As our American friends & neighbours now embark in earnest on a very historic election campaign, it seems appropriate to hear The Battle Hymn of the Republic, published 150 years ago.
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”There we have Team GB, led by Steven Spielberg…”
We Don’t Need No Stinking Sparky Cars
Via Truth About Cars. (h/t Xiat)
But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
As one retired military guy I talked to said, “This is the ultimate mission creep. The Pentagon bright boys understand that we’re not going to have the money anymore to project force overseas so they’re planning to fight in the one place that doesn’t require it: ‘the Homeland’, which is a damned socialist term anyway.”
What strikes me is that this retired big-brain colonel has so little grasp of reality that he should choose the Tea Parties and “extremist militias” for his offensive action scenario. I guess it must be true what folks have been saying for some time — that white Christian “bitter clingers” are the only politically correct evil enemy anymore.
It’s long, but keep reading.
h/t Roger
The Leftist Mindset on Display
Here’s a little laughter for your Sunday morning:
The Zombie-Eyed Granny-Starver From Wisconsin
Of course, it still could be that they’re just trying to give poor Paul Krugman a stroke.
Reader Tips
Jimmy Stewart on “The Tonight Show” – A Dog Named Beau.
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The Tories’ Bilingual Boondoggle
The Nanny State is alive & well in Canuckistan, even under a “conservative” (aka CINO) government. 🙁
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
…right in the middle of this so-called state of emergency, when people were in leaky houses and tents, the Attawapiskat Indian band — with three chiefs and 18 band councillors on the payroll — made an important financial decision.
They needed a new ice resurfacer for their hockey rink.
It’s Ryan
“Romney’s Bridge To Conservatives”
A bold choice: “Ryan puts the national debt front and center in the election, on par with or maybe even ahead of jobs. This is a winner of an issue, it’s what motivated people in 2010, and it will cause huge turnout.”
Lots more here.
Heh.
Paul Ryan represent Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 11, 2012
“Joe Biden must be quaking…”
It’s Probably Nothing
Expert Explains In Horrifying Detail How The Next Shock Will Shatter The Global Economy
The only thing to take comfort in is the word “expert”.
h/t Kevin
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
The Sad Fate of Smokers in 2012
This photo was taken last weekend at the Oregon International Airshow in Metro Portland:

First smokers were confined to one area of an establishment. Then they were asked to smoke just outside. Then they were told to smoke down the street. Now they’re corralled into little pens for all to see. Bad, bad smokers.
This is a prime example of the slippery slope of any issue that the Left grabs hold of and people don’t push back on. Any wonder why the NRA won’t compromise on even the smallest issue?
Marketing Campaigns Of The Apocalypse
“Here’s a picture Cher tweeted from the studio.”
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
California Flex Alert in effect now!
“Well as you know, wind has to blow for wind power to be effective.“
h/t Paul
Reader Tips
On August 11, 1929 the Sultan of Swat became the first member of the 500 Home Run Club.
Your tips in the comments.
The Tolerant Left
More at Legal Insurrection.
Destroying America’s Proven Engine of Success
Michael Savage can sometimes go a bit over the top but in this recent rant he spoke more than a few truths … which Obama supporters are clearly incapable of hearing:
Bonus video
American Teachers Are Now Racists?
The Obama administration has pinpointed a new hotbed of racism:
President Johnson was calling on Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act in order to end the South’s century-long obstruction of black suffrage. What was the pervasive racial injustice that led Duncan to present himself as a modern-day Johnson? Black elementary and high school students are disciplined at a higher rate than whites are. To Duncan, that disparity can mean only one thing: schools are discriminating.
And so the Departments of Education and Justice have launched a campaign against disproportionate minority discipline rates, which show up in virtually every school district with significant numbers of black and Hispanic students. The possibility that students’ behavior, not educators’ racism, drives those rates lies outside the Obama administration’s conceptual universe. But the country will pay a high price for the feds’ blindness, as the cascade of red tape and lawsuits emanating from Washington will depress student achievement and enrich advocates and attorneys for years to come.
Now that teachers are, themselves, being called racist, one wonders if their support for the Democrat Party will change in the voting booth?
My Editor Hates Me
So the Toronto Star doesn’t screen out letters from the clinically insane….
h/t Lionel
