Never watched it. Never had to. Mark Twain said, "You don't have to eat an egg to know it's rotten," and that's good enough for me. But still: A lot more whimsy got integrated into clutch design during the 1960’s, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
People who still ‘don’t understand this whole Trump thing’ are either lying or stupid
From day one, it has seemed so obvious to me that, paradoxically, I find myself sputtering when I try to explain it. There have been a few helpful "primers" so far, [Read more...]
(Bumped with UPDATE:) Journalists! Your moral and intellectual superiors!! (Elvis Costello & the NYT edition)
Hot tip, ladies: If you ever meet a man who calls Elvis Costello his "hero," run screaming into the night... Anyhow, the original was entitled "A Dream Come True: Metro Editor Meets Lifelong Hero, Elvis Costello." Yes, [Read more...]
Ann Coulter: “At least we know Trump wasn’t lying when he said he didn’t practice for the debate”
Ann Coulter writes (read the whole thing): Trump was winning when he talked about the heinous trade deals that have shipped jobs abroad and immiserated millions of … [Read more...]
Hey, who’s up for a 4-hour conversation about ‘Duck Soup’ (1933)?
Over at The Projection Booth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSsUoxlSADk … [Read more...]
@paulmcgeough goes from ‘stupid’ to ‘very stupid’
Journalists! Your moral and intellectual superiors!! Right after the debate, Paul McGeough of the Sydney Morning Herald wrote: Some frown … [Read more...]
Steve Sailer: Border and order in the presidential debate
Steve Sailer writes: At this point Trump is on track to rank, along with Henry Clay, William Jennings Bryan, Al Smith, Barry Goldwater, and George McGovern, as one of the finest losers in American history. To … [Read more...]
My NEW Taki’s column: The Tragically Hip and cultural appropriation
If the commenters can find "JOOOOZ!" in their breakfast cereal (as Jim Goad has put it) then I shouldn't get my hopes to high this week, or any. I do expect there will be more than the usual number of those peculiar fellows who are still convinced, like alt-universe barroom boors, that bragging … [Read more...]
Now who’s #sad? Michael Coren stripped of Papal Knighthood
And he's refusing to give the medal back. No, that's not me being a bitch as usual. It's in the story. I'm always yelling at Professional Jews about this, but it is no respecter of … [Read more...]
Gavin McInnes: Rioting — The Unbeatable High
Gavin McInnes writes on of his best in a long time: Handle goes on to blame boredom for the drug war and says mass incarceration is your only option when dealing with a generation that’s never known discipline. … [Read more...]
Jim Goad: A Few Bad Skittles
Jim Goad writes: I don’t remember anyone on the left referring to radical feminists as Nazis a couple years ago when they used a nearly identical metaphor regarding male rapists and M&Ms. And the roots of Trump’s … [Read more...]
Blogging resumes Monday morning (UPDATED)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afVSCc22e6A … [Read more...]