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The GOP presidential field for 2012 is a field knee-deep in horseshit. And it’s like they say: where you have lots of horseshit, you gotta have a horse’s ass. Or, as in this case, more than one horse’s ass.

Newt, we’ll give you a mulligan on another child bride if you’ll agree to just shut the fuck up and go away.

Given that the continuing deadness of Osama bin Laden has so dominated the news of late, one might wonder if other evildoers who have in their own specific fields of villainy likewise done grave damage to The American Homeland might get the Justice they so richly deserve.

Once upon a time we went to the fucking moon. Now we can’t get out of Afghanistan.

No, not the royal wedding. The royal wedding was an event I am more than capable or regarding with my customary benevolent equanimity. The carryings-on of the British aristocracy are frivolous, and the tabloid obsession with them ranges from vacuous to terrifying, but overall –eh, the British Royals, whatever they get up to, I worry about them precisely as much as I worry about what their namesakes from Kansas City are doing with their relief pitching.

Glenn Reynolds’ dipshitty ruminations on the birther idiocy provide a window into the mind of an absolute putz. Mr. B. Texan has mentioned this already but further spelunking into this cavern o’crap is instructive because it uncovers why he’s such a shithead. The White House may think it’s sprung a trap, but I think they [...]

The Althouse blog would be a fine blog except for how it contains the “thoughts” of Ann Althouse, which resemble an apartment left empty after its ancient dowager inhabitant is finally carted off to the Home: vacant and catty.

I’ve not read this study in any detail, so I can’t comment on it beyond what I confess is a skim-over. Scott McLemee’s take is probably about right; indeed, the argument seems rather banal: to sum up, essentially, the “anti-war movement” of the last decade dried up because Obama won the presidency, even though Obama [...]

Atlas Shrugged! The Movie! opened yesterday. I considered seeing it, because I am a scientist, and certain phenomena ought to be studied. (Some people make a nice living investigating ringworms, you know.) And also I figured it just might be good for a laugh.

As all serious people know, the most immediate menace to America is Social Security. We face the very real, imminent danger that it may suddenly turn into 2037, when the program will have to pay out 75% of currently expected benefits. This catastrophe could happen at any time, unpredictably, much like other historical national nightmares, [...]