Sure, he might be the sober new leader of the libertarian wing of the Republican party, but, after reading this, I’m fairly certain I must have gone to college with Rand Paul:* The strangest episode of Paul’s time at Baylor occurred one afternoon in 1983 (although memories about all of these events are understandably a bit hazy, so the date might be slightly off), when he and a NoZe brother paid a visit to a female student who was one of Paul’s teammates on the Baylor swim team. According to this woman, who requested anonymity because of...
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Just moments ago, I watched the Senate finish voting to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan by a vote of 63-37. You’ll note that I made a silly bet with Lady Blaga that the vote would be 60-40. So, I’m paying the lady her Hamilton. Sen. Ben Nelson was the only Democrat to vote nay, while Republican Senators Lindsay Graham, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Judd Gregg and Richard Lugar voted yea. Scott Brown, as I expected, voted nay and released a statement to that effect, citing her lack of judicial experience. That said, Ben Nelson is the first...
Continue reading...I win!
Ok, I slightly overestimated the vote count, but as of a few minutes ago, Elena Kagan has been confirmed to the United States Supreme Court in a vote of 63-37. Ben Nelson was the only Dem to vote no, while 5 Republicans voted yes: Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe, and Judd Gregg. Congratulations to now-Justice Kagan! Hurray for 3 women on the Court for the first time ever. And yay to me for decisively proving how much smarter I am than Poplicola (ha). I look forward to collecting on my substantial winnings.
Continue reading...It's International Beer Day! Thank Jimmy Carter!
SEE UPDATE/CORRECTION BELOW Today is International Beer Day,* and if you’re a lover of fine micro-brews (and I know you are), you have but one person to thank. No, not Jim Koch. The person you must thank is none other than former President Jimmy Carter. E.D. Kain explains: To make a long story short, prohibition led to the dismantling of many small breweries around the nation. When prohibition was lifted, government tightly regulated the market, and small scale producers were essentially shut out of the beer market altogether. Regulations imposed at the time greatly benefited the large...
Continue reading...The Party of Lincoln, or the Party of Jefferson Davis?
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Steve Benan on recent Republican efforts to revisit the 14th Amendment: Take a moment to consider what’s become fairly common in GOP circles of late. A sitting Republican congressman and governor have openly speculated about secession. A Senate candidate in Nevada has raised the specter of armed insurrection against the United States government. A Senate candidate in Kentucky has spoken out against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota believes states should be able to ignore federal laws they don’t like. None of these developments have drawn even mild rebukes from the party...
Continue reading...Sharron Angle believes Democrats are breaking the First Commandment
I may have ended my last post by noting that there is, indeed, nothing new under the sun. However, this sounds actually novel to me. Sharron Angle, the Republican vying to unseat Harry Reid in the Senate, who has said some ridiculous things in the past, is accusing the Democratic leadership—President Obama, Reid, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi—of making the government into a god and thereby breaking the First Commandment. Jon Ralston reports that in an April 21 interview with TruNews Christian Radio’s Rick Wiles, Angle said: “And these programs that you mentioned — that Obama has...
Continue reading...Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes warns that bike-sharing is a nefarious international conspiracy
Dan Maes, Republican gubernatorial candidate and current tea party favorite for the nomination, thinks that bike sharing programs are a plot to give cities U.N control. Months ago, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who is also running for governor, helped start a large-scale bike-sharing program in Denver. At first, Maes liked it, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it was just a nefarious conspiracy. From the Denver Post: Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are...
Continue reading...Triumph for Religious Tolerance
I was glad to hear that the New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has voted to allow the construction to move forward for an Islamic Center near ground zero. The plan is moving ahead despite vehement protests from the usual suspects (Sarah Palin, calling for a “refudiation” of the mosque, Newt Gingrich, et al.), as well as some less likely suspects (the Anti-Defamation League, as Pop mentioned in yesterday’s Morning Constitutional, objected to the location of the Islamic Center, saying that its construction “in the shadow of the World Trade Center will cause some victims more pain...
Continue reading...Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Basil Marceaux finally has an official campaign ad
That’s right! He’s got an official ad up on the YouTubes. It’s rather amazing, as expected. He’d rather lose than take campaign contributions, so I can’t imagine it’ll be on TV anytime soon (with the exception of news or Tosh 2.0), sadly.
Continue reading...Sharron Angle promises to bring Senate business to a halt
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s reelection hopes are probably about 50/50 right now, and now his main message to hopefully tip the prospect in his favor is that only he has the clout to deliver federal money and assistance to Nevada. Sharron Angle, on the other hand, is employing an only slightly different strategy. She challenges that as a Senator, she can do a lot to stop the legislative process, thereby killing any bill the Democrats offer, popular or not. As reported in the Las Vegas Review Journal, Angle told a gathering of about 200 Republicans: Angle...
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