[E]very human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it's true ( Read more... )

"As it turns out, Yes, Minister was a documentary." -- John Ibbitson, on TVO's The Agenda last night, regarding the problems faced by (or self-inflicted upon?) the Obama administration.

-- Steve finds himself in reluctant agreement, and chuckling wryly at the comparison.

Someone on my list (can't remember who, dammit) linked to a set of quotes by the veteran authour, and though the vast majority are truly gems of the art I found myself disagreeing with one. Apparently Vonnegut said, "[t]he only difference between Bush [43] and Hitler is that Hitler was elected." I don't agree; there's at least one other huge ( Read more... )

I really don’t know what you do about the “taxes is theft” crowd, except possibly enter a gambling pool regarding just how long after their no-tax utopia comes true that their generally white, generally entitled, generally soft and pudgy asses are turned into thin strips of Objectivist Jerky by the sort of pitiless sociopath who is actually prepped ( Read more... )

...translated into 83 real-world languages and 8 others.

-- Steve loves the Internet.

spotted via jaylake