Tuesday, September 11, 2012

What I Saw at the Coup

And then the shooting started. [More]
Matt Bracken's indirectly-related speculative companion piece to "When the Music Stops"...

The Keynote Speaker

"He will surely have some thought-provoking insights." [More]
But they're all protected under  executive privilege...

The Commissar Vanishes

Yesterday:

And today:

We know why. They sure didn't waste any time covering their tracks.

Small wonder.

It's an old Stalinist trick, purging not just inconvenient former allies, but also the public memory of them.


There's even a Newspeak term for this.

Pointing Fingers

William LaJeunesse has obtained pieces of the OIG report.  That is a real coup. [Read]

It looks like the blame game may be used to get the scapegoats interested in self-preservation, an outcome many of us have been hoping for.

NOTE: For some reason, direct linking to Fox News reports from this blog has been generating "Access Denied" messages of late.  Paste his url into your browser address bar to read the article I'm trying to link to:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/11/exclusive-long-awaited-furious-report-spreads-blame-across-agencies/

Anybody Try This?

I understand some will be skeptical.  But I'm interested in hearing from those with actual  chi...uh...hands-on experience. [Read]

[Via Jess]

Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad

Students would lose their concentration during tests and stare aimlessly as the lights reflected off the steel of a .57 magnum.  [More]
Well, as long as this is the expert opinion of a real authority on the subject...

[Via

Not Following the Logic

How is it elitist for legislators to dispense with taxpayer-funded armed guards? [Read]

Братья...

...from a different мать... [Read]

If you don't know about Katyn, you should. We'll be discussing it again soon.

Yin and Yang

Brad Pitt is adamant politicians should ignore calls to outlaw firearms...[More]
That's why he supports Obama!

The New Zumbo

Jerry Tsai. [Read]

Memories are short, though.

Just ask David Petzal.

LA Officially Racist

How dare they require a government-issued ID to check out library books! [Read]

How to Commemorate 9/11


Us? We get to continue the charade that we give a damn about freedom and the dead right in front of the live ones we're manhandling and stripping at will. We're betting the indoctrinated and conditioned NextGen won't see it that way based on the fact that PresentGen took it all in stride without missing a swallow of their cuds. [Read]

You? Don't you have some "community service" to do or something? Hey, if you go on any of those highways we're turning TSA loose on, tell 'em Ray sent you.

No, don't do that. You'll probably get detained and beat up.

Anyway, Happy 9/11 from the government we all belong to! (Phoenix...?  Dennis Burke...? Naahhh...)

And don't forget to vote!

UPDATE: This just in.

This Day in History: September 11


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