Barack Obama & Co. represent the very freshest and most imaginative thinking of the 1930s,” Kevin D. Williamson writes. “Stimulus, public works, monkeying with the minimum wage, political favoritism for union constituencies, the ancient superstition that simply putting money in somebody’s pocket makes the nation richer through the miraculous power of the economic multiplier, etc.”

Hey, Time magazine promised voters that Obama would be the reincarnation of FDR in November of 2008 — curiously  though, they meant their comparison to be a compliment.

ACTUALLY, LET’S POLITICIZE MASS SHOOTINGS: “If you want to guarantee that Hillary Clinton loses, liberals, press her to call for stricter gun laws and hint that you want to take their Glocks from them. That’s about the only way you’re going to blow 2016.”

TO ASK THE QUESTION IS TO ANSWER IT: Why Do The Media Keep Helping Nancy Pelosi Avoid Abortion Questions?

CHANGE: Moore’s Law For CPU Speed Increases Coming To End. “The rate of computer processor power growth has slowed from doubling once every two years to once every 2.5 to 3 yeas. The doublings might stop entirely by about 2025.”

THE ETERNAL MIDDLE EAST: Why Outside Powers Can’t End the Destruction in Syria.

IT’S NOT SO MUCH LIKE SOLVING A PUZZLE: More like watching a train wreck, or one of those nightmares where you want to scream, but no sound comes out. Neo-neo con on Richard Fernandez and the puzzle of Barack Obama.

RICHARD FERNANDEZ EXAMINES: The Logic of Logistics.

SPEAKING OF BAD TASTE: Why is everybody trying to dress little girls like skanks for Halloween? I guess they’ll be ready for those all important slut walks of pseudo adulthood, or something.

WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE EMBARGO, THIS LEAVES A BAD TASTE: President Obama’s threatened UN vote against America.

A FRIEND OF MINE SELF-IDENTIFIES AS AN M1 ABRAMS TANK: We’re almost sure he’s joking.  This woman wasn’t.  And found people to indulge her insanity. Woman Fulfills Lifelong Wish To Be Blind, Now Happier Than Ever.

THEY CAME FOR THE MAD SCIENTISTS: I said nothing, because I wasn’t a mad scientist.

A MOST EXCELLENT FISKING: Fisking 27 ways to be a modern man.

HARDER TO GUESS, MAKE YOU CRY MORE: Nihilistic Password
Security Questions.

A SHORT COURSE ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WEASEL WORDS: Thoughts from the ammo line.

SPEAKING OF A THIN LINE BETWEEN CRIMINALS AND THE GOVERNMENT: Farming In Fear.

SOMETHING TO LOOK AT: And remember that once upon a time we could do big things.  Thousands of Photos by Apollo Astronauts now on Flickr.

ECHO HIS NAME FAR AND WIDE: Ignore the gunman who sought fame in the killings in Oregon.  Remember Chris Mintz, the hero who charged straight at him.

OKAY THEN: Homeland Security Detains Stockton Mayor, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords.

INTERESTING IF DEPRESSING: How to explain the KGB’s amazing success identifying CIA agents in the field? (During the cold war.)

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: Son of the Black Sword, by Larry Correia.

PREDICTABLE RUSSIA IS PREDICTABLE: As Ted Cruz Predicted: PUTIN EYES ESTONIA – Signals Concern of Russian Minority.

THIS IS FUNNY: It’s dark humor, because I think this is how leftist think the world works, but it’s still funny.  Gun Free Zones.  (Video.)

WHY OBAMA WANTS US TALKING ABOUT GUNS, CONT’D: International monitors say they have spotted a deadly new Russian rocket system in Ukraine.

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WHY OBAMA WANTS US TALKING ABOUT GUNS: Iran reportedly sending ground troops to Syria. Welcome to the post-American world.