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Adios.

Love reading Daniel Mitchell's columns.

One of the few people from the Cato Institute whose opinion I respect.

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Oh, the misogyny.

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Just Say No.

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...another McCain or Romney...

Or Bush.

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There was a lot of coverage of this on WNYC.

In fact, I think they even interviewed her on-air.

There was also a story about this in the NY Post a few weeks ago.

I was having a debate with someone from Reason about this, who pointed out that reporters also use the term Christ, i.e. anointed, when referring to Jesus of Nazareth, but to me, it's a specious point.

When reporters use the name Jesus Christ, or refer to Siddhārtha Gautama as Buddha, they're not doing so in veneration, or to placate Christians or Buddhists who might be reading that story.

If anything, they're ignorant of the significance of those terms.

The "prophet" honorific is done specifically to kowtow to Muslims and their politically correct enablers.

My friend Michael Malice summed it up perfectly, IMO.

I think she's taking a cue from Richard Nixon's 1968 playbook.

Pat Buchanan describes this in The Comeback, his account of that presidential race.

Nixon let Romney embarrass himself on the public stage for months, then swept in as a "fresh" face and secured the nomination.

The only things I can see stopping her at this point is some Paul Tsongas-like illness-and even then, I think her handlers would try to pull a Mel Carnahan-or a scandal so big that it would completely derail her campaign, a la John Edwards.

That's another illustration of the bizarro world leftists inhabit.

Could you imagine a media culture not dominated by cultural Marxists which portrayed the current FLOTUS as some sort of reincarnation of Audrey Hepburn?

It's absurd, but makes perfect sense to their hermetic world view.

Why would she not run? She's a real-life version of Tracy Flick.

This is the only goal of her life. She probably doesn't even know why she wants to be POTUS at this point, but that doesn't mean it's not her sole motivation for getting out of bed in the morning.

They are all wretched.

I can't help but chuckle at the New York Times and its attempt at PR for the Houthis, whose motto is God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel!

That's their entire platform. Even NSDAP's 25 point platform only devoted 8 points to demonizing Jews.

In other words, if Heinrich Himmler joined up with them, he would be the George McGovern of the group.

But Islam is a Religion of Peace(tm).

He really is a sad, pathetic figure.

Like a courtier who doesn't know whose ring to kiss.

...said Tetreau, a three-decade veteran of New Hampshire primary politics, who called Ready for Hillary’s early-and-often email approach “annoying.”

Well, at least she's being the authentic Hillary.

The wonders of technology.

I met Vilks at the first SION conference held here in New York.

During his talk, he actually described-with accompanying visual aids-some of the previous attempts on his life by European jihadists.

Screwing American taxpayers at the expense of invaders.

The perfect progressive.

I wonder what they're going to use as study aids.

Marion Barry

That is how statists think, alas.

Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.

"Too stupid for TV news."

Too stupid for anything. Hence, a Cuomo.

BTTT.

BTW, there's a fascinating exploration of the Black Power movement and disintegration of trust in civil rights activism once MLK Jr. was replaced by the likes of Ralph Abernathy in Pat Buchanan's latest work.

It's a biography of the Nixon comeback presidential campaign, which is worth reading, IMO.

And he's still kickin'.

Always enjoy reading a good piece by Hentoff.

Thank you, Arasina.

Yes, they were, briefly.

A beautiful poem.

Thanks, Bob.

I know.

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Thank you, Talisker.

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Not directly related, as if anything is, but I've just posted a personal thread that touches upon the life of one of the original members of the UT crew.

Those of you who remember probably remember her as Kangaroojacqui.

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In memory of my late uncle, John Marmo, and Fiona, an inimitable FReeper and charter member of the UT.

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Completely agree.

Started listening to talk radio in '94 with Rush and Steve Malzberg, but the advertisements drive me up a wall-and it just gets progressively worse.

It's so bad that I just switched to NPR.

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I just don't get it.

There are so many (extremely) good burger joints in New York City-and presumably, other cities where this franchise is popular. What's the appeal of Five Guys?

It can't be the price-it's not that cheap. Or the quality, which is mediocre, IMO.

Aside from 30 for 30/ESPN films, I don't have much use for it.

I did enjoy Rachel Nichols and Michele Beadle when they worked there, but that's about it.