Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

Apparently the only people in the group Allen knew prior to the trip were his cousin, Paul Thompson, and Thompson’s son. Thompson is a Baptist pastor from Idaho.

seems kind of unfair for greenwald to be unleashed on k-lo

like bringing a gun to a knife fight

evidence suggests she is deadly with a steak knife

http://i42.tinypic.com/est7ya.jpg

greenwald knocked it out of the park there

Get Your Hankies Out [John Derbyshire]

I have no doubt Corner readers will be just as shocked and grieved as I was on reading this story from England:

A prisoner has been accused of throwing boiling oil over an al Qaeda terrorist who planned to murder thousands with dirty bombs.

The attacker is described as a 22-year-old from Sunderland, up there by the wall in the windswept northeast of England. But who was the victim of this dastardly attack?

(Dhiren) Barot was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 30 years, for planning to plant radioactive, chemical or toxic gas bombs and pack limousines with nails and explosives in the UK and America … Barot was arrested in August 2004 and accused of conspiracy to murder. He admitted planning to bomb several targets including the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund HQ, and the World Bank.

The attack, we are told, left Barot with "excruciating burns." Poor fellow!

02/15 04:02 PMShare

I'm guessing this story made Derbyshire get his hanky out, but it wasn't for tears.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100217/capt.77012b742d394011ae23149ec4c62fcc.mount_vernon_statement_vaco111.jpg?x=400&y=302&q=85&sig=HRgLgdtLnHmQvxcYsjSKiw--

Kathryn Lopez signs the Mount Vernon Statement at the Collingwood Library and Museum in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. The document defines the principles, values and beliefs of the conservative movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

is that ben kingsley on the left?

I hope these people are embarrassed that they actually dressed like George Washington to make a statement.

god these people get het up about the weirdest shit. is this serious?

Hawaii Bill: It's the Little Things that Matter [Kevin D. Williamson]

So the native Hawaiians are moving toward setting up a separate government along explicitly racial lines. Wherever do these ideas come from? How do they take root? Here's a clue: Anybody remember how much President Clinton liked to apologize? And how those apologies were always explained away as symbolic, feel-good measures? Here’s a bit from the legislation moving through the House, citing the 1993 Hawaiian Apology Resolution, signed by President Clinton, in which the United States grovels for the sin of having helped depose the Hawaiian monarchy:

The Apology Resolution acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States, and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands, either through the Kingdom of Hawaii or through a plebiscite or referendum; … the Apology Resolution expresses the commitment of Congress and the President to acknowledge the ramifications of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii; and to support reconciliation efforts between the United States and Native Hawaiians.

A bit more than feel-good symbolism, no? But sovereignty is a political question. From wherever might the racial separatists in Hawaii argue that they derive a continuous political tradition? More from the bill:

through the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homelands Assembly and Native Hawaiian homestead associations, Native Hawaiian civic associations, charitable trusts established by the Native Hawaiian ali‘i, nonprofit native service providers and other community associations, the Native Hawaiian people have actively maintained native traditions and customary usages throughout the Native Hawaiian community ….

From nonprofit service providers, of course! Starts with a civic association, ends with a separatist movement. Bear that in mind next time MEChA is in the news.

02/22 05:18 PMShare

so, the browns of hawaii are getting some kind of council (is this true?) and it's... bill clinton's fault.

"Starts with a civic association, ends with a separatist movement" really? usually runs the other way, doesn't it?

you gravely underestimate how badly nonprofit service providers have hurt this county. finally, someone stands up to these engines of power and corruption that shape the very policy of our government and you mock them? how dare you!

Setting aside for the moment their utter hypocrisy over just who is and who is not entitled to self-determination (answers: white people, everyone else), they might want to have a talk with Mr. Sarah Palin over secessionist movements.

Also, they have a thing for apologies, b/c as apologists for power, they feel that the assholes who both screwed over the native hawaiian govt as well as ran the country for most of the '00s did nothing wrong. So apologizing just makes us look weak, and looking weak is the worst thing to do, which just goes to show how unmanly those Clinton and Obama guys are, apologizing for shit. That Dubya guy, he was a real man's man and didn't apologize for shit, he just _did_ it. He even told the world that the U.S. didn't need to ask for a "permission slip" to start invading Iraq.

again, these people believe horrible things.

Parting (Gitmo) Thursday Thoughts [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

I just tweeted: "tonight is one of those nights when my sleep is disturbed by the thought of what lindsey graham might be up to."

03/04 11:54 PMShare

EWWWWWWWWWWWW

K-Lo has had so many futile first dates with men like Lindsay Graham.

wat?

Cosmo on the Brain [Jonah Goldberg]

As readers of the G-File know, I've been dealing with Cosmo's latest problem: an injured Achille's tendon. I took him to a specialist earlier this week.

Anyway, I've now gone and done something awful to my foot. I was sure it was gout (which runs in my family and fits my lavish lifestyle perfectly). The pain was so awful last night, I barely slept. But the new doctor* I saw on an emergency basis this morning thinks it might be something else, like tendon damage.

The nurse asked me some basic questions, including "Which foot hurts."

And that's where the Cosmo-on-the-brain thing kicked in.

I immediately responded, "Oh it's the back right one."

The nurse looked up from her clipboard, quizzically, back right?

"Oh, sorry, I've been talking to vets a lot lately."

Anyway, I've now gone and done something awful to my foot. I was sure it was gout (which runs in my family and fits my lavish lifestyle perfectly).
http://www.nationalreview.com/images/pic_g-file_9-10.jpg

Mark your calendars:

27 Years Ago Today [John J. Miller]

Ronald Reagan delivered his "evil empire" speech.

Re: Where Does This Wire Go? [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

What I love the most about The Hurt Locker is that it inspired an unapologetic embrace of our troops last night at the Oscars. Some years you need to wait for Adam Sandler to present for that to happen.

on a news story i saw a comment praising this film for depicting the uselessness of the war and another praising it for showing the necessity of it.

http://i48.tinypic.com/v7dtaw.jpg

"Chitwood"

I dunno, KJL, Detroit has a pretty big muslim population and the name "terri" sounds a lot like "terrorist"

Terri was just fucking with her and works in the welfare office

I bet she wishes it was Terri Schiavo, still alive and now a proud member of the GOP.

K-Lo with the classic fat girl facebook picture.

Is The Corner going soft on terrorism? I haven't seen a single mention of the Pentagon shooting or Jihad Jane. I mean, I'd hate to think they're not mentioning it just because the suspects are white Americans.

K-Lo with the classic fat girl facebook picture.

OTM

daylight savings time = the fed govt stealing an hour of yr time LOL

imagine being one of these people - butt hurt/mad at the world conservatives - what a miserable, paranoid existence

http://gawker.com/5494149/for-just-1000-3399-you-too-can-spend-seven-nights-on-a-boat-with-terrible-people

A cruise! another magical cruise!

A daylight savings time confession
Alex Tabarrok

Had the idea of a government plan to shift the clocks back and forth twice and year been proposed today I am reasonably certain that I would have been against it. I probably would have argued that it would be chaotic, inefficient and unnecessary (private firms could agree with their employees to change working hours at any time, right?). Central planning of time! Washington bureaucracy messing with the clocks! Get your government hands off my time!

And yet, it works and I like it. It is good to be reminded of this twice a year.

heeey don't throw the marginal revolution guys in with these bastards

(oh i didn't see the other article linked to)

if this bill passes, will the posts on the corner the next day be more or less hilarious than they were the day after obama won the election

k-lo is doing exactly what she did when she was constantly hoping that santorum would somehow win. Lots of stuff like "the vote hasn't happened yet."

meanwhile

Racism Today [Jay Nordlinger]
A reader sends in an unusual and thought-provoking letter. See what you think:
As everyone sweats out the final Obamacare tallies, I’m struck by a couple of other stories. In one case, someone reported hearing an anti-black epithet used at a political rally. In another case, dogged police finally arrested the perpetrator of an intolerable crime. The perp is a 16-year-old kid who made a potentially offensive comment on a Wal-Mart overhead speaker. That these things are even remotely newsworthy leads me to one conclusion: Racism in America is dead. We had slavery, then we had Jim Crow — and now we have the occasional public utterance of a bad word. Real racism has been reduced to de minimis levels, while charges of racism seem to increase. I’ll vote for the first politician with the brass to say that “racism” should be dropped from our national dialogue. We’re a good nation, among the least racist on earth . . .

i want to make a sarcastic joek but the stupidity just breaks my brain

Can any of you make heads or tails of what this means?

The Exception that Proves the Rule [Daniel Foster]
I think it is fair to say that tonight's vote represents a victory (temporary, we hope) for the idea that America is exceptional not because of its differences from Europe, but in spite of them.

03/22 12:05 AM

Doing that thing from school where you wrote out the sentence again from the end.

"In spite of it's differences with Europe, America is exceptional and this vote re-inforces that idea, temporarily."

No, still don't understand it.
Apart from anything else what is this "Europe"?

I think he's trying to say that American is exceptional, not because of its difference from Europe, but in spite of its commonalities (like healthcare). The way it's written tho, I'm pretty sure it's gibberish.

conservatives think america is different from europe, and those differences are what make america better (we are exceptional).

liberals think america is different from europe, and those differences are signs of what's wrong with the country (we are good in spite of our problems).

tonight, liberals won. hopefully their victory is temporary, ps i'm a dolt.

i think that's what he meant anyway.

Change… but Hope [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

I am watching Fox and Friends for the first time in forever. I think it’s indicative of this new day. As many readers know, I'm forever watching MSNBC. But after that radical, dangerous, unwieldy, paternalistic vote Sunday night: Donny Deutsch, Lawrence O’Donnell, Eugene Robinson in the morning … I can’t do it anymore. At least not today. It’s Laura Ingraham and ... well, Rudy Giuliani in the morning. There's not much that is perfect in this world ... or on morning talk TV.

laura ingraham and rudy giuliani aren't even perfect by fox news standards!

re: Most Powerful Woman in American History [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Lots of nominations for Edith Wilson.

03/23 11:57 AMShare

i know every day it's like, what planet are these people on, but really, what planet are these people on

and yes i know the thing with the stroke and all that

Phyllis Schlafly

K O'B [John J. Miller]
The most powerful woman in American history is Kate O'Beirne.

The Crist-Rubio Debate [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
I watched half feeling guilty that it's Palm Sunday.

catholics are allowed to watch TV on sundays.