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Walter Russell Mead Talks Around The Decay Of Political Parties

by Smitty Mead is always interesting, but apparently he hasn’t read Army of Davids. He sees the decay of our two Ruling Class parties American political parties are increasingly being reduced to flags of convenience; party organizations and party institutions have little influence over events. That didn’t use to be true. Party leaders and officials […]

By The Time The World’s Youngest Blogger Can Consider College. . .

by Smitty (via Gateway Pundit) By the time the World’s Youngest Blogger can consider college, I anticipate there will be some outfit in academia advertising itself explicitly as ‘*-studies free’. The classes, scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Sunday, were to be held on the Plaza at SCCC and include such subjects as “Why We […]

What If Everything The Left Has To Say Is Pure Crap? UPDATE: A Shiny New Word

by Smitty Pick the issue: Anthropogenic Global WarmingClimate Change Sovereignty Borders Raaaaacism Entitlements and now Income Inequality Whatever the Left seems to spew seems R – O – N – N – G – G wrong! From the American Enterprise blog, building upon Census Bureau data, we find that: According to three different Census Bureau […]

Let’s Just Scuttle Everything And Become An Ant Colony Or Something

by Smitty #OWS: you can take your warmed-over Rosseauian ‘collective liberty’ nonsense, spread it on bread, and see how well it feeds you. #OWS: your ideas are false, un-American, and I hope your ideas die a cold death this winter. via Andrew Breitbart Update: linked at BitsBlog.

#OWS ‘Adult Party Entertainment’?

You can’t make up this kind of stuff: MANCHESTER – A city woman is accused of pimping a 16-year-old girl she met in Victory Park during the Occupy NH demonstrations. Justina Jensen, 23, of 341 Hanover St., is charged with felony prostitution. Police allege Jensen met a teen at the local protest, which is an […]

#OWS: Public Radio Producer Fired After Taking Advice From Conor Friedersdorf

Caitlin Curran had a job as a WNYC radio producer. Then she listened to Conor Friedersdorf. Now she is the 99%: It all started with an article on The Atlantic‘s web site. Conor Friedersdorf’s piece “Occupy Wall Street’s Greatest Strength Is Neutering It,” echoed what many people are wondering about the movement: what are they […]

Smelly Hippies Get Ripped Off

They march for free. I mock them for profit. Somebody cleaned out the PayPal account of “Occupy Portland” and it looks like an inside job: Organizers of Occupy Portland say they fear as much as $20,000 donated to the group through a PayPal account has disappeared. They also say the group’s finance committee has hijacked […]

More #OWS Fun: Man Charged With Getting 11-Year-Old Boy Drunk in Tent

What a wholesome bunch: A 27-year-old Missoula man at the Occupy Missoula encampment on the Missoula County Courthouse lawn is accused of getting an 11-year-old boy drunk. . . . Authorities found the boy unconscious in Skinner’s tent. First the 14-year-old girl assaulted in Dallas, and now this. Joe Biden warned us this would happen if […]

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