THE BELLY OF THE HILLABEAST: Among the Believers.

THE PROCESS ENCOURAGES IT: Terrorist ringleader got into EU as ‘refugee’.

THE JV TEAM: Team Obama’s latest ISIS ‘oops’.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE: Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ has become propaganda for Democrats.

WIN WIN: Chicago Distillery Guarded by Feral Cats Is a Win for Everyone.

EVERYTHING IS GETTING MASSIVELY MORE STUPID: Congresscreature trying to push gun control in the wake of Paris.

YEAH, IT SHOULD: Supreme Court Should Defend Freedom of Speech by Striking Down Texas Law that Muzzles Veterinarians.

WE ALL LIVE IN AN ONION WORLD: The Feminist Guide to Being a Foodie Without Being Culturally Appropriative. And if you don’t want to give hits to crazy people, the gist of the article is that if you enjoy the authentic cuisine of other traditions this means you’re “culturally appropriative” which is bad, because, you know, we’re all born with our cuisine engraved in our DNA, just like our language and our religion.  (Removes tongue from cheek before it pokes through.)  FORTUNATELY I’m an American.  Being culturally appropriative IS our culture.  We take other people’s food, clothing and entertainment traditions and we make it bigger, better and more amazing than the original culture could try.  And the feminist guide can put that in its pipe and smoke it!

BUT GUN PERMITS HAVE GUN COOTIES: House Republicans Introduce Bill to Ensure TSA Accepts Gun Permits as IDs.

THE  REAL JV TEAM IS IN WASHINGTON DC: Refugees and the Jihadist Fifth Column.

LIKE A BAD RESTAURANT AFTER A MASS POISONING: DNC looks to rebrand to stem losses during Obama administration.

AT THIS POINT, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE: Hillary Clinton’s plan to fight ISIS is like Obama’s — only more so.

NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN: The tiny pill fueling Syria’s war and turning fighters into superhuman soldiers.

REAL FEMINISTS COMPETING WITH THE ONION: Feminists Want to Ban Negotiation – Because it “Disempowers” Women.

SORRY TO DESTROY MALE DREAMS, BUT NOT EVEN AFTER DRINKS: Sorry “Science”—Not All Women Are Lesbians.

OIKOPHOBIA III, ENTER THE MEDIA: The Media’s Snob Problem: Trump’s Gold Palace and Carson’s Jesus Painting.

SON OF OIKOPHOBIA: Team Obama’s ridiculous Paris remarks highlight its lame mindset on ISIS.

IT CAME FROM OIKOPHOBIA:Dartmouth’s apology to its students’ … attackers.

PARIS: So I expect everything to get far stupider from here on out.

THANK YOU TO GLENN FOR LETTING ME DRIVE THE BIG BLOG FOR A WHILE:  Just back from Anomaly con in Denver, exhausted as always after a con, and feeling guilty we didn’t take a camera for pictures and thus missed posting shots of the mechanical parrot on someone’s shoulder.  Ah well.  Thank you again to the Professor for letting me post here this week.  Most of the time you can find me at According To Hoyt.  I’m also doing a regular column on writing Tuesday afternoons over at PJ Lifestyle.

AND THEY SAY I WRITE FAST:Anesthetist claims ‘tardy surgeons’ enabled him to write novel. Of course, the question is, does his novel put people to sleep?

I GOT SHOWN ABOUT TWENTY POSTS ON GAY MARRIAGE, BUT FRANKLY, THE WHOLE DEBATE: Is Pathetic.  It’s also a really great distraction, a way to turn people against each other and perhaps a way to give the federal government yet more power. Which is what we all want, right?

I’M PUTTING MY BACK LIST ONLINE: Starting with an Omnibus of my first published books.  Warning to those who like my Science Fiction — this is very different.  The editor wanted literary fantasy and I wanted to get published.  OTOH it shows off my… versatility.

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD: The Economist Backs Off Climate Alarmism.

REALLY?  WHO KNEW: Teachers’ Unions Don’t Empower Teachers.