Market Solutions To Healthcare

Increasing supply, incentivizing seeking of value, and stimulating competition work in all market areas - and healthcare is no exception.

Europe Gets Civilizationism

Anti-immigrant parties in Europe are derisively called "nationalist parties" and media assumes they are a threat. They're not, they're a necessary refutation of illegitimate favoritism toward immigration not held accountable. They believe in civilizationism, not raw "nationalism."

Washington Post Admission About Sex

A piece at the Washington Post admits what more and more observors are seeing - the sexual revolution was a colossal mistake. And it reflects the contradictions inherent in liberalism, reflecting the insanity of the #MeToo movement.

Mythologyizing Reagan-era "Protectionism"

Reagan-era trade policy has been mythologized with regard to protectionism - the reality is it liberalized trade policy.

Science Illiteracy

Too many people - and policymakers plus media (shown in the fraud of "social cost of carbon," based as it is on inaccurate data) - don't grasp real science.

Who Investigates The Special Counsels?

A look at the history of special counsels indicates they overstep their boundaries and become at least part of the problem, if not the problem itself.


UPDATE, December 3 - Special counsels have become an issue again with investigation of Trump over contacts with Russia. The plea-deal by former Trump aide Michael Flynn has caused a media stir and belief Trump will be indicted - except as has been the case through Trump's run for and into the Presidency it is the accusers who are imploding on their credibility.

Attacking CFPB Works, Part II

The Democratic Party narrative about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is - as always - a fraud - just like Liz Warren.

Liberal Icons Equal Phonies

Liz Warren and John Conyers are considered icons of liberalism.  Both are frauds and Nancy Pelosi is once again living up to the Democratic Party's history of enabling rape out of their philosophy of entitled moral relativism - a philosophy at work with Conyers' selection of his son to take over, the resistance of Democrats in demanding Al Franken's removal (and the perfunctory apology by Franken as he portrayed himself as a victim), and with the firing of Matt Lauer from NBC News

The National Foot-Brawl League Hits Week 13

Ah, the days of the National Foot-brawl League.........

Remember the old days when the Oakland Raiders were the dirtiest team in the league?

They still are.   Of course this brawl started last season between Michael Crabtree and Aqib Talib and it's in keeping with the wild wild west of the AFC.    And amid all that in Denver the Raiders clawed back into longshot contention for the playoffs.   They need to win out their remaining games and get some help outside - but with Kansas City's recent fate they or the Chargers may get it; the caveats are the Raiders get road games at Philly, Kansas City, and at the Chargers.  

The Raiders are one of ten AFC teams still in genuine playoff contention, so games coming forward matter even more.   We thus look at those coming up in the Lucky 13th week -

Redskins over Cowboys -  The collapse of the Cowboys has vaulted the Redskins into a wildcard playoff bid, and after beating the fallen Giants the Skins have momentum while the Cowboys are lost without Zeke Elliott.   The Deadskins vs. Cowpokes rivalry remains one of the NFL's most celebrated.

Vikings over Falcons -  1998 will always be the signature game in the history of this rivalry, and with Week 13 the Vikings and Falcons now both have something big to play for with Minnesota fighting for a playoff bye and the Falcons very much in contention for the NFC South.    Both teams have enough strength (Minnesota has one of the playoff byes while the Falcons are 7-4 at this juncture) to make this perhaps game of the week.   It's clear Case Keenum is for real for the Vikings and it's also clear there is no Superbowl hangover for the Falcons.   The edge goes to a Vikings team that already beat one of the NFC's strongest teams in the Rams.


49ers over Bears -  Does Mitchell Trubisky have a future?   For that matter does C. J. Beathard?   Jimmy Garoppolo's late-game touchdown looks to have been decisive in San Francisco's decision to start him over the struggling rookie, who has San Francisco's only win but overall has not made the team competitive with anyone.  Now we see how good Garoppolo can be and if he can elevate a struggling Niners squad.


Packers over Buccaneers - The former NFC Central rivalry is renewed and the Bucs come in with their season gone and the Packers come in off a heartbreaker of a loss at Pittsburgh.   Brent Hundley hasn't made his team competitive outside of beating the Bears until this game against the Steelers and he comes into this Bucs game with confidence after so stellar a performance as he displayed, while the Bucs come in without much reason for optimism.


Jaguars over Colts - The Jaguars come off their own bitter loss, this one at Arizona, and get the falling Colts, shutout the first time these two met this year.   The Jags' only career season sweep of the Colts was in 2011's Suck For Luck campaign; look for the playoff-bound Jaguars to get another sweep this year.


Dolphins over Broncos -  Two miserable teams without competent quarterbacking playing out the string.   The Broncos' philosophy of going all-in won them a Superbowl and they're now paying for it with complete irrelevance.  

Panthers over Saints -  Last time out the Saints and Panthers were still struggling to get some momentum going.   The Saints have done a better job of it but the Panthers have been sneaky strong and even with some poor quality play out of Cam Newton (who has failed to reach 200 passing yards in four of his last five games and posted passer ratings under 72 in five of the last six) the Panthers have strung together a very good season.   New Orleans appears to be losing some steam of late and the Panthers look to jump on top of a defense 12th in scoring vs. Carolina's 8th.


NY Jets over Chiefs - The faltering of the Chiefs continues, and now some are wondering if Patrick Mahomes will start; Andy Reid's Monday presser only added to this speculation.   We doubt it given he hasn't taken a snap all season.   The Jets meanwhile are still playing people tough.


Ravens over Lions - The main strike against the Lions remains inability to beat quality opponents; Week Four's win at the Vikings is their only win so far against a quality team.   The Ravens are only 18th in scoring, but they're still in playoff contention at 6-5 despite continuing struggle from a clearly-plateaued or worse Joe Flacco; in his last six games he's reached 200 yards only once and three of those times his passer rating failed to reach 80.


Patriots over Bills -  People have forgotten the real reason why Tyrod Taylor was benched - there is no growth left in him.    This reality should be displayed again as the Patriots race headlong toward the top seed in the conference while the Bills have faltered since starting 5-2.


Titans over Texans -  Another sneaky good team has been Tennessee.   Houston lit them up for 57 points in Week Four but things have changed completely since then with Tennessee winning five of the last seven.   Gagging up the ball has remained a problem for both teams with negative turnover differential for both, while on the ground the Titans are sixth in rushing going against Houston's sixth-ranked run defense.   The Texans are a M*A*S*H unit of injuries compared to Tennessee, and Deshaun Watson's absence remains felt.  Tom Savage's collapse against the Ravens erased positive momentum from Houston's win over the Cardinals.


Chargers over Browns - By now it isn't even fair.   The Browns did shock the Chargers last season but that was then and this is a Browns team that doesn't show any fight.


Raiders over NY Giants -  The collapse of the Giants remains one of the shockers of 2017 and the benching of Eli Manning has come under fire but in reality was overdue, with the aborted trade to the Jaguars now back into Rumor Control Central. The Raiders' hopes of the playoffs require a win in this game, and beating the Giants is something the Raiders haven't done since 2001. Up and down the stat line it's a game pitting weaknesses against weaknesses in run defense, rushing, etc.


Rams over Cardinals - This game has makings of a highly-competitive affair with the Rams coming in at 8-3 and the 5-6 Cardinals getting new life with Blaine Gabbert and a tight win over the Jaguars.   The Rams didn't light up the scoreboard as much as they presumably hoped against the Saints, but it was certainly enough, and the last five meetings have been a seesaw affair with the Rams winning three of the last five. 


Eagles over Seahawks - The old Seahawks dichotomy of losing on the road and winning all their home games has been shot down this season with back-to-back home losses to the Redskins and the Falcons.   The Eagles come in with four road wins so far and hold the edge in scoring, points allowed, and turnover differential.   Where the Seahawks might have an edge is in attacking Philly's passing defense, presently 16th in the league, though Russell Wilson's completion percentage has failed to reach 62% the last two games.   Seattle's pass defense has of course been wounded with multiple secondary injuries. 

Cincinnati hasn't beaten the Steelers since Week 8 of 2015


Steelers over Bengals - Mike Tomlin in a Sunday interview talked openly about facing the Patriots in several weeks, and thus gave away a lack of focus on next week's opponent.   Not that the 5-6 Bengals - a surprising 5-6 at that - are really much of a challenge (just one Bengals win in the last eight meetings) and the speculation that Marvin Lewis will finally be fired has resurfaced.   To their credit the Bengals are tenth in fewest points allowed and fifth in passing yards allowed per game. 



Well, Lucky 13 is on the NFL roulette wheel.

Is There A Weinstein Cultural Pushback?

This piece examines how Harvey Weinstein's collapse has spurred a massive shift in cultural effort against sexual abuse.    Also worth examining is this look at how sexual predators exploit the campaign against masculinty -

"In the old days, for every Weinstein or Charlie Rose, there would be a get-even husband, outraged dad, family friend, big brother, or furious boyfriend..... but the malicious men currently in the news knew that too often the slow-coach Human Resources Department would merely catalogue their assaults and weigh the costs and benefits of endangering the careers of rich, powerful, famous predators."

The Failure Of Carbon Tax

A look back at a 2016 piece showcasing the fraud of a carbon tax.

The Reality Of The "Abolitionist" North

A new book explores the racism of the abolitionists in their war against the Confederacy - and also showcases how self-inflicted social failure accounts for black problems.

Border Walls Worldwide

They are universal because they work.

Roy Moore Fake News

A look at the controversy over Alabama judge Roy Moore -

If one reads the original Washington Post article on Judge Moore's supposed harassment of underage "girls" with an open mind, one will conclude that Judge Moore is completely innocent, and that he is the victim of Fake News.

The Running Stupidity Of Lena Dunham

Actress Lena Dunham has made false accusations of rape and then defended someone accused of of rape - and this is just a pattern of stupidity that makes it impossible to take her seriously.

Charlie Manson And The Waste Of The 1960s

The killing spree instigated by the late and unlamented Charlie Manson exemplified the sickess of the 1960s as a concept, notably how Manson inspired domestic terrorism -

"The search for 'ecstastic modes of living' and the resulting waste of human life"

Obsessing Over "Income Inequality"

A look at the ridiculous obsession over "income inequality."

The Endless Fraud That Is Progressivism

Progressives are suddenly surprised that Obamacare bankrupted healthcare - and in typical hypocritical fashion they have no clue why it happened, and still don't know what's in the Government Medicine Takeover Law, so they look for someone else to blame.

Patriots Feast On NFL Turkeys

What is the real threat to the future of the NFL? It isn't injury, it's a two-parter - Part One is the lack of intellectual growth among coaches. The New England Patriots are feasting on turkeys galore entering Thanksgiving weekend and there isn't a coach in the league who can compete with Bill Belichick. Week Eleven showcased how vast the qualitative gap exists between Belichick and everyone else - and it's not just in coaching, it's in roster construction as well..

New England's Speedy Gonzales show showed anew how bad other coaches are compared to the Patriots.   


Of course the bigger issue is Part Two - the lack of development of quarterbacks.     That some media are again lobbying for a team to sign the worthless Colin Kaepernick - he of fewer wins the last three seasons than Jacoby Brissett or Blaine Gabbert - is driven by disgust at the poor quality of quarterbacking.     The problem, though, is they're not being developed between the college game's refusal to play pro-style offenses - instead imposing the dumbed-down zone read offense - and the lack of a true developmental apparatus , i.e. a minor league.   The NFL's myopia about having a minor league and/or working with other football leagues to better develop players by now is clearly hurting the game - just what would not be beneficial from an alliance of the NFL with the CFL, arena football leagues, etc.?


So we hope quality of play improves somewhat this Thanksgiving weekend - 

2016 Thanksgiving


Lions over Vikings - The Lions have dominated this rivalry lately, winning the last three meetings, and have regained some momentum after winning three straight.   The NFC North has become strictly a two-team race between these two as the Vikings look to snap their slump, coming off a clutch win over a powerful Rams phalanx.


Chargers over Cowboys - Suddenly San Diego doesn't look like pantywaists anymore, though obliterating a collapsing Bills squadron is not exactly a clutch win.    The Chargers nonetheless have something they need - momentum - entering Jerry Jones World with the Cowboys now officially in freefall after their inability to function without Zeke Elliott showed in their ugliest loss in years.

Redskins over NY Giants - The Redskins blew it again at New Orleans while the NY Giants pulled off a stunner of a win over the Chiefs as Roger Lewis became this Giants generation's David Tyree.    The failure of the Giants' season won't be assuaged by one win, and being a divisional game the bad blood will boil, especially for a Redskins team that's not a playoff team but is better than 4-6, albeit only slightly.

The highest-scoring game in the Bengals-Browns rivalry's history came in 2004.............

.............until it was surpassed three years later


Bengals over Browns - The Broncos are collapsing, yet beating them in Denver counts for something for the struggling Bengals, and they get the winless Browns who look even worse than last year and are stuck with a quarterback who looks to have no future.

Titans over Colts -   Getting humiliated by the Steelers should motivate the Titans to redouble effort to clean up gaffes committed at Heinz Field.    They're looking for only the second season sweep of the Colts in their history and this Colts team continues to struggle.   Don't expect a runaway, though; that never seems to work when one expects it. 


Panthers over NY Jets -   Carolina more and more looks back in 2015 form as the Panthers travel to a Jets team that's lost four of its last five games.   The caveat to throw in is turnover differential - the Jets are plus-One to Carolina's minus-Seven - a yikes stat.

Chiefs over Bills -  Andy Reid's NFC East magic is gone and they get what looks to be a needed respite after losing three of the last four games.   The Bills no longer look like a playoff team - entering this week the Ravens have supplanted the Bills as the AFC's six seed - and are getting ripped for starting rookie Nathan Peterman and seeing five INTs in the first half at San Diego.  


Falcons over Buccaneers -  The Falcons despite struggling quite a bit are still in the playoff race despite only being the eighth seed in the NFC, and they get a slumping Bucs squad, one of the big underachievers of the season.


Eagles over Bears -  The Eagles just keep pillaging opponents and they get a bad Bears team this week.    Mitchell Trubisky is a rookie and his struggles will continue.

2016's Michael Floyd game


Patriots over Dolphins -  Forget it - the machine of the league vs. an inept division foe stuck with a quarterback who doesn't care and doesn't try.


Saints over Rams -  The Rams got exposed by the Vikings and the Saints look more and more like a Superbowl team.    Remember when they were 0-2?  They don't, either. 


Seahawks over 49ers - The Niners got their first win of the season and the Seahawks are losing starters more and more, but the Seahawks have too much firepower for the Niners.


Raiders over Broncos -  Which team is worse?   We think the Broncos, and so does John Elway after he ripped them for softness before they proved him right in their loss to the Bengals.  Neither team is going anywhere.


Jaguars over Cardinals -   Blaine Gabbert is an upgrade for Arizona's quarterbacking issue of late, but they get a Jaguars team racing headlong into the playoffs.  


Steelers over Packers - The collapse of the Packers is hilarious given how overrated they always are; they'd be better with Aaron Rodgers but it's impossible to think they'd be all that much better. Pittsburgh continues to surge.


Texans over Ravens -  The Texans suddenly have some momentum after finally breaking through with Tom Savage and they travel to Baltimore after the Ravens looked like 2000 all over again.


Happy Thanksgiving

Pedophilia Chic Redux

In 1996 we found disturbing evidence that pedophilia was being enabled by society. Nearly five years later enabling of sexual exploitation of children (almost entirely in homosexual form) was only getting worse. Now we remember when the Washington Post in the person of Philip Kennicott published a piece defending pedophilia, specifically a movie made at the time of the Congressman Mark Foley fiasco and thus illustrating Mainstream Media's fraudulence in attacking Roy Moore.

The 99 Myth Of Economics

The famous "1%" myth of wealth is wrong. Economic mobility is not only real, it is more so than before.

The Sick Movement Against Procreation

Leftists are now claiming that science "proves" having more children is detrimental to all - an argument first made by Thomas Malthus in the early-19th century. It's a theory rooted in hate - real science says having babies is good for people as well as larger society.

Al Franken Is A Rapist

Of course he liked to use the "(insert name here) is a big fat idiot" line because he'd always been a communist but now we learn - as if we didn't know before (such as during his late-70s-early-80s stand-up days) and also when he groped Joy Behar - he molests women. Of course he does so - including accusing Carl Reiner of raping his son Rob (which never happened) - because he's a Democrat hypocritically attacking Roy Moore, just like Harvey Weinsten, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden...........and more recently Garrison Keillor, Matt Lauer.......and Lauer is using the same tactic as Franken - he obfuscates his apologies to lie in denial of sexual molestation.

Update: Since this first came out Chris Matthews of NBC and multiple members of the Congressional Black Caucus have been outed as sexual predators - Democrats all.

Joe Biden And The Failure Of Gun Control

Joe Biden's idiotic responses to the Texas shooting showcases the non-credibility of the Democratic Party and gun control advocacy in general.

A government that's not competent at implementing a simple background-check system is utterly incapable of physically pulling more than three hundred million guns out of private hands.

Why Is Ohio Sucking Up To A Terrorist Religion?

Ohio politicians are allowing Islamic savages to lobby to legitimize a terrorist religion - and CAIR-Cleveland's founder is the archtypal Islamic imperialist.

Gender Differences In Wages

The Bureau Of Labor Statistics releases a report every year on earnings by women - specifically in relation to men. The details disprove yet again the myth of discrimination.

Belated Admission About Clinton

Some liberals are finally admitting Bill Clinton is a rapist, this as ever-more Democrats have been outed as rapists.

Sexual Misconduct And The Huffington Post

Ariana Huffington - leftist political editor and suck-up to the prick that is Senator Al Franken - is a fraud when it comes to sexual misconduct.

Islamo-Arab Imperialism And Its Propagandists

In October there was a vicious firefight that killed over fifty Egyptian police over an hour outside Cairo, police attacked by an Islamic offshoot.   "Journalist" Ayat Oraby applauded the killing of the police.  She is editor of what is called "the first Arab American Women's magazine" and Western colleges have sucked up to her as an "activist."   Like all "activists," she in fact is a bloodthirsty savage for a religion tat brutalizes women as a point - and she typifies Islamo-Arab Imperialism's propagandists.

Special Teams Make Special Plays Entering Week 11

The Patriots special teams proved decisive in New England's 41-16 massacre of the Broncos, and New England's investment in special teams has long paid off.   

Amid the escalating war between Jerry Jones and Roger Goodell - and the laughable opulence of Goodell's reported contract extension demands including $50 million, a plane for life, and health insurance for his family (which Goodell can already pay for himself) - the story of Martellus Bennett quitting on the faltering Packers and jerking his way into getting cut and then getting signed by the Patriots is a curious melodrama.   Regardless of the machinations of a player who's been an ass everywhere except Foxboro, we have Week Ten coming up -

Titans over Steelers -  Tennessee has now won four straight games against AFC North teams and has won seven of the last ten meetings with AFC Central legacy teams (the Houston Texans alas really don't count as an AFC Central legacy team despite Houston being one of that division's longtime host towns) so they go to a Steelers team that had to rally against a scrappier-than-expected Colts team.   The Titans have outscored the Steelers 205 to 187 this season while the Steelers are second in points allowed.   Both teams are all but the same in turnover differential (Tennessee has a slight edge at plus-One to Pittsburgh's minus-One) and Roethlisberger and Mariota are roughly the same in touchdown to INT ratio; the Titans have an edge in run defense as well, so expect another taut affair.


Ravens over Packers - The surprise was that the Packers beat the Bears.   They are now 5-4 but taking on the 4-5 Ravens, who look like better competition now than was the case when Rodgers was still there.   The Ravens haven't beaten the Packers since bludgeoning Brett Favre 48-3 in 2005 yet the Packers don't look like a playoff team; that the Ravens aren't either doesn't lessen that they now have a better shot than they would be thought of having at the end of September.



Buccaneers over Dolphins - This was supposed to be Week One, but of course circumstances beyond anyone's control intervened.   The Bucs got a needed win over another AFC East team last week and now get another such team, this one the increasingly inept Dolphins, this despite a surprisingly competitive match against the Panthers last time out.   Ryan Fitzpatrick, the presumptive starter, got swept by the Dolphins last year, but that was with Ryan Tannehill as quarterback.

Saints over Redskins - Shocker of a stat - Drew Brees is 1-4 against the Skins as Saints quarterback (2-4 lifetime) as his Saints host the Skins on a seven-game winning streak.   The Skins can put up points as they did against a good defense in the Vikings and turnover differential is surprisingly close at minus-One for Washington and plus-Three for New Orleans.   The Saints however are exploding, so we think they win even if it takes a 52-35 style score to do it.


Jaguars over Browns - Two of the very first wins in Jaguars history were against the Cleveland Browns before they transmuted into the Baltimore Ravens.   There is literally nothing in this matchup that favors Cleveland. 


Cardinals over Texans -  The Texans are now taking a Savage beating with Tom as their quarterback.  The schizophrenic Cardinals got mildly embarrassed at home to the Seahawks and now go to a faltering Texans team.   Bill O'Brien's postgame acceptance of responsibility for poor quarterback play showcases again his inability to do something he is supposed to do - develop a quarterback.

Rams over Vikings - This could be Game Of The Year, two 7-2 powers head on.   Curiously the Rams' two losses have both been home losses as they host a Vikings team that is fifth in points allowed but only tenth in scoring, while the Rams are first in scoring, fourth in points allowed, and plus-Seven in turnover differential.   Minnesota's edge could be on the ground at 118 yards per game, the same number allowed per game by the Rams. 


Chiefs over NY Giants - The most damning evidence that Ben McAdoo will be fired is that he's spent his time enabling Odell Beckham Jr and it's clear the other players see this favoritism for an inept receiver who's a bitch.    The question now is whether Eli Manning goes to the Jaguars for 2018.


Lions over Bears -  Now we wonder if John Fox will last in Chicago.   If Matthew Stafford has to beat a bad team, he'll do it, albeit it may make it look like a deadlocked playoff game to do it. 


Bills over Chargers -  The Bills may now be falling out of the playoff race (they're clinging to the Number 6 seed at present) but they get an underwhelming Chargers team this week.   San Diego is woefully behind the Bills in turnover differential (Buffalo remains at plus-Eleven there), running the ball, and especially stopping the run (presently dead last in rushing yards allowed per game).    


Broncos over Bengals - Maybe this week the collapsing Broncos get a respite with the subpar Bengals, coming in off a bitter loss at Tennessee, 1-3 since their bye week, 30th in scoring, and with Vontaze Burfict getting tossed from games yet again.    One wonders if either coach will make it after Week 17.


Patriots over Raiders, Mexico City -  The Raiders have faltered to 4-5, the Patriots now appear to be the unstoppable machine they've largely been for over fifteen years.    Most encouraging for the Patriots - Tom Brady threw to nine different pass catchers and the stats between catches was strikingly even.   Spreading the ball breaks up the opponent defense every time.


Eagles over Cowboys -  The Eagles lead the NFC for a reason, and the Cowboys suddenly look a lot weaker without Zeke Elliott.   NFC East games usually become tight affairs so we should expect a taut game and a lot of points with both teams in the top-eight in points and midpack in points allowed. 


Seahawks over Falcons - The Seahawks stubbed their toe at home against the Redskins but now get a Falcons team that has struggled this season, especially on turnovers (minus-Three to Seattle's plus-Six).   Oddly, the Falcons are sixth in pass defense where the Seahawks are just 13th. 


So we await special plays by special players on special teams - and everyone else. 

NY Times Gets Immigration Enforcement Wrong Again

The NY Times pushes an analysis arguing against immigration enforcement - and as usual the analysis gets all the facts wrong.

The AF Academy's Race Hoax As Identity Politics Metaphor

A race hoax by a demagogic student got exposed but the Academy's chief, General Jay Silveria, handled the hoax poorly - and it serves as metaphor for identity politics - lying to justify your identity instead of being accountable in life.

Why Palestinian Delusions Persist

Because "Palestinians" were never legitimate to start wqith.

Obama Hacks Play CYA For Bin Laden Documents

The newly released documents captured from Osama Bin Laden's lair reveal quite a bit about Iranian and other foreign support for Al Qaida etc.   Yet Ned Price, an Obama Administraton hack, wants to deny they reveal anything at all. And the reasons for this are two-fold - Price is not a credible intelligence analyst but instead is a political hack common to the CIA, and the documents discredit Barack Obama's lie that Al Qaida was a ruined rogue group fighting against Iran.

Update, December 19: Obama's appeasement also involved sabotaging the DEA against Hezbollah.

The Fugitive The Series

The Fugitive, the original series

Starring David Janssen
Barry Morse
Bill Raisch

College Rape Railroads

Far more guilty verdicts than actual crimes committed are handed down in college rape investigations - because Title IX rewards that result.

Camille Paglia Interview

The feminist author shows genuine breadth of understanding, notably nailing the supreme stupidity of transgenderism and liberalism's appeasement of Islamo-Arab aggression.

A Shout-Out to Tariq Ramadan's Courageous Accusers

A feminist goes after an Islamo-Arab aggressor.

Gun Control Mythology Returns

Government action against guns have always failed and renewed calls for more such laws make the same mistakes.

The Startling Source Against Donna Brazile

Nearly two years before Donna Brazile confessed - in perfunctory and ass-covering manner - to political corruption, she got ratted out by the unlikeliest of sources - an actress who has worked with Mariska Hargitay, David Janssen, and most famously Christopher Reeve.

Why Trump Critics Can't Win

Because they insist on hating instead of thinking - and can't counter his successes, or bareknuckle style.


Update, December 12: In just one week the Mainstream Media's dishonesty and sloppiness hit a new low in their attack on Trump.

Iran Deal's Deadly Fruits

The Middle East remains a source of aggression and conflict, and Donald Trump must deal with the continuing consequences of Barack Obama's hideous incompetence, notably Iran's ability to buy all the weaponry it needs, as well as the failure of Obama's trashing of US victory in Iraq.

Another Whitewash of Islamic Jihad

A Muslim savage from Uzbekistan killed multiple people in New York City - and media refuses to admit it is caused by following "fourteen centuries of Islamic precept and practice."

Week Ten Says Fifty Four Forty Or Fight

As we approach NFL Week Ten we saw some NHL action break out in Week Nine

A hit on CJ Beatherd led to a brawl with three ejections in the Cardinals rout of the Niners

Jameis Winston and Mike Evans got into it with Sean Payton and Marshon Lattimore

AJ Green and Jaylen Ramsey as the Bengals and Jaguars brought back some of the old hatreds of the AFC Central


So with players and teams demanding "Fifty-four forty or fight," the league takes the fight to Week Ten.

Cardinals over Seahawks  -  Are the Cardinals back in this?  Adrian Peterson's rebirth (in three games he's hit over 300 yards and 4.2 YPC and even caught three passes for twenty yards) suggests they are, and they get a Seahawks squad still with a less-than-intimidating road reputation and whose homefield edge took a big hit with the loss to the Redskins.   Seattle's kicking situation with Blair Walsh may now be a problem after three gags against the Skins.


Bills over Saints  -  The New Orleans Saints are for real again, 6-2 and in the thick of the NFC's race for the playoff byes.   They are, though, 1-1 against AFC East foes this year and they go to Buffalo, a reborn outfit 2-1 against NFC South teams (head coach Sean McDermott also spent the previous six seasons as the Panthers defensive coordinator and went 7-5 against the Saints in that span) and smarting from an ugly performance against a Jets team they'd beaten earlier this season.


NY Jets over Buccaneers -  A frontrunner for disappointment of the season, the Bucs have slid out of contention and Jameis Winston is getting hurt more often; he's been benched for the next three games by the team, ostensibly to recuperate from injury but his role in the sideline brawl may be a factor, while Mike Evans got suspended for one game.  


Steelers over Colts -  The Colts got a morale booster in winning at Houston, but they get a far better quarterback in Ben Roethlisberger (4-2 lifetime vs the Colts) this time around and it does not appear Jacoby Brissett can handle an opponent like this.


Titans over Bengals -  The Bengals have slunk back into their previous status as The Bungles.  AJ Green's fight in the Jaguars game was a graphic metaphor for the collapse of the team, and they get a Titans team now solidly on its way forward.


Vikings over Redskins -  The Vikings lost to the Skins last season and enter at 6-2 to the Redskins' 4-4, and beating the Seahawks at Seattle is a big confidence-booster, but Minnesota looks to have more overall firepower.


Jaguars over Chargers -  The Jaguars have turned back the clock to 1996-99 and look like they'll keep that memory lane trip going.  The Chargers, though, have been scrappier than expected this season.


Bears over Packers - The Bears come out of their bye to host the Packers and the Packers are as bad as advertised after a 30-17 embarrassment at home to the Lions.    Brent Hundley won't win the Packers many games - if he even wins any - and the Bears have opportunity to gain Mitchell Trubisky experience and needed confidence.

 

 

Lions over Browns -  The Why Me, Why Is It Always Me? tour for the Browns continues as they go to Detroit.    This rivalry is remembered for one game above all others............

Matthew Stafford's first signature win was in 2009 when he erased a 24-3 gap to stun the Browns - and Eric Mangini - despite breaking his left shoulder



                                         



Rams over Texans - Speaking of memory lanes, when did the Rams re-sign Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Ike Bruce, and Torry Holt?  The Texans, meanwhile, saw their future with Tom Savage in another bitter loss, this one wasting a strong comeback effort.


Cowboys over Falcons - The Falcons are clearly declining and we're not sure their struggles on offense are fixable as they take on a Cowboys team still in the fight despite the Zeke Elliott saga.


49ers over NY Giants -  The 2017 Toilet Bowl between two teams with ONE win between them.   We think Jimmy Garoppolo makes his 49ers debut in this one (this amid some bizarre speculation he could be dealt after this season) and this should be enough edge over a Giants team that can't seem to do anything.


Patriots over Broncos - The collapse of the Broncos is now obvious and their defense can't be considered all that great anymore, especially with an awful turnover differential of minus-11 vs. New England's plus-four.   The Patriots may get Malcolm Mitchell back at receiver, and they can use him with their offense struggling the last several games.

Panthers over Dolphins - Cam Newton can wear all the cheesy suits he wants facing a moribund Dolphins team off a home loss that was more lopsided than their garbage-time touchdown would indicate.  

Liberal Fascism

A PDF form of Jonah Goldberg's important look at government intervention in society.

LIBERAL FASCISM: THE TOTALITARIAN TEMPTATION FROM MUSSOLINI TO HILLARY CLINTON

The Fraud Of Electric Cars

The industry for electric cars has proven it can't survive because the concept of electric cars can't work.

Liberal Dishonesty About History

When John Kelly suggested Robert E. lee was in fact an honorable man and the Civil War might have been avoided, Democrats predictably attacked - and showed they never know jack about real history.

The Lone Wolf Myth Of Terrorism

Terrorists are often called "lone wolves." In fact they never are.

Valerie Plame As Antisemitic Animal

Remember Valerie Plame?  She's the CIA hack whose husband lied about Saddam Hussein's acquisition of weapon-usable uranium to attack George W. Bush.   Plame has lied about the entire affair ever since, and now we've seen in gross form where she gets these ideas - she's an anti-Semite.   Not that this gets her called out in the larger culture, because being a leftist is a title-deed to esteem.

Competition And Profits

Competition is attracted by high profits, as a recent controversy indicates.

Donna Brazile's Steve Flemmi Alibi

In 1997 Boston mobster Steve "The Rifleman" Flemmi, lifelong partner to Whitey Bulger, in prison awaiting trial, told fellow defendants, "I was an FBI informant......I wanted to tell you first because it's not what you think it is. Me and Whitey gave them shit and got back gold in return."

Now Democratic Party hack Donna Brazile admits her party cheated Bernie "The Bozo" Sanders in the 2016 primary period, and does so in remarkably similar fashion to Steve Flemmi - the bigger irony is Whitey and Steve were directly aided by the Boston FBI office to benefit another Democratic Party kleptocrat - Billy Bulger. 

US Grant And The Irrelevance Of Personality

A new biography of US Grant shows the difference between personality and character.

Arab Dishonesty About Balfour

Arabs continue lying to themselves (and everyone else) about the Balfour Declaration, a treaty Arabs at the time welcomed.

Democrats' Culture War Unreality

Cultural relativism - euphemistically called cultural progressivism - has no bearing on reality, yet the Democratic Party as always refuses to admit it.

Keselowski On NASCAR Spending

Brad Keselowski discusses how teams are adjusting to shrinking budgets.

Puerto Rico And The Jones Act

Puerto Rico has long been more poorly governed than the Cleveland Browns, and a grossly outdated law - the Jones Act of 1920, a gross act of protectionism - goes a long way toward explaining why.

NASCAR Phasing In Plate-Drag Duct Package For Wider Use

First the original post from November 1, 2017: 

Special thanks to Douglas Ivey.

NASCAR has announced the restrictor plate-drag duct package used at Indianapolis in the Xfinity series Diabetes 250 will be expanded for Pocono and Michigan in 2018.    It is easily a positive move as the combination made the draft more effective and increased passing.

What the racing with this package will look like was shown in huge battles for the win at both tracks in the Truck Series in 2017 -

John Hunter Nemechek squared off against Christopher Bell in the final ten laps at Pocono

Bubba Wallace returned to victory with this spectacular ten-lap shootout at Michigan


This is a great decision by NASCAR and one hopes it begins the process of phasing it into all of NASCAR's other series, for this package works.

UPDATE, April 12, 2018:  NASCAR will run the restrictor plate-drag duct package in the 2018 Winston All-Star Race at Charlotte.

The Mueller Indictements

First a repost from October 30:

With Paul Manafort indicted, we take several looks at indictments passed down by investigator Robert Mueller from what it possibly means and whether the Trump Administration should be concerned.

UPDATE: Media and Democrats seek evidence of collusion with Soviet Russia by the Trump campaign - but one of Mueller's indictments refutes that claim.

Attacking CFPB Works

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has never done much "protecting" and it now gets reigned in by Trump. Now it needs to be killed outright.


UPDATE November 27: Trump has the law on his side while the Democrats - as usual - jerk everyone around.

Islamic Imperialism Attacks NYC Again

A "Palestinian" - we use quotes because Palestine is a fiction of history - killed eight people in New York City in a synagogue, and it's just one of several attempts on campuses and elsewhere of late. And as usual the attacker got in on an immigration program that enables enemy aliens.