Are there enough Emmanuel Goldsteins left?

White devils

Of course, Mr Rot thinks VDH seethes, and so he'll dismiss his argument.

Pissing up a rope

In praise of academia

Doubt any of that, and that laid-back elbow-patched joking prof who told the class “Call me Bill,” in a flash, Gollum like, turned into a snarling jackal, screaming, “I am Doctor Jones, with important publications on climate change and a doctorate from Berkeley! How dare you question me!”

VDH in an FCP mood

When questioned, our representatives -- reminiscent of the old French court at Versailles -- act like they live in a rarified [sic], untouchable universe. This calls for a VCP, no?

So what's the most likely scenario?

Where is the contextualization, Herr Rot?

After the embarrassing debate about Hasan (e.g., "Was he a terrorist?"; second-hand post-traumatic stress syndrome, etc.), I don't think the public will put up with similar contextualization about Mutallab. Ah, but Pepe demands it! So try harder, Herr Rot, and put things into context for us.

When Plato meets Chicago

Asking why would Obama & Co. be so self-destructive to push through an array of proposals that have no more than 45% of the public’s support is like asking whether the English Prof who teaches incomprehensible Foucauldian theory worries whether he has only 2 students...

Fickle is the rota fortunae

Pinko logic vs the inductive method

Hanson's Exact Sequences

Good article, and I don't much like VDH.

Mourir pour Danzig

Not something a Versaillist (let alone a Vichyist) would do.

Punch back harder

Offering left-wing populist sermonizing for others while enjoying the high life oneself is never a winning combination. Oh no? I thought that's what Pepe does for a living.

Oχλοκρατία

Or, mobile vulgus, if you don't dig my Greek.

VDH tries Logic 101 with Pepe

Not gonna work. The pinko mind is simply not wired for logical thinking.

If one wishes to stimulate the economy, it makes no sense to conflate productive small businesses with financial-sector zillionaires as enemies of the people. Paying out 50 percent of one’s income in taxes may not be socialism, but paying out 70 percent surely is. Duhhh. Spread the wealth. Pinko nirvana ensues. The alpha and omega of pinko thought.

VDH laments

But most Americans suspect that gratuitous magnanimity can earn contempt as often as appreciation. Like serial borrowing, a tab comes due. And in the case of foreign affairs, we all sense that sometime soon, a rather dangerous thug or two is going to gamble that his aggression either will not or cannot be deterred by a remorseful and unsure United States.

Ulululululu says Pepe.

Rope, meet piss

VDH on the Saturnalia

The sheer joy of being a pinko

VDH pisses up Pepe's rope.

Barack Hussein Bush